<p><strong>Comment maîtriser l'anglais</strong><br />Une fois que vous maîtriserez le vocabulaire de ce livre, vous aurez une très bonne base pour parler couramment de 12 sujets de tous les jours. Ce livre est le tremplin ultime pour passer de l'anglais intermédiaire &agrav
In the news: Maîtriser en anglais les grands enjeux du monde contemporain
✍ Scribed by Catherine Piola
- Publisher
- Armand Colin
- Year
- 2021
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 220
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of contents
Introduction
Chapter 1. The English-Speaking World
Text 1 Will Brexit spell the end of English as an official EU language?
Text 2 Africa's colonisation of the English language continues apace
Text 3 Irish support for Native American Covid-19 relief highlights historic bond
Text 4 Lady Scotland to stay on as Commonwealth secretary general
Internet Doc. A Will technology end the English language's global domination?
Internet Doc. B Samir Puri discusses "The Great Imperial Hangover"
Internet Doc. C The Australian Identity Debate - A Different Lens
Revision The English-Speaking World
Vocabulary The English-Speaking World
Chapter 2. High Tech
Text 1 Apple whistleblower goes public over "lack of action"
Text 2 Screen time minutes are the new calories, and it's high time I went on a diet
Text 3 AI and me: friendship chatbots are on the rise, but is there a gendered design flaw?
Text 4 Universities beware: shifting classes online so quickly is a double-edged sword
Text 5 For all its sophistication, AI isn't fit to make life-or-death decisions
Internet Doc. A Are we on the brink of a jobless future?
Internet Doc. B The ethical dilemma of self-driving cars
Internet Doc. C Your phone is trying to control your life
Revision High Tech
Vocabulary High Tech
Texting Alphabet Soup Samples of textspeak/SMS language abbreviations
Chapter 3. Global Trade
Text 1 Indians call for boycott of Chinese goods after fatal border clashes
Text 2 Capital and Ideology by Thomas Piketty - if inequality is illegitimate, why not reduce it?
Text 3 Have a heart, KitKat, don't break with Fairtrade
Text 4 Shark finning: why the ocean's most barbaric practice continues to boom
Text 5 Delivery disaster: the hidden environmental cost of your online shopping
Text 6 Fast fashion creates misery - and that's always a bad look
Internet Doc. A The Strategy of international business
Internet Doc. B Does microfinance empower or impoverish?
Internet Doc. C Richard Wolff On the Root of Consumerism
Revision Global Trade
Vocabulary Global Trade
Chapter 4. Working
Conditions
Text 1 Parosha Chandran: "Modern slavery in the UK is not confined to one place in the Midlands"
Text 2 Covid will force us to reimagine the office. Let's get it right this time
Text 3 "The Zoom shirt": how the pandemic changed work dress codes
Text 4 Virgin Atlantic's sexism goes deeper than telling women what to wear
Text 5 Farewell workplace burnout: will coronavirus slow the manic pace of our modern lives?
Internet Doc. A Jeffrey Pfeffer: Is your workplace killing you?
Internet Doc. B The women fighting sexual abuse in the factories where your jeans are made
Internet Doc. C Amazon doesn't report its warehouse injury rates
Revision Working Conditions
Vocabulary Working Conditions
Chapter 5. Developing Countries
Text 1 World faces worst food crisis for at least 50 years
Text 2 Will Europe's museums rise to the challenge of decolonisation?
Text 3 A third of my country was just underwater. The world must act on climate
Text 4 Petrol sold to Nigeria from Europe "dirtier" than black market "bush" fuel
Internet Doc. A The UN Least Developed Country Category
Internet Doc. B A Counterintuitive Solution to Poverty: Stop Trying to Eradicate It
Internet Doc. C The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020
Revision Developing Countries
Vocabulary Developing Countries
Chapter 6. The European Union
Text 1 Europeans of colour are finding their voice - it's time "Brussels so white" listened
Text 2 The coronavirus crisis has exposed the truth about the EU: it's not a real union
Text 3 To save the EU, its leaders must first focus on saving the planet
Text 4 I was one of the millions opposed to Brexit. I've seen nothing here to change my mind
Internet Doc. A Europe Explained
Internet Doc. B Is The European Union Worth It Or Should We End It?
Internet Doc. C Why Europe Doesn't Build Skyscrapers
Revision The European Union
Vocabulary The European Union
Chapter 7. The Environment
Text 1 Littering epidemic in England
Text 2 $10bn of precious metals dumped each year in electronic waste
Text 3 Pompeii ruins show that the Romans invented recycling
Text 4 One billion people will live in insufferable heat within 50 years
Text 5 Women shouldering the burden of climate crisis need action, not speeches
Internet Doc. A1 Can 100% renewable energy power the world?
Internet Doc. A2 Fossil Fuels vs Renewable Energy Sources
Internet Doc. A3 300 years of fossil fuels history - in 5 minutes
Internet Doc. B What really happens to the plastic you throw away?
Internet Doc. C What is a green economy?
Internet Doc. D Greenwashing: A Fiji Water Story
Revision The Environment
Vocabulary The Environment
Clues
Chapter 1 The English-Speaking world
Chapter 2 High Tech
Chapter 3 Global Trade
Chapter 4 Working Conditions
Chapter 5 Developing Countries
Chapter 6 The European Union
Chapter 7 The Environment
Appendix
English/French False friends
Acronyms & Abbreviations
Abbreviations
British English & American English
Phrasal verbs
List of irregular verbs
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