Here is a very interesting video about electronics and ethics that we might study in class one day. But first to understand it better, you will need to read the vocabulary below. Enjoy and report back with your personal opinion about it thanks to the comments if you want to.

Vocabulary help:

a dump = une décharge

my computer is my lifeline to my work, my friends...

the sad remains ... = les restes de ...

Argh! = exclamation when you are exasperated

"Designed for the dump"

(to) sell lots of stuff

(to) throw away -> to put to the dump

unpractical to repair

an 18 months' life

(to) cause a global toxic emergency

places that are hard to monitor = places where you can't control things

miscarriages (when you lose your baby) / kidney cancer = cancer du rein

(to) drift from its place of honor = comparison to say that we don't like it anymore

disposal -> action of putting something to the trash

mountains of waste = lots of trash

to chuck* = to toss to the trash, to get rid of something

pounds of lead = lots of metal (lead is a poisonous metal)

recycling operation

it's anything but green = it's not ecological at all

well-hidden = that you can't see

out of sight and off the accounting books = that are hidden from the law

you did it - you'll deal with it = (to) deal with something = se charger de qqch

CEO = the boss of a company

modular = that you can modulate and replace in parts

these laws need to be protected and strengthened = strength = la force

innovate

a green product = a product that pays attention to the environment

You've all grown huge fans of wikipedia... sometimes a bit too much actually... but hey... did you know that it has only existed for 10 years?

Watch the video below to learn more about this "event":

Take care,

Mr Hattais.

Click on the picture to view the full article and video: 

If you want to be an "au pair" in the future, I would recommend you to follow the advice and the links on the UNOSEL website.

Click on the banner to access the site:

You can also click on the following banner to get all the data needed from UFAAP: 

Here is a report from the news channel Al Jazeera about the problems that the snow has created in Europe for the past few days:

Important vocabulary from the video:

a thick blanket of snow (une épaisse couche de neige)
disruption (les perturbations)
unprecedented conditions (des conditions sans précédent)
stranded at the airport (bloqué à l'aéroport)
knock-on effect (effet boule de neige)
delays (des retards)
schedule (le planning)
prevented ... from reaching their destinations (n'ont pas pu ... rejoindre leur destination)
preparedness (la préparation)

It's all over the news in the US... and I have to admit that even if I like gossips, CNN has really become trash TV; don't you think?

Here is the latest report about this "affair"...

Enjoy!

Since with some of you we will study the theme: "Death Penalty in the US", I thought it would be a good start for you to have a closer insight to what the words "prison" / "jail" mean in English.

You can have access to a very interesting new form of documentary produced by Arte.tv here:

Enjoy!

Mr Hattais.

Have you heard the lastest news from the UK...?