LESSON BTS CG2 THURSDAY THE 18 TH OF DECEMBER

 LESSON BTS CG2 THURSDAY THE 18 TH OF DECEMBER 

 

WORD OF THE DAY

AN INTERNSHIP / A TRAINING SESSION / A WORK PLACEMENT ( Un stage°

useful (Pratique) 

EXTRA WORDS  

A sandwish course ( une laternance)	ə sandwish kɔːs ( une laternance)
To collect ( rassembler) data	tuː kəˈlɛkt ( rassembler) ˈdeɪtə
To register = to record ( enregistrer)	tuː ˈrɛʤɪstə = tuː rɪˈkɔːd ( enregistrer)
Energy consumption( la consommation d 'energie)	ˈɛnəʤi kənˈsʌmpʃᵊn( lɑː consommation diː 'energie)
A bank reconciliation( la reconciliation bancaire)	ə bæŋk ˌrɛkᵊnˌsɪliˈeɪʃᵊn( lɑː ˌrɛkᵊnˌsɪliˈeɪʃᵊn bancaire)
(to) run on = (to) function( fonctioner)	(tuː) rʌn ɒn = (tuː) ˈfʌŋkʃᵊn( fonctioner)
The grid ( la grille)	ðə ɡrɪd ( lɑː ɡrɪl)
To sum up we can say that( en resume on peut dire )	tuː sʌm ʌp wiː kæn seɪ ðæt( ɛn rɪˈzjuːm ɒn peut ˈdaɪə )
Otherwise(autrement)	ˈʌðəwaɪz(autrement)
Tpo handle = to manipulate	Tpo ˈhændᵊl = tuː məˈnɪpjəleɪt

Disappointing( décevant) 

 An invoice( une facture) 

 

 STEP 1 REVISION 

INTRODUCTION

Data centre power use 'to surge six-fold in 10 years'

26 March 2024

 

 

SUMMARY OF THE TEXT DO NOT FORGET TO USE LINK WORDS cf SURVIVAL KIT

The boom in artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing will drive a spike+ A SURGE + AN INCREASE + A RISE  in energy use, the National Grid has predicted.

Both rely on data centres - warehouses full of computer systems.

Chief executive John Pettigrew said the power those data centres use would increase six-fold in the next decade.

He said the grid was becoming "constrained"= restricted  and "bold action" was needed to create a network able to cope with "dramatically" growing demand.

Power hungry

Most observers agree that whatever that future looks like, data centres will be a part of it.

They have become integral to our modern lives and technologies, operating as a physical home to our digital information stored in the so-called "cloud" and other forms of IT equipment that power services and platforms.

But all that computing power comes at an environmental cost. Some studies have warned that the AI industry alone could consume as much energy as a country the size of the Netherlands by 2027.

The sector has been enjoying an economic boom after the launch of chatbots like OpenAI's ChatGPT and image-making tools such as Midjourney.

Concern over their energy use and demands on infrastructure has increased in recent years.

Official data showed that in the Republic of Ireland, which is home to the European headquarters of several big tech firms such as Google and Facebook-parent Meta, data centres accounted for nearly a fifth of all electricity used in 2022.

The amount of electricity being used by data centres in the country has risen by 400%

THE PROS AND CONS  OF AI

TOPIC 1 AI and chatGPT

The cons

1. It threatens the human race as it can take control over us.

2. It can steal our jobs and make more and more people redundant

3. As it gains knowledge it can develop tools of mass destructions

4. It has no ethic soi t does not know where to stop

5. It can be hacked and thus ends up in the hands of criminals

6. Via chatGPT it leads to plagiarism and renders exams obsolete

7. It triggers automation in the industry and thus reduces the number of jobs

available

8. It might make humans less and less intelligent as it does not encourage the

use of our brains

9. It makes the use of mobile phones so easy that it favours phone addictions

with all of its dangers / woes

10. It consumes massive amount of electricity and energy and increases our

levels of pollution.

11. Hackers use AI to create deepfake videos .People might be fooled into

believing they are true and thus the very notion of reality is challenged .

The pros

1. It helps use make new discoveries and invent new objects

2. It can lead to cures and improve our health

3. As it lies at the basis of robotics it might help develop robots who could then

aleviate our workload

4. Robots could become our multipurpose servants and thus make our life much

easier

5. We could use Ai to innovate in the field of space and thus discover new

planets which one day may welcome us.

6. Humanbeings are prompt to make mistakes while robots do not.

7. A whole new generation of influencers have appeared.It has hence become

easier to make money via the internet.Therefore we might say that AI has

boosted sales and thus the companies’s profits

The solutions

1.We must develop commissions whose main job would be to ensure that the use of

AI remains under control

2. governments must legislate to make sure that companies abide by strict rules.

3. we should learn to embrace this new technology instead of banning it and getting

back to the dark ages.

YOUR OPINION  AND CONCLUSION

The document given to us  is entitled …..

It was first published in the guardian dot com

The text is about AI so you might say it is a fairly topical subject

It was published on march 2024

We don’t know who has written/ wrote   this article

First of all i will sum up the facts to prove my understanding of the text

Then i will list the pros and cons present in the text

Lastly modal = BV  i will give you my opinion

So let’s start = so let’s do so without furtherado

 

The use of ai is increasing in the united states

To sum up the text deals with the importance of AI and its grid

They have become an integral part  to our life and technologies

In a nutshell we can say that data centers and AI consume massive amount of energy

It tackles = it focuses on the rise of energy use

The author worries about the impact on the environment because of the consumption of energy

The text enveils an economic boon

According to specialists the data centers will skyrocket in the near future

opinion

i disagree with AI because loads of people will lose their job = will be laid off = will be made redundant

my opinion  is that  AI   creates a new world

finally i will conclude with my opinion

In my opinion Ai use data centers and it consumes a lot of energy and some studies have shown that it is negative *

 

STEP 2 REPORT ON YOUR INTERNSHIP cf survival kit

6.SAVOIR PARLER DE SON STAGE

a) savoir parler de l entreprise : nom/ localisation/ domaine d activité : atmosphere  / comment avez vous trouvé ce stage

b) savoir d’écrire les tâches que vous avez accomplies et si vous avez utilisé de l’anglais pendant le stage

c) est ce que la société vous a offert un poste permanent ou un stage d’été ?

d)les plus et côté négatif du stage

e)savoir dire pourquoi vous aimez la comptabilité

f)savoir parler de votre personnalité et ce qui vous rend un bon employé

J aime les chiffres	I like crunching numbers
Je suis bon en maths	I am good with maths, i am good with figures
Je travaille bien en équipe	I work well in a team
Je suis autonome	I work well on my own , i am self starter
Je respecte les délais	I know how to meet deadlines I can finish a job on time
J ai une bonne relation avec les clients	I Know how to / manage  to  have a good rapport with clients?
Je suis competent	I am good at what i do I have a history of success
Je suis ponctuel	I am timely
Je suis positif	I have a positive approach I am enthusiastic
Je suis déterminé	I am determined
J ai des compétences informatiques	I have IT skills
Je peux faire plusieurs choses à la fois	I can multitask I can cope with several jobs at the same time
On peut compter sur moi	I am reliable

 

 

 

g) savoir maitriser le vocabulaire suivant

stage	An internship, a training course
alternance	A sandwich course
Un stagiaire	An intern ,a trainee
postuler	Apply for + nom
Des clients	Customers, clients
Une société	A company , a business
Une usine	A plant, a factory
Un entrepôt	A warehouse
Une companie de transport	A shipping company
Un cabinet comptable	An accounting office
Un expert comptable	A chartered accountant
Un comptable	An accountant
La comptabilité	Accounting, accountancy
Mon travail consistait en	My job consisted in + ing My main tas kwas to + bv
J avais un tuteur	I worked under the supervision of a tutor, i was supervised by
La société est spécialisé dans ..	The company specialises in + nom The company’s domain of activity is …
Faire le rapprochement bancaire	do bank reconciliation
saisir les factures	register invoices
réclamer des paiements	demand payments
enregister les transactions financières	document financial transactions
comprendre et résoudre les différences dans les comptes)	resolve discrepancies
vérifier	Check, review
Passer une commande	Order + nom
Classer des dossier	Sort out files
Bts cg	Advanced technician certificate
Conseiller financier	Financial advisor
L atmosphere était bonne	The atmosphere was friendly
L atmosphere était familiale	The atmosphere was family-like
Je n ai jamais utilisé l anglais	I never had the opportunity to speak english
J ai parlé anglais au téléphone avec des clients	I talked english with some clients on the phone
J ai traduit des documents	I was asked to translate some documents
On ne m a pas offert de travail	The company being very small, couldn't afford to hire any more employees / trainees
On m a offert un poste	I was offered a position if i pass my exam
On m a offert de rester pendant les vacances	I was offered a summer job there
Ce stage s’est révélé positif	This internship proved a worthwhile experience
Ce stage m a permis d avoir une première experience professionnelle	The training provided me with a chance to get first-hand experience of the working world
Ce stage m a permis de mettre en pratique ce que j avais appris en classe	This internship allowed me to put to the test  what i had learnt in class.

 

STEP 2 A DIALOGUE

l/ In what company did you do your training course?

2/  How long did the course last?

3/ Who arranged the course for you? Did the company have a record of offering

4/ What did you do there?

5/ Were you given a special project to do? If so, describe it at length.

6/ How did your colleagues treat you?

8/ Did you use any English during the course? If so, when and where?

9/ Did the company offer to take you on permanently?

10/ Would you say this course was a useful experience for you?

 

STEP 3 REVISION FOR THE MOCK EXAM  give a mark to the other side

 

1.    Listen to the other side

2.    Give them a mark

3.    The more people speak in the group the more points they get ( 0.5 for each person getting involved)

INTRODUCTION

Data centre power use 'to surge six-fold in 10 years'

26 March 2024

 

 

SUMMARY OF THE TEXT DO NOT FORGET TO USE LINK WORDS cf SURVIVAL KIT

The boom in artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing will drive a spike+ A SURGE + AN INCREASE + A RISE  in energy use, the National Grid has predicted.

Both rely on data centres - warehouses full of computer systems.

Chief executive John Pettigrew said the power those data centres use would increase six-fold in the next decade.

He said the grid was becoming "constrained"= restricted  and "bold action" was needed to create a network able to cope with "dramatically" growing demand.

Power hungry

Most observers agree that whatever that future looks like, data centres will be a part of it.

They have become integral to our modern lives and technologies, operating as a physical home to our digital information stored in the so-called "cloud" and other forms of IT equipment that power services and platforms.

But all that computing power comes at an environmental cost. Some studies have warned that the AI industry alone could consume as much energy as a country the size of the Netherlands by 2027.

The sector has been enjoying an economic boom after the launch of chatbots like OpenAI's ChatGPT and image-making tools such as Midjourney.

Concern over their energy use and demands on infrastructure has increased in recent years.

Official data showed that in the Republic of Ireland, which is home to the European headquarters of several big tech firms such as Google and Facebook-parent Meta, data centres accounted for nearly a fifth of all electricity used in 2022.

The amount of electricity being used by data centres in the country has risen by 400%

THE PROS AND CONS  OF AI

TOPIC 1 AI and chatGPT

The cons

1. It threatens the human race as it can take control over us.

2. It can steal our jobs and make more and more people redundant

3. As it gains knowledge it can develop tools of mass destructions

4. It has no ethic soi t does not know where to stop

5. It can be hacked and thus ends up in the hands of criminals

6. Via chatGPT it leads to plagiarism and renders exams obsolete

7. It triggers automation in the industry and thus reduces the number of jobs

available

8. It might make humans less and less intelligent as it does not encourage the

use of our brains

9. It makes the use of mobile phones so easy that it favours phone addictions

with all of its dangers / woes

10. It consumes massive amount of electricity and energy and increases our

levels of pollution.

11. Hackers use AI to create deepfake videos .People might be fooled into

believing they are true and thus the very notion of reality is challenged .

The pros

1. It helps use make new discoveries and invent new objects

2. It can lead to cures and improve our health

3. As it lies at the basis of robotics it might help develop robots who could then

aleviate our workload

4. Robots could become our multipurpose servants and thus make our life much

easier

5. We could use Ai to innovate in the field of space and thus discover new

planets which one day may welcome us.

6. Humanbeings are prompt to make mistakes while robots do not.

7. A whole new generation of influencers have appeared.It has hence become

easier to make money via the internet.Therefore we might say that AI has

boosted sales and thus the companies’s profits

The solutions

1.We must develop commissions whose main job would be to ensure that the use of

AI remains under control

2. governments must legislate to make sure that companies abide by strict rules.

3. we should learn to embrace this new technology instead of banning it and getting

back to the dark ages.

YOUR OPINION  AND CONCLUSION

The document given to us  is entitled …..

It was first published in the guardian dot com

The text is about AI so you might say it is a fairly topical subject

It was published on march 2024

We don’t know who has written/ wrote   this article

First of all i will sum up the facts to prove my understanding of the text

Then i will list the pros and cons present in the text

Lastly modal = BV  i will give you my opinion

So let’s start = so let’s do so without furtherado

 

The use of ai is increasing in the united states

To sum up the text deals with the importance of AI and its grid

They have become an integral part  to our life and technologies

In a nutshell we can say that data centers and AI consume massive amount of energy

It tackles = it focuses on the rise of energy use

The author worries about the impact on the environment because of the consumption of energy

The text enveils an economic boon

According to specialists the data centers will skyrocket in the near future

opinion

i disagree with AI because loads of people will lose their job = will be laid off = will be made redundant

my opinion  is that  AI   creates a new world

finally i will conclude with my opinion

In my opinion Ai use data centers and it consumes a lot of energy and some studies have shown that it is negative *

 

 HOMEWORK 

bts blanc on AI/ automation  

 

STEP 2 A DIALOGUE

l/ In what company did you do your training course?

2/  How long did the course last?

3/ Who arranged the course for you? Did the company have a record of offering

4/ What did you do there?

5/ Were you given a special project to do? If so, describe it at length.

6/ How did your colleagues treat you?

8/ Did you use any English during the course? If so, when and where?

9/ Did the company offer to take you on permanently?

10/ Would you say this course was a useful experience for you?