Just Dance

» qui échappe aux conventions des procédés narratifs traditionnels : « [the modern novel] become a novel of fine consciousness; it escapes the conventions of fact-giving and story-telling; it desubstantiates the material world and pits it in its just place; it transcends the vulgar limitations and simplicities of realism, so as to serve a higher realism. The modern novel is the freer novel, and its freedom is the freedom not only to be more poetic, but also truer to the feel of life. » 1.2

gets us to the classic sardonic joke of the elderly, which goes something like this: “They say these are the golden years. To believe this, all we have to do is consider the alternative.” We all need to be concerned today about the elderly and those just getting there, because demographers estimate that the growing numbers of the elderly will exceed the young of the world in about fifty years. Our loved ones, indeed everyone, could ultimately need help and forbearance to survive and flourish. There is

inspiré. Introduction "Culturally, Iceland is very much positionned between America and Europe, so it's neither totally European, we're not even Scandinavia, we're very much sort of appart, somewhere in the middle. We don't get everything, we just get certain things and they get mixed up in a strange way." (Jóhann Jóhannsson dans Screaming Masterpiece, 2005) Emmitouflée dans un large manteau et assise à bord d'un bateau pneumatique voguant sur les eaux cristallines parsemées d'icebergs

today’s more complex world.) Imagine a prehistoric family making its way through a landscape unaffected by human activity. They decide to stop, and as the evening draws on they light a fire. By doing so, whether they intend to stay there permanently or just for one night, they have established a place. The fireplace is for the time being the centre of their lives. As they go about the business of living they make more places, subsidiary to the fire: a place to store fuel; a place to sit; a place to sleep;

peculiarities. His cloak, folded after the manner of an antique drapery, showed a smart pair of shoes, all the more remarkable in the midst of the Paris mud, because he wore white silk stockings, on which the splashes betrayed his impatience. He had just come, no doubt, from a wedding or a ball; for at this early hour he had in his hand a pair of white gloves, and his black hair, now out of curl, and flowing over his shoulders, showed that it had been dressed _a la Caracalla_, a fashion introduced

comparatif Contrairement au français, c'est le comparatif d'égalité et non le comparatif de supériorité que l'on emploie en général en présence d'un multiplicateur : Twice as much money Deux fois plus d'argent This computer is half as expensive as yours and just as powerful. Cet ordinateur est deux fois moins cher que le vôtre et tout aussi puissant. Three times as many people Trois fois plus de gens mais si le multiplicateur est grand : Ten times more/less money Dix fois plus/moins d'argent 35 COMPARATIF

this time, Chinese art) as to the active function of the void, of polarity... In Qubo Gas’work, there are full and empty spaces, lines, areas, one colour or a lot of colours... The components are caught in the very movement of time. “The pictures dance around us”. thin flexible strip you can enter for one, two, three evenings, possibly more. Life extends till dawn, that is to say almost endlessly. Time, flexible and delightful is freed from the bonds of the day”. (4) The world, in our back, was

police qui a interrogé le suspect avant de le relâcher; tout le monde comprend sans qu'on le dise. Le passif est employé pour traduire des phrases du français qui: o sont à la voix passive aussi; o ont un verbe pronominal, Ex. Cela ne se fait pas — That just isn't done; o sont du genre "on...", Ex. On m'a invité à une fête — I've been invited to a party. Exemples Voici quelques exemples: • • • • • • • • • • Présent simple: Ex. Football is played in most countries — le football est joué dans la

temple. By the time I was four, I was called wunderkind, or wonder child in English. Soon I was singing in concerts all over Poland. My family decided that I should come to America, where there would be more opportunities for me. World 5 War I had just ended, and it was a bad time in Europe. I had an uncle in America, and he sent two tickets for my father and me. The rest of my family stayed in Poland. The plan was that my father and I would make enough money to bring them to America, too. In

Africa to Afghanistan. All Muslim brides have a “henna night” before the wedding day. Similarly, in European culture there are many customs and traditions across national boundaries, and the intent of the different customs is very much the same. In just about every culture where there is a wedding ceremony and community celebration, the bride and groom, especially the bride, are dressed up and decorated to elevate them above the norm for the day— often they are regarded as royalty for their wedding