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28 septembre 2017

In Scotland, teddy bears are not an endangered species anymore - B1

T his time we want to greet an unus u al and yet useful campaign started last twenty-first of September in Scotland. Glasgow Airport has launched an appeal to identify and reunite young passengers with hundreds of teddy bears left behind in planes or...

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23 juin 2017

Aussie and British slangs – B1

Actress Naomi Watts, who was born in England but moved to Australia in her teens, teaches us British and Australian slang in a video for Vanity Fair. In a previous one, actress Salma Hayek offered in a similar way a lesson on common Spanish expressions...

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8 juin 2017

How many English words do you know? - A2

As you probably already noticed, we do love animals at English For Grown Ups. This time, we encountered an incredibly intelligent border collie named Chaser, who is able to understand and respond to one thousand and twenty-two words in English. Through...

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2 juin 2017

Let's talk about style - B1

Everyday, fashion-forward styles emerge in the streets of Paris, London or New-York and make us feel old-fashioned, even older than we really are. Haven’t we all, one day, felt less trendy trying to understand what a teen pop-star meant by saying “My...

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17 mai 2017

Construction of the present perfect - B1

For more on the Daily Mail: How humans bred some dogs to be unrecognizable from their ancestors CONSTRUCTION OF THE PRESENT PERFECT Positive form: Subject + auxiliary have/has + past participle The past participle is the -ed form of the verb. Humans have...

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17 mai 2017

When to use the present perfect, part 1 - B1

You can use the present perfect when a past action has an impact on the present situation. Look, th e d og has broken his leg. The action took place in the past. We don’t care where or when. What matters is the impact on the dog’s present life: he has...

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17 mai 2017

When to use the present perfect, part 2 - B1

Use the present perfect when you want to talk about your life experience. In this case, what is really important is what happened and not when or where it happened. If it was the case, we would have used the preterit. When questioning someone’s life experience,...

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17 mai 2017

When to use the present perfect, part 3 - B1

The present perfect can be used when something started in the past and is still happening now. I have lived in Paris for 10 years. This example means that you started living in Paris 10 years ago and still live in the French capital city. So it is very...

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12 mai 2017

“I am not your negro” - B1

Everybody has heard about Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. and about their fight for Civil Rights in America. But have you ever heard about James Baldwin? James Arthur Baldwin (1924–1987) was an African- A merican novelist, essayist, playwright,...

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5 mai 2017

Cats and their verbs - B1

Why do cats act so weird? People love cats because they are cute, and also because they can be cuddly, crazy, curious, wild and in the meantime peaceful. In the following animated TED-Ed lesson, Tony Buffington shows how cats’ behaviors such as exploring,...

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27 mars 2017

Women and self-defense - B1

In the world we live in today, r ape and sexual assaults are some of the most common forms of crime against women. S ometimes i nappropriately referred as the « weaker sex », women used to be considered easy targets. But not anymore! In this ABC News...

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16 mars 2017

Saint Patrick's Day Origins - B1

To celebrate Saint Patrick's Day on the 17th of March and add some culture in your beer, have a look at the following video about the origins of this celebration day. If you are not too thirsty after that, you can also test your knowledge of this very...

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13 février 2017

COPS AND DOUGHNUTS STEREOTYPE - B1

Roses are red, violets are blue, cops eat doughnuts (donuts in American English). In a very interesting and instructive episode, Today I Found Out comes back on the probable reason why the idea of American police officers (the boys in blue) eating doughnuts...

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2 février 2017

Something in the “hair” - B1

In 1964, a certain David Jones, who will later be known as David Bowie, was the leader of the band The Manish Boys. To gain visibility and publicity, they crea ted the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-Haired Men. And it worked, as they appeared...

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1 février 2017

Vote with your butt - B1

In the United Kingdom, as anywhere in the world, many associations fight against littering. O ne of them decided to use humour to incite people to change their bad habits. A mong many other fun ideas, the environmental f oundation “Hubbub” has developed...

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24 janvier 2017

The Netherlands welcomes Trump in his own words - A2 / B1

On January the 20th, the whole world was watching the inauguration of the 45th president of the United States. In this hilarious video, the Dutch television decided to welcome President Trump in a manner he would understand, using his own words and lexical...

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31 décembre 2016

Happy new year - Canty Hogmanay - B1

As you gear up to greet the New Year with a grand salute and joyful celebration, we want to shed a light on an outlandish Scottish custom for those celebrations. This traditional event which is called “Hogmanay” draws its origins in the 8th and 9th centuries,...

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13 octobre 2016

Body noises - A2/B1

We are all aware that policing has its ups and downs from one country to another, but just have a look at this article from the Philippine Star, which reviews a funny memorandum (a report on a particular subject) issued by the National Capitol Region...

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9 septembre 2016

Stylish haircuts quiz- B1

We did a new quiz for you. This time it's all about haircuts. Click on the link below to check your knowledge. And if you have time and want to be really attractive, you can also watch the extract from the cult movie "Wayne's World" promoting the "SUCK...

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6 septembre 2016

It's Bacon's day - B1

Yesterday, September the 5th, was International Bacon Day. For that occasion, we decided to share a video. In this hilarious commercial, you will discover the Footloose actor Kevin Bacon and his brother Michael promoting the nutritional benefits of eggs...

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