Anti-smoking ad + picture of the teenager

17.03.2010 …

By English Prof

Hey,

today we first commented on a very violent British anti-tobacco campaign.
You can watch it here again:

Here is what we said about it:

The document is a video / an advertisement.
It represents the dangers / risks of smoking.
There is a man who is walking in the street.
He is bleeding / There is a lot of blood.
It's a shocking document; the scene is gruesome / very violent.
According to me, cigarettes are not that dangerous.
It's exaggerated. It's not efficient.
However, according to Nadia, cigarettes are highly / very dangerous, they destroy the body like we see in the ad. It's like the ad with crashed cars.

To conclude, I don't believe it will make me change my behaviour / attitude. We can say that shocking people may work sometimes but I think that sensitizing them and helping them is better.

Then we started our new sequence with the short description and oral presentation of this picture:

Here is what we said about it:

It's an advertisement which depicts / shows a young boy, a teenager.
He looks rebellious.
He is looking / staring directly at the camera.
He looks / seems defiant.
He is wearing "rock clothes", a leather jacket and he has long hair.
Rock is a symbol for rebellion.
However appearances are deceptive.
He may not be violent or rebellious, he may not be an anarchist [k] but he has the looks.

HW : don't forget that next week, you will have to comment on the new French anti-smoking advertisement campaign. You will also have a written expression test. If you want to get ready, have a look at p. 119 in your textbooks.

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MELANIA

03/17/2010 21:45

The document is a video/ a advertissement. It represents the dangers of smoking. There is a man who is walking in the street. He bleeding. There is a lot of blood. It's a shocking doc the scene is gruesome/ very violent. According to me, cigarettes are not that dangerous. It's exaggerated. It's not efficient. However, according to Nadia, cigarettes are highly dangerous, they destroy the body like very. We see in the ad. It's like the ad with crashed cars. Idon't believe it will make me change my behaviour/attitude. CCL : To conclude, we can say that shocking people may work sometimes but I think that sensitizing them and helping is better. It's an advertissement which dispicts/shows a young boy, a teenager. He looks rebellions. He is looking/ staring directly at the camera. He looks/seems defiant. He is wearing "rock clothes", a leather jacket and he has long hair. Rock is a sumbol for rebellio,. However apparances are deceptive. He may not be violent or rebellions, he may not be an anarchist but he has the looks.

English Prof

03/18/2010 07:44

Thanks Melania. You can correct your copybook because there are some typos in what you wrote. Take care, M. Hattais.

03/17/2010 21:24

The document is a video/a advertissement. It represents the dangers of smoking. There is a man who is walking in the street. He is bleeding. There is a lot of blood. It's a shocking document the scene is gruesome/very violent. According to me, cigarettes are not that dangerous. It's exaggerated. It's not efficient. However, according to Nadia, cigarettes are highly dangerous, they destroy the body like very. We see in the ad. It's like the ad with crashed cars. I don't believe it will make me change my behaviour/attitude. CCL : To conclude, we can say that shoking people may work sometimes but I think that sensitizing them and helping is better.

03/17/2010 21:37

Thanks for this update too. Don't forget to update all the posts that still bear your name Mélania.