cours ter 11

lesson
Friday the 19th of March
Ter 11 /12

Task: Vocabulary : India/Bollywood/Arranged marriages/Forced marriages

Word of the day :
Fresh as a cucumber ( frais comme une rose)

BOLLYWOOD : a portemanteau of the name Bombay and Hollywood.
it designates the type of films made in India.
the genre conventions are that those films are musicals with catchy (prenante) music woven (weave = tisser) with song and dance numbers.The plots comprise most of the time love triangles, comedy and dare-devil (dare= audacieux) thrills = sensations.
The characters are heroes fighting villains.They are all stock characters ( a stock character = un cliché/ un archétype).The story lines contain formulaic ingredients such as star-crossed lovers and angry parents.
recently the genre is getting westernised using urbanites ( people living in cities) dancing and dating in clubs.

WATCHING AN EXTRACT FROM WEDDING IN BOLLYWOOD:
the main character explains that she does not want of an arranged marriage.
an arranged marriage is a marriae organized by parents for their siblings.But it implies that the future bride and groom enter the marriage freely/with their full consent.

WATCHING A VIDEO
cf youtube/arranged marriage

An arranged marriage differs from a forced marriage in which the future bride and groom are forced to get married.

STUDYING A DOCUMENT ON FORCED MARRIAGE
New vocabulary :
- handcuffed (avec des menottes)
-shackled (entravé) = chained
wedding rings= wedding bands

Homework :
annabac sur le thème du travail à préparer.

Absents:
tristan valmur
guedes
thiebault
yon
heloise G
etienne
val michael

Next time go and see in the lab when you are late ( A214)