Lesson summary
The key points to remember, for revision.
- 1Headlines turn verbs into nouns: augmenter → hausse, fermer → fermeture.
- 2Read the headline and the lead (chapeau) first: they give the essential.
- 3Proportions: la moitié (1/2), un tiers (1/3), un quart (1/4), trois fois plus.
- 4“Tout n’est pas parfait”, “cependant”, “mais” introduce the nuances.
Key vocabulary
| une PME | a small or medium-sized business |
| le bilan | the results, review |
| une candidature | a job application |
| diminuer | to decrease |
| séduire | to win over |