A Celeb: Rihanna.

Robyn Rihanna Fenty was born in february 20 1988. She was born in Saint Michael, Barbados.She is 24 years old. She is a Barbadian recording artist and actress. Rihanna moved to the United States at age 16 to pursue a recording career under the guidance of record producer Evan Roger.

In 2005, Rihanna released her debut studio album, Music of the Sun. Rihanna's work has earned her numerous awards and accolades, including five American Music Awards. She associated with Chris Brown, Coldplay, Drake, Eminem, Jay-Z, Ne-Yo, Nicki Minaj

She has also shipped 7.3 million album units in the United States as of September 2011.

Written by Camille 

Film Review: The Dark Knight Rises

Eight years have passed since Batman disappeared in the night, turning from his status of hero into a fugitive. Taking responsability for the death of Harley Dent, the Black Knight has sacrificed everything for commissioner Gordon.

But the arrival of a feline breaks the established order, and much more dangerous is the appearance of Bane a masked terrorist.

But Batman is not as strong as Bane.

This film was produced by Christopher Nolan and it came out the 25 JULY on the 2012 in France. The actors are Christian Bale ( Wayne/Batman), Gary Oldman (James Gordon), Morgan Freeman (Lucius Fox), Anne Hataway (Selina Kyle), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (John Blake)...

The Dark Knight Rises is the third of this serie after Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.

 It is a film with a lot of emotions : during 2 hours you cry, you laugh...

 Gordon-Levitt and Oldman play their role of cops perfectly, like Hataway and her role of Catwoman but we don't often see  Marion Cotillard. Bane makes very afraid... and Batman is the BEST !

-Positive point :

There is a lot of action, the actors are great, there is a full a of suspense and the special effects are very realistic.

-Negative point :

This is the end of serie !

Film review : Ma Première Fois

Ma Première Fois is a great film. I love this film because it's really moving and makes a lot of people cry at the end because it’s very sad.
The film begins well and ends badly. The leading characters are a girl and a boyfriend. Their names are Sarah and Zachary.

This is a French movie realised by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar and Esther Comar.

Zachary is 20 years old, Sarah is 18 years old.

Ma Première Fois was released in January 2012.

Quiz: Answer the 2 questions

- Who directed the film ?
- How old are the main characters ?
Written by Océane 

Movie review:Project X

Project X is an American comedy released in 2012, it was directed by Nima Nourizadeh. The film was shot entirely in Los-Angeles, California, for over 5 weeks with a budget of $ 12 million. The film is presented as a personal video from the point of view of a participant with a camera to document the events of that night.

To have a crazier and more realistic presult, production the result of Project X is crazier and more realistic production distributed several extras pocket cameras so the production could film the festive moments of which they were witnesses.

synopsis:

School students, Costa and JB was planning a birthday party for their friend Thomas. They hope that this party will increase their popularity among their classmates. Thomas's parents leave for the weekend, leaving him alone in the house, warning him on some points, as not to invite more than 5 people and not use his father's Mercedes. Thomas is reluctant to have the party at home for fear that his parents discover it ! Thomas invites Kirby, one girl he loves .Costa, JB and Thomas steal the garden gnome, the mascot. Night falls, but nobody comes to the party and Thomas is worried. Suddenly, party-goers arrive in a large number and the party becomes a success and Thomas realizes that there are more people than he had expected. Costa admits he has put ads on several websites, local radio for fear that nobody comes.

In the United States, in the city of Houston (Texas), a group of friends wanted to imitate the film holding the same kind of evening. And as in the feature film by Nima Nourizadeh, it was very poorly done. Not far from one thousand people gathered in a huge mansion for this event that lasted a week. As in Project X, students were released too quickly and the atmosphere slipped.

It's a very good film, it's very funny.

Questions:

Did you see it?

Who wrote this film?

Written by Chloé (Guilmain )

Film Review: Tout ce qui brille !

« Tout ce qui brille » is a French movie released in 2009 by Géraldine Nakache and Hervé Mimran. The actors are Géraldine Nakache who plays the role of Ely and Leïla Bekhti who plays the role of Lila. Ely has got a sister and lives with her parents and her sister unlike Lila who hasen't got brother and sister and lives alone with her mother. She work in a fast food restaurant.

They are very nice actresses and very funny.

Ely is very friendly, she keeps the child of friends when they are in a party, whereas Lila is emotional and very romantic. She works in a cinema, she sells pop-corn in the hall.

Ely and Lila like having fun.

This film was shot in Puteaux, Paris and at the Defence.

This is a comedy, it's very cool, it relaxes.

The film lasts 100 minutes.

It's a good film to see between friends or with your family.

Synopsis :

Ely and Lila are long-time friends and live in a popular suburb ten minutes from Paris, Puteaux. Tired of living “ ten minutes of everything”, they try to blend in the Parisian parties

and enter in a world that is not their.

My opinion :

I enjoy this film because it is a very symbiotic friendship, it makes me think of my friendship with my best friend and the song is very nice.

I went to the cinema to see this film and then I bought it in DVD because is a very good film.

My favourite moment it's at the end when Lila and Ely become reconciled and when they eat at the restaurant with theirs friends.

http://www.toutcequibrille-lefilm.fr/

Written by Camille V.

The Craziest Records

Men and Women ..

The biggest man in the world weighs 560 kg . His life must be very difficult !

But the smallest man measures 60 cm and he weighs 5 kilos ! He's very small !!

In the world , the oldest woman is seventeen years old !

A man in the world has got a big mustache , but that is not the craziest ! His mustache measures 4,29 meters, it is just INCREDIBLE !!

In the world , there is a man , this man has got 117 piercings ! There are 94 piercings around and inside the mouth , 25 around the eyebrows and 8 around the nose !

Talking animals ..

The smallest horse measures 43 cms , It is the size of a newborn !

The biggest goldfish is bigger than this little horse , it measure 47 cms ! Just imagine !

Other ..

The fastest message editor ( it's a girl ! ) She can write 160 characters in 42 seconds !I say : congratulations !!

Questions:

How heavy is the biggest man ?

Who is the fastest message editor , a girl or a boy ? 

Written by Alicia  

The Simpsons

 

Quizz questions:


Written by Thibault

Pascal Gentil

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He was born in Paris in 1973 but now he lives in Aix-en-Provence. When he began taekwodo, he   wanted to be fluid in his movements but later he became passionate about this sport. He began taekwodo in  the 18th arrondissement of Paris.

Pascal Gentil is a French taekwondoist. A three-time winner of the European Championships, four-time World Cup Champion and Olympic bronze medalist at the 20000 summer Olympics in Sidney and at the2004 Olympics in Athens. Pascal Gentil is the most decorated taekwondo practitioner in French taekwondo history.

Captain of the French taekwondo team, Pascal Gentil won his third European title in October 2005 in Riga giving the French team a second position behind  Turkey with six medals.

   

Today

Today, he practises taekwondo only a little , he lives with his family in China: he has a little daughter. Sometimes he comes to France to coach lots of other taekwondoists. I trained with them, It was very athletic and super.

Quizz

When has he won his third europpen title?

How did he begin taekwondo ? 

Written by Isis  

Queen Elizabeth II

             

Her name is Elizabeth Alexandra Marie . She was born on 21st April 1926 in London. Her sister is Princess Margaret . She married prince Philip Mountbatten  on 20^th November , 1947.
She has four children: Charles, Ann, Andrew and Edward.   Today she is 86 years old . The princess reached the throne when she was 25 years old ,6^th February 1952 in Wesminster’s Abbey but she was crowned on 2sd  June 1953.

Elisabeth II is the daughter of George VI and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.

She is queen of sixteen independent states and leader of the Commonwealth. She is a queen of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, the Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Salomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize and Saint-Christophe-et-Niévès. She is perceived as a great queen.

                         

I°) Where was she born ?

II°) What’s her name?

III°) How many children has she got ?

Written by Charlène

RECIPE OF YOGHURT CAKE

 

You will need :

Ingredients :

 - 1 natural yoghurt

- 2 eggs

- 3 measures of flour

- 1 measure of oil

- 1 and ½ measure of fine caster sugar

- 1 bag packet of yeast

- 1 salt of pinch

( 1 Measure = 1 yoghurt jar)

Tools :

- 2 bowls

- 1 whisk

- 1 cake tin

Separate the egg whites in the first bowl, beat the egg whites with a whisk. In the second bowl, mix all the other ingredients together, the eggs too. Obtain a smooth preparation and add the beaten egg whites.

Then butter the cake tin and put the mixture in it and bake at thermostat 7 (180°) during 35 minutes.

This cake is very very good ! Treat yourself, good meal !

     

QUIZZ ::

1)    What is the main ingredient in this cake ?

2)    How long must the cake cook ?  

Written by Louisa.

John Milton

John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an
English poet. He was a prose polemicist and a civil servant.
He was born in London at Bread Street. He died in London (aged 65 years) at Bunhill. He began to write when he was 10 years old. He wrote in English and in Latin.  He hadn't got sisters or brothers. His dad was Richard Milton and his mom was Sara Jeffrey. His dad was a notary. When he was 18 years, he studied in Cambridge.  When he was 40 years old, he became blind. He loved and practiced many languages (Latin, Greek, Hebrew, French, Spanish, Italian, Old English, Dutch), also philosophy, theology and litterature. He wanted to be a clergyman but he renounced for poetry. He travelled one year in France and Italy, he met many important intellectuals and influential people, including the astronomer Galileo. He hated censur. He was for freedom of expression. He was interested in education and he became a schoolmaster educating his nephews. He saw many times Galileo. The judgement against  him  consolidated  his wish for freedom of expression.
 At Restoration (1658-1688) his books were burned and he was jailed in the Tower of London but his friends obtained his liberation. He invented many words. He has got a stained glass in Saint Margaret's Church near Westminster Abbey.He was an autodidact and scholarly man of letters. He has inspired romantic author.  He was famous for « Paradise Lost» (an epic poem). Here is an example of his lines :<< Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven>>.

 

Written by François.

QUIZZ: Answer these two questions after reading the text.

1) What did John Milton intend to be when he studied ?
 

2) For what ideas did John Milton want to fight during his life ?
 

DOWNTON ABBEY

Its director:

 Downton Abbey is a British television series created by Julian Fellowes.

It is a popular series in the USA and France.

It tells the story of a large family who is rich.

It has been nominated 16 times for Emmy Award and it beat a record with more than 100 000 million viewers.

        

The characters are:

            Noble family                                                             Servants   

The Rt. Hon. Robert, Earl of Grantham                      Charles "Charlie" Carson Butler

The Rt. Hon. Cora, Countess, wife of the Earl            Elsie Hughes,Housekeeper 

Lady Mary, wife of Matthew Crawley                        John Bates, valet to Lord Grantham

Mr Matthew Crawley , husband of Lady Mary.           Gwen Dawson, Housemaid

The history of the series

The series is set in the fictional Downton Abbey, the Yorkshire country estate of the Countess and follows the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants during the reign of King GeorgesV. The first series spans the two years before the Great War. That begins with news of the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912. It is an eventful series. The second series covers the years 1916 to 1919, and the 2011 Christmas Special covers the 1919 Christmas period, ending in early 1920.

Written by Audrey

Sardenia

Sardenia is a region in Italy. It's an island in the Mediterranean sea. The flag of Sardenia is composed of a red cross and four mans's heads. The capital is Cagliari.
It has two official languages, Italian and Sardinian.
There are 1,672,804 inhabitants for an area of 24,090 km2 , so the density is 69hab/km2.
The island is a republic and the president is Ugo Cappellacci.
The independance day of Sardenia is the 28 February 1948.
The local climate is mediterranean.
The temperatures often exceed 45°c and the rain is rare.
Sardinia has a lot of mountains, hills and of big lakes.
There are beautiful beaches with blue water and white sand.
There are a lot of ruins of the Roman age, like the Thermae of Fordongianus or the vestiges of the city of Tharros. But the Romans weren't the only civilization  of Sardinia, for example, in the middle of the island there is an Orthodox church which was built in the 6th century AD when the Roman Empire was separated in two parts, the Byzantine Empire and the Roman Empire.
But now the Mediterranean island is an independent region because for example: the Sardinian culture is very original because it's composed of their own events (the carnival), stories and traditions but also for its food as the cheese of ewe ( Pecorino), the " porceddu " suckling pig.... The island has its own language as in the island of Corsica. But it's still a political region of Italy as Corsica with France.



Written by Adèle

QUIZZ. Can you answer these question (Use the comment box) 
1) What is the name of the Sardinian famous cheese ?
2) What is the capital of Sardenia ?
3) How many inhabitants are there ?

The Paralympic Games

Paralympic football

The Paralympic Games are organized by the International Paralympic Committee. They are held every four years just after the Olympic Games.The deaf can participate in Deaflympics. Now people with intellectual disabilities can also participate in Special Olympics. Previously they had been excluded since 2000.

History:

paralympic race

Sir Ludwig Guttmann, the neurologist at Stoke Mandeville Hospital near London, had the idea of establishing in 1948, the first « World Wheelchair and Amputee Games ». He wanted the rehabilitation through sport, of veterans and victims of the Second World War who had become paraplegic. The name of the two mascots are Wenlock and Mandeville. They represent the last two drops of steel used to build the Olympic Stadium in London. The mascots have only one eye and a yellow light on the head inspired by London taxis. Wenlock is named after the town of Much Wenlock located in Shropshire and Mandeville is named after the village of Stoke Mandeville in Buckinghamshire, were organized in 1948 the first "World Games wheelchair and amputee" that will become the Paralympics in 1960.




Objective:

The objective of the Paralympic Movement is the opportunity for athletes with a physical disability to excel and achieve sport performances comparable to Olympic athletes.
Rules:
The Paralympic Games include athletes with physical or visual handicaps, of the following categories: quadriplegics and paraplegics, neurological sequelae, and similar amputees, cerebral palsy, severely disabled (muscular dystrophy, electric wheelchairs), blind and visually impaired. For competition, athletes are grouped in categories according to their disability. For  athletics events, there are races for the blind, for amputees running with a prosthesis and wheelchair racing.  

Categories:

Paralympic basketball

Athletics
Rowing (sport)
Boccia (sport like bowls, played with leather balls by handicapped persons )
Wheelchair basketball
cycling
riding
Wheelchair Fencing
Football 5 (played by visually impaired athletes or blind)
Football 7 (played by athletes with motor disabilities)
Goal-ball
weight lifting
Judo (played by visually impaired athletes or blind)
Swimming

Paralympic swimming

Wheelchair rugby
Wheelchair tennis
Table tennis
Archery
shooting sports







LINKS to

- the opening ceremony of olympic games:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd4FgGSY5BY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIRHMmM2z7c

 - To the men's 200 meters in Athltics
 to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9Wlp1sTnoY

- to the men's 100 meters in swimming pool
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F90TwuJIt-Y

Written by Simon

QUIZZ: Answer the 2 questions  (in the comment box)

1) What is the name of the two mascots of the Paralympic Games in London?
                              
2) What is the objective of the Paralympic Games?
                               

The Opening Ceremony of the Olympics games

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The Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games

It was the third Olympic Games in London! After those of 1908 and of 1948, London hosted the Olympic Games for the third time; this is a record.

 

There were about 204 countries so about 10.490 participants for 26 sports represented. There were 302 sporting events played for 2100 medals given.

-The opening ceremony was created by Danny Boyle with a budget of 34 million euros. There were 70.000 volunteers so that the opening ceremony goes well.

Danny Boyle is a film director; he had received the Oscar for best director with Slum Dog Millionaire.

-The opening ceremony represented the change and the industrialization in England. They wanted to show the technologies, their music, their film and their health system. They showed their different styles of music. During the ceremony they did a tribute to English singers with the music as John Lennon or many well-knew singers. They showed the English humor with the entrance of the Queen with James Bond 007 or with Mr. Bean.

- David Beckham, different singers, actors of English series and other stars took part in the opening ceremony. The 204 countries went in the stadium with their flags and planted the flag in the stadium.

- After a long travel, different countries with many people the flame arrived in the stadium in front of a lot of people and announced the opening of fifthteen modern Olympic Games.

-The British show through this opening ceremony all the things which represent their country, their humor, the modernization and different kind of music with the respect of the British tradition. The Olympic Games was good to bring together the different countries through sports and forget during the competition misery and war. 

                                                                  

Written by Dylan 

QUIZZ; Answer the 2 questions:

1-Who created the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games?

2-How many countries took part in the Olympic Games?