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Watching the film and find the missing words.
For many of us, the American dream is ………………..by a legendary name. Los Angeles. In this
city that ………………… 100 kilometers, the number of cars is almost equal to the number of
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inhabitants. Here, energy ……………… a fantastic show every night. The days seem no more than a
pale ……………. of nights that turn the city into a………………. Faster and faster. Distances are no
longer counted in miles, but in minutes. The automobile …………. new ……………., where every
home is a castle, a safe distance from the asphyxiated city centers, and where ………….. of houses
………………….. around …………………. . The model of lucky-few countries has become a
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universal dream ……………….. by TVs all over the world. Even here in Beijing, it is cloned, copied
and reproduced in these ………………….houses that have ………………..……………. the map.
The automobile has become the symbol of comfort and progress. If this model were followed by
every society, the planet wouldn't have 900 million vehicles, as it does today, but 5 billion. Faster
and faster. The more the world develops, the greater its ……….. for energy. Everywhere, machines
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……….., …………. and ………. from the Earth the pieces of stars ……………. in its …………
since its creation...Minerals. As a privilege of power, 80% of this mineral wealth is consumed by
20% of the world's population. Before the end of this century, excessive mining will have
…………… nearly all the planet's reserves. Faster and faster. ………………………………………
oil tankers, container ships and gas tankers to ……………. the demands of globalized industrial
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production. Most consumer goods travel thousands of kilometers from the country of production to
the country of consumption. Since 1950, the volume of international trade has ……………. 20 times
over. 90% of trade goes by sea. 500 million containers are transported every year. ……………….
the world's major ………….. of consumption, such as Dubai. Dubai is a sort of culmination of the
Western model, a country where the impossible becomes possible. Building artificial islands in the
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sea, for example. Dubai has few natural resources, but with oil money it can bring in millions of tons
of material and workers from all over the planet. Dubai has no farmland, but it can import food.
Dubai has no water, but it can…………. to expend immense ……………. of energy to desalinate
……………. and build the world's highest …………… . Dubai has …………….sun, but no solar
panels. It is the totem to total modernity that never fails to amaze the world. Dubai is like the new
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…………….. for all the world's money. Nothing seems further ………………..from nature than
Dubai, although nothing depends on nature more than Dubai. Dubai is a sort of culmination of the
Western model. We haven't understood that we're ………………. what nature provides.
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Home sequence four
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1. For many people what does Los Angeles embody?
2. How large is this town?
3. How many cars are there?
4. What does the city seem to turn into at night?
5. What is the model of a few lucky countries?
6. How many cars would the planet have if every society followed western model?
7. What does the world need to have more and more of when it develops?
8. What percentage of the world’s mineral production do wealthy countries consume?
9. When will the planet’s mineral reserves be exhausted through excessive mining?
10. How much has the volume of international trade increased since 1950?
11. What does the author say about Dubai?
12. What can Dubai do with money earned from the sale of oil?
13. Why is Dubai a symbol of our era?
Home sequence four
Correction
1. For many of us, LA embodies the American dream.
2. This city stretches over 100 kilometers.
3. The number of cars is almost equal to the number of inhabitants.
4. At night, the city seems to turn into a starlit sky.
5. The model of a few lucky countries is for people to live in green new suburbs, where every
home is a castle, a safe distance from the asphyxiated city centers, with one car for every
inhabitant to go downtown.
6. If the western model was followed by every society, the planet would have 5 billion
vehicles.
7. When it develops, the world needs more and more energy.
8. Wealthy countries consume 80% of the mineral wealth.
9. Before the end of this century, excessive mining will have exhausted nearly all the planet's
reserves.
10. Since 1950, the volume of international trade has increased 20 times over.
11. Dubai is a sort of pinnacle of the Western model, a country where the impossible
becomes possible.
12. Dubai can build artificial islands in the sea, can bring in millions of tons of material and
workers from all over the planet, can import all its food because it hasn’t any farmland, can
desalinate seawater because it hasn’t any freshwater and build the world's highest
skyscrapers.
13. Dubai a symbol of our era because Dubai aspires to be a perfected Western model.
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Watch the film and find the missing words.
For many of us, the American dream is embodied incarné by a legendary name. Los Angeles. In this
city that stretches, s’étend over 100 kilometers, the number of cars is almost equal to the number of
inhabitants. Here, energy puts on met en route a fantastic show every night. The days seem no more
than a pale reflection of nights that turn the city into a starry sky. Faster and faster. Distances are no
longer counted in miles, but in minutes. The automobile shapes new suburbs, where every home is a
castle, a safe distance from the asphyxiated city centers, and where neat rows rangs bien soigné of
houses huddle se blôtissent around dead-end streets. The model of a lucky-few countries has become
a universal dream preached by TVs all over the world. Even here in Beijing, it is cloned, copied and
reproduced in these formatted houses that have wiped pagodas off effacer the map. The automobile
has become the symbol of comfort and progress. If this model were followed by every society, the
planet wouldn't have 900 million vehicles, as it does today, but 5 billion. Faster and faster. The more
the world develops, the greater its thirst soif for energy. Everywhere, machines dig fouille, bore
creuse and rip arrache from the Earth the pieces of stars buried in its depths since its
creation...Minerals. As a privilege of power, 80% of this mineral wealth is consumed by 20% of the
world's population. Before the end of this century, excessive mining will have exhausted nearly all
the planet's reserves. Faster and faster. Shipyards chantier naval churn out produisent en serie oil
tankers, container ships and gas tankers to cater for satisfaire the demands of globalized industrial
production. Most consumer goods travel thousands of kilometers from the country of production to
the country of consumption. Since 1950, the volume of international trade has increased 20 times
over. 90% of trade goes by sea. 500 million containers are transported every year. Headed for dirigés
vers the world's major hubs centres of consumption, such as Dubai. Dubai is a sort of culmination of
the Western model, a country where the impossible becomes possible. Building artificial islands in
the sea, for example. Dubai has few natural resources, but with oil money it can bring in millions of
tons of material and workers from all over the planet. Dubai has no farmland, but it can import food.
Dubai has no water, but it can afford to expend immense amounts quantités of energy to desalinate
seawater and build the world's highest skyscrapers. Dubai has endless sun, but no solar panels.
36:00It is the totem to total modernity that never fails to amaze the world.Dubai is like the new
beacon phare for all the world's money. Nothing seems further removed éloigné from nature than
Dubai, although nothing depends on nature more than Dubai. Dubai is a sort of culmination of the
Western model. We haven't understood that we're depleting épuisant what nature provides. 37:59