Notes Week 1

N.B.: You should read these notes and ask questions about them either in comments or in class if you have any.

Vocab

Weapons of mass destruction : George Bush Jr.

My Weekly Discoveries : Charles La Via

wealth

awareness raising

Thoreau : Walden « Into the Wild » message : nature is stronger than man, Happiness is only good if it is shared.

Francis Ponge

It would be impossible to do that in France!

How do schools work in the USA ? How are they organised?

Where did I grow up?

Snack = bring something for about 8 people, for instance, a botlle of fruit juice (don't forget the cups), a pack of cookies, a bunch of grapes

I've lived in Arles since for five years.

Charles has lived in France since 1997.

Where do you live? I live in Nîmes.

Since = a specific year or time

for = a duration of time

I am born in Le Mans

I was born in Le Man