My
Chemical Romance
Based in New Jersey, My Chemical
Romance is an alternative pop/rock and punk-pop band. It was formed
by the singer Gerard Way and the ex-drummer Matt Pelissier around
a week after the September 11, 2001 attacks. The members of the
band are:
Gerard Way: the singer
Ray Toro: the lead guitarist
Frank Iero: the rhythm guitarist
Bob Bryar: the drummer
Mikey Way: the bass guitarist
Three months after the formation of the
band they recorded their first album, I Brought You My Bullets,
You Brought Me Your Love. In 2003, the band signed a deal with
Reprise Records. Following a tour with Avenged Sevenfold, the band
began work on their second album, entitled Three Cheers for
Sweet Revenge. Released in 2004, the album went platinum. The
band started recording their third album on April 10, 2006 with
Rob Cavallo, producer of many of Green Day's albums.
The Black Parade was released
on October 23, 2006 in the United Kingdom and on October 24 in the
United States. The Black Parade World Tour started on February 22,
2007, with Rise Against, Thursday and Muse
In my opinion Ilove this band and I think it is the greatest band
of the world.
Nicolas Wallet
Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton BLAIR was born on
May 6th, 1953 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was the son of Leo and
Hazel BLAIR. His father died when he was 11 of a heart attack.
Tony studied law at the St John's College
in Oxford. In 1975 he got his lawyer certificate and was employed
as a lawyer at Derry Irvine's. He met there Cherie Booth and 5 years
later he got married to her. Now they have got four children: three
sons and a daughter.
After being qualified he joined the Labour
Party. In 1994 he was elected as the Labour Party new leader. In
1997, at the age of 43, he was elected Prime Minister and lived
at 10, Downing Street in London.
Mathilde Jacob
Tim Burton
Timothy William Burton was born in California
in 1958. When he was a child, he had a passion for movies. He enjoyed
monster and horror films and his favourite actor was Vincent Price.
After high school, in 1976, he won a scholarship
for the California Institute of the Arts, a school created by Walt
Disney himself.
In 1982, he released Vincent,
a black and white short movie. As it succeeded, Tim went on and
did Hansel and Gretel and Frankenweenie. Tim Burton’s
real first movie was Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, in
1988. After that, he produced a lot of films like Edward Scissorhands,
Ed Wood, Mars attacks!, Sleepy hollow, Big fish, Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory, and many other. Tim Burton has also written Burton on Burton, an autobiography and another book called The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy: and Other Stories.
Personally, I think that Tim Burton is
a very good film-maker who has great imagination.
Marie Fauvel
Bill Gates
Bill Gates was born on 28th Octobre 1995.
Bill isn't his real name, actually, he is called William Henry III.
His family is a rich family from Seattle.
In 1975, he created Traf-O'Data, re-called
Micro-Soft. Their first job was BASIC for Altair. They decided to
put their BASIC on every machine. Bill was sure that every family
would have a computer at home, so they began to program their own
software.
In 1980, Bill Gates met IBM managers, they
wanted to sell their own computer, the IBM-PC and they wanted Microsoft
to create their operating system. Bill accepted so he bought the
Q-DOS. from SCP. They renamed it PC-DOS.
He decided to create Windows, a graphic interface to use with MS-DOS.
Windows will have a lot of updates. Now Microsoft represents 95%
of the computer business.
Bill Gates is now very rich, so one of
his projects is to create an organisation to help very poor people.
He also had a good private life, he married
Melinda French in 1994 and they have 3 children. Bill can be proud
of his life.
Charles Boiret
Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp was born in Oswenboro, Kentucky
in 1963. During his childhood, his family was always on the move.
He didn't like that and engaged in self-harm. He still has eights
scars from practicing that. He started playing in garage bands when
he was twelve. His parents divorced in 1978 and he dropped out of
high school one year later to become a rock musician.
He payed with a band called The Kids and married his makeup artist Lori Ann Alison in 1983. The wedding
caused friction between the band members and the group split. Later
Lori introduced him to Nicolas Cage who advised Depp to purse an
acting career. Depp divorced in 1985.
He didn't stop acting, he played in Edward's
Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow and a lot of other films.
Now he is known as one of the best actors and is living with Grench
singer Vanessa Paradis. He has two children Lilly Rose and Jack.K.
Known for being rowdy, he has calmed down since he has had children.
Mathilde Maupertuis
Disneyland
Disneyland is a park created by Walt Disney.
Today there are many parks in the world. But the two most important
are the park in Florida and the park in Paris.
The first which was created is the park
in Florida. During the 40’s Walt Disney thought about an amusement
park for children and he drew sketches of his ideas. The ideas developed
into a concept which become Disneyland. So Disneyland open in 1955
in Florida. Now this park is a very famous place and there are many
people every year.
Because of this success, another one was
created in Paris, in France. It opened in 1992 and since this date
there were 160 millions visits. Now there are 52 attractions and
12 millions visits per years. So, Disney villages is one of the
largest entertainment districts.
Clémence Lebegue
John
Fitzgerald Kennedy
He was born on May 29th 1917. His mother
was the Boston mayor's daughter and his father was a banker.
He became senator of Massachussets in 1952.
He wrote several politic books and won Pultizer Price in 1957. He
became the first Catholic American president on november 1960. He
was a democrate. On June, 26th 1963, JFK was visiting Berlin. He
thought that a reconciliation between the two sides of the town
was possible. He said in German to the inhabitants "I am a
citizen of Berlin".
On November 22th 1963 he was murdered during
an attack in Dallas Texas. JFK, his wife and the governor of Texas
crossed the city in a convertible car and were shot three times.
JFK died thirty minutes after the attack. Lee Harvey Oswald, a Marine
veteran, was arrested and suspected of the attack. Today, we don't
know exactly why Kennedy was killed.
Camille Gaget
Owen Hargreaves
Owen Hargreaves was born on January 20
1981 in Alberta, Canada. He started playing football in the club
of his town. A while after, in 1998, he met Harald Hope, the junior
coach of the FC Bayern Munich. He joined the amateur team of Munich
in 1998 and he quickly became professional. He played his first
Bundesliga match on August 12, 2000. The next season is a triumph
for Owen: he becomes champion of Germany and wins the Champions
League with Bayern.
His career with the England team is very
good too, he is selected for the Fifa World Cup 2002 but he is sent
off during a match against Argentina. In 2006 he is again selected
for the Germany World Cup. And this time, Owen proves he is a very
good player. He is named Man of the Match against Portugal and also
Best English Player of the Cup.
After England won against Greece in August
2006, he became captain of the English team.
Guillaume Bellanger
British Airways
British Airways is the main airline of
the United Kingdom. Its origins date back to the birth of civil
aviation, after the First World War. Small British air transport
companies had started flights, and in 1935 they formed together
British Airways. In 1939, it was nationalized by the government
to form the British Overseas Airways Corporation. After Second World
War, the company created routes to South America, and Europe and
took again the name of British Airways.
With the increase of passenger, British
Airways became prosperous, employing more and more of personnel;
its fleet grew and opened routes all over the world. In January
1976, with Air France, they inaugurated the first supersonic aircraft:
the Concorde. This aircraft permitted to link up London Heathrow
and New York in less than 3 hours. The company became famous and
prestigious thanks to the Concorde. But for financial reasons, it
stopped to fly in 2003.
Nowadays, with more than 230 aircrafts,
British Airways is the largest airline of the United Kingdom and
the third in Europe.
David Le-Pahun
U2
U2 is a rock band. There are four members:
Paul David Hewson, nickname Bono, is a singer and a guitarist, David
Howell on lead guitar and keyboard, Adams Clayton on bass guitar
and Larry Mullen Junior on drums and occasionaly on vocals.
They started their career in Dublin in
September 1976. In May 1980 they released their first international
single 11 O'clock Tick Tock then released their first album Boy a few months later.
In July 1985 they took part in the Live
Aid concert at Wembley Stadium for Ethiopian famine which was seen
by more than a billion world wide.
They have released more than twelve albums
like The Unforgettable Fire in 1984 or How to Dismantle
an Atomic Bomb in 2004.
Guillaume Lerendu-Pernez
The Beatles
In 1957, John Lennon meets George Harrison
during a parish fair in Woolton, a district of Liverpool.
In 1958, George Harrison becomes a member
of the band. Together they do the opening of the Kasbah club of
Liverpool under the name of "The Quarrymen".
In 1961, they recorded their first disk.
They meet Brian Epstein who will become their manager and will give
the true departure of their career. In 1962, Ringo Starr becomes
a member of the band on the drums. They become international stars.
They make some films like "A Hard Day's Night" or "Help!".
In 1975, the official dissolution of The
Beatles is marked. Their latest album "Love" was released
on 20th November. People will always hear Beatles songs with great
pleasure.
Paul Gillet
Ireland in April
I took part in a trip to Ireland last April
with my school. We stayed there for two weeks. We went to Letterkenny
at our correspondent's. There we did a lot of visits. We went to
The Giant's Causeway, Trinity College, The Old Bushmills distillery
and Glenveah National Park for example.
After one week and a half in Letterkenny,
we went to Dublin. There we did a lot of shopping and visits, we
slept in a youth hostel in the town centre.
Before leaving France I was a little bit
worried but my correspondent's parents welcomed me like a member
of their family so it was so great!! I think Ireland is a gorgeous
country and I'm sure I'll never forget this experience.
Anaëlle Rollé-Tesson
The Book of Kells
The book of Kells is a religious manuscript
which was written during the 6th century by two scribes minimum.
The experts thinks the book was written in the island of Lona where
St Columba set up his monastery.
During the vikings raids in the 9th century,
the book was put in the monastery of Kells. In 1007 it was stolen,
its cover in gold with precious stones was take out and the book
was found in a pit.
In 1661 the book was given to Trinity College
of Dublin by the Archbishop Ussher. The book is composed of 370
pages but 30 are lost. The most exceptional page is the "Chi-Rho"
page. Today the book of Kells is considered the most prestigious
manuscript of the world.
Mathilde Alizon
This is your web space!
Each year, you will be required to give
an oral presentation in class. Then you will publish a summary of
your presentation here, perhaps with a small illustration. |
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Nelly Kim Furtado was born on December
2nd, 1978 in Canada. She had a passion for music ever since she
was a child. She began to sing at 4 in a choir with her mother.
In 1996 she went to Toronto where she met Tallis Newkirk, a hip-hop
singer. In 1997 she founded with him the duet Nelstar. But she left
him a few years later and met the singer Gerald Eaton.
He co-produced her first album Whoa,
Nelly! released in 2000. Some singles were immediately successful.
In 2002 she received a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
Nelly’s second album Folklore was released in 2003
and the BBC felt that it was much more original than the first one.
Her third album was released on June 12th 2006. On this album Nelly
sings with various artists such as Timbaland, Attitude or Juanes.
Some singles are already famous like Maneater, Promiscuous or All
Good Things.
Nelly Furtado has become a well-known artist,
popular in the whole world.
Camille Chotel
General Motors
General motors Corporation also known as
GM or GMC, is the world's largest car manufacturer. Founded in 1908,
in Flint, Michigan, GM employs approximately 284,000 people around
the world.
With global headquarters at the Renaissance
Center in Detroit, Michigan, USA, GM manufactures its cars and trucks
in 33 countries. Their European headquarters is based in Zurich,
Switzerland. In 2006, 9.17 million GM cars and trucks were sold
globally under the following names: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet,
GMC, Daewoo, Holden, Hummer, Opel, Pontiac, Saab, Saturn and Vauxhall.
GM also has advanced technology collaborations with Toyota Motor
Corporation of Japan, Damler Chrysler AG and BMW AG of Germany.
Paul Gillet
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was born on 23rd April
1564 at Stratford-upon-Avon. In London he found work in a theatre
and revealed his talent by arranging parts bought to the authors.
He performed from 1594 in the company of Lord Hunsdon, which will
become Company of the King in 1603, and played successively in the Courtine, in the Rose, in the Globe,
then in Blackfriars. At the age of 47, he withdrew to Stratford
where he died in April 1616.
We can distinguish three periods in his
theatre:
-The youth (1590-1600) marked by a very Elizabethan enthusiasm,
is the time of light comedies and historical frescos,
-1600-1608 is the period where, under the effect of political and
personal disappointments, the dark tragedies alternate with some
comedies
- From 1608, is the return to the appeasing with romantic parts.
He wrote 37 plays, all of his work was
published in 1623. He had a gift of observation, a poetic direction,
a dramatic genius so exceptional that it could produce immortal
master-pieces still represented today all over the world.
Mathilde Alizon
Wi-fi Stands for wireless fidelity, it’s
a wireless networking technology used all around the world. It was
developed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(IEEE) and released in 1997.
Wi-fi was created to be used by electronic
devices such as laptops and cell phones or any other mobile devices
with wireless network technology.
There are some public areas where computers
fitted with wireless network technology can have access to Internet;
these areas are called hotspots. Wi-Fi is becoming cheaper because
prices are coming down and it’s very easy and practical to
use.
Wi-Fi has also some disadvantages: it
can be interrupted by others devices. Consulting personal or confidential
information would be risky because some hackers can read or copy
your data if no encryption is used.
Most new laptops nowadays come equipped
with internal wireless networking cards.
Xavier Grossin
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Monument Valley |
Monument Valley is a national Park in the
state of Utah, in the southwest of the U.S.A. It’s a Navajo
Tribal Park. More than three hundred thousand Navajos live in the
reservation. There was another tribe before them, the Anasazis (the
Hopi’s ancestor).
This Tribal Park is one of the most scenic
areas of the U.S.A. It overflows with buttes (high rocks), like
Elephant butte, mesas, (large rocks), like Thunderbird Mesa; canyons,
and free standing rock formations that defy gravity… All was
created by natural forces (wind and water), since the beginning
of the world. Cliffs are composed of orange-red sandstone.
A great attribute of Monument-Valley is
its wilderness beauty. Many movies were filmed here, and some major
productions: “Back to the Future III” in 1988, and “She
Wore a Yellow Ribbon”, with John Wayne.
Aurélien
Gaget
Nintendo
Nintendo started as a small Japanese business
by Fusajiro Yamauchi near the end of 1889 as Nintendo Koppai. Based
in Kyoto, Japan, the business produced and marketed a playing card
game called Hanafuda. The handmade cards soon began to gain popularity,
and Yamauchi had to hire assistants to mass produce cards to keep
up with the demand.
From the Nintendo Entertainment System
to the Wii, Nintendo has never ceased to improved the technologies
and the aestheticism of the consoles.
Nintendo has the distinction of historically
being both the oldest intact company in the video game console market
and one of the largest and well-known console manufacturers, as
well as being the most dominant entity in the handheld console market.
As of December 1, 2006, Nintendo has sold over 387 million hardware
units, and nearly 2.2 billion software units worldwide.
Nicolas Wallet
She was born on July 1st 1961 in Sandringham,
England. On July 29th 1981 she married Charles, prince of Wales.
Lady Diana led many struggles for noble
causes. She travelled a lot and fought in favour of the homeless
and the lepers. Her altruism even led her to forbid antipersonnal
mines in Bosnia or in Angola.
The English adulated this simple and generous
woman. Soon an emblematic figure was born. In 1996 she divorced
but she stayed an exemplary mother for her two sons, Harry and William.
She appeared less in public but didn’t stop her many fights.
She continued her charities and founded The National Aids Trust
to help the Aids patients.
She died on August 31st 1997 in Paris
in a car accident. After her death,
the interest in Diana’s life stayed high. The Liberty Flame
was used like a memorial to the Princess. People brought there flowers
and messages for her. But now there is a permanent memorial: the
Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain in London.
Today, Diana’s death still arouses
questions and lots of books are written about her life. In fact
nobody has forgotten this great lady who was both a symbol of beauty
and generosity and a model for her admirers.
Camille Chotel
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Elvis |
Elvis Aaron Presley was born in Tupelo
on the 8th January 1935. In 1953 he released his first single That’s
Whan Your Heartaches Begin. In 1954 Scotty Moore, the guitarist,
and Bill Black, the bassist, joined him and they recorded That’s
All Right Mama during this year. Next year, the drummer D.J.
Fontana joined the trio and Colonel Tom Parker became Elvis' manager.
Elvis bought Graceland in 1957 where he
lived until his death. In 1958, his mother died, but he had to do
his military service in Germany and he met Priscillia Beaulieu in
Paris, next year. He came back in USA during 1960 and he recorded
three singles. Between 1962 and 1969, he acted in several films
and Priscillia and him married in 1967. Nine months later their
daughter Lisa Marie was born.
Between 1969 and 1977 he recorded a lot
of singles and he did a lot of concerts all over the world, but
he divorced in 1972. He did his most famous TV show in 1973 in Hawaï.
In June 1977 he did his last concert in Indianapolis. But on the
16th August, at 4 o'clock p.m he died …
Elvis Presley was an incredible singer,
all over the world people loved him, but he took drugs, and he didn't
survive … He is probably the most famous singer of the second
part of the 20th century.
Charles Boiret
Mickey Mouse
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Mickey Mouse is a cartoon character. He
was created in 1928 by walt Disney.
The name of the first cartoon was Plane
Crazy. It was a silent film and Mickey wasn't the same as today.
From 1928 to 1995 Mikey appeared in 135 films. At the beginning,
Disney voiced Mickey. After 1946, Mr MacDonald took over the role.
Now mickey is voiced by Wayne Allwine. He has got many other names
(Topollino, Mickey Maus, Miki Tikus ... )
Mickey is also the hero of many comic strips.
In France, the Journal de Mickey was created in 1934. He
often plays a private detective in these stories. Many artists were
inspired by him and some computer games are based in his character.
Mickey became the symbol of The Walt Disney
Company. He was the most famous and popular character drawn by Disney.
His stories are world famous.
Mathilde Jacob
The Amish |
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The Amish community was founded by Jacob
Amman in about 1525 in Switzerland and they spread all over Europe.
They are called “the new people”. There are now 134,000
of them.
The Amish emigrated to the U.S and to Canada
from Europe because of the high taxes, inflation, wars and religious
persecution.
They Amish faced lots of problems, for
example in World War 1, when the Amish youths were required to report
for duty, some cooperated, most refused and some were physically
and mentally abused.
The Amish are a very conservative religious
group. Only adults are baptised. The Amish adopted a congregational
organisation which is independent and has it own leadership. They
don’t allow women to hold positions of power. They speak German
to each-other and English to others. They have got their own schools,
and they don’t go beyond grade eight. Men and women usually
wear plain, dark coloured clothes. They don’t use cars or
farm tractors, electricity, television, P.C., or phones. They are
all farmers.
To conclude, even if it’s a closed
community, they let they children choose if they want to leave or
to stay.
Raphaël Stephen
Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings is a story
written by Tolkien between 1937 and 1949. It was published in three
volumes in 1954 and 1955. Since then it has been reprinted and translated
into 38 different languages.
The story of the takes place about 60 years
after The Hobbit, one other book from Tolkien. The story
begins in the first volume The Fellowship of the Ring when
Frodo came into possession of his uncle's magic ring, which was
in fact the one ring forged by the dark Sauron to enslave the other
ring's power. This ring had to be destroyed. To help Frodo in that,
a fellowship was founed. The three books tell the destruction of
the ring.
This story was adapted into three films
by Peter Jackson in 2001. The movies were filmed in New-Zeland.
They follow Tolkien's general story but with some modifications.
Considered to be the biggest movie project ever untaken, it has
become a huge succes.
Mathilde Maupertuis
Chicago
Chicago in its first century was one of
the fastest growing cities in the world. It is the largest city
of Illinois, as well as the third most populous city in the United
States. Chicago's nickname is the " Windy City".
Located in Illinois, Chicago has a climate
that is prone to extreme. In July, the warmest month, and in January
, the coldest month.
Chicago is know for the music: Chicago
blues, soul, Jazz, and Gospel. Chicago has a lot of festivals. In
Chicago we can visit a lot of Museum, like the Museum of Science
and Industy, Field Museum of National History. Chicago has an Aquarium,
the Sheed Aquarium.
Chicago is one of only a few American cities
that has its major sports teams play. Chicago has 16 sports teams.
The Chicago Bulls of the national Basketball is one of the world's
most recognized basketball team. The Chicago Bears is in the national
football league.
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Harvard
Harvard is a private university in Cambridge,
Massachusetts, USA. Founded in 1636, Harvard is the oldest institution
of higher learning in the United States. It was named Harvard College
on 13th March 1639, in honor of John Harvard, a young clergyman
who donated his entire library, about four thousand books which
formed the basis of the college library.
Harvard developed gradually, until the
beginning of the twentieth century when the president of Harvard,
Charles William Eliot, transformed Harvard into the pattern of the
modern research university. His reforms included elective courses,
small classes, and entrance examinations.
Nowadays, Harvard holds several records:
for example, with more than 15 million volumes, Harvard's library
is the largest academic library and it's the richest university.
The 2.400 professors and the 19.100 students are distributed into
the nine faculties.
Harvard is ranked first among world universities.
That's why many students want to join it, but it is very difficult
because the rate of admissions is less than 9%. Nevertheless, the
world fame of Harvard attracts students of more than 130 nationalities.
David Le Pahun
Coco Chanel
Coco Chanel was born on 19th August 1883
in Saumur. She had a hard childhood: her mother died when she was
only 12 and her father abandon her to go to the USA, to become rich!!
That’s why she went to an orphanage with her two sister, unfortunately
her two brothers had been adopted.
With her aunt she became a music-hall singer,
her public named her “Coco”. After that she created
hats and her career began.
From this moment on she created her clothes
mark, with simple colours like black, white or even beige; she shortened
skirts which were usually very long and very covered, she also used
jersey to make clothes... She created a new fashion. She was the
first woman to expose her skin to the sun to suntan!!
In 1921 she marketed her famous N°5
and in 1954 she created her famous tweed suit. In 1939 she closed
her shops but after 15 years she reopened them at the age of 71.
Her two last collections were a tremendous
success, but she finally died at the Ritz at 71.
Her close friends called her”Mademoiselle”
and today we can say that she revolutionized fashion! Personally
I think that Coco Chanel is one of the most important wemen of France
because her way of thinking has been adopted by all .
Anaëlle Rollé-Tesson
Google
Google is an American public corporation,
specializing in Internet search and online advertising. The company
has 10,674 employees and is based in Mountain View.
The name "Google" come from a
misspelling of "googol”. The verb, "google,"
was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2006, meaning, "to
use the Google search engine to obtain information on the Internet."
Google was co-founded by Larry Page and
Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University. They hypothesized
that a search engine that analyzed the relationships between websites
would produce better results than existing techniques, which results
were according to the number of times the search term appeared on
a page. The domain google.com was registered on September 14, 1997,
and the company was incorporated as Google Inc. on September 7,
1998.
In 2000, Google was the first search engine
to have referenced 500,000 pages. In 2004, 84% of the web search
were made with google. Today Google is the favourite search engine
of a lot of people and is not only a search engine.
Erwan de Gavelle
Harrods
Harrods is the world's greatest store.
It's located on Brompton Road, in Knightsbridge, in London. Harrods
was established in 1849 by Charles Henry Harrod.
This store occupies over 92,000 square
meters of selling space with approximately 330 departments and seven
floors of clothes, jewellery, beauty treatment, interior design...
Up to 300 000 customers visit the store on ceratin days.
It's one of the largest stores in the world
behind the Macy's Herald store in New York and the Main Universal
store in Moscow but it's certainly the most extravagant in the world.
The Harrods motto is Omnia Omnibus Ubique —- All Things for
All People, Everywhere.
Claire Goyer
Andre Agassi
Andre Agassi was born in 1970 in Las Vegas,
Nevada. He is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from
the United States who won eight Grand Slam singles tournaments and
an Olympic gold medal in singles. He is one of only five male players
to have won all four Grand Slam singles events during his career.
His nickname is the “Kid of Las Vegas”. He earns 31
millions of dollars and wons 60 tournaments.
Because of sciatica in his back, Agassi
retired from professional tennis in September 2006. Agassi is married
to Steffi Graf and has two children.
Agassi employed a baseline style of play,
he typically made contact with the ball inside the baseline. This
was possible because of his short backswing and his extraordinary
hand-eye coordination. John McEnroe and others have called Agassi
the best service returner ever to play tennis.
Agassi was really a great champion and
he revolutionized tennis with his game and his attitude. He marked
the history of tennis.
François Quinio
Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King was born in Atlanta,
Georgia, 1929. He began his university studies when he was fifteen
years old, and received a doctorate degree in religion. He became
a preacher at a church in Montgomery, Alabama.
In 1955 a black woman in Montgomery was
arrested for sitting in the white part of a city bus. Doctor King
became the leader of a protest against the city bus system. It was
the first time that black southerners had united against the laws
of racial separation.
In 1963 King is arrested and jailed during
anti-segregation protests in Birmingham; writes Letter From Birmingham
City Jail, arguing that individuals have the moral duty to disobey
unjust laws. He delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech during
the March on Washington attended by 200,000 protesters, creates
powerful image, builds momentum for civil rights legislation.
In 1964 Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1964, outlawing segregation
in public accommodations and discrimin-ation in education and employment.
King receives the Nobel Peace Prize.
In 1966 growing popularity of the black power movement, blacks stressing
self-reliance and self-defense, indicates King's influence was declining,
especially among young blacks.
In 1968 King is assassinated in Memphis, during a visit to support
striking black garbage collectors.
Justine Taillandier
New Zealand
New Zealand is principally made up of two
isles. The climate is temperate. Most of the inhabitants live in
the northern isle. The economy is essentially agricultural. This
country belongs to the Commonwealth.
Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand.
The New Zealand dollar is the money of this country. The official
language is English. The principal religion is protestantism. New
Zealand’s flag was created is 1926. Its national anthems are
“God save the Queen” and “God defend New Zealand”.
The national holiday is 6th February. The area is about 270,534
km2. The highest point is Mount Cook at 3,754m. The population is
about 3,837,000 inhabitants. A new Zealander lives 77 years. Principal
cities are Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. The prime minister
is Helen Clark.
The history of New Zealand was difficult.
This country was colonized by Great Britain. There were a lot of
wars in this country but now, life is better.
Simon Debreuille
Vivienne Westwood
Vivienne Westwood was born on 8th April
1941 in Glossop. She studied at the Harrow School of Art, and in
Trent Park College. Later she taught at a primary school in North
London.
She had one child, Ben, with Derek Westwood.
After she met Malcolm McLaren and had a second child, Joseph. She
decided to open a shop in 1971, LetItRock, where she began to sell
her designs. The punk style began to gain notoriety when the Sex
Pistols wore clothes from Westwood and McLaren's shop.
Westwood's first runway show was the Pirate
collection in London, in 1981. Her first major retrospective of
her work was shown in 2004-2005 at the Victoria and Albert Museum,
and at the National Gallery of Australia. The retrospective is touring
the world.
In 2005, Vivienne decided to sell tee-shirts
to defending habeas corpus. Westwood accepted a DBE in the 2006
New Year's Honours List "for services to fashion", and
has twice earned the award for British Designer of the Year.
Julie Roussel
Eminem
Born in 1973, this American rapper from
Kansas city in the Missouri didn’t know his father. Bad at
school he began working rap. After producing albums like Infinite or The Slim Shady EP he became a very well-known rapper
and he’s now the symbol of the American rap. His well known
albums are Encore, The Eminem Show and Curtain Call.
He’s married to Kim and has a daughter,
Hailie Jade Scott, the only girl he has respected in his life. He
had a lot of troubles in his private life. He hasn’t got a
good relationships with his mum and he doesn’t know his dad
well because he left the family not long after Eminem was born.
I love this rapper who expresses anger
or love or revolt in his songs. And he’s not afraid to say
what he thinks about anybody.
Amandine Malherbe
Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populated city
of Austalia, with more than four million inhabitants. It’s
located on the South-East coast of Austalia.
At the beginning, Australia was populated
by aboriginals, but today their civilization have completely disepear
because of the urbanization.
The british navigator James Cook discovered the place of the current
Sydney, which he called Port Jackson in 1770. In 1788, Arthur Philip,
gave the name of Sydney to this place, he built there a labour camp
for british prisoners. From 1800 to 1850, the population of Sydney
increased a lot because of the wealth of the region. The discovery
of gold in the state of Victoria helped the city to increase its
population.
During the Pacific War, the city was a
military base for the English or the Americans.
In 2000, the Olympic games were organised
in Sydney, and in 2008, The “JMJ” will be in Sydney.
So, Sydney is the most important city
of Australia and maybe one of the principal cities in the world.
Erwan de Gavelle
Tea time
Tea time is so British. English people
drink on average 5 cups of tea a day. It’s an English tradition
which appeared on the 17th century. It was Queen Victoria who introduced
this ritual. But tea was so expensive for poorest, it’s why
it was initially reserved to the upper social classes. Tea time
always occupied a central place in the English social life.
Tea plant is an evergreen plant which belongs
to the Camellia’s family. It likes subtropical areas like
China, India or Ceylon. There are a lot of English specialities
which are delicious with tea like scones, crumpets or muffins. We
can eat them nature but English prefer when they are with fresh
cream or jam.
At five o’clock, English people drink
tea in the living room which is the most comfortable room of the
house. It is the housewife who serves the tea. But the best consists
to go in a tearoom. In London the most popular is Harrods.
Marie Fauvel
Tolkien Inspiration
J.R.R.Tolkien wrote the first and biggest
series of books of heroic fantasy. But no one can invent as long
stories without an inspiration in his life or in the history.
Tolkien got his ideas from the world war
in the Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion.
He changed the names of the countries and a bit the geography. In
the Silmarillion, he assimilated the middle earth as Europe under
the nazi occupation and Valinor as the U.S.A: the elves of Valinor
go on middle earth and destruct the evil. He speaks of some elves
in middle earth for Great-Britain.
In The Lord of the Rings, he used
the first world war more: Mordor = Germany, Gondor = France, Harrad
= Italy, Rohan = U.S.A, Shire = England. And the story is the same
as in the Silmarillion. We can see that there is no Russia and the
reason is easy to understand : Tolkien wrote his books during the
Cold War.
Thibaud Guilard
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