Lycée Claude Bernard 2011-2012
L’ANGLAIS EN PRÉPA SCIENTIFIQUE
Voici une liste non exhaustive des thèmes qui seront traités au cours de vos deux années de prépa scientifique, et qui supposent l’acquisition de connaissances culturelles et lexicales spécifiques.
I. LIFE IN THE COMMUNITY 1. Cities
2. Town v. country 3. Urbanization 4. Urban problems
II. THE WORLD’S POPULATION
1. Global demographic trends : overpopulation 2. Migrations
3. The US population 4. The UK population
III. THE CHALLENGES OF MODERN SOCIETY 1. Democracy
2. Terrorism
3. America’s gun culture 4. Drugs and addictions 5. Health
6. An ageing society 7. The younger generation 8. Human rights
9. Modern surveillance and the invasion of privacy IV. THE WORLD OF WORK
1. The changing workplace
2. Trade unions, wages and social unrest 3. Discrimination
4. The corporate world 5. Social protection V. THE ECONOMY
1. Economic growth
2. Globalization and world trade 3. Poverty
4. The haves and have-nots 5. The global crisis
VI. LEISURE
1. The leisure industry 2. The changing face of sport 3. Tourism
VII. THE MEDIA 1. The press 2. Ethics 3. The Internet 4. Advertising
5. Censorship and the freedom of the media
VIII. POLITICS
1. Government and politics in the UK 2. Government and politics in the US 3. Human rights
IX. AMERICAN ISSUES
1. The American Dream 2. America in a changing world 3. Abortion
4. A violent society 5. The immigration debate 6. Minorities
7. Education
8. Obama and the new face of America X. LIVING IN THE UK
1. The UK and the EU: a (very) special relationship 2. From post-war Britain to the 2010 General election 3. Education
4. Multiculturalism
XI. AN ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD 1. A global language
2. India
3. The Commonwealth: a family of nations 4. Australia
5. South Africa XII. THE ENVIRONMENT
1. Climate change 2. The water issue 3. Deforestation 4. Pollution
5. Natural disasters 6. Endangered species 7. Intensive farming
8. Sustainable development 9. Oil and renewable energies 10. The green car
11. Nuclear energy 12. Waste and recycling 13. Famine and the food crisis XIII. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
1. Science, research, progress 2. Genetic engineering 3. Space exploration 4. Computer science 5. Robots
XIV. FAITH AND RELIGION
1. Religious belief in the UK and the US 2. Religion & politics
3. Fundamentalisms
