Variety's on this English menu : have fun practising ! ~~~ Progresse en anglais au fil des divers articles et supports :-)
How would you feel on Thanksgiving Day... ... if you were a turkey ?! Listen to Gloria Turkey Gaynor, former disco star. ... she sang it for you :-)
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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 discover has become one of Thanksgiving symbols... Click on...
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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 group 'Simple Minds' : it was released in their 1988 single...
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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 see what Aibo looks like : two robot dogs are dancing on a techno song by Daft Punk. (1) : picture...
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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... Now check if you know them all ; then, try to remember which...
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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" (1990). This video is taken from the film based on his novel....
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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 it on TV, read it in newspapers or magazines... or heard it...
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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 ? Further details about Wakko here < < < Click here ^ to get...
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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 makes it easier to understand : give it a try :o) video by factualtv...
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