Today we spoke about:

“E pluribus unum”: is the motto (la devise) of America. It means one out of many. It is a symbol of the melting pot.    We can find this motto on passports, official documents,  coins, dollar bills and the President seal. It was founded in 1776 (Independence of America) to highlight the fact that America was a land of immigration.

“Ellis Island”:  Was an immigration station, situated at the mouth of the Hudson river. It was called the isle of hope, the isle of tears. Immigrants had to take a medical test and

          a literacy test. If they failed they were sent back.

Vocabulary:                       Lead, Led, Led è MENER

                                     The maze= le  LABYRINTE

                                      Journey = LE VOYAGE

Thanks Inês.

To be continued…

HOMEWORK FOR THURSDAY: Learn the lesson and ...Lire le document sur Ellis Island et être capable de raconter en anglais les étapes par lesquelles devaient passer les immigrant à Ellis Island dès leur arrivée jusqu'à leur admission aux USA.

We started with a recap of what we did the week before and then, corrected the exercises you had to do

2) a. in the early 80s.

b. in hours.

c. Nike creates consumer longing by keeping supplies tight and releasing collectible versions with minimal hype.

Consumer longing

2

 Consumer longing est un mot composé,  le 1e mot fait fonction d’adjectif

Adjectif invariable

Au plurie : Consumer longings

d. The Air Force One is a Nike’s profit machine.

e. The sneakers are the definition of urban cool.

3) a. The eighties

b. au début des années 80

c. au milieu des années 80

d. a la fin des années 80

e. I was born in the early nineties

               in the early eighties

               in the mid nineties

GRAMMAR:

4) a. C’est du prétérit simple

Prétérit simple :

Verbes réguliers

Verbe + ed exemple : introduced

Verbes irréguliers : à apprendre 1^e mot au passé simple

b. C’est du present perfect

has sold : present perfect

(par rapport au moment où je parle)

Exemple : Regardez ! j’ai acheté une robe

          Dans un contexte présent 2 mots

c) C’est du prétérit

exemple : j’ai acheté une robe hier

2 mots, en français= passé composé

I bought  a dress yesterday

1 mot preterit simple

f) – ago

-since

-ago

-for

-since

Vocabulary:

Hier: yesterday

Avant hier: the day before yesterday

La semaine dernière: last week

Il y a trois semaines: three weeks ago

Sneaker (US): basket

Trainer (uk): basket

Thank you Samina for your notes

For next week: learn and file what we did, and exercises 5 and 6 of the photocopy p 21

Someone showed up in the class and we made the presentations

Presentation :

Her name is Kristie, she is 20, she comes from England from Grimsby on the North-East Coast, and she is an English Assistant.

Kristie has two brothers, an older one and a younger one, she also has a young sister.

She likes sport, Netball, its is a bit like basketball.

She studies in France because she can speak French every day because there aren’t many English people, so she can progress.

She has been in France for 7 months now.

Her name is Enrika, she is 20, her favourite subjects are marketing and advertising. She has two older sisters and her hobbies are shopping and going to the cinema.

Her name is Hawaa, she is 19, she would like to work in a creative area, she has one brother and one sister.

Her name is Johanna, she is 19, she likes aerobics and music.

Her name is Valerie, she is 20, she lives in Créteil, she has two brothers, her hobbies are shopping, going to the cinema and dancing. Later she would like to work in a special event firm.

His name is Kevin, he is 20, he lives in Creteil too, he has two younger brothers and one sister. He likes football and more later he would like to continued his studies in the school of Graphic Arts.

His name is Etienne, he is 20, he is a communications student. He has one younger sister and one older brother. Later he wants to continue his studies.

Her name is Safia B, she is 20, she has one sister and one brother, she lives in Champigny. Her favourite subjects are communications and marketing.

Her name is Julie, she is 20, she has one brother and one sister. Her favourite subjects are Communication and Marketing. She likes sport, to go the cinema and to do the shopping. More later she wants to work in the press relation.

Her name is Laura, she is 20, she has one older sister. After her BTS she wants to continue her studies (advertising, strategy, and graphic). She likes shopping and going to the cinema.

Then Julie presented her current issue

JULIE :

French Panel moves cautiously on veil. (The New York Times, January 26, 2010)

Recently a French panel of legislators vote to ban interdiction.

Ban a full facial veil on public place such as public hospitals, government offices.

For Mr SARKOZY, the veils runs counter to women dignity.

Some women are wearing a headscarf  voluntary as an expression of their faith. The French majority is in favor of a ban on the veil.

This "law" shows that French people consider this as a threat.

It's a political tactic to frighten people.

Some people relate these women to terrorism.

In England : In schools they used to have a Christmas service, not anymore. They have religious studies: Islam, Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism, and Sikhism.

Wearing religious garments is allowed.

Nursery rhymes have been changed. They obliterated any lyrics that could be considered as signs of racism.

Thanks Safia for your notes

We worked on a new document called: THE IMMIGRANTS-FACTS AND FIGURES

So we talked about the different mariposa-94@hotmail.fr IP: 86.74.228.35

• waves of immigration
  
  I. The first wave of immigration since 1840
  
  
  Vocabulary: the potato famine
  to die of starvation = mourir de faim
  potato disease = la maladie de la pomme de terre
  a high rate of =un taux élevé de
  wages = salary = salaire
  unemployment =le chômage
  the Norwegians come from Norway
  the Swedish come from Sweden
  the Dutch come from Holland
  the Irish come from Ireland
  to flee, fled, fled = s'enfuir
  
  And we came up ith:
  From 1840 to 1860 the Irish immigrated to America because there was
  a potato famine in their country. They died of starvation
  because of a potato disease. The Scandinavians fled their
  countries in order to find jobs, and to escape from
  poverty. This was their American Dream.
• Thank you Molka for your notes
• Homework: Each of you is given a part of the document to summarize.

Today, we worked on a text: Hard up shoppers abandon organic and fair trade goods

Vocabulary

A new phenomenon

A new trend

To abandon: to give up + V + ing

The main idea : Ethical consumers give up purchasing organic and fair trade products.

Facts : The sales of ethical products have dropped. According to a poll the number of consumers ready to pay for ethical products has plunged.

Reasons : Because the consumers’ purchasing power has fallen because of the recession.

Branching out: Why do you think consumers buy organic and fair trade products?

People think organic products are healthier but it’s not all, it’s better for our earth.

For example for vegetables, producers don’t use pesticides so it’s more natural.

They think organic products are healthier and environmentally-friendly because they are grown without fertilizers and pesticides.

They are natural products.

Fair trade products : these products aim at helping small producers (from poor countries) who cannot compete against multinationals.    

Thank you Julie for your notes