Variety's on this English menu : have fun practising ! ~~~ Progresse en anglais au fil des divers articles et supports :-)
Do you consider yourselves "Mac", "PC" or "neither" persons ? 'Hunch' used statistics based on more than 80 million responses to "Teach Hunch About You" questions : they were given by about 700,000 users of the website Hunch.com -between March 2009 and...
As Catherine Middleton and Prince William are to marry in 3 days (April 29)... let's view a few pictures of the British royal weddings that not only fascinated the British crowds, but also the rest of the world... throughout the 20th century and now into...
Focusing on the Royal Wedding : YouTube Royal Channel ⇑ above The Royal Coat of Arms is illustrated by Sodakan & under the CC BY-SA license On the Official Royal Wedding website you can view the formal consent of Her Majesty ⇓ the Queen to William and...
This flowchart's quite funny, and it's also useful to practise modal auxiliaries (If you like furry tails, you must / you should / you could / you can't...), negative forms (People who can't stand cold blooded animals will not / are not going to /...)...
STI2D "Wind is an important nature force that humans have learned to harvest to create power (and curse it for giving them bad hair days). [...] By harvest ing the wind’s power, we are able to create electricity using wind turbines". Before Autumn Holidays,...
Banksy's mural in East London The Daily Mail decodes the image : "It depicts a water tap being called - a tap phoned - with a simulated phone ringing 'Brinngg, Brinngg' as well as a confused person with a thought bubble which reads 'Oh no... my tap's...
The gigantic building on the right is not a skyscraper... it is a heap of US banknotes figuring the amount of the U.S. unfunded liabilities : 114.5 Trillion Dollars -$114,500,000,000,000. "[...]The unfunded liability is calculated on current tax and funding...
These covers from LIFE Magazine range from 1927 to 1966 -some of them aren't dated. Don't some of the pictures evoke Norman Rockwell's pictures ? Well... he illustrated scenes from the American daily life, didn't he ? The gallery below includes 26 photos...
English words derive from many languages : Loads of words of French origins have entered the English language : as a result, so have a great number of Latin words. Most of French-originating words date from the centuries after the 1066 Norman Conquest...
Here are some paintings illutrating spring : The one I decided to start with was not painted by an English, American or any other English-speaking painter... yet, it is maybe the most famous allegory of the spring season in the world : can you recognise...
In 2011 March equinox occurs tonight Image : courtesy of the N.A.S.A. March equinox will occur tonight, on March 20 in 2011. From an astronomical viewpoint, that's when spring begins in the northern hemisphere ; autumn also begins, but in the southern...
Some of these Irish recipes from the 'Emerald Isle' are part of Saint Patrick's Day worldwide celebrations : <<< from the BBC website Celebrate St Patrick's day too with traditional beef stew , soda bread and Baileys and chocolate cheesecake ... along...
I've been noting or scribbling these Irish sayings and blessings here and there : in Ireland, or collecting others from books (sometimes magazines) and more recently from the Internet. Click on ^^^ the shamrock Some of them are close to poems, some others...
TEACHERS' LOUNGE "20 ways to teach about the disaster in Japan across the curriculum" : (you need a free subscription to access the article) The US Geological Survey -or USGS- website also displays resources and information on natural hazards (earthquakes,...
Some time before the Academy Awards, webtrends illustrated the buzz on the possible winners on this striking info- graphic. <<< click on the illustration to get the full-size picture Today you know 2011 Awards winners : compare the buzz forecasts with...
March 11, 2011 Predicted tsunami wave heights The tsunami set off warnings for much of the Pacific basin including the west coast of the United States and South America. Officials say waves have not caused major damage in Hawaii and pose no flooding danger...
TECH America's national grid is outdated and inefficient : nowadays increasing the renewable energy generation is the solution. Power should be generated from sources as diverse as the sun, the wind, the seas and even waste. It is currently difficult...
TECH U.S. Infrastructure (magazine) : Click on the illustration to get the full-size infographic Listening, reading online, tweeting, building Facebook walls, downloading or uploading, building websites, sending e-mails (or receiving them !)... All these...
Click to open the infographic : and then, start the interactive : visualise "Wonder Women" in their various domain (related colour) "The women portrayed in this interactive are just a selection of influential, pioneering and successful women from across...
The U.S. map below shows the present statute of capital punishment in the U.S.A. ... Illinois is now the 16th state to abandon capital punishment. On January 6, the Illinois House approved a bill to repeal the death penalty by a vote of 60 - 54 and yesterday...
"Dydd Gwyl Dewi hapus !"... Happy St David's Day :-) (1) The illustrations above show two symbols of Wales : the flag, on which you can see St George's Dragon (this legend symbolises when good wins over evil)... and [a field of] daffodils -this flower...
Best film and Best Actor Awards to Colin Firth, for "The King's Speech". " 'The King's Speech' was crowned with the best picture" - by Xan Brooks (February 28, 2011) ; article below : Best Actress Award to Natalie Portman (for "The Swan") "Inception"...
"George VI : the unexpected king" "He neither desired, nor ever expected, to become King. A diffident, even painfully shy, figure who battled throughout his life with a nervous stammer, George VI was the unlikeliest of sovereigns, thrust on to the throne...
TEACHERS' TOOLS With VoiceThread, group conversations are collected and shared in one place, from anywhere in the world. With Voicethread, you needn't install any software to collect and share group conversations from anywhere in the world : a VoiceThread...
Presidents' Day is celebrated on the third Monday in February The American President's Day is also known as Washington's Birthday. It is a federal holiday in the United States. Nowadays it has become a great weekend for sales (esp. as for cars)... and...
