POOR COUNTRIES RICH COUNTRIES Living s niveau de
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POOR COUNTRIES RICH COUNTRIES
• Living s______: niveau de vie • _____ per head, per inhabitant, per capita (PIB) • Buying power = spending power = p_____ power • Rich, wealthy Wealth Well-off • To be affluent The affluent society • Rich people, the rich Riches (les richesses) • A billionaire A z____ (un multimilliardaire)
• Income tax A tax h_______ (paradis fiscal) • High-i_______ / low-i______ families (à haut/bas salaire) • A t_____ (un contribuable) • Poverty Poor people, the poor Poor, impoverished • Depr______, disadvantaged, underpr______ • The needy Extreme poverty = dire poverty • Des____ (dénument) To sink into poverty • Below # a_____ the poverty line • To live on $2 a day • To live on the benefit (GB) , on w______ (US)
• Inequality Unequal, uneven • To share The d_______ of wealth (répartition) • A two-tier society • The gap between rich and poor • The gap between the haves and the have-nots • The gap is closing, n_______ (se rétrécit) • The gap is w______ (se creuse) The social divide • A discrepancy un écart • Balance # i________ • Balanced # _____balanced • To r_______ the balance (rétablir)
• The social ladder To move ___ the social ladder • Equality of opportunity • To struggle to get by peiner à s’en sortir • To make ends _______ • To survive Survival • Homeless Homelessness is on the_____ • A tramp, a bum • A slum
