COURS TER 6 ANGLAIS RENFORCE

LESSON
TER 6 ANGL RENF
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER THE 18TH
TASK : The study of the text : A year in the Merde

Word of the day :
 jump on the bandwaggon : prendre le train en marche
ex : you did not do anything you just jumped on the bandwaggon of the internet at the last minute;


STUDY OF THE TEXT
Find the stereotypes present in the text and classify them as positive or negative ones:
+ :
 french women are sexually promiscuous
 Women are sexy
 They are chic, at the height of fashion, quite hype and paragons of good taste.

- :
 French people are said to be lazy.
 They devote most of their time to thinking about holidays
 French are hell to live with. They are arrogant and unfair. Their behaviour verges on the mean and petty as well as revengeful.
 People are rude and impolite and regardless of other people's interests.
 They speak with an appaling accent.

VOCABULARY :
Prejudices : préjugés
scorn : mépriser
excerpt : extracts
knickers : petites culottes
a pain in the neck : 1 casse-pieds
tackle : traiter


GROUP STUDY : Write one part of the comment and give your paper to your teacher.

A NEW THEME : THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE

1)Picture : The Race is on
Notion :Concluding / Seeing
Vocabulary :
Race for the political power
The catch (the sentence to catch the reader's attention)
In the background, we can notice the white house.Thus we can infer that the document we are about to tackle deals with the American presidential elections.
Still we might observe several tracks leading to the Presidential abode and thus we might surmize that this document was published before the nominating convention as we still have several candidates running for the job.

2) ANOTHER PICTURE : SUPER TUESDAY
Collect : gather money
THE DIFFERENT STEPS LEADING TO THE ELECTION
1. Annonce sa candidature : enter the race
2. Vote pour leur candidat préféré dans leur parti : primaries
3. Nomme son candidat : nominating ceremony
4. Campagne : campaign
5. Election : general election
6. Cérémonie d'investiture : inauguration ceremony


3)A VOCABULARY GAME
CONGRATULATION TO AMBRINE WHO WON THE RACE

Homework for the 25.09
1. interro oral sur stereotype/merde in France
2. concluding / see
3. Voc on elections