Wednesday, January 20th

<br /> Earthquake in Haiti<br /> <br /> It occurred one week ago (= cela s’est passé il y a une semaine).<br /> The death toll is important and there are many casualties (= le bilan humain est très important et il y a beaucoup de blesses). Rescue teams were sent from all over the world to find survivors (=<br /> des équipes de secouristes ont été envoyé de partout dans le monde pour trouver des survivants).<br /> The city has been almost destroyed.<br /> <br /> Water problems for Coca-Cola in India<br /> <br /> Environmentalists accuse Coca Cola of using too much water in their bottling plants in India.<br /> <br /> I- Facts<br /> <br /> Coca Cola uses up India’s fresh water supplies to the detriment of poor Indians. Coca Cola uses fresh water to clean their glass bottles.<br /> <br /> II- Reactions<br /> <br /> They protest against this accusation by saying that they have reduced their consumption of fresh water. Coca Cola is willing to improve the situation so it has made estimates of the world situation<br /> in India. To show that Coca Cola is a responsible company it is committed to WWF and CARE, conservationists, organization and a private international humanitarian organization.<br /> <br /> CCL:<br /> <br /> I think that Indian ecologists can’t accuse CC without proofs. I am shocked to learn that a multinational should profit from poor countries.<br /> <br /> VOC:<br /> <br /> - Avoir raison: to be agree<br /> - Avoir tord: to be wrong<br /> - Être engage dans: to be committed to<br /> - To be willing to do smth: être désireux de faire qchose<br /> - To prove: prouver<br /> - To protest: protester<br /> - Glass bottles: bouteilles en verre<br /> - To clean: nettoyer<br /> - Accuser qq de faire qchose: to accuse someone of + v + -ing<br /> <br /> <br />