Hi Folks,
This week I read 3 articles:
The first one was about Obama who promised action on the economy. Rising prices, people who lose their homes because they can't afford it any more,... America has a lot of problems, just like the entire world. Obama says he can change this but not in the short term, therefor the crisis is too difficult. Personally I am glad that after 8 years of Bush 'fucking up' (sorry for my language, but talking about Bush I think this is appropriate) America and the rest of the world, Obama can bring some change. And I have confidence in his succes.
The second article was about the speech of Martin Luther King in 1963. "I have a dream ..." is one of the most famous quotes in history. I strongly believe that the election of Obama in 2008 is partly thanks to this man's actions back in 1963. Racism is still not conquered entirely, but we're well on the way.
The last article was about an LA ban on new fast food outlets in poor areas. A lot of Americans are obese and especially in LA. Poor people in LA don't have money to buy (slightly more expensive) healthy food, or they don't have a car to go shopping. So they just go to MacDo or another fast food restaurant where the food is 'fast' and cheap. I think this decision can make a difference, but only together with a larger sensitization campagne.
CU soon for the next 'catching up'-part
ST
dimanche 30 novembre 2008
dimanche 23 novembre 2008
Catching up! - part 1
Hi Folks,
I have some catching up to do, so this week I spent a couple of hours on the 7Speaking website. I read 2 big articles and saw a short 'newsflash'.
The first article was about Airbus and its financial problems. Because of the weak Dollar (or the strong Euro, as you like) and because of a 2-year-delay on the delivery of the first A380, Airbus has an unstable financial situation. They already sold several plants and others are set to follow. I think it's a difficult time for everyone, whatever business you're in, but especially in a sector where the competition is killing (like the airline business).
My second article was about sports, namely the sell out of the Premier League (the best English league). Millionaires buy a football club and try to optimize the value of the club. But they only look at the financial point of view and often forget that football in England is more like a tradition. I followed the Premier League for several years, and it's true that rich people like Abramovich (who bought Chelsea) change the League. If you don't know much about football, maybe it's hard to understand. But if you only have a minor interest in English football, you can't deny it.
The 'newsflash' I mentioned was 'The Business Minute'. That's a summary of 1 minute about different topics, such as the sale of a company or the allocation of a loan of the government on technological research.
CU soon
ST
I have some catching up to do, so this week I spent a couple of hours on the 7Speaking website. I read 2 big articles and saw a short 'newsflash'.
The first article was about Airbus and its financial problems. Because of the weak Dollar (or the strong Euro, as you like) and because of a 2-year-delay on the delivery of the first A380, Airbus has an unstable financial situation. They already sold several plants and others are set to follow. I think it's a difficult time for everyone, whatever business you're in, but especially in a sector where the competition is killing (like the airline business).
My second article was about sports, namely the sell out of the Premier League (the best English league). Millionaires buy a football club and try to optimize the value of the club. But they only look at the financial point of view and often forget that football in England is more like a tradition. I followed the Premier League for several years, and it's true that rich people like Abramovich (who bought Chelsea) change the League. If you don't know much about football, maybe it's hard to understand. But if you only have a minor interest in English football, you can't deny it.
The 'newsflash' I mentioned was 'The Business Minute'. That's a summary of 1 minute about different topics, such as the sale of a company or the allocation of a loan of the government on technological research.
CU soon
ST
mardi 4 novembre 2008
Belgium for sale
Hi folks,
I just read a strange article. Actually it wasn't the article that was strange, it was the content. Some journalist wanted to sell Belgium by auction on Ebay. Who want's to sell a country, or even worse, his own country???
As you all know (or don't know) I'm Belgian, so when I saw the title I didn't hesitated a second: I had to read this! But in fact the entire Ebay-selling-thing was a big joke, thank goodness.
CU
ST
I just read a strange article. Actually it wasn't the article that was strange, it was the content. Some journalist wanted to sell Belgium by auction on Ebay. Who want's to sell a country, or even worse, his own country???
As you all know (or don't know) I'm Belgian, so when I saw the title I didn't hesitated a second: I had to read this! But in fact the entire Ebay-selling-thing was a big joke, thank goodness.
CU
ST
mardi 28 octobre 2008
The Mission's over, it's 7Speaking time again
Hi folks,
It's been a while since I last did my last 7Speaking (and wrote on my blog of course). But I have an excuse: I was on a mission (sounds a bit like 'Mission Impossible' ... cool) in Caen. We stayed in a lovely house, a 'gite', without internet unfortunately. During the weekends, back in Le Havre, I didn't always found the time nor the motivation to practice. It's actually kind of tiring, such a mission, especially the last two weeks because of the 'O my god, we won't make it in time'-stress. Enough said about the past. Let's look at the present:
Today I did 2 stories: one article and one video.
The article was about a small town in Pennsylvania, where they want to make a Memorial on the crash site of Flight 23, one of the four planes of 9/11. Hopefully this horrible event can bring something positive for the people of the little town (revenue from tourism).
The video I saw, told the story of three scientists who've won the Nobel Prize for chemistry. One Japanese and two American researchers discovered a glowing jellyfish protein, called g.f.p. or green fluorescent protein. It can be used in cell research to tag cells or particles in order to understand the growth and development of tumors and other diseases. Even though I'm not a big light when it comes to chemical matters, I understand (and I believe) that this discovery can perhaps change lives. Maybe not in the near future, but certainly in the long run.
CU next time
ST
It's been a while since I last did my last 7Speaking (and wrote on my blog of course). But I have an excuse: I was on a mission (sounds a bit like 'Mission Impossible' ... cool) in Caen. We stayed in a lovely house, a 'gite', without internet unfortunately. During the weekends, back in Le Havre, I didn't always found the time nor the motivation to practice. It's actually kind of tiring, such a mission, especially the last two weeks because of the 'O my god, we won't make it in time'-stress. Enough said about the past. Let's look at the present:
Today I did 2 stories: one article and one video.
The article was about a small town in Pennsylvania, where they want to make a Memorial on the crash site of Flight 23, one of the four planes of 9/11. Hopefully this horrible event can bring something positive for the people of the little town (revenue from tourism).
The video I saw, told the story of three scientists who've won the Nobel Prize for chemistry. One Japanese and two American researchers discovered a glowing jellyfish protein, called g.f.p. or green fluorescent protein. It can be used in cell research to tag cells or particles in order to understand the growth and development of tumors and other diseases. Even though I'm not a big light when it comes to chemical matters, I understand (and I believe) that this discovery can perhaps change lives. Maybe not in the near future, but certainly in the long run.
CU next time
ST
dimanche 12 octobre 2008
Grammar
Hi folks,
Today I did quite a lot of work on the 7Speaking website. I didn't do any article, instead I did some grammar exercises in the Grammar Workshop:
- Used to
- Numbers
- Articles (a / an / the)
- Quantifiers
- The imperative and let
I actually learnt several new things. I also read things I used to know (or things I should know) but I'm only human and I sometimes forget things. Especially when you don't speak a language very often, it's normal you make mistakes. But I have my personal trainer ;-) because I live together with 3 girls (lucky me) and one of them is English.
To my English teacher: Thanks for the comments. I've corrected my mistakes.
CU soon
ST
Today I did quite a lot of work on the 7Speaking website. I didn't do any article, instead I did some grammar exercises in the Grammar Workshop:
- Used to
- Numbers
- Articles (a / an / the)
- Quantifiers
- The imperative and let
I actually learnt several new things. I also read things I used to know (or things I should know) but I'm only human and I sometimes forget things. Especially when you don't speak a language very often, it's normal you make mistakes. But I have my personal trainer ;-) because I live together with 3 girls (lucky me) and one of them is English.
To my English teacher: Thanks for the comments. I've corrected my mistakes.
CU soon
ST
dimanche 5 octobre 2008
Long time no see
Hi folks,
Yeah I know, I haven't written anything on my blog for severel days. But that's because I didn't have internet to do some 7Speaking last week. I'm on a mission in Caen so I stay there during the week (actually I stay in Dives-sur-Mer) and I don't have internet there. So unfortunately I couldn't read any articles.
But today I read two articles: one about the Chinese gymnasts who competed in the Olympic Games in Beijing. The second one was about the football game between Lille and Bordeaux. Surprisingly it was Lille who won the three point. They had a 2-1 victory over Bordeaux.
See you next week for some more 7Speaking
ST
Yeah I know, I haven't written anything on my blog for severel days. But that's because I didn't have internet to do some 7Speaking last week. I'm on a mission in Caen so I stay there during the week (actually I stay in Dives-sur-Mer) and I don't have internet there. So unfortunately I couldn't read any articles.
But today I read two articles: one about the Chinese gymnasts who competed in the Olympic Games in Beijing. The second one was about the football game between Lille and Bordeaux. Surprisingly it was Lille who won the three point. They had a 2-1 victory over Bordeaux.
See you next week for some more 7Speaking
ST
vendredi 26 septembre 2008
Just one today
Hi folks,
Because I didn't have much time today, I only could do one article (test included) on the 7Speaking-website. It was about a fire in a Chinese disco. 43 people were killed and 88 wounded. Unfortunately, this is common in China. I don't understand why the Chinese government doesn't vote laws or doesn't inspect the discos so that these kinds of accidents can be prevented in the future.
Gotta go now
CU
ST
Because I didn't have much time today, I only could do one article (test included) on the 7Speaking-website. It was about a fire in a Chinese disco. 43 people were killed and 88 wounded. Unfortunately, this is common in China. I don't understand why the Chinese government doesn't vote laws or doesn't inspect the discos so that these kinds of accidents can be prevented in the future.
Gotta go now
CU
ST
mercredi 24 septembre 2008
I read my first articles
Hi Everybody,
Yesterday I did some excercices on the 7Speaking website. I read 4 articles and after each article I did a small test. One of the articles told the story of a Swiss teacher who built a car driven by solar power. Really interesting. I hope one day this can be reality instead of just an article on a website. Another article I really liked was about the American swimmer Michael Phelps, a real phenomenon. If you can obtain 8 golden medals in a single Olympic Games, you're more a machine than human. The other two articles were about George Michael screwing up again and the nuclear program of North Korea.
See you soon
ST
Yesterday I did some excercices on the 7Speaking website. I read 4 articles and after each article I did a small test. One of the articles told the story of a Swiss teacher who built a car driven by solar power. Really interesting. I hope one day this can be reality instead of just an article on a website. Another article I really liked was about the American swimmer Michael Phelps, a real phenomenon. If you can obtain 8 golden medals in a single Olympic Games, you're more a machine than human. The other two articles were about George Michael screwing up again and the nuclear program of North Korea.
See you soon
ST
dimanche 21 septembre 2008
I've created my first blog !!!
Hi everybody,
Today I've created my first blog ever. I've never had a blog so this is quite new for me.
I'll use this blog to tell you about my work and progression on the 7Speaking website. This is a site where you can improve your English. A fantastic help for all the French people because (almost) all the French have a terrible accent when they speak English.
Tonight I won't work on 7Speaking because I'm too tired (Reason: Integration Weekend of my new school).
See you in a couple of days !!
ST
Today I've created my first blog ever. I've never had a blog so this is quite new for me.
I'll use this blog to tell you about my work and progression on the 7Speaking website. This is a site where you can improve your English. A fantastic help for all the French people because (almost) all the French have a terrible accent when they speak English.
Tonight I won't work on 7Speaking because I'm too tired (Reason: Integration Weekend of my new school).
See you in a couple of days !!
ST
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