art quiz

Si vous voulez les solutions au quizz sur l'art en Europe il faut me les demander par courriel car je ne peux pas attacher de fichier.

Take the bull by the horns! Revisions for DS 4

*Grammaire:
Revoir les fiches de grammaire ainsi que les exercices portant sur tout ce qui a été vu jusqu'à maintenant, en insistant sur le preterit et le past perfect modal (après wish, 'd rather, if, it's high time), les subordonnant et les subordonnées relatives et circonstancielles, les comparatifs et superlatifs.

*Vocabulaire:

-Le vocabulaire des textes proposés par vos camarades: "Dutch Firm Pays Ivory Coast", "Malaria-resistant mosquito developed", "Distract and Disenfranchise ".
-Les fiches "Idioms"

Et aussi :

-Tout le thème de l'environnement, l'effet de serre, le changement climatique, les énergies renouvelables, les moyens de lutter contre la pollution, les décharges, les espèces en voie de disparition, etc...

Grammar for colle 13

"The sooner, the better" or "the more, the merrier," comparatives are always dazzlingly useful, aren't they?

Here are the "phrases de thème":

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/not as / 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 the subsidies.
It is all the more amazing as English is his/her favourite subject.
The sooner, the better.


Have fun.

See you in May.

Panem and Circenses

The article Marouane will deal with is called "Distract and Disenfranchise" by Paul Kruger and can be found on the blog called 'Ecomomist's view'.

Auxerre, a Typical French Town for the New York Times

The New York Time published an article about Auxerre, which is said to epitomize the attitudes French people have about the upcoming presidential elections. Interesting, isn't it?

Malaria-resistant mosquito developed

Nafissatou will deal with this thought-provoking topic -malaria- tomorrow.
You'll find information about the disease in the site.


Here is a map of the regions of the globe affected by malaria.

Nafissatou's IHT article can be found there . A short video can be watched on the BBC News website where you can see the beautiful fluorescent green eyes of the "beast".

This hi-tech solution to the deadly disease has advantages and drawbacks. What do you think they are?

Biopiracy

A lot of information about biopiracy, which doesn't mention the claim of the "Indigenous Coalition Against Biopiracy "by the way.