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coast, inland, national park, fall, landscape – sightseeing, dictatorship, unrest, hostage, a coup – safe, unsafe, northern, southern, eastern, western ● L’aventure – to turn one’s back on something, to hitch-hike – desire for adventure, yearning for freedom, to long for, wild areas, a backpack ● La « civilisation » – job ≠ work, earnings, materialism – materialistic, down-to-earth ● Voir fiche lexicale, LDP p. 70 Méthodologie Interroger ses camarades et les comprendre, écrire une lettre /

American people is a story of immigration and diversity. The United States has welcomed more immigrants than any other country -- more than 50 million in all -- and still admits between 500,000 and 1 million persons a year. In the past many American writers emphasized the idea of the melting pot, an image that suggested newcomers would discard their old customs and adopt American ways. Typically, for example, the children of immigrants learned English but not their parents' first language. Recently,

about Ground Zero present and future. Log on to http://www.camvista.com/usa/NYwebcams and key in the words: “Project Rebirth Ground Zero webcam in NY“ to see a live webcam on the building site. Log on to http://www.glasssteelandstone.com, select “Freedom Tower” (New York) and complete the grid. Name of the main tower Architect Number of storeys Height to roof (give one important detail) Height to tip of spire (give one important detail) Cost B. Express yourself. Report back to the class. Make

the ideals of 1789 Read the information and study the documents 1789 in America: George Washington was elected the first US President. In the year of the French Revolution, Washington proved to be a man of his time, representing its ideas of freedom and justice. In 1787, he had been one of America’s Founding Fathers who drafted the First World’s first written constitution in Philadelphia. The Founding Fathers firmly believed in democracy. The foundation of the United States is built on 3 written

Deghayes Have walked free Returned home Issued warrant Lived here (GB) Interceded on their behalf Freed from Guantanamo Allowed to live here The semantic field is justice. release court offence hearing bail warrant legal or moral crime provisional freedom before a court appearance in exchange for a sum of money to let somebody go written authorisation meeting where legal judgments are made session to hear evidence True False Justification The press informs people (= facts) a. Press articles

of the authors discussed here are Indian in origin. Several different criteria were used to select the authors and works discussed. First, the coverage of this book was confined to authors who were at least born and raised in South Asia, excluding writers of South Asian descent born in Great Britain like Hanif Kureishi (responsible for several outstanding film scripts and novels) and Hari Kunzru (author of the wildly entertaining historical satire The Impressionist). All the books discussed in detail

comments, write to nytweekly@ nytimes.com. These underground restaurants are run by groups like Whisk & Ladle and A Razor, a Shiny Knife in New York. The participants are not aspiring to become restaurateurs. They’re in it for the community and creative freedom, wrote Ms. Ryzik. Those two ideals also motivate Polyvore, a user-generated fashion Web site. Just as a Michelin-rated restaurant can be deemed mainstream, so too are the likes of Vogue and InStyle. But on Polyvore, users can play fashion editor and

associated with opinions about whether contraception should be permitted or women should wear headscarves. Correspondingly, religion is usually discussed in the context of a demand for a freedom of opinion guaranteed by law. As a set of opinions religion is tolerated as long as it remains tolerant and does not question the freedom of other opinions – that is to say, as long as it makes no exclusive, fundamentalist claim to its own truth. But I would suggest that religion – any religion – is primarily not a

Religion Henri IV Counter-Reformation Literature Poetry After the Pléiade Poetry and religion Epic The personal meditation Prose Chronicles Political writing Pamphlet literature Prose narrative Moral reflection Montaigne Conclusion 3 THE CLASSICAL AGE Writers and Their Public Rewards and favour The status of authors The socialization of literature Taste Preciosity The Précieuses The evolution of taste viii CONTENTS The Elaboration of the Classical Ideal Malherbe The classical doctrine Language

her wearing the headscarf that contrasts sharply with other more provocative, scantily dressed women in the scene. There is a real issue in France concerning double standards, where women are free to exhibit their bodies but others are denied the freedom of wearing a hejab or veil for whatever reason, personal or religious. Latter in this chapter the boy, who turns out to be Franco-French (he is called François), follows and waits for the girl who introduces him to her grandfather. They all leave