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** The following people will present (__Power__ Point) their news stories on Feb 8. Please __make__ sure your presentation is ready for that first __class__, as this is your 'deuxième session'. Not having the presentation ready for that first class will mean that the mark for your **** 'deuxième session' will be '0': ** **CGP: Bastien, Nai Fu, Alexandre, Stanislas, Guillaume, Keo** **ETI: Julia, Olivier, Kamil, Yohann, Julien Cosar, Vincent**
 * __Latest__ news 19/01/2012**

**In some cases, the penalty is the result of not having posted the news story summary. Please don't forget that this assignment is compulsory, and that even if you are doing** ** 'deuxième session', you still need to do the written report. **

Bastien=> I dont know where to put it, so here we go: +Here is the Quizz on a word format, where shall we put it? :/


 * Anyone not keeping up with their news story projects, and not posting weekly links to their chosen story, together with a __minimum__ of 5 expressions and definitions, for at least 6 weeks, or more in the case of people with penalties, will not validate their first semester **

= **Please be careful when posting on the page, as we have had a few incidents of people deleting other people's postings.**


 * -> Hello, I've sent an __email__ to you on the wiki, but I'm not sur you've seen it ? Kamil**

Film __reviews for inspiration__

=The Adventures Of Tintin reviewed by Mark Kermode= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-0qXFJ2UFY

==Clotilde : "Shall we post the film reviews here? "

 * Good idea, Clotilde, please post your film reviews here! **======

Clotilde Johansson :

Chloé ALBERT :

Hafiz Ismail :

Pastor Arnaud:

Julie Anduran:

Yohann Bearzi :

Florian Benoit :

Bastien Giuliani:

Séverine Crouzy :

Stanislas Delaye:

Vincent Leroy:

Alexandre Beucher:

Amine El bikri :



Julien Collet :

Marie Cherel:

Olivier Dugelet :

Alice:

__**GRAMMAR CORNER**__ = **CONDITIONALS** http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/ClassroomGames/Billionaire/Conditionals%20Billionaire%20Game/index.html?zoom_highlightsub=CONDITIONAL+GAMES http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences

= __**NEWS STORY PROJECT**__ = http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15652708 **Bailout** : The provision of funds to a firm or to another government in danger of [|insolvency] so as to prevent them from [|defaulting] on their debt. **Yield**: The amount of return on an [|investment], normally expressed as percent __per__ year; the [|interest rate]. **Worrisome** **:** Causing worry or anxiety. **Soaring:** Ascending to a level markedly higher than the usual **Burden** **:** A source of great worry or stress; __weight__ **Clearing** **house**: A n institution where cheques drawn on member banks are cancelled against each other so that only net balances are payable

__**CGP post your links, docs and vocabulary below**__
Hafiz Week 1 [] Week 2 []
 * a crackdown** (on sb/sth) : severe measures to restrict or discourage undesirable or criminal people or actions.
 * to contend** (with/against sb/sth) : to struggle in order to overcome a rival,competitor or difficulty.
 * to stem** : to stop something which is flowing,spreading or increasing.
 * to implement** : to put something into effect; to carry something out.
 * to mount** : to increase in amount or intensity
 * to indicate** : to __state__ something briefly or indirectly; to mention or suggest something.
 * to commit** : to do something illegal or wrong
 * an assessment** : a carefully considered opinion or judgement
 * an execution** : the killing of somebody especially as a legal punishment
 * arbitrary(adj)** : based on personal opinion or impulse,not on any reason or system
 * to reiterate** : to repeat something that has already been said,especially for emphasis
 * unhindered(adj)** :with nothing stopping the progress of sb/sth

Week 3 []
 * to condemn somebody/something** : to say that one disapproves strongly of sb/sth;to criticize sb/sth
 * to abstain (from something)** : to choose not to use one's vote
 * substantive (adj)** : genuine or actual;real
 * overwhelming (adj)** : very great,very strong
 * to lambast** : to criticize somebody severely
 * dissident** : a person who strongly disagrees with or opposes official opinions and policies

Week 4 []
 * to trigger (sth off)** : to be the cause of a sudden,often violent reaction;to start something
 * an epicentre** : the central point of something
 * to emerge(as something)** : to develop and become noticable
 * armour (adj**) : a protective usually metal covering for the body worn when fighting
 * deliberatelly** : done something intentionally

Week 5 http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2011/12/2011122353147515588.html to be wounded : injured,especially with a cut or hole in the skin to air : to make opinions or complaints known to other people to escalate : to make something more serious detainees (n) :a person who has been officially ordered to stay in a prison or similar place, especially for political reasons deadlock : a situation in which agreement in an argument cannot be reached because neither side will change its demands or accept any of the demands of the other side

Week 6 []

flashpoint (noun) : a place at which violence or anger cannot be controlled. casualty (noun) : a person who is killed or injured in war or in an accident. to be barred (adj) : to be prevented from(sth) to embolden (verb) : to give courage or confidence to somebody to deploy : to move or cause troops to move into position for military action/to use something effectively detractor (noun) a person who tries to make something/somebody seems less good or valuable by criticizing it

Clotilde : the planet Mars

**week 1** :
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20111120/NEWS02/311200017/Mars-Curiosity-Super-Bowl-space-quests http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45347510/ns/technology_and_science-space/t/nasa-orbiter-watches-sand-dunes-move-mars/

** Space shuttle ** : noun ( often initial capital letters ) anyof several U.S. space __vehicles__ consisting of a reusable manned orbiter that touches down on a landing strip after an orbital mission, __two__ reusable solid rocket boosters that drop off after initial ascent, and an expendableexternal tank containing liquid propellants. **Daunting** : discouraging through fear **Eyebrows** : the line of short hairs above each eye in humans **Gusts of wind** : Is a sudden, brief increase in speed of the **wind** **To sever** : To set or keep apart; divide or separate. 2. To cut off (a part) from a whole. 3. To break up (a relationship, for example)
 * Prowess** : exceptional valor, bravery, or ability, especially in combat or battle.
 * A chasm** : a sharply defined cut in the surface of the earth. The noun "gorge" could be interchanged with **chasm.** It is like a deep hole in the Earth.
 * Compelling** : having a powerful and irresistible effect; requiring acute admiration,attention, or respect. Is able to make anyone agree with him.
 * Conducive** : contributive; helpful; favorable (usually followed by to ): Goodeating habits are conducive to good health.
 * Magnitude :** a number assigned to the ratio of two quantities; two quantities are of the same order of magnitude if one is less than 10 times as large as the other; the number of magnitudes that the quantities differ is specified to within a power of 10

=week 2 :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15872653

**Attempt :** earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
 * Stricken** : suffering severely from the effects of something unpleasant ; put out of action
 * Telemetry** : the remote measurement and reporting of information.
 * To glimpse** : to see something only for a very short moment
 * A scoop** : a tool with a deep bowl-shaped end which is used to dig out and move a soft or powdery substance

[]
 * To hurtle < hurtling** : to move very fast, especially in what seems a dangerous way
 * The void of space** : a large hole or empty space
 * A boffin** : a scientist who is considered to know a lot about science and not to be interested in other things
 * To soar :** to rise very quickly to a high level
 * Mud** : earth that has become wet and sticky

** ===Week 3===: ** [] 2.an often repeated word, formula, or phrase, often a truism: a statement or slogan repeated frequently. **To shift :** 1 move or change or cause to move or change from one position to another. 2 change the emphasis, direction, or focus of something.
 * A Mantra :** 1 Hinduism . a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
 * A bet :** risk a sum of money or other valued item against someone else's on the basis of the outcome of an unpredictable __event__ such as a race or __game__.
 * To assume :** accept as true without proof
 * roughly :** approximately
 * to perform :** carry out, accomplish, or fulfil (an action, task, or function).

** ===Week 4=== : **

[]

2 .(prevail on/upon) persuade to do something. (Stealthily = furtivement) **A prey** = an animal hunted and killed by another for food. **The rim** = he upper or outer edge of something, typically something circular.
 * Fevered** = nervously excited or agitated.
 * Prevail** = 1 .prove more powerful or superior. be widespread or current.
 * A mesa** = an isolated flat-topped hill with steep sides, found in landscapes with horizontal strata.
 * Steep** = rising or falling sharply; almost perpendicular.
 * To prowl** = move about stealthily or restlessly in search of or as if in search of prey.

[]

(**fulfil oneself**) gain happiness or satisfaction by fully achieving one's potential. 2. satisfy or meet (a requirement or condition). =** ===Week 5 == **= =http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57345062/new-nasa-rover-studying-space-radiation/ = =**To perform** : carry out, accomplish, or fulfil (an action, task, or function). = =**To assess** : evaluate or estimate the nature, value, or quality of. = =**To gauge** : estimate or determine the amount or level of. = =**To shield** : 1. protect from a danger, risk, etc. 2. prevent or reduce the escape of sound, light, or other radiation from. = =**Aeroshell** : a casing which protects a spacecraft during re-entry. =
 * To stick** = (**be stuck**) be fixed in a particular position or unable to move or be moved.
 * To fulfil** = 1. achieve or realize (something desired, promised, or predicted).
 * Soil** = the upper layer of earth in which plants grow, a black or dark brown material typically consisting of organic remains, clay, and rock particles.
 * To attempt** = make an effort to achieve or complete.
 * Steady** = make an effort to achieve or complete.

Week 6
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45743803/ns/technology_and_science-space/#.TvpqNHpXsqM

**A kinship** : a sharing of characteristics or origins
 * To flicker** : shine or burn unsteadily and fitfully.
 * To cradle** : hold gently and protectively.
 * To unravel** : investigate and solve (a mystery or puzzle).
 * Something Odd :** unusual or unexpected; strange.


 * I'm not sure I did this summary the right way, if it is not what was expected please tell me so I could modify my work. Thank you. I've downloaded and read quickly your summary (please notice spelling) and it looks fine, Clotilde. Good work **
 * Thank you and sorry for the wrong spelling.**



= = =Aloïs=

week 6: []
//to blend//: to combine into one //to withdraw//: to move away or backward //wounded:// injured //to wrap up//: to enclose, to involve //slatemate//: drawing position in chess

My report ==>

Review of a movie ==>

Florian - //__Subject :__// **Cigarette "plain packaging" in Australia.**
**Week 1** - __http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/10/australia-plain-packaging-cigarette-law__
 * stark** - severe, violent
 * to curtail** - to shorten the duration of something
 * to bully** - to act aggressively towards
 * harmful** - of a kind likely to be damaging
 * tough** - difficult, demanding
 * retail outlet** - store that purchases goods from manufacturers and sells directly to consumers

**Week 2** -__ http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/21/philip-morris-australia-tobacco-laws __
 * drab** - faded and dull in appearance
 * plain** - not elaborate or complicated, simple
 * to compel** - to force, to constrain
 * outright** - completely and entirely, wholly
 * to urge** - to move or impel to action
 * to back** - to furnish or strengthen with a back or backing

**Week 3** - __http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2100987,00.html?iid=ent-main-mostpop2__
 * to implement** - to put into practice
 * alluring** - having the power to attract
 * a peer** - somebody who is at an equal level
 * a trademark** - a word, symbol, or phrase used to identify a particular company's product and differentiate it from other companies' products
 * a bond** - a physical connection which binds, a band
 * to reinforce** - to strengthen, especially by addition or augmentation

**Week 4** - __http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202534305269&slreturn=1__
 * tough** - strict and uncompromising
 * to strip away** - to remove unnecessary things that hide what something is really like
 * lingering** - being slow or reluctant to leave
 * to sparke** - to ignite
 * behalf** - in the interests of a person, group, or principle
 * a billboard** - a large board used to display advertisements

**Week 5** - __http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/uk-stalls-on-plain-packaging/story-e6frg6so-1226225258850__ [] (theaustralian requires a paying account for reading so here is another source)
 * to toy** - to treat something casually or without seriousness
 * an outcome** - a consequence, something that follows from an action
 * to withstand** - to resist, to stand up to forcefully
 * to allege** - to assert without or before proof, to affirm
 * to unveil** - to reveal, to remove a veil from

**Week 6** - __http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/20/philip-morris-australia-idUSL3E7NK02C20111220__
 * to seek** - to attempt to find
 * to give up** - to cease to do
 * growth** - the process of growing
 * to fail** - to be unsuccessful in an undertaking
 * to delay** - to postpone, to defer

Report :

**masquerade**= party with disguised people. )
Week 1: [|http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/oct/17/occupy-protests-world-list-map?INTCMP=SRC]to throng =to gather or fill a place in large numbersto shape: to give something a specific look, propertyan outpost: an advanced position to represent one position or presencestandard: commonly acceptedmapped: situated on a map Week 2: [][|Indignated In a church]

to encamp: to occupy to withdraw: to surrender iconic: representative root: is born from boundless: without any bound free

Week 3 : []

to evict: to expel someone from a land woe: grievous distress, affliction seizure: taking possession of an item assets: an usefull and desirable thing or quality to vent: a means of exit or escape

Week 4: [] to commemorate: to celebrate one event from the past worldwide: concerning the whole world attendance: amount of people watching an event coincide: to happen at the same time packed: crowded

Week 5 [] to trigger: to be the stimulus to initiate a serie of reactions unprecedented: such thing never happenened before momentum: force or speed for a course of events struggle: to contend with an opposing force greed:excessive or rapacious desire

Week 6 [] to squander: to spend or use money extravagantly a ride: the walk of a gathering of people a carol: a kind of circular dance dictatorship: a country where absolute power is exercised by a dictator disease: illness

**Week 7**!

[] protester: a person protesting to fuel: to help a conflict growing in strengh ousting: being expeled or moved out of a position unrest: disturbance albeit: even if

Report:

Léo :

 * New's REPORT :**



__Week 1__ : How __Apple__ faces Steeve Job's death.

__Week 2__ : The Great Tablet Debate: Fads or Here to Stay?

__Week 3__ :
[]

To come under scrutiny = To become the subject of a serious investigation
[]  A slew = A large amount or number; a lot Caveats = A warning or caution Freebie = S omething provided without charge  The itch =An irritating skin sensation causing a desire to scratch.

__Week 4__ : <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">[] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Staggering = so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The limelight = a position of public attention or notice <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To rule the roost = To be in charge; dominate <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A double whammy = when something causes two problems at the same time, or when two setbacks occur at the same time. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To dare = To have the courage required for

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">__Week 5 :__ [] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To ban = To prohibit, especially by official decree <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">to infringe = To transgress or exceed the limits of; violate <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">a shipment = The act or an instance of shipping goods. (to ship = To place or receive on board a ship) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">to refurbhish = To make clean, bright, or fresh again; renovate. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">a patent = A grant made by a government that confers upon the creator of an invention the sole right to make, use, and sell that invention for a set period of time. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">a trade = The act or an instance of buying or selling; transaction.

__<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Week 6 : __ []

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">fallout: effects; results to disband: to break up or dissolve (an organization)
to disband: to break up or dissolve (an organization)

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> week 2: http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22748484/33524021
virtually: nearly

shrink: to draw back

mediocre: neither good nor bad

draconian: unusually severe or cruel

die-hard: resisting vigorously and stubbornly to the last

begrudge: to be reluctant to give, grant,or allow

triumph: a significant success or noteworthy achievement

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> week 3: http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2011/12/08/new-agreement-officially-ends-nba-lockout/

insight: (the ability to have) a clear, deep and sometimes sudden understanding of a complicated problem or situation
week6: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/dec/24/sports-books-back-action-end-nba-lockout/

cast: to choose actors to play particular parts in a play, film or show hoist: to lift something heavy, sometimes using ropes or a machine trophy: a prize, such as a gold or silver cup, which is given to the winner of a competition or race, and often returned after a year to be given to the winner of the competition in the following year covet: to want to have something very much, especially something which belongs to someone else prone: likely to suffer from an illness or show a particular negative characteristic grueling: extremely tiring and difficult, and demanding great effort and determination

week7: http://arizonasports.com/41/1482320/Top-25-AZ-Sports-Stories-of-2011-6-The-NBA-lockout

surge: a sudden and great increase looming: (of something unwanted or unpleasant) happening soon and causing worry vehemently: in a strong and emotional way ratify: (especially of governments or organizations) to make an agreement official tenure: being the legal owner of land, a job or an official public position, or the period of time during which you own it revise: to look at or consider again an idea, piece of writing, etc. in order to correct or improve it

Report: Film:

Séverine
Subject: Crisis and politics in Spain

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">** Week 1 **: [] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**To soar**: to fly or rise high into the air. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**To plead** : to make an emotional appeal. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**Bail** : money paid by or for such a person as security <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**To daunt** : make (someone) feel intimidated or apprehensive <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**To stall** : to stop making progress. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**To be saddled with**: to burden with an onerous responsibility or task

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">** Week 2 **: [] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;"> **to ail**: to afflict in mind or body <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**to overcome**: to succeed in dealing with (a problem) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**to tackle**: to make determined efforts to deal with (a difficult task) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;"> **to salvage**: to retrieve or preserve from loss or destruction <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;"> **the poll**: the process of voting in an election

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;"> ** Week 3 **: [] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**to breach** : to break a law, agreement, or code of conduct <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**likelihood**: the state or fact of being likely or probable <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**Premier**: a Prime Minister or other head of government <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**below**: at a lower level than steady: firmly fixed, supported, or balanced <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**GDP**: abbreviation for Gross Domestic Product <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**to hint**: indicate indirectly

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;"> **Week 4**: [] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**ECB**: European Central Bank <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**benchmark**: a standard or point of reference against which things may be compared or assessed. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**loan**: a thing that is borrowed, especially a sum of money that is expected to be paid back with interest. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**to strengthen**: to make or become stronger <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**fellow**: (adj.) sharing a particular activity, quality, or condition to allay <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**landslide**: an overwhelming majority of votes for one party in an election. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">[] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**to seek**: to attempt to obtain or do <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**to allay**: diminish or end (fear or concern).

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;"> **Week 5**: [] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**Forecast**: a prediction or estimate, especially of the weather or a financial trend. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**Slippage**: delay or discrepancy <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**To swear someone in**: to admit someone to a position or office by directing them to take a formal oath. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**To carry**: conduct; transmit. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**Swiftly**: quickly

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">** Week 6 **: [] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**Cabinet**:(in the US) a body of advisers to the President, composed of the heads of the executive departments of the government. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">** the latter **: denoting the second or second-mentioned of two people or things. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">** To merge **: combine or be combined to form a single entity. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">** Aisle **: a passage between rows of seats, pews, or supermarket shelves. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">** Dearth **: a scarcity or lack of something. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">**To strive**: to make great efforts.

News Report:

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">* steeply: At a rapid or precipitous rate
===<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">* Dow Jones: an indicator of stock market prices; based on the share values of 30 blue-chip stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange ===

===<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> - __ Week 2: [|Eurozone bailout]__ ===

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">* bailout: a rescue from financial difficulties
===<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">* Sovereign wealth funds: is a state-owned investment fund composed of financial assets such as stocks, bonds, property, precious metals or other financial instruments ===

===<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-__ Week 3: [|The expansion of Europe's troubles]__ ===

===<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-__ Week 5 : [|Europe, prepare for a riotous 2012]__ ===

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">* withstand: to oppose with force or resolution
===<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-__ Week 6 :[|Angela Merkel warns Greece]__ === <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Vocabulary:
 * bondholder: an owner of one or more bonds issued by a company or other institution
 * tranche: assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person
 * wade: to cross or pass through with difficulty
 * speculation: engagement in risky business transactions on the chance of quick or considerable profit
 * shunning: to avoid deliberately; keep away from

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Report:[[file:Sum up from the articles.docx]]
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">** Stanislas :** What's news about the olympics in london? <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">__ Week 1 :__http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/nov/28/dow-sponsorship-india-olympic-boycott?INTCMP=SRCH <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">vocab: <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-to foot the bill: to pay the pay the bill <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-to urge: to encourage strongly someone to do something <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-the sponsorship: le parrainage <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-a decorative wrap:a system which surrounds the london stadium to decorate it <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-a leak: when a liquid escapes from somewherre

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> week 2 http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/aug/04/decorative-wrap-london-olympic-stadium <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">vocab: <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-a steel girders:une poutre en acier <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-grey concrete:du béton gris -it's the icing on the cake:the english equivalent for "la cerise sur le gateau" <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-a landmark:a place or a monument which is usefull for orientation(as the basilique in lyon) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-to be ditched:to be forsaken,abandonned ===== =====

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> week 3 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/olympic-flame-torchbearers-revealed-6274227.html?origin=internalSearch <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">vocab: <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-a torchbearer: someone who is in charge to carry the torch before the olympics <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-to drop something: when you have somethings in your hands which suddenly fall <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-to lost one's sight:when you are not able to see anything to have things thrust upon oneself:when you are obliged to do something <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-to be spine-tingling: to give the creeps

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> week 4: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/olympics/article-2071737/London-2012-Olympics-Team-GB-record-haul.html <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-a medal haul:a big quantity of medal <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-to be rated:to be valued <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-to claim a medal:to win a medal <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-sailing: boats racing <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-to be downgraded:to be put at a lower level

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">week 5: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/8951058/London-2012-Olympics-prices-for-remaining-tickets-will-not-go-up-despite-budget-strains.html vocab

-blindingly obvious: catch your attention very easily -contingency: emergency -withheld: detucted -overall:globale -within:in,beyond

week 6 :http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/03/world/europe/03iht-letter03.html?_r=1&scp=6&sq=the%20olympics&st=cse vocab:

-the fog:a sort of cloud which prevents people from seeing -to unfold: to happen, to take place -clogged subway cars: subway and cars which are full of people. -lingering commitment: a strong involvment -to incompass: to take in

**Week 7:** http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/olympics/4059293/Olympics-news-Great-Britain-handball-captain-Ciaran-Williams-injury-scare.html

vocab: -to injure:to hurt oneself -a lay off:(here) a period in which you cannot do sport -a timescale:a calendar -a crutche: a stick you use to walk when you have a broken leg. -toward: in the direction of

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">==**Julie: what's new about the movies.**== week 1: (Washington post) To flummox = désarçonner Fad = engouement mode Toil = labeur travailler dur To cadge from = taper qqun Eerily = inquiétant sinistre Denizens = habitants Unfold = déplier Woo = courtiser Comely = attrayant Deepening = s’aggraver leering = regard libideux Loom = se dresser Lavish = généreux Luried coulor = couleur criarde Gear = embrayage Befitting = seoir a week 2:  (the Guardian) Rendering = interprétation Wax = cirer Trails = sentiers, pistes Blokes = types week 3:  vocab: Lurid headlines = awful, scandalous headlines ( affreux, aux couleurs criardes ) To be mocked = to be laugh at ( se moquer de ) Cantankerous ( hargneux ) To be baffled = to be surprised by sth ( être déconcerté ) Widow = woman who lost his husband Craftsmanship = skill ( dextérité ) An appalling talent = an awful talent Arguably = without doubt To startle = to make sbd jump by surprise Wrestling = fight Painstaking = to be very serious when you do sth ( assidu(e) ) To be smitten = to be crazy To stammer = to talk with fits and starts ( bégayer ) Boorishness = rudeness Overwrought = to be fed up with sth ( être à bout ) Week 4:  Vocab: - overwhelming doom = heavy destiny, our dark future ( écrasant destin ) - gloom = sad - impeding = sth which is immediate - to scoop = to take with our hands - to be dismissive of sth = to not take into account sth - discerning = sth which is well-thought Week 5:  Vocab: Gimmick = sth that disguise the truth (artifice) Swashbuckling = de cape et d’épée Waif = an abandoned child Acumen = to guess sth before that it happens (flair) To be tinker = sb who likes to do something stupid (être polisson) Sleuth = to limit Reams = objects that we use in a boat to move forward (rames) To boast = to become proud Stern = severe Nifty = awesome great Equine = which remind a horse To wrangle = to argue

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">week 6

Vocabulary :

Indies = films that are made in an independent way Buyer = person who buy sth Shifting = displacement Exhibitor = exponent To spare = (recharger) Strain = kind of dead root (souche) Standpoint = point of view Lackluster = contrary of bright (terne) Sequel = movie that is the following of another one Prequel = movie whose story is before another one Grossing films = movies that are very successful Gimmick = object not indispensable (gadget) Ripples = movement of waves Dampened = to become wet Cornerstone = man who help when you need sth (dépanneur) Ti budge = to move Scrutiny = exam Jettisoned = given up Brakes = objects that allow to slow down (freins) Pricey = expensive To bow out = to leave Leverage = ( effet de levier) Stardom = celebrity Hard-luck = sd who has no luck Mindset = mentality Demeaning = (avilissant) Gigs = concerts Flurry = a lot of Roster = list To diminish = to decrease To Flatten = to stagnate Ancillary revenue = another kind of revenue To reshape = to transform sth To be shackle = to be prisoner of chain Arcane = sth that can be understood only by initiated people Bold = brave To merge = to make an alliance with sb

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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**Arnaud**: Was the Euro a bad idea? <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">__ Week 1 : 10 reasons why the Euro was a dumb idea__ http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2100059,00.html <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Vocabulary: <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-> dumb: stupid <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-> gullible: credulous - naive - trustfu <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-> burden: weight - onus - charge - encumbrance <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-> to squabble: to engage in a disagreeable argument, usually over a trivial matter <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-> to cast off: to discard, reject <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">__ Week 2: Is Germany the next victim of the Euro crisis?__ http://curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com/2011/11/28/is-germany-the-next-victim-of-the-euro-crisis/ <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Vocabulary: <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-> creditworthiness: a creditor's measure of an individual's or company's ability to meet debt obligations <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-> to embroil: to involve in conflict or difficulties -> tremendous: extremely large in amount, extend or degree <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-> affordable: costing little <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-> to salvage: to rescue <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-> bailout: a rescue from financial distress <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-> fiercely: wildly, ferocious <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">__ Week 3: Was the Euro a mistake to begin with?__ http://www.aei.org/article/economics/international-economy/was-the-euro-a-mistake-to-begin-with/ <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Vocabulary: <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-> flawed: blemished, damaged or imperfect in some way <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-> straightjacket: a position the arms form by threading through each other. Many moves can be done within a straight jacket <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-> to entail: to have, impose, or require as a necessary accompaniment or consequence <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-> stricture: a restraint, limit or restriction <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-> skeptical: not easily convinced <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-> misgiving: a feeling of doubt or apprehension about the outcome or consequences of something <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">__ Week 4: Why a Dollar & Euro collapse is guaranteed?__ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfHEz4plxtg <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Vocabulary: <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-> to collapse: to break down completely <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-> to loan out: to borrow <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-> Ponzi scheme: a fraudulent investment operation that pays returns to its investors from their own money or the money paid by subsequent investors, rather than from any actual profit earned by the individual or organization running the operation <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">__ Week 5: Eurozone crisis fails to ignite French animosity against "les rosbifs"__ http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/dec/18/eurozone-crisis-french-animosity-british <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Vocabulary: <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-> rosbifs: pejorative way to call the British <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-> peck: a quick light kiss <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-> to trample: to treat harshly or crush with the feet <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-> lippy: insolent, impertinent <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-> petulant: unreasonably irritable, peevish <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">-> fuss: a state of excessive and unwarranted concern over an unimportant matter __ Week 6 : Deutschmark VS Euro__ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDcy-fPoqVg Vocabulary: -> Deutschmark: Germany's money before EU -> contraption: a machine or device that appears strange or unnecessarily complicated, and often badly made or unsafe. -> bankruptcy: a legal status of an insolvent person or an organisation, that is, one that cannot repay the debts owed to creditors -> to squeeze: to press hard on together, compress -> domestic demand: aggregate spending in an economy that includes imports but not exports

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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> Guillaume : What happen after the Lybian's spring? <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">** Week1 :** http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15781302 <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">__Vocabulary__: <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">//to topple//: to fall forward, as from having too heavy a top. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">//shells:// the material constituting any of various coverings of this kind. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">//ammunition:// the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">//astray:// out of the right way; off the correct or known road, path, or route <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> **Week2:** http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14896059 <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">__Vocabulary__: <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">//to jockey:// to ride <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">//sole:// being the only one <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">//to set out :// to put in a particular place <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">//leak:// especially official <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">//strain:// to draw tight or taut, especially to the utmost tension

**Week3** :http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15407475 __Vocabulary__: //fledgling://young, inexperienced //novelty: brand new// //aftermath:// consequences //awash :// full of //rely :// be dependant of //foreseeable :// very near //output :// production //loot :// If people loot shops or houses, they steal things from them, for example during a war or riot //loath (to be):// to do not want to do something //eased :// freed //ensure :// make sure **Week4:** http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16110295 __Vocabulary:__ //bustling:// moving//,// opposite of calm //stifling:// oppressive //acute :// grave //reluctant :// against the will //squeeze :// make a pressure **Week5:** http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16051349 __Vocabulary:__ //cleansed :// made clean //spill:// let go out //eerily:// weirdly

**Week6** :http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16160671 __Vocabulary:__ //empowerment:// authorization //assertive :// self confident //gown:// dress //tape:// adhesive piece of paper ** Week 7 :** http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16001247 __Vocabulary:__ //dinghie// : little ship //parcel:// package //diver// : someone who swimm deep in the sea

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<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**Kéo**

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">* __Week 1__ : [|Insurers 'terrified' of Supreme Court ruling on healthcare reform law] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: 14px;">Vocabulary: <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: 14px;">- //A lobbyist// = a person who tries to influence legislation on behalf of a special interest - //To sway// = to incline in opinion <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: 14px;">- //A Brief// = a written argument submitted to a court. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: 14px;">- //To uphold// = to support or defend, as against opposition or criticism <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: 14px;">- //Barring// = excepting <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: 14px;">- //To stake out// = to claim <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: 14px;">- //To hike// = to increase, sharply and unexpectedly <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: 14px;">- //To hammer// = to reiterate <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: 14px;">- //To go out on a limb// = to go in a dangerous or compromising situation <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: 14px;">- //To shed a tear// = to emit and let fall a tear <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: 14px;">- //To repeal a law// = to revoke or annul a law

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">* __ Week 2 __ : [|Health Care Law: Does One Supreme Court Justice Hold Its Future ?] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: 14px;">Vocabulary: <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: 14px;">- //A fine// = a certain amount of money required as a penalty <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: 14px;">- //To parse// = to analyze <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: 14px;">- //A hint// = a suggestion <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: 14px;">- //To compel// = to force <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: 14px;">- //Sterling// = excellent

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">* __ <span class="wiki_link_ext">Week 3 __ <span class="wiki_link_ext"> : [|A New York spider gave me an insight into US private healthcare] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Vocabulary: <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">- //To abscond// = to depart in a sudden and secret manner <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">- //Itchy// = Having an uneasy irritation of the skin that causes a desire to scratch the part affected <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">- //A flophouse// = a very cheap hotel, offering only rows of beds <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">- //To swell// = to increase abnormally on size <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">- //A stranglehold// = any force or influence that restricts the free actions or development of a person/group <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">- //Cowed// = frightened with threats; intimidated <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">- //Compliant// = obeying, especially in a submissive way <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">- //Crippling// = damaging or injurious <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">- //A mortgage// = (commonly used to purchase homes) term by which a purchaser borrows from a lender (usually bank or a savings and loan association), using his or her title to the house as security for the unpaid balnce of the loan <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">- //Hefty// = heavy <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">- //Rotten// = decomposing; putrid <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">- //Mere// = to be nothing more nor better than <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">- //Swift// = coming, happening or perfomed quickly or without delay <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">- //To clutch// = to hold tightly or firmly

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">* __Week 4__: [|'Obamacare' is proving its value] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Vocabulary: <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">- //To deride// = to speak of (or treat) someone with contempt / mockery / ridicule <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">- //To encounter// = to come upon or meet with, unexpectedly <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">- //To kick in// = to go in effect; to become operational <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">- //A framework// = a structural plan of a projet <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">- //To loom// = to come into view indistinctly with an enlarge and often threatening aspect <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">- //Incentive =// stimulating; provocative

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">* __Week 5__ : [|Supreme Court to Hear Health Care Case in Late March] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Vocabulary: <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">- //To overhaul =// to make necessary repairs <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">- //A threshold =// any place or point of entering / beginning <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">- //To dissent =// to differ in sentiment or opinion, especially from the majority <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">- //To allot =// to appropriate for a special purpose <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">- //Intertwined =// twisted together

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">* __Week 6__ : [|NEWS ANALYSIS; A Piecemeal Approach To Health Law in States] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Vocabulary: <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">- //A leeway =// a degree of freedom of action / thought <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">- //Uneven =// irregular; not equitable or fair <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">- //Palatable =// acceptable / agreeable to the mind or feelings <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">- //Treacherous =// deceptive, untrustworthy, unreliable <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">- //Disruptive =// causing separation / division into parts <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">- //Waiver =// an intentional renunciation of some right / interest



<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> =**__ETI post your links, docs and vocabulary below__**= =

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Chloé Albert <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Subject : Greece's crisis

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">=== http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/oct/31/eurozone-debt-crisis-greece-crisis-timeline <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Vocabulary : **a strike** : time when no work is done because of disagreement **a clash** : to be in opposition **bailout** : to help out of difficulties by providing money **reshuffle** : process of changing around the positions of the peaple who work in an organization especially in government **to** **loot** : to steal and often causing widespread damage **lender -> to lend** : to give out (money that must be repaid ) so as to earn profit from interest **to** **levy** : to demand and collect officially (especially a tax) **turmoil** : a state of confusion, excitement and trouble **to** **chant** : to repeat words continuously in time (slogans...) **timeline** : chronology of events **to** **suffer** **from** : to experience (something unpleasant, such as an illness) especially over a long period of time **to** **tackle** : if you tackle a difficult problem or task you deal with it in a very determined or efficient way **to** **downgrade** : to give a lower position to, or lower level to **bond** : something that unites two or more people or groups, such as a shared feeling or interest **to** **avert** : to prevent something from happening **meltdown** : the meltdown of a system is its sudden and complete failure **to** **rescue** : to save from loss **to** **pledge** : to make a solemn promise
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Week 1 **

Week 2
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">[] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Vocabulary : <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**to dodge :** if you dodge something, you avoid it by quickly moving aside or out of reach so that it cannot reach you <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**a yield :** amount of money or profit produced by an investment <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**groundbreaking :** use groundbreaking to describe things which you think are significant because they provide new and positive ideas and influence the way people think <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**to trigger :** if something triggers an event or situation, it causes it to begin to happen <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**to ensure :** to ensure something = to make certain that it appears <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**a payout :** sum of money, especially a large one, that is paid to someone <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**policy :** a set of ideas used as a basis for making decision, especially in politics, economics or business <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**sovereign :** a sovereign country is independant and not under the authority of any other country <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**to reassess :** if you reassess something, you think about it and you decide if you need to change your opinion about it

@http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/02/us-greece-idUSTRE7B10KZ20111202 <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Vocabulary : **to swap** : to negociate, to exchange so that each person gets what they want**to summit** : meeting between heads of government**breakdown** : a sudden failure in operation or effectiveness**to bolster** : to support**ongoing** : continuing, or continuing to develop**bondholders** : someone who holds government**talks** (= pourparlers) : a formal exchange of opinions and views**gap** : an empty space between two objects or two parts of an object @http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-04/merkel-sarkozy-seek-again-to-resolve-debt-crisis-in-week-full-of-summits.htmlVocabulary : **to seek** : to look for, to try to obtain, to attempt to, to request**blueprint** : a photographic copy of a plan for making a machine or building a house or any other structure**to spark** : to be the cause of**to prod** : to urge sharply into an action or thought**safeguarding** : a means of protections against possible dangers**to hinge** : to depend on, have as a necessary condition**to purchase** : to acquire**scofflaw** : person who habitually disregards laws**to shore up** : If you shore up something that is weak or about to fail, you do something in order to strengthen it or support it**selloff** : (liquidation) to get rid of goods by selling, cheaply**to surge** : to move, especially forward, in or like powerful waves**to brush off** : a clear refusal to be friendly or to listen (example : I wanted to speak with her but she gave me the brush off)**to narrow** : to limit the range of (example : the police have now narrowed down their list of suspects**an attempt** : an effort made to do something**solely** : If something involves solely one thing, it involves only this thing and no others**to subsidize** : to pay part of the cost of something for someone**benchmark** : something which can be used as a standard by which other things are judged or measured**a mood** : the way you are feeling at a particular time <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**Week 4** @http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/10/opinion/europes-latest-try.html?_r=1&ref=global Vocabulary : **a fiscal compact : -> a compact** : a formal agreement or contract between two or more parties**a commitment** : an engagement or obligation that restricts freedom of action <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">** to bind ** by law : to impose a legal or contractual obligation on secure a contract typically with a sum of money **an amount** : the total of something in number, size or value**a lender (of last resort)** : a person who allows someone to use a sum of money under an agreement to pay it back later typically with interests**last resort** : last chance**worth** : having the value of, financial value**to wreck** : to cause the destruction of something by breaking it up**to overspend** : to spend too much**to leap at** : to accept an opportunity eagerly**to doom** : to condemn to certain destruction or failure**high borrowing costs -> to borrow** : to take and use money from a person or bank under agreement to pay it back later ** Week 5 ** []Vocabulary : **A woe** : great sorrow or distress, troubles **Pan-european** : relative to all european countries or the advocacy of political or economic unity among european countries **Death toll** : total number of death **Psychological toll** : psychological troubles **A toll** : a charge payable to use a bridge **Welfare** : government benefits **Self-harm** : deliberate injury to oneself, typically as a manifestation of a psychological or psychiatric disorder **To deepen** : to make or become deep **Joblessness** : unemployed **Attempted suicide** : when you try to commit suicide **To surge** : to increase suddenly **To deluge** : to inundate **A deluge** : a great quantity of something arriving at the same time **The stigma** : a distinguishing mark of social disgrace**Prior** : existing or coming before in time, previous, preceding http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16324624 Vocabulary :
 * Week 3 **
 * Week 6**
 * to close down :** if a place such as a factory or __shop__, closes down, all work stops there permanently
 * a struggle :** a struggle is a long and difficult attempt to achieve something
 * to be made redundant :** if you are made redundant, your employer tells you to leave because yout job is no longer necessary or because your employer cannot afford to keep paying you
 * boom :** if there is a boom in the economy there is an increase in economy activity
 * to foster :** to foster something such as an activity or an idea means to __help__ it to develop

Report :



<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> =LOUISON Nicolas=

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">= ** Subject: THE SYRIAN PROBLEM. ** = ==== ==== __ week 1 __

<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px 0px;">Article: []
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> Vocabulary: Bloody crackdown (répression sanglante): The government of Syria repress anti-government protesters killing people. Ties (liens): The ties between Syria and Turkey are now closed beacause the president of Syria doesn’t want listen advices of Arab League. In compliance (en conformité): The vice secretary of the Arab League, Ahmed Ben Helli, created a commission which will see if Syria is in compliance with the Arab League plan. Gathered( réunis) : Anti-government protesters gathered lot of details like movies in order to show that the president of Syria doesn’t respect commitments dictated by Arab League. __week 2__ article : http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/28/syria-troops-kill-children-un-report Witnesses : (temoins) One who can give a firsthand account of something seen, heard, or experienced Testimony :(Témoignage) declaration of a witness. Allegedly: Prétendument Wounded : (bléssé) Suffering injury or bodily harm, as a laceration or bullet wound. Patterns : (modéles ) a distinctive style or __model.__ Abductions : (enlevements) to carry off or lead away (a person) illegally and in secret or by force, especially to kidnap. __ week 3 __ article : http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/06/world/middleeast/syria-says-it-will-allow-arab-observer-mission.html Breakthrough : an act or instance of removing or surpassing an obstruction or restriction. A draft :a first or preliminary form of any writing. Sovereignty :the quality or state of being sovereign. Faltering ( hésitation) : to speak hesitatingly. Assets : items of ownership having exchange value. __ week 4 __ article: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2102131,00.html __Straight__ : without angle or curve. __dizzy__ : having a sensation of whirling. __harassment__ : t he acts or an instance of harassing, or disturbing, pestering, or troubling repeatedly, like persecution. __Nearby__ : close at hand; not far off __pull back__ : the act of pulling back, especially a retreat or a strategic withdrawal of troops. = __**week 5**__ = <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2102816,00.html __A ploy__ : ( stratagème) it is like Guile, deceit, or feint. __A stance__ :They assumed an increasingly hostile stance in their foreign policy. __To blows over__ :to cease or be finished __Uprising__ : an insurrection or revolt. __ rampaging __ :a state of violent anger or agitation

= __**week 6**__ =

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withdrawn : removed from circulation.

embolden:to encourage.

snippets : a small bit or fragment.

crowd : any large number of persons.

Ululate : to lament loudly.

**Week 7**

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plot : a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose.

Prompting : induce to action.

Goodwill : friendly disposition.

Spilling : fall from a container.

Sharp : having a thin cutting edge.



CHEREL Marie: Subject: Nuclear in Japan after Fukushima

Week 1:

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A backlash: A strong opposition A glitch: A problem which stops something to work properly A supply: A supply of something is an amount of it To soothe: To make someone or something feel calmer Idle: Something is idle if it is not working or being used To have the jitters: To feel extremely nervous A vacuum: A space that contains no air or other gas Widespread: Something that is widespread exists or happens over a large area A dare: A dangerous challenge

Week 2:

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To cripple : To cripple a system is to damage it severely A meltdown: If there is a meltdown in a nuclear reactor, radiation start to escape To disclose: To disclose a secret is to tell people about it Farewell: Goodbye Fuel rods: Fuel rods are metal tubes containing nuclear fuel To trigger: to activate To disable: To disable a system is to stop it working Meanwhile: while a particular thing is happening Assessment: An assessment is a consideration of something A batch: A batch of things is a group if things of the same kind A ban: A ban is an official ruling that something must not be done

Week 3:

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A threat: The cause of a danger To stifle: To prevent something from continuing To lobby: To try to persuade somebody that something should be done To vow: To make a serious promise that you will do something Steadfast: Someone is steadfast in something if he is convinced that what he is doing is right A scale: A set of levels or numbers which is used in a particular system of measuring Nefarious: Immoral The hallmark: The most typical quality of something

Week 4:

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A climb-down : The act of admitting you are wrong Fierce: very aggressive or violent Uproar: A lot of public who criticism and debate about something A quake: A quake is the same as an earthquake. A tank: A large container for holding liquid or gas. To taint: To damage food or medicine

Week 5:

[] A milestone: An important event in the development of something Molten: A metal is molten when it has become liquid To treat: To deal with somebody A setback: A event that delays your progress To toll: To ring Haphazard: Something which is not organized

Week 6:

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Ashore: That comes from the sea onto the shore Grasp: To take something in your hand and hold it very firmly To surge: To increase suddenly Patchy: Not completely satisfactory To expel: To have to leave a place Swift: Quick To reassess: To change your opinion about something To loom: To seem to happen soon



**COLLET Julien** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">//Subject : Saab's financial troubles and reorganization process//.

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> Week_1 : [|__http://www.saabsunited.com/2011/11/press-release-trading-update-swedish-automobile-n-v-including-saab-automobile-ab-third-quarter-2011.html__]

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">memorandum of understanding - A sort of agreement signed by two companies in order to express that they have common interests. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">streamline processes - re think proccesses (production for ex.) in order to improve their efficiency. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">shorten lead times - reduce the time between the production and the delivrance of a product. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">subsidiary - A company own and led by a so-called parent company. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">to be seriously hampered - to be blocked by someone/something.

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> Week_2 : []

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">standoff - a dead-end street. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">to thrash out a deal - to cancel a deal. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">to water down the proposal to - make a less binding proposal. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">in the meantime - during this same time. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">the company's wage bill - the money the enterprise should give its employees for a whole working month

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> Week_3 : []

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">production plant - where cars are built. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">factory - syn. of production plant. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">production rate - it's the volume of car that are producted. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">improvements and restructureing - That, applied to a production plant, result in a more efficient plant. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">the implementation of something - It's the things that are prepared in order to produce something <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">lift my spirit - It's when you feel better.

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> Week_4 : []

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">taxes - a part of the money you earned that goes right to your state's bank account. TVA is an example of tax. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">fees to the tax - When you need time to pay taxes, the sum you have to pay slightly increased with time. This amount is called fees. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">staff salaries - it's the money given to the salaries for their work. (see wage) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">reconstruction - when a company is under reconstruction law, it is handled by a administrator which's role is to make the company become financially efficient <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">milestone - step

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> Week_5 : [] <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">bonus : [](deals with the first link's video)

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">involvement - in this particular case, i'ts investments or partnership from ohter companies. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">loan - the act of lending. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">voluntary bankruptcy - When a company can't fill it's debts, it goes into voluntary bankruptcy. An administrator is then chosen and his goal is to make the companyable to pay its debts. the process can go as far as the company's clearance. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">grasp - comprehension. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">relief - deliverance from anxiety. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">grim reality - sad or bad reality. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-size: 80%;"> Week_6 : [|__http://www.saabsunited.com/2011/12/detroit-news-saab-na-hires-consultant.html#more-33620__]

hire - employ ensure - make sure that something happens fairly - honestly struggle - fight for something hardly fate - destiny hatchbacks cars - a car that have a sloping back with a hinged rear doors that opens upward.

Week_7 : [|__http://www.saabsunited.com/2012/01/ttela-interview-with-the-receivers.html__]

barely - hardly

a complete take-over - acquisition of a whole company asset - valuable thing their lives are at stake - they are in a situation where they can loose their jobs and financial situation media forward - applied to a personn which had very good relations with medias

Week_8 : http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/automotive/sns-rt-us-sweden-saabtre80511d-20120106,0,6571809.story

quirky - uncommon and cool :) sedans - 4 doors car pipe dream - chimera collapsed - (here) aborted assessment - estimation

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**Week 7!** **Week 8!**

=<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**ERGEN Alp** = =<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">//Subject : NBA Lockout 2011// = = = =<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">__Week 1__: __[|http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/45344293#45344293]__ =

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">__**Vocabulary:**__
===<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">**Lockout =t** he temporary closing of a business or the refusal by an employer to allow employees to come to work until agreement is reached, as on contract terms===

- **sellout =** an event for which all the tickets are sold
= =

- **frontrunner =** a competitor who performs best when in the lead
= =

- a contender = a competitor ‍‍‍‍‍‍
=__**New Story Project :**__ Report of the NBA lockout 2011 --> =

**__Movie Report__ -->**

**EL BIKRI Amine** =__Subject__: The arab spring : //Evolution of Morocco and Egypt//=

__//Week 1//__ //:// [] **Vocabulary** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">: <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">-a poll = a collection of opinions on a subject, taken from either a selected or a random group of persons, as for the purpose of analysis. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">-a crowd = a large number of persons gathered closely together; throng: a crowd of angry people. -to dwindle = to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">-to vent = to vent is to complain about something you are annoyed or angry about in order to relieve some of your anger. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">-to escalate = to intensify. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">-to post-pone = to delay until a future time.

//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">__Week 2__ //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">: [] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">- a spillover =(translation) renversement. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">- a turnover = the number of people gathered for a particular event or purpose. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">-to narrow = to limit or restrict. - momentum =(translation) élan <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">-nationwide = covering or available to the whole of a nation
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Vocabulary **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> :

//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">__Week 3__ //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> : [] <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">-Polling station = a building, such as a school, designated as the place to which voters go during an election to cast their votes <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">-turnout = The number of people gathered for a particular event or purpose <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">-to stagger=To move or stand unsteadily as if under a great weight; totter. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">- A ballot = A sheet of paper or a card used to cast or register a vote, especially a secret one <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">- drawn-out = relatively long in duration
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Vocabulary : **

//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">__Week 4 :__ // <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">[]
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">-Survey =A detailed inspection or investigation. **
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> -Uprising =A sometimes limited popular revolt against a constituted government or its policies; a rebellion. **
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">-To swell=To increase in size or volume as a result of internal pressure; expand. **
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">-To curb=To check, restrain, or control as if with a curb; rein in. **
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> -Overwhelm(ingly ) (deriving from overwhelm)= to overpower or overcome, especially with superior forces **

//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">__Week 5 :__ // <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">[] -to mow down= To destroy in great numbers as if cutting down, as in battle. - to be wounded= suffering from wounds; injured -**vantage point** **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">= **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">A position that affords a broad overall view or perspective, as of a place or situation. -waterfront= the area of a town or city alongside a body of water, such as a harbour or dockyard -** shoreline =**<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> the edge of a body of water - empowerment <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">= refers to increasing the political (in this case) gender or economic strength of individuals and communities

__Week 6:__ [] -think-tank =group of experts who are gathered together by an organization, especially by a government, in order to consider various problems and try and work out ways to solve them. -to stress= to give prominence (to stg) -draft constitution= written project of constitution -to enshrine= to enclose in or as if in a shrine. -a pundit= A learned person

= NEW STORY PROJECT. Amine

__**Amine : please look above for the film's review**__

<span style="background-color: #fffe00; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">**NICOLLE Julia**

**__Subject: Spain crisis__**

__//Week1//__: []

**Vocabulary** - an echoing: a consequence - a tumble: a sudden fall - ruthlessly: mercilessly - an exposure: a discrediting thing - a loan: when someone ask to a bank to lend him some money - frantic: furious - a collective bargaining: negociations between workers and employer - fraught: filled with - a bail-out: (translation) renflouement - issuing: provision of - wage: salary

__//Week2://__ []

**Vocabulary**: - the litany:a list or a recitation - a shelve: (translation) rayonnage - frothy: something whit foam - to deflate: losing air - a rebate: price reduction - a chunk: a lump - to appeal: to attract

__//Week3://__ []

**Vocabulary:** - to woo: to congratulate someone - clustered: agglomerated - aloof: distant - to outnumber: in excess of number - a bribery: a subornation - grief: emotional pain - harboured: hidden - to bribe: to make payments - slanderous: far from the truth, the reality - bereaved: someone who lost someone else

__//Week 4://__http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/spain/index.html?scp=1&sq=spain%20crisis&st=cse

**Vocabulary** - dizzy: disorientate,giddy - a counterpart: a complement - swift: happening quickly or promptly - an abortion: the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy - tight: hard to move - to unwind: undo or be undone after winding or being wound - to overhaul: to examine and repair it if necessary - cripple: a person who is unable to walk or to move properly - grim: with hopelessness - a mortgage: (translation) hypothèque, crédit immobilier

__// Week 5: //__ []

- landslide: an overwhelming majority of votes for one party in an election - powerless: without defense - to warn: to inform of a possible danger, problem etc.. - hampered: hindered or impeded the movement or progress of - a wand: a stick or rod thought to have magic properties - yields: returns - compliant: disposed to agree with others or obey rules - hikes: rise in cost - treasury: government funds
 * Vocabulary**

__// Week 6: //__ http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/31/business/global/spain-raises-deficit-forecast.html?scp=3&sq=spain&st=cse

- upward: towards a higher point or level - forecast: predict or estimate - gross: vulgar - to maintain: to keep at the same level or rate - civil servant: government employee - hiring: obtain the temporary use of in return for payment - to reassure: to allay the doubts and fears of - saddled: burdened
 * Vocabulary**

__//Week 7//__: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/8882853/Debt-crisis-Spain-in-danger-of-missing-deficit-targets.html

- amid: surrounded by - to soar: to increase quickly above the usual level - to poll: to record the opinion or vote of - to oust: to expel from a position or place - to be poised to do smthg: to be ready and prepared to do smthg
 * Vocabulary**

= **Week 7**! =

VEYSSEYRE Félix

1 - Muammar Gaddafi Is Dead, Says Libya PM; Tripoli Celebrates

A grueling battle : A Tiring battle Gunfire : A Weapon A coastal city : A city situated on a coast The interim government : A temporary government To draft : To make a quick draw To blare : To make a lot of noise The deafening noise : A sound which can make you deaf The likelihood : The probability To drive from power : To dethrone Allegedly : Supposedly Foes : Enemies To hamper : To prevent the progress

2 - NATO Ends Victorious Libya Campaign

The ousted dictator : the dethroned dictator Eager : wishful Bogged down : stick-in-the-mud The first completion : the first achievement To shield : to protect His sprawling __residential__ : his enormous house

3 - [|Conflicting Priorities Imperil Effort to Gather Up Gaddafi's Discarded Arms]

__International__ funding : international financial resources Airliners : airplanes Genuinely : truly The assets : the financial resources To disable : to make out of work Stockpiles : reserves Smugglers : A person who bring in or take out illicitly or by stealth

4 - Gaddafi's Son Saif al-Islam Seized in Southern Libya

A __aide__ : an advisor Thunderous celebratory gunfire : the noisy celebratory gunfire ICC : International Criminal Court To flee : to evade / to escape A fair trial : a fair proceedings To tout : to praise To be in custody : To be kept by police forces The murky circumstances : the vague circumstances Widespread criticism : numerosous criticism

5 - ICC Prosecutor in Libya for Trial Talks

Statement : here, a press release To preclude : to exclude To seek : to search To __back__ : to support To wince : to make a grimace

6 - In the Former Rebel Capital: Benghazi Protests Libya's New Regime

Courthouse : tribunal To swell : (here) to developp The ire : the anger To gather : to collect Bullhorns : megaphones The spearhead : the leading force To sprout : to germinate

7 - Libya's Army Tries to Reassert Itself as Militias Have Their Way

The drenching rains : the heavy rains To step up : to intensify Is too weak : isn't enought strong To deter : to discourage To enlist : to sign-up To rein : to slow down __Financial__ incentives : Financial motivations

Report :

=**KAMIL KADERBAY**= = = = Subject : **Egypt elections** =

=
__<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Overthrew __**<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> : **<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">remove forcibly from power. ======

A little overview of Egyptian Elections after Stage 2

 * Week 7! **

= **DUGELET Olivier** =

=**Subject : London Olympics 2012**=

//__ Week 1 :__// [] ( [] ) //Vocabulary// : _ To eak : to escape _ To be appaled : to be afraid _ Fury : frenzy _ Stance : position _ Bandwagon : a populat trend that attracts growing support _ Spokesperson : someone engage to speak on behalf of other //__Week 2 :__// [] ( [] [] ) //Vocabulary :// //_// To supply : to make available for use //_// Challenger : opponent //_// To wrap : To arrange something as cover or protection _ Councillor : member of a local government council _ To assess : to establish _ Prominent : important __//Week 3 ;//__ [] //Vocabulary :// _ To forecast : to estimate in advance _ A hangover : a letdown, as after a period of excitement _ Unavoidable : can't be avoid, something unavoidable will happen anyway _ To swell : to grow larger beyond the normal size _ A mastermind : A highly intelligent person, especially one who plans and directs a complex or difficult project __//Week 4 ://__ [] //Vocabulary :// //_// A dignitar : a person of high official position or rank //_// A gridlocked road : a road where there are many cars and where the traffic is almost blocked //_// Genuinely : sincerly //_// Tarpaulin : material used to cover and protect things from moisture //_// A tramping : a hike __//Week 5 ://__ [] //Vocabulary :// a squad : a team a vagary : an extravagant notion or action it will be a walk in the park : it will be very easy to be daunted : to be intimidate to resale : to sale again __ Week 6 : __ [] //Vocabulary :// to drop dramatically : to increase a lot bookings : reservations to work closely with so : to cooperate with so something sustainable : something which is possible to do  to reckon : to consider __ //Week 7 :// __[] //Vocabulary :// to urge someone : to try to persuade someone to apply : to employ to have the willingness to : to want to scale : an instrument or machine for weighing staunchly : very strongly

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**Week 7!**

== Alice __Subject__ : the nuclear problems in Iran

__Week 1__ : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11709428 __Vocabulary__: claims: demand as aright or as due hardened:made or become hard or harder allegations:an assertion made with little or no proof supersede:to replace in power,authority,effectiveness,acceptance stockpile: a supply of material,as a pile of gravel in road maintenance curbing : restrain or keep in check

__Week 2__ : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15842261 __Vocabulary:__ dismiss: to reject, to put off deprive: to remove or withhold something from the possession a person bully: person who habitually intimidates smaller or weaker people path: a course of action, conduct or procedure seek: to go in search or quest of odds :in conflict or at variance

__ Week 3: __ [] __Vocabulary:__ dipping: to raise or take up by a bailing, scooping, or ladling action under way: proceeding; in progress: harshest:ungentle, unpleasant rekindled: to excite, stir up, or rouse anew forthcoming: willing to divulge information facilities: a place, amenity, or piece of equipment provided for a particular purpose: vessel: a craft for traveling on water, now usually one larger than an ordinary rowboat; a ship or boat ire: intense anger

__Week 4__ : [] [] __Vocabulary:__ <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Blast: a loud, sudden sound or noise <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">raw: not having undergone processes of preparing, dressing, finishing, refining, or manufacture <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">coerce: to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">billowing: any surging mass <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">fanned: to stir to activity with or as if with a fan <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">thwarting: to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose. Treaty: a formally concluded and ratified agreement between states

__ Week 5 __: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">[] [] __Vocabulary__: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">stunning: causing, capable of causing, or liable to cause astonishment, bewilderment, or a loss of consciousness or strength <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">warfare: the process of military struggle between two nations or groups of nations; war. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">bustling :to move or act with a great show of energy <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">leafy: having, abounding in, or covered with leaves <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">or foliage <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">murky: dark, gloomy, and cheerless. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">outskirts: Often, outskirts. the outlying district or region, as of a city, metropolitan area <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">sweeping moving or passing about over a wide area <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">retaliate: to requite or make return for (a wrong or injury) with the like. prompted:(of an event or fact) cause or bring about (an action or feeling)

__Week 6__ : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16231673 __vocabulary__: undermine: to decrease the importance of something; alleged: presenting something as a fact; substantiate: to give evidence for something; unmanned: human crew; gather: to assemble urged: recommend (something) strongly

__ Week 7 :__ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16400751 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16378524 [] __Vocabulary__: scope: aim or purpose band: to unite in a troop paramount: chief in importance or impact stepped up: increased, augmented to thwart: to oppose succesfully to seek: to go in search or quest of



== BEARZI Yohann == <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">= Subject : european evolution of debt crisis = === <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">week 1 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> : the shape of the situation=== http://money.cnn.com/2011/11/18/news/international/eurozone_debt_crisis/index.htm skeptic : a person inclined to question or doubt accepted opinions creditworthy : considered suitable to receive commercial credit to flock : to move or go together in a crowd to lend : to allow someone to use of a sum of money under an agreement to pay it back later, typically with interest sharp : showing speed of perception, comprehension, or response === <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">week 2 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> : Italy's problem=== http://www.usatoday.com/money/world/story/2011-11-25/Italy-debt-crisis/51397718/1 yield : amount auction : a public sale in which goods or property are sold to the highest bidder to ratchet something up/down : causes something to rise (or fall) as a step in an irreversible process junk : useless or worhless articles notch : an indentator incision on an edge or surface emphasis : special importance, value, or prominence given to something tremendous : very great in amount, scale, or intensity bond : a thing used to tie or fasten things together **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> week 3 : The European debt crisis in eight graphs ** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">[] unwieldy : hard to move or manage because of size, shape, or weight rack : a framework for holding or storing things drag : pull along forcefully, roughly, or with difficulty fate : the outcome of a situation for someone or something hint : indicate indirectly **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Week 4 : Europe disappoints, again... (break-up of euro is now possible) ** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">[] zillion : an extremely large number of people or things loan : a thing that is borrowed, especially a cum of money that is expected to be paid back with interest reverse : move backwards pledge : give as security on a loan subsequent : coming after something in time **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Week 5 : Europe faces power drain (Germany's position) ** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">[] drain : a thing that uses up a resource tremendous : very great in amount, scale, or intensity stake : support hollow : having a hole or empty space inside tough ; strong enough to withstand wear and tear assess : evaluate or estimate the nature, value, or quality of fade : lose stength or vigour vindicate : show to be right or justified <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Week 6 : **Draghi warns of a new year contagion** [] breakthrough : a sudden important development or discovery bust (adj) : damaged or broken goodwill : friendly or helpful feelings or attitude fractious : difficult to control bail : money paid by or for such a person as security

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Week 7 : **Banks snap up €500bn in loans from European Central Bank** [] snap : break with a sharp cracking sound cash-starved : having a lack of money crunch : make or move with a loud grinding sound strain : to force somebody to make an unusually great effort cripple : unable to move or walk properly bolster : support or strengthen

Week 8 : **Greece : we could exit euro in three months** [] write-down : a reduction in the estimated or nominal value of an asset shortfall : a deficit of something required or expected tailspin : a state of rapidly increasing chaos or panic stall : a compartiment for one person purr (of an engine) : move or run smoothly while making a similar sound



**Week 7!** **Week 8!**

== **COSAR Julien** == =__**European Crisis**__= __** Week 1 **__ [] sideshow : an activity or event that is much less important than the main activity or event woes : the troubles and problems that somebody has. bailout : an act of giving money to a company, a foreign country, etc. that has very serious financial problems to borrow : to take money from a person or bank and agree to pay it back to them at a later time vest(ed) : to give somebody the legal right or power to do something wage : a regular amount of money that you earn EFSF : European Financial Stability Facility. The EFSF’s mandate is to safeguard financial stability in Europe by providing financial assistance to euro area Member States. Facilities : buildings, services, equipment, etc. that are provided for a particular purpose

** __Week 2__ ** [] in its bid : in its attempt full-blown : having all the characteristics of something crunch : situation in which there is suddenly not enough of something to bolster : to improve something or make it stronger binding limits : something that must be obeyed because it is accepted in law

** __Week 3__ ** [] battered : damaged by age and repeated use. stake : a share or interest in a business or situation. notch : an indentation or incision on an edge or surface. struggle : strive under difficult circumstances to do something. astonished : surprised or impressed greatly. shoulders : the joint between the upper arm or forelimb and the main part of the body.

** __Week 4:__ ** http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16134496 Good faith :honesty or sincerity of intention. MP : Member of Parliament. Labour : political party (House of) Commons : the elected chamber of Parliament. backbencher : an MP who does not hold office in the government or opposition and who sits behind the front benches in the House of Commons. Statesmanship : a skilled, experienced, and respected political leader or figure.

** __Week 5:__ **

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10604117

benefit : A payment made or an entitlement available in accordance with a wage agreement, an insurance policy, or a public assistance program. figure : A written or printed symbol representing something other than a letter, especially a number. claimant : a person who makes a claim easing : To free from pain, worry, or agitation to damp : to restrain

** __Week 6:__ **

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16301630

compact : a formal agreement or contract between two or more parties. offender : someone who break a commonly accepted rule or principle wayward(ness) :self-willed and unpredictable reckless : without thought or care for the consequences of an action. mortgage : a legal agreement by which a bank, building society, etc. lends money at interest in exchange for taking title of the debtor's property, with the condition that the conveyance of title becomes void upon the payment of the debt. loan : a thing that is borrowed, especially a sum of money that is expected to be paid back with interest. To balloon : to increase rapidly

** __Week 7:__ **

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16418523

to stem : To have or take origin or descent to assess : To set or determine the amount of (a payment, such as a tax or fine) bankruptcy : Financially ruined; impoverished bailout : A rescue from financial difficulties loan : A sum of money lent at interest

** __Report:__ **

At first, the eurozone debt crisis started with Greece, it made a lot of noise all around the world but the contagion spread in whole Europa. The threat of financial catastrophe quickly came to Italy and Spain. One of the problem is the fact that they have a very high interest rate.

As a result, Europe entered in a critical period to resolve debt crisis, there were several meetings so that ministers agreed measures to expand the region's bailout fund. At the head of movement, France and Germany, have affirmed their commitment to reform the eurozone, after ratings agency Standard and Poor's put most of the zone on "credit watch" over debt crisis fears. Indeed six countries with top AAA ratings have had 50% chance of seeing their ratings downgraded. France and Germany were absolutely determined to maintain a stable euro and wanted to see "structural changes which go beyond agreements".

A new accord will hold eurozone members to strict budgetary rules, However, there is still a problem of cooperation, indeed Britain stay isolated from these accords.David Cameron has said he "genuinely looked to reach an agreement" at the EU summit but vetoed treaty change because it was not in the national interest.

== __**Vincent**__ == I chose the subjet: "What's happening in space today?" **Week 1 :**Medvedev threatens to target U.S. missile shield in Europe if no deal is reached @http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/russia-will-target-us-missile-shield-in-europe-if-no-deal-is-reached-medvedev-says/2011/11/23/gIQAT4ZKoN_story.html

Vocabulary: arms-control :it is an umbrella term for restrictions upon the development, production, stockpiling, proliferation, and usage of weapons, especially weapons of mass destruction. bellicose:Warlike or hostile in manner or temperament missile shield: it is when a country builts many missile launcher in order to protect itself from foreign countries (that are in range). transparency : The quality or state of being transparent. saber-rattling : The act of making a continuous jarring noise with a sword. Here, it's used as a metaphor, meaning a sort of threat.

**Week 2 :**Mars Science Lab Launched Toward Red Planet @http://www.spacenews.com/civil/msl-begins-its-voyage-mars.html

Vocabulary: overrun : To spread swiftly throughout scheduled : Planned; according to a time table. landing : The act or process of coming to land or rest, especially after a voyage or flight. a retrorocket : A rocket engine used to retard, arrest, or reverse the motion of a vehicle, such as an aircraft, missile, or spacecraft. soil : The top layer of a planet's surface, consisting of rock and mineral particles mixed with organic matter (if there's some!). samples : A portion, piece, or segment that is representative a whole. a drill : An implement with cutting edges or a pointed end for boring holes in hard materials, usually by a rotating abrasion or repeated blows; a bit. harbored : To give shelter to.

**Week 3 :** How NASA's Curiosity Rover Will Study Building Blocks of Life [] Vocabulary: pay dirt : a deposit rich enough in minerals to be worth mining. ====organic material : of, relating to, or belonging to the class of chemical compounds that are formed from carbon. ==== microwave hoven : hoven using electronic radiations to excite water molecules, in order to heat them. belly : the front or inner part or underside of something. carbon chemistry : part of chemistry studying carbonic elements. emphasis : special importance or significance

**Week 4:** Mars life hunt could look for magnetic clues [] Vocabulary: betrayed : to show signs of; indicate sediment : material that has been deposited from water, ice, or wind iron-bearing minerals : stones or minerals containing a significant weight of iron smattering : a slight or superficial knowledge mounds : drift, heap, pile **Week 7!** **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Week 5 : Russian Satellite Crashes in Siberia ** [] vocabulary:

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: black; display: block; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">liftoff: <span style="background-color: #f0f0f8; color: black; display: block; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">raise or be raised to a higher position or level. <span style="font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">malfunction : <span style="background-color: #f0f0f8; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">fail to function normally. <span style="font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">a string : <span style="background-color: #f0f0f8; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">a set of things tied or threaded together on a thin cord. <span style="font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">capsule : <span style="background-color: #f0f0f8; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">a small case or container, especially a round or cylindrical one. <span style="font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">supplies : <span style="background-color: #f0f0f8; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">a stock or amount of something supplied or available.

**Week 6 : Chinese Satellite Navigation System Begins Operations** []

**Vocabulary:**

<span style="font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">operational : <span style="background-color: #f0f0f8; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">in or ready for use. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">state-run : in charge, managed or organized by the government. <span style="font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">expand : <span style="background-color: #f0f0f8; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">make or become larger or more extensive. <span style="font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">coverage : <span style="background-color: #f0f0f8; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">the extent to which something is covered. <span style="font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">forecasting : <span style="background-color: #f0f0f8; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">a prediction or estimate, especially of the weather or a financial trend. <span style="font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">mitigation : <span style="background-color: #f0f0f8; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">make less severe, serious, or painful.

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<span style="background-color: #f0f0f8; color: black; display: block; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Vocabulary: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">transiting: <span style="background-color: #f0f0f8; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">an act of passing through or across a place. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">circumbinary planet system: planets that orbit two stars. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">gaseous: planet which owns an atmosphere composed of gas <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">unambiguous: <span style="background-color: #f0f0f8; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">without ambiguity <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">dramatically: <span style="background-color: #f0f0f8; font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">sudden and striking (a dramatic increase), exciting or impressive.

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