Advice before the curtain drops

Next year, at the "Concours" you will be expected to know about what happened in the world over the past 12 to 24 months in all possible fields .

I suggest you get a page on your computer like my yahoo where you can receive all the information that could help you keep up with the world.

For instance on my Yahoo page, I receive articles from the New Scientist ( I chose nanotechnology and robots ), the New York Times etc.... You will add the Guardian for Englishness...

You can choose to receive written documents as well as audio or video ones.

Anyway, you can tailor this page to your needs and tastes.

Make the most of the Internet.

Luck and work blend well.

Good luck! The work is yours entirely.

Grammar colle 13

Hi guys!
When you read this I hope you will have had fun and charged your batteries for another crazy term session!!!

Here is the latest grammar test to be operational on May 4th.
Tokyo is the largest city in Japan.
She is the most popular singer in our country.
He is taller than his brother.
They have more children than us/ than we have.
Mary is the younger sister of the two.
He is twice as heavy as me.
She is as tall as her mother but not so tall as her sister.
It is the same film as last week.
It is getting hotter and hotter.
She is getting worse.
I can’t go any further.
I’d like further details.
Her elder son is married.
We use the latter more than the former.
He is the least mature of my students.
The more, the merrier.
The older this wine (is), the better it tastes.
The more money he earns, the more money he wastes.
The less you eat, the less energy you have.
The fewer students there are, the fewer subsidies.
It is all the more amazing as English is his/her favourite subject.
The sooner, the better.

Stand by me

Stand By Me from David Johnson on Vimeo.

Swiss Spaghetti Harvest 1957

April's fool for you.

future colle 10

1. The train leaves at 3.20 p.m./twenty past three.
2. In a week’s time, I’ll be skiing.
3. The plane is about to take off.
4. They are saving: they are going to buy a house.
5. Don’t move: I’ll answer the phone.
6. We are leaving after breakfast/lunch.
7. They will have reached the top by 12.
8. We are to go to Italy in May.
9. When will you call him?
10. He won’t give up.
11. Jim would agree.
12. How would you have reacted?
13. I will call you when you are in Rome.
14. He said that he would leave as soon as he had finished.
15. I’ll talk to them as soon as we arrive.
16. I will be able to book the tickets once I have the timetable.
17. I’ll borrow this video when you have watched it.
18. I’ll learn to kitesurf while I’m on holiday.
19. We’ll go out as soon as we’ve finished.
20. I can’t tell you when I will call you.

When I'm sixty four

Now, guys, pay attention to the tenses and remember: no future after when.
So long!
Have a nice holiday.

The island of flowers

Dark flowers grow on this island.
This video was recommended to me by one of your classmates. It is definitely worth watching.
Humour and despair.

Death Sentence at Chinese Tainted Milk Trial

Two men have been given the death penalty for their involvement in China's contaminated milk scandal.

The former boss of the Sanlu dairy at the centre of the scandal was given life imprisonment.

They are among 21 sentences being handed down by the court in northern China, where Sanlu is based.

The scandal, in which melamine was added to raw milk to make it appear higher in protein, led to the deaths of six babies and made some 300,000 ill.

It caused outrage in China and has tainted the image of the country's food industry both at home and abroad.

Grammar colle 7

1. She works on a computer every day.
2. She has worked hard all day.
3. He made two films. Both(of) his films/ both of them were flops.
4. The two brothers live in different parts of the country.
5. I have read neither book. You can lend me either book.
6. Each gambler staked 50 francs.
7. Every gambler wants to win.
8. She needs a few dollars.
9. I’ve got few friends.
10. We’ve got a little time before our train.
11. Hurry up ! We’ve got little time.
12. She hasn’t got many friends.
13. She hasn’t got much money.
14. I drink lots of tea.
15. A lot of people agree on that.
16. You’ve made a good many mistakes.
17. Most cameras are made in Japan.
18. Most of the cameras I saw were expensive.
19. There must be another solution.
20. The other three victims are children.
21. You have another two days to wait.
22. We meet every other day.
23. Any student can do that.
25aCan I have some tea?
25b.Can I get any tea?
26.These days. In those days.
27.Not all students filled in the questionnaire.