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BIG BOX-‐MART , 2005 JIBJAB http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKv6RcXa2UI
PART 1: WATCHING (soundtrack off) beg to 1.08
a. Watch the video (soundtrack off) and take notes (key words describing the contents of the video)
b. With the help of your friends, recap what you’ve seen, make suppositions about the topic of the video…
d. Now complete the song with the correct words from exercise c.
Oh, it starts with (a) ...................................... labor in a foreign
(b)..................................,
And gets packed on a vessel and (c)............................................. over the sea
It's (d) ……………………………………… onto trailers and it's (e)
................................................................. across the map,
Big Box-‐Mart is the place I go to buy all of my (f) …………………………………………… .
Oh Big Box-‐Mart, what do you have for me?
'cause our (g)...................................................................... are empty and we're
on a (h)........................................................
e. Listen and complete with the help of the phonetics
I come to the Big Box-‐Mart 'cause I do have lots of / niːdz/.............................................. And they sell crap the /ˈʧiːpɪst/ ..........................................with their /ˈdɪskaʊnts/.............................................. guaranteed. When I'm walking through the aisles it's like I'm /ˈhɪpnəˌtaɪzd/................................................................. With a /ˈwɒlɪt/................................. full of credit cards, I never leave / dɪˈpraɪvd/ ……………………………….... Oh Big Box-‐Mart, thank you for serving me. But my house is full of crap now and it used to be / ˈɛmpti/ …………………………………...
f. Now read the lyrics and find synonyms in the text corresponding to the following words:
a container pulled by a car or a truck = a ship = to be displayed = illegal workers= not from your country = supermarket trolley (GB) = the act of doing compulsive shopping = you can put your credit cards in it = the opposite of FULL=
g. Read again and say whether these statements are TRUE or FALSE. Quote from the text and justify
1. The goods sold at Big Box-‐Mart come from the USA. 2. They are good quality items. 3. The prices are very high. 4. The man can live on practically nothing. 5. He never buys anything. 6. His house is empty now.
c. Watch (soundtrack on) and tick
the words you hear:
a) sweatshop / sweetshop b) factorial / factory c) shipped / shaped d) loudly / loaded e) spread / spent f) cap / crap g) shopping cards / shopping carts h) shopping spree / shopping free
PART 2:
a. WATCH the video (soundtrack off) and take notes (key words describing the contents of the video)
b. With the help of your friends, recap what you’ve seen, explain what you have understood through the pictures
c. Now listen to the soundtrack and choose the correct word
The next day at the factory, the news was very GREEN / GRIM
My job was being OUTSOURCED / OUTSTRETCHED to the slums of East Beijing.
Management was streamlining the company org' chart.
We gotta make crap cheap enough to TELL / SELL to Big Box-‐Mart!
Oh Big Box-‐Mart, look what you've done to me
"he's gotta start all over now at the age of 43 / 53"
I still go to Big Box-‐Mart. Yes, I'm there most all there most all the time
These days you'll likely find me SWEATING / SWEEPING aisle number 9
My dreams of our RETIREMENT / RETIRED have gone up in a blaze,
and I'll be scrubbing toilets till they stick me in the GRIEF / GRAVE
Oh Big Box-‐Mart, what have ya sold to me?
We used to be your CUSTOMERS / CUSTOMIZE now we’re your EMPLOYERS / EMPLOYEES
Oh Big Box-‐Mart, my paycheck reminds me
Your everyday LOW / LOAN prices have a price
They aren't ...............................
Paper or plastic?
d. Now read the lyrics and find the English equivalents for the following words:
peu réjouissant = délocaliser = un taudis, un bidonville =
rationaliser = un organigramme = retraite =
tout recommencer = probablement = récurer =
partir en fumée, s’envoler = une tombe = un client =
une fiche de paie = des prix bas =
e. Explain the following quotations from the text:
-‐ “my job was being outsourced to the slums of East Beijing”.
-‐ “he's gotta start all over now at the age of fifty-‐three”.
-‐ “my dreams of our retirement have gone up in a blaze”,
-‐ “and I'll be scrubbing toilets till they stick me in the grave”.
f. GROUP WORK: Read the whole song again and summarize the story of this man with your friends. Get ready for an
oral presentation of this document. What does it denounce? Give your opinion…