3/09 Flashcards
émeutes de 2024
In the aftermath of a mass stabbing in Southport on 29 July in which tree children were killed
=> far-right anti-immigration protests and riots occurred in England and Northern Ireland.
These riots were fuelled by disinformation on social media which pretended that the culprit was a Muslim asylum seekers .
lien 2024-2011
It can echoed the 2011 England riots, those riots were anti-racism but turned violent
Violent riots were triggered : demonstrators were seeking “justice” and “answers” over the death of a local black man called Mark Duggan, who had been shot dead by a policeman
2024 charbon
On October 2024, UK closed its last coal-fired power plant => first G7 member to do it, what marks a major milestone for the environment in the field of producing energy
glass ceiling
means an invisible upper limit above which it is impossible for women to rise in the ranks
pertinent
relevant
une table ronde
a panel discussion
grimper les échelons
to climb the career ladder
l’essentiel de, la majeure partie de
the bulk of
le harcèlement au travail
workplace harassment
durable, tenace
enduring
intervenir
to step up
un spectateur (d’une situation)
by stander
reconnaître
to acknowledge
ancré,e
embedded
un préjugé
a bias
