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The story of a

Indian women

Making a difference

against violence Women leaders

8 empowering words

Vocabulary

BY TARA SWANN

POWERFUL

v. puissant

to celebrate Girl Power

Angela Merkel was often called “the world’s most powerful woman”.

EMPOWERMENT

n. autonomisation, émancipation Sweden’s government believes strongly in the empowerment of women.

ASSERTIVE

SELF-CONFIDENCE

INFLUENTIAL

adj. ferme, affirmé ou sûr de soi

n. confiance en soi

Doing kick-boxing gave her more self-confidence.

v. influent, important

Our professor is friendly, but she can be assertive when necessary.

Vogue’s editor Anna Wintour is one of the most influential voices in fashion.

BRAVERY

n. courage Women can vote today thanks to the bravery of suffragettes and suffragists.

SMART

Michelle Obama’s speech about girls’ education was inspiring.

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She’s a smart student, top of her class.

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INSPIRING

v. inspirant, motivant

adj. intelligent

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Interview with a skirt

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Iconic women, past and present

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Making a difference: women politicians

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Women in sport: four inspiring champions

Rosie the Riveter: the story of an icon

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The evolution of women in cinema

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Taylor Swift, Battle Royale

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The Gulabi Gang: India’s women warriors

Also, in this issue: 02. 8 empowering words 06. Remarkable numbers… about women 10. Recipe: chocolate fondant puddings 12. Culture quiz & word search 23. Street talk: gender equality 32. Practise your word building 34. Expressions about power, courage and excellence “Like” us on Facebook! facebook.com/iloveenglish.magazine

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Courageous, audacious and talented, our choice of four inspiring young champions…

Chloe Kim

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t the Winter Olympics in Beijing1, the Chinese will be cheering* for their world No.1 snowboarder, Cai Xuetong. But the one to really watch* this winter is Chloe Kim, the 21-year-old from California.

Possibly the best snowboarder of all* time, Chloe Kim dominated her rivals at the 2018 Olympics and is also a six-time* X Games gold medalist.

1 As this issue* of I Love English World went to press*, there was a possibilty of the Games being cancelled* due to Covid-19.

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Won the 2021 US Open, aged 18!

Emma Raducanu ritain’s Emma Raducanu surprised everyone last year!

B Aged 18, and ranked* 150th

VOCABULARY P.4 all time (of): de tous les temps cancel: annuler cheer for: acclamer, soutenir

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coach: entraîneur eyes (all … will be on her): tous les regards se porteront sur elle issue: numéro

losing (without): sans perdre press (go to…): partir à l’impression rank (to): être classée

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single: un seul six-time: par six fois watch (the one to): celle qui risque de briller plus fort

in the world, she won the 2021 US Open without losing* a single* set. She has had some difficulties since then while* looking for a permanent coach*. But all eyes* will certainly be on her in 2022.

while looking for: alors qu’elle recherchait

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BY RUPERT MORGAN

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Simone Biles

merica’s Simone Biles is tied* as the most decorated A gymnast of all* time. And, at the age of 24, her career is far* from over. But medals are not as important to her as her mental* health: she pulled* out of some events* at the 2021 Olympics when the pressure* became too much, putting her safety* at risk. A courageous decision.

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Sky Brown

ow aged 13, Sky became the world’s youngest N professional skateboarder

at the age of ten. Born* and raised in Japan, her mother’s home, she chose to compete* for her father’s native* country, Britain, at the 2021 Olympics, because she liked the team’s “more relaxed* approach”.

But* then Sky is an athlete who doesn’t have a coach*, learning all her tricks* Sport from YouTube!

Marijan Murat/DPA/PictureAlliance/Icon VOCABULARY P.5

all time (of): de tous les temps born and raised: née et élevée

but then: il faut dire que coach: entraîneur compete for: porter les couleurs de, concourir pour

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event: compétition, épreuve (aux JO) far from over: loin d’être terminé

mental health: santé mentale native country: pays natal pressure: pression

pull out of: se retirer de relaxed approach (more): approche plus détendue

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safety (put at risk): compromettre sa santé et sa sécurité tied (to be): être à égalité, être ex-æquo trick: figure

In numbers =

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BY TARA SWANN

Some historic and impressive* numbers about

1893: year

41

70

5 women leaders

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years on the throne* Queen Elizabeth II acceded* to the throne on 6 February 1952, aged 25, and has worked with 14 different prime ministers!

She is Britain’s longest-serving* monarch, and will, we hope, have celebrated her 70th year as Queen by* the time you read this!

4 million people mobilised

in the European Union

3 No.1

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At the start of 2022, there were women leaders in five countries in the EU*: Finland, Estonia, Lithuania, Denmark and Sweden. Germany’s Angela Merkel liberated her post as leader after 16 consecutive years and 16 days in power*, last November.

[Sources: Euronews, BBC, ABC News/fortune.com, Time magazine]

In 2021, 41 women were running* businesses on the Fortune 500, which classifies* America’s 500 largest companies. In contrast, there were only two women on the list in 2000!

2021 also saw the first female CEO* of a major Wall Street bank.

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… in New Zealand, that* is. Yes, NZ was the first independent country in which all women had the right* to vote in parliamentary elections.

In Britain, women would have to wait until 1928 for equal* voting rights and in France, until 1944!

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women can vote

women

Climate activist Greta Thunberg was busy in 2019. On 20 September, she inspired four million people to join* the global* climate strike – the largest climate demonstration* in history.

That year, she also gave* a speech at the United* Nations and met the Pope!

VOCABULARY P.6 accede to the thone: accéder au trône achieve: atteindre by the time: quand

CEO (chief executive officer): P.-D.G. classify: classer demonstration: manifestation

Pow! Last year Taylor Swift smashed* a 54-year-old Beatles’ record after achieving* three UK No.1 albums in just 259 days – Folklore, Evermore and Fearless (Taylor’s Version). The Beatles’ record for three No.1 hits was 364 days.

equal (voting rights): les mêmes (droits de vote) EU (European Union): UE, Union européenne

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give (p. gave) a speech: faire un discours global climate strike:

grève mondiale pour le climat impressive: impressionnant join: rejoindre

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albums in 259 days!

longest-serving: en fonction depuis le plus longtemps power (in): au pouvoir right (to vote): droit de vote

run (a business): diriger une entreprise smash: anéantir that is: c’est-à-dire throne: trône United Nations (UN): Nations unies

Interview =

Level 1

BY RUPERT MORGAN

INTERVIEW WITH A SKIRT. Scanne ce QR code pour écouter cet article sur notre chaîne YouTube.

Interview with a skirt ILEW: Excuse me, but are you a skirt or a kilt?

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h, for God’s sake*!

Why does that even matter*? A kilt IS a skirt, you idiot! What I am is simply this: a rectangular piece* of fabric that you wear* around* your waist.

That’s all! You just want to use different vocabulary to protect your fragile male ego. What is your problem? Why are men so terrified about the gender connotations of a rectangle of wool*?

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around your waist: autour de ta taille behave: se comporter blame (cannot): ne pas pouvoir en vouloir à

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ell, so* would you be if you were me!

Look at the miniskirt, for example. First, people said that this was a symbol of sexual equality. “Hey, girls and boys, it’s the 1960s: after hundreds of years of oppression, women are liberated because now they can show* their legs!”

A generation later* people are saying: “Miniskirts are inappropriate* and you cannot blame* men if they behave* like they are still chasing* mammoths!”.

It’s so ridiculous!

boring: banal chase: chasser clearly better: nettement mieux clothing (man): habillement pour homme

fun (have… with): s’amuser avec get: comprendre inappropriate: inconvenant

Err… What’s ridiculous?

ll of it! Because it’s not really about me, the A skirt, it’s about you men

and your problems.

But you probably won’t ever understand that unless* you start wearing skirts, too. Of course, most of you would probably need to call me a “mini-kilt” to convince yourselves that I was legitimate “man clothing*”. You should be more like that young singer Harry Styles. He’s perfectly happy to wear a skirt and call it “a skirt”.

later: plus tard matter (why does that even): quelle importance ? over-dressed: trop habillé

over-sensitive: trop susceptible piece of fabric: morceau de tissu right (to be): avoir raison

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But why does Harry Styles wear skirts?

ecause “clothes are there to have fun* with”, he B says. I know that is a radical

point of view but… don’t you think he is right*?

Trousers* are boring*! And the fact is you’re just jealous that women can wear a skirt on a hot summer’s day, aren’t you? That’s clearly* better than being a sweaty*, over-dressed* male! Just relax and admit it: women win this one. They get* skirts.

Patrice Stable

Whoa! Aren’t you being a little over-sensitive*?

sake (for God’s): pour l’amour de Dieu show: dévoiler so would you be: tu le serais aussi

sweaty: transpirant trousers: pantalon unless: sauf si wear: porter wool: laine

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WAR* MECHANIC: a woman works on an airplane motor at a factory* in California, USA, in June 1942.

= History

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WOMEN’S WAR WORK. Scanne ce QR code pour écouter cet article sur notre chaîne YouTube.

k r o w r a s w n e m o W *

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“Rosie” , pictured* right, was a cultural icon of the Second World War*.

But what is the true story behind this now iconic image?

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efore the Second World War*, the minority of women who worked outside* of the home occupied “light*” jobs such as secretary, shop* assistant or schoolteacher. But as millions of men left* for combat, there was an urgent need* for them to work as machinists, truck* drivers, construction workers* and many more traditionally “male jobs” (though for a lot* less money).

This famous poster* comes from America, where about six million women worked in factories* during the war. Today, it has become an iconic image of feminism, but at the time very few* people saw it. It was just one in a series of 42 posters produced to boost* employee morale by a company* called Westinghouse Electric (you can see their logo on the bottom right of the image).

In consequence, it was only exhibited* in Westinghouse factories for a couple* of weeks VOCABULARY P.8 acquire: se parer de boost morale: remonter le moral carry on: tenir bon (voir aussi note jaune)

company: entreprise couple of weeks: quelques semaines exhibit: exposer factory: usine factory worker:

ouvrier, travailleur d’usine few (very): très peu forgotten: oublié leave (p. left) for combat: partir au front

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in 1943 and then forgotten*. Until* the 1980s, that is, when it appeared in an article about propaganda art in The Washington Post Magazine. Suddenly, and at a time where American women were demanding equality, the image acquired* new significance*.

Today, the woman in the poster is generally called “Rosie the Riveter*” after a famous song of the period*, but she was probably Naomi Parker, a 20-year-old factory* worker whose photograph was seen by the artist. Much like Britain’s famous “Keep Calm & Carry* On” war poster, which also spent many years in total obscurity, it is now so familiar that few people imagine that its fame is, in fact, a relatively recent phenomenon.

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LE PLUS : la forme verbale to carry on se traduit par “continuer” , “persister” , ou “tenir malgré des épreuves”.

Employé comme un nom, carry-on désigne des bêtises, des histoires, et plus généralement une situation ou un comportement qu’on peut qualifier de “n’importe quoi”! light: non physique lot less money (a): beaucoup moins d’argent mechanic: mécanicien need: besoin

outside of the home: en dehors du foyer period: époque pictured right: en portrait à droite

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poster: affiche riveter: riveteur shop assistant: vendeur significance: importance

truck driver: conducteur de camion until the 1980s: jusqu’aux années 80 war: guerre worker: ouvrier

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Level 1

= Recipe

REALISATION BY TARA SWANN

Chocolate fondant puddings In 2021, chef Hélène Darroze won a third Michelin star for her London restaurant, The Connaught. Time to try her irresistible fondants

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FOR 8 FONDANTS

Preheat* the oven to 230°C.

• 125g butter, cut into cubes* (plus extra for greasing*)

Place* a sheet* of baking paper on a baking* tray and place your dessert rings on top. Grease the inside of each ring, then place in the fridge to chill*.

• 150g dark chocolate (70-80% cocoa* solids), chopped* • 90g caster* sugar • 5 eggs

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• 65g flour*, sieved*

Melt* the butter and chocolate in a bowl over a bain-marie.

TO SERVE

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• vanilla ice cream • 100g toasted* peanuts

In a large mixing bowl, use an electric* whisk to mix the sugar and eggs until the mixture is frothy* and doubles in volume. Then, fold* in the flour.

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Fill each ring with about 80g of the mixture and bake* for 5 to 6 minutes.

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Remove* from the oven, and leave* to stand for a minute, before transferring to plates. Remove the rings and serve with vanilla ice cream and toasted peanuts.

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• baking* paper • 8 dessert* rings, 6-7cm in diameter

With the aid of a spatula, now add the cooled chocolate-butter mix.

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EQUIPMENT

5.

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CHEF’S TIP If you don’t have dessert* rings, you can use aluminium baking* moulds.

VOCABULARY P.10 bake: mettre au four baking mould: moule de cuisson baking paper: papier sulfurisé

baking tray: plaque de cuisson caster sugar: sucre semoule chill: refroidir

chopped: hâché cocoa solids: teneur en cacao cube: dé

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dessert ring: cercle à pâtisserie electric whisk: batteur flour: farine fold in: incorporer

frothy: mousseux grease: beurrer leave to stand: laisser reposer melt: faire fondre

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place: déposer preheat: préchauffer remove: sortir ; enlever sheet: feuille

sieved: tamisé toasted peanuts: cacahuètes grillées

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Exercises =

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1. Culture quiz: who am I?

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Discover the identities of nine amazing women, past and present.

1. I won the 2021 US Tennis Open, aged 18.

A. Emma Raducanu B. Cori Gauff C. Serena Williams

5. I am Britain’s longest-serving monarch.

A. Queen Victoria B. Queen Anne C. Queen Elizabeth II

2. A skateboarder, I won an Olympic

6. My album 30 was the fastest-selling album of 2021.

A. Adele B. Taylor Swift C. Beyoncé

medal in Tokyo, aged 13!

A. Sky Brown B. Simone Biles C. Megan Rapinoe

7. I am America’s queen of talk shows, an actor

3. A scientist, I am the only woman to have Designed by Freepik Petai Jantrapo/Noun Project

won the Nobel Prize twice!

A. Marie Curie B. Malala Yousafzai C. Toni Morrison

and entrepreneur.

A. Sheryl Sandberg B. Martha Stewart C. Oprah Winfrey 8. My observations of chimpanzees changed how

4. In 2019, I inspired four million people to join the global climate strike!

A. Emma González B. Zendaya C. Greta Thunberg

EXERCISE VOCABULARY global: mondial kind: gentil smart: intelligent strike: grève stylish: élégant warm: chaleureux

people thought about them.

A. Jane Goodall B. Jane Austen C. Jane Fonda

9. I was the USA’s first African-American First Lady.

A. Elizabeth Truman B. Michelle Obama C. Hillary Clinton

Quote of the month Power’s not given to you.

You have to take it.”

—BEYONCÉ Kevin Winter/Getty/AFP

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2. Song time:

Easy on Me

Listen to Adele’s song “Easy on Me” and fill in the blanks.

“EASY ON ME”. Scanne ce QR code pour écouter la chanson d’Adele et faire l’exercice.

1________ easy on me baby

CHILD

I was still a 2________

TIME

Didn’t get the 3________ to

WHAT

Feel the world 4________ me

GO

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I had no 5________ to 6________ 7________

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BY TARA SWANN

CHANCE

I chose to 8________

DO CHOOSE

So go easy on me

AROUND

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The words below have all been used to describe one of the women in this magazine. Find them in the grid. The remaining letters, will give you her mini-biography.

_ _ _ _ _ _

Profession _ _ _ _ _ Born in

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True Story =

Level 2

BY RUPERT MORGAN (TEXT) & CLÉMENCE LALLEMAND (ILLUSTRATIONS)

In 1989, player Taylor Swift lands* in Pennsylvania, USA.

“Pop music can feel like The Hunger Games” – Taylor Swift Soon, she finds her weapon* of choice.

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PLAYER SCORE: 1 NATIONAL POETRY PRIZE, AGED 10 At 13, she signs a development* deal with RCA Records, but they want her to sing other people’s songs, so she quits after one year.

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VOCABULARY P.14 development deal: contrat pour soutenir le développement

d’un artiste en échange de droits lucratifs futurs land: atterrir

Nashville: capitale de l’État de Tennessee, haut lieu de la musique country

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outta (I’m… here): (fam.) je me tire weapon: arme

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In 2006, at 16, she releases* her debut album with indie* label Big Machine.

Her debut charts* longer than any album that decade*.

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PLAYER SCORE: 157 WEEKS ON BILLBOARD* 200 In 2010, her second album sweeps* the Grammy Awards…

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PLAYER SCORE: 4 GRAMMYS, INCLUDING ALBUM OF THE YEAR But at another award show, the Video Music Awards, she encounters Kanye West…

… who humiliates her on live TV, saying Beyoncé should have won an award, not her.

The US president defends her. * *

VOCABULARY P.15 ballad: ballade Billboard 200: classement hebdomadaire, établi par le Billboard magazine,

des 200 meilleures ventes d’albums sur le territoire des États-Unis toutes catégories musicales confondues

chart: rester au hit-parade decade: décennie

fellow Americans (my…): chers compatriotes indie: indé (indépendant)

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à propos sweep (awards): rafler (de nombreux prix)

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True Story =

Taylor gets* back in the game, defeating* big opponents… *

But radio DJ David Mueller is another kind of “player*”…

… who grabs* Taylor’s ass* during a photoshoot* together in 2013.

Mueller denies* everything, suing* Taylor for $3 million in defamation*. She countersues* for sexual* assault, demanding and winning $1 in 2017. Two months later, #MeToo starts. * * (1)

PLAYER SCORE: $1, TOTAL MORAL VICTORY (1) Real courtroom* quote VOCABULARY P.16 ass: fesses back (in the… of): à l’arrière de

countersue: poursuivre en justice à son tour courtroom quote: paroles prononcées pendant le procès

defamation: diffamation defeat opponents: vaincre des adversaires

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deny: nier get back in the game: revenir à la charge grab: pincer

located (to be…): se trouver photoshoot: séance photo player: goujat

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sexual assault: agression sexuelle streamer: diffuseurs sue: poursuivre en justice

But by* then player Kanye West is also back! When Taylor objects* to him calling her a “bitch*” in a song, he produces video that suggests, incorrectly*, she gave him her approval*. #TaylorSwiftIsOverParty trends* no.1 on Twitter worldwide.(2)

(2) In 2020 a full version of the video was leaked*. It proved that Taylor Swift had been telling the truth and that West never said he would be calling her a “bitch”.

But when West’s former* manager buys the rights* to Taylor’s first six albums for more than $300 million, she fights* back in extraordinary style.

2021’s “Taylor’s Version” albums are perfect reproductions. Her fans boycott the originals, rendering* them valueless*.

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FINAL PLAYER SCORE(3): • MOST SUCCESSFUL ARTIST OF 2014, 2019 & 2020 • THE ONLY WOMAN EVER TO WIN 3 ALBUM OF THE YEAR GRAMMYS • 23 NO.1S ON THE US DIGITAL SONG SALES* CHART – A RECORD • 34 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS – AN ALL-TIME* RECORD • 3 UK NO.1 ALBUMS IN 259 DAYS – AN ALL-TIME RECORD • WOMAN OF THE DECADE – BILLBOARD MAGAZINE, 2019 (3) as* of 1 January 2022 VOCABULARY P.17 all-time: de tout temps approval: approbation as of: à la date de

bitch: (vulg.) salope by then: à ce moment fight back: monter à la charge

fine: très bien former manager: ancien producteur incorrectly: faussement

leak: fuiter note for note: note par note object: protester re-record: ré-enregistrer

render: rendre rights: droits sales chart: classement de ventes

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trend: être le plus populaire sur les réseaux sociaux valueless: sans valeur

Level 2

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Inspiration =

1533-1603 Elizabeth I

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nown as “the Virgin* Queen”, Elizabeth preserved her authority by never marrying*. She ruled* England at a time of extreme religious and political tension and survived numerous assassination plots*, while marking the start of the country’s eventual* rise to being a maritime superpower.

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he founder of modern nursing*, Nightingale was a formidable social reformer* and precursor for women’s entry into the labour* force. She pioneered* statistics and infographics in the cause of improving* public* health.

1914-2000

Hedy Lamarr

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he Austrian-born Hollywood actress was known as “the most beautiful woman in the world” in the 1940s, but she’s on our list for her brains* not her beauty.

Lamarr was also an inventor who, during the Second World War, proposed the scientific principles behind some of today’s key* technologies: bluetooth, GPS and Wi-Fi.

VOCABULARY P.18 brains: intelligence eventual rise: ascension ultérieure fame: célébrité figure: personnage

First Lady: Première dame former: ancien impressive: impressionnant improve: améliorer

Ivy League: groupe de huit universités privées du NordEst des États-Unis, parmi les plus anciennes et les plus prestigieuses du pays

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1964 Michelle Obama

he may have found fame* as the wife of a former* US president, but there is no doubt that Michelle is S an impressive* and inspirational figure* in her own* right.

The only First* Lady to have been to an Ivy* League university, she used her platform* to mount* a worldwide campaign for better female education opportunities. key: clé labour force: population active marry: se marier

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own right (in her): en elle-même pioneer: innover platform (use one’s): utiliser sa position

plot: complot public health: santé publique reformer: réformatrice rule: régner virgin: vierge

Emmeline Pankhurst

here’s no avoiding* the leader of the Suffragette movement in Britain, who used militant tactics* T and violence to demand* votes for women.

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Elections were finally opened to some women in 1918.

French women would have to wait until 1944.

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s* soon as the Harry Potter film saga was finished, actress Emma Watson cut* her Hermione hair short and refashioned* herself into a feminist campaigner*. She spoke* at the United Nations and launched the #HeForShe campaign to encourage men to support* feminism.

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his list needs a woman adventurer, and Earhart is probably the most famous of them all. She was the first woman to fly* solo across the Atlantic, in 1932.

During her attempt* to circumnavigate the globe in 1937, Earhart’s plane went* down somewhere in the Pacific.

More than 80 years later*, Earhart enthusiasts* are still looking for the crash* site and clues* to what happened.

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From health to technology, politics to education, these women have inspired generations of other women to succeed

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he world’s youngest Nobel Prize laureate (she won the Peace prize aged 17), Malala has been campaigning* for equality in access to education since she was 11. In 2012, she survived an assassination attempt* by the Taliban in Pakistan, and has since become a global symbol of the fight* for girls’ right* to education.

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enthusiast: fan fight: lutte fly across traverser au vol

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One day, a man was beating* his wife in the northern Indian town of Banda in Uttar Pradesh.

Another woman, Sampat Pal Devi, tried to intervene and help her. So the man beat her too.

Normally, that would be the end* of it.

Such beatings* are not uncommon*, especially for women on the lowest* level of India’s caste* system, the Dalits (or “untouchables”), which both these women were. But the next day, Devi came back with five other women, all carrying large bamboo sticks* called lathi. The man, it is said, was “taught* an ancient lesson in humility”.

That day, in 2006, was the start of a movement that now involves* hundreds of thousands of Indian women across Uttar Pradesh, India’s poorest state. The women, mostly Dalits, are called the Gulabi Gang – a reference to the hot* pink saris they wear to identify themselves.

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Founded* in 2006, the Gulabi Gang movement has been fighting* back against systems of domestic violence and abuse*

Women in defence of women

“I get a lot of respect and dignity when I wear the pink sari,” one member told Canada’s CBC channel. “Men speak nicely*, they listen to me, they’re not authoritarian anymore.”

The women say they are not a gang in the traditional sense, but “a gang for justice”. They are vigilantes* ready to defend women who come to them for help. Their first choice is to ask the police to do something, but in this part of India, the police are notoriously* corrupt*, and defending women against domestic violence is not something that interests them.

“All our women can stand* up to the men and, if* need be, seek* retribution through lathis,” says one Gang commander*.

Self-defence* isn’t the only skill* Gang members learn, though. They are also taught something equally essential in a society where wives are often treated as slaves*: how to be economically self-sufficient*.

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caste system: système de stratification sociale parmi les Hindous, vieille de 3000 ans, qui classent les gens selon leur travail

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women are in the Gulabi Gang

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of rape* victims are Dalits (or “untouchables”)

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1. Gulabi Gang: reading comprehension Read the article on pages 20 to 21, then answer these questions.

1. What is Sampat Pal Devi’s relationship to the woman being abused?

A. She is family B. She is a friend C. The writer doesn’t say 2. In India, Dalits are ______.

A. privileged

B. oppressed

C. wealthy

3. True or false? The Gulabi Gang consists solely of Dalits or “untouchables”.

A. True B. False C. belongs

5. In Uttar Pradesh, the police are famously______.

A. helpful B. corrupt

C. vigilant

6. What does “stand up to” mean (second to last paragraph)?

A. To defend oneself B. To take revenge

C. To complain about

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4. Find a synonym for “involves” (paragraph 3).

A. experiences B. comprises

2. Word building: female icons

Complete these sentences with the correct form of the word in capitals.

1. Michelle Obama is known for her ___________ speeches. INSPIRE 2. Malala Yousafzai has become a ___________ symbol of the fight for girls’ right to education.

3. Hollywood star Hedy Lamarr was also an ___________ who proposed the scientific principles behind some of today’s key technologies, including WiFi. INVENT

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3. Street talk: girl power GIRL POWER. Scanne ce QR code pour découvrir notre vidéo sur YouTube et réponds ensuite aux questions de compréhension.

Five young Americans talk about their views on sexism and gender equality. Watch the video and answer the questions below.

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NICK

1. Nick thinks that society “puts unfair standards on kids”. In other words...

A. society expects too much of them B. society is too competitive 2. True or false? According to Tony,

the same opportunities in...

A. engineering, biotech, art, maths B. genetics, biotech, computing, art C. engineering, biotech, science, art

and Tiffany’s outlook as positive or negative?

A. true B. false

3. True or false? Mikala thinks that equality has been achieved in the workplace.

A. true B. false

A. negative – gender bias is becoming more and more of a problem.

B. positive – society is evolving and there is more awareness about sexism.

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4. Mikala says that society is “geared towards A. more favourable to men B. more challenging for men

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How women have evolved* on the cinema screen

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Fay Wray looks a little distressed* in King Kong (1933).

1. The damsel* in distress

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n innocent woman is in danger.

Maybe it’s from a bad* guy, or a monster, or a disaster…

But she’s saved by a hero with whom she falls in love and they live* happily ever after… The End. We may not like to admit it, but this is our all-time* favourite story, retold* endlessly by every generation and culture.

It has travelled unchanged from ancient times through to the modern era* in poems, books and films. They’re clearly not great role models: damsels* are weak*,

2. The femme fatale

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n equally ancient character archetype is the femme fatale. Unlike damsels, femmes fatales are neither passive nor innocent – which, the stories say, is a bad thing. At best, her seductive power is a danger to the hero because it will make him stay home with her rather than do heroic deeds*. At worst, it is surely the most toxic characterisation in cultural history. The message is that “female sexuality is dangerous”, which easily becomes “women VOCABULARY P.24 aim at: cibler all-time: de tout temps bad guy: méchant beyond: au-delà

brainwashing: lavage de cerveau challenge: mettre en question damsel: demoiselle

are immoral”. That’s an idea that has kept women oppressed* for millennia* and still does in parts of the world. It only started to be challenged* in the great novels of the 1800s. As with so many real women, things end badly for Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Anna Karenina, Madame Bovary and others. But if these were great novels, it was because they dared* say that this situation was unjust.

By the 20th century, the femme fatales of early* cinema could be knowing* and not inevitably bad. dare: oser deed: acte dismiss: écarter distressed: en détresse

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heroes are strong. Or women are passive, men active.

This is not sexual equality, but before dismissing* these stories as patriarchal brainwashing* it’s worth* asking who they were really aimed* at – men or women? Their basic message is that men should be protectors not predators, which is not a bad lesson. Historically, in fact, it has probably been a necessary lesson. Hopefully, we’ve evolved* beyond* that need now.

Lauren Bacall (in 1946), star of the film noir era*. You know she’s trouble*.

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live happily ever after: vivre heureux par la suite millennia: millénaires oppress: opprimer

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retell (p. retold) endlessly: sans cesse raconter stand aside: écartez-vous

trouble (to be…): être dangereux weak: faible worth (to be…): valoir le coup

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asablanca is one of the greatest movies ever.

Spoiler alert: it ends sadly when the hero renounces his one true* love, who remains* in her loveless* marriage.

What is not generally realised is that the movie had to end that way because of the Hays Code of 1930, a censorship* regimen in US cinema that forbade* – among* a great many

other things – extra-marital* affairs. By 1954, when the code was finally abandoned, it had resulted in a cinema full of perfect housewives and wholesome* “girl-next-door*” types. With American movies so conformist and conservative, all the interesting women at this time were to be found in European cinema.

Grace Kelly in 1954. The cool, classy* blonde later became a royal in real life!

Doris Day often played the saccharine* characters that cinema offered actresses in the 1950s.

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time: cool, classy*, manipulative and self-confident*. They were certainly temptresses*, their motives* often uncertain, but they had such a controlled sensuality that even the Hays Code could not find* fault with them.

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he closest 1950s American cinema got to the more intriguing female characters of film noir are the famous “ice blondes”, such as Grace Kelly, in the thrillers of Alfred Hitchcock.

These characters were stronger and darker than in most cinema of the

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ith women’s liberation, free love and the arrival of the pill*, the 1960s changed everything, obviously. Or maybe… not so much? Sure, the new era* allowed female characters to finally escape* the moral strictures* attached to women’s sexuality in the past, but with cinema still very much a male-controlled industry, VOCABULARY P.25 all too often found themselves playing: (elles) ne se sont retrouvées que trop souvent à jouer…

roles for actresses did not necessarily become more interesting or more complex.

Even the best actresses – such as double Oscar-winner Jane Fonda – all* too often found themselves playing highly objectified* roles in films where the men generally drove* the story.

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5. Sex* kittens

Jane Fonda in Barbarella (1968), a symbol of women’s liberation. loveless: sans amour motive: intention objectified role: en rôle de femme-objet pill: pilule

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remain: rester saccharine: à l’eau de rose self-confident: sûr de soi

sex kitten: fille sexy stricture: contrainte temptress: séductrice true: véritable wholesome: sage

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s it significant that the first characters to break the damsel* in distress format were not on Earth? In 1977’s Star Wars, Princess Leia seems at first to occupy the classic role, but when the heroes come to save her, she grabs* a blaster and takes* command of her own rescue* mission. Two years later, the film Alien had Sigourney Weaver trying to survive after a terrifying monster massacres

Sigourney Weaver keeps* her cool as Ripley in Alien: Resurrection (1997).

her crewmates*. Her character fares* no better or worse than a man would, but she keeps* her cool and uses her intelligence… which was frankly* revolutionary because her gender wasn’t an issue*. It’s not an issue either in the Terminator films where Sarah Connor rapidly evolves* from ordinary woman into an icon of robot-kicking* female independence. Where sci-fi led*, other genres soon followed…

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7. Super students veryone knows that girls generally take school more seriously than boys, who are genetically programmed to be prats* until around the age of 25.

That basic truth is central to both the heroines of the two biggest fantasy epics of the modern era: Harry Potter and Game of Thrones.

While Hermione Granger and Arya Stark are very different characters, they both succeed and surpass the males around them by the simple virtue of studying harder. In adventure stories, male characters who study hard were usually the villains*.

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Jennifer Lawrence (2012), looks anything* but distressed as Katniss in The Hunger Games.

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Emma Watson in 2004 as Hermione: never underestimate hard work, boys!

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atniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games, Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel, Furiosa in Mad Max: women action heroes are everywhere, saving men and battling monsters. At* first glance, it looks like easy role-reversal* – the traits of male heroes simply being transferred onto female characters. There is some truth* in that, but what’s interesting is that most don’t behave like male keep her cool: garder son sang-froid lead (p. led): mener lightly: à la légère mercy killing:

euthanasie prat: andouille rescue: sauvetage robot-kicking: qui déglingue les robots

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action heroes. These women don’t want to fight, ideally, and they certainly don’t take violence lightly*. Wonder Woman views war as the greatest possible atrocity. In The Hunger Games, surprisingly, Katniss only directly kills two people – and one of those is a mercy* killing.

So although, like male heroes, women may be ass-kicking* warriors, they have a better message. We’re still evolving*. role reversal: inversion des rôles take command: prendre le commandement

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Exploitée par le cruel capitaine Zharo depuis sept ans afin d’éponger les dettes de ses parents, Anguille s’apprête à quitter le Saumâtre et retrouver la terre ferme. De retour à Moray, la jeune fille n’a plus qu’un seul but : se venger de l’homme qui a ruiné sa famille. Anguille se fait passer pour une comtesse pour s’approcher de ses ennemis. Mais plus elle s’empêtre dans ce jeu de dupes, plus son chemin se mêle à celui de l’énigmatique Cayo, le fils de l’homme qu’elle cherche à faire tomber…

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owards* the end of 2020, after nine months of Covid-19 pandemic and before the arrival of vaccines changed everything, an unexpected* pattern between different western democracies became clear. Some countries had far* lower rates of infection and death than others, but what these countries had in common was not connected to the Covid-19 virus. It was that they had elected women leaders.

The countries worst* affected – to no one’s surprise – were those whose leaders adopted a macho attitude that minimised the gravity of the danger, such as Donald Trump in the USA, Britain’s Boris Johnson and Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil. But most countries were led* by men who had reacted in a responsible manner, so why did they have less favourable results than most female-led countries?

Was it to do with the nature of the countries in question?

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Many were small Nordic nations and perhaps it was simply a question of them being less* densely-populated or more rule-abiding* than their larger southern neighbours. But that didn’t explain why Sweden – the only one of the five sovereign Nordic countries currently* led by a man – had 4.6 times the number of deaths of its socially and demographically similar neighbour Denmark. Nor why France under Emmanuel Macron fit (make a good): être bien adapté à gender-balanced: parité entre hommes et femmes grow more divided:

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être de plus en plus divisé inclined to (to be): être disposé à lead, led by: diriger, dirigé par less densely-populated: moins densément peuplé

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that focussed on social cohesion and compassion. Germany’s Angela Merkel, for instance, talked about the potential death* toll, saying: “These are not just abstract numbers in statistics. This is about a father or grandfather, a mother or grandmother, a partner – this is about people.”

What seems to have happened is that the citizens of these countries reacted to the empathy demonstrated by their leaders by showing it to one another: they observed social distancing better and wore masks more because there was a sense of reciprocity rather than simple prohibition.

Leadership in these countries was presented not just in terms of “taking* charge” but also as a responsibility to “take* care”.

This mirrors* studies of women leaders in the business world.

Women bosses typically score* higher than men on collaboration, communication and relational skills*. And this is apparently good for business, as companies with gender-balanced* management teams typically perform* 25% better than male-dominated ones.

So why do only 24 of the world’s 196 countries have a woman in charge*? And why are women CEOs* still a rarity* in business?

One reason is motivation. In politics and business, people are expected* to fight* for power. But what if women are more inclined* to fight for purpose*? Look at society, where the masculinity of the political and business worlds is mirrored by a female dominance of the public and charity* sectors.

PORTRAITS OF POWER: Sanna Marin, Finland’s prime minister (second from right), leads* a coalition government dominated by women. Here in 2019 (left to right): Li Andersson, minister of education, Maria Ohisalo, minister of the interior, and Katri Kulmuni, ex-finance minister.

had 4.3 times more deaths than neighbouring Germany under the leadership of Angela Merkel.

Leading with empathy

One key factor seems to be the rhetoric used by male and female leaders. Men typically talked about the crisis using war* as a metaphor. Exceptional measures such as lockdowns* were justified by the necessity of this “war”.

In contrast, women leaders adopted an empathetic discourse lockdown: confinement mirror: refléter perform better: mieux réussir purpose: but, objectif

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Scandinavian societies, with their egalitarianism and strong social welfare* systems, make a good fit* for women leaders. Finland, for example, is now governed by a coalition of five political parties, all of which are led by women.

Competence or confidence*?

For now, the bigger and more “muscular” democracies that view* themselves as world powers remain* deeply attached to the traditional meaning of a “strong leader” as someone who is decisive and confident rather than someone who is competent and empathetic.

Women politicians who want to govern these countries typically minimize their gender difference – wearing suits*, talking* tough and aiming to beat* men at their own game.

In some cases that can work: with Margaret Thatcher in the Britain of the 1980s, for example.

But the closest the USA has come to having a female president was the 2016 election between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

American voters in that instance ended* up choosing a charismatic narcissist over a more qualified female candidate.

The pandemic has at least made people question what is more important in a leader: do we want confidence* or just competence?

And in a world that seems to grow* more divided and dangerous by* the year, politicians who offer a calmer, more empathetic style of leadership will perhaps become more attractive* to voters…

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he youngest prime minister in Finnish* history, Marin leads* a coalition government in which all five party leaders are women. Raised* by her mother and her mother’s same-sex partner, she was the first of her family to go to university, where her political conscience was first awakened*.

“I’m in politics because I thought that the older generation wasn’t doing enough about the big issues* of the future. I needed to act*. I couldn’t just think ‘It’s somebody else’s job’.”

New Zealand: Jacinda Ardern

Iceland: Katrin Jakobsdóttir

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he may be the first female leader of her country, but Kallas is not the first political figure in her own family.

Her father was also prime minister and her grandfather is one of Estonia’s founding* figures. An ex-lawyer*, she leads* the country, however, at a crucial time when how to handle* Russia’s growing aggression is the dominant question in national politics. Her tough* rhetoric concerning Russia is also connected to her personal history, her family having been deported to Siberia when Estonia was under Soviet rule*.

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Denmark: Mette Frederiksen

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fter four years at the head* of a coalition government, Katrin Jakobsdóttir remains* highly* popular and respected, thanks, in part, to her management of the Covid-19 pandemic.

And, although* her party lost* seats in the 2021 elections, polls* done in the following* days showed that a large majority of Icelanders wanted her to remain as national leader, so she still leads* the coalition government. founding figure: personnage fondateur gunman: tireur handle: gérer

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acinda Ardern topped* Fortune magazine’s list of the ”World’s Greatest Leaders in 2021”. This was not just because of her impressive* handling of the Covid pandemic, but also because of how she has used empathy so effectively* in other crises.

Following* the 2019 massacre of 51 Muslims in a Christchurch mosque by an extreme right gunman*, the prime minister was both a powerful voice of national unity and support to victims, but also highly* effective in banning* semi-automatic weapons* rapidly and then collecting* 62,000 of them from citizens.

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rederiksen is Denmark’s youngest ever prime minister, but only its second woman in that job following* her predecessor, Helle Thorning-Schmidt.

She famously refused to sell Greenland to the United States in 2019, causing a furious Donald Trump to cancel* his planned state visit to Denmark. Under her, Denmark is on* course to reduce its CO2 emissions by 70% by 2030.

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1. Women in charge: prepositions

In “Women taking charge”, on pages 28 to 30, there are many examples of verbs or adjectives followed by a preposition: “connect to”, “focus on”...

Here, match the verb or adjective to its preposition or prepositions! ...TO

... OF

... ON

... IN

FOCUS

AGREE

INVOLVED

DECIDE

CAPABLE

DEPEND

AWARE

INTERESTED

REACT

AFRAID

2. Inspirational speeches:

boost your word power

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In the US, guest speakers give commencement speeches to graduating students. Here’s an extract from one by producer Shonda Rhimes. Find a synonym for the words or phrases in bold.

“Ditch1 the dream and be a doer, not a dreamer. Maybe you know exactly what it is you dream of being, or maybe you’re paralyzed because you have no idea what your passion is. The truth is, it doesn’t matter2.

You don’t have to know. You just have to keep moving forward3. You just have to keep doing something, seizing4 the next opportunity5, staying open to trying something new. It doesn’t have to fit6 your vision of the perfect job or the perfect life. Perfect is boring and dreams are not real.” (Dartmouth, 2014)

1. A. abandon 2. A. it’s worrying 3. A. advancing 4. A. dropping 5. A. occasion 6. A. differ from

B. live B. it’s not important B. dancing B. discarding B. luck B. wear

C. adopt C. it’s enormous C. believing C. taking C. decision C. coincide with Noun Project

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3. Gender equality:

listening comprehension EMMA WATSON “HEFORSHE SPEECH”: scanne ce QR code pour écouter son discours et répondre aux questions.

Listen to Emma Watson’s speech on gender equality, and answer the following questions. The questions concern the first five minutes of the 12-minute clip.

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Read the transcript of Emma Watson’s speech on unwomen.org (https://tinyurl.com/4th6mp3v) and watch the video again: first, with the script in front of you, then without!

4. When did Emma Watson first start questioning gender-based assumptions?

A. at age 8 B. at age 15 C. at age 14

5. As a child, Emma says that people described her as “bossy”. Were those people…

1. What is the central idea of Emma Watson’s HeForShe speech to the United Nations?

A. Gender inequality is a subject that should concern both women and men B. Feminism is an unpopular word which is why the campaign is called HeForShe C. Gender inequality is an issue that affects only women

A. congratulating her on dynamism B. criticising her for being too authoritarian 6. For Emma, a feminist is someone who…

A. is aggressive, controlling and hates men B. considers that women should have the same rights and opportunites as men do C. thinks women are more intelligent than men 7. Why did some of Emma’s girlfriends give up

their sports teams?

2. True or false? Emma Watson is proud

A. they didn’t want their bodies to change B. they developed other interests C. they weren’t allowed to play

to call herself a feminist.

A. true B. false

3. What is Emma Watson’s role for the UN? A. Goodwill ambassador for UN Women B. Secretary General

8. True or false? Emma believes that only a few countries have achieved gender equality?

A. true B. false

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Expressions

BY TARA SWANN

Expressions about

power, courage & excellence DÉCOUVRE NOTRE VIDÉO. Scanne ce QR code pour visionner la vidéo Expressions sur notre chaîne YouTube. Tu pourras alors compléter les traductions manquantes.

To drive a hard bargain Être dur en affaires

To be in the driving seat

To be on the ball Connaître son affaire ; être à la hauteur ; être réactif / vif

To be kick-ass

To take a stand To be in a class / league of one’s own

To leave someone standing

Être sans égal / hors pair / au-dessus du lot

To make one’s voice heard

To carry weight

Avoir de l’influence

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look like: avoir l’air de • work hard: bien travailler • fine: bon, d’accord • college application essay: rédaction pour le dossier d’inscription à la fac • overcome: surmonter • worry: s’inquiéter • real names: vrais noms