NO IMPACT MAN

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Tuesday, December 7^th 2010

THE NO-IMPACT MAN

This document is a newspaper article from the New York Times about the environment.

David Edelstein wrote this article in New York in May 2009.

This article speaks about Collin Beavan. He has got a wife, 2 kids, he lives in New York City. He works in an office, so he is like everybody, he is a normal man...

He decided to change his life to protect the planet.

He used to produce a lot of trash.

He used to drive a car.

He used to take taxis and the subway.

He used to have a TV...

→ Pour parler d'une action qui se déroulait auparavant et qui n'est plus vraie aujourd'hui, on utilise:

Sujet USED TO Verbe

Ex: I used to wear nappies. Not anymore.

VOCABULARY

# a nappy: une couche culotte

# not anymore: plus maintenant

THE NO-IMPACT MAN (Part 2)

Collin USED TO use electricity.

He USED TO have the air conditioning.

He USED TO have a SUV / 4x4.

He USED TO pollute.

In 2008 he made a decision: he wanted to change his life and protect the planet.

SINCE 2008:

# He HAS CREATED a website

# He HAS PUBLISHED a book = He HAS WRITTEN a book

# He HAS MADE a film

# He HAS INFLUENCED a lot of people

→ SO, in the past he USED TO pollute WHEREAS

now he protects the planet.

→ RAPPEL/ Pour faire un bilan, récapituler ce qui s'est passé entre un moment passé et le présent, on utilise le PRESENT PERFECT (Passé → Présent)

HAVE + PARTICIPE PASSE

→ Participe Passé:

# Soit verbe+ ED: Ex: I have finished my book.

# Soit Verbe irrégulier: 3e colonne

Ex: I have bought new jeans.

VOCABULARY : whereas: alors que