session 214

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)

Image, « The swoosh » , Lawrence tech :

-a smiley.

-the swoosh.

-the swoosh is shown a backward.

-so now it looks sad/gloomy/depressed/downcast.

Ÿ  He aims at denouncing Nike’s use of sweatshop.

Ÿ  His aim is to denounce the exploitation of workers/labourers.

Ÿ  His goal is to underline the tough working conditions in sweatshop.

Ÿ  His purpose is to highlight the use of child labourers.

Ÿ  He wants to focus on the meagre/small salary/earnings/wages received by the workers.

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 accuse Nike of making them work too hard.

They blame Nike for abusing their workers.

They charge Nike for making them work overtime without paying them.

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.

homework : test jeudi sur dialogue parents and a child wanting to buy a pair of nike