Lesson summary
The key points to remember, for revision.
- 1Strategies: quoting a figure, giving an example, appealing to experience, turning the argument around, questioning the source.
- 2“Encore faudrait-il savoir…” = expresses doubt about a claim.
- 3“Je ne remets pas en question X. Je constate simplement que Y.” → the criticism is Y.
- 4Commentaries often end with irony: “rassurez-vous, ce sera sûrement prêt…”.
Key vocabulary
| le nid-de-poule | pothole |
| désengorger | to relieve congestion |
| être dans le rouge | to be in deficit |
| éponger une dette | to pay off a debt |
| la répartition | distribution |