Study sheet: Picture Description and Addiction

📋 Course Outline

1. Spatial Vocabulary for Pictures
2. Three Steps of Description
3. Social Media and Cartoon Analysis
4. Addiction Causes Effects Solutions

📖 1. Spatial Vocabulary for Pictures

★ Must-know

• The expression “at the top” locates something in the upper part of a picture.

• The expressions “in the middle,” “on the left,” and “on the right” locate something in the central, left-hand, or right-hand part of a picture.

📌 “On the background” refers to a rear area of the picture, whereas “on the foreground” refers to the front area.

Further detail

• The expressions “at the bottom,” “in front of,” and “in the bottom left-hand corner” locate something in the lower part, before another object, or in the lower-left corner of a picture.

💡 Memory Hook

Background versus foreground: behind versus in front.

📖 2. Three Steps of Description

★ Must-know

• 🔄 A picture description follows three steps:

  1. Identify the type of image
  2. Describe what is visible
  3. Interpret the meaning

• Useful expressions for giving an opinion include:

  • In my opinion
  • According to me
  • I think

Further detail

• The English verb “think” means “penser” in French, while “couler” is a different French verb.

📌 A description should distinguish the type of image, the visible elements, and the interpretation instead of mixing these three stages.

💡 Memory Hook

Type of image → description → interpretation.

📖 3. Social Media and Cartoon Analysis

🔑 Key Concepts & Definitions

• Social media : websites or applications where people can post pictures and videos, give their opinion, communicate, create a community, and share content

★ Must-know

• Picture 1 is a drawing or cartoon showing a depressed skeleton in front of a laptop with spider’s web all around him.

• Picture 1 suggests that the skeleton spends a lot of time on social media and is addicted to it.

• Picture 2 is a cartoon showing the Titanic sinking into the sea or ocean while many people film the scene with their phones.

Further detail

• Picture 2 suggests that nowadays people may prefer filming an event instead of helping or calling 911.

📖 4. Addiction Causes Effects Solutions

🔑 Key Concepts & Definitions

• Addiction : a chronic brain disorder characterized by the compulsive need to use a substance or engage in a behavior despite harmful or dangerous consequences

★ Must-know

• The causes of addiction are:

  • Traumatic experience
  • Mental health issues
  • How the brain works

• Possible consequences of addiction include:

  • Being exhausted
  • Being angry
  • Grades suffering
  • Skipping school

• Possible solutions to addiction include asking for help and family therapy.

Further detail

• Examples of potentially addictive substances or activities include:
  • Alcohol
  • Fast food
  • Medicines
  • Video games
  • Screens
  • Tobacco or smoking
  • Sugar
  • Gambling
  • Drugs
  • Sport

💡 Memory Hook

Causes of addiction → harmful consequences → possible solutions.