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La belle dame sans merci lu par l'acteur du film Bright Star.

Et voici le script:

O what can ail thee knight at arms ? -a Knight = a warrior
Alone and palely loitering -to loiter =to wander = errer
The sedge has withered from the lake -the sedge (a plant) is
And no birds sing withered (dry/dead)

O what can ail thee knight at arms ? - to ail= to suffer
So haggard and so woe begone -haggard = you look tired/sick
The squirrel’s granary is full - the squirrel’s granary(grain) is where he puts his nuts
And the harvest’s done -the harvest = la récolte

I see a lily on thy brow a lily (a white flower = …………) brow=…………
With anguish moist and fever dew - dew= …………………..
And on thy cheek a fading rose -cheek = ………….
Fast withered too

I met a lady in the meads -the meads / the moor
Full beautiful, a faery’s child -faery= fairy
Her hair was long, her foot was light
And her eyes were wild

I made a garland for her head
And bracelets too and fragrant zone
She looked at me as she did love
And made sweet moans

I took her on my pacing steed -pacing steed (=horse)
And nothing else saw all day long
For sidelong would she bend and sing
Her faery’s song

She gave me roots of relish sweet - roots are parts of plants in the earth
And honey wild and manna dew -honey = ………….. manna dew
And sure in language strange she said
I love thee true - I love thee= you

She took me to her elfin grot
And there she wept and sighed full sore -sigh = weep/ cry: …………..
And there I kissed her wild wild eyes
With kisses four.

And there she lulled me asleep - lull someone asleep = sing to make someone sleep
And there I dreamt O woe betide -woe betide =
The latest dream I ever dreamt
On the cold hillside

I saw pale Kings and Princes too
Pale warriors, death pale were they all
They cried:”La Belle Dame Sans Merci
Hath thee in Thrall » “hath thee in thrall » = t’as ensorcelé

I saw their starved lips in the gloom -lips = …………… / starved (you don’t eat)
With horrid warning gaped wide gaped =opened
And I awoke and found me here awake/awoke/awoken
On the cold hillside

And this is why I sojourn here -I sojourn = I stay
Alone and palely loitering
Though the sedge has withered from the lake
And no birds sing

Who is really the lady ?

Good evening, 2 more podcasts you can have a look at.

Blue in the face: Avatar fanatics

Vous apprécierez le jeu de mots sur "blue in the face" car dans Avatar les personnages ont la peau bleue et en anglais dans l'expression "you can shout until you're blue in the face" la couleur bleue traduit le rouge de la colère.

GPS leads couple astray

Hi, people !

Monday September 28th

In this blog I explain my discontentment about an Iris hotel in Paris.
I will show the true face of Iris hotels and I will be as objective as possible!


The room is so tiny !!!!

80$ a night for the smallest room!!! It's a scandal ! I didn't even have the space to put my bag. It was a room for midgets, not for normal-sized people. It was the tiniest room I have ever seen!

Oh my god, spider attack !!!

What the hell ??

I wanted to put my clothes in the cupboard when I saw a spider there. I HATE spiders, they're the most disgusting insects !!!

Cold night:

That night the air conditioning was broken (was out of order) it was awesome (ironical).
I spent a cold night, it was even colder than Alaska.

Tuesday September 29th: this morning no breakfast

This morning I waited for 2 hours in my room wondering what the staff was doing/ where the staff was.
I haven't had breakfast, it was the most horrible morning of my life snif.

Broken window:

To start the day I wanted to open the window and breathe some fresh air but the window refused to open.

It's time to leave

Now I must go from this hotel (I must leave this hotel) my punishment is over

that's for sure, it was the WORST hotel;

Goodbye

("I hope that the emoticon will match those that you used in your paper". teacher)

Vous entraîner à l'écoute de l'anglais ou de l'anglais américain est maintenant plus facile grâce aux podcasts gratuits disponible sur internet.
Une petite liste de podcasts du plus facile au (sans doute) plus difficile:

-Good Morning America: des sujets variés de la politique au show business.

-The CNN Daily video: plus de politique et de news.

-Newspod. BBC radio: de l'anglais britannique.

-Best of Today. BBC radio: sans doute plus difficile que les autres.

-Today in Parliament: mon préféré mais le plus difficile. Des sujets liés au parlement britannique. c'est souvent amusant.

Wildfire burns in Southern California is the title of the video that we watched in class. It was taken from the podcasts ABC News.

We worked on it without watching the video so it was more difficult but now you can watch it again to practice.

ABC News is a free podcast so you can watch it online.

Hi guys! How's life?

I spent 4 days in New York last week but it was the worst holidays in my life!

I chose the Jazz on the Lenox hotel because it was the cheapest and the receptionist was very polite when I called.

On the first day, when I entered the room, I was disappointed because the sheets were very dirty and at night it was too noisy to sleep!!!

On the second day I ordered breakfast but it was expensive and there wasn't enough to eat. I went to the kitchen to cook something. Then, I found that the microwave was broken. I asked the staff to repair it but they did nothing and at night electicity disappeared suddenly so I couldn't watch television.

On the third day I put the coins in the vending machine to buy a coke. Neither a coke nor the coin came out!!!

On the last day, in the morning, the hot water stopped so I couldn't take a shower. At check out time, the cashier made me pay more than I expected though it was written "bagain price" on their website !!!

I don't recommend this hotel, it's terrible !!! It's the worst hotel in my life !!! I'll never go back there!!!

Take care. See you guys!