Save the Planet

3e THESEE

Thursday, November 18^th 2010

SAVE THE PLANET

This document is a radio interview in Washington D.C.

The title of this show is « Save the Planet ».

The interview is with a British journalist, Paul Brown.

He HAS LIVED in Africa.

He HAS TRAVELLED the planet / the world.

He HAS BEEN interested in the environment for 50 years.

He HAS WORKED for the Guardian since 1990.

He thinks everybody must protect the planet.

→ Pour parler d'expériences, faire un BILAN (parler d'actions commencées dans le passé et toujours d'actualité dans le présent), on utilise le PRESENT PERFECT.

HAVE + Participe Passé

Le Participe Passé, c'est:

# Soit: Verbe + ED

# Soit: verbe irrégulier → 3e colonne!

Ex: I have been in Jacques Brel for 4 years.

Since 2006.

→ Pour dire depuis combien de temps on fait quelque chose:

# SINCE + date

# FOR + durée.

Friday, November 19^th 2010

GLOBAL WARMING

Since 1960s the CO2 levels HAVE increasED.

The factories HAVE pollutED the planet.

The snow on the mountains HAS disappeared.

(The snow HAS meltED)

The temperatures and the CO2 HAVE increasED.

The CO2 HAS killed a lot of people.

Lake Chad HAS evaporated

It has dried up BECAUSE OF the climate change.

VOCABULARY

# increase / decrease: augmenter / diminuer

# disappear: disparaître

# melt: fondre

# pollute: polluer

# evaporate = dry up: évaporer = s'assécher