6 DANUBE: your characters!

5 DUBLIN: the poster!

 

In the “Healthy Food” category, there is an apple, some strawberries, an orange and a tomato.

There are also vegetables, like a broccoli and there is a bottle of milk and a fish.

Vocabulary :

Also: aussi (après “BE”)            

Like: comme

Healthy: sain / bon pour la santé

Health : la santé                         

Milk : du lait

 

3 PURY: today's work!

 

She says « I am not merely satisfied in making money for myself » because she was a philanthropist WHO financed charities and helped the African American community.

When she says « women of my race” she is talking about black women.

She says “provide employment” because she employed black women to sell her beauty products door-to-door.

Finance: financer

Provide employment: créer de l’emploi

 

6 DANUBE: a description!

 

Enoncés complexes:

The man has small round black eyes, short curly brown hair,  a tiny nose, a big mouth and a big smile.

He is wearing a big purple and green tie, light brown trousers, a yellow shirt, big red glasses and black shoes.

Click and play: 1

Click and play: 2 

3 PURY: today's work

 

She says “I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South” because she was born in Louisiana which is a southern state.

She says “cotton fields” because her siblings and her parents were former slaves who worked in cotton fields.

She says “I was promoted to the washtub” because she first worked as a washerwoman.

She says “I was promoted to the cook kitchen” because she then worked in a kitchen.

She says « I promoted myself…preparations » because she started a business selling hair and beauty products.

When she says “I was promoted” she uses the passive voice because she didn’t have a choice: she had to work as a washerwoman and as a house servant.

When she says “I promoted myself” she uses the active voice because she took control of her life starting her business.

 

Have a choice : avoir le choix

Take control : prendre le contrôle

Life: la vie