Lesson Tuesday the 15 th of september
WORDS OF THE DAY
AN ACCOUNTANT (Un comptable)
ACCOUNTANCY = accounting (La comptabilité )
A CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT( un expert comptable )
RULES
A AN DEVANT LES NOMS DE METIER
PRONONCIATION DE ED = t / d / id
DANS UN LOT LA VOYELLE QUI N EST PAS ACCENTUEE SE DIT E
STEP 1 TEST HOLIDAYS VOC 20 WORDS any words
STEP 2 RECAP ON THE INTRODUCTION GIVING BACK THEIR PAPERS
STEP 3 reprise méthodologie / INTRODUCTION
1. SAVOIR FAIRE UNE INTRODUCTION cf methodo
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VERSION 3 |
YOURS |
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STEP 1 THE TITLE |
The title of the text that we are going to study is …. |
The text that we intend to study = to peruse= to scrutinise = examine is … |
The document given to us is entitled …. |
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STEP 2 THE SOURCE |
It comes from -A broadsheet ( a srious newspaper) - a website (…. Dot come ) |
The document / it was first published = issued .. -On the website - IN the …….. (newspaper) |
It first appeared -On the website -In the …..newspaper
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STEP 3 THE DATE ( motn + number + YEAR) |
It was published ON … ( MONTH THE …… first Second Third Fourth Fifth ….. Eleventh .. Twelfth Thirteenth.. … Twenty first Twenty second Twenty Third ……. Thirstiest Thirty first
+ YEAR
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It dates back from …. ( date)
It was first released ON …(date) |
It was written In (MONTH + YEAR) SO WE MIGHT SAY IT IS A FAIRLY TOPICAL ISSUE/ SUBJECT ( topical = d’actualité) |
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STEP 4 THE AUTHOR ( not necessary ) |
The article was written by …
The name of the journalist is not mentioned
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Its author is …. Who is fairly anonymous |
The article was prodcued by a journalist named ( John Smith ) |
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STEP 5 THE TOPIC |
-The title sums up ( to sum up = résumer) the content of the article / the document. -The subject of the article is quite topical ( topical = d’actualité) |
A careful reading of the text reveals that it deals with …= it focuses on …= it tackles …
POSSIBLE TOPICS : - THE ISSUE WITH THE ENVIRONMENT - GENDER EQUALITY - RETAILING - AI AND THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES - THE WORKING WORLD |
-The text is about ….
-The main topic of the text is ….
-this article reports on …
-this document concerns ….
-this article analyses… -the document raises the question of … |
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STEP 6 PRESENTING YOUR PLAN : 1)SUME UP THE FACTS 2) CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES .. OR THE PROS AND CONS
3) THE SOLUTIONS
4) MY OPINION
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To study this text i will first -SUM UP THE FACTS 1) LIST THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE ISSUE AT HAND 2) LIST THE PROS AND CONS PRESENTED IN THE TEXT - TRY TO FIND SOME SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM - AND THEN CONCLUDE WITH MY OPINION ON THE TOPIC |
-First I will give an account of the facts
-In a second time I will focus on / scrutinize the causes and consequences….. the pros and cons that might derive from this issue
-Finally i will endeavour to find some solutions to the problem to conclude with my opinion .
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-First I will sum up the facts to prove my understanding of the text.
-Then i will draw your attention to the consequences and causes ….. the pros and cons of the issue.
-I will eventually / finally attempt /try to find some solutions to the matter ( under scrutiny ) to then state my opinion on the topic.
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STEP 7 WRAPPING UP / CONCLUDING AND INTRODUCING THE SUMMARY OF THE TEXT |
So let’s start. |
- So why wait any longer - So let’s do so without furtherado - |
So let’s get cracking
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STEP 4 THE NUMBERS
1. THE ORDINALS : one after the other give your rank
FIRST SECOND THIRD FOURTH FIFTH ......
TENTH ELEVENTH TWELVETH THIRTEENTH ....
TWENTY FIRST TWENTY SECOND TWENTY THIRD ...
2. The FIGURES
TRANSLATE :
12 TWELVE
12000 TWELVE THOUSAND / THOUSAND = mille
1 million ONE MILLION /// 2 MILLION SANS S CAR PRECEDE D UN CHIFFRE
100 ONE HUNDRED / HUNDRED = CENT
1 milliard ONE BILLION / BN
1 trilliard ONE TRILLION / TN
ATTENTION QUAND PRECEDE D UN CHIFFRE ON NE MET PAS DE S A MILLION ……
3. DO NOT MIX
4. THE MAIN CURRENCY
Step 5 application game : competition time
correction
FIFTEEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY EIGHT POUNDS
TEN MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINETY THOUSAND
FORTY TWO THOUSAND
EIGHTY ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED
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homework
TEST NEXT TUESDAY
savoir faire une introduction cf survival kit
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