1 bac English

 

Unit 2: Society

 Society is a group of people living together in the same place and sharing the same values.

We should help:

The children- the poor people- the disabled/people with special needs- the older people- the adolescents- the homeless people- the jobless people- the sick people, etc.

• Hospitality: Ability to welcome people by offering them food and shelter.
• Adolescence: Period of life from 13 to 18 years old
• To socialize: To spend time with others in a friendly way
• Homeless: Without a home/house
• Autonomy: Independence
• Generation gap: A difference in ideas and behavior between older and younger people.
• Divorce: Separation of husband and wife
• Jobless: Without an occupation
• Joyriding: To drive a car for pleasure at high speed
• Tolerance: The capacity to respect the opinions, religion, or behavior of others.
• To complain: To express discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness.
• Childhood: Period of life from birth to 13 years old.
• Shelter: Somewhere to live in.
• Handicapped: A person having a physical or mental defect
  

  Prefixes and Suffixes (Word Formation)

  Prefixes

  are a group of letters that come at the beginning of a word, and they usually change its meaning:

  Example:

  Happy vs. Unhappy

  Pleasure vs. Displeasure

  Suffixes:

  Are a group of letters that come at the end of a word, and they usually change its category (verb – noun – adjective – adverb….):

  Example:

  Home (noun) – homeless (adjective)

  Comfort (noun) – comfortable (adjective)

  Lazy (adjective) – lazily (adverb)

  Dark (adjective) => darken (verb)

  Practice : A-Give the correct prefix to the words in brackets

  1. You should (write).................. your essay.
  2. Can you (play).................... that music track?
  3. Mark is an (dependent)............... businessman.
  4. The advantages (number) ...............the drawbacks.
  5. (legal) ......................immigration is a serious problem.
  6. It’s (safe) ................to walk alone in the woods.
  7. Some students are (responsible).................. nowadays.

  B-Match these prefixes with their meanings.
  1. re                   a. before
  2. un                  b. reverse action
  3. pre                 c. again
  4. super             d. former
  5. ex                  e. great

  Grammar: Used to (Past Habit)

  When we want to talk about something we frequently did in the past as a habit, we use the form:

   USED TO + INFINITIVE

  Affirmative:

• When I was a child, I used to cry a lot
• They used to play football
• We use it to get up early

Negative:

• We did not/didn’t use to take sandwiches to school
• We never used to go on long Holidays

Interrogative:

• Did you use to cry when you were a child?
• What did you use to do on Sundays? 
• Practice: sentences with used to or didn’t use to
• 1.They used to live in the city.
  2.She didn’t use to go to work by bus.
  3.I used to have long hair.
  4.We didn’t use to have a computer at home.
  5.He used to go to the gym everyday.
  6.Did Camilla use to wear glasses?
  7.Did you use to go to primary school alone?
  

Social Problems Poverty, Shanty towns, Child Labour, Unemployment,Beggars, Road accidents, Illegal Immigration, Illiteracy.

1- In  Morocco, poor people still live in shanty towns in the suburbs of some cities.

2-Driving in high speed triggers road accidents.

3-  Nowadays, unemployment is a serious social issue all over the world.

4- Youth opt for illegal immigration as a means  for better opportunities.

Social issues ; there are some examples

Divorce, poverty,famine,abortion, illegal immigration,  Illiteracy,Racism, bullying,drugs, terrorism

 

Unit 3: Media

 VOCABULARY: Where do we get information from?what are the means of information?

Internet, Television, Radio,  Newspapers

Vocabulary  

A- She wants to send some emails but there is a problem with her internet connection.

B- Al Jazzera al wataiqia is my favorite documentary channel.

C-Tazi is a famous movie director.

D-  Altavista is a Search Engine.

E- The majority of  Moroccan viewers watch 2 M news at 12 : 45

There are some Media Jobs : TV reporter, Actor, Talkshow Animator, Web Designer,  Social Media Manager

Practice Media  Jargon :

Television	Movies	Newspapers	Internet
Footage Viewers Series Talkshow	Script Scenario Scene Audience	Headlines Readers Column editorial	Email Search Engine Blogger Users

Practice Media Jobs :

Television	Movies	Newspapers	Internet
Reporter News anchor Talkshow animator	Actor, Actress Movie Director Producer	Editor Correspondent Columnist	Web Designer Web Master Blogger