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… should and shouldn’t …
photograph, Marie ANDRE-Milesi, detail
They shouldn’t make a fire near the tents
They shouldn’t make a fire in a dry place
They should put the fire out!
They shouldn’t burn their rubbish in the open!
They should gather their belongings and leave because a storm is threatening
They should leave the snake in peace
Children should keep off the cliffs
They shouldn’t pick and throw flowers and throw pebbles in the water
they shouldn’t throw put rubbish on the sand of the beach or on the sand dunes
they shouldn’t throw waste water in nature
Flint Michigan CBS news
Compréhension restitution N°1
Marie ANDRE-MILESI
This article published in CBSNEWS is about the desindustrialisation of Flint, Michigan, USA. It talks about the re-shaping of what used to be a very prospreous industrial General Motors city, which is now half-deserted and prey to vandalism and delinquency.
The remedy chosen by the local authorities is to shrink the city. The first move was to buldoze 6000 houses giving to the area a new landscape where nature is invited to settle in, thus cutting down all types of public services and putting an end to the havoc caused by hoodlums and crackheads.
The journalist concludes with the introduction of a long-term trend in America: the get-smaller movement!
