Thursday's theme

 How much do you know about this important American holiday?
We'll discuss it on Thursday, 28th November, as all Americans sit down for their big dinner.
See you at 5:45 P.M., 4 rue de la Gare (Ruth and Max)

Country or City life ?

Laurence, November the 7th

News

Laurence is visited by the postman for the New Year calendars.
She chooses dogs pictures, pet animals also named Puppy. 
So we speak about diminutives of a few words :

Baby, Kitty, Pretty, Merry (christmas),  

Merry, Happy, ... drunk

Theme :  Pro's and Con's of 

                                 
                              Country     vs      City life

pro

calm, quiet                                              shopping, restaurants, pubs 

a lot of vegetation, plants, flowers         markets, culture, movies

woods, spaces, walking                           public transportation          friendly animals, cattle                          many schools, hospitals

goodneighbours

door to door merchants

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con                                                          

long distances of anything               air pollution, crowd foule   

no movy, no high school ...              noisy, smelly(sentir mauvais)

wasps & flies                                    speedy (everyone in a hurry)

gossip ragots                                    indifference, anonymous

                                                         small flats (apparts petits)

                                                         lack of space, too many cars    

Vocabulary    

household appliances       boutique app ménagers 

night hawk                        oiseau de nuit

car pool                             co-voiturage

swimming pool                piscine
take turns                         faire à tour de role

age well                           bien vieillir

Phonétique

wind     prononcer comme ds ail , like, wine
wind, pepper, water, flour mill  (moulins à ...) but we say ...
grind the coffee, maïs
find
kind  sorte et aussi gentil

Accent              about ity in finale

= accentuer sur la syllabe qui précède le ity
ano'nymity, but we say anonymous
aud'acity, sim'plicity, ca'pacity

Tea Time

cider and delicious cakes cooked by Laurence
authentic, genuine recipe and BONA FIDE.


The Riddle

What kind of dog is this puppy ?