The bullshit
Discuss
1. What is the satirical point of this video clip?
2. What were some of the news 'cliches' it mades fun of?
A new Department of Labor report finds personal outsourcing is revolutionizing how Americans don't do their own work.
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American Workers Outsourcing
Listen and fill in the gaps: then separate the phrases.
crucial ______ cut ____ unleash my ___ potential daily ________ devote more _____ to come to ____ on overseas _____ lower _____ employees embraced the _____ executive ______ expected to ____
Can you write a sentence using the phrase? Try and check it with me. Or outsource this task to another student. Or I'm happy to do it for you at a discounted rate.
Report: Due to rising domestic wages, many American parents are saving money by using unregulated overseas workers.
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Outsourcing Childcare
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Brain-dead Teen To Be Euthanized
The MacBook Wheel lets consumers accomplish everyday tasks like typing with just a few dozen spins and clicks of a wheel.
Laptop with no keyboard
Language
It does ____ with the keyboard
a _____ touch-sensitive click wheel
will make typing a _____ of the _____
It couldn't be _______
It won't _____ the shelves for the next 3-15 months
can power the Mac Book wheel for a ____ 19 minutes
Apple isn't ______ on its laurels
Jean Anne Whorton goes Beyond The Facts, talking to the high school sophomore who has become a conservative hero for refusing to learn his Spanish vocabulary.
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Patriotic Teen
The court ruled a white teen who stabbed a classmate to death will face the jury as a 300-pound black man.
12 terms
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White girl to be tried as black man
What issues are being satirized in this "news" clip?
Does discrimination in the justice system occur in your country - what form does it take?
What causes it?
Do you have trial by jury in your country? What problems arise from this system?
Are judges less likely to discriminate than ordinary citizens?
What can be done to avoid unconscious or institutionalized discrimination?
Listen again and number these legal terms in the order they are used:
to find
fitting
defendant
henceforth
retroactively charged
assault
arresting officer
arraignment
harsh sentence
to be tried / to try
courtroom
character witness
to appeal a ruling
accused
jury member
Check:
1. accused
2. arraignment
3. harsh sentence
4. to be tried / to try
5. to find
6. fitting
7. defendant
8. henceforth
9. courtroom
10. jury member
11. retroactively charged
12. assault
13. arresting officer
14. character witness
15. to appeal a ruling
Listen again and check the past participle verbs in these examples of passive voice (to be + pp).
1. "She will be (pp)________ as a black adult"
2. "Henceforth you will be (pp)______ to by the Jury by the name Mendel Brown
3. Jury members will be (pp)___________ to imagine her as such
4. Now that Hannah has been (pp)_______ black, the court has instructed local media to assume she's guilty
5. Hanna's two-dozen character witnesses have been (pp)________ by a single crack addict who goes by the name of Scags.
6. ...saying their daughter should at most be (pp)______ as a black celebrity
Obama will abandon complex policies on emissions, clean coal and refocus on achievable goals like applying deodorant daily, learning what to say when you burp.
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Obama Scales Back Goals For America After Visiting Denny's
1. What did Obama say America needed to do before it could reclaim global leadership?
2. Where was Obama going when he stopped in at Denny's
3. What did Obama say to the single mother?
4. What particularly upset Obama?
5. What is Obama's new plan titled?
6. What is one of the "more realistic" goals for Americans?
7. What goal has Obama now abandoned?
8. What is he calling for Americans to think about?
9. What is he calling for Americans to stop doing?
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