dimanche 9 juin 2013

You can do it - Video 2

1) Match:

a ballet dancer
  • attentionné
opulent, luxurious
  • timide
cozy, comfortable
  • opulent, luxueux
deaf-and-mute
  • une danseuse de ballet
sign language
  • mépriser ; méprisant
loving, caring, affectionate
  • sourd(e) et muet(e)
a hearing aid device
  • échouer
shy
  • confortable
self-conscious
  • paniquer
to stare at
  • gêné(e), embarrassé(e)
to despise, to scorn ; sornful
  • un appareil auditif
to fall (fell / fallen)
  • le langage des signes
embarassed
  • complexé(e)
to audition
  • prendre sa respiration
to freak out, to panic
  • dévisager, fixer du regard
to fail
  • impressionner, étonner
to get (my, your...) act together
  • épater, en mettre plein la vue à qq1
to focus on
  • tomber
to breathe in
  • se concentrer sur
to impress, to amaze
  • passer une audition
to blow someone's mind away
  • se ressaisir

2) Use your vocabulary to give general information about:
  • the girl's life
  • her relationship with her father
  • her relationship with other people
3) Use your vocabulary to tell her story in the past tense.


samedi 8 juin 2013

You can do it - Video 1

Match :

at the beginning
  • mourir
to sleep (slept / slept)
  • célibataire
on the floor
  • loin
to wake up
  • dormir
single
  • s'entraîner ;1entraînement
to die
  • sortir la poubelle
to crook
  • au début
far away
  • par terre
to shout / to scream
  • des voyous
to kiss
  • un gymnase, salle de sport
to take out the trash
  • réveiller, se réveiller
to drink alcohol / booze
  • arnaquer
thugs
  • crier, hurler
to beat up
  • s'enfuir
to run away
  • mettre K.O.
to fight (fought / fought) ; a fight
  • tabasser
to train ; training
  • embrasser, faire la bise
a coach
  • boire de l'alcool
a gym
  • gagner
to lift weights
  • un champion
to knock out
  • 1 entraîneur
to win (won / won)
  • soulever des altères
a champion
  • combattre, se battre ; un combat
2) Use your vocabulary to give general information about:
  • the boy's life conditions
  • his (possible) family situation
  • his relationship with his mother 

3) Use the words from the list to tell the story in the past tense: training – kiss – woke – beat him up – drinking alcohol – lazy – knocked out – saw – take out the trash – attacked – fought – sleeping – champion – running – gym – street – lifted weights – leaving – coach – won – competition – thugs – run away

At the beginning, the boy was _________________ when suddenly his mother _________________ him. She blamed him (= elle lui a reproché) for being _________________. Then (= ensuite), he was _________________ the house when suddenly his mother _________________. The boy had to (= il a été obligé de) _________________ his mother. He had to _________________.

Later (= plus tard), the boy was _________________ in the _________________ when suddenly a group of _________________ attacked him. They were _________________ when suddenly they _________________ the boy and _________________. The boy had to _________________.

At the _________________, he started his _________________, for example he _________________. His _________________ supported him (= l'a soutenu).

At the end, during a _________________, the boy _________________. He _________________ his opponent (= son adversaire), _________________ the match and became a _________________.

You can do it - Vocabulary

Mission : talk about what you dream of becoming (= ce que vous rêvez de devenir).

1) Match each adjective with its contrary :

adaptable, flexible
  • hopeless
ambitious
  • lenient
daring, courageous
  • hardworking
healthy
  • stubborn, inflexible, determined
hopeful
  • cowardly
shy
  • luxurious
lazy
  • apathetic, inactive
bossy, authoritative
  • handicapped
poor, destitute
  • outgoing
shabby
  • rich, wealthy, well-off

2) Match each expression with its equivalent :

to be willing to+ V
  • craindre
to cope with
  • réussir, avoir du succès
to do (my, your, his...) best
  • être prêt à
to face hardships
  • surmonter des obstacles
to fear
  • faire de son mieux
to hope
  • faire face à
to make a dream come true
  • relever un défi
to manage to + V
  • atteindre un but
to overcome obstacles
  • affronter des obstacles
to reach a goal
  • réussir, parvenir à
to succeed
  • espérer
to take up a challenge
  • réaliser un rêve


Facebook - a definition

I. Introduction : listen and complete with words from the document

Type of document : _________________.

The two speakers are _________________ and _________________.

They talk about Facebook, a _________________.

One of the speakers is already a _________________ of Facebook.

II. Definition : listen and complete with words from the document

"It's more like a _________________ with people from all over the _________________.

You see, you can _________________ onto Facebook the same way you go onto your

_________________, on _________________, on _________________, and then you 

can _________________ your friends, you can _________________ for your friends, and 

you can also make _________________ friends."

"So basically, it's a way of _________________ in _________________ with people."

III. Facts and figures: concentrate on numbers.

1) 6 represents _____________________________________________________________


2) 250 represents ___________________________________________________________


3) 1/4 represents ____________________________________________________________