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author into his personal realisation of a work of art. As Mr. Kipling puts it : " There are nine and sixty ways of constructing tribal lays. And every single one of them is right! " The artist, then, says Maupassant, is in a sense the slave of his personality ; he must write as he can, not as he would. Romantic or realist, he must follow his bent. The goal, therefore, of training such as Maupassant's own is not the at- tainment of an absolutely best method, but the discovery

and printing: Jed Graphic & Multimédia © UNESCO 2002 • CULTURAL DIVERSITY • 2 Preface I n these troubled times with the world in search of its bearings, and wayward minds using the terms “culture” and “civilization” in an attempt to turn human beings against one another, there is an urgent need to remember how fundamental cultural diversity is to humanity itself. ever-increasing gains in diversity – had opened it up to still living forms of that creative genius, to embrace what

capacity. A single female can produce up to eighty offspring a year. Sudden surges in their numbers once led Scandinavians to think they were spontaneously generated by the weather. What actually happens is that mild winters lead to overpopulation that in turn leads to overgrazing. The lemmings set off into unfamiliar territory in search of food until they pile up against natural obstacles like cliffs, lakes, and seas. The lemmings keep coming. Panic and violence ensue. Accidents happen. But it isn’t suicide

days” Fred: “So 1-day sprints wouldn’t work either. Have you considered ditching sprints entirely?” Jim: “Well, frankly, we would like that. But isn’t that against Scrum?” Fred: “Scrum is just a tool. You choose when and how to use it. Don’t be a slave to it!” Jim: “So what should we do then?” Fred: “Have you heard of Kanban?” Jim: “What’s that? What’s the difference between that and Scrum?” Fred: “Here, read this article!” Jim: “But I really like the rest of Scrum though, do I have to switch now

nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.” – I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave-owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. – I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character. I have

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was a chance that the German officers would have kept them indefinitely in Tôtes or possibly even raped the female travelers. Boule de Suif is emotionally damaged from the event that saved her companions, but she is even more deeply hurt when they turn against her, once again regarding her and her actions as immoral: On the trip out of Tôtes, Boule de Suif is hurried and does not have time to pack provisions, but none of the other passengers will share food with her, speak with her, or thank her

be located, to be set in, to be held hostage, to run a country, to border – the coast, inland, national park, fall, landscape – sightseeing, dictatorship, unrest, hostage, a coup – safe, unsafe, northern, southern, eastern, western ● L’aventure – to turn one’s back on something, to hitch-hike – desire for adventure, yearning for freedom, to long for, wild areas, a backpack ● La « civilisation » – job ≠ work, earnings, materialism – materialistic, down-to-earth ● Voir fiche lexicale, LDP p.

fight between the castle and the storm should be compared the prose picture of the fight between the fire and the water in Le Rhin (Lettre xix).] Hugo loves especially to endow with life objects that suggest a struggle. It is the wrecked and broken ship of Pleine Mer rather than the triumphant vessel of Plein Ciel that is animate. Ce Titan se rua, joyeux, dans la tempête; ***** Quand il marchait, fumant, grondant, couvert de toile, Il jetait un tel râle â l'air épouvanté Que toute l'eau tremblait

particulier les locomotives. II existe aussi des observateurs d'avions, de metros et d'autobus. Le saviez-vous 1 Blog is a portmanteau word derived from 'web' (i.e. World Wide Web, the Internet) and 'log' (a list of important events occurring on a ship and recorded in. the logbook). 'Weblog' was soon abbreviated to 'blog' in the early 2000s. The word pixel appeared in 1969 to describe the elements ('el') composing the pictures ('picts' = 'pix') on a TV screen. Podcast is another portmanteau word