Catégorie : Langues

Commentaire sur l'ouvrage de Quobna Ottobah Cugoano : Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery
Introduction : The text I have chosen to study for my presentation today is an excerpt from the book by Quobna Ottobah Cugoano entitled Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil and Wicked Traffic of the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, also known as Thoughts and sentiments on the evil of slavery and was published in 1787. Born in present-day Ghana, Ottobah Cugoano was kidnapped and sold into slavery at the young age of 13. Cugoano worked in the sugar fields of a Grenadan plantation un...
Brexit and devolution
I will now describe to you the relations between Brexit and devolution as well as the impact of the changes that have resulted from Brexit on the devolution process. First and foremost, we can say that Brexit has exposed the underdeveloped and fragile aspects of devolution in the UK. Why? Because devolved governments’ relationships with London are very strained today. Moreover, the arrangements that seemed to be in place to manage those relationships are buckling. If the sheer fact of lea...
Commentaire de Netherland par O'Neill
COMMENTAIRE In this excerpt of Netherland, Irish writer Joseph O’NEILL shows the aftermath of the terrorist attack in September 2011 through the thoughts of a dutch family and the consequences it had on them emotionally. Thus, all throughout the text, tension is filled with symbolical aspects. This tension relies on one main device : the transmission of a stressful atmosphere. To what extent is the text rhythmed by some kind of duality which permits to insert fiction into reality and eve...
Weekly assignment
Yoanna Baldjiyski Weekly Assignment 2 Nowadays, information is everywhere. Indeed, following the digital revolution that occurred in the 90's, the multiplication of networks worldwide has allowed a quicker and more intense circulation of information, often implying an alteration of the latter when shared, and consequently an understanding that di ers according to people. The two articles to read for today dealt with the way information is perceived, depending on their formulation, or even...
Exposé fort Boyard en anglais
Today I'm going to tell you about Fort Boyard. The history of Fort Boyard is a bit special. But what is its history? First of all, I'll introduce you to the fort, then I'll tell you about its history and construction and finally, I'll tell you about the TV game show that you all must know about Fort Boyard. So where is the fort? The fort is located in the Atlantic Ocean, near La Rochelle, between several islands, like the island of Ré, the island of Aix, or the island of Oléron. The fort...
The art of fiction
Fiche de lecture The Art of Fiction, Lodge Chapter 1 : Beginning (Jane Austen, Ford Madox Ford) The goal of the beginning of a novel : - Introduce the reader to the author's tone of voice, range of vocabulary, syntactic habits - Introduce the reader to basic infos : Characters' names, their relationships, contextual details about time and space - The reader needs to be "hooked", engrossed The beginning of Emma: - - A reverse triumph : Emma is a princess who must be humbled before...
how was life under Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte?
The Second French Empire – how was life under Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte? The Second empire was proclaimed in France in 1852, after the coup d’état of Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte in 1851, and only ended in 1870 with the September 4th revolution. Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte was at first elected as president of the Second Republic. However, the constitution forbidden him to be re-elected so he seized power on December 2 nd 1851 and proclaimed himself President for life. In 1852 he created the Second...
Apontamentos sobre a noção de pessoa na antropologia social britânica e francesa
Apontamentos sobre a noção de pessoa na antropologia social britânica e francesa Desde o texto fundador de Marcel Mauss (1872-1950) que evidenciou as enormes variações de sociedade para sociedade na definição da noção de pessoa, tal “categoria do espírito humano” (MAUSS, 2003 [1938]),não só chamou a atenção de antropólogos de várias áreas dessa disciplina, como também fomentou grandes discussões e ricas descrições etnográficas, tornando sua análise e comparação uma das princiapais e mais f...
essai sur le changment climatique en espagnol
El planeta no para de calentar por la actividad humana y es una fuente de preocupación. En una primera parte vamos a observar la presión que ejercen la comunidad científica y los movimientos ecológicos. En la actualidad vemos a muchos jóvenes que se unen para luchar contra el cambio climático y crean organizaciones, como Greenpeace, para proteger el clima. El objetivo es ejercer una presión suficiente para que surjan acuerdos políticos. La comunidad científica desempeña también un papel r...
migration en allemagne
Das Themenbreich Vielfalt und Inklusion kann durch das Thema Integration illustriert werden. Im Unterricht haben wir dieses Thema behandet. Wir haben über die Problematik gesprochen : wie migranten in deutschland integriert werden ? Zuerst, wir können sprechen über das Projekt JeeaA. Dieses helfen Migranten um Diplom zu schaffen. Ich denke dass, dieses Projekt sehr nützlich ist. Es ist eine Chance für zuwanderer. Sie können haben zukunft einen arbeit und Geld Verdienen. Das Projekt mach...
devoir réécrire un mythe au choix en allemand
Peronnet Paul Terminale Rouge Deutscher Mythos Die Geburt der menschlichen Welt nach der nordischen Mythologie Am Anfang herrschte das Chaos in einem dunklen Abgrund, dem Ginnungagap. Im Norden dieses Chaos entstand Nifelheim, eine Welt der Dunkelheit und des Eises, und im Süden entstand Muspellheim, eine Welt der Hitze und des Feuers. Dies sind die ersten beiden Welten des Universums. Im Zentrum von Nifelheim gibt es einen Brunnen namens Hvergelmer. Aus dieser Quelle fließen 12 Flüs...
Traduction + Commentaire Gatsby le magnifique en anglais
TRADUCTION : Il y avait de la musique en provenance de la maison de mon voisin pendant les nuits d’été. Dans ses jardins bleutés, des hommes et des jeunes femmes allaient et venaient comme des papillons de nuit parmi les chuchotements, le champagne et les étoiles. Dans l’après midi, à marée haute, je regardais ses invités plonger depuis la tour de son ponton ou prendre le soleil sur le sable chaud de sa plage, pendant que ses deux bateaux à moteur fendaient les eaux du Sound, en tirant de...
Prerromanticismo y libertinaje: un siglo libertino
Prerromanticismo y libertinaje: un siglo libertino Con el Esprit des lois (1748), Montesquieu ataca la esclavitud y defiende la separación de poderes. En su Discurso sobre las ciencias y las artes (1750), Jean-Jacques Rousseau sostiene que el progreso de la civilización sólo ha corrompido a los hombres, que son buenos en su estado natural. Defiende la idea de una educación que aleja al niño de todo contacto con la sociedad (L'Émilie, 1762). Este retorno a la naturaleza también fue celebrad...
Arthur Scherbius
The one who wiped us out(*) During the second world war, a colossal number of scientists were enlisted for the victory of their respective sides. Among them are great and famous persons : Alan Turing, Joan Clarke, Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander and Stewart Menzies. Yet we are not going to talk today about those heroes, but about the man who put his genius at the service of the Germany. This article is dedicated to the Enigma’s creator : Arthur Scherbius. Arthur Scherbius was born in Fran...
the people's party platform
intimidation ; bribery” line 10. This sentence enables them to stand as different politics than the others, implying that they won’t bribe, they won’t intimidate, but they will deserve their election. They do compare the political paradigm as a dictatory obedience. They speak of the newspaper being muzzled up, the public opinion would be silenced. The Party’s people, on the contrary, as it says in the name is the “party people”, so it should be a regime that include people, that giv...
Espagnol: le pouvoir de l'art
El arte es la creación de objetos destinados a despertar un determinado estado de sensibilidad en el público y a transmitirle un mensaje. El poder puede definirse como la autoridad, la posibilidad, la capacidad de hacer algo o la influencia sobre alguien o algo. El arte es, por tanto, una expresión cultural, social y política, puede ser una herramienta para influir, lo que da al artista un cierto poder. Puede ser una herramienta de protesta, de argumentación o de lucha. La transmisión de...
AMEL
store forbade the veiled woman to enter. once again Amel took it upon her, the young woman absolutely needed this book for her next class but it only sold in this damn book store. Amel was on the verge of a fit but she still had to go to class. When she arrived, she sat in silence as usual and listened intently to her teacher. after a while the teacher asked Amel what job she wanted to do, but before she could even answer a boy in his class shouted "either a submissive to a husband or a who...
UNIDAD 4 : Dictaduras y conflictos : ¿Recordar u olvidar ?
por un camino perfectamente concreto por el que pasan los coches sin saber siquiera que varios cuerpos están apilados. Desde su muerte, María Martín ha estado buscando desesperadamente el cuerpo de su madre, como prometió a su padre. « Yo no pido venganza; pido recuperar los restos. » dijo María Martín. Por otra parte, para otras personas, olvidar es la mejor manera de pasar página. Por cierto, a lo largo del documental vimos a personas, con una encuesta sobre la población española y la...
La juventud sus problemas
INTRODUCCIÓN Los problemas de los que hablan los jóvenes, en los que están interesados, son numerosos: la vida cotidiana, los estudios, cómo pasar su tiempo libre, los planes para el futuro, las relaciones entre niños y niñas, las relaciones entre los padres y sus hijos, etc. Es bien sabido que las relaciones entre los padres y sus hijos pequeños son muy agitadas. Esto se debe a la presencia de hormonas, que transforman los cuerpos de...
Will American Ideas Tear France Apart?
Sarah Holler Term4 27/03/2021 in France, because the mention of “race has become a bulldozer crushing other subjects”. In addition, for them, “race is not recognized by the government and merely subjective data”, which shows that racial studies in France are pointless. 7) What events made a part of the younger generation change about the issue? Two major events made the younger generation change about this subject. First, a women’s rights protest took place to stand up against the interior...

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