Commonly-Used American Slang - Randomly Chosen

Commonly-Used American Slang - Randomly Chosen: "American Slang - Randomly Chosen"


I thought you might enjoy this site! How many of these expressions are new for you? Can you write down a few in the comments?

"Don't try to con me!"

all the best

j

2008 Latest Edition - Did You Know 3.0 - From Meeting in Rome this Year | dotSUB

2008 Latest Edition - Did You Know 3.0 - From Meeting in Rome this Year | dotSUB:

"2008 Latest Edition - Did You Know 3.0 - From Meeting in Rome this Year"

Here you don't really need subtitles!

What do you think?

How To Make Eggnog Recipe (Christmas: Christmas Drinks)

How To Make Eggnog Recipe (Christmas: Christmas Drinks): "garnis"



this is a site where you can learn to do lots of things...

Obama's Victory Speech | dotSUB

Obama's Victory Speech | dotSUB: "Obama's Victory Speech"

PoliticsTV.com

PoliticsTV.com

this is an interesting collection of video clips about politics in contemporary America and the US media's view of the world!

It's nicely classified into many different categories.... have a look... which are the most interesting in your opinion?

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Johnny Cash Interview -- Academy of Achievement

Johnny Cash Interview -- Academy of Achievement

this site is full of interesting video and interviews with achievers in many different fields... music, but also science, literature... etc...

Have a look. Leave a comment to say what you think of it...

see you Friday

james

about TED

Yesterday I said that TED was a really nice website, I was wrong it is much more better than that, especially this video about some stuff you can do with a wiimote controler. I know many of you in Telecom don't like that much technology, for the others, enjoy!

It is funny that J.B. posted about these two shows since I've watched them for the first time last week in holidays. Obama was invited at the Daily Show (not exactly, he was only interviewed in live but from Florida). So watching these two videos and seeing how serious it is, you can all imagine how different US elections are from ours! Here is the show when Obama spoke so you can make up your mind.



Would anyone imagine Nicolas Sarkozy answering in live to PPDA's puppet in "les guignols de l'info"?! In addition be sure that these shows were strongly pro-Obama (as Canal+ is more left-wing...) and so it was quite funny to watch the Daily Show inviting a poor pro-Mc Cain politic named Bill Kristol. You can take a look at it too.

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Official Website | Current Events & Pop Culture News, Comedy & Fake News | Comedy Central

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Official Website | Current Events & Pop Culture News, Comedy & Fake News | Comedy Central:

Do you know this show??? This and the Colbert Show are mainstays of satirical political commentary....
Let me know (in the comments) if you enjoy this... or if it's too hard for you.

Here's Colbert's UnAmerican News!


and here's an episode of the Daily Show...

Obama -- President Elect

Hello everyone,

Perhaps we're living in a new world since the last time we met. It is indeed a new dawn, is it not? Do you think this will have any effect on your personal world?

Here is a link to the great speeches we heard this week:

President Elect Obama's acceptance speech (with interactive script)

John McCain's concession speech (with interactive script)

see you tomorrow... we'll listen to some of this in class! See you there! TGIF!

Rives tells a story of mixed emoticons | Video on TED.com

Rives tells a story of mixed emoticons | Video on TED.com:

I hope you're all having a good long weekend!
This is a nice poem of mixed emotions and mixed emoticons!


Have a good week! james

ps... I haven't yet received copies of all of your bread-and-butter (thank you) letters for Lynn.... at least two paragraphs please... "What did you learn? What did you discover about Canada?"