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The text raises a serious issue in American society in the 60s : racial discrimination. Firstly, we don't understand why they are turned out before the end, which adds some suspense to this text. Moreover, as the owners of the restaurant are Chinese, we may feel surprised. Do they turn out colored people because they can't stand them or do they fear they might lose customers (white customers) if they let them have a meal in their restaurant ? It's difficult to answer. Secondly, the parents seem

the way he view organizational psychology. In his opinion, there is always a coercive trait associated with learning. In other words, learning is not a choice but rather an imposed one. For instance a child goes thru different stages of learning before he becomes the informed adult that society wants him to be. The child did not have any choice but he has been indoctrinated into beliefs that shaped the way he thinks and acts today. It has been a long and painful “brainwashing” process that Schein

suggested that the Japanese had advance knowledge of our plans and were preparing a massive resistance.Stunning as this information was we took in the details as though it were a routine briefing. We figured we'd gambled our last survival chips months before anyway. « This is a volunteer mission, » barked the colonel. « any man who doesn't want to undertake this mission just needs to report to my quarters, stand at attention, look me in the eye, and say, Colonel, i'm yeller, sir ! And you'll be shipped

cash that has turned her relatives into the royal--and resented--family of an impoverished neighborhood. [...]Like most people who sneak into the United States, she was simply following a family trail. Relatives had arrived illegally a few years before, and they took her in to their apartment in the New York borough of Queens. From there, the trail led to a job-placement service that charges $100 to find you work, papers or not, usually in less than a day. "If a restaurant required papers, nobody

I – COMPRÉHENSION : 100 pts 1. Where is the scene set? Justify by quoting from the text. ( 2 réponses + 2 citations par réponse) 1 pt x 6 6 pts • City: Paris “before I leave Paris” (l. 11), “the Louvre” (l.35), “the DCPJ” (l. 26). • Exact location: In a hotel (room): “hotel phone” (l. 13), “the hotel bathrobe” (l. 23), “you sent someone to my room?” (l. 17). 2. When does the action take place? Justify by quoting three phrases from the text. 1 pt x 4 4 pts

employé notamment avec des indications datées comme yesterday, ago, when.... Une action passée achevée qui s'est déroulée à un moment précis. I went to the post office yesterday. Une habitude passée sans aucun rapport avec le présent I lived in Britain before my moving to France. Emplois principaux Exemples 2 L'aspect progressif Il souligne que l'action est en progrès: elle a déjà commencé mais n'est pas encore terminée au moment de l'énoncé. La durée de l'action est en outre limitée. Notons que

remain a hot issue in the USA. Je ne peux m'empêcher de penser que le contrôle des armes à feu a toutes les chances de rester un sujet brûlant aux États-Unis. Let's consider : considérons, envisageons. Ex. : Let's consider all the pros and the cons before we form an opinion. Envisageons le pour et le contre avant de se faire une opinion. One/ we could argue that : on peut soutenir/ affirmer que. Ex. : We could argue that the lack of parental guidance is very much to blame for juvenile delinquency

intrusion, but you have a visitor. He insists it is urgent.’ [...] ‘If you would be so kind,’ Langdon said, doing his best to remain polite, ‘could you take the man's name and number, and tell him I’ll try to call him before I leave Paris on Tuesday? Thank you.’ He hung up before the concierge could protest. The ringing of Langdon's hotel phone once again broke the silence. Groaning in disbelief he picked up. ‘Yes?’ As expected, it was the concierge. ‘Mr. Langdon, again my apologies. I am

associates to Freedom, liberty a “right”, “personal freedom”. In reality smoking is an addiction. II) Awareness .Before, Joe E lived the good life based on vices and appearances. Whereas today, he has a throat cancer, the surgeons removed his larynx. He had to live with a tube in his throat, he doesn’t any voice. Cancer is a reality now. Today it is a daily problem whereas before it was an inexistent problem. As a consequence, today, He goes to Church every Sunday . the religion let him to redeem

SCOTUS is more open-minded, but not always more liberal. On abortion, on segregation, on all those issues which are very decisive – they decide with their feelings, their heart – their background plays a very important rôle in the decisions they take. Before, it was more homogeneous. Now, the SCOTUS seems too political. Normally, the are supposed to be neutral, although they're appointed by the President. Now, they tend to be very radical on some issues. The SCOTUS has evolved on the issue of discrimination