BTS AM et CO1 :entraînement CO vidéo

Chers élèves de Co1 voici une vidéo qui fait suite  à notre cours sur les conditions de travail en chine . Préparez un compte rendu oral pour la rentrée (Issue/ Main facts/ problems/ causes / consequences/ solutions proposed )

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17121978"A rare look at Apple's production line in China"

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Elèves de BTS AM2, je vous recommande de vous entraîner pour l'épreuve de CO sur ce même site (bbc.co.uk) "Vidéo :One- minute World News" qui aborde tous les thèmes de l'actualité, et l'équivalent en podcast "Global news" pour la CO audio .

Autre site proposant des vidéos "business" du même type (Et durée) que votre examen : http://www.voanews.com/english/video-audio/

(http://player.theplatform.com/ps/player/pds/2T0PFgvk3T?pid=Y_9ezLUB1xxi67e6Qh7VREYNrMIFhe1t) .

Pour les audios dans la section "special english/business" vous avez également les scripts des audios, donc site très utile (Par exemple :Facebook and Its Big Stock Offering | Business | Learning English ).


Et pour les plus faibles d'entre vous voici de très courtes vidéos avec les transcriptions et les audios sur le même thème :http://www.elllo.org/video/1101/V1106-Options.htm.


Bon entraînement et félicitations à ceux qui se sont accrochés et ont réussi leur BTS blanc (Une mention spéciale à Carole et harouna ).


A  bientôt :-) mais pas trop ...Enjoy your holidays.

Echange franco-américain

Bonsoir à tous, 

Tout d'abord merci pour votre présence ce matin dès 6h pour certains et votre bonne humeur ensuite malgré le contretemps. 
Voici les dernières nouvelles du séjour.
- Demain d'abord: le retour aura lieu le soir aux environs de 17h45 à Gravigny car la promenade en bateau-mouche a finalement lieu à 15h30.
- Pour la soirée de samedi, toujours pas de réponse pour la salle. Nous avons donc décidé de l'annuler. A la place nous organiserons une soirée d'adieu le jeudi 23  de 19h30 jusqu'à 23h au lycée où Madame Ntep nous accueillera.
Nous avons préparé un doodle pour que vous puissiez vous inscrire et préparer vos spécialités.
N'oubliez pas d'inviter les élèves qui n'ont pas la chance de recevoir .
Voilà les nouvelles de ce soir.  A demain matin 8h30 avec des sandwiches et une boisson pour les correspondants.


Pour la suite des informations concernant l'échange, je viens de créer un nouveau blog :http://echangefoxborough-prevert.blogspot.com, merci de vous y référer et d'ajouter des commentaires au jour le jour. Encouragez vos correspondants à  en faire de même ce sera plus sympa !

Bonne soirée




http://echangefoxborough-prevert.blogspot.com/2012/02/dday.html

T1 : quiz global warming

WEBQUEST QUIZ: global warming

I-Definition. Choose the right answer .

-Global warming is : when the earth eats up / cools down  because the greenhouse gases hide the sun rays/ trap the  sun’s heat .

-These greenhouse gases have intensified due to : factory fumes/ oil consumption/ weather changes

II- RIGHT or WRONG ?

-The greenhouse effect  has only a negative impact on man as well as on the earth.

-Electricity causes pollution .

-In the last century our temperature  has risen   from 1,2 to 1,4 ° C.

-Because of global warming (warmer temperatures) plants bloom earlier and don’t produce pollen anymore .

-Mountain ranges are getting smaller and smaller.

III-WORDS

-how do you say “inondation” in English?

Un polluant ? Produits chimiques ? le pétrole ? le charbon ?

-What is the French for ?: “Layer” ,“ice melting” ,“thunderstorms”, “factories”, “ vehicle exhaust fumes” “rise”

IV-Questions/answers

-2008/ 2005 /1998/1988 was the warmest year in measured history .

-how many lakes in the Arctic have disappeared due to global warming ? 25/125/225 ?

-The burning of oil and fossil fuels has released 700 million/ 70 billion/700 billion  of tons of CO2 into the atmosphere.

-How many degrees separate us from the last ice age ? 4°?10°?20 °?

-In the last 30 years the extent of arctic sea ice has been shrinking (Rétrécir) by :4% ?8% ? 10% ?30%

V-Complete the sentence:

-Owing to global warming the sea……. So that water …………………. As a consequence  animals and plants………………………………….

-Acid rain…………………………………….causing the destruction of ………………………..

-When temperatures rise, the forests………………………………………

-Leonardo Dicaprio blames Oil .. ……………………….

-He criticizes politicians………………………………………….., they don’t do the necessary measures to  protect the environment because………………………………………………………………………..

VI-Using the words below explain the  consequences of global warming : droughts / waves/storms /flooding/ sea levels/ arctic sea ice /coral reefs/ animal species /pollen+allergies/ soils/  long- dormant diseases/mosquitoes

VII-According to Leonardodi Caprio what should be done to stop  global warming ? Use the following words in your answers.

Oil/ renewable energy sources / slow down/ wind / solar panels/

What does he want us to do ?

efficiently/ vote/ support/environmentalists/ join / think/

 List everyday actions that could be done to reduce CO2 emission. (Utilisez le conseil)

T1 : Global Warning

Group A

T1 :10 Surprising Effects Of Global Warming

Group B
+ see :

TOP 10 MOST POLLUTED CITIES IN THE WORLD (You tube :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHDVab1BJg8&feature=fvwrel )

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215471/global_warming.htm

What is global warming? 

Global warming is when the earth heats up (the temperature rises).  It happens when greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, water vapor, nitrous oxide, and methane) trap heat and light from the sun in the earth’s atmosphere, which increases the temperature.  This hurts many people, animals, and plants.

What is the greenhouse effect?

  

Sometimes the temperature can change in a way that helps us.  The greenhouse effect makes the earth appropriate for people to live onAlthough the greenhouse effect makes the earth able to have people living on it, if there gets to be too many gases, the earth can get unusually warmer, and many plants, animals, and people will die.  They would die because there would be less food (plants like corn, wheat, and other vegetables and fruits).  This would happen because the plants would not be able to take the heat.  This would cause us to have less food to eat, but it would also limit the food that animals have. Gradually, people, plants, and animals would all die of hunger.

The greenhouse effect is when the temperature rises because the sun’s heat and light is trapped in the earth’s atmosphere.

What is global warming doing to the environment?

Global warming is affecting many parts of the world.  Global warming makes the sea rise, and when the sea rises, the water covers many low land islands.  This is a big problem for many of the plants, animals, and people on islands.  The water covers the plants and causes some of them to die.  When they die, the animals lose a source of food, along with their habitat.  Although animals have a better ability to adapt to what happens than plants do, they may die also.  When the plants and animals die, people lose two sources of food, plant food and animal food.  They may also lose their homes.  As a result, they would also have to leave the area or die.  This would be called a break in the food chain, or a chain reaction, one thing happening that leads to another and so on.  

The oceans are affected by global warming in other ways, as well.  Many things that are happening to the ocean are linked to global warming.  One thing that is happening is warm water, caused from global warming, is harming and killing algae in the ocean.

Global warming is doing many things to people as well as animals and plants.  It is killing algae, but it is also destroying many huge forests.  The pollution that causes global warming is linked to acid rain.  Acid rain gradually destroys almost everything it touches.  Global warming is also causing many more fires that wipe out whole forests.  This happens because global warming can make the earth very hot.  In forests, some plants and trees leaves can be so dry that they catch on fire. 

What causes global warming?  

Many things cause global warming.  One thing that causes global warming is electrical pollution.  Electricity causes pollution in many ways, some worse than others.  In most cases, fossil fuels are burned to create electricity.  Fossil fuels are made of dead plants and animals.  Some examples of fossil fuels are oil and petroleum.  Many pollutants (chemicals that pollute the air, water, and land) are sent into the air when fossil fuels are burned.  Some of these chemicals are called greenhouse gasses.

We use these sources of energy much more than the sources that give off less pollution.  Petroleum, one of the sources of energy, is used a lot.  It is used for transportation, making electricity, and making many other things.  Although this source of energy gives off a lot of pollution, it is used for 38% of the United States’ energy.

Some other examples of using energy and polluting the air are:

	Turning on a light
	Watching T.V.
	Listening to a stereo
	Washing or drying clothes
	Using a hair dryer
	Riding in a car
	Heating a meal in the microwave
	Using an air conditioner
	Playing a video game
	Using a dish washer

T1 :Global Warming 101

Group C

1ère 8 :"Weird Al" Yankovic - Don't Download This Song

Legal – illegal downloading

The record labels

Bully : intimider, faire violence contre

ISPs : Internet Service Providers

Hunt down : pourchasser, traquer

Fairly : de manière juste/ unfairly

Stand up for : se battre pour/to claim

A fine : amende/ to be fined

Trail, track down: suivre, pister /leave a trail

Hide (hid, hid) : (se) cacher

Break the law : enfreindre la loi

Swap (movies..) : échanger, permuter

Get caught : se faire prendre

Suspend an Internet connexion : suspendre une connexion internet

Allow sby to do smth / be allowed to do # forbid, be forbidden

T6 :NBC Reports on UK CCTV "Big Brother" project

Listening comprehension : watch this video and explain how the CCTV system operates in the UK.

What kind of crime does it wish to fight ? What are people told to do or prevented from doing ?

Explain how the population reacts to this security system, their contrasted opinions about it.

For further arguments watch this personal account of a teenage girl :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I3fIL2BV24&feature=related

T6 :CCTV in schools

Your task :Watch this video and list the pros and cons of CCTV cameras at school. Explain  how students react to it. Give adjectives to illustrate their state of mind.

Surveillance of the public using CCTV is particularly common in many areas around the world including the United Kingdom, where there are reportedly more cameras per person than in any other country in the world .There and elsewhere, its increasing use has triggered a debate about security versus privacy.Mass surveillance has been widely criticized on several grounds such as violations of privacy rights, illegality, and for preventing political and social freedoms, which some fear will ultimately lead to a totalitarian state,such a state may also be referred to as an Electronic Police State.

Big Brother is a fictional character in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. He is the enigmatic dictator of Oceania, a totalitarian state taken to its utmost logical consequence – where the ruling Party wields total power for its own sake over the inhabitants.

In the society that Orwell describes, everyone is under complete surveillance by the authorities, mainly by telescreens. The people are constantly reminded of this by the phrase "Big Brother is watching you", which is the core "truth" of the propaganda system in this state.

Since the publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four, the term "Big Brother" has entered the lexicon as a synonym for abuse of government power, particularly in respect to civil liberties, often specifically related to mass surveillance.

(Wikipedia)

1ères8 : Is the Internet a Bad Thing

Listening comprehension

1)The words below are extracted from the video, match A & B to build sentences explaining the dangers of the Internet:

A)Identity, home, savings

B) Invaded, robbed, stolen

2)Rephrase using capacity (To be able to/ capable of) and concession (Even if, although, despite) "without anyone setting foot inside your home":

3)Identify the historical characters or movements. Explain how the Internet can be used to spread ideologies.

4)Fill in the blanks with words from the video

"It is one of.........dangerous ever created. A way for the unhinged to spread ........, free of ...............or.................. A place for ......................... to exercise its ................/.................... "

5)What do you think of the presence of the baby with a price tag ? What is the internet compared to with this picture ?

6)Who was Orwell ?What kind of society did he denounce in the 1940s ?

According to you which danger of the Internet is exposed here ?

7) React to this video/ Give your opinion