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Reproaches - McDonald's and Mattel

http://www.theblaze.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dumb-barbie.jpgHi guys,

 

today, after talking about why girls played with Barbie dolls while boys played with Action Men, we continued our lesson about reproaches to big companies. In line were Mattel and MacDonald's. Here is what we said about Barbie:

 

Barbie: The criticism

- People reproach Barbie with... :
* ... being too perfect
* ... giving an idea of unrealistic perfection

- They blame Barbie for... :
* ... making girls appear stupid
* ... promoting racism

- Some accuse her of... :
* ... being made of toxic products
* ... destroying the rainforest

- People complain about Barbie... :
* ... permitting child pornography
* ... making children want to get tattoos too
* ... not being conform to islamic ideas.

 

Then in the second part of the class, I taught you how to record yourself on your computers with the freeware: "Audacity" and you had to record yourself speaking about MacDonald's and the reproaches made in the text. We'll finish this next time.

 

HW: préparer le compte rendu à la fois sur Barbie et Mattel.

+ rédiger le script d'un message de répondeur selon la consigne suivante: "vous êtes standardiste chez Mattel ou MacDonald's [au choix], vous n'en pouvez plus de l'entreprise. Pour faire une farce, vous décidez de modifier le message d'accueil de la compagnie. Vous enregistrez la liste des différentes options que les clients pourront entendre de manière sarcastique."

Ex: "if you are about to have a heart attack, press 1", ...

--> NB: l'enregistrement de ce message constituera votre tâche finale. Vous serez noté sur ce devoir (coeff 3 ds votre moyenne...), alors préparez-vous bien!

 

Information:


http://cdn.portableapps.com/audacity.png  - Vous pouvez télécharger Audacity ici (version betâ 1.3) et l'extension Lame (pour créer des fichiers MP3, version 3.98.3) ici.

  - Vous devrez vous acheter un micro ou de quoi vous enregistrer. Exemple de micro à bas prix ici.


- N'hésitez pas à m'envoyer des fichiers audio pour que je vous aide à vous améliorer en terme de prononciation et d'accentuation. Merci de toujours respecter les noms de fichiers types:

nomdufichier_Nomdefamille_prénom_1LVA

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<br /> Barbie : The criticism<br /> <br /> -People reproach Barbie with :<br /> *being too perfect<br /> *giving an idea of unrealistic perfection<br /> <br /> -They blame Barbie for :<br /> *making girls appear stupid<br /> *promoting racism<br /> <br /> -Some accuse her of :<br /> *being made of toxic products<br /> *destroying the rainforest<br /> <br /> -People complain about Barbie :<br /> *permitting child pornography<br /> *making children want to got tattoos too<br /> *not being conform to islamic ideas.<br /> <br /> <br />
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<br /> <br /> Thanks Angélique for the update.<br /> <br /> <br /> I was LONGING for it :) - Good job: check your lesson for 2 or 3 mistakes though.<br /> <br /> <br /> Take care,<br /> Mr Hattais.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />
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<br /> The strange voice mail/answering machine<br /> <br /> <br /> The document is a recording from a school where the staff have game crazy. The message invites parents to lie about why their child is absent, make excuses about the homework, complain about the<br /> teachers blame administration for school lunches, reproach them with poor bus transportation, or to swear at staff members.<br /> How to complain in English :<br /> (to) complain about ...<br /> (to) blame ... for ...<br /> (to) reproach ... with ...<br /> (to) accuse ... of ...<br /> students always complain about eating no vegetables.<br /> <br /> <br />