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time. The announcement was broadcast by the BBC with an average audience of 2.9 million and a peak of 3.2 million viewers, representing a forty percent audience share ( The Times, 7 July 2005). The numbers illustrate the support for London’s bid which is believed to have reached eighty percent of the people in the United Kingdom. Paris had been the favourite for some time according to IOC officials and the media but after two years of planning and eighteen months of campaigning the English city finally

the required level is very high. I- presentation and selection process. A. In the U.S.A. American Universities are independent of government so that the board of directors (board of trustees) which makes the decisions. He is responsible to find financial funds and to define the tasks and principles of the university. The American university is considered as a non-profit association (Article 501 of the Tax Code). B- In the U.K British universities are legally autonomous. This legal independence

1-1 Setting & Plot Summary: Title and Publication : Jane Eyre was written in 1847 and is considered one of the first romantic novels and a popular classic containing both passion and mystery. The novel’s tone of philosophical introspection set it apart from the other contemporary works. Author: Charlotte Bronte. Setting: The story of Jane Eyre takes place in 19th century England. The novel develops through scenes taking place in four distinct settings: The Reed Manor during Jane’s childhood;

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BACCALAUREAT ANGLAIS LV1 - SERIE S - SESSION 2008 Oral du second groupe TEXT 8 Building up a New Country The setting is a wealthy country house in England in the late nineteenth century. Lady Hunstanton is entertaining1 a few guests. Among them is a young American, Hester Worsley. LADY HUNSTANTON: I hear you have such pleasant society in America. Quite like our own in places, my son wrote to me. 5 HESTER: There are cliques2 in America as elsewhere, Lady Hunstanton. But true American society

England is not exactly like I pictured it´ But they dont have cars like we do, do they?" said my mother, her voice echoing on the phone. I said, "What are you talking about, Mom, of course the British have cars. Havent you heard of Rolls Royce?" "And what about the toilets?" she wanted to know. "Mrs Lovell at the church said they´ve .~ still got out-houses, even in the city." "Mom, Mrs Lovell at the church was in England during the war, for Pete´s sake. She spent most of her time in a tube station

Hobbies ? … Sport : Wembley Stadium. It is one of the most expensive stadia ever built.Major sports including association football, rugby league, rugby union, rowing, boxing, badminton, cricket, tennis and golf originated, or were substantially developed, in the United Kingdom and the states that preceded it. A 2006 poll found that football is the most popular sport in the United Kingdom.[294] In international competitions, separate teams represent England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland in

Truancy is the act, for a pupil, of being absent in classes without permission. And nowadays, play truant from school is a current problem in our society. As a matter of fact, the number of children playing truancy is growing since several years, especially in England, despite the English government established strict laws against the truancy at school. Is it a good idea to prosecute parents whose children play truant from school? Would it be better to prosecute the pupils who don’t

Geography: It is a country who situed to the southern hemisphere whose area covers the whole of Oceania. This country is flat over most of its surface, but there are mountains, as the Mounts MacDonnell Ranges. The largest cities are Sydney and Melbourne, its capital is Canberra. The climate is desert but there are also grasslands and savannas. The area of Australia is 7,686,950 (seven million six hundred and eighty-six thousand nine hundred fifty) square kilometers. The density is of 2, 6 (two point

The Causes and Consequences of Globalization on Carrefour Introduction I’ve chosen Carrefour because it’s a French company and it is present everywhere, in every city in France so it’s very interesting to see how a company grows up, how with only one shop in 1957 there are more than 15,000 shops now. Firstly, I’m going to introduce the company, then, I’m going to explain the expansion of Carrefour in China and to finish, I’m going to explain effects of globalization for Carrefour.