GO ENGLISH ! n°80 - Page 1 - Celebrating children's literature September 30th to October 9th 2016 marks the 10th anniversary of the Telegraph Bath Children’s Literature Festival. This is the; largest chi|dr_en’s book festival in the UK and runs for ten fantasy-packedidays. Children, from pre-schoo/ toddlers to teenagers, can meet their favourite authors and illustrators. Novice writers can attend workshops on writing for children or learn how to create cartoons. There are also events for teachers to learn how to encourage children to read and write for pleasure. Tickets normally se/l out during the first few days of the festival, as it is a; popular event. If your children are fans of the magical world of books and want to discover exciting new characters and stories, do not miss this event! to runfor (ici) durer pre-school d’âge préscolaire a toddler un tout-petit, un bambin a cartoon une bande dessinée t0 sell out (tout) vendre i .. ,The race for the American presidency On the night of November 8th 2016, the American people will have a new president. The first and second presidential general election debates _ will be held on September 26th and October 9th, respectively. The only ---" vice-presidential debate is on October 4th. The American people will be listening to and making a choice between the democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and the republican candidate Donald Trump, as President Obama cannot be re-elected. The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution states, “No person shall be eiected to the office of the president more . .i than twice.” Although President Obama predicts that the people will elect The dlversfly Clinton, the race between Trump and Clinton is tight and suspenseful. of the Rainbow Nation Who will be the next president? i ï i © Jaxons/ Shultecstocl<.r.:om Heritage Day in South Africa is on respeclively respectivement September 24th. Originally Shaka Day, twice deux, fois this date has been reserved for South tight Serre, tendu Africans to “celebrate the rich cultural suspenseful à suspense, passionnant, haletant heritage and the diversity of the nation”. South Africa, otherwise known as the Rainbow Nation, is made up of different cultures, many with their own language and traditions. The country has had years df conflict, racial segregation and suffering. Various events are organised throughout the country on this day to honour the differences between all the people making up this one nation. Nelson Mandela once said, “When our first democratically-elected government decided to make Heritage Day one of our national days, we did so because we knew that our rich and varied cultural heritage has a profound power to help build our new nation.” originally r au début, à |’origine throughout à travers, d’un bout à |’autre to make up composer, constituer 4 Go English No 80 September-October 2016 bank notes Treasury secretary Jacob Lew has announced his intention to change the faces on America’s paper money. The decision to replace Andrew Jackson with Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill reflects the multicultural reality of the country and is historically symbolic. Harriet Tubman, an ex-slave, saved hundreds of slaves by helping them to escape to Canada. She was also a spy for the United States Army during the American Civil War and an active suffragette*. Andrew Jackson, 7th president of the United States, on the other hand, owned slaves. Jacob Lew has also planned to add other women to the back of the $5 and $1 O bills in honor of the suffragettes. The designs will be finalized in 2020 and the bank notes should be in circulation by 2030. * Suffragettes were members of women’s organisations in the late-19th and early-20th centuries that advocated the extension of the right to vote in public elections to women. a facelift un rajeunissement, un lifting a bill (ici) un billet a slave un esclave a spy un espion t0 own détenir, posséder kä VAN Fair educational opportunities for Scotland’s travelling communities Scotland has a large community of Travellers — mainly Scottish gypsies, show and fairground communities and Roma families from Eastern Europe. The Scottish Traveller Education Programme (STEP) is funded by the Scottish government and was designed to improve educational opportunities for the children of these families and to educate teachers on the important differences between the communities. Their objectives are to listen to Travellers’ needs, to offer them encouragement and to fight against racism and harassment. STEP also educates teachers on the cultures and traditions of these families and how to develop the best educational opportunities for the children. In 2014, Scotland was declared the “best educated country in Europe” by the Office for National Statistics. It is obvious that Scotland takes the education of all of its citizens very seriously. gypsies les gens du voyage, les gitans a fairground une fête foraine Roma, Romani les Roms to fight against (ici) lutter contre harassment le harcèlement E o 0. x o .9 Ë a: J: a .:: U) 9 o w 3 ,8 É > m n © PRESS CLIPPINGS GEŒ “ The presidency isn’t a matter of pandering and doing whatever will get you in the news on any given day. It’s not promotion, it’s not marketing. And sometimes, it requires you making hard decisions, even when people don’t like it. The American people are pretty sensible, and I think they’ll make a sensible choice in the end. 99 President 3arack Obama‘s thoughts on Donald Trump’s run for presidency “ The difference between a politician and a statesman is that a politician thinks about the next election while the statesman thinks about the next generation. 99 Hillary Clinton, presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party for US president “ I will build a great wall — and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me — and l’ll build them Very inexpensively. I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will make Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words. 99 Donald Trump, presumptive nominee of the Republican Party for US president “ What my campaign is about is a political revolution — millions of people standing up and saying, enough is enough. Our government belongs to all of us, and not just the handful of billionaires. 99 Bernie Sanders, former presidential candidate for the Democratic Party to pander on any given day to require sensible a statesman presumptive a great wall inexpensively flatter, se plierà chaque jour exiger, nécessiter raisonnable, sensé un homme d’Etat probable, crédible une grande muraille, un mur de manière peu coûteuse, à bon marché une frontière Croyez-moi ça suffit appartenir à ancien a border Mark my words enough is enough to belong to former Go English N080 September—October 2016 5 predicted it! Can ‘The Simpsons’ predict the future? Or is it all just a series of coincidences? Over 27 years of existence, the yellow characters created by Matt Groening foretold a large number of worldwide events, from political results to technological breakthroughs. Coincidence, or not? Trump, voting booths and the Syrian war At first sight, these three categories seem unrelated — except for maybe the fact that Trump’s name will be in American voting booths next November, which means that he could become commander-in—chief of the military coalition that tries to stop ISIS‘ in Syria and Iraq. But another connection ties them: ‘The Simpsons’ predicted a very similar situation years ago, in an episode that aired on March 19th 2000. In the episode ‘Bart to the Future’, the Simpson boy travels to 2030, where Donald Trump is ending his presidential term. The country is wrecked and will soon be in the hands of...Lisa Simpson, the first female president of the United States. Even if Lisa Simpson will never become president, the situation certainly resonates with the current political events of the United States, where Trump and Clinton are fighting each other for control of the White House. © Fox via S machine and killed! a wrecking ball to pay tribute to infamous I0 ride in the nude smaslzed E O ce x o .9 e 9 5 .5 U) g > ä LL. @ ‘ ISIS is the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, also known as Daesh. © Fox via Shurlersiockcom Voting booth problems In a later episode, in 2008, _ Homer Simpson experienced an unfortunate event that happened in real life, only four years later. When he went to vote, he wanted to choose Barack Obama, but the machine mistakenly registered a vote for John McCain. These sorts of incidents indeed happened in the 2012 Obama-Romney election. Fortunately for the ‘Simpsons’ fans, the end of the animated sequence remains fiction. Homer is sucked in by the voting 1994 Homers ovvn vvreo/GO ENGLISH ! n°80 - Page 1
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