English Day by Day is designed for school students to improve their performance in the English language.
Here is a set of two videos dealing with the pension reform and the current strike in France so that you can have an insight into how people abroad consider the facts:
Reuters (British news agency)
Voc:
- a protester / a demonstrator / a striker
- prevent ... from V-ing
- a plant (factory)
- (to) supply
- (to) be cancelled
- (to) be left stranded
- a double-blow
- a lack of petrol
- (to) raise by ...
- an unpopular bill
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CNN (American news agency)
Voc:
- fuel
- an evolving situation
- gasoline / diesel products
- (to) top up one's tank
- (to) take out the steam
- the unions
- a poll
- (to) be sympathetic
- a high figure
- (to) renegotiate
- taxes on the wealthy