The Mothers of Invention

president who has left his mark on the United States history not only because he was involved in the U.S. Civil War but mainly because he is one of the first to have made laws to improve the black slaves' condition at the time when the triangular trade was booming. I- Path in life 1) Childhood Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin (photo) in Hardin County, Kentucky (photo), in 1809. He is the son of two uneducated farmers. His father Thomas, a descendant of weavers who emigrated from England

Are there limits to invention? Objectifs culturels: Quelques grandes inventions et inventeurs du monde anglo-saxon (Edison, Vint Cerf), les défis du vivre ensemble contemporain (climate change, antibiotic resistance). Les limites éthiques et écologiques des grandes inventions d’aujourd’hui et d’hier. Le gothique littéraire (Frankenstein). Tâche intermédiaire (expression écrite) You are a time traveller. You are back in the 19th century and you explain to someone what the Internet is and what

1 Anglais. 1) Key soo gey is a user of TU media services which provides him some television broadcast on his cell phone. Actually, he no longer has to go to the television because he can see digital programs by lauching the service on the cell phone he's got in his pocket. 2)The Digital multimedia broadcasting could have a sweeping impact on the korean's telecomunication market. For one thing, TU media leapfrogged their counterparts in the run for innovative telecomunication. That can

1 Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, (rhyme a) 2 With conquering limbs astride from land to land; (b) 3 Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand (b) 4 A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame (a) 5 Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name (a) 6 Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand (b) 7 Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command (b) 8 The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame*. (a) 9 "Keep, ancient lands, your storied

society by the use of science and technology. Through its explanation, he shows that, linking science, technology and politics may reduce human individuality Context of the writing: The book was written in the 30s, between the two wars, one year before Hitler… Reminder: definition of an utopia: it is an imaginary society, organized to create ideal condition for human beings, eliminating pain, neglect etc. Sometimes, utopia is used to make a satire of the current society and to describe the horrors

Counterfeiting assignment The perfume’s counterfeiting 1 Introduction According to the “Sénat”, the counterfeiting is defined as the reproduction (exactly the same or really close) or the unhallowed use of a protected intellectual propriety. This important problem concerns a lot of sectors and involves many heavy and negative consequences. In the past, we talked of counterfeiting especially in luxury (jewelry, haute couture, perfumes, cosmetics,…), but today, it is widen to toys, clothes

aux questions. Water Storage Systems This is the VOA* Special English Development Report. Each year, millions of people in Bangladesh drink ground water that has been polluted by naturally high levels of arsenic poison. Finding safe drinking water in that country can be a problem. However, International Development Enterprises has a low-cost answer. This nongovernmental organization has developed technology to harvest rainwater. People around the world have been harvesting rainwater for centuries

This is the VOA* Special English Development Report. Each year, millions of people in Bangladesh drink ground water that has been polluted by naturally high levels of arsenic poison. Finding safe drinking water in that country can be a problem. However, International Development Enterprises has a low-cost answer. This nongovernmental organization has developed technology to harvest rainwater. People around the world have been harvesting rainwater for centuries. It is a safe, dependable source of drinking

AT THE SIGN OF THE CAT AND RACKET Half-way down the Rue Saint-Denis, almost at the corner of the Rue du Petit-Lion, there stood formerly one of those delightful houses which enable historians to reconstruct old Paris by analogy. The threatening walls of this tumbledown abode seemed to have been decorated with hieroglyphics. For what other name could the passer-by give to the Xs and Vs which the horizontal or diagonal timbers traced on the front, outlined by little parallel cracks in the plaster

ES, S, L, LV1 Mythes et héros › Document A The scene is set in the fifties. Samantha, Mira’s friend, has a money problem. Mira has offered to help her. 5 10 15 20 25 ’Absolutely not,’ Norm said. ’Norm, poor Samantha !’ ’I feel very very sorry for Samantha,’ he said solemnly, ’but I’ll be goddamned if I’m going to lay out my hard-earned money to help that creep Simp.’ ’You wouldn’t be helping Simp. He doesn’t even live there now.’ ’He owns the house, doesn’t he ? It would be different if I