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La vie en société, les problèmes de
discrimination
1. Le vocabulaire
1.1. Les rapports aux autres
— kind : gentil ; kindness : la
gentillesse
— sympathetic : compatissant
— thoughtful : attentionné
— friendly : amical
— understanding : compréhensif
— to help someone : aider quelqu'un
— to support someone : soutenir quelqu'un.
Ex. : Her family supported her through that painful
time. Sa famille l'a soutenue pendant cette période douloureuse.
— to respect one's point of view : respecter le
point de vue de.
Ex. : I respect your point of view although I
disagree with it. Je respecte ton point de vue bien que je ne sois pas
d'accord.
— mean : méchant ; meanness : la
méchanceté
— to do someone harm : faire du mal à.
Ex. : She did him harm by telling him the truth.
Elle lui fit du mal en lui disant la vérité.
— out of spite : par méchanceté ; out of
jealousy : par jalousie
1.2. La discrimination
— racial discrimination : la discrimination
raciale ; discrimination at work : la discrimination au travail
— to be discriminated against : être l'objet de
discrimination.
Ex. : Women are discriminated against at work when
they dont get equal pay. Les femmes sont l'objet de discrimination
lorsqu'elles n'obtiennent pas l'égalité des salaires.
— to be prejudiced against : avoir des préjugés à
l’égard de.
Ex. : Her employer denied being prejudiced against
her. Son employeur nia avoir des préjugés à son égard.
— a prejudiced society : une société
raciste
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— to segregate : séparer
— to live under apartheid : vivre sous un régime
d'apartheid
1.3. La violence raciale
— hatred : la haine
— verbal abuse : des insultes verbales
— racist slurs : des insultes racistes ;
racist taunts : des provocations racistes
— to threaten : menacer
— to carry out a threat : porter une menace à
exécution
— to beat up : tabasser
Ex. : Black people were often beaten up under
apartheid. Les Noirs étaient souvent passés à tabac sous l'apartheid.
— a riot : une émeute
— a flare-up : une flambée de violence
1.4. La lutte contre la discrimination
— civil rights : les droits civiques ; equal
rights : l'égalité des droits
— to get equal pay : obtenir l'égalité des
salaires
— to outlaw racial discrimination : proscrire la
discrimination raciale
— to fight for one's rights : se battre pour ses
droits
Ex. : Black people fought for their rights and to
outlaw racial discrimination. Les Noirs se sont battus pour leurs droits et
pour proscrire la discrimination raciale.
— affirmative action : action en faveur des
minorités / discrimination positive.
Ex. : Affirmative action means employing people who
are usually treated unfairly because of the color of their skin, or their
sex. La discrimination positive consiste à embaucher des personnes qui
reçoivent d'habitude un traitement injuste en raison de la couleur de leur peau,
ou leur sexe.
— to march against : défiler contre
— civil desobedience : la désobéissance
civile
Ex. : Martin Luther King advocated civil
desobedience. Martin Luther King prônait la désobéissance civile.
2. Les questions d'expression types
2.1. Can a woman be as successful in life as a man
today?
— Men and women don't have the same strengths and
weaknesses. Women tend to be more understanding and patient than men while men
are often more ambitious and opportunistic than women.
— I think a woman can be as successful as a man
today but she has to work harder to achieve it.
— I don't think a woman can be as successful as a
man in terms of salary : a woman chief executive won't get the same salary as a
man for the same job / the same qualifications.
— Women still have to prove what they are
worth.
— It is harder for women to become as successful
as men since they also have to deal with pregnancies and maternity leaves,
whereas men can focus / concentrate more on work.
2.2. Are cultural and racial differences an adventure
or an obstacle in a marriage?
— Cultural and racial differences in a marriage
are, in my opinion, more an adventure than an obstacle.
— I can only see advantages to marrying someone
from another culture.
— Multiracial couples have the opportunity of
discovering new ways of life, of sharing other cultures and traditions.
— Nevertheless I guess that if the differences
are too important – religious differences in particular – they may become an
obstacle.
— But I'm sure that the key to a successful
multiracial marriage is to accept those differences, and to give the other
enough room to live according to his/her beliefs and culture.
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