Listen Track 110
une promesse de campagne a campaign promise
un candidat a candidate
un membre de la droite a conservative, a republican
un délégué(e) a delegate
un gauchiste a liberal, a democrat
un scandale a scandal
un second mandat a second term
un discours a speech
un sondage a survey, an opinion poll
un voix a vote (of the individual)
un député an MP
un parlementaire (m/f) an MP
un opposant an opponent
le scrutin ballot, poll
la citoyenneté citizenship
affronter des problèmes confront problems
la dictature dictatorship
les affaires étrangères foreign affairs
la mondialisation globalization
il incombe au gouvernement d’agir it’s up to the government to act
les élections présidentielles presidential elections
le chef d’État the head of state
A QUICK RECAP OF TODAY’S LESSONS:
Today, you learned about the quick way to express past, present, and future action.
The irregular verbs venir and aller can be used to express the recent past and the near future.
The expression être en train de is used to talk about an ongoing action.
All three verbs and expressions are in their present forms when used in the recent past, the near future, and the progressive. They are commonly used in informal speech and they precede the infinitive form of the action being referred to.
You also learned about vocabulary related to doing chores.