Topic recap sheet n°2 : Native Americans, DAPL and climate change Content/ Documents : Pictures : Standing Rock Sioux camp near building site Text: Time to move the Standing Rock Pipeline (New York Times editorial) Translation : Abominable Science Videos: Standoff at protest camp (CBS) 2 excerpts from “before the flood”: president Obama + Nasa scientist Audio : using biomass to reduce carbon emissions Civilization / culture : Thanksgiving (One word : native Americans react to …)
Picture(s) (description & meaning) Thanksgiving (video) Description : Native Americans talking about the meaning of Thanksgiving. 2 different points of view: -the historical meaning of the event (colonization, slaughter of the natives) -a means to gather people (cooking and watching football ; a family occasion) Meaning : controversies about Thanksgiving and the status of American Indians in US society. Standing Rock Sioux camp near building site Description: demonstrations, “water is life” placards in Washington DC. Sioux chief in traditional clothes, riding a horse in front of the White House. Meaning : Protest and demonstration for water resources. Oil pollution. To protect land, tribes and aboriginal culture.
Vocabulary English slaughter riot strike pilgrim Nationwide engineer To give the go-ahead To stand up against supply To loom joblessness To be fed up To bear outsourcing To remind A tribute To aim at gullibility A phenomenon/phenomena To behold A testimony a belief A struggle
French Massacre Émeute Grève pélerin Dans tous le pays Ingénieur Donner le feu vert Resister à Resource S’annoncer Le chômage En avoir marre Subir, supporter La délocalisation rappeler hommage Viser à crédulité Un phénomène/ des phénomènes admirer Un témoignage Une croyance Une lutte
English To ship Court fight=lawsuit leak Oil spill Bully To loom To ship A stand-off To ratify threshold Greenhouse gas To curb (emissions) crops storage Energy plant To offset meanwhile To file a suit To give the go ahead
French Envoyer Procès Fuite Marée noire Tyran/brute Être imminent envoyer confrontation Signer, ratifier Seuil Gaz à effet de serre réduire Plantes Stockage Centrale énergétique neutraliser Pendant ce temps Déposer plainte Donner le feu vert
To remain Railway tracks To stand up for crude oil
Rester Voies ferrées défendre Petrole brut
Recent events, historical & cultural references mentioned in the documents, questions raised by the topic, debates: (+ anything you think is necessary to add, personal knowledge and /or comments for example) -Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated in Canada and in the USA originally celebrated as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest. Colonisation of the USA by the pilgrims in 1621. -Demonstrations in 2016 against pipeline, to protect water supplies ; a protest camp near the Missouri River, where the building company plans to complete the pipeline. in Washington DC, in front of the White House. Indian tribes want to stop its construction to protect their reservation, their sacred burial grounds, and their water supplies. -Paris agreement on climate change came into force in November 2016. Aim: to keep the increase of global temperatures below 2 degrees. Only possible if we use negative emissions (remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere). Method: using biomass for energy production and storing CO2 deep underground before it’s emitted back to the atmosphere. Donald Trump rejected the Paris agreement. -Beliefs / cultural phenomena Yeti, Bigfoot, Nessie : despite the lack of scientific evidence, some people are still convinced these monsters exist.
-Interview of Obama by Di Caprio about climate change. Goal is to reduce carbon emissions, protect people, especially the ones living near the sea, and the environment -Commitment of a Nasa scientist. Had a revelation when he was in space : realized how thin the atmosphere was, and how fragile the planet’s ecosystems. Wants to inform and warn people thanks to model simulations of the Earth’s climate, main changes : show how
Key expressions (grammar, syntax, translation difficulties) - Present perfect HAS +V-EN lien avec le present, bilan / since-for = depuis -Prétérit sans lien avec le present, date (yesterday, a year ago, …) -to be likely/unlikely to +Vinfinitif : it is unlikely to happen (il est peu probable que ça arrive) -be going to + V-ing -we should’nt get used to it: il ne faut pas s’habituer à -which has never taken place=qui n’a jamais eu lieu -they may well be imaginary….=ils ont beau être imaginaires…. -….they do/still exist = ….ils existent bel et bien -was first seen= est apparu pour la première fois -the 100-mile-long pipeline
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