Poverty & Homelessness
French: Edexcel IGCSE, topic 4.1.5
L'Inégalité Sociale - Social Inequality
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.
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 les 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.
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.
Test yourself on Poverty & Homelessness
How do you say 'hooligan' in French?
Which of the following does NOT mean 'homeless' in French?