In the article   "English VOCABULARY : practise with pictures & fun"  I told you about a website that helps you improve your lexis... and maybe you've already started practising !

Here are a few explanations about 'Match up 1' and 'Match up 2' instructions, because... there aren't any clear instructions, actually  

Match up 1

You can see a list of words ; next to these words is the logo of a computer speaker... a bit like this one (but smaller !!) :

At the bottom of the page, you can see a series of speaker logos : if you click on one of these logos, you will hear one of the words (in the list).

Then, you can match it with the corresponding word : drag and drop the speaker logo of the pronounced word... onto the speaker logo of the corresponding word -in the list.

When you've finished, you just need to click on 'complete' to check your results.

Match up 2

Here is a series of illustrations, with a blank  beneath them ; at the bottom of the page, you have the series of words corresponding to the illustrations.

You just need to complete the blanks by slipping the words into the blankds : drag and drop them beneath the pictures !

As usual, conclude the exercise by clicking on 'complete' to check your answers...

I hope I've been plain enough : don't bother to send  a comment if you need extra-help (in case it should work properly, I'd be glad to get your comments too )

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a series / many series : the word "series" always bear an 's'

drag and drop = glisser-déposer (un élément, d'un endroit de l'écran à l'autre)

Edward Hopper is mostly known for his oil paintings... but he also did a great job with watercolours  (like  "The Mansard Roof", 1923, his first  break ) and etching (like his "East Side", 1922 )

>>> Wikipedia article

on Edward Hopper

This clip shows a great deal of his paintings -Benny Goodman's jazz plays  :

I do like the way the artist shows scenes suggesting ordinary lives and places... his painting shadows and light.

An exhibition on Edward Hopper(1) currently takes place in Switzerland (Lausanne) until October 17  :  I'll surely tell you more about the American painter and his artwork ;-)   

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(1) Thanks indeed to Ms M. Milesi, an onlist colleague, for reminding me of the event !

watercolour(s) (acquarelle, peinture à l'acquarelle) | etching (gravure à l'eau-forte, eau-forte)

Last year, I put "Like a Hobo" clip on the blog :

actually it's the clip graphism that I liked most...

though I like Winston's music as well.

The clip below shows him singing "In your Hands" :

This morning the President spoke on the news from the Gulf, emphasizing that while there may be good news, the work is not done containing the leak, and will not be until the relief wells are finished and functioning [...]

First, you can watch the video below and President Obama's speech. Then, use the beginning of the transcript (00'00" to 02'12")  and fill in the gaps with the missing words. Beware, some words appear twice, : one of them even appears... 6 times ! 

His opening remarks :

"I wanted to give everyone a quick update on the situation in the Gulf.  As we all know, a new ...................... was ...................... over the BP oil well earlier this week.  This larger more sophisticated ...................... was ...................... to give us greater control over the oil ...................... as we complete the relief wells that are necessary to stop the leak.

Now, our scientists and outside experts have met through the night and continue this morning to analyze the ...................... from the well ...................... test.  What they're working to determine is whether we can safely ......................  the well using the new ...................... without creating new problems, including possibly ...................... new oil leaks in the sea ...................... .

Now, even if a ......................  is not possible, this new ...................... and the additional ...................... being placed in the Gulf will be able to contain up to 80,000 ...................... a day, which should allow us to capture nearly all the oil until the well is ...................... .  It’s important to remember that prior to installation of this new ...................... , we were collecting on average about 25,000 ...................... a day. 

For almost 90 days of this ...................... disaster, all of us have taken hope in the image of clean water instead of oil ...................... in the Gulf.  But it is our responsibility to make sure that we’re taking a prudent course of action and not simply looking for a ......................  solution that could lead to even greater problems down the road.

So to summarize, the new ...................... is good news.  Either we will be able to stop the ...................... , or we will be able to use it to capture almost all of the oil until the relief well is done.  But we’re not going to know for certain which ...................... makes sense until additional ...................... is in.  And all the American people should rest assured that all of these decisions will be ...................... on the science and what’s best for the people of the Gulf.[...]"

by the White House government,

licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.