►Should grandparents die ?

March 26th, 2020

On March 24th, the Governor of Texas said grandparents would be willing to die in order to save the economy for their grandchildren.

If shops and businesses shut down for three months, the whole economy would collapse. The Governor thinks it would be better to keep on living as usual and yes, this would mean that many old people would get infected and die, but then the economy would be safe.

What do you think of this ?

Tx Lt Gov Dan Patrick says grandparents would be willing to die to save the economy for their grandchildren pic.twitter.com/wC3Ngvtsbj

— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) March 24, 2020

Vocabulary
* (be) willing (to) = (être) disposé / prêt (à + verbe)
would + verbe = exprime un conditionnel
> I would be willing to help farmers = je serais prêt(e) à aider les agriculteurs

* in order to = afin de (+ verbe) / permet d'exprimer le but
> I'd be willing to help farmers in order to maintain the agricultural production
= je serais prêt(e) à aider les agriculteurs afin de maintenir la production agricole.

* shut down = fermer (définitivement) / mettre la clé sous la porte

* collapse = s'effondrer

* keep on (+ verbe -ing) = continuer à (+ verbe)
> The crowd  kept on dancing despite the rain = la foule continua de danser malgré la pluie

* safe = en sécurité / protégé(e)

→ Optional exercise : you can send me (via email) 5 sentences in English using the vocabulary used in this article.