Tales The Sentinel - World Cup Slavery in Qatar

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-27/qatar-2022-under-fire-over-workers-conditions/4984102

AUDIO http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/video/2013/sep/25/qatar-migrant-workers-world-cup-host-video

1eres : Supersize me 2 - american children being interrogated

1eres STMG2 :Super Size Me - Intro

Super Size Me is a 2004 American documentary film directed by and starring Morgan Spurlock, an American independent filmmaker. Spurlock's film follows a 30-day period from February 1 to March 2, 2003 during which he ate only McDonald's food. The film documents this lifestyle's drastic effect on Spurlock's physical and psychological well-being, and explores the fast food industry's corporate influence, including how it encourages poor nutrition for its own profit.

Spurlock dined at McDonald's restaurants three times per day, eating every item on the chain's menu at least once. Spurlock consumed an average of 20.92 megajoules or 5,000 kcal (the equivalent of 9.26 Big Macs) per day during the experiment.

As a result, the then-32-year-old Spurlock gained 24½ lbs. (11.1 kg), a 13% body mass increase, acholesterol level of 230, and experienced mood swings, sexual dysfunction, and fat accumulation in his liver. It took Spurlock fourteen months to lose the weight gained from his experiment using a vegandiet supervised by his future wife, a chef who specializes in gourmet vegan dishes.

The reason for Spurlock's investigation was the increasing spread of obesity throughout U.S. society.

Now you can answer the folllowing questions about the movie

1st part:

 What is the most significant adjective in this passage? How many times can you find it? Do you know any equivalents/synonyms?

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2nd part:
a) Match the figures with what they correspond to: 

has doubled 
100 million 
three times as many one in four more than 60 % twice as many 

Americans are either overweight or obese the number of overweight peopleof the American populationoverweight children 
overweight adolescentspeople in Mississippi are obese 

b) From the figures given, can you infer the total population in the US? ........................
c) In the script, highlight the structures used to express comparisons: 

1. Compare the eating habits of families from before and now.................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................... 
2. Does smoking cause more deaths than obesity in the US? Use the following phrases in your answers:more lethal than, lower number of deaths than, not as fatal as. 
...................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................... ...................................................................................................................................... 
3. How many obesity-related deaths are there every year? 
......................................................................................................................................
 4. What does the verb "to sue" mean in "they sued the bastards"? 

 

a) suer sang et eau
b) suivre dans la rue
c) poursuivre en justice 
5. Draw the portraits of the two girls. 
Girl A Age: Size: 
Weight: 

Girl B 

Age: 
Size: Weight: 

Compare these two girls:........................................................................................................................

6. What did the girls decide to do? 
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1eres L : Bowling for Columbine - A brief history of the USA

Tales : Sponsorship/ the power of money+ Myths and heroes

1)

2)http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-18795649 :a true hero ?

Tommie Smith: 'Black Power' salute had to be done

11 July 2012 

The black American sprinter Tommie Smith captured the world's attention with a peaceful but controversial protest delivered at the Mexico Olympics in 1968.
After wining the 200m - where he beat the previous world record by two tenths of a second - he and another competitor, John Carlos, stood on the podium and gave the "Black Power" salute. 
Their actions prompted boos from the crowd and the International Olympic committee forced their expulsion from the US Olympic team and banned them from future competitions. 

 3)
 http://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/19/opinion/olympic-sponsorship-clark/index.html
Controversy about sponsorship :Olympic sponsorship: Must it be so unhealthy?

By Malcolm Clark, Special for CNN (Video + article)

BTS AM2 :Apple's Factory in China - Rare Footage

2) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24039388

Apple looks to China with new phone/10 September 2013 Last updated at 22:53 BST

Apple has launched two new iPhone handsets, a premium flagship device, and a cheaper model, aimed at increasing their market share in China.
The world's biggest mobile phone market is dominated by Samsung and the home-grown manufacturer Xiaomi.

1 eres L: History of the Civil Rights Movement

1eres L :Mini BIO - Barack Obama

President Barack Obama sat Wednesday for a moment inside the Montgomery, Ala., city bus where Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat. The bus is currently housed at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.

Obama later reflected on the moment at a fundraiser in suburban Detroit. "I just sat in there for a moment and pondered the courage and tenacity that is part of our very recent history but is also part of that long line of folks who sometimes are nameless, often times didn't make the history books, but who constantly insisted on their dignity, their share of the American dream," he said, according to a White House pool report.Huffingtonpost.com

http://www.watchmojo.com/video/id/9154/= history of the civil rights movement

2ndes 7 : modern technologies/video games

1)TEEN COLLAPSES AFTER 4-DAY VIDEO GAME SESSION

A 15-year-old Ohio boy collapsed after a four-day Xbox marathon, his parents say.

The boy was holed up in his bedroom for the majority of the weekend playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, a "first-person shooter" game.

According to NBC's Columbus affiliate, the boy collapsed several times on Tuesday, hours after emerging from his room. He was hospitalized and treated for severe dehydration.

Jessie Rawlins, the boy's mother, told WCMH-TV that he turned very pale and his lips "became a disturbing blue color."

"I was very scared," Rawlins said. "I thought he was going to die. He just fell over three times."

The boy is expected to recover, but won't be playing video games anytime soon. "The Xbox is gone," Rawlins said.

The dangers of hard-core gaming and so-called video game addiction have long been debated.

In 2007, the American Psychiatric Association considered including "video game addiction" in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) but decided against it.

In 2009, an Ohio teenager was found guilty of murdering his mother and shooting his father after they would not allow him to play Halo 3. His defense team argued that he was addicted to video games.

Earlier this year, a Taiwanese teenager collapsed and died at an Internet cafe after playing Diablo III, an online video game, for 40 consecutive hours without eating, according to local media reports. A similar death was reported in South Korea in 2005.

Dr. Mike Patrick, an emergency physician at Nationwide Children's Hospital, told The Associated Press he recommends common sense when gaming: "Get plenty of food and fluids, take breaks for physical activity, and put the controller down now and then to get some decent sleep."

2)

2ndes 7 :euronews hi-tech - Gaming addiction, the reality.

2ndes 7 :China Internet Addiction

1eres L /Echange franco-américain

Voici deux liens vers les blogs des années passées afin de vous faire une idée de l'échange.

http://prevert-voyage-echange.blogspot.fr
http://echangefoxborough-prevert.blogspot.fr

BTS AM2 - New Walmart store to open in Chinatown despite pr...

CO :Sports issues

Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva condemns homosexuality amid debate on anti-gay laws

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-16/russian-athlete-hits-out-at-pro-gay-athletes/4891042
Lance Armstrong stripped of Tour de fRance Medals

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-400_162-57537025/lance-armstrong-stripped-of-tour-de-france-medals/

Lance Armstrong Oprah Interview: Doping Confession to Winfrey 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxkULBtpF3s

Tales S/L: year 2013 Review in pictures

YEAR 2012-2013: review in pictures

CO :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0ctaUiqrNs

TASK1 : GROUP WORK (EO).Look at the pictures illustrating last year’s most significant events and try to find out what they refer to. Choose the one event which strikes you the most and explain why ; one speaker will report to the class.

TASK2 (Terminales): EO GROUP WORK. Explain how some  events  of your choice can relate to the notions of « Myths and heroes/the idea of progress/Spaces and exchanges/the idea of power »

1eres STG/L Summer Review 2013

SUMMER REVIEW 2013

GROUP TASK :(EO).Look at the pictures illustrating last year’s most significant events and try to find out what they refer to. Choose the one event which strikes you the most and explain why ; one speaker will report to the class.