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Putin Grants Citizenship to Depardieu (RT News, 2013) http://www
www.anglophonie.fr Putin Grants Citizenship to Depardieu (RT News, 2013) page 1/2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP8e4EJw6G0 Now, French movie star Gérard Depardieu has been granted Russian citizenship. ???? decided to say “au revoir” to his home country, angered with the attempts to ramp up taxes for the mega-rich. RT’s Irina Galushko explains what made him turn to Russia. This is a Russian passport, and it seems that pretty soon Gérard Depardieu will have an exact same little book, of course with a different name and a different picture. Now this is kind of shocking news for a lot of the public, especially in Russia, but if you really delve into the story, then it shouldn’t come as a surprise. Now Gérard Depardieu has renounced his French citizenship and has moved to Belgium where he apparently has some real estate at his disposal, and therefore he has been granted residency in Belgium. All of this stems from this law that François Hollande is trying to push through in France which will see French citizens who earn more than one million euros a year paying seventy-five percent of their earnings to taxes. Now Gérard Depardieu has issued an open letter saying that he, as a French citizen, has paid more than (one) hundred and forty-five million euros throughout his working life and he feels that that is actually enough and he’s also enjoyed a long-standing friendship with the Russian President, and he did joke at one point that he is considering moving to Russia or Montenegro. A lot of people have taken that remark quite light-heartedly, except for the Russian President, who said that if Gérard Depardieu is in need of such assistance, then he is ready to sign the appropriate documents, and it seems that he has actually signed these documents and we may be soon seeing Gérard Depardieu as a frequent guest in Russia as well as possibly in Belgium, as the actor himself has said that he considers himself to be the citizen of the world. Vocabulary 01. granted Russian citizenship 02. angered with the attempts 03. to ramp up taxes 04. pretty soon 05. kind of shocking news 06. to delve into the story 07. it shouldn’t come as a surprise 08. real estate at his disposal 09. granted residency 10. all this stems from this law 11. to push through 12. earnings 13. has issued an open letter 14. throughout his working life 15. a long-standing friendship 16. he did joke = he joked 17. have taken that remark quite light-heartedly 18. a frequent guest accordé la nationalité / citoyenneté russe mis en colère par les tentatives augmenter les impôts bientôt une nouvelle quelque peu choquante aller au fond de l’histoire / creuser cela ne devrait pas vraiment surprendre de l’immobilier à sa disposition accordé la résidence tout ceci résulte de la loi promulger gains, revenus a rendu publique une letter ouverte tout au long de sa vie professionnnelle une amitié de longue date il a dit en plaisantant ont pris cette remarque à la légère un invité fréquent page 2/2 Putin Grants Citizenship to Depardieu (RT News, 2013) Exercise: fill in the blanks with the correct words Now, French movie star Gérard Depardieu __________________ Russian citizenship. ???? decided to say “au (on a) accordé revoir” to his home country, angered with the attempts _________________ taxes for the mega-rich. RT’s Irina d’augmenter Galushko explains what made him turn to Russia. This is a Russian passport, and it seems that _____________ Gérard Depardieu will have an exact same little bientôt book, of course with a different name and a different picture. Now this is kind of shocking news for a lot of the public, especially in Russia, but if you really __________________________, then it shouldn’t come as a surprise. Now Gérard Depardieu has renounced aller au fond de l’histoire his French citizenship and has moved to Belgium where he apparently has some ________________________ immobilier _______________________, and therefore he has been _____________________________ in Belgium. à sa disposition (on lui) a accordé la résidence All of this ______________ this law that François Hollande is trying to push through in France which will see résulte de French citizens who earn more than one million euros a year paying seventy-five percent of their ___________ gains, revenus to taxes. Now Gérard Depardieu _________________ an open letter saying that he, as a French citizen, has paid more a rendu publique than (one) hundred and forty-five million euros _________________ his working life and he feels that that is tout au long actually enough and he’s also enjoyed a __________________ friendship with the Russian President, and de longue date he _________________ at one point that he is considering moving to Russia or Montenegro. a effectivement dit en plaisantant A lot of people have taken that remark quite __________________, except for the Russian President, who said à la légère that if Gérard Depardieu is in need of such assistance, then he is ready to sign the appropriate documents, and it seems that he has actually signed these documents and we may be soon seeing Gérard Depardieu as a frequent ________________ in Russia as well as possibly in Belgium, as the actor himself has said that he considers invité himself to be the citizen of the world.