BP - The Oil Spill in Louisiana (May 2010)

Hey,

today we first finished correcting the exercise (§5) about our text and then we began to study a new topic thanks to a subverted logo of BP.

Here is what we said about it:

The picture is the logo of the firm BP but the sunflower is withered. It may have burnt or the company may have lost its fame or reputation.
It also looks like a fire ball; it's the symbol of energy.

Then we continued the lesson with the analysis of an article about this natural disaster. You can read it here (yet to be uploaded).

Here is what we said about this article:

The document is an article from a website (thinkprogress.org). It is a controversial article about who is responsible for the oil spill in the gulf of Mexico that happened last year in May 2010. BP CEO was trying to shirk responsibility and accuse another company.

Finally, we watched a video (a spoof) about the subject. You can watch it here:

Here is what we said about the document:

The video was published more or less one month after the incident in the gulf of Mexico, near the shores of Louisiana. It intends to criticize the way BP handled the oil spill.

This spoof blames BP for ... + V-ing :

-Try(ing) to shirk responsibility
- Find(ing) useless solutions
- Waste(ing) time
- Minimise(ing) the problem
- Not listen(ing) to the victims
- Corrupt(ing) / buy(ing) off / bribe(ing) residents (so that they kept silent / they forgot about accident / they didn't protest again the company)
- Not want(ing) to pay for all the damage
- Kill(ing) animals and endanger(ing) the environment

HW: find information about what the situation is like now in the Gulf of Mexico and analyse the last comment at the end of the article and explain what the internet users criticize.