lesson seconde 3 5 monday the 13 th of april

 lesson seconde 3 5 monday the 13 th of april 

words of the day 

describe = depict 

i can depict that painting 

 it runs in the family ( c 'est dans la famille)

ex: we all have the same nose in my family . it runs in the family 

 

STEP 1 IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS 

  

 

we are as different as chalk and cheese = we are totally different

we are like two peas in a pod = we are completely similar and we get along very well 

we get on like house on fire ( on s'entend comme des larrons en foire = on s'entend trop bien ) 

she is the spitting image of her mother ( the spitting image of = le portrait craché de ) 

i have little to do with her ( j ai très peu à voir avec elle ) 

you just can't tell them apart ( on ne peut pas voir la différence entre eux/ on ne peut pas les différencier) 

 

STEP 2 A KAHOOT 

 

https://play.kahoot.it/v2/?quizId=ec098415-d52b-4ed8-8648-5b2947f63f5f&hostId=dc8131ad-4dbd-4f17-bc25-c1e11774de38

here are the expressions 

MY EXTENDED FAMILY ( famille au sens large ) 

be in good terms with someone ( etre en bon terme avec qq) 

my family members = my relatives 

(to) officiate at a wedding = (to) be the priest at the wedding (etre le celebrant) 

a dysfunctional family ( une famille qui dysfonctionnelle)

a close - knit = a loving family ( une famille proche/ aimante ) 

(to) raise = (to) bring up a child ( élever un enfant ) 

a carefree childhood ( une enfance sans soucis) 

(to) be due = date when a child is supposed to be born 

a get together = a  family gathering ( une réunion de famille )  

 

 

Lesson Monday the 13 th of april

TALKING ABOUT YOUR FAMILY

Words of the day

My roots

 The country i come from

My native country

Ancestors = forefathers

STEP 1 RECAP : ask each other questions about  the previous lesson

 

STEP 2 WHERE DOES YOUR FAMILY COME FROM ? where were YOUR  parents, grandparents, or ancestors come from ? 

MY ROOTS ARE IN TUNISIA

My ancestors come from algeria

My forefathers come from cape verde

 

 

STEP 3 WHY DID THEY COME TO France ?  imagine the reasons why someone would migrate to France or in another country ?

My grandfather came to France for a job opportunity and my mother followed him to marry my father

They moved to (to move to = demenager )  France to begin = to start a new life

They migrate to France to improve ( ameliorer)  = to better their life

Most come to France to have a better life

Migrants= newcomers  come to France because they are attracted by the french way of life

They might flee ( fled / fled )  wars = conflicts

 

 

 

 

 

STEP 4  A ROLE PLAY  AT THE BORDER

PARTNER A :

THE IMMIGRANT :

a)Invent your identity

Family name :

First name :

Country of origins:

Age:

Job:

Family status:

Reason to migrate to the states:

Language spoken :

Job to support yourself once in the US:

Police record (casier judiciaire)

Possessions

Ideas : the land of opportunities

Become rich / affluent/ prosperous =Go from rags to riches

Earn a high income

Make ends meet= make enough money to see the day

Material comfort

Fulfil a dream = satisfy a dream

A house of my own = a house that belongs to me

Stable job

Give the children an education / a new life

b)Try to find arguments to convince the officer he has to accept you in America .

 

 

PARTNER B : THE IMMIGRATION OFFICER

a)Ask the immigrant questions to find the following information . You might want to add your own questions

Family name :

First name :

Country of origins:

Age:

Job:

Family status:

Reason to migrate to the states:

Language spoken :

Job to support yourself once in the US:

Police record

Possessions

b)Try to find arguments to tell him/ her why you think he should NOT be allowed inside the USA;

Notion : opinion / obligation

A burden (un fardeau) for our country

Bring corruption/ violence/ diseases/

Already too many  aliens/ more immigrants than the economy can absorb

Low-skilled = without qualifications

Too easy access to benefits ( benefits= aides sociales)

Live at the expense of the natives (vivre aux crochets des gens du pays)

Wealthy / rich/ well-off people

Intellectuals and scientists should come first= we should do a form of screening /selection

Different customs/food/lifestyle/religion/sets of values

Can’t fit in/ be integrated/assimilated.

 

 HOMEWORK 

 apprendre le vocabulaire en rouge ( test oral )  

 

 

 

 

LESSON TERM RH MONDAY THE 13 TH OF APRIL

 LESSON TERM RH MONDAY THE 13 TH OF APRIL 

LESSON TERM RH

A HEAD HUNTER

WORD OF THE DAY

(to) poach an employee

You can poach an employee to attract him  to another company

Poaching an employee is not honest business practice = it is not ethical

By the way way i agree with this sentence = statement ( déclaration )

A head hunter who poaches an employee successfully is paid by contingency = commission

Beeing  paid by contingency means a percentage of the employee ‘s salaries

 

 

STEP 1 WHAT IS AHEAD HUNTER ?

Define

A headhunter will target employees in rival companies

So he is able to identify people with high skills

He / she is looking for the elite / high end candidates

He is paid by contingency and recruits on a worldwide / international basis 

 the companies which recruit a hadhunter have to pay a fee ( HONORAIRE)  

 

STEP 2 A VIDEO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27-ds29GBWU

LISTEN AND DEFINE : what is a head hunter

            A head hunter is paid by contingency : : 20 percent of the salary of the applicant for a year

A head hunter is mostly individuals who are hired = recruited by companies to  recruit a new employee  on an open job position

They are looking for high level skills

You do not need a licence to become a head hunter

 

 

STEP 3 WORK ON THE VOCABULARYAND A QUIZ WITH A BONU MARK 

 HOMEWORK 

 learn the lesson and be able to define what a head hunter is ( oral test even for those who were absent !)  

lesson term euro friday the 10 th of april

 

 

THE BORDERLANDS

LESSON 5

THE TROUBLES AT THE BORDER

 WORDS OF THE DAY 

We are not out of the woods yet ( on est pas sorti de l auberge) 

 but there is a light at the end of the tunnel = there is still a glimmer of hope

 

STEP 1 YOU ARE A YOUNG MEMBER OF THE IRA ;You have just shot down a possible informer and you need to flee.

1.     Where do you go  and why ?

2.     What will the British army stationed in Northern ireland   do ?

3.     Which route will you take ?

This one

 

Or this one

 

 

AN EXPLANATION

With an escalation in fighting in Northern Ireland in 1969, British troops were sent to the province, fueling nationalist resentment. The border was heavily guarded to stop weapons smuggling from the Republic. The South Armagh stretch was particularly notorious. The Irish Republican Army’s South Armagh Brigade is thought to have killed about 165 British troops and police from 1970 to 1997.

South of the Border

The border was also policed by the Republic of Ireland’s security forces, who intensified their anti-terror efforts in the late 1970s. They worked with the British, but the working relationship was not an easy one. To communicate with Irish counterparts, British troops at one time had to speak to the Northern Irish police, who would contact the Irish police, who would then call the Irish army.

Right now there are 205 border crossings. Firstly, they found that there was too much border to guard at one time. A 1973 Home Office report stated:

There are 303 miles of the border. There are 20 approved roads, 187 approved roads and 17 concession routes… The facilities for crossing the border are much greater than the number of cross-border roads. In particular there are 30 miles of water, numerous lanes and smugglers’ pads and border lands which are easily negotiable on foot.

STEP 2 TAKE YOUR PICK : life at the border in the 1970’s

TAKE YOUR PICK AND DESCRIBE TO YOUR COLLEAGUE

 

 

 

 

THE BORDERLAND

VOCABULARY SHEET

Some barbed wires A checkpoint Sectarian violence A guerilla war A custom checkpoint  To blow = to blast The border community A spike A sniper A custom officer A watchtower An unapproved road A smuggler A crossborder road A detour A crater A steel girder Defiant A road closure A barrage A blockade a police search to stop and search

( les fils barbelés) Un poste de contrôle La violence sectaire/ communautaire Un poste de douane Faire exploser   Un pic Un tireur Un doaunier Une tour de garde           ( une poutre en acier)

sʌm bɑːbd ˈwaɪəz ə ˈʧɛkpɔɪnt sɛkˈteərɪən ˈvaɪələns ə gəˈrɪlə wɔː ə ˈkʌstəm ˈʧɛkpɔɪnt tuː bləʊ = tuː blɑːst  ðə ˈbɔːdə kəˈmjuːnɪti ə spaɪk ə ˈsnaɪpə ə ˈkʌstəm ˈɒfɪsə ə ˈwɒʧˌtaʊə ən ˌʌnəˈpruːvd rəʊd ə ˈsmʌglə ə crossborder rəʊd ə ˈdiːtʊə ə ˈkreɪtə  ə stiːl ˈgɜːdə dɪˈfaɪənt ə rəʊd ˈkləʊʒə ə ˈbærɑːʒ ə blɒˈkeɪd ə pəˈliːs sɜːʧ  tuː stɒp ænd sɜːʧ

 

 

STEP 2 SOME TESTIMONIES :

 Read the following testimonies  then create your story .

1)    Where do you live ?

2)    What is your name and age ?

3)    What is your occupation if you have one ?

4)    What exactly happened to you ?

 

TESTIMONY A : Approved roads versus unapproved roads

• Another thing I should mention – at that time, up until about thirty years ago, it was mandatory, anyone who would have had a vehicle, motorcycle or, em, car, there would have been a few roads, and one would have been Clady, a few miles from Strabane, which was a wee border village, and it was known as an unapproved road . . . There were more unapproved roads than there were approved roads, because any approved roads, there was a custom post on each side of the border.
  
  Well, on those unapproved roads, you could not use a motor vehicle, and the only people who . . . were immune from prosecution would have been, eh, clergymen, or doctors, anything on emergency calls. Everybody else had to go through the custom post. Not only that, but you had a wee book, and when you went through the Republic customs, you got it stamped in and . . . stamped out.
  
  Now, you could not go in before eight o’clock in the morning, or you could not come out after eight o’clock at night, unless you had a request. If you were coming out, say maybe you were courting or something and it was maybe about ten or eleven o’clock at night, when you were going to come out, you had to, when you were crossing the border, you had to say to the custom official, I’ll be coming back at ten or half ten the night, and I need a request, which was two shillings . . . and he would have been there to stamp you out." Frank Eliott, Strabane, Co, Tyrone

TESTIMONY B  from THE BORDER by Diarmaid FERRITER

 

TESTIMONY C : from THE BORDER by Diarmaid FERRITER

 

TESTIMONY D : from THE BORDER by Diarmaid FERRITER

 

TESTIMONY E : from THE BORDER by Diarmaid FERRITER

Extra information

1971: Army blasts N Ireland border roads British Army engineers have begun systematically to blow up several minor roads crossing from the Republic of Ireland into Northern Ireland. Shots were fired from across the border during the operation and one soldier was injured. The destruction of the roads forms part of new security measures announced in Stormont yesterday by Ulster Prime Minister Brian Faulkner. Border security will also be reinforced by increased patrols of regular troops and the part-time Ulster Defence Regiment. The Ulster-Eire frontier is criss-crossed by dozens of narrow roads and tracks which paramilitaries often use to smuggle weapons into Northern Ireland. Senior military sources say the number of tracks and trails make security along the 335 mile border difficult to enforce. Soldiers began work this morning with plastic explosives to destroy between 20 and 50 of the frontier's 200 'unapproved routes'. They used plastic explosives to blow holes approximately 10 feet (3m) deep and 20 feet (6m) wide. In one incident a sniper's bullet hit the rifle of a soldier guarding a team of sappers near Rosslea, County Fermanagh. Asked whether the measures would be effective in stopping gun runners and bombers, Colonel Simmonds of the Royal Engineers appeared confident: "Nobody is going to use this road for some time without a major piece of engineering repair work," he said. The decision to tackle cross-border smuggling of arms through the systematic destruction of minor roads was approved in a meeting between Prime Ministers Edward Heath and Brian Faulkner last week. But local residents on both sides of the border are likely to find the 'cratering' a major inconvenience. A loss for words One local farmer looked at a gaping hole between himself and his farm further down the road. Asked how he was going to get to it he was at a loss for words. He shrugged. In past incidences roads blown up that are regularly used for access have simply been refilled. Republican Taoiseach Jack Lynch has made it clear he disapproves of the measures. In a statement today he said they were directed at the wrong problem in the wrong place and that they were unlikely to succeed in their "overt intention". E-mail this story to a friend
In Context
By 19 October, nine roads had already been repaired by local people. But the UK's official policy of cratering border roads was not only resented by local communities. Off the record it was also criticised by senior British army officers and senior figures within the British Government. Disputed roads marked by the British army for destruction caused frequent stand-offs between the  British and the Republic of Ireland soldiers. By the late 1970s it was generally accepted that the policy was not a success and it was largely abandoned. In 1971 the situation in Northern Ireland was rapidly deteriorating. Some 174 people died that year in Troubles related violence. There were 11,800 British Army personnel in Northern Ireland. That number was to double in 1972.

 HOMEWORK 

 READ AND LEARN THE LESSON 

GROUP 1 READ THE TESTIMONIES AND INVENT A NEW IDENTITY 

 Read the following testimonies  then create your story .

1)    Where do you live ?

2)    What is your name and age ?

3)    What is your occupation if you have one ?

4)    What exactly happened to you ?

 

GROUP 2 LEARN THE LESSON