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A week without plastic : relever un défi (5e)

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single-use plasticle plastique à usage unique
a reusable water bottleune gourde réutilisable
a cloth bagun sac en tissu
packagingles emballages
It was harder than I thought.C'était plus difficile que je le pensais.
I managed to avoid plastic bottles.J'ai réussi à éviter les bouteilles en plastique.

Relever un défi « une semaine sans plastique » montre à quel point le plastique est partout : bouteilles, emballages, pailles, sachets... Pour faire le bilan : I managed to + verbe (j'ai réussi à), I didn't manage to (je n'ai pas réussi à), It was harder / easier than I thought (plus difficile / plus facile que je le pensais). Et pour la suite : From now on, I'm going to...

Mise en situation : le bilan en classe

Teacher : So, how was your plastic-free week?
Alors, comment s'est passée votre semaine sans plastique ?
Clara : It was harder than I thought! Everything in the supermarket is wrapped in plastic.
C'était plus difficile que je le pensais ! Tout au supermarché est emballé dans du plastique.
Teacher : What did you manage to do?
Qu'avez-vous réussi à faire ?
Max : I managed to use my reusable bottle every day, and we took cloth bags to the shops.
J'ai réussi à utiliser ma gourde tous les jours, et on a pris des sacs en tissu pour faire les courses.
Clara : But I didn't manage to avoid crisp packets. I love crisps!
Mais je n'ai pas réussi à éviter les paquets de chips. J'adore les chips !
Teacher : That's honest! What are you going to keep doing?
C'est honnête ! Qu'allez-vous continuer à faire ?

À retenir

  • single-use plastic, packaging, a straw, a reusable bottle, a cloth bag, a crisp packet, a challenge.
  • I managed to... / I didn't manage to... ; harder / easier than I thought ; From now on, I'm going to...

Exercice 1 : Relever un défi : exercice 1 (QCM)

  1. « le plastique à usage unique »
    1. simple-use plastic
    2. single-use plastic
    3. single-used plastics of
  2. « une gourde réutilisable »
    1. a reusable bottle
    2. a refusable bottle
    3. a reused bottle of
  3. « un sac en tissu »
    1. a clothes bag
    2. a cloth bag
    3. a cloth back
  4. « J'ai réussi à... »
    1. I managed to...
    2. I managed...
    3. I succeeded to...
  5. « Je n'ai pas réussi à... »
    1. I managed not...
    2. I didn't managed to...
    3. I didn't manage to...
  6. « plus difficile que je le pensais »
    1. harder than I thought
    2. more hard than I thought
    3. harder that I thinked
  7. « les emballages »
    1. packaging
    2. package
    3. packing of
  8. « une paille »
    1. a strawberry
    2. a straw
    3. a stray
  9. « à partir de maintenant »
    1. from now on
    2. from now of
    3. since now on
  10. « un défi »
    1. a chalet
    2. a challenge
    3. a change

Exercice 2 : Relever un défi : exercice 2 (à compléter)

  1. How was your plastic- .......................... week?
  2. It was .......................... than I thought. (hard)
  3. Everything is .......................... in plastic.
  4. I .......................... to use my reusable bottle.
  5. I didn't manage .......................... avoid crisp packets.
  6. We took cloth .......................... to the shops.
  7. What are you going to keep .......................... ?
  8. From now .......................... , I'm going to use a bottle.
  9. single-use ..........................
  10. a reusable water ..........................

Exercice 3 : Relever un défi : mise en situation

  1. Comment s'est passée votre semaine ?
    1. How was your free-plastic week?
    2. How was your plastic-free week?
    3. How were your plastic-free week?
  2. C'était plus difficile que je le pensais.
    1. It was harder that I thinked!
    2. It was harder than I thought!
    3. It was more hard than I thought!
  3. Tout est emballé dans du plastique.
    1. Everything are wrapped in plastic.
    2. Everything is wrapped in plastic.
    3. Everything is wrap in plastic.
  4. Qu'avez-vous réussi à faire ?
    1. What did you managed to do?
    2. What did you manage to do?
    3. What you managed to do?
  5. J'ai réussi à utiliser ma gourde.
    1. I managed using my reusable bottle.
    2. I managed to use my reusable bottle.
    3. I managed use my reusable bottle.
  6. On a pris des sacs en tissu.
    1. We taked cloth bags.
    2. We took clothes bag.
    3. We took cloth bags.
  7. Je n'ai pas réussi à éviter les chips.
    1. I don't manage to avoid crisps yesterday.
    2. I didn't manage to avoid crisps.
    3. I didn't managed to avoid crisps.
  8. C'est honnête !
    1. That's honest!
    2. That honest!
    3. That's honnest!
  9. Désormais, je vais refuser les pailles.
    1. From now of, I'm going to refuse straws.
    2. From now on, I'm going to refuse straws.
    3. Since now, I go to refuse straws.
  10. C'était plus facile que je le pensais.
    1. It was easier than I thought.
    2. It was easier that I thought.
    3. It was more easy than I thought.

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. b) single-use plastic · 2. a) a reusable bottle · 3. b) a cloth bag · 4. a) I managed to... · 5. c) I didn't manage to... · 6. a) harder than I thought · 7. a) packaging · 8. b) a straw · 9. a) from now on · 10. b) a challenge

Exercice 2

1. free · 2. harder · 3. wrapped · 4. managed · 5. to · 6. bags · 7. doing · 8. on · 9. plastic · 10. bottle

Exercice 3

1. b) How was your plastic-free week? · 2. b) It was harder than I thought! · 3. b) Everything is wrapped in plastic. · 4. b) What did you manage to do? · 5. b) I managed to use my reusable bottle. · 6. c) We took cloth bags. · 7. b) I didn't manage to avoid crisps. · 8. a) That's honest! · 9. b) From now on, I'm going to refuse straws. · 10. a) It was easier than I thought.