LESSON PLAN cg2 WEDNESDAY THE 12 TH OF MARCH

 

LESSON PLAN cg2  WEDNESDAY THE 12 TH OF MARCH

GOAL :

1.    Correction of the mock exam

2.    New revision

 

Words of the day : cf correction mock exam

 

STEP 1 CORRECTION MOCK EXAM :

1.    Read

2.    Do you know all the words in there

3.    Let us test each other

MORE BOSSES ORDER WORKERS BACK TO THE OFFICE AS JOB MARKET SHIFTS

 

TIPS :Vocabulary to be learnt :

The headquarters ( le siege social)	ðə ˌhɛdˈkwɔːtəz ( le siːʤ ˈsəʊʃᵊl)
Nearly ( presque )	ˈnɪəli ( presque )
A spokesman ( un porte parole)	ə ˈspəʊksmən ( ˌʌn pɔːt pəˈrəʊl)
(to) comply ( obeir / se soumettre a ) to sth	(tuː) kəmˈplaɪ ( obeir / seɪ soumettre eɪ ) tuː sth
The office occupancy ( le taux d occupation d un bureau)	ði ˈɒfɪs ˈɒkjəpᵊnsi ( le taux diː ˌɒkjəˈpeɪʃᵊn diː ˌʌn ˈbjʊərəʊ)
(to) fill position ( remplir des postes vacants )	(tuː) fɪl pəˈzɪʃᵊn ( remplir des pəʊsts ˈveɪkᵊnts )
An employer = a CEO = a manager = the man in charge = the boss	ən ɪmˈplɔɪə = ə siː-iː-əʊ = ə ˈmænɪʤə = ðə mæn ɪn ʧɑːʤ = ðə bɒs
The employees = the staff = the workers = the personnel = the workforce	ði ˌɛmplɔɪˈiːz = ðə stɑːf = ðə ˈwɜːkəz = ðə ˌpɜːsᵊnˈɛl = ðə ˈwɜːkfɔːs

 

CORRECTION

INTRODUCTION : same as usual

SUMMARY OF THE FACTS

TIP : analyse the title

Bosses  are ordering workers to come back to the office.

The word order is really strong and shows the determination and the anger of some CEOs who are trying to force workers to  give up on teleworking and thus  to come back to the office full time .

1 ST PARAGRAPH :

 Employers are fed up of seeing their offices empty. ( to be fed up with/ of = en avoir assez)

They want more employees to come back to work in the office everyday.

Thus some companies have issued directives  to order workers who are doing remote working or even hybrid work to come back to the office full time.

Let us define teleworking . This practice had skyrocketed since the covid pandemic which  compelled = forced workers to stay at home for health reasons.

Thanks to the digital revolution workers are  often able to perform = do  all tasks from home without having to commute or come to the office any days of the week.

Hybrid work is a regular occurrence ( an occurrence = a phenomenon)  nowadays and is a middle ground between office work and teleworking . It means working from home at least 2 days a week while  coming to the office the 3 other days .

The text underlines that even hybrid work does not stand in the good books of  ( be in someone’s good books = when someone like you ) the employer who wish ( wish someone to )  their employees to head back= to return  to the headquarters of the companies.

SECOND PARAGRAPH

 This paragraph highlights the diverging views of the employers versus their staff.

While( pendant que )  the managers believe that working from home is unproductive and inefficient ( i quote line 9 ) their personnel  are keen to ( be keen to = to want to ) stay at home  to save  on commuting time .

The workers also believe that meetings and interacting with  colleagues make them less productive.

On the other hand their superiors reckon that interaction improves problem solving  i quote line 11 and strengthens = reinforces the identity of the company.Moreover they need people in the office to train new hires.

Therefore the new trend as the title points out is to recall employees to the office  for 5 days a week.

THIRD PARAGRAPH

But the downside in this reversal of attitude/ in this shift is that people are quitting their jobs in droves = en masse .

Indeed they got used to working ( get used to + ing = avoir pris l habitude de )  from home and wish to find a company that gives them the same opportunities.

Hence = thus  the companies  are struggling to ( to struggle to = lutter pour / avoir du mal à )  find ways to convince people to attend their office while keeping their workers on the paylist.( garder leur travailleur)

 

FOLLOW UP WORK :

1)    the pros and cons of teleworking

 

2)    the solutions to attract more employees back in the office cf gender equality how to make women work more ( care centers in the headquarters /flexible working hours/ bonuses for extra time / samller headquarters closer to their homes/ company cars to ease the commute / the 4 -day week )

CONCLUSION

This text which dates back from 2023 is quite topical ( dactualité) as we can see this trend soaring and more and more companies  demanding higher attendance level from their staff.

And yet we might wonder ( on peut se demander )  which impact this move might have on the planet since it might lead to a rise in pollution from commuting.

Moreover  recent studies have shown that employers’ move to ban teleworking is in fact  to cover up = hide the need to reduce their companies’ workforce.

As a matter of fact  as employees quit their  jobs because they are looking for better working conditions, we notice that = we remark that they are not often replaced by new hires all the more so as ( dautant plus que )  we soon might witness a new digital revolution with the adoption of AI in most domains.

 

 

STEP 2 REVISION THE ENVIRONMENT

1.    vocabulary file

THE ENVIRONMENT

TOPIC 1 PLASTIC POLLUTION

The industrial pollution is killing our planet

A massive quantity of rubbish is dumped in the ocean

The garbage is thrown into the ocean

The plastic garbage releases toxins

The ocean garbage patch is composed of 3.5 million tons of rubbish

Plastic is non biodegradable

The ocean garbage patch is composed of industrial pollution

In the middle of the ocean lies millions of debris of plastic / plastic debris

It has an impact on our fertility as we consume fish that have absorbed toxins

Our tap water is toxic

STEP 4 SO WHAT SHOULD WE DO ?  

Not use  single use plastic ( plastique à usage unique)

To reduce pollution we should use cardboard instead ( cardboard = carton)

We should stop using plastic bags

In order to stop pollution we need to sort out the garbage

We could collect plastic waste

 we should stop throwing garbage in the sea

my advice would be to implement a plastic charge

we should recycle

we had better use reusable cutlery in fast food joints

we should promote reusable plastic items= objects

we had better use landfills (a landfill = une décharge) for plastic alone

 

TOPIC 2 ELECTRIC VEHICLES

FOR OR AGAINST ELECTRIC CARS

FOR	AGAINST
Save money on gasoline Save money overall Save money on service and maintenance No oil change  The cost of batteries are falling Be good for the environment Do not make any noise Cure noise pollution Drive better as the transmission is better More modern Brake better Need to test drive to make up your mind	Price of electricity is going up Electric cars Expensive = they are not affordable (abordable) Not much money saved Rent the batteries Have to replace batteries quite often Producing electricity damages the environment

 

TOPIC 3 GREENWASHING

A definition :

Greenwashing is a type of marketing .Indeed some companies pretend they care about the environment while doing things that are harmful/ detrimental  for the planet.

Why is it bad for the environment ?

1.    It dupes people and companies

2.    It allows companies to carry on polluting

3.    It endangers the environment

4.    It leads people to mistrust all the products that claim to be good for the environment even those which are genuailly = trully good products

TOPIC 4 FAST FASHION and SECOND HAND CLOTHES / VINTAGE CLOTHES/ THRIFT SHOPS

THE PROS OF FAST FASHION

-           Low cost of production

-           Customer satisfaction as the clothes cost less and they keep on trend

THE CONS

-           The environmental impact is enormous

-           The human exploitation of the workers who produce the garments

-           The overconsumption which leads people to run into debts

-           The growing dissatisfaction of people who cannot afford as many clothes

THE SOLUTIONS

-reusing your own clothes

- stop following every single fashion trend

- buy on resale sites

- buy second hand clothes

- buy in thrift shops ( a thift shop = une boutique d’occasion)

 homework 

 pour jeudi prochain apprendre tous les mots en gras plus  comprendre les mots en rouge pour savoir les utiliser dans une phrase  TEST mock exam sur l environnement