Paris sans voiture, rêve ou réalité?
All-blue skies in Paris as city centre goes car-free for first time One-day scheme promoted by mayor Anne Hidalgo sees city centre mostly free of cars and lower speed limit in other districts The sky = le ciel Car-free = sans voitures A scheme = un programme...
Comment se comportent les parents au bord des terrains de sport?
Are pushy parents putting children off sport? When teenage referee Emily Dyke had had enough of being verbally abused by young players’ parents, she turned to Facebook to ask them to stop. Her complaints are not unique – others have faced serious threats...
Vivre sans argent, est-ce possible? Une belle expérience!
Living without money: what I learned A moneyless economy shows how our lives are intrinsically linked to the great web of life. In this deep ecology, our security comes from our relationships with people and nature Without = sans Moneyless = sans argent,...
Chute mortelle pour faire une photo
Tragedy was 'expected' at Norwegian lookout where student fell to her death Call for action to protect tourists at Norwegian scenic spot after Melbourne student Kristi Kafcaloudis fell 300m while reportedly posing for a photo To expect = s’attendre à...
Deux enfants russes de 5 ans s'échappent de la crèche pour acheter... une voiture de sport!
Russian five-year-olds dig their way out of nursery to buy sports car Two boys use spades to escape under fence and then walk to car showroom before driver takes them to police. To dig = creuser A sports car = une voiture de sport Two five-year-old Russian...
Un record de longueur pour le règne d'Elizabeth et un constat
The Queen’s record-long reign has seen Britain’s greatest time of change When Elizabeth II was crowned – the sixth female monarch since the Norman conquest – the world lit up in her favour. “Let us hope that we are beginning a new Elizabethan age no less...