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Archive for mai, 2011

TES – vocabulary

mardi, mai 31st, 2011

tourner la page = to move on

The 25 most dangerous cities in America

mercredi, mai 25th, 2011

Read the article on Business Insider: click HERE.

Watch your favourite series with subtitles

mardi, mai 24th, 2011

Vous avez décidé de regarder vos séries favorites en V.O.? Très bonne initiative! Si vous voulez être sûrs de ne rien rater, voici un LIEN vers un site qui vous propose de télécharger les sous-titres des séries les plus populaires, et ce, dans plusieurs langues. Essayez l’anglais, bien sûr!

Immigrants eat US junk food to fit in: a study

jeudi, mai 19th, 2011

Cheese burger from Craft burger
Creative Commons License photo credit: compscigrad

Click HERE to read the article on Yahoo News.

Conseils pour l’épreuve d’anglais au bac

mercredi, mai 18th, 2011

Retrouvez  les conseils du site ABC du Bac en cliquant ICI et regardez sur le site de L’Etudiant les conseils en vidéo de Véronique Repeczky, professeur d’anglais.  Ses six vidéos sont: Que doit contenir une bonne copie d’anglais; Tous les conseils révision; Les dernières révisions, Gagner encore plus de points; Ce qu’il faut éviter et L’épreuve à l’oral: cliquez ICI.

Murals in Northern Ireland

mercredi, mai 18th, 2011

http://www.ukstudentlife.com/Travel/Tours/NorthernIreland/Belfast/LoyalistMural.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5206/5327983365_44b9d5b555.jpg

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00232/No_More_m_232405t.jpg

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Have a look at Google Images to see more photos of  murals in Northern Ireland (click HERE)

Here are a few links to interesting websites:

Picture gallery: Northern Ireland murals on the website of the BBC.

Murals of Northern Ireland on the website of the Claremont Colleges.

Belfast murals with a Google map of Belfast.

Political murals on the website of Channel 4 which also discusses murals outside of Northern Ireland.

Belfast’s murals: Off the walls? on the website of the Belfast Telegraph.

A makeover for the murals that depicted hate, violence and bigotry on the website of The Independent.

What is the UVF? on the website of the BBC.


Bomb threat to London from Irish dissidents

mercredi, mai 18th, 2011

Terminales, as we are currently working on the ‘Troubles’ in Northern Ireland, the London police received a bomb threat from Irish Republicans before the Queen’s trip to Ireland. Click HERE to read the article on the website of the Independent.

Le bac sans stress?

mardi, mai 17th, 2011

Lisez cet article sur le site de la Maif dans lequel vous trouverez des conseils de professeurs et d’élèves pour vous préparer à l’examen. Cliquez ICI.

The City Limits: a time-lapse video

lundi, mai 16th, 2011

Watch this time-lapse  (=des images en accéléré) of cityscapes (= des paysages urbains) I found on Vimeo. It was created by Dominic Boudreault, a motion photographer from Quebec City. It will take you to Quebec City, Montreal, Toronto, Manhattan and Chicago. You will enjoy the video more if you watch it on an HD full screen (click HERE ).

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Civil Rights: Ruby Bridges

dimanche, mai 8th, 2011

The Problem We All Live With, Norman Rockwell:

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