Little Britain

factories, on the centre and eastern side of the city. Thus, the apparition of the locomotive eased the supply of raw materials as well as the export of finished goods. However, the connexions between the different stations were difficult until the Little Belt railway was put in place in 1852 connecting them. This was later replaced by the Big Belt railway passing through the outskirts in 1875, to desaturate the busy line. It is still used today for freight. Furthermore, since 1981, the apparition

rapporter les propos des personnes interviewées et les faits observés. n Éléments du contexte culturel Quelques rappels sur le contexte culturel de l’époque. • Queen Victoria (1819-1901) Queen Victoria was the queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901) and empress of India (1876-1901). Her rule was the longest of any British King or queen, and happened at the same time as Britain’s greatest period of world power and industrial development. She gave her name to an era, the

sponsor Quentin, who is in the middle of the North Sea. Quentin is the leader of a pirate radio station that passes the rock and roll day and night. The radio was a huge success, bringing together every day more than half the inhabitants of Great Britain. Radio Rock challenge the government, unable to locate the ship and arrest the DJ of the boat. Carl learns about the various DJs to personnlités exuberant taking turns to go on air. The head of DJ, called the Account to a huge ego. One day Gavin,

England e. in the summer of '99 3. What consequences did Sam's job have on his lifestyle ? (30 words) His job as sales director involved a lot of geographical mobility, which meant being cut off from his roots. He also had many business meals and little time to keep fit. (31 words) 4. Choose the right answer. They decided to a. buy a brick house in Richmond. b. rent a place in Dorset. c. buy a farmhouse in Devon. d. rent a flat in Torquay. Questions 5, 6 and 7. Focus from line 18 to 29

France they only account for 5% of the top managers. In Japan, it was unacceptable for women to stay in the office after 5.00 pm or in contact with men. Now it has change and 2 women are at the head of big companies. In Britain, the number of female executive director has increased a little but there is still no women at the head of a big company even if they are 44% of the workforce. Companies try to help women to reach the top thanks to diversity programs but they are not very efficient and other

sex was crucial to her advancement. Thatcher's performance in the shadow cabinet was not a success. She was covering energy, then transport. In 1969, Heath appointed her as education spokesman. Had no experience of man-management and little committee work. Convinced of the evils of nationalization and inquired into the possible privatization of electricity generation but rejected it as unpopular. Asking what was wrong with politics : “too much government”. It should stop meddling in

EDUCATION AND ELITISM IN BRITAIN EXPO This year, more than 170,000 teenagers found themselves left out of the schooling system and could not enter any university. This fact is all the more astonishing due to the success rate obtained at A-Levels (the equivalent of the baccalauréat in France). Indeed, 97.6% of the students obtained their A-Level (contrary to around 85% in France), but a quarter out of the 647 000 students who applied for university were not accepted. This observation is a proof

employé notamment avec des indications datées comme yesterday, ago, when.... Une action passée achevée qui s'est déroulée à un moment précis. I went to the post office yesterday. Une habitude passée sans aucun rapport avec le présent I lived in Britain before my moving to France. Emplois principaux Exemples 2 L'aspect progressif Il souligne que l'action est en progrès: elle a déjà commencé mais n'est pas encore terminée au moment de l'énoncé. La durée de l'action est en outre limitée. Notons

 company,   from  an  intern  and  extern  perspective,  and  in  a  second  part  we  will  see  the  difference  on   the  professional  aspect  between  France  and  Great  Britain.     Diagnostic  of  the  firm:   Presentation  of  Crest  of  London:   General  presentation:   Crest  of  London  born  in  1990  and  is  nowadays  “the  market  leader”

leafy Surrey or gridlocked Islington. That was the machine’s job. Like an insurance company with its call centre or a local council with its bin collections, they confidently outsourced the job of knowing this stuff, or of finding it out, to that little computer on the dashboard. Here is another story. A former winner of the BBC quiz show “Mastermind” recently took part in a pub quiz which came down to a tiebreaker between his team and a group of young people who were relying on BlackBerrys. Anyone