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fils avec ceux d'un blog à la trame dessinée par l'anglais et son univers. Orientés par exemple par l'histoire, l'humour, la musique ou le cinéma ses vidéos, textes, sons, illustrations -etc-
viennent y prolonger les thèmes explorés en cours, et j'y publie des ressources conçues pour enrichir la pratique de la langue. S'il peut devenir outil de progression, je souhaite aussi
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I have just made a worksheet adapted from a few sites about advertising and branding analysis (especially about how to analyse how efficacious an ad is).
Visual learners will benefit from this mind map most...
... click on the map to get the complete document.
Some of you have just learnt about branding, advertising and globalisation... Many of these are now being conveyed on the Internet : here's a slideshow on how young people use the internet and various social media such as Facebook, MySpace, etc...How are young people using social media ?
"Young people read blogs and use social networking much more than the average internet users : nearly 1 in 3 is a blogger !" ________________________________________
(to) convey =express a thought, feeling or idea so that it is understood by other people / slideshow (diaporama) / slide (diapositive)
Can't believe this ? Just watch the commercial then :
When she planned the clothing drive to collect old clothes... Sarah knew it :o) Thanks indeed to C. Segal, the colleague who offered such a good laugh ! ________________________________________
clothing drive = a campaign organised to collect clothes for a charity
You may all know Hugh Laurie, the lead actor in "Dr House" series...
In this short video clip from an awarding ceremony, the actor plays the interpreter of Helen Mirren into French. He seems to be getting on her nerves quite fast, thus she makes it difficult for him ... though in the end it's nothing but self-derision :o)
The series is American and so is Dr House's accent but yet, the actor is British ! He is said to have worked hard on his accent to pretend he was American : otherwise he would never have got the job !
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lead actor = the main role/actor in a film or series / get on someone's nerves = irritate someone / yet= however / topretend (faire comme si / faire semblant) / otherwise = differently than as supposed or expected
... 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 beginning of his speech on February 6 at theDemocratic National Committee Meeting, President Barack Obama baptised the storm snowmageddon, comparing its effects with the Armageddon aftermath...
Besides, theUrban Slang Dictionaryalready names such storms snowpocalypses ! How about contemplating an immaculate Washington ?Here it is, on the video :
Mark Twain's conclusion would have been "everyone talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it"!
"This report uses recent economic modelling to relate cognitive skills – as measured by PISA and other international instruments – to economic growth."
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 photo was taken on January 7, 2010, from 'Terra' satellite.
Illustration by the N.A.S.A. Goddard Space Flight Center You can contemplate it here<<< :