Filed under: Uncategorized
The first part of the geektionary project is done : the differents jobs are identified, described and the lexicons corresponding is listed.
This project could stop there. Each student has now a good tool to be interviewed for a job. But members of the geektionary decided provide a more helpful project. They thought that some words on a paper are not enough, students have to know how to pronunce them.
Thus, the second part of the project consists in recording themselves pronuncing those words or expressions.
Their work will be soon available. Be patient!
Filed under: LET'S GET THOSE DANISH GIRLS POSTS
Ali, Wilhelm, Amine and Samuel went to Copenhagen from Friday 5th December to Sunday 7 and here are few pictures of their trip :
Samuel with a Danish royal guard
The royal guard
A statue which must have a name I guess.
The best one for the end.
According to these pictures we can easily say that they appreciated !
Filed under: JNM 2009
Joyful atmosphere, good tempers, with a bit of sun and rain.
Don’t search anymore.
This is what were the 3 short and intense days of JNM in Mulhouse and what I felt.
Even if this journey is quite recent it’s always likeable to remember the nice moments
we have spent together and moreover when a hard month (June) with a lot of homeworks and projects is coming.
In addition I would sincerely thank the University and the persons who organized that.
Filed under: FLORIDA by Benoit
In this second post, I am going to late you discover a wonderful area of South Florida: The Keys
The Keys are a succession of islands in the south pointe of Florida. The first one is called Key Largo. Key Largo is the Mecca of diving in USA. There is the most beautiful diving and snorkeling area. They begin at the southeastern tip of the Florida peninsula, about 15 miles (24 km) south of Miami, and extend in south-southwest to Key West, the westernmost island. At the nearest point, the southern tip of Key West is just 90 miles (140 km) from Cuba.
The islands are links up by a road / freeway: The US1. US1 is one of the most longer road in the USA. It begin at Key West and finish in New York ! In the Keys area it is called the Overseas Highway and long of 127-miles (204 km).
The seven Mile bridge.
It is the most famous bridge in the Florida Keys. It runs over a channel between the Gulf of Mexico and the Florida Strait, connecting Knight’s in the Middle Keys to Little Duck Key in the Lower Keys. It is one of the most longest bridges in the world.
Key West is the southernmost city in the Keys. It is terminus of the US1. Key West is 129 miles southwest of Miami and less than 106 miles north-northeast of Havana, Cuba.
Key West is a seaport destination for many passenger cruise ships.
The city is was chosen as the Winter White House of President Harry S. Truman. The city was also the home city of Ernest Hemingway who was an famous Amerian writer and journalist in the 20th century.
Key West is more a caribbean city than American. There are many parrots and other exotic animals…
Many Americans go to Key West for spending of good time, for enjoying life…
sunset at Key Largo
The Paradise !
Video of The Keys area
Filed under: FLORIDA by Benoit
In december I have spend my Christmas holidays in Florida.
In this post I am going to try to make you discover the city of Miami and also Miami Beach.
Located in the front of the Atlantic ocean, the area of Miami benefits from a hot and soft tropical climate all year long. The medium température is around 25-26 degrees (C) but it can grow up to more than 35 degrees sometimes. The region is subject to the hurricanes from August to the end of October. The most devastator was “Andrews” in 1992. Miami has been identified as one of three cities in the United States most vulnerable to hurricanes, mainly due to its location, the other two cities are New Orleans and also New York City.
Miami is the most populous county in Florida. With an estimated population of 409,719 in 2007, Miami is the seventh-largest metro area in the United States with over 5.4 million residents.
Downtown of Miami view from Biscayne Bay.
The bay separates the city of Miami and Miami Beach the other city. In his centre, there are some small artificial Island where live a lot of famous star of cinema and music such as Madonna, Al Pacino, Puff Dady…
The downtown is in perpetual enlargement, many new skycrapers are build every month. Since 2001, Miami has been undergoing a large building boom with more than 50 skycraper rising over 122 m built.
Miami Beach is not a quarter of Miami, but definitely a neighbouring city. It etend along the Atlantic ocean and along Biscayne Bay. It is the tourist centre of Miami, the city is famous for its Art déco quarter build in the begining of the 20th century, for its huge beach with it white sand and blue lagoon sea, for luxuries hotels, famous night club….
Ocean Drives
The “Champs Elysées” of Miami. It is known for its Art Deco hotels. The street is the center of the city’s Art Deco District, which is home to around 800 preserved buildings.
Everglades
The Everglades are subtropical wetlands located in the southern portion of Florida. The wildlife is very rich, the most known of animals which live in the Everglades is the aligator. It is also the most dangerous !
Vidéo Clip
Miami is a really wonderful place to spend holidays !
Filed under: Humour
Somes funny expressions
To cost an arm and a leg : something which is very expensive
To put it in a nutshell : to sum up
In a blink of an eye : very fast
To rain cats and dogs : to rain a lot
Filed under: Humour
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
Filed under: Grammar
Used to, Be used to, Get used to
Definition
« Used to » is used to
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express the idea that something was an old habit that stopped in the past
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Active form : I used to go to the beach everyday
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Passive form : The bill used to be paid by Julio
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to express things that we usually do
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He is used to talking in front of an audience
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Rules
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Use to + infinitive
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Be/Get used to + nominal group
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Be/Get used to + gerund
Download presentation : use-to
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Gerund
Definition
A gerund is a noun made from a verb by adding « -ing ». You can use a gerund as the subject, direct object, subject complement as object of preposition.
Both gerunds and infinitives can be used as the subject or the complement of a sentence. But using a gerund is more natural and common in everyday English.
Some words are followed by gerunds and infinitives.
Example : My cat’s favorite activity is sleeping.
Download presentation : the-gerund
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Relative pronouns
Here is a sum up of the rules to use those relative pronouns
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