dimanche 19 septembre 2010

vocabulaire

maternelle: Nursery school
to throw a tantrum: piquer une crise
to tear to shreds: déchirer en lambeaux

samedi 18 septembre 2010

getting old?

a BBC program on the question of ageing

ANDY WHAROL

Here is a link to a program on VOA
Special English for learning, it is really clear and well read
You can learn things, and also use the recording as an example to pratice your prononciation and reading abilities

Pigs is pigs

Entrigued?
well, have a look at this short story

lundi 13 septembre 2010

the end of the world as we know it?

To have a look at the most famous American icons
To know how to pronounce the world and its definition

To listen to the extract of a documentary trailer

A a rather pessimistic text

But you know that this is only one side of the story, not the main stream story...but A story

You are asked to think for yourself and make up your mind on various issues with at your disposal lots of contradicting information

Chosing and knowing for sure becomes difficult

the end has always interested people

here are the lyrics of the Door's famous song The End

and if you don't know it, you'd love to listen to it

You wonder what the song really means, what it is all about?
You can go and check here, some people gave their own interpretation to the lyrics