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Hysteria in Arthur Miller's the Crucible
This 1 minute-video is for high-school students studying Arthur Miller’s play : the Crucible. A play about the witchcraft trials (procès) in the Puritan town
Salem in 1692 colonial America. The video deals with one of the themes of the play : hysteria.
Key Words to understand the video :
hysteria/ the town of Salem / Arthur Miller/ The Crucible / witch= sorcière/ witchcraft = magic= sorcellerie
Watch the 1 minute-video 3 times before you do the exercises on the next page
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Hysteria: instructions
Before you open the powerpoint presentation that comes next please CLICK on
DIAPORAMA otherwise my efforts to show the answers after you have answered
the questions will have been in vain.
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John Galliano
John Galliano : answers
Hysteria : listening .... and killers
Hysteria transcript + reading comprehension
Hysteria in The Crucible
NOW read the transcript, then do the vocabulary exercises in the table below the transcript
I don’t even have to tell you this because you can just feel it when you read The Crucible: one of this play’s themes is hysteria. More on that in a momen
It probably seems pretty hard to imagine, right? It’s hard to imagine that the people in the town of Salem could suddenly just start believing that their
neighbors, people they used to think were good people, were witches. That’s where the theme of hysteria comes in. The Crucible looks at the ways in wh
hysteria works, how it can tear a community apart and completely displace logic. Here’s what’s even more twisted about this hysteria. It grows and thriv
because people benefit from it. Hysteria allows the people of Salem to act on their hatred and their darkest desires and all under the guise of religion.
Think about it:
Abigail wants to be with John so she accuses John’s wife of witchcraft; Parris strengthens his authority by getting Proctor ,who’s openly never liked him,
accused too. And Thomas Putnam gets revenge on the Nurses so he accuses Rebecca Nurse of killing his wife’s babies.
Millers’ point? Hysteria can happen to anyone, at any time and in any place.
Kind of makes you want to stop and think the next time someone says : “ psss did you hear.............?”
Find the synonyms or opposites in the video
Very, rather =
Unexpectedly =
To destroy, to cause serious arguments in a group
=
To gain, to profit =
To weaken ≠
perverse, crazy, insane =
to regulate one's behaviour in accordance with, to
follow=
by getting Proctor[…] accused too means : A or B?
a.
By making Proctor accuse himself too
b.
By convincing the Salem people to accuse
Proctor too.
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to play a part (intervenir) =
Hate=
To flourish, to increase =
Secret, shameful, evil =
Argument, idea, thesis =
To supplant, to replace =
Under the pretext of =
Does the expression the Nurses refer to Mr and Mrs
Nurse?
a.
Yes
b.
no
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Hysteria : correction of reading comprehension
Find the synonyms or opposites in the video
Very, rather = Pretty
Unexpectedly = suddenly
To destroy, to cause serious arguments in a group
= to tear apart
To gain, to profit = to benefit…. from
To weaken ≠ to strengthen
perverse, crazy, insane = twisted
to regulate one's behaviour in accordance with, to
follow= to act on
by getting Proctor[…] accused too means : A or B?
a.
By making Proctor accuse himself too
b.
By convincing the Salem people to accuse
Proctor too.
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to play a part (intervenir) = to come in
Hate= hatred
To flourish, to increase = to thrive
Secret, shameful, evil = dark
Argument, idea, thesis = point
To supplant, to replace = to displace
Under the pretext of = under the guise of
Does the expression the Nurses refer to both Mr and Mrs
Nurse?
a.
Yes
b.
no
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Just how stupid are Americans
www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-june-11-2008/rick-shenkman
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US companies criticise Chinese regulations
The joy of stats : VIDEO and TRANSCRIPT
watch this amazing video : Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes : Try to repeat
every sentence he says. You can read the transcript below!
The Joy Of Stats: 200 countries, 200 years, 4 minutes
By: Professor Hans Rosling
I teach global health and just as important as the data itself is to show it in ways that everyone can enjoy and understand.
I’m going to try to show you 200 years of world history with statistics. It will involve more than a 100,000 numbers brought
to life in real space in less than four minutes.
So, here we go, first an axis for health, life expectancy, from 25 years to 75 years, and down here an axis for wealth, income
per person, $400, $4,000 and $40,000. So down here is poor and sick and up here is rich and healthy.
Now I’m going to show you the world 200 years ago in 1810. Here come all the countries; Europe brown, Asia
red, Middle East green, Africa, South of Sahara blue and the Americas yellow, and the size of the country
bubble will show the size of the population, and in 1810 it was pretty crowded down there, wasn’t it? All
countries were sick and poor, life expectancy was below 40 in all countries, and only the UK and the
Netherlands were slightly better off but not much, and now I start the world.
The Industrial Revolution makes countries in Europe and elsewhere move away from the rest, but the
colonised countries, in Asia and Africa, they are stuck down there, and eventually the Western countries get
healthier and healthier, and now we slow down to show the impact of the First World War and the Spanish Flu
Epidemic - what a catastrophe! And now I speed up through the 1920s and the 1930s. And in spite of The
Great Depression, Western countries forge on towards greater wealth and health. Japan and some others try
to follow but most countries stay down here.
Now, after the tragedies of the Second World War, we stop a bit to look at the world in 1948. 1948 was a great
year. The war was over, Sweden topped the medal table at the Winter Olympics and I was born, but the
differences between the countries of the world was wider than ever. United States was in the front, Japan was
catching up, Brazil was way behind, Iran was getting a little richer from oil but still had short lives, and the
Asian giants, China, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Indonesia, they were still poor and sick down here.
But look what is about to happen, here we go again! In my lifetime former colonies gained independence and
then finally they started to get healthier and healthier and healthier, and in the 1970s then countries in Asia
and Latin America started to catch up with the Western countries. They became the emerging economies,
some in Africa follow, some Africans were stuck in civil war and others hit by HIV, and now we can see the
world today in the most up-to-date statistics.
Most people today live in the middle, but there are huge differences at the same time between the best of countries and the
worst of countries, and there are also huge inequalities within countries. These bubbles show country averages, but I can
split them. Take China, I can split it into provinces. There goes Shanghai. It has the same wealth and health as Italy today
and there is the poor inland province Guizhou, it is like Pakistan, and if I split it further the rural parts are like Ghana in
Africa.
And yet, despite the enormous disparities today, we have seen 200 years of remarkable progress. That huge historical gap
between the West and the rest is now closing. We have become an entirely new converging world and I see a clear trend
into the future with aid to trade, green technology and peace. It’s fully possible that everyone can make it to the healthy,
wealthy corner.
Well what you have just seen in the last few minutes is a story of 200 countries shown over 200 years and beyond. It
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involved plotting 120,000 numbers. Pretty neat, eh?
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of planes and snow
10th January 2011
Airline refuses to pay Heathrow fees
httpws.bbc.co.uk.edgesuite.net/mp3/learningenglish/2011/01/110110_witn_airline_fees_words_audio_110110_witn_airline_fees_
words_audio2_au_bb.mp3
Vocabulary and definitions
inquiry : official investigation
disruption : prevented from proceeding or continuing normally
is already underway : has begun
non-executive director : a member of a company’s management who is not actually employed by the company
reaction : response
aviation : here, the industries and companies which run airlines and airports
in excess of : more than
basis : particular reason
theoretically : it is possible that
impound : legally take hold of
Now read the short summary of the recording
Virgin Atlantic has said it will not pay any fees at Heathrow Airport until a full report on the impact of the snow last month is
completed. Virgin and other airlines have criticised the slow reaction of airport owners BAA to the severe weather in
December.
Now listen to the recording at least 3 times
httpws.bbc.co.uk.edgesuite.net/mp3/learningenglish/2011/01/110110_witn_airline_fees_report_audio_110110_witn_airline_fees_r
eport_audio_au_bb.mp3
Complete the following sentences from the report :
His report is not expected until ........................
Virgin Atlantic is one of BAA's ...........................
severe weather conditions, which cost aviation ............................, and disrupted the travel plans of
...............................of passengers last month.
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Transcript of "of planes and snow"
A full inquiry into airport closures and disruption is already underway by BAA's new nonexecutive
director Sir David Begg. His report is not expected until the end of March and one
of BAA's biggest customers, Virgin Atlantic, will not now be paying any airport fees before
then, an amount said to be less than £10m.
Sir Richard Branson's airline blames the slow reaction of BAA to severe weather conditions,
which cost aviation millions of pounds, and disrupted the travel plans of hundreds of
thousands of passengers last month. British Airways said the part-closure of UK airports cost
it in excess of £50m.
BAA said it would work with airlines during the Begg enquiry and that Heathrow's conditions
during the snow did not provide any basis to withhold airport charges. Theoretically BAA
could impound Virgin Atlantic planes for non-payment of fees, though that is unlikely.
Joe Lynam, BBC News
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Listening comprehension : Proverbs
Computer company awarded compensation
Computer company awarded compensation 3
BRAZIL elects its new president (1)
Armenian gang charged with Medicare fraud
Armenian gang charged with
Medicare fraud
Before listening to the audio-report read the summary below
carefully and prepare to recognize some of the words in the
summary when you hear them.
US officials have charged 73 people over what they say is the largest
ever attempt to defraud the country’s healthcare system. They are
believed to have links with the Armenian mafia.
http-ws.bbc.co.uk.edgesuite.net/mp3/learningenglish/2010/10/witn_gang_report_audio_au_bb.mp3
After listening to the news several times, do the exercise in the next document
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BRAZIL elects its new president (2)
Armenian gang : fill in the gaps
Armenian gang charged with Medicare
fraud
US officials have charged 73 people over what they say is the largest ever attempt to
defraud
the country’s health care system. They are believed to have links with the Armenian mafia.
The indictments […] a picture of a far-reaching and powerful [...] crime network,
which prosecutors say "puts the traditional mafia to shame". Most of those [...] are of
Armenian family origin. They allegedly [...] under the protection of Armen Kazarian, a
man [...] as an elite organised crime boss, now in a Los Angeles [...].
The group is accused of setting up more than [...] phantom clinics spanning [...] American
states, and then invoicing the government for treatment that never took place. Investigators
[...] evidence of US$ [...] million in false billing, which [...] Medicare, the federal
insurance program for the elderly. Prosecutors say it's the largest ever Medicare fraud
committed by a single criminal entity, adding that the whole doctor-patient relationship was
a
"[...]".
FBI agents arrested [...] people on Wednesday. A total of 73 alleged gang [...] have been
charged with racketeering and related offences. The indictment says some of the proceeds
from the [...] were couriered back to Armenia in cash.
Steve Kingstone, BBC News, Washington
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Answers: Armenian gaps
The indictments paint a picture of a far-reaching and powerful organised crime network, which prosecutors say "puts the
traditional mafia to shame". Most of those accused are of Armenian family origin. They allegedly operated under the
protection of Armen Kazarian, a man described as an elite organised crime boss, now in a Los Angeles jail. The group is
accused of setting up more than 100 phantom clinics spanning 25 American states, and then invoicing the government for
treatment that never took place.
Investigators uncovered evidence of US$163 million in false billing, which targeted Medicare, the federal insurance
program for the elderly. Prosecutors say it's the largest ever Medicare fraud committed by a single criminal entity, adding
that the whole doctor-patient relationship was a "mirage".
FBI agents arrested 52 people on Wednesday. A total of 73 alleged gang members have been charged with racketeering
and related offences. The indictment says some of the proceeds from the operation were couriered back to Armenia in
cash.
Words in the News © British Broadcasting Corporation 2010
Vocabulary
indictments
formal statements accusing someone of something wrong
far-reaching
influential
puts .... to shame
is superior to something
allegedly
supposedly or said but not proven
phantom
unreal
spanning
extending over
invoicing
requesting payment from
mirage
something that you think you can see but doesn’t exist
racketeering
acquiring money by illegal means
proceeds
revenue or income
puts …to
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jerome kerviel
Script and vocab Kerviel
He painted himself as a pawn in a system that drove him to take risks. But today the court
ruled that Jerome Kerviel should take sole responsibility for one of the biggest banking
frauds in history.
He was sentenced to three years behind bars and instructed to pay back the 4.9 billion euros
of debt he'd run up. For Kerviel, now a computer consultant on 26,000 euros a year, that is a
lifetime sentence.
The bank will be pleased with this verdict. His managers could not have known, nor
suspected, said the court, what he was up to. But Kerviel was gambling with more than the
bank's entire stock market value.
Christian Fraser, BBC News, Paris
he painted himself : he described himself
a pawn :someone who is controlled by someone else (a pawn is the smallest and least
valuable piece in a game of chess)
ruled : officially decided
frauds :methods of stealing money, often using clever and complicated deception
behind bars in prison
he'd run up (money) he'd used or borrowed
verdict official decision made by the court
suspected believed something to be true
up to doing (to be up to something is a phrasal verb meaning to be doing something)
gambling betting money on uncertain results (usually on card games and sporting events)
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news made simple France
Now read
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