Unit1
What is a gap year ?
a break of one year during your education when you do something different
Who is Elon Musk ? Give 2 elements.
CEO of Tesla, richest man in the world, entrepreneur
Who made the film 'Bowling for Columbine'?
Michael Moore
From what age can you receive the Weston Youth Innovation Award ?
Give the French for :
- Unit 1: at least
- Unit 2: blurry
- Unit 3: a murderer
- Unit 4 : global warming
- Unit 1: au moins
- Unit 2: flou
- Unit 3: un tueur/meurtrier
- Unit 4 : le réchauffement climatique
When do teenagers do their gap year ?
Before going to university
What is ElliQ?
A friendly and helping robot
What is a particularly easy way to have a gun?
What is SmartIce ?
SmartIce is a system which permit to travel safely on ice.
Give the equivalent in French/English
- Unit 1: to get along with
- Unit 2: honnête/franc (not 'honest')
- Unit 3: des victimes (not 'victims')
- Unit 4 : innondation
- Unit 1: s'entendre avec quelqu'un
- Unit 2: outspoken
- Unit 3: casualties
- Unit 4 : flood
What are the tenses used in the past ?
prétérit simple / prétérit BE+ing / past perfect
What are Stephen Hawking's job and nationality ?
British physicist
What's the Second Amendment?
It allows people to have weapons.
Who is Banksy?
an anonymous artist who uses street art to denounce world issues
Give the equivalent in French/English
- Unit 1: exhilarating
- Unit 2: au quotidien
- Unit 3: déjouer
- Unit 4 : pétillant + spell the word in English
- Unit 1: excitant
- Unit 2: on a daily basis
- Unit 3: thwart
- Unit 4 : sparkling
Which book did we study during the unit ?
What is the robot's name in Isaac Asimov's story 'Reason'?
Cutie
What is the meaning of the NRA and what's their role concerning the 2nd Amendment?
National Rifle Asssociation
-> fighting to keep the rights of owning weapons
What is WMA (from the text studied in the unit)?
Water Management Administration
Give the equivalent in French/English
- Unit 1: woofing (explain in English)
- Unit 2: weakness
- Unit 3: a bank employee (synonyme)
- Unit 4 : tailling ponds
- Unit 1: working in a farm and getting free accomodation in return
- Unit 2: faiblesse
- Unit 3: a bank clerk
- Unit 4 : des bassins de résidus miniers
Where did Fiona do her gap year ?
in Kenya
What was Stephen Hawking's opinions about the evolution of robotic ?
He gives a warning, he is scared that robots get a foothold that is too important.
Complete with the right tense.
If Americans ( not / fear) outisders, they (not / want) to be armed.
If Americans had not feared outsiders, they would not have wanted to be armed.
What has Marcus Dean created ?
He has created a new way to filter sea water by using sands, shells and sugar.
Give the equivalent in French/English
- Unit 1: Ivy League (explain in English)
- Unit 2: sensible
- Unit 3: Spell couteaux in English
- Unit 4 : Synonyme of faucet
- Unit 1: a group of 8 private and prestigious universities in North America
- Unit 2: raisonnable
- Unit 3: knives
- Unit 4 : a tap