Nothing Is Bigger Than Life

gone through invasions, revolutions, dictatorship, social and economic upheavals – all in the span of less than a hundred years. “We live in interesting times” said the French aristocrat on his way to the guillotine – the Russians have not had much else but such interesting times! Why are the Russians as they are? What historical experiences have shaped this nation and its people? That is my first subject – necessarily superficial and anecdotal. The most recent experience – the fall of the Soviet

CONCOURS ECRISTART 2009 – ANGLAIS SUJET Each sentence in this section has a word underlined. Under each sentence you will see four words marked a) b) c) and d). Choose the one word that is closest in meaning to the original word in the sentence. 1) Gold is a precious metal. a) valuable b) scarce c) favourite d) common He never presents his work correctly – it’s always sloppy. a) well laid-out b) untidy c) interesting d) highly personal She followed a strict diet and became slimmer in a few weeks

"Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug. "It's so dreadful to be poor!" sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress. "I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all," added little Amy, with an injured sniff. "We've got Father and Mother, and each other," said Beth contentedly from her corner. The four young faces on which the firelight shone brightened at the cheerful words, but darkened again

11 i don't understand what you are speaking about 12 if people drank less, there would be fewer car crash accident 14 she is always talking about money, its annoying 15 i came by bus, it was a long and boring journey 16 it is ten minutes from here.go to the farm and get left 17 i don't remember having phoned him before leaving 18 if you resigned, you would not be entitled to unemployement benefits 19 they must have moved because i haven't heard about them for a long time 20

I come through the gate this morning at 7:30 and I can see it from across the lot: the crimson Mercedes. It's parked beside the plant, next to the offices. And it's in my space. Who else would do that except Bill Peach? Never mind that the whole lot is practically empty at that hour. Never mind that there are spaces marked "Visitor." No, Bill's got to park in the space with my title on it. Bill likes to make subtle statements. So, okay, he's the division vice-president, and I'm just a mere plant manager

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 – Rédiger un dialogue – Écrire une lettre – Rédiger un article de presse – Les procédés

them. So let’s take a look through some typical clients and see if you recognise a few of your own in there! Client Breed #1 The Low-Tech Client How to spot one: Looks confused and disoriented when discussing anything high-tech, calls rather than emails, wants everything to be faxed. The Low-tech client needs to go through everything twice to get it, but will then happily take your advice. The Highs: The Low-tech client will rely solely on your sage wisdom for all things technology related

other at an office party neither had particularly wanted to go to’ to ‘they were made for each other’. INTRO This is the opening passage of the novel The Fifth Child, in which Lessing introduces the reader to the two main protagonists, Harriet and David. She begins at the very “beginning” of “their” story, focusing on the moment they first met and fell in love. The scene is set at an end of year office party in Sixties London. There are five main parts to this passage. 1. A description

from the candle-lighted room, Coming through the window to mingle with the sea ; The eye, the folded and prismatic eye is there ; For more with sight than any other sense Is death put off And daily greeted jocosely. The yellow sun at Arles In one roused glance Poured over the ocher wall and stayed yellow Because the eye records, blesses, is warm, sharp and fervent. Color is yours and the wit of color. The unknown layer on the palette Plus the far whirligig of cities or waste Which you shall

IS GOOGLE KILLING GENERAL KNOWLEDGE by Bamber Gascoigne ... From INTELLIGENT LIFE Magazine, Summer 2009 One day last year a daughter of Earl Spencer (who is therefore a niece of Princess Diana) called a taxi to take her and a friend from her family home at Althorp in Northamptonshire to see Chelsea play Arsenal at football. She told the driver “Stamford Bridge”, the name of Chelsea’s stadium, but he delivered them instead to the village of Stamford Bridge in Yorkshire, nearly 150 miles in the