AM2 : Fair trade coffee-CNN Report

T1/1ères8 :2010 World Humanitarian Day Project - 43 Countries in 9 weeks

1) http://vimeo.com/29618054 /NYtimes.com" a humanitarian catastrophe"


Pick up all the vocabulary related to humanitarian actions in poor countries.

Account for the humanitarian catastrophe  to your partner. Fill in the following  grid
-Countries touched (Where ?)
-How many refugees ?
-How many people died  or will die  in the months to come ?
-Compare with other catastrophes nowadays
-the situation (Population touched, 3 major problems in Somalia causing their departure)
-What do refugees search for ? (Quote 2 words)
- Which dangers on the road were they confronted to ?
-living conditions in the rescue camp
-causes of their situation,
-consequences on their  life : health, education (Number of children/number of books)

2)Describe the following project focusing on the various projects, the different countries where they are conducted, the different types of actions/volunteer work.

2ndes 3 Superheroes

The Minus18 Superheroes Radio Ad on Vimeo  : listen to this radio ad, which event is advertised (Nature/date/location) ? Who is the target ? What is the link with superheroes ?

Winnocent smoothies TV advert - superhero smoothie - YouTube
Describe the following ad to your partner: product advertised/ location/ abilities/ reaction of the protagonists
Do you think it's a good ad ? (Give your opinion)Who is the target  according to you ?

The Worlds Most Stupidest Superheroes on Vimeo
Contrast ttraditional heroes with the following ones : explain what they CAN'T or ARE NOT ABLE to do, contrary to superheroes. (Use comparison)/ What they SHOULD do.

2nde 3 assistante

Séances avec Melle Mary Feeney, assistante d’anglais –  année scolaire 2011/2012

 La séance aura lieu jeudi de 16h40 à 17h30 en salle 105

• Groupe 1  /  Dates des séances : 20 /10, 03/11, 10/11, 17/11, 24/11 

• Abdelaziz Kamel	Besnard Pauline
  Banha Katia	Besse Romain
  Baret Marine	Bois Mathis
  Benyaacoub Salim	Bouchafa Mélinda

• Groupe 2  / Dates des séances : 01/12, 08/12, 15/12, 05/01, 12/011

• Diaz Aurélie	Garouste Mélanie
  Doniak Geoffrey	Guadagnin Pierre-Louis
  Drame Boubakary	Haro Maeva
  Erichot Charlène

• Groupe 3  / Dates des séances : 19/01, 26/01, 02/02, 09/02, 08/03

• Huberty Karine	Lee Sophie
  Joncart Léa	Legendart Kevin
  Kong Mey Mey	Manolo Jérémy
  Le Goff Renan

•  Groupe 4  /  Dates des séances : 15/03, 22/03, 29/03, 05/04, 12/04

• Marouan Kenza	Nguyen Yan
  Mehnana Imane	Samolyk Milan
  Metayer Morgane	Soilihi Yaelle
  Moreira Anthony

CO1 :gender discrimination at the workplace

Liens traitant de l'affaire :
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=7475916

Banker too sexy for work at Citibank? | 7online.com
 Debrahlee Lorenzana claims in court papers that she was forced out of her Manhattan Citibank job because she was too good looking, reports the New York Post. According to the paper, Lorenzana says she was subject to "improper comments" and was reprimanded for dressing sexily - when all she was doing was dressing professionally.When Debrahlee Lorenzana complained about the treatment, her court papers say she was stripped of some of her duties before Citibank approved her request for a transfer to a new branch. The New York Post says she claims her situation did not improve with the transfer, and she was reprimanded, unfairly according to her, for not signing up enough new customers.She was fired, according to the New York Post, in August 2009, and her gender discrimination lawsuit is currently in private arbitration.When Debrahlee Lorenzana complained about the treatment, her court papers say she was stripped of some of her duties before Citibank approved her request for a transfer to a new branch. The New York Post says she claims her situation did not improve with the transfer, and she was reprimanded, unfairly according to her, for not signing up enough new customers.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-504083_162-10003635.html#ixzz1aeRTe9yi

1ères 8 : (The F Word) Volunteering/being committed

Anti-poverty group ONE has today unveiled a new video appeal titled 'The F Word: Famine is the Real Obscenity' to help focus the world's attention again on the famine and food crisis in the Horn of Africa. Created by Emmy-award-winning director Jesse Dylan and featuring Somali-born singer and poet K'naan with some of the biggest names from music and entertainment, the video appeal marks the launch of ONE's 'Hungry No More' campaign

2) http://www.one.org/c/international/issue/3803/

Group work : your gap year project.
a)Interview : you have just come back from  your gap year abroad and you are applying for university in England. Explain to the recruiting manager what your gap year  experience consisted in and the assets you gained from it for your  future studies.
Student 1: recruiter interviewing the students
students 2 and 3 : gappers
b)You are planning to take a gap year abroad, you've planned to join a gap year association to help you finance and  organize your trip. Prepare for the interview.
Student 1 : "gapyear-abroad" rep enquiring about the project and suggesting possible destinations
students 2 and 3 : gap year applicants

Be creative !

2ndes3 Superheroes

COMPARISON WORKSHEET : read the following superheroes’ identity card and compare them using comparatives and expressions of comparison  (Compare their childhood, social origin, status, the cities where they live, physical appearance, superpowers or abilities, weapons…)

(Contrary to +N/as opposed to +N/unlike/like+N /whereas+ prop/different from/in the same way as/both/similar to…)

Comparatives : Adj court+er...than /More +adj long +than/ as.+adj....as/ less..+adj..than/

Superlatives : The +adj+est  ever/the most +adj long/ the least+adj...in the world etc

Batman “The dark Knight”

Real name : Bruce Wayne

Height : 6ft 2in    weight : 210lbs Eyes blue  Hair : black

Status : hero

Base : Gotham City

Occupation : crime fighter and industrialist

Special powers : No superpower . A brilliant deductive mind. His bat costume is bulletproof and fire resistant. Employs a variety of detective gadgets including micro-computers and a fleet of high-tech vehicles: the batmobile, batplane…

Having witnessed the murder of his millionaire parents as a child, he swore revenge on crime . Wayne trained himself both physically and intellectually in order to fight crime.To do so, he makes use of intellect, detective skills, science and technology, wealth, as well as martial arts skills, in his continuous war on crime.

Wonder Woman “the Amazing Amazon”

Status : hero

Real Name : Diana

Occupation : ambassador of peace

Base : New York city, Themyscira

Height : 6ft   Weight : 165 lbs  Eyes: blue  hair: black

Special powers: gifts of the Olympian gods .flies at sublight speed; highly resistant to bodily harm(But not invincible); communicates with animals; master of the sword,ax,and bow; skilled tactician. Her arsenal includes a magic lasso which forces anyone to tell the truth, bracelets deflecting bullets.

Wonder woman is Princess Diana, champion of Themyscira, the home of the immortal Amazons. She was sculpted from clay by her mother Queen Hippolyta and brought to life by the Olympian gods . Princess Diana was raised by a nation of 3,000 teachers and sisters under the watchful eye of her mother. After god Ares had planned to destroy the planet, Diana became the Earth’s greatest defender.

 BIZARRO “Superclone of the Man of Steel”

Status : villain        Real name : none

Occupation :Imperfect duplicate of superman . In love with Lois Lane

Base : Mobile

Height : 6ft 3in       Weight : 225lbs             Eyes : blue     Hair : black

Special powers: superstrong, invulnerable, able to fly,freezing vision, flaming breath .

General Dru-Zod had originally created bizarro duplicates of himself to dominate the planet Krypton.

CATWOMAN “Princess of Plunder” (= pillage)

Status : unresolved                  Real name : Selina Kyle

Occupation : burglar /vigilante

Daughter : Helena

Base: Gotham City

Height: 5ft 7in                 Weight : 133lbs         Eyes: blue-green                Hair: black

Special abilites : formidable fighter, expertise in martial arts discipline. Cat costume features retractable razor-sharp claws in gloves, climbing pitons in boots .

Selina Kyle’s Childhood was defined by tragedy. When Selina was just a girl, her mother committed suicide and her violent father drank himself to death not long after. She was separated from  her younger sister and placed in a juvenile detention center for delinquent girls.  In the streets of Gotham city  she survived through petty theft  and burglary .

Heroes -- In Theater Trailer

2nde3 Heroes -- In Theater Trailer
J'ai rectifié mon erreur de bande annonce, vous pouvez désormais répondre aux questions de CO.

BS AM2 : Electric cars

1)Germany wants to become electric car market leader:(Video) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13438191

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13438191

2)AUTOLIB /30 September 2011 Last updated at 23:11 GMT  BBCWorld News

Paris launches electric car-sharing scheme

Paris is launching its first car-sharing project as it aims to clear its traffic-clogged boulevards.

The backers hope the scheme will be a major boost for electric vehicles.
The Autolib system is intended to build on the success of the Velib bicycle-rental service, similar to that operating in many European cities.
A two-month pilot project will allow motorists to hire the battery-powered Bluecar for 30 minutes at a cost of four to eight euros.
Membership of the Autolib scheme will cost from 10 euros a day up to 144 euros a year.
The cars are being provided by entrepreneur Vincent Bollore and manufactured by the Italian designer Pininfarina, famous for sculpting Ferraris and Maseratis.
They will have a range of up to 250 km before a recharge, which will take about four hours.
Expansion planned At first, 66 of the four-seater vehicles will be available for hire at 33 charging stations.
But Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe intends to expand to 3,000 vehicles and more than 1,000 stations by the end of 2012.
"We want to persuade people to shift from the concept of owning a car to that of using a car," Autolib General Manager Morald Chibout told the Reuters news agency.
The project gets underway as leading automakers test driver enthusiasm for electric cars on a large scale in Europe.
Renault SA and its Japanese sister company Nissan Motor Company have invested 4 billion euros in electric vehicles.
Carlos Ghosn, who leads Renault and Nissan, has said electric cars could account for 10% of new car sales by 2020.
Short trips Valentine de la Celle, a 30-year-old Parisian mother of two, does not own a car.
"We are doing building work at home at the moment and to take things to the tip I would have to hire a car, which is difficult," she told Reuters.
"But the scheme needs to be quick and simple, otherwise people will not use it."
Like the Velib cycle-hire scheme, Autolib's pricing structure encourages people to rent vehicles only for short journeys.
"We are not here to compete against traditional car rental businesses," said deputy mayor Annick Lepetit.
3) Oral Comprehension
http://sabironlangues.typepad.fr/
Midnight News Report " Paris Autolib"