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ANGLAIS TRANSVERSAL — IECI et Sciences Sociales PARTIEL SEMESTRE 3

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Dangerous Air Pollution in India Forces Delhi Schools to Close for 2nd Time in Weeks Updated on: November 15, 2019 / 9:25 AM / CBS NEWS. Delhi — The air pollution in India's capital got so bad again this week that the government was forced to close schools. It was the second time in two weeks. The air has been choked1 with a concentration of noxious2 pollutants about 10-times higher than what's considered safe by the World Health Organization.

5 The smog is so thick and the levels of toxins so high that it's a health threat not just for children, the elderly and those with health problems, but for every single person exposed to the deadly air. India's pollution control authority ordered all schools in Delhi and its suburbs shuttered3 on both Thursday and Friday. All industries running on coal and other fossil fuels were also asked to stay closed. The timing this week was poignant. Children in the capital were stuck at home on November 14, 10 celebrated every year in India as "Children's Day." Some students wrote open letters to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that were picked up by Indian media. "I used to enjoy soccer earlier but now I can only enjoy it on TV," student Ishan Mahant said in his letter to the country's leader. "I cannot play outside because the air is too toxic to breathe." The government was to decide on Monday whether to extend the two-week car rationing 15 system that was put in place to halve the number of vehicles on Delhi's roads. The weekday restrictions, which allow cars with odd and even number license plates on the roads only on alternating days, were implemented when the pollution first spiked to record levels about 10 days ago.

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The air in Delhi is choked with smoke, largely from farm fires in neighboring states, and industrial and

20 vehicle pollution. The levels of particulate matter — the tiny molecules that float around in the air and then get caught in people's lungs — have been measured at nearly 10-times the safe limit. People have complained of difficulty breathing, burning eyes, headaches, and other symptoms for two weeks. More patients continue to come into Delhi's busy National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases every day. Most, if not all of the patients at the hospital are there thanks, at 25 least in part, to the pollution. [...] Sumit Kumar has missed school for the past two weeks as he undergoes treatment for a lung infection. "Doctors have not started any medication yet; they are waiting for the test results," the 15year-old's mother Seema Kumari told CBS News. "I have no idea how long his treatment will go on." In April, India's leading chest surgeon Dr. Arvind Kumar told CBS News that breathing Delhi's polluted

30 air for just one day is equivalent to smoking 25 cigarettes. He said the severe air pollution directly or indirectly causes cancer, stunted brain development, heart attacks, hypertension, birth defects, obesity, pneumonia, diabetes and various other respiratory problems. A team of international doctors said in a report released this week that air pollution was to blame for some 500,000 deaths in India during 2016. The research also warned that increasing air pollution and 35 climate change would expose the world's children to unprecedented health risks. [...] The State of India's Environment (SoE) Report found air pollution was responsible for 12.5 percent of all deaths in the country. Air pollution in Delhi spikes every winter due to several factors, including lower wind speeds, festival fireworks and crop residue burning by farmers in Delhi's neighboring states.

40 Despite the Supreme Court banning the farm fires, they continue to burn. Last week, farmers in Haryana state told CBS News that it was easier and much cheaper for them to set the remnants of their last crop on fire rather till it back into the soil. Earlier this month, environmental journalist Bahar Dutt told CBS News that the government only seems to show concern about the toxic air during the winter, when the pollution spikes. "A greater sense of urgency from the government is 45 missing," she said. The Supreme Court demanded the governments in Haryana and other states bordering Delhi do more to support their farmers to deter crop burning. The court said there should be cash given to small farms to help them deal with their waste products in a cleaner way. It also said the state governments should make the expensive machinery used to prepare fields4 available for rent.

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RAPPEL : VOUS DEVEZ IMPERATIVEMENT TRAITER LES QUESTIONS DANS L’ORDRE SUR VOTRE COPIE. I. COMPREHENSION (7 POINTS) (recommended time = 45 min) A. Answer the following questions in your own words. You must reformulate the information from the text, as much as possible, by making your own sentences, and without including any quotation. 1. Summarize the text in around 60 words. (2 pts) 2. Explain the specific reasons why the air pollution in Delhi is getting worse. (1 pts) 3. What measures have been taken against air pollution and by whom? (1 pts) 4. Have those measures been effective so far? Explain. (1 pts) B. Text analysis: answer the following question by giving your own analysis of the text. 5. Explain the following statement from Indian environmental activist Bahar Dutt: "A greater sense of urgency from the government is missing" (80 words minimum). (2 pts) II. GRAMMAIRE (3 POINTS) (recommended time = 15 min) A. Choisissez le temps approprié et conjuguez les verbes suivants soit au présent simple, au présent en Be + -ing, au prétérit simple ou au prétérit en Be + -ing (ne réécrivez sur votre copie que les passages manquants, dans l’ordre) 1. Yesterday, I (go) …................... downtown, and guess who I (see) ............................... ? There (be) …............. Paul, he (walk) ..................................on the pavement across the street. I had not seen him in years. He (wear) ............................ a hoodie and jeans. 2. - Nobody (watch) ................................... the television. Shall I turn it off? B. Traduisez les phrases suivantes en anglais. 1. Elle habite à Londres depuis 3 ans. 2. Cet incident a eu lieu il y a 2 jours. 3. Il est possible qu'il revienne demain. (utilisez impérativement un modal) C. Choisissez le bon terme (ne réécrivez sur votre copie que la réponse choisie). 1. I stayed at her place for / since / ago two weeks. Now, I'm back home. 2. I think it is the best choice she has ever made. She’s been so happy since / for her wedding. 3. Be careful, son! If you keep on playing like this, you will / are going to / are to hurt yourself. III. EXPRESSION (10 POINTS) (recommended time = 1h00) Choose ONE of the following topics and discuss it in 300 to 350 words. Indicate the number of words at the end of your essay. 1. You are a New Delhi environmental activist. Write a speech to expose the problems raised by the air pollution in the city, in order to provoke the city mayor into taking more drastic and long-lasting measures (give examples). 2. We are always told what to do and not to do in order to keep pollution under control. Do you think that the main solution is in the hands of each individual or that is it a more globally shared issue?...