A Country : TANZANIA

Description:

Tanzania is in Africa, its capital is Dodoma. Its surface is 945 087 square km.  Tanzania is situated in the southern hemisphere. The nearby countries are Kenya, Ouganda and Rwanda. There are three islands (Ungula, Pemba, and Mafia) that form the Zanzibar archipelago. Many volcanoess were located in Tanzania but only one of them is still active (l'OI Doinyo Lengaï). The Kilimanjaro is the highest point in Africa with 5895 meters. It is a volcano. There are many natural parks where  you can observe animals. There are many African great lakes: Lake Malawi, lake Rukwa, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Victoria, lake Eyasi, lake Manyara, and Lake Natron.

 Habitants:

The inhabitants speak English and Swahili. There are 43 188 000 inhabitants. The principal religions are Christianity, Islam and Animism .The inhabitants have more holidays (Christmas, Easter, New Year’s Day…). The culinary specialties of Tanzania are inspired by different cultures. There are Indian and Arabic specialties. The main dish of Tanzania is Ugali but we can also find the Sambusas Miskakis and two local forms of Kebab.

By Léa Y

How high is Kilimanjaro?

What is the surface of Tanzania?

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FILM REVIEW: HUNGER GAMES

This is the story of a young girl who is living in district 12. Her name is Katniss.

Every Year, there is a « harvest » which designates a boy and a girl aged from 12 to 18.

The tournement was created to punish the districts which were revolted. All districts are poor and wreck.

Primrose (Katniss's sister) is selected but Katniss devotes herself to protect her sister.

Peeta is the boy who is chosen.

The hunger games consist in a tournement where there will be only one winner ( for this, they need to kill other participants).

Katniss and Peeta go to a futurist city where they have to make good impression for the games, and hope to win them.

They train in big buildings and then the games start.

The participants are join in an arena and from the fist day 6 persons are killed.

It is terrible for Katniss to see people die and get killed.

Katniss makes a bow, it is her speciality.

Peeta betrays Katniss to join the strongest group. Because of them, many people die.

Katniss manages to kill people, and there are only a few participants to survive.

Then, she finds Peeta who was hidden next to a river so as not be killed.

Finally, together, they succeed to shoot other participants thanks to her dexterity with her bow.

When they go back to their district, they are cheered and respected.

The End.

• I love this film because it combines a lot of action, love and suspense. I think it's a good film thanks to its fantastic and futurist universe.
• I recommend this movie to all action films fans.

Jennifer Lawrence is the actress who plays the main character : Katniss Everdeen.

Peeta Mellark is Josh Hutcherson.

For Jennifer this film was the ninth she plays.

She interprets Tyffany Maxwell in Happiness Therapy and she acts in many other movies.

The boy on the left is Peeta, next to him there is Katniss and on the right there is a good friend of Katniss. 

 

by Pauline 

Questions : 

1) Why are there the « hunger games » ?

2)What does « hunger games » signify ?

THIERRY OMEYER

Presentation :

Thierry Omeyer was born on November 2^nd 1976 in Mulhouse.

He’s married to Laurence with whom he has two children, a son (Loris) and a daughter (Manon).

He has also a twin (Christian) and a younger brother (Jean-François).

All the family play handball.

He’s 1,92 meter tall.

Handball records :

Omeyer started handball at 9 years old in Cernay.

He quickly became a good player.

He is a French handball goalkeeper.

He plays for the team of Montpellier in France and for the France team.

He began for the French national team on September 19, in 1999 against Romania.

He is famous for being the best handball player of the world in 2008 .

With his France team « The experts » he won the world cup three times (2001, 2009, 2011) the european cup twice (2006, 2010 ,) and Olympic games  twice (2008, 2012).

His nickname is « The Wall » or « Titi » for his team-mates.

He’s an example for every handball goalkeeper.

In 2013 , he received the medal of « Ordre national du Mérite » thanks to his olympic title.

My opinion :

Omeyer is my idol for his style of game, his performances and his results.

When he plays handball we have the impression that  it’s easy to stop shoots, he looks like a « sea star ».

I’m a goalkeeper in my handball club and I’d like to be like him but it’s difficult !

 http://classenchris.wordpress.com/2011/03/31/thierry-omeyer-the-best-goalkeeper/

by Elliot

Questions :

-       What is his nickname for his team-mates ?

-       How many times did he win the Olympic Games ?

TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB

TDCC is a Northern Irish indie rock* and electropop music band. They are from Bangor (a city near Belfast). The singer is Alex Trimble, the guitarists are Kevin Baird and Sam Halliday. They started to sing together in high scool, in 2007.

The band's name was taken from Halliday's mispronunciation of the name of the local cinema "Tudor Cinema" in Belfast.

Up to now, they have released 2 albums: "Beacon" (2012) and "Tourist history" (2010). 

I like this front cover, I think it is original, funny and a bit strange.

This one is really surprising too.

Some of their songs are international hits, as "Sun" or "What you know", which is particularly famous in France because it is the main theme of the "Française des Jeux" advertisement: 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Bzba7TfDINc

Listen to this full song!!

Their lyrics are not really serious, they talk about love and everyday life.

They say that they are inspired by Canadian bands, like Stars or Broken Social Scene which is an indie rock group.

(sun)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKyK1Mme9Sc(sun)

In July 2012, Trimble participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, singing "Caliban's Dream", a song written by  Rick Smith, from Underworld (english band of the 90s).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTuJuok5QK4(Next year)

I love this band because their songs are dynamic and invigorate me!

This is Alex Trimble, the singer. Don't you think he looks like Tintin ?

*Indie means independent: non-commercial rock, breaking the mainstreams. 

By Garance 

Where was this band created ?

Which country do its members come from ?