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Gentrification : la ville qui change (Première)

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gentrificationla gentrification
a working-class neighbourhoodun quartier populaire
rents are risingles loyers augmentent
to be priced outêtre chassé par la hausse des prix
newcomers / long-time residentsles nouveaux arrivants / les habitants de longue date
a sense of communityun esprit de quartier

La gentrification transforme un quartier populaire en quartier branché : artistes et jeunes diplômés arrivent, cafés et galeries ouvrent, les prix montent... et les habitants modestes doivent partir. Exemples : Brooklyn (New York), Hackney ou Shoreditch (Londres).

Mise en situation : dans le quartier

Mia : Hackney has changed so much! Look at all these trendy cafés.
Hackney a tellement changé ! Regarde tous ces cafés branchés.
Mr Brown : Yes, but I've lived here for forty years and I can't afford my rent anymore.
Oui, mais j'habite ici depuis quarante ans et je n'ai plus les moyens de payer mon loyer.
Mia : That's terrible. Are you going to move?
C'est terrible. Vous allez déménager ?
Mr Brown : I have to. We're being priced out. The old shops are closing too.
Je n'ai pas le choix. On est chassés par les prix. Les vieux commerces ferment aussi.
Mia : So the neighbourhood is safer and nicer, but it's losing its sense of community.
Donc le quartier est plus sûr et plus joli, mais il perd son esprit de quartier.

À retenir

  • gentrification, a working-class neighbourhood, trendy, newcomers.
  • rents are rising, to be priced out, to displace, a sense of community.

Exercice 1 : La gentrification : exercice 1 (QCM)

  1. « un quartier populaire »
    1. a working-class neighbourhood
    2. a popular neighbourhood
    3. a worker neighbour
  2. « être chassé par les prix »
    1. to be priced out
    2. to be prized out
    3. to be priced off
  3. « branché »
    1. tendy
    2. trendy
    3. branched
  4. « les loyers »
    1. rents
    2. renters
    3. rants
  5. « un esprit de quartier »
    1. a community sense
    2. a sense of community
    3. a spirit of neighbourhood of
  6. « déplacer (des habitants) »
    1. to replace
    2. to displace
    3. to misplace
  7. Un quartier gentrifié de Londres :
    1. Westminster Abbey
    2. Hackney
    3. Buckingham
  8. « les nouveaux arrivants »
    1. newcomers
    2. newarrivers
    3. new comings
  9. « Je n'ai plus les moyens. »
    1. I don't afford it anymore.
    2. I can't afford it no more.
    3. I can't afford it anymore.
  10. « J'habite ici depuis 40 ans. »
    1. I live here since forty years.
    2. I've lived here since forty years.
    3. I've lived here for forty years.

Exercice 2 : La gentrification : exercice 2 (à compléter)

  1. Look at all these .......................... cafés.
  2. I can't .......................... my rent anymore.
  3. We're being priced .......................... .
  4. Rents are .......................... .
  5. It's losing its sense of .......................... .
  6. I've lived here .......................... forty years.
  7. Are you going to .......................... ?
  8. The old shops are .......................... .
  9. It was a working-class .......................... .
  10. Long-time residents are .......................... .

Exercice 3 : La gentrification : mise en situation

  1. Hackney a tellement changé.
    1. Hackney changed so much since!
    2. Hackney has changed so much!
    3. Hackney has changed such much!
  2. Il habite ici depuis quarante ans.
    1. I've lived here since forty years.
    2. I live here since forty years.
    3. I've lived here for forty years.
  3. Il n'a plus les moyens de payer son loyer.
    1. I can't afford my rent anymore.
    2. I don't can afford my rent anymore.
    3. I can't afford my rent no more.
  4. Tu demandes s'il va déménager.
    1. Are you going to move?
    2. Do you going to move?
    3. Are you going move?
  5. Ils sont chassés par les prix.
    1. We're being prized out.
    2. We're priced off.
    3. We're being priced out.
  6. Les vieux commerces ferment.
    1. The olds shops are closing too.
    2. The old shops are close too.
    3. The old shops are closing too.
  7. Le quartier perd son esprit de quartier.
    1. It's loosing its sense of community.
    2. It's losing it's sense of community.
    3. It's losing its sense of community.
  8. Le quartier est plus sûr.
    1. The neighbourhood is more safe of.
    2. The neighbourhood is safer.
    3. The neighbour is safer.
  9. Il faudrait plus de logements abordables.
    1. We need more affordable housing.
    2. We need more afford housing.
    3. We need more affordable housings.
  10. C'est une arme à double tranchant.
    1. It's a two-edge weapon.
    2. It's a double sword of edges.
    3. It's a double-edged sword.

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. a) a working-class neighbourhood · 2. a) to be priced out · 3. b) trendy · 4. a) rents · 5. b) a sense of community · 6. b) to displace · 7. b) Hackney · 8. a) newcomers · 9. c) I can't afford it anymore. · 10. c) I've lived here for forty years.

Exercice 2

1. trendy · 2. afford · 3. out · 4. rising · 5. community · 6. for · 7. move · 8. closing · 9. neighbourhood · 10. displaced

Exercice 3

1. b) Hackney has changed so much! · 2. c) I've lived here for forty years. · 3. a) I can't afford my rent anymore. · 4. a) Are you going to move? · 5. c) We're being priced out. · 6. c) The old shops are closing too. · 7. c) It's losing its sense of community. · 8. b) The neighbourhood is safer. · 9. a) We need more affordable housing. · 10. c) It's a double-edged sword.