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Spring posy

Annie Lesca — 2013-04-23T09:34:33Z

You need : gardening tools green friends such as passiflora, passion flower and aspidistra called house plantsFIVE POSIES WITH MARIGOLDS AND DAISIESMartine's recipe
HOW TO MAKE IT ?
What about gardening tools ? You need a nice cup, scissors, shears, wire, a knife, pins, synthetic flower moss and raffia.
Let's go on : First of all,you put some synthetic flower moss inside the cup. Stick it in place with raffia around the cup. Then you have to hide the moss but not the cup with leaves. (...)

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THE LATE SIXTIES IN ENGLAND

Annie Lesca, Joana — 2013-04-16T06:28:00Z

Report by a French student of seventeen, for her English class.
A very important social revolution took place in the late sixties in the United Kingdom.
It started with a political revolution, when Harold Wilson, from the Labour Party, became Prime Minister from 1964 to 1970.
In July 1966, England was the winner of the football World Cup.
During the same period, England became an artistic center for modernism : in music with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, and in fashion with the (...)

- 2012-2013

Geology in Oman

Annie Lesca — 2013-03-26T12:29:00Z

At first, we read the program for the trip to England to be held at the end of June, with a visit of Windsor Castle.
Then we spoke about our last VO films, « Week-end royal », which was very disapppointing, and « Alceste à bicyclette », which was great. At the end of the hour, we spoke about a film which Aline and Nicole enjoyed watching, last week-end. There were lots of people because of the heavy rain outside.
The movie takes place in the island of Re (hollyhocks) in winter and it's always (...)

- 2012-2013

Lincoln et al

Annie Lesca — 2013-02-19T18:06:00Z

N. went to see Spielberg's film about Lincoln and liked it a lot, both for Lincoln's private and political life. She found it very interesting as well to hear about the 13th amendment. At his time, neither women nor black people had a right to vote.
Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. A. told us she had visited (...)

- 2012-2013

Champlain à Québec

Annie Lesca — 2013-02-12T13:27:00Z

Habitation de Québec : A Le magazin. B Colombier. C Corps de logis où sont nos armes, & pour loger les ouvriers. D Autre corps de logis pour les ouvriers. E Cadran. F Autre corps de logis où est la forge, & artisans logés. G Galleries tout au tour des logemens. H Logis de sieur de Champlain. I La porte de l'habitation, où il y a pont-levis. L Promenoir autour de l'habitation concernant 10. pieds de large jusques sur le bort du fossé. M Fossés tout autour de l'habitation. N Plattes (...)

- 2012-2013

Mini-pancakes

Annie Lesca — 2013-02-12T06:37:00Z

RECIPE FOR PANCAKES, or CREPES SUZETTE
Ingredients for 8 servings
flour, salt, sugar, milk, egg, oil (or melted butter), flavouring
Directions 1. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, salt and sugar. Make a well in the center and pour in the milk, egg and melted butter ; mix until smooth. 2. Heat a lightly oiled frying pan over medium high heat. 3. Pour or scoop the batter onto the pan, using approximately 1/4 cup for each pancake. 4. Brown on both sides and serve hot.VOCABULARY (...)

- 2012-2013

The skeleton woman

Annie Lesca — 2013-02-05T14:46:00Z

An inuit folktale
Text : proofreading by Marisa, thanks a lot.
Film by Edith Pieperhoff, June 1963, Duisburg, Germany.
No one remembered what she was supposed to have done to so offend her father, but no one could forget what he did to her. Down, down, into the icy depths she fell, where the sea creatures feasted on her flesh.
A legend grew up that the bay was haunted and none of the local fishermen would go near it. But one day, a young man came in search of food. He didn't know what (...)

- 2012-2013

A map of London

Annie Lesca — 2013-01-29T19:00:00Z

We watched a cloth with a map of London.
At Christmas time, there is a meeting of Santa Clauses in London.
"V and A museum" stands for Victoria and Albert Museum.
Old train machines in the subway for the 150th anniversary of the London Underground.

- 2012-2013

A trip to Bolivia

Annie Lesca — 2013-01-29T16:04:00Z

We spent an hour listening to I- who spoke about their four-wheel drive last October with 20°C in daytime. In winter it would have been much colder. She showed us pictures of the missions and their bell-towers, built in wood by the Jesuits in the 17th and 18th century, in wood.
Martin Schmid, also known as Esmid (1694–1772) was a Swiss Jesuit, missionary, musician and architect, who worked mainly in the Chiquitos Province.
In Madrid, around 1729, he helped to translate the history of (...)

- 2012-2013

Martello towers

Annie Lesca — 2013-01-28T15:38:00Z

Inspired by the Genovese towers which had been built all along Corsican coasts in the 15th and 16 centuries : a picture by Irene, near her guests' house.
wikipedia
Based on a diagram by the Friends of the Environment, Mauritius ; by ChrisO.
During the first half of the 19th century, the British government embarked on a large-scale programme of building Martello towers to guard the British and Irish coastlines. Around 140 were built, mostly along the south coast of England.
Governments in (...)

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