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21.12.16
4.10.14
A good egg
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- Describe what happened next (cf. the above poster)!
- List English expressions and idioms to do with eggs (for example: “easy over or sunny-side up?”)!
- Design your own poster for World Egg Day (second Friday of October) using an "egg" idiom!
- What is the etymology of the word "egg"?
- Who do you know who is "a good egg" and who do you know who is "a bad egg"?
- Which famous nursery rhyme has an egg-shaped character in it (here's a clue: look on the other side of the mirror!)?
20.7.12
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6.11.11
Barack Obasmots! By Hadrian, Floriane, Anne-Sophie & Jérémy
US President Barack Obama
congratulated France's Nicolas Sarkozy on the birth of his daughter on Thursday.
On Friday he is due to make an unprecedent joint appearance alongside his
counterpart on French television.
"I want to congratulate Nicolas and Carla on the birth of Giulia," Obama said, referring to Sarkozy's supermodel-turned-singer wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy who last month gave birth to the couple's first child.
"And I informed Nicolas, on the way in, that I am confident that Giulia inherited her mother's looks rather than her father's!" Obama joked to muted laughter from reporters and a rueful smile from Sarkozy...
This
blooper could have created a diplomatic incident. It is a good example of
how American (rather denigrating) humour does not translate well into a
French context. The joke backfired because it was spoken out of turn;
public figures in a public context should not mock each other about
private (family) matters...
5.11.11
10.10.11
Dys-moi... By Valentin
Face it...
On the 8th of October
2011 more than 200 people concerned by speech and writing
difficulties met in Paris Dauphine University. The 5th "DYS"
day brought together young people and their families, doctors,
education specialists and speech therapists, to testify about
personal experiences. To help young people overcome learning
difficulties, new learning methods have to be tried. Professionals
discussed their research results and shared them with the people
concerned.
I think the DYS day is a
very good way to help children and young people for whom words are
often a challenge and to give them some self-confidence.
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