2nde D/E Tuesday, February 4th2014. Description: 3 polar bears with graffiti on them Certainly in the North Pole… South Pole? On the ice cap Analysis: 3 of the 5 graffiti are red like blood = symbol of death? / disappearance? / extinction? They look sad...
2nde D/E Wednesday, January 22nd 2014. Police reports Sir Villaroy is being investigated under the number 2011-1-2789. His full name is M. Charles Villaroy. This report is written by D.I Chartier, of West Midlands Police, and is dated December 15th 2011....
Student 1 S1 Believe me it will change! I am sure of it. S1 I’m the one asking questions here! First, down on your knees while talking to the Wise Council’s Messenger! S1 Stand up now! You have been summoned to the Wise Council. S1 Silence you little...
“Le Hero”: This is a newspaper article and it relates an event which happened / occurred in New York. The main characters are Mr Duret, his girlfriend, a little girl named Bridget Sheridan and her father. It happened / occurred in 2010. To be precise,...
From Bombay to Mumbai 1. a. Bombay was renamed Mumbai in 1995 under the rule of the right-wing nationalist party which had won the local elections. The main reason was that “Bombay” was a corrupted English version of “Mumbai” and an unwanted legacy of...
Seconde D/E Monday, October 7th 2013. Sydney Sydneysider = inhabitants of Sydney Go sightseeing = faire du tourisme, visiter Snorkelling = plongée sous-marine Glisten = scintiller A multicultural city : Sydney is Australia’s largest and oldest city. There...
Products The brand I usually buy… …because it’s famous and looks expensive! …because it’s good quality …because it’s value for money …because it isn’t overpriced Computer Shoes Phone Sunglasses Jeans For my jeans, I usually buy … / the brand / the make...
Job: assistant brand manager Company: Unilever Place: Copenhagen Product or service: food and household products Boss: brand manager Typical morning activities: check messages / report to brand manager / coffee / meeting Start work at 9ish / leave later...
Wednesday, October 2nd 2013. Heroes according to Americans… Americans have a special vision of heroes. According to a 2001 poll, they have defined 9 characteristics for heroes: 1- For 86% of the American population a hero never stops his quest until the...
Seconde D/E Monday, September 30th 2013. Kevin’s memories from NY He remembers where he lived: he lived in a condominium (= apartment / flat), on the second floor. He could see La Guardia airport from the kitchen window so he watched airplanes take off...
Is it better to have a boss in an organization? YES, it’s better to have a boss… NO, it’s not better… - A boss is necessary to make important decisions… - The tasks are better organized… - In case of a problem, we can refer to the boss - Working time...
Thursday, September 12th 2013. Bob Marley Bob Marley was born in 1945 in Jamaica. He died of a cancer in 1981. He grew up in the ghetto of Kingston, which explains why he sang about it / about segregation. His message is mainly to denounce … inequality...
2nde D/E Tuesday, September 10th 2013. Rome is the capital of Italy. In this city there are many ancient monuments, like the Coliseum. In Rome, the weather is usually nice. The food is good: pizza, pasta, you can drink red wine or cappuccino. Miami is...
Monday, September 9th 2013. Emblematic singers of the 60s and 70s Bob Dylan whose real name is Robert Zimmerman, was born on May 20th 1941. He was born in Minnesota so he is American.He is a popular folk singer and a song writer of the 1960s. Two of his...
Seconde D/E Wednesday, September 4th 2013. English speaking countries The American flag is called Stars and Stripes because it is composed of 50 (fifty) stars and 13 (Thirteen) stripes,representing the 50 states and the first 13 colonies. The Union Jack...
Monday, October 6th 2014. This is a conversation between Todd and Mike: Mike was working for an internet company in Manhattan / in New York so he was living in New York when the internet boom began. He lived in Midtown in an expensive apartment with three...
Monday, September 22nd, 2014. This is a recording between Mike and Mari about what to do and where to go in New York. Mari says she likes SoHo (South of Houston Street) because there are cafés, restaurants, shops, she likes shopping, and sometimes, you...
Monday, September 8th 2014. Cities in English speaking countries New York: On the picture, we can see Brooklyn Bridge in the foreground and the skyscrapers from Manhattan in the background. This is the town of New York and it’s located on the East coast....
2nde D/E Monday, March 24th 2014. Reduce, Reuse, Replay This document is a press article / press cutting / a report taken from “Time for Kids”, which is a magazine. It was published / released on April 20th 2012. It’s about a band / group of 5 American...
This document is a press article / cutting / an extract from a newspaper…. And it is also an interview… It comes from BBC News / It was taken from BBC News… It was written by Judith Burns , a British reporter / journalist… It was published in March 2013...
Monday, December 9th 2013. Henry VIII He was born in 1491 (fourteen ninety-one) and he died in 1547 (fifteen forty-seven). He was the King of England from 1509 (fifteen o nine) till his death. He was the son of Henry VII. He is very famous because he...
Thursday, November 14th 2013. This document is about Allen-Michael’s heroes. For him, fire-fighters / firefighters and hospital workers are heroes because they helped people giving them a medical treatment. They rushed to save people so they risked their...
Wednesday, November 6th 2013. 1- Was Hans Holbein English ? No, he wasn’t English, he was German. He was a German painter and he lived in England. He painted a portrait of Henry VIII. 2- What does King Henry VIII look like in the portrait ? In this portrait...
Seconde B/C Wednesday, October 2nd 2013. Ottawa Ottawa is the capital of Canada. Ottawa is a big city: there are 870,000 (eight hundred and seventy thousand) inhabitants and there are 1.2 (one point two) million inhabitants in its region. Ottawa is the...
Thursday, October 17th 2013. Listen to the conversation here: This is a conversation between two people, a man and a woman. They are talking about John Lennon, more precisely a poster for an English Language school in Brazil… Then they talk about John...
