In My Country

Suite 16        (the recipient’s address) Tucson, Arizona 85712        Dear Editor,              (the formal salutation) I was so interested in your article about road accidents in yesterday’s issue of your newspaper and I would like to share my sad story with the readers. (introduction)  I was only eight years old; my mother was severely injured in a car accident on the highway. Luckily, she survived, but many of us know people who have not survived these car tragedies. Driving too fast has

par Willie Dixon. Gypsy woman told my mother ‘fore I was born, You got a boy-child coming, gonna be a son of a gun. Gonna make pretty womens jump and shout, And then the world gonna know what this all about. But you know I’m here. Everybody knows I’m here. Well, I’m the hoochie coochie man. Everybody knows I’m here. I got the black cat bone and I got a mojo, too. I got the John the Conquer(er) Root, gonna mess with you. I’m gonna make you girls lead me by my hand, And then the world will know the

Maeva: Okey , so Hello everybody and welcome to our meeting. Let me explain you the situation,My name is Ashley Wood i'm an houswive as a lot of women who are in this room, and i live in a peaceful neighbourhood of San Diego with my husband and my four chilidren.I'm very involved in the life of our community , and well known of every body here.But since a lot of mexicans immigrants have come here in our town illegally ,all the social organization has been disturbed And That's why i've decided to

institute of technology in human resources management in Nice. I would like to be a French assistant next year in the united-kingdom because I’m eager to share my knowledge with English pupils. I ‘d like to teach them and i will show goodwill to enhance all pupils. I would like to show them some French movies or TV series. I would like to study French songs or poems and ask pupils if they have understood the meaning. I hope that I could share with them some activities in relation with their class

about the Icelandic volcano which erupted the 14th of April. The airports are steal blocked because the volcano has let out a huge cloud of dust. Lots of tourists are stranded in the 313 airports which are closed. They are there because the flights have been canceled. Lets listen to Valentin who is in JF Kennedy airport, in New-York City, he's with an Icelandic toursit. Well, Valentin, tell us about his situation. Reporter 1 : Good evening ! So, I'm with Jean, he has been blocked here since the

Doing Business in MOROCCO Which are the main characteristics of your national culture and national character? Morocco is a country of multi-ethnic groups with a very rich culture and an old civilization. Through Moroccan history, Morocco has been hosting many different ethnic groups: the indigenous Berbers, Phoenicians Jews and Arabs, Sub-Saharan Africans and also people from North, Romans and Vandals. Thanks to this multiethnic trend, all of those cultures had a real impact

l'aventure; comme il est monté sur le bateau il l'a remarqué. c) Elle portait une longue robe blanche et transportait une valise. 3. a) As I stepped off the boat, I saw my uncle who was waiting for me. b) It was in 1967 that my grandfather landed in France. c) He often told me he regretted the sun of his country. 4. a) In Ellis Island, people were treated like cattle. b) They were examinated to find out if they had contagious diseases. c) Hispanic immigrants were said. II. Compréhension

do not think any of my family could be that certain of the exact day on which I was born, on account of the fact that my old man had spent the night in jail and my mother had died even before I drew breath. Grandpa thought it could well have been a Saturday, felt it most likely the month had been January, was confident the year was 1900, and knew it was in the reign of Queen Victoria. So we settled on Saturday, 20 January 1900. My father worked on the docks by day, lived in the pub at night and

example a big storm but we have arrived at destination I love my new life in New York and I have a new friend who is an english and he’s left England because there are conflicts who threaten a close war. New York is the best town what I have ever been and there are many nationalities (example: french, Italian, English, Spanish....) I’ve left France because I hope that I will lead a new life with a good job and New York is a good town for my future projects. I hope to found a family and to become a

On the Threshold of a new world Commentary Introduction Extract from a book by Mark Helprin called Ellis Island and other stories. The passage deals with the arrival of an immigrant in the Usa at Ellis Island. 1st person narrative : “I” The passage can be divided into 3 parts: * Lines 1 to 15 : Physical tests * Lines 16 to 31 : Intellectual tests * Line 32 to the end : The American dream First I’m going to talk about the narrator’s situation, then I’ll show why immigrants