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VIRTUAL LIVES Extract is an article drawn from Newsweek, an American weekly news magazine. It was written by Jessica Bennett & Malcolm Beith and published in July the 30th 2007. It deals with Second Life (SL) is a virtual world accessible on the Internet by thousands of people. In this text, we take the example of Rhonda Lillie and Paul Hawkins, a person with disability who plays this game. The main line of our analysis will be to show that humans are outworn by virtual life Firstly, we

« AMERICA » This document is the lyrics of the song “America” extracts from the movie “West Side Story” which is a musical film of 1961. It sets in New York in the 50’s: it’s the history of the confrontation between the gangs of Americans and the gangs of Porto Ricans. In the song “America”; the girls of Porto Rico support the life in America whereas the boys criticise it. To study this song, I’m going to present in a first part the opinion of the girls and then, in a second part the one of the

parisienne (corruption) et de la bourgeoisie (hypocrisie pour escalade sociale) critique-comportament julien. critique à la société (cynique, hypocritique) contrapposition entre le monde ouvert de Paris et celui fermé et étriqué de Verrières. Extract : debut de relation avec Mme de Renal Mme de Renal soumit amour-ambition : escalade sociale ensuite pas – stanislas- mort

wore only dresses and were all wet. 9) Molly decided to trust Mrs. Flanagan because the woman told her that she won't be reported and she was nice to the three girls. 10) I think yes, the three girls are kind of out of danger at the end of the extract, because Mrs. Flanagan decided to report the girls to Mr. Neal, which seems to be the principal of the settlement. Doing this, the woman will save the girls from a bad sickness or any else natural danger. 11) Of course, Mrs. Flanagan is a warmhearted

order to find Hyde and sue him. He is the narrator of the novel: he partly witnesses the events and has recourse to letters to unwind his investigation about the mysterious connection between his friend and client, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. In this extract, Utterson is paying a visit to Dr Jekyll. He suspects him of having helped and conceiled / hidden the suspect (l.7). Jekyll doesn’t feel at ease with this unexpected visit, both physically and psychologically, still he tries to convince Utterson

AN OTHER BRICK IN THE WALL PART 2 Song wrote by Rogers Waters in 1979 and extract from the album” THE WALL” Another brick in the wall is divided in 3 parts and we will study the 2nd part wich is the most famous!! Short song not many sentences but all of them are very committed to the aim to attack teachers and education The ryth and the voice are clipped and more specially can remaind us of a military parad Moroever the viseo clip show students who are walking like they could do if they

Death Penalty in the USA, and I want to know what you think about this subject. Nina: Capital Punishment is a good deterrent towards murderers because people are scared of dying. Furthermore, we can bring pressure on the murderers in order to extract information. Caroline: As for me, it’s not more deterrent than life imprisonment. For example, surveys in USA show that the criminality doesn’t decrease in States which apply the capital punishment. Moreover, I think that people should have a second

about globalization until m wife and I lived for six months i Il'ldi in the late 1990s. To read even Inclia'> mainstream2 newspapers was a revelation. Indian were outraged by merican corporate aJttempts to patent3 bas mati rice and a medicinal extract of the neem tree\ products that ndians had been using for centuries. [...J 20 To travel anywhere these days with open eyes is to see a iWorlddominated by an increasingly arrogant superpow€r. When it comes to a different kind of international agreement

Working flexitime enables ----------------------- to organise their personal lives more easily. 3) James’ father permitted ------------------------- to borrow his new car. TASK V : VIDEO COMPREHENSION You are going to watch a video extract about an incident in the workplace. Tick the right answer. 1) The interviewee was angry about the way she’d been treated by : a) the water board b) a top London hotel c) a local hotel d) a supplier

Compréhension 1. It is an extract from an essay 2. • Nationality: American (l. 1) “My first real encounter with the world outside the United States...” • Jobs: – journalist (l. 2) “... I spent several months working for an anti-government newspaper in South Africa.” – teacher (l. 27) “From the classes I’ve taught and experienced abroad...” • Marital status: married (l. 15) “... my wife ...” • Trips abroad: – South Africa (l. 2) “... working for an anti-government newspaper in South Africa.” –