English Day by Day is designed for school students to improve their performance in the English language.
Hi,
today we first worked again with trial scene from the movie "In the Name of the Father" in which you had to make a recap and find some important elements and expressions (how to swear when you are a witness at a trial + "swear words":
"I swear by almighty God to give / tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth"
Foul words = Swear words
=> Ex :
- Bastard
- I hope you burn in Hell!
- Oh my God!
- Damn it!
- What the Hell!
= Possibilité de "dégradation" pour rendre ces expressions moins vulgaires en remplaçant les mots divins
=> Ex :
- God -> Gosh
- Damn it -> Darn it
- Hell -> what the Heck
- Jesus -> Geez
The last part of the hour was dedicated to Facebook and its environmental impact. You can watch the document I showed you below:
Here is what we said about it:
The document is an awareness campaign by Green Peace, a charity who tries to protect the environment.
It deals with the story of Mark Zuckerberg, the creator of Facebook.
It intends to (= to express the goal) denounce the fact that Facebook uses a lot of energy.
Green Peace would like Mark Zuckerberg to change his mind about the energy he uses for the website.
They would like him to switch to renewable energy (such as wind mills) instead of using fossil fuel.
HW: learn your lessons, get ready for your oral comprehension test, get your binders (classeurs) ready too.