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BOOM by System of a Down (SOAD)
SOAD: Serj Tankian: leader of the group, lead vocals, keyboard, rhythm guitar Daron Malakian: vocals, lead guitar Shavo Odadjian: bass backing vocals John Dolmayan: drums The band formed in 1995 in L.A. California but its 4 members are of Armenian descent...
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Truman show 1°S
After correcting our exercises we've worked on a title: "truman show" and we've tried to guess what it may deal with. Then we've talked about a picture taken from the film on which we can see a huge screen on skyscrapers on which we can see a smiling...
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New movies
On Wednesday you'll be able to see " Sicko " (latest Mickael Moore's documentary on health in the US). " War " ("Rogue" in French) deals with gang wars in the US and tells the story of an FBI agent who seeks revenge. " Waitress " 's heroin unexpected...
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"American Gangster"
During the holidays I saw "American Gangster" and I really enjoyed it. Not only is it interesting on a cultural level but it's also a brilliant film dealing with drugs in the US during Vietnam War. Even if it appears as being quite long, you don't have...
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Special Bac (claudine)
Here is some help for those who revise for their exam - English at the "Baccalaurerat" - Bac séries générales - Anglais de spécialité en L et ES - Bac séries technologiques (sauf stg) - nouveau bac stg THE WRITTEN EXAM - advice for the written exam (Hatier)...
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Translation and "Dear Mr President" T.L
Most of you have understood when to use be + ing and when to use simple forms ... Well done. We've started working on translation and we've seen that sometimes we have to translate a preposition with a verb ... (that's transposition) and we've translated...
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Star Spangled Banner
This is the American National Anthem sung by Witney Houston in 1991. Here you'll find the lyrics and information on the "star spangled banner". Jimmy Hendrix performed the star spangled banner at Woodstock in 1969 to protest against the Vietnam war (the...
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Blitz wolf T.L
Today we've worked on "Blitz wolf" by Tex Avery which was released in 1942 as a propaganda to make American people support the war effort. In that cartoon "any similarity between the wolf and that (@#*) jerk Hitler is purely intentional" . Homework:How...
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"A brief History of the United States of America" T.S
Here are the worksheets you have had to fill in today. We've been watching "a brief history of the United States of America" and I've asked you to fill these worksheets on a computer... We've first seen the cartoon without hearing what's said and then...
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West side story and Romeo and Juliet + balcony scene
Surfing on the internet I found out this site establishing a parallel between West Side Story and Romeo and Juliet.... It might be interesting for you to have a look at it ... Here are three different adaptations of the balcony scene. (As you may assume...
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New Movies
American Gangster deals with drug traffic in the 1970's and especially during the Vietnam War ... Francis Ford Coppola's Youth without Youth introduce us to an aging professor of linguistics who finds his youth miraculously restored after being struck...
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The long walk to freedom and "In my country" T.L
We've finished working on "a long walk to freedom" by Nelson Mandela and you've seen that it looks like a speech (MLK's speech obviously as well). Then we've translated the end of the text and I've given you some French sentences to turn into English...
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Bowling for columbine T.ES 2007
We started watching "Bowling for Columbine" by Mickael Moore which deals with violence in the USA and especially in schools as 12 people were killed at Columbine High School, Littleton (near Denver). We saw Carlton Eston (the president of the National...
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Method and 9/11 (T.S)
Today we've finished the understanding part of the text and we've done the translation. Some of you had done a terrific job and I've been impressed by your answers ... As we were all fed up with working on the same thing we've not worked on the written...
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A lesson before dying T.Spe
Today we've watched the movie "a lesson before dying" and we've seen there are many things that differ from the novel. Indeed, the narrator has completely disappeared and thus some scene aren't present. The time line is different and Paul, the only nice...
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unknown audio document T.Spe
First I've shown you how to take and organise notes on an oral document using Barack Obama's speech at the democratic national convention in 2004 . You've seen that I take notes in the middle of the sheet, I let room to add details on the second (or even...
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Fashion 1°ES
We've started by correcting the test you had on last friday, then we've worked on Fashion by creating a spidergram (btw you were right, tecktonik is spelt with a k but can be written with a c as well even if it's not the most common spelling ...). Then...
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hello (T.S)
We've had our first lesson together today and tried to get acquainted. First I've introduced myself and given you some details on how we're going to work and the "cadre Europeen de référence pour les langues" etc... Then I've asked you to fill in a worksheet...
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Method and expressing one's opposition through arts T.L
Clement's translation 's been wonderful and I've been impressed by it. We've finished translating the text (You can write one of the essay and give/send it to me if you want), and then we've gone on something else: we've drawn a spidergram on 9/11 and...
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The Wilsons + Grammar 2nde3
Today we've worked on the Wilsons as you had questions to ask on the family and I've asked you to tell me your first impressions on this family. Then we've worked on grammar: how to ask a question and what verbal forms we can find after auxilaries and...
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Grammar 1°S
We've first corrected the exercise you had on "be + V-ing" before focussing on the different values of the preterite. Then I've asked you to link sentences using "as if/though" (+ pret). On Friday you'll have an understanding test Next Monday you'll have...
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"bowling for columbine" T.S
Today we've worked on "a brief history of the USA" once more and you've had to fill in the blanks on the script. Then I've shown you the end of the doc with M. Moore interviewing Charlton Eston who is at the head of the NRA. Write 5 sentences using as...
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The devil wears Prada 1°S
Today we've worked on the third part of the trailer and we've talked about the job interview ... Then we've focussed on what Andrea will have to do and we've worked on the infinitive clauses as well... Emily has described her tasks and Andrea's tasks...
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reality TV 1°ES
We've corrected the 4th part of your worksheet on reality TV before working on "writing an essay". We've tried to write and introduction and a plan and we've started by stating why people would like to take part in a Tv reality show before giving counter-arguments......
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new movies.
No Country for old men: Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon some dead bodies, a stash of heroin and more than $2 million in cash near the Rio Grande. Live: follows ABN network president Katy Courbet (Eva Mendes) and up-and-coming documentary...