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Montpellier Martine HOYET, Certifiée d’anglais Lycée Albert Camus, Nîmes Philippe MONTEIRO, Agrégé d’anglais Lycée Joffre, Montpellier Fiona RATKOFF, Agrégée d’anglais Académie de Nantes Joanna WISTREICH, Certifiée d’anglais Lycée Alphonse Daudet, Nîmes NEW Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Heroes and Legends Nobody’s Perfect The Grass is Greener Living Together Under the Influence Where Power Lies Moving On? Tomorrow’s World 03 05 17 29 43 55 68 81 93 105 109 Lecture suivie Fiches méthodologiques

cette route va à New York? Does this road go to New York? Ne fais pas ça. Don't do that. Ne t'inquiète pas. Don't worry. Chaque semaine. Every week. Chaque jour je me lève à six heures du matin. Everyday I get up at 6AM. Tout le monde le sais. Everyone knows it. Tout est prêt. Everything is ready. Excellent. Excellent. Excusez-moi, qu'est-ce que vous avez dit? Excuse me, what did you say? Excusez-moi. Excuse me. La date d'expiration. Expiration date. Joyeux anniversaire. Happy Birthday. Est-ce

de la saison 1947, mais certains ne sont pas prêts à l'admettre. Depuis juillet 1946, un comité des ligues majeures réfléchit en effet officiellement sur la « question de la race »45. Larry MacPhail, alors membre du bureau dirigeant les Yankees de New York, a fait inscrire le thème au programme d'une assemblée réunie pour réfléchir aux évolutions du jeu. MacPhail se fait l'avocat de la ségrégation en pointant le fait qu'autoriser les joueurs noirs entraînerait une hausse de fréquentation du public

Middle-Western places that outsiders pay no ..........(5)........... It is where the farm meets the factory, where the soil collides with the smokestack. Except the last GM truck rolled off the line December 23, 2008. Merry Christmas Janesville. Happy New Year. The Janesville Assembly Plant was everything here, they say. It was a ..........(6)........... It was a job for life and it was that way for four generations. This was one of General Motors' oldest factories—opened in 1919. This was one of its

decline. Most of this increase can be attributed to a large increase in sea freight imports from China, which rose 86,629,230 tonnes or 218.5%. Other substantial increases in import volume were seen from Taiwan (23.7%), India (22.2%), Italy (14.9%), New Zealand (14.9%) and Mexico (70.4%), while noteworthy decreases in export volume were seen to Netherlands (-14.0%) and USA (-25.2%). 2006/07 saw a mixed result for Chinese and other Asian sea freight exports. Increasing import value was led by Base

because we can see those brands really all over the world and everybody know these brands or have heard about it one time at least and for example the MacDonald’s slogan “ I’m love in it” especially denotes this willing to let feel their customers happy and better. Try to find a list of the strongest brands in the world or in Finland. Do you agree with the ranking? I really agree with this ranking, effectively I know all these brands I am just a bit disappointed to see that Apple is not in the

d’enfants à leur charge, aimant voyager et voulant profiter de leurs revenus assez élevés ; - les retraités en bonne santé (healthy retired) : Retraités voulant profiter de leur temps libre, en couple ou en famille ; - les familles « heureuses » (happy families) : Parents hyperactifs qui ne profitent pas assez de leurs enfants durant l’année et compensent ce manque grâce à des vacances de rêve ; - les voyageurs lors d’évènements particuliers (special events) : Familles, couples ou entreprises

indications entre parenthèses. a) I have had this car for three years. b) I work in Milan. c) Jane likes books and the cinema. d) Oh ... I’m going to work. e) At eight o’clock. f) I go on the underground. g) It costs 450 euros. h) She’s the new girl in marketing. 8 (How long .....?) (Where .....?) (What .....?) (Where .....?) (When .....?) (How .....?) (How .....?) (Who .....?) 8 A109 TG PA 00 Presenting companies, departments and jobs Section 2 M Reading Read the following text

“Yankees” and there were free Blacks in the States. For a few years the ex-slaves could vote and be elected in the Southern States, they were under the protection of republican politicians. Southern Whites immediately organized resistance against the new rights accorded to the former slaves. They hated both black people and Northerners (called “carpet baggers”) and those who collaborated with them were called “scalawags”. They feared Black violence; they feared Blacks would take revenge and establish

is set at an end of year office party in Sixties London. There are five main parts to this passage. 1. A description of the party and the people there, including a comment on what people think of Harriet and David. 2. A description of Harriet. 3. A description of David, through Harriet’s eyes. 4. A summary of their previously incomplete and meaningless lives before this "moment they had been waiting for." 5.The actual moment of meeting, which includes a "happy ending". Lessing