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APRIL 2014 - Part 1 - NEW SITES
WEATHER
British people love talking about weather. Learn about weather predictions with this video quiz
(esolcourses.com)
LONDON
The London Underground - a lesson - Intermediate English listening
Watch a video and practise listening.
+ activities
(esolcourses.com)
Madame Tussauds - a lesson
Watch a video and practise listening.
+ activities
(esolcourses.com)
TRAVELLING
Travel – Journey – Trip: A 100 second English lesson - VIDEO + SCRIPT 
(simpleenglishvideos.com)
SAFETY / SECURITY
Safety and Security – a simple explanation - VIDEO + SCRIPT
(simpleenglishvideos.com)
NORTHERN IRELAND
The Giant's Causeway
"Watch the slideshow and play the hangman game..."
Created by Renée Maufroid. (Ac. Lille)
SONGS
Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse - Everytime I'm With You
(YouTube)
+ LYRICS
(lyrics.wikia.com)
NO - The Long Haul
(YouTube)
+ LYRICS
(songmeanings.com)
Heard at the end of the TV series "Elementary" - SEASON 1 - EPISODE 9
TRAVELLING / ASKING FOR INFORMATION
PodCaz audio # 90: Functions of English (Leo Jones)
Asking for information:
question techniques, answering techniques, getting more information.
+ mp3
(Ac. Réunion)
"On entend un jeune touriste poser des questions à l'office du tourisme."
(Marion Méranger-Galtier - Ac. Orléans-Tours)
APRIL FOOL'S DAY
BEST CLASSROOM APRIL FOOLS PRANK EVER
(YouTube)
"The professor has a policy against phones ringing in class. If a phone rings, you have to answer it on speakerphone mode.
It’s the equivalent of “You should share that note with everyone in the class.” And it’s a little strange for a college class.
But the students were ready for the first of April with a call that may make him reconsider the policy for good."
(Neatorama)
SUCCESSFUL / UNSUCCESSFUL
16 Differences Between Successful and Unsuccessful People
(Neatorama)
These 16 differences are:
| Successful People | Unsuccessful People |
| 1. Embrace change | Fear change |
| 2. Want others to succeed | Secretly hope others fail |
| 3. Exude joy | Exude anger |
| 4. Accept responsibility for their failures | Blame others for their failures |
| 5. Talk about ideas | Talk about people |
| 6. Share data & info | Hoard data & info |
| 7. Give people all the credit for their victories | Take all the credits from others |
| 8. Set goals and life plans | Do not set goals |
| 9. Keep a journal | Say they keep a journal but don't |
| 10. Read every day | Watch TV every day |
| 11. Operate from a transformational perspective | Operate from a transactional perspective |
| 12. Continuously learn | Fly by the seat of their pants |
| 13. Compliment others | Criticize others |
| 14. Forgive others | Hold a grudge |
| 15. Keep a "To Be" list | Don't know what they want to be |
| 16. Have gratitude | Don't appreciate others and the world around them |
Dave Kerpen explained each of these differences in his blog post.
TECHNOLOGY
Neil Armstrong on Being a Nerd
"An Engineering Manifesto by the first man on the moon. "Science is about what is. Engineering is about what CAN be."
(YouTube)
"Here’s how a nerdy engineer became the most famous man on Earth. And how engineering holds the key to progress in the 21st century.
This “Engineering Manifesto” was delivered to the National Press Club by Neil Armstrong in February, 2000,
and animated by Jorge Cham of PHD Comics."
(Neatorama)
BREAKFAST
Video:What Is a British Full Breakfast? + Transcript
(video.about.com)
Ordering breakfast 
"I´ll have three scrambled eggs with country ham."
(audioenglish.org)
"Breakfast" Starts at 4'08! + Downloadable mp3 here (2'28)
TRANSCRIPT : PDF
(myschoolbag.eklablog.com)
Thanks to Loïc Touchard (Ac. Rennes), Nelly Soor (Ac. Versailles) and Ghislaine Bourrachot (Ac. Clermont-Ferrand)
BRITAIN / EU
Britain and the EU: A long and rocky relationship - 1 April 2014
"The United Kingdom's relationship with the EU - or, in political parlance, "Europe"
- has long been one of the most divisive, emotive issues in British politics."
(BBC)
DRAGON
Dragon in Thailand
"17 storey building dragon extends from the ground to the roof. Interesting place, friendly people. The dragon is hollow and can walk in it,
but the top of the building is usually inaccessible. Monks live on second and third floors (very dark and no working elevator).
I was told the building may be converted to a university to teach new monks in the future. The temple grounds are quite large the have many shrines in various animal shapes, including a huge turtle shaped entrance to a cave, and large elephant that makes noise when put coin in.
Large monitor lizards up to 2 metre long, patrol the extensive garden."
More photos on the page.
(panoramio.com)
WITCHCRAFT
The Museum of Witchcraft in Boscastle, Cornwall,
"houses the world's largest collection of witchcraft related artefacts and regalia.
The museum has been located in Boscastle for fifty years and is amongst Cornwall's most popular museums...
Click here to follow a tour of a small selection of artefacts on display at the museum indicating the variety and diversity of objects
connected with magic and witchcraft. We will periodically change the images on this tour. "
(museumofwitchcraft.com)
Magic Alley & The House of Wizardry
"Nestled in the centre of Stratford upon Avon, just a few yards from the birthplace of William Shakespeare, in a building known as the Creaky Cauldron
you’ll find Magic Alley and the House of Wizardry – a spooky, thrilling, unforgettable experience for the whole family."
(welovecoventry.co.uk)
SLANG
Proper English with the "F Word"
"Description of the uses for the "F Word"
(YouTube)
What's the more appropriate substitution for “give a f**k/d**n/s**t”
examples : "I don't give a flying fuck'
Kurt Vonnegut used the phrase "Why don't you take a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut." So it is an appropriate literary construct.
Or you could use the famous historical quote from General Sam Sturgis...
"I don't care for John Pope one pinch of owl dung."
(english.stackexchange.com)
Suggestions :
"what the fudge, what the heck, he's a frigging idiot, it's a darn shame, he's a bleeding fool, I don't give a flying fart, for fox sake..."
ART
Andy Warhol
"Voici quelques exercices de compréhension de l’oral basés sur le travail fait en classe sur Andy Warhol
et l’œuvre Campbell’s Soup Cans dans le cadre de l’histoire des arts.
1) The biography of Andy Warhol.
2) Historic, social et artistic background.
3) The work : Campbell’s soup cans.
Two extra exercises (a bit more difficult)
par Estelle Rouzies-Loubet, Rodolphe Maurel
(soundguideweb.com)
THE MEXICO BORDER
BORDERLAND
"
We Took A 2,428-Mile Road Trip Along The Mexico Border: Here's What We Saw."
(apps.npr.org)
Thanks to Muriel O'Mahony (Ac. Montpellier) and Evelyne Vittoz (Ac. Amiens)
POEMS
Americans Chose Their Favorite Poems - AUDIO + SCRIPT
"April is National Poetry Month in the United States. Come along with us as we sample poetry by Robert Frost, Rita Dove,
Langston Hughes, Edna Saint Vincent Millay and other beloved American poets."
(learningenglish.voanews.com)
US HISTORY
Picturing US History
"In this collection of essays, educators from across the country discuss archival images that they have found useful in teaching major themes in U.S. history. If you have a particular image you use in the classroom, we invite you to propose it for our "My Favorite Image" collection."
(picturinghistory.gc.cuny.edu)
Thanks to Catherine Tertre (Ac. Rennes)
THE PRESS
UK Newspaper Front Pages
(thepaperboy.com)
Editable PowerPoint Newspapers PowerPoint Template
"We have just updated our popular editable PowerPoint newspapers.
With these you can create your own news headlines, articles and insert your own pictures."
(presentationmagazine.com)
The Newspaper Clipping Generator
(fodey.com)
Thanks to Isabelle Karas (Ac. Rouen) and Gaïta Kinaci Cathia (Ac. Dijon)
PROVERBS
CANTONESE PROVERBS IN ONE PICTURE
"The cartoon contains illustrations of 81 Cantonese proverbs."
(writecantonese8.wordpress.com)
"The artist created this comic to illustrate 81 Cantonese proverbs all in one picture... Many appear to involve ghosts.
At Cantonese Resources, there’s a legend that explains each one, with a numbered graphic to help you find them."
(Neatorama)
LANGUAGE
A tour of accents across the British Isles performed in a single, unedited take
"Professional accent and dialect coach Andrew Jack seamlessly switches between the various accents that are scattered across the UK,
demonstrating the subtle distinctions between different varieties of English…"
(twentytwowords.com)
Thanks to Déborah GARELIK (Ac. Paris)
English is crazy!
(YouTube)
SAINT PATRICK'S DAY
Saint Patrick's Day - a worksheet + VIDEO
CO avec questions à choix multiples et restitution en français.
Créé par Delphine Darrieumerlou (Ac. Bordeaux)
CATS / CAFE
Reuters Video: Cats main attraction at London café + TRANSCRIPT + IDIOMS
"Lady Dinah's Cat Emporium, London's first 'cat cafe', is a hit with feline fans in east London. Tara Cleary reports."
+ Related articles
(englishblog.com)
SPACE
The Race into Space
Watch the slideshow and play the game (Rags and Riches)
Created by Renée Maufroid. (Ac. Lille)
THE TALLEST FERRIS WHEEL
'World's tallest' Ferris wheel opens in Las Vegas - 1 April 2014
"At 168 metres (550 feet) high, the High Roller observation wheel is 3 metres taller than its nearest rival, the Singapore Flyer.
Tom Santorelli reports."
(BBC)
STATUES
The Complete Listing of All Public Children’s Literature Statues in the United States - with photos
(blogs.slj.com)
VOCABULARY
Immigrants, Emigrants, and Migrants
"All three words trace their origin to the Latin verb migrare, “to remove from one place to another.” This common ancestor gives English four verbs:...
The verbs yield several noun forms, some of which are also used as adjectives:..."
(dailywritingtips.com)
STREET ART
"Dans la banlieue de Damas se trouve le plus grand mur décoré à base de récupération du monde.
Avec ses 720 mètres, il est rentré dans le Guinness book des records."
(20minutes.fr)
APRIL FOOL'S DAY
April Fools News - lick the Ipad
"San Diego morning show viewers were treated to [anchor Raoul] Martinez pretending to describe
an amazing new iPad app that allowed users to "smell" and "taste" food right on their tablet."
(YouTube)
Thanks to Fabienne Gosselin (Ac. Amiens)