WHAT’S MINE IS YOURS
A)Let's find out what you know about the collaborative economy
Find the verbs (a to g) that correspond to the scenarios of the collaborative economy (1to7). Then give the French equivalents
- barter
2 to pay or receive a fixed amount of money for the use of a room, house, car, etc.
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- rent
3 to exchange goods or services for other goods or services without using money /
- borrow
4 to travel to school, work etc. with a group of people in one car and share the cost.
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- swap
5 To fund a project by raising money from a large number of people who each contributes a relatively small amounts, typically via the internet. /
- carpool
6 To take and use something that belongs to someone for a period of time before returning it. /
- crowd fund
7 To get something to someone in exchange for money. /
- sell
B) The benefits of the sharing economy
-Give the definition of the sharing economy.
-List the different trends that it includes.
-Give an example to illustrate what the sharing economy is.
-Explain the benefits of the sharing economy.
C) Sharing is not so new
During World War II, American citizens were encouraged to share cars in order to save gas-that could be used for war planes and ships to help win the war. Sharing cars or carpooling was a patriotic thing to do.
A “Food for Victory” campaign was launched to prevent food shortages. Civilians were urged to grow their own vegetables and fruit. Some 20 million Americans planted “victory gardens” in their backyards, in empty lots, and on the rooftops of city buildings-and sharing food items became a patriotic duty.
Today, there is no world war going on and sharing is no longer considered a patriotic thing to do but more and more people are turning to sharing because they are tired of consumption at all cost and are concerned about protecting the environment.
Explain the title of the text.
Explain why carpooling was a patriotic thing to do.
Give details on the “Food for Victory” campaign.
Say why people start sharing again nowadays.
Find equivalents for the following words: guerre, essence, pénurie, exhorté, terrains vagues, à tout prix
D)People at the centre of the sharing economy
In pairs, ask each other questions about the diagrams.
MAKE A PRESENTATION ABOUT A COLLABORATIVE SERVICE
Search the Internet for information about a collaborative service: date of creation; founder; cost; personal opinion. Then make a presentation to the class.