De l’anglais au français

Vocabulary:

cinnamon: cannelle
concrete: béton
sapphire :saphir
=> or: gold / argent : silver /diamant: diamond /émeraude: emerald

To sip tea: siroter du thé ( terme très idiomatique)

To fool someone: tromper quelqu’un …ATTENTION: a fool: n’est pas un fou mais un imbécile

a hair do: une coiffure => a hairdresser: un coiffeur / a comb: un peigne/ a hairbrush : une brosse

GRAMMAR

I Emploi particulier du comparatif:

the more…the more….= plus…, plus …

a) ex: plus on fume, plus il est difficile d’arrêter

The more cigarettes you smoke, the more difficult itis to quit

b) pour exprimer le superlatif, on peut employer un comparatif

Dans une famille de deux enfants: he is the elder : c’est le plus âgé

Dans une famille de 3 enfants et plus: he is the oldest : c’est le plus âgé

c) Elle est plus grande que moi: she is taller than I et non pas: she is taller than me

II verbes à particules

En anglais, les prépositions sont très importantes:elles apportent beaucoup de précision ET peuvent même changer le sens d’un verbe

Ex: to run:courir

to run out: manquer de, être à court de

Ici, put your record on : to put on = mettre en marche alors que to put = poser

Quelques expressions idiomatiques:

to put up with :supporter

to be to : idée de prévision

Three little birds sat on my window.
And they told me I don’t need to worry.
Summer came like cinnamon
So sweet,
Little girls double-dutch on the concrete.

Maybe sometimes, we’ve got it wrong, but it’s alright
The more things seem to change, the more they stay the same
Oh, don’t you hesitate.

Girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.

You’re gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow.

Blue as the sky, sunburnt and lonely,
Sipping tea in the bar by the roadside,
(just relax, just relax)
Don’t you let those other boys fool you,
Got to love that afro hair -do.

Maybe sometimes, we feel afraid, but it’s alright

The more you stay the same, the more they seem to change.
Don’t you think it’s strange?
[....]

‘Twas more than I could take, pity for pity’s sake
Some nights kept me awake, I thought that I was stronger
When you gonna realise, that you don’t even have to try any longer?
Do what you want to.

Girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.

After a litte discourse on Dublin, we’ll  have now a look on London city..

A website quite interessing if you are planning to spend a week-end, a week, a month, a year  or your all life there….

 http://www.visitlondon.com/whats_on/

I wanted also to make you discovered a neww British artist , called Corinne Bailey Rae and I will use some of her lyrics to have your learn some vocabulary