Check out Michael Buble’s version too.

Watch the video :

                                                 click here to listen to the Landlady

Watch the video from the Washington Post. Click  here.

I came to share with millions the hope that President Obama is bringing to us.

I Barack  Hussein Obama do solemly swear that I’ll execute faithfully the office of the United States and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the United States. So help me God !

Since I can’t be on that mall because of the millions of people who are there, I want to be here at the Lincoln memorial on the actual spot where Martin Luther King Junior gave his  » I have a dream » speech. Makes me feel I’m here.

My fellow citizens, I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you bestowed, mindful for the sacrifices borne by our ancestors.

We went to hear Doctor King’s ‘I have a dream ‘ speech. There were hundreds of thousands of people there at that 1963 march on Washington. This inauguration lets me know that in America , yes, everything is possible.

  Will it be said by our children’s children that when we were tested  we refused to let that jouney end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter and with eyes fixed on the horizon we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations. Thank you. God bless you and God bless the United States of America.

1 When did the election take place  ? here

2 Who is the President of the United States right now ? Click here for the White House site.

3 Who were the candidates for the  election ? Who were the potential vice-presidents ? Here

4 How often does an  election take place ? Click here

5 Who votes for the President ? Here

6 Which parties do the candidates belong to ? Click here

7 Find out what the symbols of the parties are. Here

8 What are the qualities associated with these symbols ? Click here

9 When will the new President start to govern ? What is the name of that day ? Here 

10 Read about the differences between the two candidates on the following issues :

Iraq / immigration here and here

It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation.
Yes we can.
It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail toward freedom.
Yes we can. Yes we can.
It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores
and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness.
Yes we can. Yes we can.
It was the call of workers who organized;
women who reached for the ballots;
a President who chose the moon as our new frontier;
and a King who took us to the mountain-top and pointed the way to the Promised Land.
Yes we can to justice and equality.
(yes we can, yes we can, yes we can, yes we can…)

Yes we can to opportunity and prosperity.
Yes we can to opportunity and prosperity.
Yes we can heal this nation.
Yes we can repair this world.
Yes we can. Si Se Puede
(yes we can, yes we can, yes we can, yes we can…)

We know the battle ahead will be long,
but always remember that no matter what obstacles stand in our way,
nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.
We want change!
(We want change! We want change! We want change…)

We have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics who will only grow louder and more dissonant.
We’ve been asked to pause for a reality check.
We’ve been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope.
But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope. We want change!
(We want change! I want change! We want change! I want change…)

The hopes of the little girl who goes to a crumbling school in Dillon are the same as the dreams of the boy who learns on the streets of LA;
we will remember that there is something happening in America;
that we are not as divided as our politics suggests;
that we are one people;
we are one nation;
and together, we will begin the next great chapter in America’s story with three words that will ring from coast to coast;
from sea to shining sea – Yes. We. Can.
(yes we can, yes we can, yes we can, yes we can, yes we can, yes we can, yes we can, yes we can…)

A debate over the Irak war between Phil Donahue and Bill O’Reilly, TV shows hosts.

Find out what Phil Donahue’s point of view is, and what Bill O’Reilly’s is.

Who is anti-war ?

Who wants to fight the war in Irak ?

Who supports Cindy Sheehan ? Who is she ?

Who says Irak is a terrorist state ?

Who says the war is unconstitutional ?

Who gets accused of being un-American ?

Who is charged with being close to the left-wing ?

Some useful vocabulary and facts  here :

Tough = courageux, fort

A bastard = un salaud

Loud = fort, bruyant

To buy = acheter, ici accepter

Halliburton = une compagnie américaine qui vend du pétrole et dont les actions ont doublé leur valeur au moment du débat.

1/ The first person she introduces is : her husband Todd

 2/ She and her husband have been  married for 20 years.

 3/ She had promised her husband an anniversary surprise

 4/ Her husband is a production operator

 5/ Her husband is also  a snow machine racer

 6/ They met in high school

 7/ One of their children is part of the US army

 8/ He will go to  Irak

 9/ He will go there on September 11

10/ The people around Sarah Palin shout : USA

11/ She has 3 daughters.

12/ She has a baby called Trig.

13/ Her baby was born in April.

14/ She she didn’t imagine she would run for vice-president

15/ Her parents worked in a school.

16/ She grew up  working working with her hands

17/ She’s a hockey Mum

18/ She was elected mayor

19/ She wanted to cut taxes and put the people first