session 205

monday the 4 th of june
session 214
Monday the 4 th of June

goal : talking about Nike
notion accusation and contrast / purpose

Word of the day :

Ÿ Riot (émeute) / a mayhem (=any kind of catastrophe natural , people...)

Ÿ while (=whereas)

Ÿ The swoosh (Nike)

Ÿ Pageant = series of big boats parading on a river like we saw this weekend on the river thames for the queen's diamond jubilee

Ÿ Subcontractors(soustraitant)

Text :

Answers

Paragraph 1:

b) $2,50 / $4,00 to $4,50 / $100

Ÿ They need $4,00 a day to survive, whereas they receive $2,5 per day a salary.

Ÿ Shoes are sold at $100 whereas they receive only $2,50.

Paragraph 2:

b) They accuseNike of making them work too hard.

They blameNike for abusing their workers.

They chargeNike for making them work overtime without paying them.

They work in ÷ hazardous conditions

                     ÷ dangerous

They put long hours

The minimum wage is 2.5 dollars per day.

They sold a pair for 100 dollars but workers receive 2.5 dollars.

The worked are paid 2.5 as opposed to the money they need to survive.

Roughly (environ, grossièrement). Nike corporation is making a profit of 90 dollars a pair.

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The workers are complaining about÷ the extra hours

                                                    ÷ the overtime they have to work without being paid.

NIKE is  accused of abusing their workers.

Paragraph 3:

b) 250~280 millions $ / $140 / $3,50

c) Pay of six Indonesian factories is less than what Nike pays superstar Michael Jordan per year.

DIALOGUE : imagine a dialogue between a worker in one of the factories meeting nike's CEO.

NO CLASS TOMORROW AS MRS DEVIENNE HAS GOT A CONSEIL DE CLASSE.SORRY!