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vendredi 8 novembre 2013

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 ?












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