Sorry, nobody's answering the phone - The staff has gone crazy!

Hi guys,

today one of the students made a quick presentation of last time's cartoon. Her performance was not as good as it could have been because she was not prepared enough to talk about it. We then had to concentrate on how to improve things for next time.

Finally we studied an audio document about school. You can listen to it again below:

Here is what we said about it:

The School’s answering machine

I.  The document is a recording of a school’s voicemail but it is not normal. There is a gap between a regular message and this recording.

The author intends to be humorous and aims at denouncing school problems and the attitude of some parents.

The message makes a list of different options that the parents can select if:

-         They want to lie about why their children are absent.

-         They want to make excuses about why they didn’t do their homework.

-         ….. to complain about administration.

-         ….. to swear at staff members.

-         They want teachers to raise their child

-         ..... to slap or hit someone.

Vocabulary:

A recording of = Un enregistrement de

A gap = a discrepancy = a difference

It intends to…+ BV = It aims at…+ ING = verbes pour exprimer la notion de but

To lie = mentir

Homework = devoir

To complain about = se plaindre

To swear at = jurer / insulter

To slap = gifler

Staff members = employés, membres du personnel

To raise = éduquer

Voicemail = answering machine = messagerie vocale

Phonetics:

Attention à la prononciation des mots suivants, vous la trouverez ici:

Recording / Slap / Swear / Regular / Raise / lie / denounce / administration

HW: vous devez imaginer le message que pourrait laisser un parent mécontent sur la boîte vocale du lycée en vous inspirant de l'un des thèmes proposés (press 1, press 2, ...). Vous pouvez inventer plusieurs messages si vous le souhaitez.