Find the murderer Target language: Past continuous 1. Write on board: Mrs. McDonald was found dead in her house on Tuesday at eight in the morning. You have to find who killed her and why. 2. 3. Option (a) Tell the students they are free to invent a story about why she is dead, and how; they can choose their own personalities and alibis, and decide who will be the inspector as he or she has to prepare a few questions to ask the suspects. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. My personal comment: I always ask for feedback, up to now they have always really enjoyed it. La construction du Golden Gate Bridge de San Francisco Le Golden Gate Bridge (littéralement le « pont de la porte d’or ») est un pont suspendu de Californie qui traverse le Golden Gate, détroit qui correspond à la jonction entre la baie de San Francisco et l’océan Pacifique. Il relie ainsi la ville de San Francisco, située à la pointe nord de la péninsule de San Francisco à la ville de Sausalito, située à la pointe sud de la péninsule du Comté de Marin. Financée par la Work Projects Administration (WPA), sa construction, qui s’est heurtée à de nombreuses difficultés, a débuté en 1933 et s’est étalée sur une durée de quatre ans, pour s’achever en 1937. Le Golden Gate Bridge a été jusqu’en 1964 le pont suspendu le plus long du monde, et constitue aujourd’hui le monument le plus célèbre de San Francisco. Wikipedia
Black holes can teach us how to live our best life A visualization of the accretion disk around a black hole. Jeremy Schnittman / NASA Goddard Space Flight Center hide caption toggle caption Jeremy Schnittman / NASA Goddard Space Flight Center A visualization of the accretion disk around a black hole. One of my favorite celestial objects in the universe is the black hole. Granted, I'm an astrophysicist. One such researcher is Priyamvada Natarajan, an astrophysicist and the chair of the astronomy department at Yale University. Natarajan studies supermassive black holes. Lesson One: Push the limits, even if others doubt you In 1915 Einstein presented his general theory of relativity. But a few months after Einstein published this work, physicist Karl Schwarzschild presented the first solution of how mass creates that gravitational force. "So it is actually the shape of space around a clump, like a point mass, like a really concentrated compact mass," says Natarajan. It didn't work. Lesson Two: Reputation isn't everything EHT Collaboration
Les ponts de Google Earth L’artiste Clément Valla a remarqué que sur le logiciel Google Earth les ponts souffrent d’un petit bug dans la vue 3D, le programme se base sur l’altitude du sol pour créer le relief mais ne repère pas les ponts qui se retrouvent donc à coller au sol. Il s’est donc mis à la recherche de ponts pour réaliser cette série de captures d’écrans, allez sur son site pour en voir plus, ainsi que d’autres expérimentations numériques. A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARThe No.1 bestselling...
Here's how drones will change cities Amazon has been busy testing out its new Prime Air initiative at a secret location in the English countryside. The service’s promise of a 30-minute delivery by specially designed drones may look like click-bait PR, but it’s an early sign of the significant changes coming to cities around the world. For the moment, much of the hype around drones is full of caveats: safety is always the first priority, and nobody quite knows the full extent of what’s possible. There’s still uncertainty about how new services will weave their way through airspace – let alone the inevitable tangle of regulations. Prime Air is likely to take four to five years to become a mainstream service, as public acceptance and demand evolves alongside the business model. Civilian Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are like the first motorised cars: they have started out as a toy – and sometimes a hazardous one at that. In response, the urban environment will need to adapt. Clear skies Need for speed Business opportunities
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