Hi guys,

today we began the lesson with a short recap of Eva Longoria's speech. Then I gave you some documents to study in groups about the different issues of the campaign and the two main candidates' proposal.

Here is what you wrote about them:

Barack Obama - The 5 issues

Health Care:

He wants everybody to be able to see a doctor for free.
He believes it's necessary to protect consumers from insurance abuse.

Defense:

He wants to stop some defense programs because they are very expensive.
He believes that citizens must pay only for what they really need.
He would like to stop the war in Israel.
He wants to work with China and Russia to stop the developing of Iran's nuclear weapon.
He wants to stop the war in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Education:

He wants to help students who can't afford college and develop new programs for them with more science and technology, engineering and maths. 
He wants to improve early education for children.
He wants teachers to have better training and better salaries, a reward for their hard work. 
He wants hardworking foreign students to be able to have the American nationality.

Economy and jobs:

He wants to create a plan to boost the economy. He wants to help small businesses and save 1 million jobs.
He has ideals: he wants to create more manufacturing jobs, cut tax for small businesses, make Wall Street more responsible.

Taxes:

He wants millionaires and billionaires to pay more taxes.
He believes families earning more than $225,000 a year should pay more taxes.

Mitt Romney - The 5 issues

Health Care:???

Defense:
He supported the war in Iraq and wants American soldiers to stay in the Middle East.
He wants to spend more in the military.

Education:

He wants parents to have more choices in their children's education.

Economy and jobs:

He wants to have less regulation over the economy and make the USA more competitive.
He will try to boost the economy and encourage growth.

Taxes: ...?

You can dowload the documents about all the different topics of the campaign here:

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Homework:

- apprendre cette leçon = connaître parfaitement et savoir dire au moins 5 proposition de la campagne des deux candidats (= 10 au total). Bien sûr, connaître TOUS les points de TOUS les candidats sera sûrement un plus pour vous.