Review - Level 2

**Note - Level 2 control changed to 11h Monday 13, décembre, salle 402**

Vocabulary for Describing People

Everyone loves people watching from the café. There are many ways to remark on someone’s outward appearance, and to describe someone’s style, ethnicity, and clothing.
• Look! He / She is wearing…
• He / She looks like he / she is …They looke like they are…
• They have the appearance …
• Those people are … That person is …

Descriptive Words
• tall – grand(e) • well-built / shapely (f) – bien foutue
• little / short – petit(e) • buff (m) – bien baraqué
• a midget – un / une nain(e) • scrawny – un sac d’os
• hunchback – bossu(e) • tanned – bronze(e)
• pale – pale, palot • long-haired – chevulu(e)
• hairy – poilu(e) • chunky / chubby – grassouillet(te)
• fat – gros/grosse • skinny – maigre; maigrichon(ne)

Attractive People
• handsome (m) – beau • beautiful (f) – belle
• cute – mignon(ne) • pretty (f) – jolie
• stylish – à la mode • really fashionable – glamour
• hip – branché(e) • trendy – tendance

Expressions
• a lean face – un visage fin • a friendly / likeable face – une bonne piffe
• a good “mug” – une bonne gueule • a round face – la tête arrondie
• a square jaw – un visage carré • beady eyes – des petits yeux
• good measurements – de bonne mensurations
• a nasty mom of hair – une sale tignasse • a bad figure – un physique désagréable
• a tiny head – une petit tête • a big head – une grosse tête
• homely – un / une laideron(ne) • slimy – un gros porc
• dirty – sale • a fat sausage – un boudin

Characters
• kids – les enfants • teens – les ados
• wino – le pochetron ; le poivrot • bum – le / la clochard(e)
• a thug – un voyou • spoiled rich kid – un fils / une fille à papa
• ladies’ man – un tombeur • good ol’ boy – un bon bougre
• redneck – un pequenot • hick – un plouc
• jock – le sportif / la sportive

Stereotypes
• White trash – les beaufs • The rich folk – Les costume-cravate
• Bible-Thumpers – les culs bénis • The commuters – Les métros-boulet-dodo
• Hippies – les babas cools • The bohemians / yuppies – Les bobos

Films

Questions from the first day: Music, Movies, and More http://www.headsupenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=325&Itemid=95

Vocabulary

le film film, movie
le cinéma movie
comédie comedy
le documentaire documentary
le drame drama
le film d'action action movie
le film d'aventures adventure
le film d'épouvante horror
la science-fiction science fictionle
western western

Acteurs ~ Cast
un acteur actor
une actrice actress
la distribution cast list
le premier rôle male lead, leading actor
le premier rôle féminin female lead, leading actress
le second rôle supporting actor
le second rôle féminin supporting actress
la vedette star

Équipe ~ Crew

le caméraman, cadreur camera operator
le / la cinéaste director, film-maker
le / la décorateur / décoratrice designer
le directeur de la photo(graphie) cinematographer, director of photography
le / la maquilleur / maquilleuse make-up artist
le metteur en scène director
le / la monteur / monteuse editor
le / la producteur / productrice producer
le producteur exécutif executive producer
la productrice exécutive
le / la réalisateur / réalisatrice director

Scènes et Plans ~ Scenes and Shots
l'arrêt sur image freeze frame
le cadre frame
dans le champ in shot
en décor, studio on set
en extérieur on location
le fondu dissolve, fade
hors champ off-camera
le panoramique panning
un plan rapproché / serré close up
le raccord continuity

Verbes ~ Verbs
bruiter to add sound effectscadrer to frame a shotcouper to cutdiriger to directinterpréter to perform, act
monter to edit
produire to produce
projeter to project, show
tourner (un film, une scène) to film, shoot (a movie, scene)

Miscellaneous
à l'affiche showing, playing, on screen
la bande sonore soundtrack
le bruitage sound effects
doublé dubbed
sous-titré subtitled

Ecotourism Article

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5338973,00.html

Fast Food - McRib & Fast Food in America

http://blogs.laweekly.com/squidink/2010/11/mcdonalds_mcrib_sandwich_fast.php
http://www.foodfacts.info/mcrib/

The Hookup - Sex Without Intimacy Article

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105008712

Stereotypes -

Discussion of common stereotypes between French & America.

We read the fake article, An American's Guide to France - www.ielanguages.com/esl/americansguide.doc

Video we watched in class - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERD2TnMNH98

Eco - Tourism : Niveau 2

Green Tourism graces ITB Berlin Travel Fair
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5338973,00.html

ITB Berlin Trade Show 2011
http://www1.messe-berlin.de/vip8_1/website/Internet/Internet/www.itb-berlin/englisch/index.html

EDEN - The European Destinations of Excellence
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/tourism/eden/index_en.htm

Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
http://www.bfn.de/?L=1

Vocabulary, Know the following terms

Cruise packages
overseas getaways
trekking tours
Sustainable travel
Carbon Footprints
CO2 emissions
natural landscapes
trendy topic
broad-reaching
abroad
protected areas
tourism and leisure packages
untouched natural preserves

Quiz Review - Niveau 2

Here are some additional notes from class.

Job Abbreviations -

CEO - Chief Executive Officer
VIP - Very Important Person
HR - Human Resources
PR - Public Relations
PhD - Doctorate of Philosophy
MA - Master's of the Arts
BA - Bachelor's of the Arts
VP - Vice-President
PA - Personal Assistant
EU - European Union

Common Phrases -

Vegetarians are people who don't eat / are not eating meat.

Look out! My husband comes / is coming.

Some people still think the sun goes / is going round the earth.

I play / 'm playing tennis every weekend.

Who sits / is sitting in my chair?

What happens / is happening in golf if you lose the ball?

An alcoholic is a person who drinks / is drinking too much and can't stop.

Look! She wears / She's wearing the same shoes as me.

'What are you looking / do you look at?'

Philadelphia

Although Philadelphia is known for a movie I have never seen, a song by the same title, and Rocky here in France, there is much more to "The City of Brotherly Love". By the way, the stairs that Rocky climbs are the stairs of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which houses the largest collection of French Impressionist paintings outside of France, and also has a Rodin Museum located close by.

Philadelphia was originally settled by Quakers, Germans, and some English, all seeking religious freedom. The colony was set up by William Penn, after his deed was signed by the King of England. He named the area Pennsylvania, Penn after himself, and sylvania which is latin for woods, or forest. There is a statue of him atop City Hall in Philadelphia, which is the center of Center City.

Philadelphia was where the Declaration of Independence was written on July 4th, 1776, and also where the Constitution was signed, in Independenca Hall. This made Philadelphia the first capital city of the United States. Located across from this historic site, is the Liberty Bell. It was originally intended to be hung, but after it cracked twice when the city tried to ring it, we decided to leave it that way. Many Philadelphians consider it a symbol of the way things work in the city, only at half their potential.

Benjamin Franklin was a big part of the Revolution, that led to the 13 colonies gaining their independence from England and becoming the United States. He was also the diplomat to France, who asked France to assist the colonies in their war against England. The colonies won their Independence with the help of the French Navy and General LaFayette. Ben Franklin is also famous for planning the city of Philadelphia, as well as being a gifted inventor, publisher, and redhead!

Philadelphia is also the hometown of Will Smith, my favorite baseball team: the Philadelphia Phillies, the Cheesesteak, the best soft pretzels in the world, Hall & Oates (cheesy 80s band), Bill Cosby (comedian), many types of beer, plenty of hipsters on fixed-gear bikes, and the tv show, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

Vocabulary

hipsters : (via urbandictionary.com) Noun - urban (or suburban import) dweller who goes to all the coolest clubs, listens to the coolest music, is into various aspects of the arts, including but not limited to street art, indie films, street displays, sticker art, etc.... A hipster also must know all the coolest other hipsters. If you have to ask what a hipster is, then you are definitely not a hipster. Hipsters have more music on their ipods then anyone they know, and all the bands are indie or underground.

fixed-gear bikes or fixies : (via urbandictionary.com) a bicycle with only one rear cog or "gear" which is fixed directly onto the hub of the wheel.