Articles to read for class discussions

Hi everyone !

I hope everybody is enjoying the vacations !
During the U.S. presidential election period, I have chosen a topical article about the election of the next President of the United States which will significantly impact the future of the climate. Here’s the link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/26/world-climate-crossroads-trump-biden-different-directions
I hope it will interest you !

Vocabulary :
- Contenders : candidats
- Starkly : de façon frappante
- Fraught : fracassante
- Global heating : réchauffement de la planète
- Dichotomous : dichotomique (division between two elements, ideas)
- Wobble : vaciller
- Collapsed : effondré
- Vow : promettre, jurer
- Foreboding : presentiment
- Swaths : étendues (géographiques)
- Marshal : rassembler
- On track to fulfill commitments : en voie de respecter les engagements
- Heatwaves : canicules
- Flooding : inondations
- Triggered : déclenché
- Withdrawal : retrait
- Praise : louanges
- Greenhouse gas emissions : les émissions de gaz à effet de serre
- Sharply : nettement
- Hefty : fort, lourd
- Dire : désastreux
- Dampen : freiner
- Shunt : reporter
- Sink : sombrer
- Path : chemin
- Momentum : élan, dynamisme
- Hoax : canular
- Downturn : crise, récession

See you next week !!

Hi everyone,

Despite the COVID regulations and lockdown I am hoping that we can still continue to communicate effectively. I am at present reading up on how to use WEBEX to put us into revolving working groups of 6 so that we can continue this small group discussion exercise. I'll send you the link to my WEBEX room before Thursday. Make sure that you've read the articles so that the only problems will be my inadequacies and technical ones.

Hope to see you all virtually on Thursday and in the flesh before Christmas.

Well done everybody.

extra points all round.