Variety's on this English menu : have fun practising ! ~~~ Progresse en anglais au fil des divers articles et supports :-)
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COMPREHENSION TRAINING "The Story of Electronics [...] employs the Story of Stuff style to explore the high-tech revolution's collateral damage—25 million tons of e-waste and counting, poisoned workers and a public left holding the bill." "Host Annie...
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This vocabulary sheet recaps words & phrases related to apartheid / segregation / racism Click on the map below to get the vocabulary sheet.
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How long did it take ? Barack Obama's historic election as the first black president of the U.S.A. was the result of a process that had started long before, with the previous elections of black men/women to civic & state political positions. Patrick Garvin...
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TEACHERS' LOUNGE English Second Language teaching jargon includes a great deal of acronyms This ⇓ page... ...displays most of the common ones... hope it will be of some use :o)
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In "Banksy sprays the Simpsons", << I told you about a famous British street artist who paints awesome graffiti and murals. The article also showed the introduction Banksy created for Simpsons' intro of episode 3 / season 22... You've already started...
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The American "cell phone behaviour"... ...was analysed by "Pew Internet" : they released a study which showed that if 65% of the American adults regularly use text messaging in September 2009, one year later 72% of them do. The study also pointed out...
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"America by numbers" is an infographic that illustrates the Americans' changes [click on the illustration to get the full-size picture] Can you guess which of their habits has increased... so that it makes them look a bit more like the French ?? Below,...
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Today a gunman opened fireoutside at a 'Superway Market' as Congresswoman Gabrielle Gifford was holding a "Congress on Your Corner" event there, in a north-western area of Tucson (Arizona). According to Arizona Sheriff Clarence Dupnik, all the officials...
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January the 1st is also "Public Domain Day" Here is a world map showing the various copyrights : But when a book (or any creative work) is in the "Public Domain"... what does it mean ? Every year [...] due to the expiration of copyright protection terms...
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... the beginning of 2011 ! Happiness, wealth, health, strength, love, self-fulfilment... quite a long though unfinished list : may this new year help you get them all :o)
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