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prends les papiers) My name is Raphael, and he is Rodrigo (montre du doigt). We are two good friends who were living in Caborca. We were living in the misery, and we are fed up of this bad life. This is a reason why we tried to fullfil our dream : go to L.A. Okay, okay, this is always the same story. You all want to flee to America. And when did you make up one’s mind to sneak illegally into the USA ? You can't imagine how we are living in Mexico : the life is really hard in Caborca, indeed

Pretend that you’ve opened this book (although you probably have opened this book), just to find a huge onion right in the middle crease of the book. (The manufacturer of the book has included the onion at my request.) So you’re like, “Wow, this book comes with an onion!” (Even if you don’t particularly like onions, I’m sure you can appreciate the logistics of shipping any sort of produce discreetly inside of an alleged programming manual.) Then you ask yourself, “Wait a minute. I thought this was

READING QUESTIONS What is today’s story about? Do you think it is a good initiative to Who said computer games are for only for the supply the pensioners with a young ?! A group of retirement homes in the console? Why? North East England have decided to equipped Why does it motivate people to get their homes with brand new game consoles. out of their room? The pensioners appear to be delighted with this What kind of games can the residents play? new kind of entertainment! What did the Mr Fisher have

or better, Austrian.) I’ll see you on Friday – or rather, Saturday. 3. Use the simple present – play(s), rain(s) etc – to talk about habits and repeated actions. I play tennis every Saturday. (NOT I am playing tennis every Saturday.) It usually rains a lot in November. 4. Use will …, not the present, for offers and promises. I’ll cook you supper this evening. (NOT I cook you supper this evening.) I promise I’ll phone you tomorrow. (NOT I promise I phone you tomorrow.) 5. Don’t drop

anyone to help you with this test. Please do not use a dictionary. Complete as much as you can and use a pen. EF Master Business English Personal details Name: __________________________________ Tel. (home): __________________________ E-mail: ___________________________ Number of years of English studied (please circle): 0 1 2-3 4-5 6-7 8-10 10+ When did you last study English? ____________________________________________________________ _________________________ What work experience

Confessions of a New Media Whore PAUL CARR This edition is licensed under the Creative Commons AttributionNoncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. You are free to distribute any or all of the (unmodified) text for non-commercial use, providing you credit http://www.paulcarr.com Full license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us First published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson london ‘I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours’ Hunter S.

company, but we don’t really know each other very well. I think it would help if I briefly introduce each of you. It will help us become more of a team. I’ll start. I’m Leah Maurel, and you may or may not know, but I have been in charge of the French wine sector for the past three years. I worked on the setting up in Calais 15 years ago. This is our sales manager Mathilde Bacar, and this is our communications manager, Alexandre Balayé. Alexander has already worked in Calais and has done a great job

ushers in the presence of God. He inhabits the praises of His people! When you minister to Him through praise, get ready for a breakthrough!  A. Ministering to the Lord is defined as the prayer of praise and worship (Acts 13:1-4, AMP). 1. When you minister to the Lord without an agenda, you position yourself for His deliverance. a. Learn how to praise God for the small things. b. You were created to fellowship with God, cultivate a personal relationship with

417 Echols Street Vienna, Virginia, 22180 August 24, 1997 Dear Mary Ann, Once again, I thank you for the collector’s edition of Madame Bovary. As promised in my email, I am sending you one of my little “studies” in comparative translation. What you see is no great literary feat. I simply cut and pasted the different translations from my vast collection into a Microsoft Word 5.1 chart for MAC. I have written some of my own thoughts, colored, to be sure, by my readings of the

first place For one thing (D’abord, d’une part) For another thing (d’autre part) Another thing (d’autre part) Another thing is ; secondly, thirdly…. III – TO MAKE A LINK BETWEEN DIFFERENT PARTS OF AN ARGUMENT Therefore – in addition – Moreover – However – Nevertheless (néanmoins) – On the other hand – Yet (Pourtant, Par contre) – All the same (Quand même) – That is to say (c’est-à-dire) –Anyway / At any rate / in any case (de toute façon) – After all – At least (du moins) – Actually