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J'ai énormément de devoirs et suis très nulle en anglais, ce serait possible de m'aider sur ce texte ?
Civil disobedience and climate change
"I was arrested at a climate change protest – it was worth it."


I’m supporting Extinction Rebellion, and using direct action to wake up politicians to the damage we’re doing: together we can do something.
On Saturday, at about 12.30pm, I was arrested for obstructing a public highway, namely Lambeth Bridge. I wasn’t alone. In fact, Lambeth wasn’t the only obstructed London bridge: thousands of people of diverse backgrounds and ages occupied five central London bridges for most of 17 November: Southwark, Blackfriars, Waterloo, Westminster and Lambeth. I believe that at least 80 other people were arrested.
I am adding my support to Extinction Rebellion – a relatively new activist movement aimed at waking up the political system to the truth about the way that humans are responsible for a dramatic change in the world’s ecosystem. The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) published its latest reports in October, which state that human activity is “likely” to push the average global surface temperature above 1.5C between the years 2030 and 2052.[…]
The international art world, to which I’m attached, requires the traffic of heavy art objects all over the globe – (it) certainly has a huge carbon footprint. So I guess direct action is needed in this area too. And climate is increasingly becoming one of the key subjects for artists as they hold their mirrors up to society.
We can get together to solve this, and every person has a moral imperative to be a part of the movement. Having myself arrested was like laying down a marker; an action that enables a quiet but resonant solidarity with those who want to see our government and the media wake up to the incontrovertible evidence that humans do have to deal with the issue of their effect on the climate… and can this start to happen ASAP, please?

Gavin Turk, The Guardian, November 20th 2018
Notes: Gavin Turk is an artist

Questions
A. Before reading the text, answer the following questions. (3pts)
1. What type of text is it? Where and when was it published?
2. What is the topic?
3. Who is the author (name, job)?

B. Now read the text and answer:
1. In your own words, describe the events that took place (time, place, action). (3pts)
2. What were the consequences of the events? (1pt)
3. What information can you find about the organizers? (2pts)
4. What was the objective of the protest? (2pts)
5. What type of protest is he describing? Justify your answer with what you’ve learned in class. (2pts)
6. Why is the topic particularly sensitive for the author? (4pts) 7. What was his motivation for writing this piece, in your opinion? (3pts)

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Réponse :

Questions

A. Before reading the text, answer the following questions. (3pts)

1. What type of text is it? Where and when was it published?

It is an article from the Guardian. It was published In The UK on November the 20th 2018.

2. What is the topic?

It deals with activism for Extinction Rebellion whose aim is to make politicians aware of the the fact that environment must be treated with respect if one does not want to live in a degraded ecosystem.

3. Who is the author (name, job)?

The author's name is Gavin Tusk who is an artist.

B. Now read the text and answer:

1. In your own words, describe the events that took place (time, place, action). (3pts)

The events  took place in London on bridges in November 2018. on saturday at 12.30PM,  Gavin Tusk and thousands of people  obstructed London bridges. The author who supports Extinction Rebellion  was arrested as well as other people.

2. What were the consequences of the events? (1pt)

People couldn’t cross the London bridges but 80 of the activists were arrested according to the author

3. What information can you find about the organizers? (2pts)

the organizers were numerous and of diverse origins ("thousands thousands of people of diverse backgrounds and ages")

4. What was the objective of the protest? (2pts)

The objective of the protest was to make people aware of the climate change so that they pay more attention to the ecosystem.

5. What type of protest is he describing? Justify your answer with what you’ve learned in class. (2pts)

He is decribing a peaceful protest which takes the shape of actts of civil disobediance (ici tu dois mettre des éléments que tu as vu en cours sur ce thème : civil disobediance

6. Why is the topic particularly sensitive for the author? (4pts) 7. What was his motivation for writing this piece, in your opinion? (3pts)

This topic is particularly sensitive for the author because he really wants to change people's way of thinking. He would like them to be conscious of the dangers we might face if environment is not considered with a lot of care. To his mind, everyone has a part to play for the environment. Besides, as an artist, the author explains that  the traffic of heavy art objects all around the worldh has a great impact on the carbon footprint and he thinks that other actions must be done to prevent it from increasing.

Gavin Tusk probably wrote this article because his aim was to wake up consciousness in order to make people as well as politicians reaslise that it is high time to change our behavour towards nature if one wants to preserve it.

Explications : tu as tout sauf la 5 où il te faut rajouter un ou deux éléments que tu as vu en classe sur "civil disobedience"

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