Classe de 4ème Anglais Européen

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HARRY POTTER

'Harry Potter' is an adventure/fantasy book about a boy, Harry Potter, who will learn magic at the

Hogwarts

-Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone;

-Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets;

-Harry Potter and the Prisonner of Azkaban;

-Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire;

-Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix;

-Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince;

-Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Hey, everybody, great news : it started snowing like 5 minutes ago over here!

We can only hope it's going to last!

       AWFUL Winter in Europe

      As you could all see, this winter seems to be very cold and unpleasant for most of us who generally prefer summer...

For example, yesterday it was terribly cold and everything was freezing and today, the 2nd December 2010 is a little bit better than yesterday. We skipped school yesterday because it was the national day of Romania...

Let's go back to the subject now ; as you could see this morning London was covered with snow and in France, near Lyon, it was the same.

As for Romania, we shouldn't be waiting too long before it gets even worth!

So don't forget your gloves, hats and whatever else keeps you warm because you'll really going to need all of those!

Good luck for everything and try to enjoy your winter!

Winter in London, at night, as you can see :

                                                                                                           By Dana & Jeanne.

The Vampire Diaries

I think that these series are great (I’m not the only one) because the story is interesting and full of suspense ; after seeing one episode you want to see what happens in the next episode, and then the next one and so on. The actors are very good, and I think they are perfect for their characters.

We can’t wait to see the next episode that comes out on Sunday J 

Story

The Vampire Diaries is an American fantasy television series based on the books by L.J.Smith. The series follows the life of 17-year-old Elena Gilbert since the moment she meets one-century-old vampire, Stefan Salvatore and falls into a love triangle with Damon Salvatore, Stefan’s brother (and a vampire too). The story is complicated by the Salvatore brothers’ past with Katherine Pierce, also vampire and Elena’s doppelganger. The story also follows the story of Elena’s friends and family in the small town of

Mystic

Elena Gilbert and Stefan Salvatore

Four months after their parents’ tragic death (car accident), Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev) and her younger brother Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen), now taken care of by their aunt, Jenna Sommers (Sara Canning), try to recover. It’s September, school starts. On the first episode, we meet Bonnie Bennett (Katerina Graham), Elena’s best friend, who talks about her grandmother’s story about her ancestors, the witches of Salem and about Bonnie’s so-called “witch powers”, a subject that will be more discussed in the next episodes.

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At the high school, we also meet Elena and Bonnie’s exuberant and insecure friend, Caroline Forbes (Candice Accola) and we shortly see Matt Donovan (Zach Roerig) which we learn is Elena’s ex-boyfriend. Then, after the girls first see Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley) (only his back), we learn that since his parents’ death, Jeremy gets stoned and gives medicine to a girl called Vickie (Kayla Ewell) (Matt’s sister) which he is in love with but she already has a boyfriend, Tyler Lockwood (Michael Trevino).

Bonnie Bennett

During the episodes on the first season, we meet Damon Salvatore (Ian Somerhalder) whom, in the opposite of Stefan who only drinks animal’s blood, kills human to drink their blood. This engenders a trouble with Vickie Donovan but which is quickly solved.

 Stefan and Elena, as for Matt and Caroline, share an on-again off-again relationship, mostly because of Stefan and Damon’s tormented past with Katherine Pierce (Nina Dobrev). 

Bonnie will have problems remaining Elena’s friend because of her ancestor’s history with the vampires.

But all of them, Elena, Stefan, Bonnie, Damon, Caroline and their friends will have to do their best to stay united because Katherine, whom everyone thought in a tomb, comes back with mysterious plans…

Site References

http://www.vampire-diaries.net/ :The official site: soundtrack, episodes, books, engoy!

Gossip Girl's main characters :

GOSSIP GIRL

Gossip Girl  is an American teen drama series based on the book series of the same name written by Cecily von Ziegesar. The series was created by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, and premiered on The CW on September 19, 2007. Narrated by the omniscient yet unseen blogger "Gossip Girl", voiced by Kristen Bell, the series revolves around the lives of privileged young adults on Manhattan's Upper East Side in New York City.

The series begins with the return of Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively) from a mysterious stay at a boarding school in Connecticut. Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester), whom creators describe as the queen at the center of their chess game, is a longtime friend and occasional rival of Serena's, and the Queen Bee of Constance Billard School's social scene.The story also follows Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick), the bad boy of the Upper East Side, Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford), Chuck's best friend, and other characters of the turbulent Manhattan scene: Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley), Nate's friend and Serena's on-again, off-again ex; Vanessa Abrams (Jessica Szohr), Dan's best friend; and Dan's ambitious sister Jenny Humphrey (Taylor Momsen).

It's a really great TV series, if you like the "typical american movies" you should really watch it (if you don't already)!

Royal wedding: Prince William to marry Kate Middleton

- Did you know that Prince Wiliam gets married with Kate Middleton? -

The Royal wedding will take place on the 24th April 2010, Clarence House confirmed. The couple became engaged in secret last month while on holiday in Kenya.

The Queen and David Cameron are both said to be "absolutely delighted" by the engagement.

"Prince William has informed The Queen and other close members of his family. Prince William has also sought the permission of Miss Middleton's father.

"Following the marriage, the couple will live in north Wales, where Prince William will continue to serve with the Royal Air Force."

A Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said: "Both the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh are absolutely delighted for them both."

                                                                                              Ana Jipa and Matthieu Podeur   - November 2010

Twilight is at the moment one of the most known books in the world and that made its author Stephenie Meyer one of the richest authors in the world. But why is Twilight so famous and what is this book talking about? That’s what I’ll try to explain.

If you are a teenager, especially a girl, you have heard at least once about this book, or about the movie. It’s the story about a simple girl Bella that falls in love with Edward, who is a vampire. You will say that you already read Dracula. But now the originality of the story: Edward is a good vampire that wants most of all to preserve his lover’s life. And it seems that’s a pretty hard mission when werewolves and bad vampires are trying to kill her. But even now, that’s not a really interesting story. And in my point of view, the author is not a really good writer, so nothing special??? So why is everybody so excited about this novel?

The answer is simple: it’s a story that found its place in an unemployed place of the books’ market. You couldn’t find so many stories about nice vampires… now of course there are plenty of them. Like any other story with some success, it was copied in many forms. Unhappily, we are not talking about the copies. So, Twilight was an unknown market that Meyer found and exploited. And the movie helped: a beautiful Edward (it depends) and a wonderful Bella(...)

But I’m not here to discuss their tastes and they can do whatever they like, it’s none of my business, I am supposed to talk about the book. And for now I’ve been too subjective in my description. That’s why I’ll try to forget what I think about the book and present you a short description of each one (there are four!!!).

1. A new girl arrived in the rainy town of Forks, Bella, tries to adapt to her new school. But she falls in love with the most beautiful and wanted boy in the city: Edward. Unhappily for her, Edie is a vampire and he is also in love with her. And when some new vampires attack, Edward and his family do their best to protect Bella.

2. Bella is now happy with her boyfriend, when at her 18^th birthday; Edward’s brother tries to bite her. Edward decides that it’s dangerous for Bella to live near him and he brakes-up of her. She is really, really sad, but consoles herself by hanging out with some werewolves. Another bad vampire comes back and tries to kill her. I won’t tell you the end but she is finally back with Edward.

3. An entire army of vampires tries this time to kill Bella, and for beating them the nice vampires and the werewolves are doing peace. At the end Edie proposes Bella and she is very confused, but accepts.

4. Bella is pregnant with the vampire and she is two steps from death. The werewolves are also trying to kill her because they don’t know what the creature in her tummy can do. But after having the baby, a beautiful little girl called Renesmee (Nessie for friends), everyone is convinced that she can do no wrong. Unhappily, that’s not what the kings of vampires think. Bella, now a vampire, makes them realize that her daughter is perfectly harmless.

That’s all for the story, if you want to know more please read the books. You can also comment my point of view, I would be really happy to know others' opinion.

Did you know that this week, in England, it's the Anti-bullying Week?

First thing to know: what is bullying?

Bullying is verbal, emotional or physical abuse of someone less powerful.

What do you mean by bullying behaviour?

Bullying can take many forms:

• call someone names
• spreading rumours
• hitting, pushing and kicking
• sending hurtful messages,web images or mails
• excluding someone from friendship or games.

We should help because bullying is wrong and it creats an atmosphere of pressure, fear and tension.

Taking action together

The 3R's:

• Rights
• Respect
• Responsibility