Britain's Got Talent

you are. But that idea has gone completely out of the window. WOMAN: So who are the people we look up to as role models these days? MAN: Basically, they are people who have made a lot of money through their own business acumen or some exceptional talent for doing something. And if you add to that a social conscience... WOMAN: Like Bill Gates, you mean. Giving all that money to charity... MAN: Yes, exactly. Philanthropists like him are among the most respected people around today. WOMAN: But you say

"money laundering" itself actually appears during the Watergate scandal. US President Richard Nixon's "Committee to Re-elect the President" moved dirty campaign contributions to Mexico, then brought the money back through a company in Miami. It was Britain's The Guardian newspaper that coined the term, referring to the process as "laundering." (See Jeffrey Robinson's three books on money laundering, The Laundrymen, The Merger and The Sink.) Money may be laundered through a complex business network of

countries, bananas are as important as potatoes or rice. The young scientist, called Joel, talks about where the idea came from. Complete the paragraph with the following words. biogas • briquettes • Ghana • Rwanda • sawdust • waste • wondered Joel got the idea for making . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . when he was in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . While he was there, he saw a lot of residue, like piles of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . for example, and he . . . .

again ? My voice was the ticket that would bring my family to America. A congressman who had heard me sing arranged for me to come to Washington, D.C., and perform for leaders at the U.S. Capitol. The politicians liked me and wanted to help. They got me an invitation to sing for President Calvin Coolidge in the White House ! That did it. After I sang, I met the President. He shook my hand and told me that I sang 50 well. He said he’d help get my mother, brothers, and sisters to America. We would

countries where we work with local people to change their lives for good. We are part of OXFAM International, which has branches in 13 countries in the world, including the USA, the Netherlands, Germany and Canada. 2. ………………………………………………… OXFAM Great Britain’s aim is a simple one: to work with others to find lasting solutions to poverty and suffering. We believe that there is no excuse for poverty in the 21st century. Our world has enough food and other resources for everyone. If these were shared out

corriger collectivement. Les meilleurs poèmes pourront être affichés dans la classe. Production possible : Pragmatic but zany1 I am pragmatic but zany I’d like to learn the tango which originated in Argentina I must read more Dickens who is one of Britain’s greatest authors I mustn’t be impolite since that is unbecoming of a lady I am pragmatic but zany I dream of becoming a playwright I try to be well-informed I worry about my grandmother who is 85 and lives alone I remember Hurricane Gilbert which

forms of sport for many reasons. 3 The decline of traditional sports An obvious reason for the decline of traditional sports is the progressive urbanisation of England. Indeed the eighteenth century had deeply changed Britain’s country landscape with the agricultural revolution and the enclosure movement. As a result a great amount of labour was released at a time when British industry was developing and needed workers. Former farmers had to move to towns and look for factory

can’t help thinking that he objects to some people’s anti-foreign reactions. He certainly wants to denounce tough measures taken against illegal aliens. Father: Quite right. I’m convinced he wants to stress that America should be true to its ideals. Got the message now? Child: I think so. & Proposition de corrigé 2 The Pilgrim Fathers landed and settled without asking Native Americans their permission, they could therefore be considered “undocumented aliens”, they were the first immigrants. If they

Paterson offered to lend William £1,200,000 at 8 per cent on the condition that, ‘the Governor and Company of the Bank of England,’ as they called themselves, should have the right to issue notes to the full extent of its capital. That is to say, the Bank got the right to collect £1,200,000 in gold and silver and to turn it into £2,400,000 (that is, double it), lending £1,200,000, the gold and silver to the Government, and using the other £1,200,000, the banknotes, themselves. William III Paterson was quite

punished/weren’t allowed to go out with friends/ got grounded… • Ulrich’s anecdote was our favourite one: one day he was playing in his garage and he stepped on a mouse. He felt very sorry for the little animal but unfortunately he couldn’t apologise because he had killed it! He couldn’t forgive himself for what he had done. • one day, when she was still a child, Pauline was playing in her grandmother’s house with some of her friends. They got excited and started running around. She bumped