This Land Is Your Land

colonies in the British Empire.[6] Many colonists, however, had developed a different conception of the empire. Because the colonies were not directly represented in Parliament, colonists argued that Parliament had no right to levy taxes upon them. This tax dispute was part of a larger divergence between British and American interpretations of the British Constitution and the extent of Parliament's authority in the colonies.[7] The orthodox British view, dating from the Glorious Revolution of 1688

découvert à cuba L : ce sont des fusées etc.. N’est ce pas Adrien ? Adrien : Indeed, the temperature is considerably more favorable for the launch rocket, and as communist Cuba is our ally closest to the equator we have set up bases in order to ensure the communist conquest of space. As you know we managed to send our first man: Youri Gagarine the 12 avril 1961 on the moon and here the base is constructed to send our first woman We have here the reports of our agents D : missiles U2, possibilité

Exercise 2 a. It’s true because in the text there is : « Whether it’s a sit-in front of a local government, or the scaling of an oil rig » b. It’s true because in the text there is : «We are ready to go far to do this and stick around (peacefully) for as long as we need to. » c. It’s true because in the text there is : «Individual contributions, together with foundations grants, are the only source of our funding. » d. It’s false because in the text there is : «We do not accept money from either companies

textuelle P. 43, no 5 (Terracide) What is the intent of the text? Identify three different stylistic features that are used to convey the intent. Le texte exprime que notre monde est l'assassin de la terre. Que son exploitation, notamment minière, détruit notre planète comme si elle était après l,exploitation, un animal éventré, béant et abandonné le ventre exposé et vidé de ses entrailles. 1. Il commence en faisant un jeu de mot avec "terra" (terre, land) ainsi qu'avec génocide et homicide qui

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

Schöneberg, Berlin-Ouest (discours original)I am proud to come to this city as the guest of your distinguished mayor, who has symbolized throughout the world the fighting spirit of West Berlin. And I am proud to visit the Federal Republic with your distinguished chancellor, who for so many years has committed Germany to democracy and freedom and progress, and to come here in the company of my fellow American, General Clay, who has been in this city during its great moments of crisis and will come again

The  Cross  Counter  Guide  to  Beating  Your  Friends  –  http://crosscounter.tv   1     Table  of  Contents   ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS   INTRODUCTION   WHO  IS  THIS  GUIDE  FOR?   WHO  AM  I?   WHY  WRITE  THIS  GUIDE?   LESS  IS  MORE   THE  BEST  OFFENSE  IS  A  GOOD  DEFENSE   THE  IMPORTANCE  OF  LEARNING  OTHER  CHARACTERS   STEP  1:  TRIAL  MODE

looked for him. His body was found only a few months later. More recently, a quite similar incident happened with a plane. Despite the efforts of the searchers, the aircraft war never seen again. According to the narrator, that part of the country is a strange place to live in. 1- Right or wrong. Answer and justify by the quoting the text a- The young man had been playing tennis with a friend before going home. Wrong: « a young college student left a party » (l.1) b- He got lost in the middle

Today More and more people are either choosing not to eat meat, poultry or fish or they are choosing not to eat as much of these proteins. They are becoming vegetarians or “occasional” vegetarians. Often the choice to radically modify a diet is the result of a personal decision to lower the risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, obesity or some forms of cancer. Some people are advocates of animal rights and therefore object to what they consider the inhumane way in which billions of animals

of text is it? Key elements: Extract, novel, autobiography, ‘Tis, Frank McCourt, 1999. Example: This text is an extract form a novel called ‘Tis, written by Frank McCourt and published in 1999. 2. What do we learn about the narrator? Key elements: Young man, Frank McCourt, 19 years old, came “New York city in the late forties to escape for poverty in Ireland”, wants to be a student, doesn’t want to be a houseman, or have a low-paid job, admires university students. Example: We learn in this extract