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English Day by Day is designed for school students to improve their performance in the English language.

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Thursday, September 24th

Current events
 1) Strike at  Mail Service Provider (Laposte) by Jeremy Adam
    Source: Metro

On the 22nd of  September they was a strike in France.  Laposte workers and trade unions were on strike for three reasons :
First, Trade unions denounced the fact that people get no replacement when they retire
Next, there is a reorganization of Laposte and people resent it
And then, Laposte is going to be privatized.


2) The H1N1 flu by Joanna Algain
    Source: Le parisien

  Flu is spreading.
Because of this pandemic Kindergarten, primary school, middle school and High school classes are closed in France.
There are  several cases of the swine flu in France.
After the death of a 26 year old young man last week.  More and more people are getting scared...


 Thank you
Enrika Mukoko for your  notes.

The sources were a problem. This gave me the opportunity to remind you that your sources must be in ENGLISH and coming from quality papers or magazines. We made a list of US and British Quality papers you can read...


We did not have time to go further.


Homework for next week: In your English books read and learn pages 132,133 and 134 + vocabulary.

Take a look at that commercial! Post me comments to sum up in one or two sentences what this is about.... Due before Tuesday September 29, 9pm.

Enjoy and have a nice week end!

 

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<br /> This video is a video which aims at making sensitive the population in the virus H1N1.<br /> It is a campaign of sensitization.<br /> To touch a majority of the population, the video shows several categories of persons so that people can become identified.<br /> The video thus shows attitudes not to be had during this epidemic.<br /> <br /> <br />
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<br /> at making the population AWARE of the H1N1 virus.<br /> It is an AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.<br /> Too short and very good.<br /> Your grade is 3/5<br /> Mrs Aboulker<br /> <br /> <br />
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<br /> This video is an advertising talk about the swine flu. they<br /> show the various way to have the swine flu.<br /> We can see people before and after contagion. The message is : Get a shot of protection, the swine flu shot<br /> <br /> <br />
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<br /> is a TV SPOT WHICH DEALS WITH THE swine flu.<br /> The various wayS<br /> This is too short, Laury. You shoud have described the spot.<br /> Your grade is 1.5/5<br /> Mrs Abouker<br /> <br /> <br />
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<br /> This two TV advertisement is about a vaccination campaign against the swine flu.<br /> The first TV spot deal with several persons who don't feel affect about the virus,and a few time later those persons finally are contaminated.<br /> The second explain the simple transmission of swine flu by a man who live his everyday life...he have comtaminate more people!<br /> <br /> <br />
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<br /> <br /> BOTH TV ADS ARE<br /> dealS<br /> don't feel affectED BY<br /> SOME time later<br /> Those persons ARE EVENTUALLY CONTAMINATED<br /> explainS<br /> transmission WAY<br /> who liveS his everyday LIFE<br /> he HAS CONTAMINATED LOTS OF people<br /> Not too bad, AURORE. Your grade is 4/5<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />
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<br /> This spot is a campaign about swine flu. This spot was made to make people realize how easy it is to be contamined with this disease.<br /> for exemple huging Kissing people these little daily gest can make you feel ill because the disease propagates very fast and we have to vaccinate ourselves from this disease.<br /> <br /> <br />
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<br /> <br /> about THE swine flu<br /> CONTAMINATED BY this disease<br /> fOR exAmple<br /> thes little daily ?????????<br /> Propagates or SPREADS<br /> tO BE VACCINATED<br /> Incomplete... Your grade is 2.5/5 Christelle<br /> Mrs Aboulker<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />
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<br /> This TV spot is about a vaccination campaign against the swine flu<br /> In this spot we can see, people weren't affected by swine flu and after the same people were affected by it. They made a description of different symptoms. This spot sensibize people about the<br /> swine flu.<br /> <br /> <br />
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<br /> we can see THAT ... by THE swine flu<br /> SENSITIZES<br /> Not bad but too short Anais. Your grade is 2.5/5<br /> Mrs Aboulker<br /> <br /> <br />