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Poverty & Homelessness

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L'Inégalité Sociale - Social Inequality

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Key vocab

  • Le chômage - unemployment.
  • Le taux de chômage - unemployment rate.
  • La pauvreté - poverty.
  • L'inégalité sociale - social inequality.
  • Les sans-abri, SDF - homeless.
  • Un voyou - a yob/hooligan.
  • Une bande/un gang - a gang.
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Le chômage

  • À cause du taux de chômage élevé, il y a plus de sans-abri.
    • Because of the high unemployment rate, there are more homeless people.
  • Souvent des sans-abri manquent de chance tout simplement.
    • Often homeless people simply have bad luck.
  • Le manque d'emplois provoque la pauvreté.
    • The lack of jobs causes poverty.
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Les SDF

  • Que penses-tu des personnes sans domicile fixe ?
    • What do you think about homeless people?
  • Il y a des préjugés sur les sans-abri. Les gens pensent que ce sont des voyous qui trichent et volent. Mais en réalité, la majorité d'entre eux n'ont pas eu de chance.
    • There are a lot of negative stereotypes surrounding homeless people. People think that they are hooligans that cheat and steal. But in reality, the majority of them have had no luck.

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4.5Future Tense

5Advanced Tenses

6Extra Grammar

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