ANTHONY, A VERY RICH FATHER, WANTS A MOBILE PHONE FOR HIS DAUGHTER. STEVEN IS A VERY HELPFUL SHOP ASSISTANT.

Anthony: Hello!

Steven : Hello! Can you help me because i have a problem?

Anthony: Yes, of course!

Steven : I'm looking for a mobile phone for my little girl but i don't know anything about mobile phones.

Anthony: I am here to advise you. I can show you two mobiles .There is the latest LG mobile phone, it's very easy to use. It's a mobile phone for children.

Steven : This mobile phone is perfect for my little girl.

Anthony: I have a second mobile phone but it is less interesting. The LG mobile phone costs one hundred euros.

Steven : Perfect, I take it!

Anthony: Ok.

Steven : Thanks, bye.

Anthony: Goodbye

STECY AND MAXIME ABOUT MOBILE PHONES FOR KIDS.

mother: Hello, sir, I would like to have some information about a mobile phone.

Shop assistant: Hello, come and see the models. Do you want a particular model?

Mother: No, I am looking for a classical mobile phone for kids.

Shop assistant: Ok, come with me.

Mother: I have a question about the dangers of mobile phones.

Shop assistant: Ok, ask your question!

Mother: Can we have cancer easily?

Shop assistant: No, the risks are low!

Mother: Ok,hummmmmm.I would like to know more about the subsciption.

Shop assistant: The subscription is 10€ per month.

Mother: Great! I will take the subscription and the mobile phone, my kid will be very happy! Bye.

Shop assistant: Ok, bye.

THE STORY OF A MOBILE, PETER AND CORENTIN

Shop assistant : Hello, can I help you ?

Father : Yes, I need a mobile phone for my kid !

Shop assistant: How old is your child ?

Father : He is 8 !

Shop assistant: Good, I have a black phone !

Father : Oh great, it's his favourite colour. Can I see it?

Shop assistant: Of course, come on with me. Look. It's small and easy to use. It features an integrated camera, Bluetooth and an MP3 player!

Father : How much is it ? I'm sure it's expensive!

Shop assistant: No !! Don't worry, it's made in China, it's cheap !

Father : Is there parental control ?

Shop assistant: Yes !!!!

Father : OK ,I take it !

Shop assistant: Cool !! Do you pay in cash ?

Father : Yes !

Shop assistant: Good, it's twenty euros ........Thank you !

Father : Thank you, good bye !

Shop assistant: Good bye, have a nice day !

St Patrick's Day

Tuesday March 17th 2009 is St Patrick’s Day. On this day, people celebrate with parades, wearing of the green, and drinking beer. So what is St Patricks day, apart from a good excuse to drink Guinness or Paddys Whisky and look at pictures of Leprechauns and Shamrocks?
The person who was to become St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was born in Wales about AD 385 and his name was Maewyn ( pronounced May –Win ) and he was not a saint, until he was 16, he considered himself a pagan. At that age, he was sold into slavery by a group of Irish marauders that raided his village.

He escaped from slavery after six years and went to Gaul where he studied in the monastery under St. Germain, bishop of Auxerre for twelve years. During his training he became aware that his calling was to convert the pagans to Christianity and he returned to Ireland to do this.
For 30 years he travelled throughout the country, establishing monasteries across the country. He also set up schools and churches which would aid him in his conversion of the Irish country to Christianity. He died on March 17 in AD 461. That day has been commemorated as St. Patrick's Day ever since.

Much Irish folklore surrounds St. Patrick's Day he is claimed to have given a sermon from a hilltop that drove all the snakes from Ireland. Of course, no snakes were ever native to Ireland, and some people think this is probably a metaphor for the conversion of the pagans.

One traditional icon of the day is the shamrock. And this stems from a more believable Irish tale that tells how Patrick used the three-leafed shamrock to explain the Trinity. He used it in his sermons to represent how the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit could all exist as separate elements of the same entity. His followers adopted the custom of wearing a shamrock on his feast day.

One reason St. Patrick's Day might have become so popular is that it takes place just a few days before the first day of spring and this was a traditional holiday for the Pagan Irish. St Patrick often incorporated elements of pagan festivals into his lessons about Christianity and it has been suggested that he originated the Celtic cross by melding the Christian Cross with the pagan symbol of the sun.

Of course the holiday is celebrated with lots of beer drinking, Guiness is famous for a reason!. The Irish are very famous for their toasts and so I will leave you with one of them.

Here's to your coffin...May it be built of 100 year old oaks which I will plant tomorrow.

Happy St Patrick’s Day

Sorry I had to!

What I did on my holidays

What I did on my holidays
Hello all of you, I hope you all had a good holiday. I spent some of the first week of my holidays at your school giving some extra English conversation lessons to those who wanted to come. I was there in the mornings from Wednesday until the Friday, from 9.30am until 12.30pm.
The students and I had a great laugh. We talked about everything schoolwork, music, films, parties, girlfriends and boyfriends and even politics and racism. The low point was telling each other some really bad jokes.

It was strange being in an empty school, the corridors were deserted and when we were walking about our footsteps echoed back to us. We were walking about in the school because we wanted to make a few videos about the school. This let us find some places we hadn’t visited in the school before such as the new Art Plastic classroom. Looking at the art in there I realised there are some very talented people at Delambre.

I have posted some videos we made, I hope that your return to school wasn’t too bad.
Have fun
Andrew

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