Eating vegetables is healthier than eating French fries.
Eating fruits is healthier than eating donuts and crisps or candies.
Eating natural food is healthier than eating processed food.
Two problems:
- Cooking processed food is faster!
- Processed food tastes better.
Vocabulary:
Processed food: nourriture industrielle
Fast: rapide
She says « I am not merely satisfied in making money for myself » because she was a philanthropist WHO helped black people using her money.
«Provide employment for hundreds of women of my race»: she says that because she only hired black women to sell her products door-to-door.
She says “of the South” because she was born in Louisiana in the South of the USA.
She says “cotton fields” because her grandparents, parents and siblings were 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 next worked as a house servant.
“And from there (…) preparations”: she says that because she started her business selling beauty products.
« I was promoted” = passive voice
She uses the passive voice because she had to work as a washerwoman and then as a house servant.
“I promoted myself » = active voice
She uses the active voice because creating her business was her own choice. She took control of her life.
Use: utiliser
Have a choice: avoir le choix
Life: la vie
Take control of: prendre le contrôle de
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.
In the “Unhealthy Food” category, there are candies, French fries, crisps, a pizza, an ice cream, a burger and a chocolate donut.
Vocabulary:
Unhealthy: pas bon pour la santé
Ice cream: de la glace
Candies / sweets: des bonbons
Treats: des friandises
French fries (chips): des frites
Crisps: des chips
Junk food : la « malbouffe »
Also: aussi (après “BE”)
Like: comme
Healthy: sain / bon pour la santé
Health : la santé
Milk : du lait
