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English. French. Class warfare. Lutte des classes. A demonstration/riot Manifestation/émeute. Inner cities ... Key expressions (grammar, syntax, translation...) - to dispose ... -to be on welfare / to live on welfare : vivre des allocations. -a two-tier ...
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Topic recap sheet n°2 : Cities, urbanization and communities Content / Documents : Pictures : photos of Stik graffiti in London / Banksy graffiti in LA Video : Street art / Stick and his stick figures / in defense of the NHS Text : the attack on the Cereal Killer Café + two comments Graph : evolution of the world’s population + http://www.unicef.org/sowc2012/urbanmap/ Civilisation / Culture : Examples of Social Protest movements Peaky Blinders (season 1) and the gangster genre

Picture(s) (description & meaning) Description : In this picture, we can see a graffiti by Banksy in L.A. The word PARKING is written on the wall near a car park but the “ING” is faded out. Under the letter A, a little girl is swinging on a swing. Meaning : That reveals that we need more green spaces in cities, a place where children could play and people could walk their dog. Street art is a way to shape the city the way we want, even if it’s only in our minds.

Graph (description & meaning) Description : This graph shows the proportion of people living in cities among the global population from 1900 to 2050. Meaning : We can see that the proportion is constantly increasing, and 2010 is presented as the turning point. It supports the view that whatever issues there are with city life, it will be more and more urgent to solve them. Megacities are the source of the problems and the source of the solution because combatting climate change is ultimately in the city’s best interest. (Smithsonian Magazine, test n°1)

Vocabulary : English Class warfare Inner cities Suburbs Residential areas Gentrification Unemployment Living Standards Household rubbish

French Lutte des classes Centre-ville Banlieue Quartier résidentiel Gentrification Chômage Niveau de vie Les ordures ménagères

English A demonstration/riot The working life The working poor A work permit Well-off/well-to-do Westernization Child labor Working condition

French Manifestation/émeute La vie active Les travailleurs pauvres Un permis de travail Aisé/nanti Occidentalisation Le travail des enfants Les conditions de travail

To Industrialize Economic growth The social divide To scrape by Working class Middle-class The under-class Globalization Inequality Litter A pollutant A pollution peak

L’industrialisation La croissance economique Le fossé social Vivoter Classe ouvrière Classe moyenne Classe inférieure Mondialisation Inégalités Les déchets Un polluant

Ethnic minority Racial bias

Une minorité ethnique

Cultural diversity Social integration The Ozone layer Biodiversity Discrimination Wildlife Raw material A national park Deforestation

Diversité culturelle

Biais racial

L’intégration sociale La couche d’ozone La biodiversité La discrimination La faune et la flore Matières premières Un parc national La deforestation

Un pic de pollution

Recent events, historical & cultural references mentioned in the documents: -Melbourne is the world’s most liveable city : it is mid-sized, offers numerous facilities, and is said to be a ‘green’ city (Economist Ranking, 2014) -The Shoreditch Cereal Killer cafe was targeted in anti-gentrification protests. London is becoming more and more socially segregated, and the poor are forced to leave their neighbourhoods as prices keep rising. The tower block on which Stik painted Big Mother is soon to be destroyed, and luxury apartments will be built. -Peaky Blinders presents a British version of the gangster film : it is set in Birmingham (an industrial city in the North of England), and revolves around class warfare : the working class (and partly gipsy) Shelby family finds a way to climb the social ladder by investing in gambling (bootlegging), and using brains and brawn (l’intelligence et la force) to defeat their enemies. The city is presented as segregated, dark and dirty, but at the same time, very lively, dynamic, and an opportunity to thrive.

Key expressions (grammar, syntax, translation...) - to dispose of waste -to monitor air quality -the ‘polluter pays’ principle -to destroy the biosphere - to be threatened with extinction -to be cut off from the rest of society -to be on welfare / to live on welfare : vivre des allocations -a two-tier society (une société à deux vitesses)

Document prepared with great care by : BECK Thomas, BONTEMPS Etienne, CALIXTE Rémi, de LESTABLE Nicolas.