124: "Did you hear about Stéphane? He is going to be made redundant..."

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🗓️ 16 February 2009

⏱️ 11 minutes

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As a consequence of the global financial crisis, unemployment is at the top of the agenda. Being made redundant is one of the themes of this lesson, lesson 124. We'll make use of the verbs 'licencier' and 'délocaliser', we'll examine the expressions 'd'autant plus', 'avoir le cafard' and 'mourir à petit feu' and, finally, we'll learn about a curious place called 'Pétaouchnok'!

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0:00.0	As a consequence of the global financial crisis, unemployment is at the top of the agenda.
0:10.4	Hardly a day passes without our hearing of more layoffs.
0:15.0	Being laid off is one of the themes of this lesson, lesson 124.
0:20.0	To get started, let's hear a discussion between Nijil and Natalie.
0:24.0	While listening, see if you can answer the following questions.
0:27.0	1. How many employees were laid off from Stéphin's company?
0:31.0	2. How much did Sté did Stephen receive in his redundancy package.
0:35.8	Let's listen.
0:37.8	It's usual.
0:39.8	It's all that's that he arrived at Stephen.
0:41.8	He'll appear down his own poor.
0:43.0	Oh, it's never really not a chance on all that he'll be a pre-mobile for this new
0:48.4	mezon.
0:49.4	What's what's that's passed?
0:50.4	It's
0:55.0	society since six years five person. He'll have to localize its production in Sheena.
0:57.0	He the conserves here that a point in employee
1:00.0	administrative, but all the production
1:02.0	will be transferred in the province of Guangzhou in the sudew administrative, but all the production is to transfer
1:03.0	in the province of Guangzhou in the south of the China.
1:06.0	Bonsin, as it's sure, if that continues,
1:09.0	biento she knows we'll make a more than the sandwich.
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