Date :

(Students activity sheet)

5 FRIENDS (Doc 1)
(Public Service Announcement)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhDRVKDcXQo&feature=related

What is the nature of the recording ?

PART 1 :
Give the names of some of the people in the video and say what they have in common.

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Do you think it is important and why ?

Consider the kind of language used: Who do you think theyre addressing ?

Pick out:
the questions or expressions given and say what they imply.

Some of the issues mentioned in the passage.

The 2 adjectives used at the end and say what they refer to.
SUM UP :

What are they saying ?

Do you think theyre serious ?

Who are they talking to ? Why ?

PART 2 :
Note down the first sentence.

Translate the link word and rephrase the sentence .

Look at the following list and tick those you actually hear :

social security
the industries

health care
the economy

our country

minimum waste

gay rights

environment

welfare
freedom

mens rights
your future

the 2nd Amendment

all the Amendments

gun control

minimum

wage

Abortion rights

politics

the

law

womens rights

human rights
everything

Iraq

the third Amendment

housing

terrorism

the war

rising gas prices

civil rights

the first Amendment

Pick out the expressions that contain modal auxiliaries. What do they express ?
SUM UP :

Why did they choose these issues ?

education
the world

PART 3 :

Pick out the verb which is used several times at the beginning of this part .
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Why do they insist on it ?
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Pick out two expressions using this verb and modal auxiliaries.
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Explain the difference between the two .

Pick out the date mentioned. What does it refer to ?

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What happens after this date ?

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So what are the arguments given by these persons ?

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What are they doing at the end of the passage and why ?
SUM UP :

What is the message conveyed in this part ?

PART 4 :
What do they want /expect people to do in this part ? Why ?
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What is the keyword given at the beginning of this part ?

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SUM UP :

TRANSCRIPT:
Find the equivalent in the transcript for the following French words or expressions :
1. Vous vous en fichez !
2. A quoi a sert ?
3. Hors de question !
4. Qui sintresse au rchauffement de la plante ?
5. Il parat que les ours polaires savent nager
6. Est-ce que a a de limportance tes yeux ?
7. Vous tes srement connects, l.
8. Cela ne me regarde pas.
9. Tu fais quoi, aprs ?
10. Cool / trs bien / Super