Catégorie : Langues
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THE GREAT ESCAPE
Granted, a preponderance of Germans is a characteristic that seems common to most Mediterranean sites; but as y.et there is no overwhelmingly specialized patronage (1) ... Whether the remarkable growth of organized camping means the eventual death of the more independent kind is hard to say. Most probably it will ali depend upon campers themselves: how many heath tires they cause; how much litter they leave; in short, whether or not they wholly...
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SECONDARY ROADS AND THE ART OF MOTORCYCLING
It was some years ago that IJIY wife and 1 and our friends first began to catch on to these roads. We. took them once in a while for variety or for a shortcut to another main highway, and each time the scenery was grand and we left the road with a feeling of relaxation and enjoyment. We did this time after time before realizing what should have been obvious: these roads are truly different from the main ones. The whole pace (1) of lif...
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Carol found employment in the bureau of War Risk Insurance
1. Commentaire dirigé 1) Do you think that Carol's job justifies the phrase': "She felt the whole of a human t?eing" in the last sentence? 2) Are y ou in favour of women working? Why or wh y not? 3) Should ali kinds of work be accessible to women? 2. Version Traduire depuis : "She perceived that she could ... " jusqu'à la fin. 1) Do you think that Carol's job justifies the phrase: "She felt the whole of a human being" in...
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THE MEANING OF NOSTALGIA
architects of France to build eight picturesque peasant farms beside ber Petit Trianon. They were perfect-right down to porcelain vases from Sèvres used for milking the cows. Nostalgia selects only wliat is agreeable, and even that it distorts or turns into mytb. , The past is an illusion just as much as the future; it is utopia in reverse. The cult of the past may have developed as an antidote to the cult of the future, as a protectio...
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A TRAMP'S SUMMER VACATION
who would not work if we bad the chance. However true this might be as applied to us in a moral sense, it certainly was not a literai fact, for we were small men. People who, not seeing us, would read this remark in the local paper, would be misled as to our personal appearance. W. H.- DA VIES, The autobiography of a super tramp. 1. Commentaire dirigé 1) Pick out details in the text showing that there really are "delightful w...
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FREEDOM, LEISURE AND EDUCATION
leisured people voluntarily abandon themselves to a servitude of amusement and social duties, more pointless tban work and often quite as arduous. Consider another point often insisted upon by the prophets of Utopia. "Travel", they say (and with reason), "is a liberal education. Freedom to travel bas been a privllege reserved to the rich. Leisure, with cheap and rapid transport, will make this privilege accessible to ali. Therefore ali will re...
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SCIENCE, THE DESTROYER AND THE CREATOR
1. Commentaire dirigé 1) Why does the contemporary writer compare scientists with the sorcerer's apprentice or Frankenstein? 2) Do you agree with the writer when he declares that "scien tists have been a favourite scapegoat"? 3) What are the achievements of science which seem to you: a) most beneficiai to mankind? b) most dangerous to mankind? 4) As a conclusion, do y ou agree with the final statement of the author: "Science has merely...
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Bilinguisme au Canada
Bilinguisme es 4 Malgré la • loi 22 •, J'anglais continuait d'être la lan gue la plus employée dans le secteur privé, particuliè rement à Montréal où se concentrent les tensions entre groupes ethniques et québecols, anglophones et franco phones. En 1977, une nouvelle loi (loi 101} a fait du français la seule langue oHiclelle du Québec. 5 Parallèlement à l'Insatisfaction des Canadiens fran çais se développent le nationalisme et le sépara...
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Podrìa dar la clase en castellano ?
catalanes son muy orgullosos de sus identidad y el profesor le muestra muy bien cuando dice « Si usted quiere hablar espa ñol , se va a Madrid o se va a Suramérica » (l.16-17 ) porque pone de realce la oposiciòn entre los catalanes y otros espa ñoles . Por consiguiente , dar la clase en catalan es una manera para el profesor de reivindicar su propia identidad. II.Un simbòl cultural de identidad. En la secunda parte del texto, los estudiantes del programa Erasmus estan en un bar co...
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what is a good life
Moderation should be promoted beyond all. Trying to follow the extremes will not lead you anywhere. Balance brings inner tranquillity and peace to each individual, and since the soul trumps the external and the body, balance brings exterior calm as well. The result is a whole society in balance, which permits harmony, just like Plato promotes it ( The Republic ). One should seek for moderate happiness instead of up- and-downs or intensive pleasures, for the latter will mean indeed extreme...
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chapitre 1 merkt doch keiner wenn ich schwänze
Wichtiger Wortschatz D-F (die Wörter / Ausdrücke, die wichtig sind, um über das Buch zu reden): 1. brüllen : crier 11.Klassenfahrt : voyage de classe 2. LKW : camion 12.Zettel : bout de papier Ort und Zeit (Wo und wann spielt die Handlung?) Wir wissen nur das es geschieht während des Tages und am Abendessen. Und dieHandlung spielt zu Haus...
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Elizabeth I (biographie en anglais)
both refused his affections. Unable to make a match with one of the princesses, he married Catherine Parr. Although he was married to Catherine, John Dudley actively pursued Elizabeth. This time enough happened to get Elizabeth expelled from Catherine's court. Catherine Parr later died in childbed, and the Lord High Admiral was subsequently executed for treason. Elizabeth loved Catherine Parr dearly. Catherine was like a mother to Elizabeth, the only mothe r she had ever known and love...
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CON LOS DELFINES (traduction espagnol -> français)
Durant la première année de mon arrivée à la maison de mes grands-parents, parfois encore je rêvais de toi et lui, et je ne pouvais pas éviter un dernier frisson de l'amour. Mes grands -pères m'aiment, me gâtent, me parlent de mes parents, essaient de créer dans moi une nouvelle stimulation pour vivre, mais à mes 18 actuelles années je dois confesser que ma vie est cassée et il y a dans mes nuits une autre imagination, l'appelante, dans qui je me jette aussi su r la mer. Pourquoi ? Pourq...
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Mascaras Mejicanas Octavio Paz
-No parece constante en sus reacciones, es un hombre inestable: “espinoso y cortés a un tiempo”(l.5) 2. Explicación de esa actitud -En el fondo de su alma, el mejicano tiene un carácter muy enérgico, pues sisiempre mostraba lo que sentía, la cohabitación no podría ser posible entre mejicanos: “ni siquiera se atreve arozar con los ojos al vecino: una mirada puede desencadenar la cólera de esas almas cargadas deelectricidad.” (l.6-8).-Esta actitud muy fría es una ma...
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La Televisión Eduardo Galeano, El siglo del viento
Transición Esta primera parte, presenta la llegada de una televisión en una familia que vive en la cordillera de los Andes y del impacto que va a tener. Segunda parte La segunda parte presenta una serie de publicidades que esta familia va a descubrir. Primero notamos la repetición de la primera frase. Las dos negaciones insisten en la pobreza de esta familia. Esta parte pone de relieve la oposición entre la vida difícil, dura, precaria de la familia y el sue ño que les procur...
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Famoso en la facultad de Daniel Méndez, El semanal ABC, 24 de abril de 2005 (espagnol)
Segunda Parte La segunda famosa Valentina Burgue ño, es una actriz de veinte años. Para ella los estudios son primordiales porque es joven y no sabe si este oficio va a durar o no. Este trabajo es d ifícil porque hay muchas chocas que quieren ser actriz pero hay pocas plazas, se necesita un real talento. Además , al principio de la carera no se puede contar con un sueldo regular. Por eso, Valentina Burgue ño decide seguir estudiando por si acaso (au cas où) este oficio no funcionar. E...
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THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE US WORLD-SYSTEM
can see on the map, the Communist states don't follow any financial or military influence of US, and their big territory is even a big opposition and threat for US hegemony. And later, the emerging markets such as Asia would establish a “world economy” as says the French Fernand Braudel “économie monde”, mostly controlled by Europe, USA and Asia. The table (source 2) shows that the world GDP, from 1850 to 2010 is more and more split between all the countries, as in 2010 the c ategory “other...
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EXPLCATION DE TEXTE PRIMAVERA CON UNA ESQUINA ROTA
literatura hispanoamericana Explicación de texto : Primavera con una esquina rota Mario Benedetti He elegido el libro Primavera con una esquina rota de Mario Benedetti porque en mi opinión, esta obra trata de temas importantes que afectaron y aun afectan a muchas personas, a muchas familias. Mario benedetti nació el 14 de septiembre de 1920, en Paso de los Toros, en Uruguay, producto de la unión entreBrenno Benedetti y Matilde Farugia. Por razones económicas, la familia se traslado a Monte...
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American Civil War
Virginia, Richmond became the Confederacy capitol. However, in June, inhabitants of the West of Virginia created a new state called Western Virginia because they didn’t want to secede so they joined the Union. Moreover, Delaware, Maryland, Missouri and Kentucky, decided to join the Union e ven if they were slave states. The second important battle of this war took place in July 1861 and is the battle of Bull Run. It was a complete success for the Union before the reinforcement of the Conf...
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Internship Report Sport 2000 (anglais)
Before I talk about my experience in the workplace, I would like to thank those with whom I lived it. First of all, I thank Mr. Dé chelette, director of Sport 2000, who accept ed me in the enterprise, then framed and accompanied me throughout my course. I also thank Violetta, my tutor, who was concerned about th e proper conduct of my training . I do not forget all the employees that I w ant to especially thank for their hospitality, their kindness and their advices which enabled me to...