AWESOME
How did awesome come to be so popular.
Read here
This article from The Economist is just  ...awesome :-)

Why do graduating students wear academic robes?
Why indeed? American schools chose to perpetuate an English tradition. Read the article here
and watch the picture of American students:

and the Oxford original!

Which one do you like best?

I believe this is what is happening:

Do you want to visit the Shangaï expo? Here is the link.

Heard about this volcano in Iceland Nasa took a picture of it earlier this month:


And a very impressive video from the BBC:




Today photo of the Islandic volcano. It does not look as if it is going to stop soon.
Are you taking a plane for the holidays?  :(

Rain again!!
Rain rain go away, come again some other day!
Later much later
Next year?

Okay to day is Friday so here you are all Nasa's interactive

From the BBC the biggest news today!

Can you believe an even greater news than the ipad...

Proper nouns come into play in Scrabble rule change

I found the most beautiful website!

If you like nature and animals then you will love it too

The interface is very intuitive and easy to use.

It is the BBC Earth explorer.

Better than Google Earth? well let me know.

Click here and enjoy.

You canb explore the sea floor with the submersible ALVIN here

Why do I do all this? I think you can be interested and learn a lot

of new useful words without any effort.

As we said tyo day is Saint Patrick day.

Here is what happens in Washington DC

Yes that's right the fountain in front of the White House goes green.

Pipes and drums in New York

A funny way to look and learn about it.

And the best website is definetely the one of History channel.

Hello boys and girls. This is it we will soon be back together. Great :)

Here are 10 new wonders of the World I particularly like the Méteora

and some pretty incredible bridges here and here.

Let me know what you prefer.

UFO and friends

Are you fascinated or intrigued by UFO well here is an interesting

article from the BBC, it is matter for thought.

Let us know what you think.

Click

Plus do you have too many friends? or never enough?

Here is an other article from the BBC

New dictionaries

It is a shame you are not English. You would probably love this website.

There are dictionaries for everything in which words are introduced in different ways.

Click here

There are articles too.

My favorite:

How climate change has influenced our vocabulary.

There are a lot of new snow play words. Why?

There has been snow in Florida this year and several severe snow storms in North America.

There is one dictionary specifically for you. If you wish to know more about English idioms and idiomatic expressions here it is: click.

Carnival

Your Carnival was great and you enjoyed it.

Here is what it was like in New Orleans from Time magazine: click

and in Rio de janeiro from the newspaper The Sacramento Bee : click

Winter Olympics

The winter Olympic games are a great moment.

First, you have to know where Vancouver is you can see it better from here: click and here too.

if you wish to know more about each sport Click here

or here, and here.

The passing of the torch dating back to the tenth century BCE( Before the Common Era) is also very great and interesting.

if you want to see beautiful pictures of the event so far click here.

You can see all the torches on this New York Times website Click.

Now for a few exercises: click and here for a scientific outlook

An engaging game from the Canadian Olympic school that you should try: click.

A little history here and here to see who were the champions.

Have a great time watching, there is a problem though: there is no snow in Vancouver, the temperature is too high an average of 7.6 °C read here

Do you prefer cats or dogs?

I thought this was really funny. Feel free to comment and say if you think it is true or false.

I think it is just that cats are so wise, the way they love sleeping on your desk on the precise spot you have been reading tell the whole story, doesn't it?

Click here to view the article.

If you had a baby recently you know what you should do now to ensure successful studies to your children :)

Weekly thought Fantastic LEGO

We all have some favorite childhood memories. Some are so dear to us we never grow out of them.

Here is for all LEGO fans. Listening Paul? Click here

J.D.Salinger died

J.D.Salinger died yesterday in his house in Cornish New Heaven where he retired in 1953. He was 91 years old and has never published a book since 1965.

He is still famous for the few books he published and in particular for his best seller Catcher in the Rye.

You may not have read Catcher in the Rye...well then you are lucky, you can read and enjoy it. A translation in French is bound to be published again soon. Buy it and read it. It is taught in schools in the U.S. and still is a teenager favorite.

The hero Holden Caulfield is 16 years old, he thinks people are either authentic or phony, no in between! You will either love him or hate him.

The book is about Holden's perils, travels and adventures in New York city after being expelled from his prep school. If you want to follow him through New York follow this link.

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