(Level: B2 to C1 / Upper-Intermediate / ***)
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You are going to watch a BBC report focusing on a special place.
Inventor Colin Furze had indeed an underground bunker built in his garden that he is now using as a place to self-isolate during the coronavirus lockdown.
Before watching
The following notes and words could be useful.
Colin Furze is a British YouTube personality, inventor and filmmaker from Stamford, Lincolnshire, England.
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| lincolnshire, England Map credit: en.ikipedia.org |
He has his own internet site if you want to know more about him and his inventions. Click HERE !
Vocabulary
man cave:a room or other part of a home used by a man as a place to relax and pursue hobbies away from the rest of the family antre; espace personnel (d'un père de famille par exemple...)
man cave:a room or other part of a home used by a man as a place to relax and pursue hobbies away from the rest of the family antre; espace personnel (d'un père de famille par exemple...)
warmth: heat chaleur
the vents: small openings allowing air to enter trous d'aération
dingy: gloomy; miserable miteux; minable
concrete: strong building material béton
damp: humid
unrest: turmoil; disturbed situation trouble; instabilité; malaise
to sort out: to solve régler (un problème) / arranger
to sort out: to solve régler (un problème) / arranger
bits and bobs: objects of different kinds babioles
kind of: sort of en quelque sorte
e.g. He kind of / sort of realised he was being laughed at.
e.g. He kind of / sort of realised he was being laughed at.
While watching
Answer the following questions:
1. Colin says his place is a man cave: what does he mean?
2. Is it a perfect place if things really went wrong outside (like a war)?
You can also watch the video on BBC World Service (You Tube.com) by clicking HERE
When you are finished, you can check your answers.
1. Colin says his place is a man cave: what does he mean?
2. Is it a perfect place if things really went wrong outside (like a war)?
You can also watch the video on BBC World Service (You Tube.com) by clicking HERE
When you are finished, you can check your answers.
1.
L'endroit rêvé pour se retirer du reste de la famille. Il a tout dans son "antre": une TV, une connexion internet, de la chaleur, aucun risque d'être dérangé (pas de visites impromptues / no accidental visitors), ce qui est pratique surtout dans le contexte actuel dû au coronavirus...
2.
Même si on y est mieux en cas de guerre que dans son salon, des aménagements s'avèrent nécessaires.
-Il subsiste un risque à cause des aérations.
-Il faudrait arranger les sanitaires et trouver un moyen de produire soi-même son électricité.
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