Time to Live

INTRODUCTION – American History from 1450 to 1775: A Bief, Thematic Overview ECONOMY SOCIETY GOVERNMENT RELIGION CULTURE 1450 Native American subsistence economy. Europeans fish off North American coasts. Sporadic warfare among Indian peoples. Spanish conquest of Mexico (1519-1521). Rise monarchical nation-states Europe. of Protestant Reformation in begins (1517). Diverse Native American cultures in eastern Woodlands. 1600 First staple Englishcrops: furs and Indian tobacco. warfare

and they had to be persecuted when they sailed to the New World, never to be afraid but once they arrived there were afraid because there were Indians so they killed them . Then they were afraid of each other and they burned witches. In 1775, they killed the British to become free, they were still not free then they passed the second amendment allowed to own a gun. At that time whites were afraid to work and they went to Africa to kidnap thousands of blacks and demoted and forced to work for nothing

1、antithesis We prefer to die a hero, rather live a slave. Give me liberty, or give me death. Pride hurts, modesty benefits. What may be done at any time will be done at no time.　 All for one, one for all.　 2、euphemismHe fell into sleep forever. She gained weight recently. She is less slender than her sister. 3、metonymy Pentagon announced the US army would attack Iraq soon. So, during any five-week shape-up, focus more on the tape measure than on the bathroom scale. The buses

2 : Expression écrite In my opinion, to teach how to play traditional games at school is a good idea, however we should not resist children new games and activities which were born some years ago, thanks to the new technologies. Actually, to my mind, today children spend too much time watching TV, playing games playstation and using computer. Most have forgotten or don’t know the traditional games like playing hopscotch, rolling marbles, or “What’s the time Mr Wolf?” . It is important that children

normalcy: a large family, all the expected pleasures of a rich and responsible home life, children growing, Harriet tending, David providing. Even as the days’ events take a dark turn - an ominous surge in crime, unemployment, unrest - the Lovatts cling to their belief that an obstinately guarded contentedness will preserve them from the world outside. - Two social misfits as they do not partake in what the 60’s had on offer. - Lessing describes David and Harriet as “conservative, old-fashioned” in

a way... My Dream Is To Be Free My Dream Is To Be My Dream Is To Be My Dream Is To Be Free In search of brighter days, I ride through the maze of the madness, Struggle is my address, where pain and crack lives, Gunshots comin' from sounds of Blackness, Given this game with no time to practice, Born on the Black list, told I'm below average, A life with no cabbage, That's no money if you from where I'm from, Funny, I just want some of your sun, Dark clouds seem to follow me, Alcohol that

DORIS LESSING “ The fifth child” ( p 13-16 “ If I’m pregnant), Harper Perennial Intro: up to you / put this passage into its context recall what happened in the first extract studied The question we shall try to answer: will the house Harriet and David have found be their home sweet home, the house of their dreams? 1) LONGING FOR A HOUSE AND A KINGDOM a)David’s love for his room and his desire to find a new one: -elements we have in the passage just before this one ( p 12) + David’s wish

What it Means to be an Athlete A group of high school girls who have all joined a crew team for various reasons. Some are athletes, some want scholarships, some are the right body types, some have never been athletes, some have friends on the team, and some are being made to by their parents. The team is small and no cut and always in need of more rowers. As they row they come together as a team, they all gain in confidence and learn what it is to be an athlete both on and off the water. The protagonists

des choses, en tous cas elle enterre à jamais la tragédie Sutpen, c’est un peu comme la purification par le feu * Uses lots of IMAGERY to characterize women * Conférence in Nagano, Japan « The opinion that women cause the trouble is not my own … They have held families together and it’s because of families that the race is continued, and I would be sorry to think that my work had given anyone the impression that I held women in morally a lower position than men, which I do not. » * Est-ce

Lyon under a Royal Charter of Elizabeth I in 1572. The school has an enrolment of approximately 800 boys distributed in 12 boarding houses, all of whom board full time. Harrow is world-famous for its many traditions and rich history, which includes the use of boaters, morning suits, top hats and canes as uniform as well as a very long time of famous alumni including 8 former Prime Minister. Numerous foreign statesmen, former and other members of Parliament, two Kings and several other members of various