Video: What comes after SpaceX Polaris Dawn crew's spacewalk (CBS)
Texts: Mars is a hellhole (the Atlantic)
The race to develop the moon (the New Yorker)
Polaris Dawn mission is one giant leap for private space exploration (new Scienstist)
Tiger's Corner
Lessons 2024-2025
Videos, texts & vocabulary
Introduction : What’s in the News? September 2024
Tenez-vous au courant de l’actualité, en regardant /écoutant plusieurs reportages par semaine.
Sur le site de la BBC ou de CBS, vous trouverez des séquences diverses et variées (liens ci-dessous) : regardez-en très régulièrement.
BBC News (one minute world news)
CBS (top stories of the day)
Comment travailler la compréhension avec les ‘one minute news’ ?
Topic n°1 : Higher, faster... further September
Video 1 : Can a trans-runner like me compete fairly? Times Opinion Video
text1: Technology has helped para-athletes for decades. But it can also create an unfair advantage (The conversation)
Bonus text: What does science tell us about boxing’s gender row? BBC.com
Topic n°2 : To the Moon and beyond October
Video: What comes after SpaceX Polaris Dawn crew's spacewalk (CBS)
Texts: Mars is a hellhole (the Atlantic)
The race to develop the moon (the New Yorker)
Polaris Dawn mission is one giant leap for private space exploration (new Scienstist)
Topic n°3 : different conceptions of free speech October / November
Video 1 : Elon Musk joins Donald Trump at site of Butler assassination attempt (BBC news)
Text 1: Elon Musk Makes Animated First Appearance at a Trump Rally and Casts Election in Dire Terms (Time.com)
text 2: Cat memes used by Trump ahead of presidential debate spreading fake information about Haitian migrants (Fox5)
Video 2 : Book Bans on the rise in the US (CBS)
text 3: A record number of books were banned in 2023-2024 (The New York Times)
Election special : November 6th
Left : Kamala Harris's concession speech
Right : in-depth analysis by Lawrence O'Donnell
Topic n°4 : What history gives the present November / December
Video 1: Edited version of Huck Finn removes the N-word (PBS)
text: Loving your country means teaching its history correctly (Time.com)
Video 2: 2023 World Cup Haka
Video 2b : High school students perform haka after Christchuch shooting
Video 3 : Thousands march in New Zealand over controversial treaty bill (19 November 2024)
Topic n°6 : You are what you eat January
Video 1a : Are cow burps destroying New Zealand ? (vice news)
Video 1b : Cow burps are a climate problem. Can seaweed help?
Video 2 (Homework): Is a vegan diet healthier than eating meat and dairy? - BBC REEL (subtitles available !)
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Topic n°7 : February / March
The Un-Locked Logbook
Presentation
A selection of articles, videos, and exercises
done during Lockdown from March to June 2020, with some contributions from students
19th March: ‘’I want to break free’’
20th March: Karma Police
21st March: ‘’Have you seen our house?’’
23rd March : Calculus Rhapsody
24th March: Reach for the stars
25th March : I believe in a better way
27th March : between London and Dublin
28th March : Enjoy yourself
30th March: The Man who Sold the World
31st March : I wanna dance, I wanna win, I want that trophy
1st April: What a fool I am !
3rd April : I’m walking these empty streets
5th April: 5 feel-good movies that will get you through hard times
6th April: Mambo !
7th April : Don’t worry, be happy
8th April : Loaded guns
10th April: Crazy, Or not crazy?
Correction for the translation exercises from 19/03 to 10/04
27th April: Enjoy the ‘’sunny afternoon’’...
29th April: Every cloud has a silver lining
1st May: Lust for life
3rd May: 5 documentaries for free
5th May: Fly me to the Moon
9th May: Let’s Dance (Native American style)
11th May: I’m a Tiger
13th May: Take a walk on the wild side
15th May: Ode to joy (and democracy)
25th May: Mad World
29th May: Down by the riverside
Correction for the translation exercises from 29/04 to 29/05
6th June: Don’t bend the knee, take it.
17th June : When the music’s over...
This is the end of Stay home Folks
After three months’ hard work,
Time to get out in the wide (wild) world
Copyright Marie Werquin - All rights reserved
Video 1 : Jacinda Ardern resigns as New Zealand Prime Minister (BBC news)
Excerpt from the news conference
Video 2: Sanitation company accused of using migrant children for dangerous jobs (NBC news)
Bonus: These photos ended child labor in the US (Time)
