5.1.1

Qui ils sont - Vocab French to English

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Qui sont-ils? - Vocab French to English

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Key topic words

  • banlieusard - someone coming from the suburbs
  • l'insertion sociale - social inclusion
  • la discrimination - discrimination
  • le SDF (Sans Domicile Fixe) - someone who is homeless
  • le logement - housing
  • la précarité - insecurity
  • sans abri - homeless
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Nouns

  • demandeur d'emploi - jobseeker
  • un immigré - immigrant
  • la chute - the fall (decrease of something)
  • la dépression - depression
  • la pauvreté - poverty
  • l'abus d'alcool - alcohol abuse
  • l'exclusion familiale - family exclusion
  • l'exclusion scolaire - exclusion from school
  • une association caritative - a charity
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Nouns (continued)

  • l'abus de drogues - drug abuse
  • l'accès à l'emploi - access to a job
  • le défi - the aim
  • l'éclatement de la famille - family breakdown
  • les délinquants - offenders
  • les droits fondamentaux - fundamental/basic rights
  • le soin - care
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Nouns (continued)

  • les jeunes filles enceintes - young/teen pregnants girls
  • les gitans - gypsies/travellers
  • les handicapés mentaux - mentally handicapped people
  • les intoxiqués - drug users
  • les mères célibataires - single mothers
  • les sans-papiers - illegal immigrants (derogatory term)
  • les toxicomanes - drug addicts
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Verbs

  • effrayer - to frighten
  • être bénévole - to be a volunteer
  • mendier - to beg (on the streets)
  • perdre confiance - to lose confidence (in something)
  • se sentir perdu(e) - to feel lost
  • se sentir seul(e) - to feel alone

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1The Changing Nature of Family

2The 'cyber-society'

3The Place of Voluntary Work

4Diverse Society

5The Marginalised

6How Criminals Are Treated

7A Culture Proud of its Heritage

8Cinema: the 7th Art Form

9Demonstrations, strikes – who holds the power?

10Politics & Immigration

11Conjugation & Use of Tenses

11.1Present Tense

11.2Perfect Tense

11.3Imperfect Tense

11.4Future Tense

11.5Conditional Tense

11.6Future Perfect Tense

11.7Conditional Perfect Tense

11.8Pluperfect Tense

12Extra Grammar

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