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branch and lifts herself. Claude grins, impressed. With brisk dexterity, Margot scales the tree. Claude, Pauline, Malcolm and Ingrid watch with glee from below. PAULINE I told you. Margot reaches a perch near the top and looks down at the gang. They wave. She waves back. The sun is hot. She sweats, flushed. She takes a deep breath and relaxes against the bark. Trees for miles. The neighbors’ house is faded and grey. In the far distance, toxic white smoke comes out into the sky. An earwig walks across

was the only person the Samurai was answerable to. The ordinary peasant served the warriors every whim. A peasant could never strike a Samurai. If he did, it would mean his life. The ninja would not serve the Samurai, and fled to the barren, cold, mountainous regions of Iga and Koga. There they trained in the arts of war. It is said that their art is based upon a great Chinese military text written by a general named Sun Tzu, The Art of War. Over the centuries the ninja (word meaning 'stealers-in')

you not? All right then, I have some things to wash, and I will keep a place for you next to me, and we can have a little talk!" Then as if moved by sudden compassion, she added: "Poor child, don't stay at that window any longer. You are purple with cold and will surely make yourself sick!" But Gervaise did not move. She remained in the same spot for two mortal hours, until the clock struck eight. The shops were now all open. The procession in blouses had long ceased, and only an occasional one hurried

that neither your partner nor the children took enough responsibility for making sure they had fun? That the resort was not quite the paradise the brochure made it out to be? That it was a shame someone or other in your party developed a really bad cold and so felt pretty miserable thereafter?) UNDERSTANDING ANXIETY 33 How pervasive do you think the effects will be? • If you were to lose your job, would you think your whole life was in crisis and that nothing could go right for you?

uncomfortable and crowded. I went up deck all the time, just to have room to move around. We hit many bad storms at sea. It rained hard, and I was wet and shivering. By the time we sailed into New 15 York Harbor past the Statue of Liberty, I had a very bad cold. Still, I was up on deck, in my good white suit, cheering along with everyone else at the awesome sight of the statue. Back then, immigrants had to pass a medical examination to be allowed to enter the country. Many people were sent back to where

fatter. She is not as slim / thin as the young woman. She is older. She is uglier than the black woman. She is sadder too. She is more old-fashioned. The man on the left is not as young as the man on the right. He is shorter. He is not as tall. He is colder because it’s raining. He is quieter than the young man. 2. YOUR TASK MANUEL k P. 29 k Évaluation de la tâche : vous pouvez utiliser la grille d’évaluation p. 26 de ce Fichier Pédagogique, même si vous êtes bien entendu libre d’élaborer

economic reforms, political and social that they already introduced in the last few years. Moreover, it has important economical, financial, social, political and diplomatic consequence for the new countries, which had in majority suffered to the cold war and have a lot of problems in their developments. Benefits and disadvantages of this enlargement, which will have a lot of influences on the daily life of more than 470 million of people, this is more than the combined population of the United

French philosophes, describes a tendency to make reason the guiding principle of life. This is accompanied by a conviction that the application of reason will guarantee progress in all aspects of human existence. In one sense this is yet another wave of reaction against the Middle Ages, when faith and authority are the prevailing themes. More positively it is an offshoot of 17th-century science (the discoveries of Galileo and Newton being based on rational assessment of material evidence) and philosophy

dusting : torchon) -clothes :vétement -cloud : nuage -club : matraque, massue -coach : entraineur -coal : charbon -coast : côte (the cost is clear :la voie est libre) -coat : manteau -code : code -coffee : café -coin : pièce de monnaie -cold : froid -(to) collapse : s'éffondrer, s'écrouler, se trouver mal -colleague : collégue, confrére -(to) collect : ramasser, rassembler, collectionner -collection : collection -college : université -colour : couleur (to colour :colorier) -column

Japanese commodities. Between 1988 and 1997, France began broadcasting anime titles such ‘Dragon Ball’ and ‘Sailor Moon’ among others, on French television. Of particular importance was the release of ‘Akira’ in 1991, for the reason that it marked a new wave of interest in anime amongst French youths. Against this anime-enthused background, the introduction of locally created and published manga was set in motion. The first manga was published in France during 1994 and 1995, fuelling the explosive growth