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Black Friday : shop till you drop? (4e)

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a sale / a discountdes soldes / une réduction
a bargainune bonne affaire
50% offmoins 50 %
to queuefaire la queue
It's cheaper than usual.C'est moins cher que d'habitude.
You shouldn't buy things you don't need.Tu ne devrais pas acheter des choses dont tu n'as pas besoin.

Le lendemain de Thanksgiving, c'est le Black Friday : les magasins américains font d'énormes réductions et des clients font la queue dès la nuit. La tradition s'est répandue dans le monde entier, surtout en ligne. Mais beaucoup critiquent la surconsommation : achats inutiles, déchets, pollution liée aux livraisons. Comparatifs : cheap → cheaper → the cheapest ; expensive → more expensive → the most expensive.

Mise en situation : devant le magasin

Max : Look! Everything is fifty percent off! What a bargain!
Regarde ! Tout est à moins cinquante pour cent ! Quelle affaire !
Clara : Those headphones are much cheaper than usual.
Ce casque est beaucoup moins cher que d'habitude.
Max : Let's queue! The shop opens at six.
Faisons la queue ! Le magasin ouvre à six heures.
Clara : Wait. Do you really need new headphones? Yours work perfectly.
Attends. Tu as vraiment besoin d'un nouveau casque ? Le tien marche parfaitement.
Max : Well... no. But they're the cheapest I've ever seen!
Eh bien... non. Mais c'est le moins cher que j'aie jamais vu !
Clara : You shouldn't buy things you don't need. That's not a bargain, that's a waste!
Tu ne devrais pas acheter des choses dont tu n'as pas besoin. Ce n'est pas une affaire, c'est du gaspillage !

À retenir

  • a sale, a discount, a bargain, 50% off, to queue, a waste, overconsumption.
  • cheaper than, the cheapest ; more expensive than, the most expensive ; You should / shouldn't...

Exercice 1 : Black Friday : exercice 1 (QCM)

  1. « une bonne affaire »
    1. a bargaining of
    2. a bargain
    3. a burger
  2. « une réduction »
    1. a dis-count of
    2. a discount
    3. a discussion
  3. « faire la queue »
    1. to queue
    2. to tail
    3. to cue
  4. « moins cher que »
    1. more cheap than
    2. cheaper than
    3. cheaper that
  5. « le moins cher »
    1. the cheaper
    2. the cheapest
    3. the most cheap
  6. « plus cher que »
    1. more expensive that
    2. expensiver than
    3. more expensive than
  7. « Tu ne devrais pas acheter... »
    1. You shouldn't to buy...
    2. You shouldn't buy...
    3. You don't should buy...
  8. Le Black Friday a lieu...
    1. en juillet
    2. le lendemain de Thanksgiving
    3. le jour de Noël
  9. « du gaspillage »
    1. a waist
    2. a wish
    3. a waste
  10. « moins 50 % »
    1. 50% of
    2. 50% off
    3. less 50% of

Exercice 2 : Black Friday : exercice 2 (à compléter)

  1. Everything is fifty percent .......................... !
  2. What a .......................... !
  3. They're much .......................... than usual. (cheap)
  4. Let's .......................... !
  5. Do you really .......................... new headphones?
  6. They're the .......................... I've ever seen! (cheap)
  7. You .......................... buy things you don't need.
  8. That's a .......................... !
  9. This phone is more .......................... than that one.
  10. The shop .......................... at six.

Exercice 3 : Black Friday : mise en situation

  1. Max voit les réductions.
    1. Everything is fifty percent of!
    2. Everything is fifty percent off!
    3. Everything are fifty percent off!
  2. Quelle affaire !
    1. What a burger!
    2. What bargain!
    3. What a bargain!
  3. Le casque est moins cher que d'habitude.
    1. Those headphones are much more cheap than usual.
    2. Those headphones are much cheaper than usual.
    3. Those headphones are much cheaper that usual.
  4. Max propose de faire la queue.
    1. Let's queue!
    2. Let queue!
    3. Let's queen!
  5. Clara demande s'il en a vraiment besoin.
    1. Do you really needs new headphones?
    2. You really need new headphones?
    3. Do you really need new headphones?
  6. Le sien marche parfaitement.
    1. Your work perfectly.
    2. Yours works perfect.
    3. Yours work perfectly.
  7. C'est le moins cher qu'il ait vu.
    1. They're the cheapest I've ever seen!
    2. They're the cheaper I ever saw!
    3. They're the most cheap I've ever seen!
  8. Il ne devrait pas acheter.
    1. You shouldn't buy things you don't need.
    2. You don't should buy things you don't need.
    3. You shouldn't to buy things you don't need.
  9. Ce n'est pas une affaire, c'est du gaspillage.
    1. That isn't bargain, that's waste of!
    2. That's not a bargain, that's a waste!
    3. That's not a bargain, that's a waist!
  10. Ce téléphone est le plus cher.
    1. This phone is the expensivest.
    2. This phone is the more expensive.
    3. This phone is the most expensive.

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. b) a bargain · 2. b) a discount · 3. a) to queue · 4. b) cheaper than · 5. b) the cheapest · 6. c) more expensive than · 7. b) You shouldn't buy... · 8. b) le lendemain de Thanksgiving · 9. c) a waste · 10. b) 50% off

Exercice 2

1. off · 2. bargain · 3. cheaper · 4. queue · 5. need · 6. cheapest · 7. shouldn't · 8. waste · 9. expensive · 10. opens

Exercice 3

1. b) Everything is fifty percent off! · 2. c) What a bargain! · 3. b) Those headphones are much cheaper than usual. · 4. a) Let's queue! · 5. c) Do you really need new headphones? · 6. c) Yours work perfectly. · 7. a) They're the cheapest I've ever seen! · 8. a) You shouldn't buy things you don't need. · 9. b) That's not a bargain, that's a waste! · 10. c) This phone is the most expensive.