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Why does Britain farm so much sugar?
When the British are
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In this issue of Vocable we take a look at British B2-C1 Brexit and the land of the porridge people
gastronomy, and its possible fate with Brexit THE NEW YORK TIMES (US) ......................................................................................................................................................................... 9
looming; as it has the potential to impact the Is British gastronomy in danger due to Brexit?
availability of food, a concern which continues to
make headlines in the major newspapers. There A2-B1 Focus ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11
is another worry, less obvious, for the British. To
understand it, you must go back to the post-war Société
period, when food was still rationed, and where B2-C1 Why people care about ancient buildings THE ECONOMIST (UK) . 12
tinned meat accompanied by carrots, potatoes The fire at Notre-Dame Cathedral and the response of solidarity worldwide.
and bright green peas was the basic diet for most
people. The first major change occurred, coinci- A2-B1 Sur le vif .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 14
dentally, when the United Kingdom entered the
European Economic Community in 1973. A new Enjeux
way of thinking about food began and, critically, B2-C1 Fox News, an unusual spot for 2020 Democrats
new products began arriving that revolutionised THE NEW YORK TIMES (US) ....................................................................................................................................................................... 15
eating habits in Britain. Since then, the progress A new media outlet for 2020 Democratic candidates.
has continued. Nowadays, London stands tall
among the gastronomic greats worldwide, with
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culturally diverse cuisine. But is Brexit putting Vocabulaire, expressions et astuces pour parler
all this in danger? comme un anglophone
Dans un immeuble/ Point de grammaire : Should et would / L’expression idiomatique
On another front, Brexit provides the oppor-
tunity to rethink the farming model entirely.
A bill by Agricultural Minister, Michael Gove,
proposes to offer grants to farmers who are more
B2-C1 Improving the image of McDonald’s THE ECONOMIST (UK) ....................... 22
Bob Langert’s fight to improve McDonald’s reputation.
environmentally focused. This would hopefully
end the intensive farming of sugar beets, for ex-
ample, which threatens to destroy the arable land
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Rejoignez-nous sur et suivez-nous sur et sur THE GUARDIAN (UK) ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 28
The young American actress playing alongside Isabelle Huppert in Greta.
William Barr
The US attorney general, William Barr, has been in an
ongoing battle with House Democrats regarding his
handling of the Mueller report. He stands accused of
spinning the 448-page report to make it look as though
the special counsel Robert Mueller definitively conclud-
ed that there was no collusion between Trump’s cam-
paign and the Russian government. Mueller himself
wrote a letter to Barr to complain that his four-page sum-
mary “did not fully capture the context, nature, and sub-
stance” of his findings and created “public confusion”
about them. Barr refused to testify before the House ju-
diciary committee in May, and is facing calls to resign
from several Democrats, including Hillary Clinton.
(SIPA)
Chris Grayling Penny Mordaunt Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
The UK Transport secretary Chris Grayling In May, Penny Mordaunt became the UK’s In a much-commented Twitter blunder,
has cancelled ferry contracts signed to ensure first female defence secretary after Gavin freshman Democratic Representative
critical imports could reach the UK in the Williamson was sacked by Prime Minister Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez mistook a fellow
event of a no-deal Brexit, a move that will Theresa May over the leaking of a key decision Democrat representative for a Republican. In
cost £50m to taxpayers – the cost of related to the Chinese telecoms company her post, she attempted to call out an “older
compensation to ferry operators for Huawei from a UK National Security Council male” Republican for posing next to a
termination. Questioned in parliament, meeting. A Royal Navy reservist, a former cardboard cutout of her but it appears that it
Grayling confirmed similar contracts could be minister for the armed forces and the MP for was Representative John Yarmuth, a
signed again later this year if needed. Portsmouth, Penny Mordaunt is also an Democrat from Kentucky, who was striking a
enthusiastic Brexiter who partly led the Vote pose. The Congresswoman deleted her tweet
transport secretary minister for transport / to ensure Leave campaign in 2016. after being mocked by several Republican
to guarantee, make sure / critical crucial, essential /
imports importation (here, merchandise coming into a
commentators.
defence secretary minister of defence / to be sacked
country) / in the event of in case of / no-deal Brexit to be fired, here, to be relieved of a position of blunder mistake, error / freshman here, newly elected
British exit from the European Union without a deal / responsibility in the government / over because of, as a member of Congress / to mistake, took, taken for to
move decision / taxpayer citizen of a country paying result of / leaking allowing confidential information to confuse with / fellow colleague / to attempt to try,
tax / termination here, official ending of a contract / be made public / National Security Council (UK) NSC, here, to intend to / to call out to criticise / cardboard
questioned officially asked for an explanation. agency overseeing all issues related to national security, (made of) thick, stiff paper / cutout silhouette poster
intelligence coordination and defence strategy / Royal representing AOC / to strike, struck, struck a pose to
Navy United Kingdom’s naval branch of the military / stand next to for a photo / to be mocked to be laughed
MP = Member of Parliament / enthusiastic here, at, joked about.
committed / partly in part, was part of the / Vote
Leave campaign pro-Brexit campaign.
170
In England and Wales, 170 children and teenagers a day
are having operations in NHS hospitals to remove
multiple teeth that have been rotted by sugar.
East Anglia
Are the British addicted to sugar? Well some studies would have you believe so. And, This is about a sickness in the nutrient-rich
while we know the excessive consumption of sugar has an impact on health, it is now bit of planetary crust that we call topsoil,
understood to be damaging agriculture, more specifically arable land, which is which campaigners say is caused in part by
suffering from the intensive farming of sugar beets in England. Just as Britain our sweet tooth.
prepares to leave the Common Agricultural Policy, major changes are required by
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creating a new model of agriculture before it is too late. 2. Topsoil is the first few inches of soil in
which we grow our crops. We’ve been using
it to cultivate food for at least 12,000 years,
t seems drastic to link a packet of Percy would thrive as soon as humans were off the and as per humanity’s fondness for self-
Pigs to the death of all life on Earth as scene. However, our addiction to sugar re-
we know it. And largely, it is – most species ally could be perilous – just maybe not for
sickness illness, physical disorder / bit part / crust outer
the reasons you think. This isn’t just about layer / topsoil top layer of earth / campaigner active
1. to link (sth/sb) to (sth/sb) to make a connection the global obesity crisis or type 2 diabetes. supporter of a cause, militant / sweet tooth a penchant
between sth/sb and sth/sb / Percy Pigs British brand of for sugar.
pig-shaped sweets (confectionary product) made in 2. inch = 2.54 cm / to grow, grew, grown to cultivate,
Germany for Marks & Spencer since 1992. / largely here, to to thrive, thrived or throve, thrived or thriven to produce / crop agricultural plant / as per in accordance
a certain extent, on the whole / species (inv.) type of prosper / to be off the scene to disappear / perilous with / fondness taste for, preference, liking, here, as
animal/plant / dangerous, risky / global worldwide / humanity loves to self-sabotage... /
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most fertile fields during the beet harvest was brought in to tax soft drinks firms if
– which could account for a 10th of the sugar content exceeded 5g per 100ml, affect-
country’s annual topsoil loss. Why are we ing Coke, Red Bull and Irn-Bru among others.
farming sugar beet? So we can The government says the tax
extract a nutrient-deplete en- “resulted in over 50 per cent of
ergy source – sucrose. This is manufacturers reducing the
your average white table sugar, sugar content of drinks … the
which we pack like crack-ad- equivalent of 45 million kg of
dled addicts into our sweets, sugar every year”.
soups, ketchup, bread, yo-
ghurts and baby’s rusks. 6. It’s a great start, but we
They even put it in Bran still have a way to go. Sug-
Flakes, though they still The NHS spent ar should account for no
taste like cardboard. £6.1bn on more than 5 per cent of our
daily calorie intake, accord-
SUGAR HEALTH overweight and ing to government targets.
CRISIS obesity-related A chiev ing t his target
4. Some argue it’s unwise illness in 2014-15. would require a two-thirds
to demonise food groups reduction in the average
for our health crises, tempt- diet. The NHS spent £6.1bn
ing as it may be when dia- on overweight and obesity-
betics are being amputated and a quarter related illness in 2014-15, according to of-
of children are reported as being overweight ficial estimates. That’s more than the
or obese. In April, a study in The Lancet amount spent on police, the fire service and
warned against the sugar and fat debate, the judicial system combined. Have we lost
saying the focus needed to be on the “poor bobbies to the beet? >>>
quality” diets that cause the early death of
11 million people around the world every 5. to bring, brought, brought in to introduce / soft
year. The problem in the UK, according to drink non-alcoholic drink / content here, what is
contained inside / manufacturer maker, producer.
authors behind the Global Burden of Dis-
6. a way to go progress still to be made / intake
ease study, is a lack of whole grains, fruit, consumption / target objective / to achieve to reach, to
vegetables, nuts and seeds in our diets. arrive at / to require to necessitate / NHS = National
However, the scientists did also point the Health Service / bn = billion (one thousand million) /
illness disorder, sickness / Have we lost bobbies to the
finger at fizzy drinks. beet? ref to the phrase ‘bobbies on the beat’ meaning
police officers walking the streets to prevent crime, here,
5. Sugar has become enough of a worry for also means losing police officers to budget cuts as more is
required to treat sugar related illnesses.
the government to act. One year ago, a law
sabotage, we have made good progress in
destroying it. British topsoil has only 30 to
40 years of fertility left, or so says environ- harvest cutting and gathering of plants / to account for
ment secretary Michael Gove. to represent, make up / to deplete to exhaust, (here, SUR LE BOUT DE LA LANGUE
nutrient-deplete lacking in vitamins or other food value)
/ sucrose common sugar / average ordinary, typical,
SUGAR BEET FARMING standard / to pack to put into, here, to include, add to / Know your beverages
3. The charity Feedback is now campaigning addled confused, unable to think clearly, as if on crack, on (boissons)
against the farming of sugar beet in the UK, drugs / addict person with a dependence on a substance /
sweets confectionary / rusk teething biscuit (for babies) / Quelle est la différence entre soft,
saying it is a “poster crop” for degrading to taste to have the flavour of. sparkling et fizzy ?
topsoil. It says sugar beet farmers extract 4. health physical well-being, here, nutritional / to argue a soft drink boisson non alcoolisée
300,000 tonnes of topsoil from Britain’s to maintain, say / unwise ill-advised / tempting a fizzy drink (§ 4) avec des bulles,
appealing / to report to declare, register / to warn to souvent synonyme d'une boisson
caution, inform of possible danger / fat triglyceride, in the sucrée, moins noble qu'un "sparkling
group of lipids / focus centre of interest, here, priority / drink"
secretary here, minister. poor here, bad / diet food regimen / according to as
3. beet (US), beetroot (GB) dark red root vegetable / stated/reported by / global worldwide / burden heavy
sparkling water eau gazeuse
charity non-profit organisation which helps a cause / responsibility / disease illness, health disorder / lack (naturelle ou gazéifiée)
poster crop prime example of all that can be wrong for absence, shortage / whole grain complete cereal / seed sparkling wine un vin mousseux
our agriculture and food system / grain / fizzy drink soda.
£153.8m 90%
Between April (when it was A recent survey found that 90% of
introduced) and October 2018, the the public in the UK support the
sugar tax on soft drinks raised government working with industry
£153.8m in the United Kingdom. to make food and drinks healthier.
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UK families buy more ultra-processed food One in eight Britons
than any others in Europe, amounting to are now vegetarian
50.7% of the diet. or vegan.
>>> celebrity chefs and devote hours to watch- cooking oil. And so, the argument over Brex- pean Union, Britons will go hungry. The
ing cooking shows like The Great British it has often turned into a fight over food. deeper anxieties about Brexit are more cul-
Bake-Off. tural than practical. We worry that the
IMPORTATION FROM THE E.U. Britain that opened up to European tastes
THE BREXIT DANGER 6. There are practical concerns about how will start to fade away; that we will revert to
4. But now it appears that Brexit could put Britain will eat once we leave the European being insular, backward, porridge people.
our relatively new foodie confidence at risk. Single Market. For all of the bluster about our
On issues from immigration to economics, brave island going it alone, it is difficult to GLOBAL TASTES
the 2016 vote to leave the European Union ignore the reality: We can’t feed ourselves on 8. One consolation is that our appetites are
has prompted insecurity about who we are our own and everybody — whichever way today more global than European. Our food
as a nation and what we have become. Food they voted — needs to eat. Given that we im- revolution was not just continental. It may
has not been spared. port 30 percent of our food from the European not be fashionable to be wistful about the
Union, it is hardly surprising that on the cusp British Empire but it’s certainly popular to
5. Even the most hardened Leave supporter of Brexit, we are becoming enjoy delicacies from for-
would probably admit that British food has nervous. The prospect of mer colonies, as well as
improved since 1973, when we joined the new global trade deals hasn’t from countries Britain nev-
European Economic Community, the Union’s calmed the discussion: One consolation er even came close to invad-
predecessor. Once we joined the club of Eu- There have been frenzied is that our ing. If you had to define our
rope, we became bewitched by European
eating habits, and then aped (and often im-
reports of how Britain will
be awash with chlorinated
appetites are national dish, it would be as
accurate to say chicken
proved) them. Easy trade with the Continent chicken from America and today more tikka masala or pad thai as
has filled our supermarket shelves with an hormone-soaked beef from global than fish and chips, which, by
increasingly rich display of produce. Fifty
years ago, olive oil was a medicinal product
Australia. European. the way, is believed to have
been introduced to Britain
most often found in Britain in a pharmacy. 7. The government hasn’t in the 19th century by Jew-
Nowadays, it is the country’s best-selling helped quash worries that ish refugees.
we will soon return to a regime of canned
no-frills simple, basic, unadorned / to worship to adore, food and ration cards. In the case of a “no 9. Nobody is quite sure what Brexit will mean
venerate / celebrity famous, star / to devote to dedicate deal” Brexit, customs confusion will disrupt for our diets. Our taste for world dishes may
/ cooking show TV program about food preparation.
the fresh food supply. According to the BBC, help, as we start to forge new trade links and
4. foodie gourmet / confidence self-assurance / to put, the sandwich would be one of the first casu- wean ourselves off cheap European goods. But
put, put at risk to put in danger / issue question / to
prompt to cause, provoke / spared left unaffected. alties of any supply-chain problems. The a food culture, much like food itself, can per-
5. hardened deep-rooted, inveterate, stubborn / Leave anti-European Union side says this is hyper- ish. So will we go back to where we once were
supporter Brexit supporter / to join to become a member bole, part of an elite campaign to scare voters — the laughingstock of the culinary world
(here, of the EU) / predecessor former incarnation / off Brexit. To an extent, that is right: Most — or can we prove the critics wrong? l
bewitched seduced, in love with / to ape to imitate /
trade commerce / supermarket shelf stand to display people don’t believe that without the Euro-
products in a foodstore / rich here, plentiful / display
array, choice, presentation / produce fresh fruit and
vegetables /
cooking oil liquid vegetable fat using in cooking /
best-selling most sold / fight struggle, combat. to scare sb off to frighten away from / to an extent to a
6. practical real, actual, pragmatic, here, logistical / certain degree / to go, went, gone hungry to starve / to
concern preoccupation, worry / single market market open up to to welcome, embrace / to fade away to
consisting of a number of nations (here, the European disappear little by little / to revert to go back to / insular
Union) / bluster arrogant talk that has no effect / to go, inward looking / backward here, reactionary / porridge
SUR LE BOUT DE LA LANGUE went, gone it alone to do sth alone / hardly not really / soft thick white breakfast food made of oats boiled in milk
on the cusp of on the verge of / prospect possibility / or water.
global international / trade deal commercial agreement 8. global international / fashionable in vogue, trendy /
a frill quelque chose de / frenzied frenetic / to be awash with to be invaded by, wistful nostalgic / delicacy food that is rare and
overrun with / chlorinated washed with chlorine /
décoratif hormone-soaked full of hormones.
expensive / to come, came, come closer to to be near to,
on the point of / dish plate of food / accurate precise,
(sur une robe) un volant 7. to quash to suppress, extinguish / canned preserved in exact / Jewish of or from the Jews (people whose
(sur une chemise) un jabot a small metal container / ration card card noting the traditional religion is Judaism).
Au sens figuratif, without frills prend quantity of food allowed / no-deal Brexit British exit 9. diet food regimen / taste preference, penchant / to
from the European Union without a deal / customs at the forge to create, establish / trade links commercial
le sens de simple, sans chichis : level of the government department that collects taxes on relations / to wean oneself off to learn to do without, get
no-frills food (§ 3) des plats simples goods brought into a country / to disrupt to perturb, out of the habit of / cheap inexpensive / to perish to
no-frills airlines des vols "low-cost" destabilise / food supply stock of food which is available disappear / laughingstock to be the object of ridicule / to
/ casualty victim / hyperbole exaggeration / prove sb wrong to contradict, expose as untrue.
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Focus
EATING LIKE A BRIT
CLASSIC TAKE-AWAY FOOD FAVOURITE VEGETABLE
Fish and chips consist of fried fish (mostly cod or In a 2017 survey, broccoli was named the UK’s favourite vegetable,
haddock) in batter served with chips. Although the followed by sweetcorn and tomato. Marketed as a superfood,
dish first appeared in the UK in the 1860s – both broccoli precipitated the fall of cauliflower sales in the early 2000s.
Lancashire and London stake a claim to being the vegetable plant, which is not a fruit, used for food / survey poll, study /
first to invent it – its roots are not British. Fried fish named to elect, choose, here, identify / sweetcorn edible maize / to
was introduced into Britain by Jewish refugees from market to sell / superfood very nutritious food which is beneficial to
Portugal and Spain in the 17th century. Fish and health / to precipitate the fall of sth to herald the decline of /
cauliflower variety of white cabbage.
chips portions were originally wrapped in old
newspaper to keep the prices down, a practice that
survived until the 1980s. THE BIG WINNER
take-away here, cooked food from a restaurant that is The average purchase of pizza rose from
53g
ordered online and delivered somewhere else / chips french 2g per week in 1975 to 53g in 2014.
fries / fried cooked in hot oil / cod type of sea fish / in batter According to food historian Annie Gray,
coated in a mixture of milk, flour and sometimes eggs / dish
food prepared in a particular way / to stake one’s claim to pizza “comes out of Italy but it’s
assert one’s rights as owner of sth / roots origins / wrapped popularised by Americans”. Defra
here, enveloped in paper / to survive to continue. statisticians have mapped the
growth of pizza against the
popularity of the Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles in the 1980s.
winner successful item / average approximate / purchase act of buying sth / food historian
expert in the history of food and eating habits / to come, came, come out to originate from / to map to analyse
/ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (VF) Tortues Ninja.
3.5
3.5 million people now identify as vegan in the UK. 25% of
(Istock)
EMBLEMATIC BRAND
Marmite is a food
spread made from
550%
yeast extract, a
by-product of
beer. The Marmite
Food Extract
Company was
created in Burton
upon Trent,
Staffordshire, in White fish, such as cod and haddock, is the most
1902. Being a rich popular fish choice for the British but salmon DRINKS
68g
source of the consumption has increased by 550% since 1974.
vitamin B According to specialists, the marketing around the
complex, the benefits of omega 3 and the decline in price account
spread was a part of the food rations of British for the rise.
soldiers during World War I, and became very popular white fish fish with white flesh / benefit advantage, good
from that period onwards. Currently produced by effect / to account for to explain / rise increase.
British-Dutch company Unilever, it is one of the most
common items confiscated at British airports. In 2014, the average British household bought
food spread substance to put on toast / yeast type of 68g of tea per week.
fungus used in the making of bread, wine and beer / average common, ordinary / household home,
extract product derived from a process in concentrated domestic.
form / by-product secondary product / from... onwards
from, as of / currently at present / item article.
THE ECONOMIST
WHY PEOPLE
CARE ABOUT
ANCIENT
BUILDINGS
Cherishing architectural heritage
On the evening of 15 April, the unthinkable happened… an enormous fire engulfed Notre but also of beauty and history. Familiarity
Dame, ravaging part of the cathedral and completely destroying its roof and iconic spire. breeds affection. A building on whose sunny
The flames rising from this masterpiece of Gothic architecture were witnessed by a steps you have rested, in front of which you
shocked audience worldwide. A journalist from Britain’s The Economist tries to have taken a selfie with your loved one, be-
understand the reaction and response of acts of solidarity concerning this event. comes a warm part of your memories and thus
W
of yourself. That helps explain why China is
in mourning—WeChat, young China’s prin-
cipal means of talking to itself, has been
hat is civilisation?” asked Ken- more attention than floods in southern Africa throbbing with the story, and Xi Jinping, the
neth Clark 50 years ago in the which killed over 1,000 arouses understandable country’s president, sent a message of condo-
seminal BBC series on the subject. “I don’t feelings of guilt. Yet the widespread, intense lence to Emmanuel Macron, his French coun-
know, and I can’t define it in abstract terms, grief at the sight of the cathedral’s collapsing terpart—while India was largely indifferent.
yet. But I think I can recognise it when I see steeple is in fact profoundly human—and in a Tourism from India to the West is a trickle
it, and I’m looking at it now.” And he turned particularly 21st-century way. compared with the flood from China.
to gesture behind him, at the soaring Gothic
towers and flying buttresses of Notre Dame. GLOBAL CULTURE 4. This visual age has endowed beauty with
3.It is not just the economy that is global new power, and social media have turned
2. It seems inhuman to care more about a build- today, it is culture too. People wander the
ing than about people. That the sight of Notre world in search not just of jobs and security
Dame going up in flames has attracted so much to breed, bred, bred to create, to produce / step part of
stairs up to or down from a building / to rest to sit on for a
flood inundation, deluge / to arouse to provoke / guilt break / loved one person you love / warm tender, happy /
1. seminal very important, influential / series serialised culpability / widespread extensive, here, felt by many to be in mourning to be in a state of sadness after the
set of TV programmes / to gesture at sth to indicate, to people all over the world / grief distress, suffering, sadness death of sb / to throb to pulsate / counterpart
point to sth / soaring enormous, very tall / flying / collapsing falling / steeple tall pointed tower on the equivalent / largely mostly, for the most part / the West
buttress arc-boutant. top of a church. North America and Europe / trickle minimal flow of liquid.
2. sight vision / to go, went, gone up in flames to burn, 3. global international, worldwide / to wander to travel / 4. visual relating to images, pictorial / age era / to
to be destroyed by fire / in search of looking for, on a quest for / endow to give a quality to /
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great works of art into superstars. Only a few, When politics is polarised, a love of culture
though, have achieved this status. Just as has the power to unite. When extremism SUR LE BOUT DE LA LANGUE
there is only ever a handful of world-famous divides Muslim from Christian and religious
actors, so the pantheon of globally recognis- people from atheists, those of all faiths and Quiz
able cultural symbols is tiny: the Mona Lisa, none are mourning together. An edifice built Sachant que to spread veut dire étaler,
Michelangelo’s David, the Taj Mahal, the for the glory of God also represents the répandre, diffuser, devinez le sens des
Great Pyramid—and Notre Dame. Disaster, unity of the human spirit. expressions suivantes :
too, is visual. In the 24 hours widespread grief (§ 2 )
after the fire started videos 7. And it will be rebuilt. The to spread the news
on social media of the burn- morning after the fire, the to spread the costs
ing cathedral were viewed Within 24 many Parisians who went to to spread butter on a piece of bread
nearly a quarter of a billion hours, €600m the cathedral to mourn its
what a lovely spread!
a spreadsheet
times. had been destruction found comfort
instead. Although the spire is
Solutions : une peine partagée dans le
5. Yet the emotions the sight raised from gone, the towers are still
monde entier, faire circuler les nouvelles,
répartir les frais, beurrer une tartine,
aroused were less about the businesses and standing and it seems likely c'est un vrai festin!, un tableau Excel
building itself than about
what losing it might mean.
rich people. that the whole building can
be revived. The effort to re-
Notre Dame is an expression build it, like the fire, will bring funding campaigns started. It will never be
of humanity at its collective people together. Within 24 the same, but that is as it should be. As Victor
best. Nobody could look up into that vaulted hours, €600m had been raised from busi- Hugo wrote in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, a
ceiling without wondering at the cumulative nesses and rich people, and a rash of crowd- three-volume love-letter to the cathedral:
genius of the thousands of anonymous “Great edifices, like great mountains, are the
craftsmen who, over a century and a half, work of centuries. Art is often transformed as
to divide... from to cause factions within a group / none
realised a vision so grand in its structural not of any (faith), here, non-believer. it is being made...Time is the architect, the
ambition and so delicate in its hand-chiselled 7. to rebuild, built, built to reconstruct / to mourn to nation is the builder.” l
detail. Its survival through 850 years of po- grieve, to show one’s sadness (after the death of sb) / to
litical turbulence—through war, revolution find, found, found comfort to find consolation / spire
tall pointed structure on top of a church / to be gone to be crowdfunding campaign internet campaign to fund a
and Nazi occupation—binds the present to destroyed / standing in place / likely probable / to project / The Hunchback of Notre Dame (VF)
the past. revive to bring back to life / rash multitude / Notre-Dame de Paris / builder constructor.
UNITING GRIEF
6. The fire also binds people to each other.
The outpouring of emotion it has brought
forth is proof that, despite the dark forces of
division now abroad, we are all in it together.
When nationalism is a rising threat, shared
sadness makes borders suddenly irrelevant.
le chiffre de la quinzaine
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It has been revealed that New Zealand’s
department of corrections spent more
than $1 million on slushie machines to
keep prison staff cool during last year’s
heatwave. The 193 machines were
bought as a preventative measure after
a record-breaking 2017/2018 summer.
According to the department, the
purchase was made in order to reduce
staff discomfort and tension that could
(SIPA)
lead to inmate violence, sugary frozen
drinks being more effective at keeping
No more glass and steel staff cool than chilled water. The
spending has been widely criticized by
Opposition National Party leader Simon
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced he is planning to introduce a Bridges and the general public.
bill to ban glass and steel skyscrapers in a bid to cut greenhouse emissions department of corrections prison service /
slushie machine machine providing flavoured
by 30 per cent in the city. Under his proposal — which requires City Council crushed ice drink / to keep, kept, kept sb cool
approval — new skyscrapers would need to be built from more energy-effi- to keep sb refreshed / heatwave period of
cient materials. “If a company wants to build a big skyscraper they can use a extremely hot weather / inmate detainee,
prisoner / sugary with sugar / chilled
lot of glass if they do all the other things needed to reduce the emissions,” refrigerated, kept at a cold temperature /
the mayor said. The bill would also require existing glass buildings to be spending expenditure / widely extensively /
opposition here, the major political party not in
retrofitted to meet stricter carbon-emissions guidelines. power / National Party centre-right political
glass here, window / steel hard metal made of iron and carbon / mayor head of a city government / bill party in New Zealand / general public ordinary
proposed new law / to ban to prohibit / skyscraper very tall modern building, high-rise (US) / in a bid to in order citizens.
to try to (bid attempt) / to cut, cut, cut to reduce / greenhouse gas gas that contributes to a rise in temperature
of the earth’s atmosphere / under in accordance with / proposal proposition, plan, project / energy-efficient
using a minimal amount of energy / to be retrofitted to be modernised / guideline directive.
(Peter MacDiarmid/REX/SIPA)
European holiday
After Brexit was postponed to 31 October, ferry services to Europe reported a ticket sales rise
of more than 50%. Holidaymakers had been warned to be careful if booking a holiday to the
continent, especially by
car and ferry, in the
event of a no-deal
Brexit. The
announcement of the
Bad drivers
delay unleashed a wave A poll of 1,000 people led in the United Kingdom
of summer break showed that bad drivers and rogue cyclists are
bookings, especially on among the aspects of modern life most likely to
the Dover-Calais route. anger British people. Motorists neglecting their
to report to announce, state indicators appear to be the most common
/ rise increase / complaint. Overall, people feel angry or frustrated
holidaymaker tourist / to an average of five times a week.
be warned to put on alert,
here, advise caution / to driver person operating a moving vehicle / poll survey, study
book to reserve / to unleash of public opinion / rogue here, irrepressible / most likely
to set off, release / wave here, which has the most chance of / to anger to make furious
here, movement, sudden / to neglect to forget, ignore / indicator light signaling a left
(Istock)
FOX NEWS, AN
UNUSUAL SPOT FOR
2020 DEMOCRATS
Democratic candidates in the 2020
election are appearing on Fox news to
reach potential voters
In April, Democratic Senator and candidate in the 2020 American
presidential elections, Bernie Sanders, appeared in a Fox News
broadcast. As this channel is well known for its ultra-conservative
politics and support for the current president, the choice of inviting
the senator from Vermont came as a surprise, not least to those in
the Democratic Party itself. However, it may have opened a new
media outlet for other Democratic candidates…
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders takes part in a Fox News town-hall style
event, April 15, 2019 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. (SIPA)
>>> on Fox News Sunday. “The outdated ap- TRUMP’S REACTION 10. Other Democrats argue that the Fox
proach of taking a calculated and risk- 7. Even Trump seemed mystified to see News audience is unnecessary, pointing to
averse approach to the media needs to be Sanders, one of his sharpest critics, granted the excitement surrounding candidates like
put in the past. Voters are going to reward Fox News airtime to call the president a former Rep. Beto O’Rourke, whose unapolo-
fearlessness.” “pathological liar,” among other epithets. getically liberal run for the Senate in Texas
“So weird to watch Crazy Bernie on @ last year galvanized voters and donors,
CRITICS WITHIN THE PARTY FoxNews,” Trump tweeted, as a loyal view- pushing him to within 3 percentage points
5. Fox News town halls are moderated by er displeased by an unexpected story arc. of victory. Then there is a broader concern
news anchors like Bret “What’s with @FoxNews?” that the symbiosis between Fox News stars
Baier, not the network’s the president wrote. and the Trump administration means the
hard-right commentators. network will not treat Democrats fairly.
But the fealty that pundits “Voters are Trump has been com-
8.
like Sean Hannity show to
going to plaining about Fox News SANDERS’S HIT
Trump have many estab- for many months. But the 11.Lesser-known candidates like Andrew
lishment Democrats ap- reward campaign’s strategy is to Yang, a former tech executive, and Rep.
prehensive. In March, the
D e mo c r at ic Nat ion a l
fearlessness.” depict Democrats as too
extreme for the country,
Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii have made appear-
ances in shorter segments on the network.
Committee took the unu- and it fears that candidates But Sanders is currently a front-runner in
sual step of barring Fox will seem more presentable the Democratic race, and his full-blown
News from sponsoring if Fox News introduces town hall represented a bigger leap. Sanders’
any of its presidential primary debates, them in a friendly way. Trump and some of audience in April was significantly bigger
saying its “inappropriate relationship” his advisers are also irked that Fox News is than the 1.95 million who watched Harris
with the administration made it unfit to showcasing not just Sanders, but a moderate on CNN in January, the previous benchmark
stage a fair event. like Klobuchar of Minnesota, a Midwest for televised town halls. He attracted more
state where the Trump campaign is looking viewers between the ages of 25 and 54, the
6. Critics say that Democrats who go on the to make headway, according to people fa- key demographic in cable news, than the
network lend credibility to a platform that miliar with their thinking. same night’s broadcast of Rachel Maddow,
many liberal voters view as xenophobic, who is MSNBC’s top-rated star. l
toxic and an incorrigible mouthpiece for the ACCESS TO A NEW AUDIENCE
president. “I understand the short-term in- 9. Some Democratic strategists pointed out
10. to argue to assert, maintain / unapologetically
centives for Bernie Sanders and Pete Butti- that an appearance on Fox News grants without expressing any regret or shame / run campaign,
gieg to appear on Fox News, but putting an access to the top-rated cable news channel candidacy / to push here, to propel / within in less than /
imprimatur of legitimacy on one of the most — the network routinely beats its rivals broad wide, general / concern preoccupation, worry.
destructive forces in American politics has CNN and MSNBC in overall ratings — along 11. executive director, senior employee / segment
sequence/ section of a broadcast / currently at present,
long-term consequences,” Dan Pfeiffer, a with the favorable optics of wading into the at the moment / front-runner favourite, leading
former senior adviser to President Barack lion’s den, essentially signaling to voters candidate / full-blown complete / leap advance,
Obama and a host of liberal podcast “Pod that a candidate is unafraid to engage with progress / significantly here, much / benchmark point of
reference, indicator / demographic here, age group /
Save America,” wrote on Twitter in April. a challenging moderator and a potentially broadcast transmission of a TV programme.
skeptical audience.
outdated out of fashion, outmoded, obsolete / 7. mystified puzzled, perplexed / sharp severe, here,
risk-averse afraid of taking a risk, cautious / to reward to virulent / to grant to give, accord / airtime broadcasting
recompense, here, appreciate, vote for / fearlessness period / liar a person who does not tell the truth / among
courage, here, audacity. with, as well as / weird strange, odd, bizarre / SUR LE BOUT DE LA LANGUE
5. critic detractor, sceptic / within inside, at the heart of / unexpected unanticipated, surprising / arc here, change,
anchor presenter, person presenting a programme / hard- transgression / what’s with what is happening with.
right extreme-right / fealty fidelity, allegiance / pundit 8. to complain about to criticise, denounce / to depict Comment transformer
commentator / to have, had, had here, to make, / to portray, represent / to fear to worry, be afraid / to irk to
establishment group of people that hold the most power irritate, annoy / to showcase to present / to look to to try la racine d’un mot en
and influence / step here, decision / to bar to prohibit / to to, here, to count on, rely on / to make, made, made verbe, adjectif, adverbe
make, made, made here, to render (fig.) / unfit improper,
unacceptable / to stage to organise / fair just, equitable.
headway to make progress, here, to gain votes /
according to as stated/reported by / to be familiar with
ou substantif ?
6. to lend, lent, lent here, to confer / mouthpiece to be informed about, to know about. to hope (verbe) espérer
representative, here, media outlet for / incentive 9. to point out to draw attention to a fact, remark / hopeful (adjectif) plein d'espoir
motivation, interest / imprimatur authoritative approval top-rated with the highest number of viewers, most
/ senior here, principal / adviser aide, counsellor / host popular / routinely regularly / overall general, global, hopefuls (§ 1) (substantif) des
presenter. total / along with as well as / optics perception / to personnes pleines d'espoir
wade into the lion’s den to go into dangerous territory / hopeless (adjectif) sans espoir
to signal to indicate / to engage with to connect with, to
interact with. hopelessly (adverbe)
désespérément, totalement,
complètement
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Vocabulaire, expressions et astuces pour parler comme un Anglais…
AUGUSTIN HABRAN
Dans un immeuble
Quelques mots et expressions qui pourraient vous être
utiles si vous avez l’intention de louer un duplex au 73e étage
d’un gratte-ciel new-yorkais pour les vacances d’été… ou si
vous souhaitez simplement renforcer vos connaissances
lexicales…
Vocabulaire clé
basement sous-sol garden jardin
bike storage room local à vélos high-class residence immeuble
bin storage area (GB), trash can de standing
(ISTOCK)
area (US) local à poubelles intercom interphone
boiler chaudière joint ownership property
building, tenement (US) copropriété
immeuble leak fuite d’eau Retrouvez cette fiche de vocabulaire lue sur le CD
car park (GB), parking lot (US) level niveau, palier lecture et son commentaire sur la partie basique du
parking CD conversation.
lift (GB), elevator (US)
CD audio ou téléchargement MP3
caretaker, building manager ascenseur
gardien, concierge lobby hall d’entrée
cellar cave
central heating chauffage
paint peinture
penthouse appartement- Expressions à retenir
central terrasse
cleaning ménage pipe tuyau The building is on fire! L’immeuble est en feu !
co-ownership association power failure panne d’électricité Do not smoke in the communal areas. Il est interdit de fumer
syndicat de copropriété restoration ravalement
dans les espaces communs.
communal areas parties roof toit The caretaker’s office is open Monday to Saturday from 9 to 5.
communes Le bureau du gardien est ouvert du lundi au samedi de 9h à 17h.
satellite dish parabole
door porte scaffolding échafaudage
Please keep the communal areas clean! Merci de veiller à laisser
duplex, maisonette duplex les espaces communs propres.
scruffy sale, délabré
emergency exit sortie de Please respect the neighbours and avoid excessive noise after
smoke detector détecteur de
secours 10pm. Merci de respecter les voisins et d’éviter tout tapage après
fumée
entry code, door code digicode 22h.
social housing, council housing
facade façade (GB) logement social, HLM
I live on the third floor, left door. J’habite au troisième étage,
fire alarm alarme incendie porte de gauche.
stairs escaliers
fire extinguisher extincteur I’ll send you the door code by text. Je t’enverrai le code par texto.
terrasse terrasse
floor, storey (GB), story (US) top floor dernier étage
étage
garage garage
water damage dégât des eaux
Testez-vous
Associez chaque mot de la première colonne
Bon à savoir avec un mot de la seconde :
Aux États-Unis, le first floor correspond au rez-de chaussée, pas au premier 1) basement a- alarm
étage. En revanche, ce n’est pas le cas au Royaume-Uni où le rez-de- 2) elevator b- heating
chaussée se dit ground floor. 3) extinguisher c- meeting
Les Américains sont assez superstitieux… vous ne trouverez jamais de 13e 4) scaffolding d- pipe
étage dans leurs immeubles !
De nombreux immeubles aux États-Unis disposent d’espaces communs 5) co-ownership e- garage
pratiques et agréables. Nombreuses sont les résidences un peu huppées où 6) leak f- caretaker
les habitants peuvent bénéficier d’un portier, d’une piscine, d’une salle de 7) boiler g- restoration
sport, etc.
8) cleaning h- breakdown
Dans les grandes villes aux États-Unis, les immeubles sont équipés
d’escaliers métalliques extérieurs en cas d’incendie. Ils font partie intégrante SOLUTIONS : 1-e ; 2-h ; 3-a ; 4-g ; 5-c ; 6-d ; 7-b ; 8-f.
du paysage urbain américain.
Should et would
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Piqûre de rappel
Should implique que le sujet est soumis à une certaine
1 Quelle est la signification de should et would
contrainte extérieure. Should peut être utilisé pour : dans ces phrases ?
(a) donner des conseils amicaux ou moraux Indiquez-le avec une lettre (a) (b), (c) etc, correspondant
You should always tell the truth. à la piqûre de rappel, puis traduisez la phrase.
(b) exprimer une probabilité
We should be home by ten. 1. I wanted to explain, but she wouldn’t let me.
(c) faire une périphrase à valeur de subjonctif _____________________________________________________
It’s necessary that we should all agree.
2. Our friends would lend us the money if they could.
Would exprime une volonté, un consentement ou un refus (à _____________________________________________________
la forme négative) dans un contexte passé.
(d) The donkey wouldn’t go any further. 3. You should make an effort to be punctual.
Would peut exprimer : _____________________________________________________
(e) un conditionnel de politesse
4. W
e ought to have finished by next Monday.
Would you help me with my luggage?
(f) un événement (généralement désagréable) attendu, _____________________________________________________
prévisible, atypique 5. She would tell her story every night at bedtime.
It would rain on the day we chose for the picnic. _____________________________________________________
(g) la répétition fréquente d’une action dans le passé
He would smoke a cigar after lunch.
5. (g) Répétition fréquente. Elle lui racontait une histoire chaque soir à l’heure du coucher.
Should et would servent à former des périphrases à valeur de 4. (b) Probabilité. Nous devrions avoir terminé d’ici lundi prochain.
conditionnel. 3. (a) Conseil amical. Tu devrais faire un effort pour être ponctuel.
2 Traduisez ces phrases dans le contexte 3 Traduisez ces phrases dans le contexte
présent. passé.
1. V
ous devriez me dire ce qui s’est passé. Peut-être pourrais-je 1. V
ous auriez dû me dire que vous aviez besoin d’argent, je vous
vous aider. ______________________________________________ en aurais prêté. _________________________________________
_________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________
2. Je voudrais me reposer quelques instants. 2. Si tu avais travaillé plus tu aurais réussi ton examen.
_______________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
3. Vous n’auriez pas dû conduire si vite, vous auriez pu avoir un
3. Croyez-vous qu’ils quitteraient leur pays ? accident. ______________________________________________
_________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________
4. S
’il s’arrêtait de fumer il pourrait engraisser. 4. J e vous aurais pris en stop si vous me l’aviez demandé.
_________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________
5. À votre place je ne boirais pas cette eau. 5. Cela aurait été très désagréable, n’est-ce pas?
_________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________
you » n’est pas sous-entendu, on peut dire également « I wouldn’t drink »). you had asked me. 5. That would have been very unpleasant, wouldn’t it?
gave up smoking he might get fat. 5. (If I were you) I shouldn’t drink that water (si « if I were have driven so fast, you might have had an accident. 4. I would have given you a lift if
2. I’d like to rest for a few moments. 3. Do you think they would leave their country? 4. If he some. 2. If you had worked harder you would have passed your exam. 3. You shouldn’t
SOLUTIONS : 1. You should (= ought to) tell me what happened. I might be able to help you. SOLUTIONS : 1. You should have told me you needed money ; I would have lent you
(i) product used to make things whiter b_ _ _ _ _ toe tow crow plow
(j) to lose the liquid in your veins b_ _ _ _ sorry hurry worry flurry
h) bleep, (i) bleach, (j) bleed
SOLUTIONS : (a) to beat, (b) to beat, (c) beetroot, (d) beet, (e) The Beatles, (f) beetles, (g) bleat, ( SOLUTIONS : cloud, clear, bear, cough, down, late, plow, sorry
Jeux de mots
A retenir
1 Complétez la grille à l’aide des définitions.
5 mots à mémoriser
Vous trouverez le vocabulaire nécessaire dans les 2 articles sur l’alimentation
(pages 6 et 9). 1 dans ce numéro
2
3 4 5
poachers braconniers
thieves voleurs
6
theft vol
7
to steal, stole, stolen voler
to thwart contrecarrer
8 9
10
1. Grown on the farm and sold at the 11
greengrocer’s.
L'expression idiomatique
2. A person who makes goods using flour.
3. A person who sells meat.
THE ECONOMIST
IMPROVING THE
IMAGE OF
MCDONALD’S
McDonald’s: feeding the
world... and making it a
better place?
McDonald’s can claim to be the world leader in fast-food by feeding 69 million customers daily in over 37,000 restaurants, but
there is one thing the American giant has not been able to do, manage its image. This is despite the efforts of its former
employee, Bob Langert, who recently published a book about his career dedicated to working on the McDonald’s reputation.
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activists for producing leaflets about its 6. In the late 1990s, after complaints from
practices. The ensuing “McLibel” trial gave campaign groups about the living conditions
the claims worldwide publicity and was de- of hens, Mr Langert visited an egg facility to
scribed as the world’s biggest corporate-PR find that conditions were indeed terrible. In
disaster. Mr Langert tried to reduce the dam- August 2000 the firm said it would buy eggs
age. The company consulted panels of inde- only from suppliers that gave hens 72 square
pendent experts and engaged with cam- inches of space, compared with an industry
paigning groups. On occasion it aimed to average of 48 square inches. Suppliers re-
keep one step ahead of the activists—McDon- sisted so strongly that McDonald’s had to
ald’s took action even when there was little find new sources for its eggs. But those who
sign of public concern. Shaving one inch off complied found that the mortality rates of Voyagez et apprenez
the napkins saved 3m lbs of paper annually, hens decreased and egg-laying rates in-
for example, but few consumers noticed. creased, offsetting the extra costs. Mr le monde avec CLC !
Langert found it took a long time to get
4. Environmentalists did attack the firm for agreement within the company on a particu-
its impact on the Amazon rainforest, saying lar subject and then to persuade suppliers to
trees were being cut down to make room comply. But once he reached that stage, he
for cattle pasture or the expansion of soy had enormous clout.
farming for cattle feed. In 1989 the company
announced that it “never has and never will EMPLOYEES
buy beef from recently deforested rainfor- 7. Human working conditions also caused
ests” and it has also worked to limit the the company trouble. One day Mr Langert
expansion of soy farming in the region. The got a call from a Catholic bishop who was
rise of veganism amid doubts about the concerned about the low wages paid to
health effects of eating meat have given tomato-pickers. Another issue was the use
McDonald’s new worries. of “trans fats” to cook the restaurant’s
fries, which were deemed to increase the
THE BATTLE WITH SUPPLIERS risk of heart disease; it took six years for
5. Accomplishing change is not just a matter the chain to phase out the practice. But the
of the company snapping its fingers. Most company has also added more salads and
McDonald’s restaurants are operated by healthy options.
franchisees and its goods are bought from
a wide range of suppliers, so three or four 8. Was all the effort worth it? It seems likely
layers may separate the McDonald’s head that many of the people who care a lot about
office and the cattle-rancher who supplies these issues would never eat a fast-food
the firm’s beef. burger in the first place. But Mr Langert did
more than most to reduce environmental
waste and animal cruelty. l
leaflet pamphlet, brochure / ensuing resulting,
subsequent / trial legal proceedings / claim declaration, 6 mois d’abonnement
affirmation / worldwide global, international / corporate
large company / PR = Public Relations / damage (inv.) 6. late end (of the...) / hen chicken / egg facility egg Vocable offerts pour
farm / to find, found, found to discover / indeed
harm, destruction, here, negative impact / to engage
without a doubt / square measurement for a surface area les 50 premiers inscrits
with to communicate, to interact / to campaign to
conduct a militant campaign, to fight for a cause / to aim / average norm / to comply to conform to/respect rules avec le code CVOC !
to have as an objective / to keep, kept, kept one step and regulations / rate proportion, percentage / to
ahead of to be slightly in advance of / concern decrease to reduce, to go down / egg-laying egg-
preoccupation, worry / to shave to cut / inch = 2.54 cm /
napkin paper serviette / to save to economise / lb
production / to increase to go up / to offset, set, set to
compensate for / agreement accord / within inside / to 05 65 77 50 21
(pound) lb = pound (453.6 grams) / to notice to observe,
to pay attention.
reach to arrive at / stage phase, step / clout influence,
power. www.clc.fr
4. environmentalist ecologist / rainforest tropical 7. trouble difficulties, problems / bishop senior
forest / to make, made, made room for to create space clergyman in charge of a diocese / wage salary / picker
for / cattle bovine mammals (cows and bulls) / pasture person who collects fruit/vegetables on a farm / issue
grassy land for animals to feed / soy soya bean / farming problem / trans fat trans fatty acid / to deem to consider
agriculture, cultivation / rise increase / amid here, in a / disease illness / to phase out to progressively stop.
context of / health physical well-being, here, nutritional. 8. to be worth it to be useful and beneficial despite all
5. supplier distributer, producer / matter question / to the efforts / likely probable / to care to be concerned/
snap to click one’s fingers, here, to make a sudden decision interested in / in the first place to begin with / waste
and expect it to be done immediately / to operate to run, unwanted matter, rubbish, trash.
to manage / goods products / wide large / range variety
/ layer stratum, level / head office main office / rancher
farmer.
>>> Temple Missionary Baptist Church, describing garded to be the Queen of Soul. As other singers blessing. “I love the film itself,” she once explained
the experience vividly despite the intervening such as Barbra Streisand had found success in to the Detroit Free Press. “It’s just that — well,
four decades. “When it was time for her to come the movies, Franklin’s camp thought she might legally, I really should just not talk about it, be-
in [and rehearse with them], Rev. Cleveland was do the same, and Pollack, coming off his Oscar cause there are problems.” Whatever they ulti-
at the piano and she starts singing like, what? nomination as best director for They Shoot mately were, those problems have been resolved.
We couldn’t believe it. Just to be a participant in Horses, Don’t They was hired to film the project.
the presence of her.” RESONANCE
6. The performances were events in themselves, 8. Special engagements are planned in locations
DECADES-LONG DELAY within the African American community and chosen for their resonance with Franklin’s ca-
4. Yet several decades went by when Washing- beyond. Jagger and Watts dropped in because reer, both as a singer and a civil rights activist.
ton and the choir’s other members thought the they were in Los Angeles. But Pollack and his But those may have a hard time matching the
film might never see the light crew neglected to slate the resonance as the event at the New Temple Mis-
of day. The tale of the decades- scenes so the video could later sionary Baptist Church in L.A. “I listened to that
long delay in finishing the “I think that be synchronized with the au- [‘Amazing Grace’] song every Sunday and still
movie, directed by Academy gospel music was dio. Consequently, thousands listen to it regularly as a part of my meditation,”
Award then-nominee Sydney then and is, in of feet of film sat in boxes for said Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark
Pollack, has been well chron- decades. Until Elliott came Ridley-Thomas. He is supporting the film
icled, as has its star’s historical
many ways now, along. He’d been an executive screenings as well as efforts underway to help
reluctance to allow it into the the soundtrack at Atlantic Records, Franklin’s get the state to grant the church historic status
public eye. But since Frank- for many label during her prime in the and to get the Southern California Community
lin’s death last August at age people’s lives.” 1960s and well into the ’70s, Choir a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame.
76, her family and estate have and had long been a fan of the
given their blessing to the Amazing Grace album, which 9. “I think that gospel music was then and is, in
efforts of music industry veteran Alan Elliott, reached No. 7 on the Billboard 200 national al- many ways now, the soundtrack for many peo-
who bought the rights to the film more than a bum sales chart and No. 1 on the R&B and gospel ple’s lives,” Ridley-Thomas said. “At that time it
decade ago and has been working tirelessly ever charts. It’s widely reputed to be the biggest- was the soundtrack for the civil rights movement,
since to share it with the world. Following Sun- selling gospel album of all time. and Aretha’s connection with the civil rights
day’s invitation-only screening and several movement is well documented. … All this brings
other premieres in various cities that held special 7. When he discovered that not only had those a certain kind of coherence to the narrative. That’s
meaning to Franklin, Amazing Grace will break performances been filmed, but that they were why we are doing what we’re doing.” l
out in 1,000 theaters across the nation over shot by Pollack, he flipped. He talked to Atlantic
Easter weekend. co-owner and Franklin’s regular producer, Jerry
ultimately in the end, finally.
Wexler, about completing it. He mortgaged his
8. engagement here, event / location area, place / civil
EVENTFUL STORY house and in 2007 and purchased the rights to rights here, ref to the movement against segregation and
5. The idea of shooting a film as Franklin made the unedited film stock. A combination of tech- for civil rights in the U.S. (1954-1968) / to match to equal,
a gospel album was intended to elevate her career nology that wasn’t available in 1972 and Elliott’s rival / to support to back, approve / underway in
progress / to grant to accord, allow, agree to give.
to a new plane. She’d charted 11 No. 1 R&B hits hiring of a lip-reader allowed him and a team of
9. soundtrack accompanying music / narrative here,
in the previous five years and was widely re- film technicians to create a coherent version of story, plot.
the film. But even after seven years of work —
Pollack died in 2008 — he encountered another
vividly clearly and precisely / decade period of ten years.
roadblock: Franklin herself. It’s never been en-
4. delay postponement, deferral / to go, went, gone by
to pass / tale story, account / to direct to make (a film) / tirely clear why she resisted giving the film her
Academy Awards = Oscars / then at the time (he went SUR LE BOUT DE LA LANGUE
on to win two Oscars in 1986 for Out of Africa) / to
chronicle to relate, recount / reluctance reticence,
refusal / to allow to permit, authorise (here, to be seen by
camp team / to come, came, come off to succeed, be a "Aretha Franklin
success; here, to profit from, ride the wave of / They Shoot
the public) / estate here, successors, inheritors / blessing
Horses, Don’t They (VF) On achève bien les chevaux. appeared at a modest
benediction, here, approval / effort initiative / tirelessly
with never-ending energy / ever since since then / to 6. performance here, concert / beyond outside of that Baptist church" (§ 1)
share to make public / screening film projection / to community, in the general public as well / to drop in to Les différentes traductions de
hold, held, held to have / to break, broke, broken out pass by, come by / crew team (of technicians) working on "appear" :
here, to come out in, be shown in / theater (US) = a film / to slate here, to identify each ‘take’ or scene with
theatre (GB) cinema / Easter Christian festival an information board that ‘claps’ together to announce the to appear on stage jouer sur scène
commemorating the resurrection of Christ. start and end / foot (pl. feet) = 30.48cm / film celluloid to appear on TV passer à la
strips on which the film is recorded / to sit, sat, sat to télévision
5. eventful full of incidents / to shoot, shot, shot to
remain / executive director, senior employee / prime best
film, to make (a film) / to be intended to to have the a ghost appeared un fantôme est
years / Billboard 200 American classification of the 200
objective of / plane here, level / She’d charted 11 No. 1 apparu
most popular albums.
R&B hits... she was number one in the charts eleven times
(Rhythm and Blues category) / previous past, preceding / 7. to flip (fam) here, to go crazy, get very excited / owner it appears to be missing il semble
widely generally / to regard to consider / proprietor, director / regular habitual / to complete to être perdu
finish / to mortgage to use as security to a creditor to obtain
a bank loan / to purchase to buy, acquire / unedited in its
to appear in court comparaître
original state, not cut or changed for publication / film stock devant un tribunal
celluloid / roadblock here, obstacle /
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Culture I Cinéma I ETATS-UNIS I C2
CHLOË GRACE
MORETZ: ‘I
WISH I WAS
BORN A BIT
EARLIER’
Moretz's millennial fairytale
At the age of twenty-two, American actress, Chloë Grace
Moretz, has everything. The former child star of Hollywood
blockbusters such as Kick-Ass and Hugo, is now playing
alongside Isabelle Huppert in Neil Jordan’s tense thriller, Greta
(in cinema from 12 June). Interview.
C
Chloë Grace Moretz as Frances and Isabelle Huppert as Greta in Neil Jordan’s Greta.
(Metropolitan Filmexport)
hloë Grace Moretz could make almost children shouldn’t even act, she was kind of for the spooky maturity that is her stock-in-trade.
anyone she met feel old. She pitches up extraordinary.” Desiree Akhavan, who directed her in 2018’s The
for our 10.30am coffee date fresh from breakfast Miseducation of Cameron Post, says: “Chloë is
yoga: bright eyed and eager, with newly pierced THROWBACK TO THE 90s incredibly ambitious, focused and driven and I
ear cartilage. At 22, with about 60 films and TV 3. Her new film is a throwback. A breakneck have no doubt she’ll be producing her own
shows under her belt, Moretz still has the face of psycho-thriller co-starring Isabelle Huppert in content soon. She’s a smart businesswoman who
a child star, which is to say she is a star who looks full bunny-boiler mode, Greta is a deranged nod has clocked more hours on set than any of her
like a child, with golden hair and cartoon-size to “90s thrillers – like Basic Instinct, Fatal At- contemporaries and it’s clear she gleaned a lot
features seemingly forever on the verge of a pout. traction – those fun ones you grew up with”. from growing up on shoots.”
There is a pause. Presumably she means me,
2. Alongside the Fanning sisters, Moretz is one specifically? “Well, yeah. Being the youngest AN AVERAGE TWENTYSOME-
of cinema’s best modern actors whose career child in the family, I grew up with everyone THING
began when they were barely school-age. Her else’s cool stuff that they already found.” She 5. Greta is Moretz’s first film playing not a girl,
professional life started at six; her breakthrough thinks being born in 1997 is “depressing. I wish or a teenager, or a vampire, or a superhero, or
came at 12, with shockingly polished leads in I was born a bit earlier.” even an actor, but an average twentysomething.
Kick-Ass and Hugo. Neil Jordan, the director of This is also the first time she has been an average
her latest movie, Greta, says: “At the age when 4. You would be forgiven for thinking she was, twentysomething: Moretz hasn’t been on set
not only for her formidable back catalogue, but since Greta wrapped at the end of 2017. “I’ve just
been soaking up life in LA,” she says. “Having a
1. to pitch up to arrive / bright-eyed fresh, full of energy /
eager enthusiastic / newly recently / under one’s belt normal kind of pace of life and not having any
kind of quite.
successfully completed / cartoon-sized perfectly kind of restrictions on what I should be doing.”
exaggerated like a cartoon drawing / features part of a 3. throwback return to the past / breakneck fast-paced
person’s face (eyes, nose, mouth etc.) / seemingly seem, / to co-star to also have in a principal role / bunny-boiler
bunny = rabbit, here, obsessively vengeful (ref. to the 1987 spooky strange, disconcerting / stock-in-trade typical
appear to be / forever always / on the verge of about to,
film Fatal Attraction - (VF) Liaison fatale - where the female characteristics / The Miseducation of Cameron Post
on the point of / pout facial expression with one’s lips in a
character terrorizes her ex-lover by boiling his family’s pet (VF) Come As You Are / focused concentrated, resolute /
sexy gesture.
rabbit) / nod here, reference / presumably it would seem. driven motivated, determined / to clock to accumulate
2. barely only just / breakthrough here, first success / working hours / set studio, place where a film is made / to
shockingly surprisingly / polished accomplished, skilled / 4. to forgive, gave, given to pardon, to excuse /
glean to learn / shoot filming session.
lead principal role / Hugo (VF) Hugo Cabret / director formidable here, impressive / back catalogue
repertoire / 5. average ordinary, normal / twentysomething person
person in charge of making a film /
between 20 and 29 years old / to wrap to finish (here,
filming) / to soak up to absorb, here, to enjoy an
experience / LA = Los Angeles / pace rhythm, speed.
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UPBRINGING
7. In the film, Moretz’s mother has died and she
has a strained relationship with her father. In
real life, Moretz and her father have been es-
tranged since he left the family when she was
12. Moretz was mostly raised by her mother,
Teri, with whom she lives in LA, along with two of course, there’s that thing in the back of your
of her four brothers; Trevor is her acting coach head: what if you don’t get that opportunity
and Brandon is her business manager. There are again? What if you don’t have a career?”
plans to work on a short film with Colin, the
youngest. 10. She did – and was much revivified by press-
ing pause. Of the scant films shot since, one (The
8. The family hails from Georgia, where Moretz Miseducation of Cameron Post) was an ac-
describes a Southern Baptist childhood full of claimed, envelope-pushing drama in which she
church obligations and Bible verses before bed. played a gay schoolgirl sent for conversion
Her father, a successful plastic surgeon, was heir therapy and two (Greta and Luca Guadagnino’s
to Moretz Mills, a North Carolina hosiery com- Suspiria remake) were shot in Europe, where,
pany. She began acting aged six, after Trevor she says, she is afforded more “freedom to build
was accepted to drama school in New York. a character”. She has signed on for Guadagnino’s
Moretz soon moved from reading lines to star- upcoming Bob Dylan movie, Blood on the Tracks,
ring in films. What has defined her career is as well as the Spanish director Kiké Maíllo’s Love
perhaps the choice to steer clear of characters is a Gun, a take on the tale of Bonnie and Clyde.
whose main ambition is to be adored. At every Next in the diary is Shadow in the Cloud, a
turn, she is less likable than you would expect. drama in which she plays a Second World War
6. Greta is a millennial fairytale. Moretz’s ingé- On 30 Rock, she nailed the conniving child pit- fighter pilot, directed by Roseanne Liang. l
nue has a castle in the form of a loft apartment ted against Alec Baldwin for control of a media
in Tribeca, New York. Huppert is the horrific empire. Her sorority girl in Bad Neighbours 2
in the back of one’s head constantly present in one’s
titular witch, who stalks Moretz after the young- was little less than a nightmare. mind but not actively thought about.
er woman finds and returns Greta’s handbag. 10. to be revivified to be invigorated, here, to give new
Some of the film feels dated – Moretz’s apart- UPCOMING MOVIES energy to one’s career / to press to push firmly on a button
ment has a landline, so Greta can easily harass 9. Then, in 2016, Moretz stopped abruptly. Plans / scant few / to shoot, shot, shot to film / acclaimed
celebrated, praised by the critics / envelope-pushing
her. But the plot twists feel quintessentially of to star in a live-action version of The Little Mer- which tests the limits of a genre with new radical ideas / to
the moment, as Moretz becomes increasingly maid were abandoned. Instead, a hiatus for reas- be afforded to be offered / character personality of a
haunted and jaded as institutions fail her. She sessment was announced. “It was one of the fictional person / tale story / fighter pilot military pilot.
contacts the police several times, only to be most nerve-racking things I’ve done, because,
caught in tangled bureaucracy or have her con-
cerns invalidated. A male private eye proves no
7. upbringing childhood / strained tense / estranged SUR LE BOUT DE LA LANGUE
match for Greta’s wiles. Without spoiling the separated, distanced / acting coach drama coach /
ending, in today’s world, Jordan seems to sug- business manager agent / short film film of less than
gest, young women have to save themselves. 40 minutes. Notez l'américanisme :
8. to hail from to come from / childhood period of one’s ‘I wish I was born a bit
life as a child / plastic surgeon doctor who performs
operations / heir person who receives another person’s earlier’ (§ 3)
property when they die / hosiery company legwear (to be born naître)
6. millennial of the millenium, here, of Generation Y
(socks, stockings) / aged at the age of / drama school En anglais britannique on dit : 'I wish
(generation born between 1980 and 2000) / fairytale
school of dramatic arts / to read, read, read lines to say / I had been born a bit earlier'
magical story for children / horrific terrifying / titular
to star to appear / to define here, to determine / to steer
eponymous / witch woman with magical powers / to Notez également que lorsque l'on
clear of to keep away from, to avoid / at every turn
stalk to follow, to pursue / to return to give back / dated
old-fashioned / to harass to repeatedly trouble and
always, on every occasion / to nail here, to play perfectly / parle de quelque chose dans le
annoy sb / plot story of a film/book / quintessentially
conniving manipulative / to pit against to oppose présent, pour être
against / Bad Neighbours 2 (VF) Nos pires voisins 2. grammaticalement correct, on
typically, essentially / of the moment topical, in the spirit
of the times / haunted troubled by the past / jaded 9. upcoming coming soon / live-action cinematography devrait dire :
disenchanted, uninterested / to fail sb to not help sb / which uses real people and does not use animation or 'I wish I were able to help you'.
tangled bureaucracy administrative complexities / images used by a computer / The Little Mermaid (VF) La
petite sirène / hiatus interruption, break / reassessment Mais de nos jours on entend
concern worry, anxiety / to invalidate to not take
seriously / wile ruse, strategy to deceive / to spoil, revaluation, act of thinking about sth / nerve-racking fréquemment :
spoiled or spoilt, spoiled or spoilt to ruin (by revealing stressful, troubling / 'I wish I was able to help you'.
information).
(SIPA)
Banksy’s climate
artwork
In London, a street mural believed to have
been created by Banksy appeared at
Marble Arch in May. The graffiti artwork,
which showed up overnight, shows a young
child holding the Extinction Rebellion
emblem, alongside the words: “From this
moment despair ends and tactics begin.”
Climate activists from the Extinction
(oheuropa.com)
Rebellion occupied Marble Arch, along with
several other London sites, for a couple of
weeks in April.
artwork work of art / mural painting on a wall /
Marble Arch monument constructed in marble in
Burgess Foundation in Manchester, where design and its symmetrical butterflies are
Burgess’s archive was moved after his death. a nod to Moonrise Kingdom, ‘Agatha’ gives
Burgess appears to have abandoned it among the effect of art-deco wood panelling that
papers in his house near Rome in the 1970s. is reminiscent of The Grand Budapest Hotel.
Clockwork Orange (VF) Orange mécanique / sequel iconic emblematic, famous / set design design of
follow-up, second part / novel book, work of fiction scenery / design motif, concept, creation / a nod
/ unfinished incomplete / titled having the title of / to allusion/reference to / wood panelling style of
statement declaration / director filmmaker / moved decoration for walls in oak or other polished wood / to
here, transferred. be reminiscent of to be evocative of/similar to.
>>> ground trade that’s difficult to police. Moreover, say that data represents only a tiny fraction of law enforcement can scan cacti at commercial
experts say, such trends risk destroying sensi- cactus actually being stolen. “When I first nurseries in search of missing plants. “We are
tive species forever. started we rarely investigated cactus theft,” said now able to tie a stolen plant directly back to a
one US Fish and Wildlife Service detective, who hole,” said O’Neil. Since the chips have been in-
3. In Saguaro, the situation became so grave it asked not to be named due to the undercover stalled and the program widely publicized, there
prompted a bold solution. In a scheme that nature of his work. He has covered the south- have been no known cases of saguaro theft in
made headlines, park workers began inserting west region for more than a decade and says the the park. “It is a very effective deterrent,” said
microchips the size of pencil tips into cactus problem is increasing. “Now we are prosecuting O’Neil. “We want people to be aware that if you
trunks, which could be scanned with an elec- cases involving thousands of plants at a time.” steal a cactus from us, we will find you.”
tronic reader. While the effort has so far prov-
en effective in thwarting thieves, it has been a INTERNATIONAL VISITORS TAKING THE SLOW ROAD
rare bright spot in a problem that remains 6. While many plants fall victim to underground 9. Gene Joseph, a longtime Tucson nursery
pervasive yet intractable. cactus cartels, a seemingly more benign form owner, believes the best way to thwart illegal
of theft has become part of the problem, too. trade is simply doing the slow, steady work of
THE SCALE OF THE PROBLEM International visitors who raising new cacti from
4. In the last decade, cacti have exploded in come to the south-west spe- scratch. Joseph’s greenhouse
popularity, becoming a mainstay of hipster decor cifically to view rare cactus in
around the world – from the homes of China’s the wild sometimes take a
“We want people issmallest home to some of the rarest,
and slowest-growing
growing middle class and the meticulous cactus souvenir home, and social to be aware that species. “When nurseries are
gardens in Japan to the fashionable cafes of media is exacerbating the if you steal a producing rare plants from
Europe. But rising demand has met a thorny problem. “We’ve had Austri- seed, the pressure to steal
problem: cacti are extremely slow-growing, with an, German and Italian col-
cactus from us, from the wild goes down,” he
some species taking decades to grow from seed lectors express strong interest we will find you.” explained.
to full maturity. Hence, many opt for the short- on social media for these
cut: pulling them right out of the ground. plants and they share GPS 10. Joseph said it often takes
coordinates,” said Wendell up to two decades for a cactus
5. For land managers and scientists who work “Woody” Minnich, the former president of the to reach the commercially viable “specimen”
with cacti, the problem appears to be on the rise. Cactus and Succulent Society of America. “Some size – he currently sells living rock cactus
While the precise scale is difficult to measure, of these people come to steal, especially when a grown in his nursery for 15 years. That’s about
and catching thieves red-handed in remote de- new species is identified. They hide the plants as long as it takes to raise a child, so understand-
serts is nearly impossible, major busts offer clues. in their suitcase and take them back to their ably, he gets attached. “Sometimes it is hard to
In 2014, more than 2,600 stolen cacti were seized greenhouse in Europe.” let go, but I can’t keep them forever,” he said. l
at US borders – up from 411 just a year before.
But law enforcement officials and field scientists MICROCHIPS 8. nursery place where young trees and plants are grown
7. Back at Saguaro national park, the Guardian / to tie (back) to to link / widely extensively / deterrent
joined park staff to see the chipping scheme in means of dissuasion / aware conscious, informed.
underground clandestine / trade commerce, trafficking / to
police to control and ensure that laws are respected by a action. While O’Neil carried a sidearm, park 9. longtime for a long time / owner proprietor / way
police force / moreover furthermore, what’s more / such this biologist Don Swann packed a yellow chip inser- means / steady regular, constant / to raise to grow /
from scratch here, from a seed / to be home to to be the
kind of... / trend tendency, here, practice / sensitive fragile. tion device resembling a staple gun. With a tiny place where sth lives and grows / pressure demand.
3. grave serious / to prompt to lead to, to result in / bold chip loaded in the barrel, he held the gun flush 10. currently at the moment / rock (garden) rockery /
audacious / scheme programme, project / to make, made,
made headlines to attract a lot of media attention / to a saguaro trunk. Once inserted, the chip was about approximately / to get attached to feel affection
microchip small electronic circuit / tip nib, point / trunk nearly invisible, leaving only a tiny hole that / to let, let, let go to say good-bye.
main stem of a tree / effort initiative / so far up until now / to would eventually scab over.
prove to turn out to be / effective efficient / to thwart to
prevent / thief person who steals / bright spot positive
point / to remain to continue to be / pervasive extensive / 8. Approximately 700 saguaros have been mi-
yet here, even / intractable difficult to control/resolve. crochipped since the program began, meaning SUR LE BOUT DE LA LANGUE
4. scale dimension, size, proportion / decade period of ten
years / mainstay pillar, here, fundamental part / hipster data information / undercover engaged in a clandestine/
young trendy urban bohemian / around throughout, secret police operation / to cover to travel across / to Parlez-vous anglais ou
everywhere in / middle class bourgeoisie / thorny prickly
(covered in barbs, like a cactus) and also difficult, controversial
prosecute to bring a criminal charge against sb in a court latin ?
of law / case legal proceeding.
/ seed grain / hence and so, for this reason / shortcut Le pluriel de certains mots en anglais
alternative and more rapid method / to pull out of to take 6. to fall, fell, fallen victim to to be the victim of / est influencé par leur racine latine :
from, to extract / right directly. seemingly apparently / Austrian from Austria /
succulent type of plant adapted to arid conditions / cactus cacti (§ 2) ou cactuses
5. on the rise increasing in number / while although, even if / greenhouse glass structure for the cultivation of plants.
red-handed in the act of committing a crime / remote far, datum data
isolated, distant / nearly almost, practically / bust search by 7. sidearm handgun worn on the body to permit immediate alumnus (m) alumni
the police / to offer to provide / clue indication / border access and use / to pack to put into a bag / device piece of
frontier, boundary between two countries / up from an equipment / staple gun object which fixes a small 3-sided alumna (f) alumnae
increase of / law enforcement officials here, the police / piece of metal into a surface / to load to put / (gun) barrel Mais ce n'est pas toujours la règle :
field studying in the place where data is collected (and not in cylindrical part of a gun through which a bullet goes / flush to
aligned with, next to / nearly almost / to scab over to form a scenario scenarios
the laboratory) /
hard covering (scab crust formed over a healing wound).
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Découverte I Technologie I ETATS-UNIS I B2-C1
FLYING CARS
AND CLIMATE
CHANGE
The ecological impact
of flying cars
A vehicle that can take off and land vertically – or
“flying car” – is a growing item of interest for the
automobile industry, whether for start-ups or big
brands like Toyota. Could these futuristic vehicles
be beneficial from an ecological perspective?
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féminin qui a révolutionné
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