The Commonwealth and Its Members

📋 Plan du Cours

1. Hypotheses About the Gathering
2. The Commonwealth and Its Members
3. Video Description and Education

📖 1. Hypotheses About the Gathering

📝 Points essentiels

• The picture hypotheses suggest that the people may be demonstrating, celebrating, or attending a Commonwealth meeting, and that they are representing their nations with flags.

📖 2. The Commonwealth and Its Members

🔑 Notions clés & Définitions

• Commonwealth : A voluntary association of 56 independent and equal countries.
• to rule : To rule signifie régner.
• to share : To share signifie partager.
• Roots : Roots signifie racines.

★ À maîtriser

• The Commonwealth is home to 2.7 billion people and includes both advanced economies and developing countries.

• Commonwealth member governments have agreed on shared goals including development, democracy, and peace, and their values and principles are expressed in the Commonwealth Charter.

• In 2022, Gabon and Togo were the last two countries to join the Commonwealth.

Compléments

• Thirty-three Commonwealth members are small states, including many island nations.

• The Commonwealth’s roots go back to the British Empire, when countries around the world were ruled by Britain.

• The modern Commonwealth is open to any country that wants to join.