Session 6

Doc 9 -> Answers

I – Vocabulary

1 – Charnière, décisif		18 – Fondé de pouvoir
2 – À la suite de		19 – Réduire considérablement
3 – Financement		20 – Ensemble du personnel
4 – Réprimander		21 – Chute
5 – Renforcer		22 – Dégringolade
6 – Vérification des antécédents		23 – Interdire
7 – Soutenir		24 – Monter en flèche
8 – Expert, spécialiste		25 – Produire en grandes quantités
9 – Les sondages		26 – Viable
10 – Au milieu de		27 – Une secousse
11 – À 2 chiffres		28 – Se remettre en selle
12 – Chute, baisse		29 – Une chute
13 – Au bord de la faillite		30 – Tenir rigueur
14 – Relancer		31 – Avertissement, mise en garde
15 – Proposer, soumettre		32 – Approvisionnement réciproque
16 – Représailles
17 – (ici) La méthode

II – Context: mentioned mass shootings

• Sandy Hook Elementary School, Newtown, Connecticut, December 14^th, 2012.

Perpetrator: Adam Lanza. Casualties: 20 children (6 and 7 years old) + 6 staff members dead.

• San Bernardino, California, December 2^nd, 2015. Terrorist attack. Casualties: 14 dead + 22 injured.
• Orlando, Florida, June 12^th, 2016. Perpetrator: Omar Mateen. Casualties: 49 dead, 53 wounded.
• Las Vegas Concert, Nevada, October 17^th, 2017. Perpetrator: Stephen Paddock (64 years old). Casualties: 58 dead, 851 injured.

-> deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. Paddock fired more than 1,100 rounds from his hotel bedroom on a crowd of concertgoers. He used bump stock, a device to help fire shots in rapid succession (like an automatic weapon).

Bump stock were banned by the U.S. Justice Department in December 2018, to be effective in March 2019.

• Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland, Florida, in February 14^th, 2018. Perpetrator: Nikolas Cruz. Casualties: 14 killed, 17 injured.

III – QUESTIONS

From line 1 to 21

1. What is the Republican party’s new direction as far as President Trump is concerned?
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2. What is paradoxical about this statement?
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3. Right or wrong. Tick the correct answer and justify with a quote from the text.
   President Trump is the only Republican to hold this position.
   ƒ Right ƒ Wrong            
   Line: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. Which measures have been taken?
5. Why such a reaction from the GOP?
6. Why is MONEY a determining factor in this new political attitude?
   Gun manufacturers:
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   The NRA, to deal with the situation:
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   Final purpose:
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   From line 22 to 53
   -> Fill in the grid to get a clear comparison between Trump’s and Obama’s presidencies.

Trump’s presidency	Obama’s presidency
Possible catch phrase:	Possible catch phrase
Gun manufacturers’ revenues in 2017 = ………… Background checks = ……………. than 2016, which was already a …………………………………….year. Resulted in:    -> Remington’s case: When Trump was elected, people had all the ……………………… they ……………………….; there was no fear their right might be …………………………………...   Only way to convince the Americans to rush back to gun stores: – –   So, NRA’s $ …………………………. funding for the Republicans is qualified as ………………………..                                 When the deadliest mass shooting happened, background checks were  …………..  than in ………………..   -> NRA’s reaction: -> People’s reaction: -> Congress achievement:	Right or wrong. Tick the correct answer and justify with a quote from the text.   After his election, the Americans rushed to gun stores as they feared many weapons would be prohibited.                 ƒ Right              ƒ Wrong   Line: ………………………………………………………………………………………                           If Hillary Clinton had been elected President, the gun sales would have soared.                 ƒ Right              ƒ Wrong   Line: ………………………………………………………………………………………   As a result, gun production in 2016 did not reach any record.                 ƒ Right              ƒ Wrong   Line: ………………………………………………………………………………………   FBI background check figures: Obama elected in ……………., gun sales = …………..After ……………………. shooting, background checks = ……………. than 2011; after …………………………, background checks = ……………; after ……………………., background checks = ……………..

From line 53 to the end

1. What would Trump’s plan to arm educators involve?
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2. What will the congressmen/women’s action consist in?
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3. Recap the major blow of one of the background-check bills for the Democrats.
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4. Why is it an excellent strategy for the GOP?