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Prononciation : "u"

noreply@hautetfort.com (Mowgli) — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 17:31:04 +0100

English Pronunciation ~ Prononciation anglaise : Voyelle - La lettre U

La lettre U est une voyelle et a plusieurs sons en anglais.

Voici les noms des sons, les symboles de l'API* et les symboles standards (Std) pour décrire les sons de la lettre U.

*Nom*	*API*	*Std*	*Exemples*
u courte		/ʌ/	us nous	summer été

u longue	u	/u:/	Tuesday mardi	ecru écru

				put mettre

schwa		/ə/		focus foyer

	ju	/ju:/	unite unir	humid humide

*L'API veut dire Alphabet Phonétique International. Apprendre plus sur les phonétiques et l'API.

Superhero suit

noreply@hautetfort.com (Mowgli) — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 17:15:51 +0100

The form-fitting clothing they often wear, referred to as skintight or spandex outfits, emphasizes their strength and athletic build.

Skintight outfits emphasize athletic build...

...but not only!!!

Superhero costume

noreply@hautetfort.com (Mowgli) — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 17:05:32 +0100

Costume is also a source of power. Metal-plated armours or armoured suits, knee and elbow pads, utility belts, ammunition pouches, whips, for example can protect them and help them fight.

Metal plated armour.

Batman's utility bet.

Superhero's emblem

noreply@hautetfort.com (Mowgli) — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 16:58:27 +0100

Another common feature of a superhero costume is a symbol: a stylized letter or an emblem usually on the chest.

Superhero masks

noreply@hautetfort.com (Mowgli) — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 16:56:09 +0100

Superheroes:

The masks:

Surperheroes who maintain a secret identity often wear a mask, ranging from domino masks to full-face masks. Most common are masks covering the upper face, leaving the mouth and jaw exposed. Some also wear hoods or cowls to cover their heads and necks.

Domino mask.

Ful-face mask :

A mask leaving the jaw exposed:

A cowl:

The Einstein's riddle

noreply@hautetfort.com (Mowgli) — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 18:45:00 +0200

During this lesson, we recaped how to ask WH- questions:

These are the clues and their related questions:

- The Brit lives in a red house ( Where does the Brit live?)

- The Swede possesses dogs ( Who does keep dogs as pets?)

- The dane drinks tea ( What does the Dane drink?)

- The green house is on the left of the white house ( Where is the green house?)

- The resident of the green house drinks coffee ( What does the resident of the green house drink?)

- The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds ( What does the person who rears birds smoke?)

- The resident of the yellow house smokes Dunhill (Where does the resident who smokes Dunhill live?)

- The resident of the centre house drinks milk ( What does the resident of the center house drink?)

- The Norwegian lives in the first house ( Who does live in the first house?)

- The person who smokes Blend lives next to the one who keeps cats ( What does the person who lives next to the one who keeps cats smoke?)

- The person who keeps the horse lives next to the one who smokes Dunhill (What does the personn who lives next to the one who smokes Dunhill keep?)

-The person who smokes Bluemasters drinks beer (What does the person who smokes Bluemasters drink?)

-The German smokes Prince (Who does smoke Prince?)

-The Norwegian lives next to the blue house ( Where does the Norwegian live?)

- The person who smokes Blends has a neighbour who drinks water (What does the person who has a neighbour who drinks water smoke?)

Here is a link to WH- questions:

http://www.anglaisfacile.com/exercices/exercice-anglais-2/exercice-anglais-25527.php

Black Boy

noreply@hautetfort.com (Mowgli) — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:50:00 +0200

Black Boy ( 2de)

1. Presentation of the document:

The document is an extract entitled Black Boy from the novel Harper and Row written by Richard Wright and published in 1937. In the extract, the narrator Richard is send to the blackboard by the teacher to write his name and address but he cannot because he is paralysed by fear. Because the other children laugh at him, the teacher tries to help him.

2.

I sat and i cursed (verb) myself. Why did I always appear so dumb (adjective) when I was called to perform (verb) something in a crowd? I knew how (adverb) to write as well (adverb) as any (adjective) pupil in the classroom, and no doubt I could (auxiliary) read better (adjective) than any of them.

3. Formation des mots (dérivation):

Here is a link to some exercices related to derivation:

http://perso.orange.fr/yvanbaptiste/derivat/index.htm

Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans

noreply@hautetfort.com (Mowgli) — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:15:00 +0200

Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans

Present the document:

The document is an abridgement entitled Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans extracted from The New York Times and published in 2005.

Weather-related terms:

- “100-mile-per-hour winds and rain”, “the storm”, “parts of the city were transformed into lakes”, water was rising”.

Places:

- “New Orleans”, “ the city”, buildings”, the Gulf of Mexico”, “the Superdome”, “the State’s Highway 90”, “many houses”, “roofs”.

Pronunciation of the words ending with the letters [ed]

- [id] après les sons [t] et [d] → interested, ended…

- [t] après les consonnes « sourdes » sauf [t] → shocked, smashed, sniffed…

- [d] après les voyelles, et les consonnes « sonores », sauf [d] → breathed, played…

Consequences on people :

- Winds and rain terrified people.

- The storm forced residents to evacuate the city or to crowd into the superdome.

- People were soaked.

- People took shelter on roofs or were trapped in water and drowned.

- People had no food nor water for drinking.

consequences on things:

- Winds and rain hit the city and knocked out electrical power.

- Parts of the city were transformed into lakes.

- Many houses lost their roofs.

- Other houses collapsed.

- Many houses were on fire.

Here is a link to this terrible disaster:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8Vb07jlwGA