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Snowy weather... the end of the US world ?!
(08/02/2010
publié dans : CLIMATE & the ENVIRONMENT
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... or shall we discover new words for the snow storm that hit some Eastern American states ? Suppliers of the satellite picture above : NOOA, NASA & the OSEI [Public Domain] In the ... -
Flobots "Rise" : the song CLIP
(07/02/2010
publié dans : English is MUSIC...
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"I can ride my bike with no handle bars..." In this song, the singer enumerates things the character can do to show the different roles he plays in his life... and how he rises -and fall... ... -
Groundhog Day - mini webquest
(02/02/2010
publié dans : The culture of the ANGLOSPHERE
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Today is "Groundhog Day" ! First... what's a groundhog ?! Just contemplate the photo below :o) Click on the picture to read a short article on Simple English Wikipedia... You will ... -
"Animal Farm" animation (U-K)
(29/01/2010
publié dans : LITERATURE
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This 72-minute movie was created in 1954. It is based upon the novel written by George Orwell in 1945. Click on the book cover to watch the full movie ; 22'20' : you will recognize the passage ... -
Cutting carbon pollution, creating jobs...
(28/01/2010
publié dans : CLIMATE & the ENVIRONMENT
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7 weeks after the end of the Copenhagen Summit, watch this video clip in which Leonardo Di Caprio is prompting us to act : He suggests every American should spread the news about the 'Clean ... -
Frozen Britain : a satellite view
(08/01/2010
publié dans : GEOGRAPHY
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A picture taken by the N.A.S.A. Great thanks to R. Thibert (a colleague) for having me discover this amazing picture : wow ! It looks as if Britain were completely covered with snow and ice ! ... -
The latest decade : words & icons
(31/12/2009
publié dans : HISTORY - PAST & PRESENT
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Phillip Niemeyer is an art director at 'Double Triple' (an art & design studio). Three days ago, his "Picturing the Past 10 Years" was issued in the New York Times . Click on the outlined ... -
ADbusters' "brand spangled flag"
(27/12/2009
publié dans : Terminales
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Here is the American flag parody by ADbusters you studied before Xmas holidays You have already detailed the original U.S. flag & revised its different elements : you know what they stand ... -
December, 26 : Boxing Day
(26/12/2009
publié dans : The culture of the ANGLOSPHERE
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Today is Boxing Day ! Boxing Day is a bank holiday and a public holiday in Australia, Canada, Germany, Ghana, Greenland, Hong Kong, Jamaica, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Trinidad and ... -
December, 25...
(25/12/2009
publié dans : A BIT OF EVERYTHING
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Merry Xmas, everyone :o) illustration from gloubiweb.free.fr -
A Xmas tradition at the White House
(22/12/2009
publié dans : The culture of the ANGLOSPHERE
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Gingerbread recipes, gingerbread houses and men are also part of the Xmas holiday traditions Some historians claim Gingerbread Houses date from the early 19th century : "Hansel and Gretel" -a ... -
Midnight Oil sings man's pollution
(14/12/2009
publié dans : English is MUSIC...
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Copenhagen +7 'River Runs Red' "When Midnight Oil released this song (1990), the "world's largest-ever pollution incident, involving the supertanker Exxon Valdez -
Brands, consumer behaviour, anti-consumerism... : LINKS
(13/12/2009
publié dans : Terminales
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Here are a few links to help you explore the branding and [anti-]consumerism systems... enjoy your surfing :o) www.adbusters.org The website of the Adbusters Media Foundation : ads and ... -
Visualize the population of the US states
(12/12/2009
publié dans : GEOGRAPHY
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This pie-chart helps you visualize the US states population Mikael Häggström (1) drew it according to the 2008 U.S. Census (1) : He put the illustration in the Public Domain Not only ... -
50 stars, 50 states : travel with the US flag
(11/12/2009
publié dans : GEOGRAPHY
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++ Terminales You have just started analysing a peculiar US flag today... But what are the states corresponding to the 50 stars on the American flag ? Click on the notes and listen to Wakko's ... -
Copenhagen Climate Change Summit -live
(07/12/2009
publié dans : CLIMATE & the ENVIRONMENT
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Copenhagen Summit delegates and experts interviews and videos 24/7 I know it sometimes goes pretty fast, but every now and then, listen to them so as to train your ears... You'll discover the ... -
South Africa's past & present : Steve Biko
(06/12/2009
publié dans : Terminales
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Last month, you studied a passage from Nelson Mandela's autobiography ('Long walk to freedom') : it showed you that Mandela considered the oppressors needed to be liberated as well as the ... -
A special turkey sings Thanksgiving Day
(26/11/2009
publié dans : English is FUN :o)
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How would you feel on Thanksgiving Day... ... if you were a turkey ?! Listen to Gloria Gaynor, former disco star... ... she sang it for you :-) -
A nice art e-postcard...
(25/11/2009
publié dans : CINEM a RT
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... for Thanksgiving :o) Thanksgiving is coming -this year it is on November 26... tomorrow ! For starters, here is a wonderful animated picture by Jackie Lawson : the animal you are going to ... -
"Mandela Day" - by the rock band 'Simple Minds'
(22/11/2009
publié dans : Terminales
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As you have been studying an extract from Nelson Mandela's memoirs, I have just added "Mandela Day" in the blog music playlist (go right and scroll down). This song was written by the Scottish ... -
"Life with a robot dog"
(21/11/2009
publié dans : 2ndes
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Aibo, Sony's robot dog Click on the dog to get the original article from the BBCnews website you studied in your Friday test. (1) In the video below, you can ... -
Dogs & Co.
(16/11/2009
publié dans : 2ndes
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Dogs : parts of the body Today, some of you had to match different words with the various parts of a dog body, on a diagram. Here is another one, with a few other (easy to remember !) words... ... -
Les p'tits bonhommes made in the U.S.A. :o)
(14/11/2009
publié dans : Terminales
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This 3'15 cartoon is taken from "Bowling for Columbine", Michael Moore's film about gun violence and its roots. Here are "les p'tits bonhommes" some of you regularly ask for ;-) Of course, on ... -
Stephen King : an extract from the film...
(13/11/2009
publié dans : 1ères
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..."The Langoliers" You are currently studying "The Red-eye flight", an excerpt from Stephen King's novel. "The Langoliers" is one of the four novels gathered in the book "Four past Midnight" ... -
Taming the flu ? Tamiflu !
(11/11/2009
publié dans : A BIT OF EVERYTHING
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The origins of proper nouns may be surprising... "Tamiflu" : by now, most of you have already heard this name. It is the medecine aimed at curing the H1N1 flu. We may either have watched/heard ... -
A cartoon to MEMORIZE the 50 STATES
(10/11/2009
publié dans : GEOGRAPHY
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Wakko created a special song to declaim all of the American 50 states... ... and it might well help you learn them all :o) Do you remember the state your English assistant comes from ? Hmmm ? ... -
The Berlin Wall
(09/11/2009
publié dans : HISTORY - PAST & PRESENT
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Wikipedia on the Berlin Wall >>> (1)Documentary film "Berlin Wall - Escape for freedom" The film is a bit long -but the trailer lasts about 1 minute and the clearly articulated voice-over ... -
Jack O'Lantern
(31/10/2009
publié dans : The culture of the ANGLOSPHERE
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Jack O'Lantern is one of the most popular legends related to Hallowe'en : it's an Irish tale... Click on the lantern to discover the story of 'Stingy Jack'... (1) ... and listen to ... -
Linus & 'the Great Pumpkin' - ANIMATED comic strips
(21/10/2009
publié dans : ANIMATIONS, CARTOONS & COMIC STRIPS
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Linus blows the class rep' election... ... by telling his schoolmates about the 'Great Pumpkin' during the speech, though he aimed at becoming the class representative (= "délégué" in France). ... -
What happened on October 17...
(17/10/2009
publié dans : HISTORY - PAST & PRESENT
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... 1989 ? A powerful earthquake -which lasted 15 seconds- shook San Francisco : the epicentre of the quake measured 6.9 on the Richter scale.Tremors from the quake were reported 400 miles ... -
The English assistant... is American :o)
(15/10/2009
publié dans : GEOGRAPHY
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Today you met your English assistant. Have a look at the map : do you remember where she comes from ? Which state ? Which city ? For Monday 19, you know you must draw her portrait. Re-read ... -
Play a WORD GAME & feed the hungry
(08/10/2009
publié dans : A BIT OF EVERYTHING
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FREE RICE helps to feed the hungry : so can you :o) You have to find the proper synonym for a word among 4 answers. > UNITED NATIONS WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME . The more you answer (right !), ... -
An amazing 9-letter English word
(07/10/2009
publié dans : ANGLAIS/ENGLISH
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This word is unusual : every time you remove one of its letters, it changes into another one... ... until you get a one-letter word -which still has a meaning ! ... -
Al Gore's humourous address
(05/10/2009
publié dans : CLIMATE & the ENVIRONMENT
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Speech at T.E.D.'s -Technology, Entertainment, Design (1) The former vice-president of the U.S.A. (also film-'star' of "An inconvenient truth") suggests 15 possible ways of reducing climate ... -
Mr Bean starring in a commercial
(04/10/2009
publié dans : ADVERTISING
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Here is what you mustn't do in a cinema : watch Mr Bean, he is forbidden to do various things. He cannot drink nor eat... ... until he gets THE soda and THE pop-corn :o) -
Climate change
(03/10/2009
publié dans : CLIMATE & the ENVIRONMENT
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A 2-minute version of the Google Earth Climate introductory tour View the potential impacts of climate change on our planet Earth : find out about possible solutions for adaptation and ... -
Tck tck tck... it's time for climate justice !
(02/10/2009
publié dans : A BIT OF EVERYTHING
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Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan refuses possible failure by world leaders to reach a global agreement on fighting climate change at UN talks in Copenhagen in December. Last Thursday, ... -
How to... write a DIALOGUE
(01/10/2009
publié dans : METHODS
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Here is a recap sheet on the rules used when writing a DIALOGUE This document aims at helping the MECHANICS 1ère pupils with their writing task. Besides, this recap sheet may also help anyone ... -
"Mary & Max" -an animated feature film
(30/09/2009
publié dans : CINEM a RT
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"Mary & Max" was released in January, 2009 in the U.S.A. (today, it's being released in France) Mary Dinkle is a chubby eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne. Max Horovitz is ... -
Henry VIII and Hampton Court Palace
(14/09/2009
publié dans : HISTORY - PAST & PRESENT
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Hampton Court Palace was started building in 1514 for Cardinal Wolsey I told you about this palace on your latest English lesson... that's why I'd really like you to see what Hampton Court ...
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