Articles populaires – Sky my concours !

15 mars 2007

Northern Ireland

Elections in Northern Ireland should hopefully bring an end to centuries of strife between - mainly loyalist - Protestants and - mainly republican - Catholics. Compare the two following pictures taken in Belfast in 1999 : You may use this map from Le...

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18 mars 2007

Aquarius uncovered

Do you have a second life ? Are you part of Second Life ? This article from the Christian Science Monitor deals with the rapidly growing internet-based virtual-life worlds where one truly leads a distinguished life, safely protected by one's computer...

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13 octobre 2006

de la colonisation à l'immigration

De la colonisation à l’immigration S’il est banal de constater et même de dénoncer la persistance des stéréotypes coloniaux dans le sort réservé aux populations issues de l’immigration, considérer certains flux migratoires comme les conséquences de la...

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6 février 2007

Bird Flu in Britain

Bird flu was found in the UK on a Suffolk farm. Before reading the article I've selected you may wish to visit the company's site on which you will find details of its history :"The Bernard Matthews story began back in 1950 with one man, 20 turkey eggs...

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14 février 2007

patenting life

Was this bound to happen ? According to this article written by Mickael Crichton, the world-famous author, for the New York Times, "one-fifth of the genes in your body are privately owned" and gene patents hamper research and innovation. Will the Genomic...

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15 mars 2007

Presumption of guilt

Cells in shopping centres, DNA samples taken for littering or shoplifting, connecting national identity and police databases ... Is Great Britain so dangerous a country for such strict measures to be taken ? Learn about this Home Office project in this...

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18 février 2007

snack-ad attack

Good news, for once : Masterfoods, makers of Mars and Snickers bars is to stop advertising targeting children under 12, but will other snackmakers follow suit ? another article from The Christian Science Monitor denouncing the barrage of ads to which...

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18 février 2007

women's eating disorders

When five-year-old girls admit to dieting because they're afraid of becoming fat, there is a serious problem. In The Christian Science Monitor an easy-to-read article on what may cause women to develop severe eating disorders. vocabulary revision : eating...

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20 février 2007

net censorship

China is devising methods to keep the web in check, and other countries - including democratic ones - feel the urge to do the same. The days of the Internet as we know it are probably numbered... Read about it in the Times. I suggest you translate a few...

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21 mars 2007

junk in space

You were worried about the future of our planet, now you can start with space thanks to this two-page article in the International Herald Tribune reporting on the danger presented to spacecrafts by the junk dumped in space. According to scientists a chain...

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7 février 2007

voluntary work for businessmen

You didn't know what the English for "bénévolat" was, now you do (voluntary work). The successful trying to help young people learning new skills in an article from the Scotsman. Surprisingly, the scheme has met with wide support from employers. a high-flyer...

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1 février 2007

gare au populisme pénal

proposez une contraction en 150 mots (+/- 10% of course!) du texte suivant, très adapté d'un article de Libération. Gare au populisme pénal (…) En France comme aux Etats Unis, la question pénale connaît une période d'intense politisation. L'équilibre...

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11 février 2007

e-learning

"...those that cannot adapt to the changes due to institutional inertia will see their function turn obsolete, their financial basis destroyed, their technologies substituted and their role in scientific and intellectual research reduced." Is, as this...

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8 janvier 2007

The Incredibles

In The New York Times, a rather long but very instructive article on academic competition in the US. In top-ranking high schools students are stretched to their limits to get the best university places.

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8 janvier 2007

Uncontroversial stem cells

It is now possible to produce stem cells without using human embryos. In this New York Times blog you will find a brief statement of the facts and reactions from readers that might give you ideas for your own personal commentaries.

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8 janvier 2007

the working poor

In The Christian Science Monitor, the portrait of a struggling American family and a presentation of the issues linked to minimum wage increase.

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7 janvier 2007

carbon-offestting

in The Independent, an example that might come in useful for the oral, a company offerring people who travel by plane a way to compensate for the pollution they cause .

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7 janvier 2007

first victims of global warming

In The Independent, global warming evidenced again.

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30 décembre 2006

nasty but necessary

a plea for animal testing in the UK in The Guardian

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30 décembre 2006

Vast ice shelf collapses in the Arctic

An article from The Independent, showcasing a further sign of the astonishing rate at which polar ice is now melting because of global warming.

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19 février 2007

Just for geeks

The joys of comparative advertising : Mac vs. Ms Vista

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7 février 2007

Is the wii really good for your health ?

This is precisely the type of trivial news (from Time magazine) that might crop up in the oral examination. Just read it for fun, but why not submit a commentary plan ?

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12 février 2007

The phones of the future

An audio interview of Tom Sandage, Business Editor of The Economist (mp3 feed), that might induce you, beyond practicing oral comprehension skills, to ponder this famous quote : "Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future." --Nils...

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11 février 2007

evolution sunday

Did you know that today was "evolution sunday" ? American Christians opposing intelligent design are celebrating it. Read about it in this short article found in New Scientist.

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11 février 2007

the needle and the damage done

OK it is five pages' long but this article on death penalty through lethal injection is worth reading, for the courageous.

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