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Fast fashion : le vrai prix de nos vêtements (2nde)

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AnglaisFrançais
fast fashionla mode jetable
garment workersles ouvriers et ouvrières du textile
Clothes are made in poor working conditions.Les vêtements sont fabriqués dans de mauvaises conditions de travail.
Tons of clothes end up in landfill.Des tonnes de vêtements finissent à la décharge.
second-hand / vintaged'occasion / vintage
If we bought less, we would waste less.Si on achetait moins, on gaspillerait moins.

La fast fashion produit des vêtements très bon marché, renouvelés sans cesse, souvent fabriqués dans des usines où les salaires sont très bas et la sécurité insuffisante. En 2013, l'effondrement d'un immeuble d'ateliers textiles au Bangladesh, le Rana Plaza, a tué plus de 1 100 personnes. La mode est aussi une industrie très polluante : beaucoup d'eau, de produits chimiques, de microfibres plastiques, et des montagnes de vêtements jetés. Alternatives : acheter moins et mieux, d'occasion, réparer, échanger. Grammaire : passif (are made, are thrown away) et deuxième conditionnel.

Mise en situation : le débat

Teacher : How many clothes did you buy last year?
Combien de vêtements avez-vous achetés l'an dernier ?
Lina : Honestly? Too many. Some T-shirts were so cheap that I only wore them twice.
Honnêtement ? Trop. Certains t-shirts étaient si bon marché que je ne les ai portés que deux fois.
Teacher : Do you know where and how they were made?
Savez-vous où et comment ils ont été fabriqués ?
Theo : Often in factories where workers are paid very little. Remember the Rana Plaza disaster in 2013.
Souvent dans des usines où les ouvriers sont très peu payés. Souvenez-vous de la catastrophe du Rana Plaza en 2013.
Lina : And most of those clothes end up in landfill. If we bought less, we would waste less.
Et la plupart de ces vêtements finissent à la décharge. Si on achetait moins, on gaspillerait moins.
Theo : That's why I buy second-hand now. It's cheaper and more original!
C'est pour ça que j'achète d'occasion maintenant. C'est moins cher et plus original !

À retenir

  • fast fashion, a garment, a factory, a worker, wages, landfill, textile waste, microfibres, second-hand, vintage.
  • Passif : are made, are paid, were made ; If + prétérit, would + verbe ; so cheap that...

Exercice 1 : La mode jetable : exercice 1 (QCM)

  1. « la mode jetable »
    1. quick fashion
    2. fast fashionable
    3. fast fashion
  2. « les ouvriers du textile »
    1. garnment workers
    2. garden workers
    3. garment workers
  3. « la décharge »
    1. landslide
    2. land fill of
    3. landfill
  4. « Ils sont fabriqués en Asie. »
    1. They made are in Asia.
    2. They are made in Asia.
    3. They are make in Asia.
  5. « Si on achetait moins, on gaspillerait moins. »
    1. If we bought less, we would waste less.
    2. If we buy less, we would waste less.
    3. If we would buy less, we wasted less.
  6. La catastrophe du Rana Plaza a eu lieu en...
    1. 1913
    2. 2013
    3. 2023
  7. « si bon marché que... »
    1. so cheap than...
    2. such cheap that...
    3. so cheap that...
  8. « d'occasion »
    1. second-handed
    2. second-hand
    3. seconds hand
  9. « Les ouvriers sont très peu payés. »
    1. Workers paid are very little.
    2. Workers are paid very little.
    3. Workers are payed very little.
  10. « les salaires »
    1. ages
    2. wages
    3. wagons

Exercice 2 : La mode jetable : exercice 2 (à compléter)

  1. How many clothes did you .......................... last year?
  2. They were so cheap .......................... I only wore them twice.
  3. Where were they .......................... ?
  4. Workers are .......................... very little.
  5. Most clothes end up in .......................... .
  6. If we .......................... less, we would waste less. (buy)
  7. If we bought less, we .......................... waste less.
  8. I buy .......................... now.
  9. It's cheaper and more .......................... !
  10. .......................... fashion

Exercice 3 : La mode jetable : mise en situation

  1. Combien de vêtements avez-vous achetés ?
    1. How many clothes did you bought?
    2. How many clothes did you buy?
    3. How much clothes did you buy?
  2. Trop, honnêtement.
    1. Honest? To many.
    2. Honestly? Too many.
    3. Honestly? Too much.
  3. Si bon marché que je ne les ai portés que deux fois.
    1. So cheap than I only weared them twice.
    2. Such cheap that I only wore them twice.
    3. So cheap that I only wore them twice.
  4. Savez-vous comment ils ont été fabriqués ?
    1. Do you know how they were made?
    2. Do you know how were they made?
    3. Do you know how they made?
  5. Les ouvriers sont très peu payés.
    1. Workers are paid very little.
    2. Workers are payed very little.
    3. Workers are paid very few.
  6. La plupart finissent à la décharge.
    1. The most of them end up in landfill.
    2. Most of them ends up in landfill.
    3. Most of them end up in landfill.
  7. Si on achetait moins, on gaspillerait moins.
    1. If we bought less, we would waste less.
    2. If we bought less, we will waste less.
    3. If we buy less, we would waste less.
  8. J'achète d'occasion maintenant.
    1. I buy second-hand now.
    2. I buy second-handed now.
    3. I'm buy second-hand now.
  9. C'est moins cher et plus original.
    1. It's cheaper and originaler.
    2. It's cheaper and more original.
    3. It's more cheap and more original.
  10. Si je réparais mes vêtements, ils dureraient plus longtemps.
    1. If I repaired my clothes, they will last longer.
    2. If I repair my clothes, they would last longer.
    3. If I repaired my clothes, they would last longer.

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. c) fast fashion · 2. c) garment workers · 3. c) landfill · 4. b) They are made in Asia. · 5. a) If we bought less, we would waste less. · 6. b) 2013 · 7. c) so cheap that... · 8. b) second-hand · 9. b) Workers are paid very little. · 10. b) wages

Exercice 2

1. buy · 2. that · 3. made · 4. paid · 5. landfill · 6. bought · 7. would · 8. second-hand · 9. original · 10. fast

Exercice 3

1. b) How many clothes did you buy? · 2. b) Honestly? Too many. · 3. c) So cheap that I only wore them twice. · 4. a) Do you know how they were made? · 5. a) Workers are paid very little. · 6. c) Most of them end up in landfill. · 7. a) If we bought less, we would waste less. · 8. a) I buy second-hand now. · 9. b) It's cheaper and more original. · 10. c) If I repaired my clothes, they would last longer.