BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU
10 reading and listening comprehension. The title, Big Brother sugars surveillance pill shows that the government is trying to make the use of CCTV cameras appealing to the public by indicative the positive aspects, perhaps to prevent people from seeing the terms
- eavesdrop
- listen secretly
- en: écouter aux portes
- forestall
- prevent, thwart
- en: prévenir, déjouer, contrecarrer,
(une crise annoncée)désamorcer
- meekly
- quiently and gently
- en: docilement
- onset
- start, beginning
- en: début, commencement
manifestation
survenue
- passerby
- person who is walking past
- en: passant, passante
- Scrutiny
- careful examination of someone or something.
- en: regard insistant, surveillance
- sensitive
- Police of the UK are also thinking about installing new CCTV cameras sensitive enough to record conversations up to 100 yards.
- Able to feel or perceive.
- en: sensible, délicat
- sniffer
- dogs used by the police to track criminals.
- en: chien renifleur/flaireur
- wireless
- not using wires
- en: sans fil
- Worked up
- Synonym of upset
- Example: 've never seen you this worked up before; calm down.
Je ne t'ai jamais vu si énervé ; calme-toi.
Je ne t'ai jamais vu si nerveux (or: tendu) ; calme-toi.
Je ne t'ai jamais vu autant sur les nerfs ; calme-toi.
- en: (excited, annoyed) (colère) énervé adj
(peur, stress) nerveux, nerveuse, tendu adj
(peur, stress, colère) sur les nerfs loc adv