Chap 1: Spirit in motion
What was chapter 1 about?
It was about the paralympic games and sport for disabled people.
What is a protest song?
It's a song that aims at denouncing or raising awareness on some issues, injustices or event.
What is a "job-seeker"?
A job-seeker is someone who looks for a job.
Give at least 4 negative effects of video games.
Takes too much time, affects the capacity to focus, isolates people from the real world, can become an addiction...
What does "green city" mean?
A green city is a city that is eco-friendly.
Give at least 3 sport values.
Fair-play, determination, teamwork, respect, passion, surpassing yourself...
Give at least 3 roles of music.
Entertainment, raising awareness, talking about an issue, allowing people to free themselves from their routine, protesting...
What is the Silicon Valley?
It's a region in California where you can find many big high-tech companies like Apple, Facebook or Google for example.
Give at least 3 positive effects of video games.
It can develop memory, reflexes, interactions, creativity, it can help practice languages...
How do you say "bouchons"?
Traffic jams / congestsions
How do you say "arbitre"?
Referee.
What is the difference between present simple and present be+ing?
You use present simple to talk about a habit, something that is always true.
You use present be+ing to talk about an event that is happening right now, or the very near future.
How do you form present perfect be+ing?
have in the present + been + verb-ING
What are the 2 verbs you can use to talk about the capacity to do something?
"Can" and "be able to"
Who is the creator of the hyperloop project? what is the objective?
It's Elon Musk. The objectives are to avoid traffic jams and to travel quicker.
What is the objective of the Paralympic games?
The objective is to show that disabled people can also surpass themselves and be athletes.
What is Woodstock?
Woodstock is a very famous rock festival. It is an important event for hippies.
Translate this sentence: Je cherche un nouveau travail depuis 4 mois.
I have been looking for a new job for 4 months.
What are the possible carreers in e-sport, appart from being a gamer?
Technician, cameraman, sound engineer, event organizer, manager...
Name an extremely green city we have studied.
Vancouver.
What do you remember about the origins of the Paralympic games?
It was originally a competition held in a hospital to help injured soldiers to heal and feel better by practicing sport.
Name two verbs that can be used to talk about habits in the past.
Would and used to.
What was the oral comprehension evaluation of this chapter about?
It was about NASA astronauts telling us about their job, studies and experience.
In the US, e-sport events are almost as popular as...
some basketball or football games.
Give 2 possibilities to make a city more enjoyable.
Free answer.