I went to a chemistry class where there are more than hundred people. During the class we watched a movie about how new technologies destroy the atmosphere and the planet . Al gore the ancient US election candidat was the man who was talking . He tried using image , facts , videos to prove how new technologies is painfull and hard to assume for the planet. A great documentary tough . Joseph Topich is the teacher of the class . You can truly understand what he say because he speaks slowly . Also ,  you can have a lot of fun in that class because sometime he makes some experiments and it’s really cool ….

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Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night can change the fact that the 21st century has not been kind to the U.S. Postal Service. These days, we pay our bills, invite friends to parties and read magazines mostly online.

Meanwhile, the recession has led companies to cut back on the ads and catalogs they fill our mailboxes with. The Postal Service lost $3.8 billion in fiscal year 2009, and the red ink is projected to add up to an astounding $238 billion in 10 years if nothing is done.

1/ Which is the most represented store in the USA?

2/ What is the average of customer taht a post office has a week ?

New Vocabulary

recession: A difficult time when there is less trade .

frequency: The number of time that something happens within a particular period of time .

The swedish author wrote a book named ‘the man from bejing’. The book talk about a woman who is private detector and who must fin the author of a terrible murder in a village in sweeden .

What is a private detector ?

Have you ever try to find one or heard about it ? In which situation ?

Vocabulary:

Gruesome: Very unpleasant or shocking, and involving someone being killed or badly injured

Investigation : An official attempt to find out the truth about or causes of something such as crime accident .

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I went to a math algebra class . The teacher talks about linear equation . At the beginning it seems strange because the main problem with non american is that we ‘re used to learn math in our native language but then after many guesses your mind become used to the english mathematique terms. We do a lot of exercise in group. Each of students give his opinion about what he thinks of the exercise.

I truly recommend that class for those who are scientists … The teacher take his time to explain things to the students . After each if you don’t understand you can stay to see her . Good class for the international like us  !!!

I can feel it _______ in the air tonight, Oh Lord 
I’ve been _______for this moment, all my life, Oh Lord 
Can you feel it coming in the air tonight, Oh Lord, Oh Lord 

Well, if _____told me you were drowning 
I would not lend a hand 
I’ve seen your face before my friend 
But I don’t know if you know who I am 
Well, I was there and I saw what you did 
I saw it with my _____ two eyes 
So you can wipe off ______, I know where you’ve been 
It’s all been a pack of lies 

And I can feel it coming in the air tonight, Oh Lord 
I’ve been waiting for this moment for all my life, Oh Lord 
I can feel it in the air tonight, Oh Lord, Oh Lord 
And I’ve been waiting for this moment all my life, Oh Lord, Oh Lord 

Well I remember, I remember don’t worry 
How could I _____ forget, it’s the first time, the last time we ever met 
But I know the reason why you keep your _______, no you don’t fool me 
The hurt doesn’t show; but the pain still grows 
It’s no _______ to you or me 

And I can feel it coming in the air tonight, Oh Lord…

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In this story , they talk about how to use of electronic meeting packets, instead of printing them on paper . The use of cell phones and BlackBerrys is causing concern . It’s too difficult to archive all communications . What’s the new method for the government to tracked E-mails

1- who are in battle with technology ?

2-What’s the legislature want to use ?

3-Which state covers electronic communication ?

Vocabulary

lobby  try to persuade the government or someone with political power

ETHICS     moral rules or principles of behaviour for deciding what is right and wrong

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Some scientists said that this summer could be El Nino year . That will be tha first of thsi categorie since 1997-98 . The cause of that for the scientist is that the climat change and its influence the strenght and frequency of el nino

Subsequent : happening or coming after something else

Atmospheric  :   relating to the Earth’s atmosphere

Stream :a natural flow of water that moves across the land and is narrower than a river

aeshort:

Please make sure to include new vocabulary words and their definitions.

ahoussoumc:

1) What picture is the most shocking for you?

2) what could you do in order to help haiti?

scale: to climb to the top of something that is high and difficult to climb

simplify :to make something easier or less complicated:

scene: the place where an accident, crime etc happened

cut up :  very upset about something that has happened

1) What picture is the most shocking for you?

2) what could you do in order to help haiti?

how many tents do we need in haiti ?

How much do we need in order to get it ?

how many victims have been found so far ?