theme ecricome 2006

Green: structure

Red: vocabulary

Blue: grammar

belonging to the [E1] American show biz’s stars and top names have been [E2] was faster than George W.Bush, his government and any amount of all the US senators [E3] togetherof the United States: They have arrived in Louisiana right from the start since the first days[E4] . The ones, that the humourist Jon Stewart  slightly ironically called calls “groups of Beverly Hills [E5] “, have overcame[E6]  the regular Marines in order to jump on their private plane and rescue the victims of the hurricane victims. The actor Sean Penn has consequently run into [E7] the flooded streets of New Orleans on a small boat, saving rescuing victims on  from[E8]  roofs or in the houses’[E9]  upper-rooms/attics, while Julia Roberts was bringing pampers delivering diapers and kissing children in Alabama. The most powerful/influential woman on television [E10] , Oprah Winfrey, did not hesitate to bring her famous friends on board in order to help and sustain/support her Black Americans community, angry and tearful [E11] at the same time.

Surprisingly/in a more ambiguous way, John Travolta arrived in a plane full of food supplies but given by the Scientologic Church Church of Scientology, the sect he belongs to. Quick, the stars took off immediately their chequebooks; one million dollars was (the less accepted)/the bottom line. They have accepted to be involved in all the TV shows events in order to raise funds.

 

1)      Review structure of nouns

2)      Use of preterit

3)      Number

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 [E1]Notion d’appartenance = gérondif

 [E2]Utiliser le passé pour des faits

 [E3]Formation de nom

 [E4]It means depuis les premiers jours =/= dès les premiers jours

 [E5]Gérondif : the Beverly Hills brigade

 [E6]Good ! also beat

 [E7]Sailed up and down

 [E8]Notion de provenance

 [E9]Pas de gérondif pour les noms

 [E10]Tu peux faire un gérondif

 [E11]Better to use adjectives than names in English