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You’ve all agreed that ”Beattie is Three” is a beautiful and moving poem…

Click here to learn more about the poet who wrote it. You may also want to read or listen to some of his poems.

http://www.poetryarchive.org

At the top of the stairs

I ask for her hand. O.K.

She gives it to me.

How her fist fits my palm,

A bunch of consolation.

We take our time

Down the steep carpetway

As I wish silently

That the stairs were endless.

-- Adrian Mitchell

  
click here to listen to Matt talking about the people he admires: matt-admire.mp3

Todd: OK, Matt, I thought we would talk about people that we admire and the qualities about them that we admire. So, first we’re both sports fans. Who is an athlete that you admire?

Matt: Athlete that I admire? I would have to say Jackie Robinson, would come to mind, just because the barriers he had to overcome and the things that he experienced, that people after him…

Todd: OK, can you… a lot of people might not know who Jackie Robinson is.

Matt: Oh, sure, yeah, I’m sorry. Jackie Robinson was the first black man, the first man to break the quote-unquote color barrier in baseball and he was in 1947 brought in to the Major Leagues from the Negro Leagues which were at that time the only place where blacks or colored athletes were allowed to play baseball, so the first three years he endured an enormous amount of racism and hatred and he had to basically bite his lip and wasn’t able to seek revenge or fight for three years, so yeah, just what he went through, above and beyond just playing the game was something that I always admired in him.

Todd: Yeah, a special guy. Definitely. How about in movies is there an actor that you admire?

Matt: You know, I mean, I love so many actors and actresses in different roles. I think just in the interviews that I’ve seen, I really like Johnny Depp because he can play different characters and he’s not afraid to play off the wall characters or even bit parts or small roles that other main actors probably would not be interested in and he definitely, he brings humor to every dramatic role that he does. And just being in LA, I had a chance to see him film the movie Blow for about a week and just to see his demeanor on and off the set and he was not superficial or tough to deal with at all just from an outside perspective, he seemed like a really down-to-earth, cool guy, so I’ve always admired him.

Todd: Well, what is your favorite Johnny Depp movie?

Matt: I’d have to say, well, the first Pirate, Pirate’s of the Caribbean Movie, the first one was fantastic, his role in that, and yeah, that’s probably my favorite.

Maxime told us about the Monty Python in class. He said he just loves their sense of humour. Will this extract make you laugh? I personally love it!! Check it out!

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There are some new interesting sites for you to log on to.

For example, the “Listen and Read Along” site will help you get a perfect accent!

Play the game here!

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To all my students !

Listening to English regularly will help you get better!

Try this site to improve your level: Breaking News English Good luck and let me know if you have any problems ! M. Girault

…pensez à utiliser le dictionnaire de phonétique (cliquez sur le lien dans la rubrique “Blogoliste”). En entrant les mots dont la prononciation vous pose problème, vous entendrez un modèle de prononciation!

Que l’utilisation de ce dictionnaire devienne un réflexe!

Si vous êtes un(e) élève de Seconde 3, cliquez sur le lien suivant:

expose-seconde.doc

 En cliquant sur ce lien, vous passerez un agréable moment!! http://www.liveireland.com/ch1_popup.html

(retrouvez ce lien en permanence dans la “blogoliste” sur la partie droite du blog)

Voici une série d’enregistrements de courte durée pour vous entraîner à la compréhension de l’oral. Branchez vos haut parleurs, ou mettez vos écouteurs!!

Should the September 11th attacks be remembered? Should the September 11th attacks be remembered?
Gun control 1 Gun control
Preserving the planet Preserving the planet
Should we all be vegetarians? Should we all be vegetarians?
Poverty in the US today Poverty in the US today
Anti-social behaviour Anti-social behaviour
An interview with J.K. Rowling on Harry Potter An interview with J.K. Rowling on Harry Potter
Gun control and the 2nd amendment Gun control 2
Kids suing McDonald’s for making them fat Kids suing McDonald’s for making them fat
An education video for babies An education video for babies

 Au lycée, vous êtres souvent surpris, voire déçus, par vos résultats en compréhension de l’oral.

Il faut bien comprendre que l’anglais est une langue vivante, dont la majorité des usages se fait à l’oral, et qu’au-delà du bac, vous serez essentiellement évalués à l’oral. Après vos études, dans le milieu professionnel, ce sont souvent ces aptitudes à communiquer (compréhension+expression) qui vous seront indispensables.

Le baccalauréat de langue vivante se réforme petit à petit. Ainsi voit-on se mettre en place de le compréhension et de l’expression orales dans certaines séries (STG, ST2S dès la rentrée prochaine) en plus de la compréhension et de l’expression écrites déjà inscrites au programme. L’objectif affiché est que toutes les séries soient à terme évaluées de cette manière.

Alors comment améliorer vos performances?

L’idée de base, incontournable, c’est que cette compétence ne peut s’acquérir que par l’entraînement. Prenons l’image de quelqu’un qui apprend à faire du vélo : cela ne s’apprend pas en regardant les autres faire ni en apprenant par coeur le manuel du constructeur. Il n’y a qu’une solution, se lancer et le faire le plus souvent et le plus régulièrement possible.

Pour passer à la pratique, n’oubliez pas le podcasting si vous avez un lecteur mp3 : c’est souple, facile à utiliser puisque votre lecteur mp3 vous suit partout. De plus, vous trouverez une grande variété de sujets et d’accents. Il y a fort à parier que vous trouverez des thèmes qui vous intéressent, ce qui devrait vous faciliter les choses, ne serait-ce qu’en vous motivant.

Vous pouvez aussi écouter les informations de la BBC en direct sur PC (voir le lien dans la blogoliste sur la partie droite de la page)

Ceux qui ont la chance de recevoir les télévisions étrangères par cable, satellite ou adsl peuvent bien sûr avoir recours à cette option : un bulletin d’informations de quelques minutes tous les jours sur la même chaîne, cela peut permettre de profiter de l’effet récurrent qui tient à certains thèmes d’actualité, et de suivre ceux-ci presque comme un feuilleton, avec donc un contexte qui s’installe, ce qui facilite les choses petit à petit.

Quelque soit la ou les méthodes choisie(s), n’oubliez pas que vos progrès ne peuvent venir que de la régularité : un peu tous les jours ou au moins tous les deux jours serait l’idéal pour progresser sérieusement !

 Restez! C’est ludique!

Plongez dans le grand bain de la grammaire anglaise. Entrez dans “The Grammar Aquarium”!!!

 de 2nde 3… et devinez qui en est le narrateur!

I am dead. In the good old days I used to live at  Edouard Herriot  High School in Voiron, contrary to now where I live in a little box. My family lived  in the neighbourhood. I still remember my mother telling me not to approach the secondary school because people there hate us. They fear us, because of our bad reputation. However, it has not always been this way. I thought that was exaggerated but unfortunately everything was true.So, just let us come back to what is interesting us just now: my sudden and unjust death.While I was flying from a room to another to improve my education going through mathematics, history, science…, suddenly my attention was caught by my favourite subject, English. I decided to settle near the window, to listen to the teacher. I will always  remember it was in room C4. Suddenly a big, ugly, enormous, horrible monster wearing a checked purple pullover  in a violent crisis of craziness caught a book and crushed me onto the window.My love for English led my to death!

Improve : parfaire   Settle : poser   Ugly :affreux    Checked :carreaux    Crisis: crise     Crush: écraser      Lead : causer

Lisez les fabuleuses histoires énigmatiques de la classe de 2nde 3… et devinez qui est le narrateur de chacune d’entre elles… En voici une pour commencer! Inscrivez vos réponses dans la partie “commentaires”! Good luck!

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The other day, I was at “Music to Live” in Flower Street in London where I used to hang about as usual* at the second floor near the stairs…When a teenager who was about fifteen came into the shop. She was pretty and I would have liked to go and see her but I couldn’t, that was impossible…Then she came up and watched me, I was so happy! She took me and made me fall, not purposely of course!

Today I have moved, I have followed her and I like her house and her family! I used to be happy and enthusiastic to leave but now…I regret it…I miss my boss, he used to love me and he used to take good care of me whereas now my new boss likes me I know but… not the way I would like. At first, she loved me and she always used me but she grew tired of** me. Now, when I think about my old boss I say “it was the good old days”. Contrary to now, I wasn’t alone and lost in a corner.

Yesterday, she gave me to a boy -her boy friend I think- and he used me at his concert. It was the best day of my life!Today, I can follow him on the tour*** of his group. I’m so lucky!! I’m on T.V, on the radio…My strings are tuned and everything’s alright!

Lexique : * as usual: Comme d’habitude  ** grow tired of: Se lasser de   *** a tour: une tournée