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comme existants, des enfants des 72 pays les plus pauvres. Le rapport a évoqué les efforts des pays en développement, qui font bon usage des soutiens comme l'alliance Gavi, un partenariat entre l'OMS, l'Unicef, la Banque mondiale et la fondation Bill et Melinda Gates pour le financement des vaccins. Cette alliance aurait permis d'augmenter l'utilisation de vaccins nouveaux utilisés par 200 millions d'enfants dans les pays en développement depuis 2000. Le rapport rappelle cependant que les pays

McGuire "Bill" Bryson (born 8 December 1951) is a best-selling American author of humorous books on travel, as well as books on the English language and on scientific subjects. Born an American, he was a resident of North Yorkshire, England, for most of his professional life before moving back to the US in 1995. In 2003 Bryson moved back to the UK and currently he lives in Wramplingham near Wymondham in Norfolk. The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America is a book by travel writer Bill Bryson

dialogue richer and more authentic.The situation:Bill and Mrs Bryson: the parentsJerry: the son.Jerry is back home after 3 months at university.Bill Bryson’s family is gathered around the dinner table to enjoy their Thanksgiving meal.“Hmm, Mom, this turkey tastes great!”, Jerry, Bill’s eldest son said, “It’s so much better than the university food! Can I have some more cranberry sauce, please?”“Of course, you can sweetheart,” Mrs Bryson said, with a beautiful smile and a little voice.“It feels so

Junk food is an extract from an autobiography entitled Note from a big country, it was written by the contemporary author Bill Bryson. It published in 1980. Judging by the illustration and the title, we can suppose that the text will dead with the American way of eating, that is junk food. Bill Bryson is American whereas his wife is English. They both lived in England from 1977 to 1997. They have been living in the USA since 1997. The scene takes place in an American supermarket. Just after their

behaviour now, but several times in the early days passing neighbours would slow by the kerb and ask if I wanted a lift. `But I'm going your way," they would insist when I politely declined. "Really, it's no bother." "Honestly, I enjoy walking." Bill Bryson, Notes from a Big Country, 1998. I - GENERAL COMPREHENSION A- Write down the correct answer. 1- The author is describing life in a- England. b- the United States. c- Italy. 2- The text is about a- contemporary society. b- the making

Bill Bryson : The bird has flown . An extract from « Notes from a big country . written/published in 1998 Writer/author : an American-born novelist /best-selling author ( Iowa , 1951) Books deal with comparing life in the USA/UK/Australia Mostly autobiogrphical works /non-fictional/fictitious A personnal exprerience : a first-hand testimony/a witness Studying the faults/failings/shortcomings of the society he lives in on either side of the Atlantic . a satirist : writing satirical/satires : making

'But there are no muggers in Des Moines,' I pointed out. 'That's right,' he agreed at once, 'and do you know why ? Because there's nobody outside to mug.' He nodded his head emphatically, as if I hadn't thought of that as indeed I had not. Bill Bryson, Notes From a Big Country (1998) GENERAL COMPREHENSION Tick the correct answer : 1) This text deals with o American people's fear of cold weather o American people's extensive use of air-conditioning o American people's allergy to air-conditioning

gieC OMM Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat PNUE Groupe d’experts interGouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat omm pnue le changement climatique et l’eau Publié sous la direction de Bryson Bates CSIRO Australie Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz Académie des sciences, Pologne et Institut de recherche de Potsdam sur les incidences du climat, Allemagne Jean Palutikof Met Office, Centre Hadley Royaume-Uni Shaohong Wu Académie

Spinoza, un roman juif, contrefaçon partielle de l’ouvrage Spinoza, le masque de la sagesse de Patrick Rödel22. Joseph Macé-Scaron : pour son roman Ticket d'entrée (Grasset, 2011) qui reprend mot pour mot des extraits d'un livre de l'Américain Bill Bryson (American rigolos : chroniques d'un grand pays, 2003). Rama Yade : emprunts à une quinzaine d'auteurs relevés dans Plaidoyer pour une instruction publique (Grasset, 2011). Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg : ministre allemand de la défense, poussé

coeur de la vie familiale, à travers les récits de Maya, qui vit avec deux hommes, de Tsvi, le grand-père, ou de Noé, rescapé de l'holocauste. Trad. de l'hébreu. R BRY. Bryson, Bill Ellis, Christiane (trad.) Ellis, David (trad.) Motel blues. Paris. PAYOT. 2003. 399 p. Après avoir vécu 10 ans en Angleterre, B. Bryson, journaliste américain, rentre dans son pays natal pour un voyage de redécouverte qui, à travers 38 Etats, lui fait parcourir plus de 20.000 kilomètres. Trad. de l'anglais.