MadmoiZelle speaks English

[Chacotte]

Hi there and happy new year to all of you ! If possible, I'd like to join this discussion
I'm currently a highschool student in 1S, and I'd like to ,sort of ,"train" my english, so if you spot any mistake please tell me
@Ephectite my plans for 2017 are : begining to learn russian ( and the basics of arab with an algerian student ), passing the french bac and TPE with good grades, discovering new things ( like musics, choreographies,books, films...). What about yours ?

 

[Chacotte]

@Ephectite well our TPE is about diabetes ( by the way we are doing it in english) and how replacing sucrose (saccharose) by sucralose is a good option for diabetic people who still want to taste sugar from time to time ( by eating pastries, etc ...) . We had troubles finding the theme ( at first I wanted to study fruit's cells decay, how it rots and why, but one of my partners didn't like it so we had to change a countless number of times...) . What is yours about ?

 

[younicorn]

@Ephectite @Chacotte hi! i'm in the same grade too! but in literature!
Personally, I want to do something in the translation
(if you see mistakes in my sentences, please tell me: )

 

[younicorn]

@Ephectite Haha thanks!
Usually we translate english to french, I guess... But I don't know yet what I want to do! But I learn Germain too!
Oh it would ne really interresting !

 

[Chacotte]

@younicorn welcome ! ( ps : litterature, german, interesting )
Translating is such an hard job (I'm doing the translating work in my TPE group, and this is really time consumming ... ) I feel so much respect for translaters, they're actually doing a job I couldn't stand to work in ( even though I prefer reading english written books in.., english . This way I can imprive my english as well as "understanding" better the author's writing. However a good translator can enhance a not-so-good author's qualities )

@Ephectite omg I lost it when I saw your TPE subject, this is just so funny . Whoever thought of this is a freaking genius !
I kind of understand your teacher for not letting you choose the soecial effects subject if by special effects you meant the "drawings" added in films ( like in Harry Potter w/ the goblins or magic rays .., ). This just my point if view ( another teacher could have liked the idea) but I think you wouldn't have had enough material to work on

Has anyone been to a foreign country for an exchange ?

 

[Bruxa]

Hey again. I'm back.

Actually I'm reading a book of Paul Ekman, the subject are the micro-expressions of the liar. Really cool book.

Also I will take a beer ( well tbh i will just take a lemonade) with a cool australian guy I met at the workout. room. It will be a good occasion to practise my english !

Also i've been doing cool things last week in general ! And you what's up ?

@younicorn welcome ! ( ps : litterature, german, interesting )
Translating is such an hard job (I'm doing the translating work in my TPE group, and this is really time consumming ... ) I feel so much respect for translaters, they're actually doing a job I couldn't stand to work in ( even though I prefer reading english written books in.., english . This way I can imprive my english as well as "understanding" better the author's writing. However a good translator can enhance a not-so-good author's qualities )

@Ephectite omg I lost it when I saw your TPE subject, this is just so funny . Whoever thought of this is a freaking genius !
I kind of understand your teacher for not letting you choose the soecial effects subject if by special effects you meant the "drawings" added in films ( like in Harry Potter w/ the goblins or magic rays .., ). This just my point if view ( another teacher could have liked the idea) but I think you wouldn't have had enough material to work on

Has anyone been to a foreign country for an exchange ?

Nope. But I clearly want to go in Romania ! (also i travelled during scolar stuff in Italy)

 

[younicorn]

@Chacotte yeah definitly!!

 

[Bruxa]

@Chacotte Yeah it's was kind of a joke between us at the beginning like " if we can do nothing there's still nappies" and here we are! I hope it's still going to be interesting and pretty serious! And by special effects I meant fake blood and thing like that because you are right computer generated images would be a very difficult subject to deal with.


I kind of had! I was in 3eme and we had an exchange with finish students (from Finland!!) they came in France for a week and then we went to Helsinki for a week. The thing is that my penfriend (the girl I was "connected" to) was very shy and didn't talk English that much . But it remains a very good experience! What about you? Are you having an school exchange?


Never heard about it but it seems very cool ,indeed!

It looks like a very nice way to practice English! I hope that it's going to be fun and that you will enjoy your (date?) lemonade!

Oh, this is not a date, purely friendly.
Also was Finland that beautiful ?

 

[younicorn]

@Chacotte i'll do it an exchange next weekend!! In Finland! (Poke @Ephectite ), i'm a little stressed but I think it would ne good! I'm so excitedddd

 

[Chacotte]

@younicorn have fun during your exchange ! And tell us about it once you're back, Finland seems to be cool how a long will you be staying there ?
@Ephectite Oh so by special effects you meant fake blood and other substitutes ? Could have been quite interesting, I'm sorry for you your teacher wouldn't let you do it ... Nappies are interesting, don't worry about it
How was your exchange in Finland ? Did you enjoy it ?
I did an exchange last year, I went to Seattle and studied there for 6 weeks with my exchange student

 

[younicorn]

@Ephectite yeah the sauna is un the planning and After we will go in the sea

@Chacotte just one week (to short un mystère opinion )
You're lucky! Do an exchange un Seattle should be very very cool!!

 

[Chacotte]

@Khyra Welcome !
@younicorn One week is not that short, plus if you like the country you could maybe ask your parents to spend your holidays there ? (Of course it won't be the same if you're with your parents but it might be cool as well ) . You're right, going to Seattle was indeed an incredible experience that I still benefit from ( except the 5kg I gained during my stay, bless you the american food )( I've managed to loose the weight I had gained though)

@Ephectite Northern Europ inhabitants' way of life are sooooo different from ours it's almost frightening I went to Amsterdam ( during the Europride, a gay pride) where I saw only a few security guards ( and most of them were taking selfies with drag queens during the Europride)
Seattle is a huge city since it is Washington's capital : I lived in the suburbs but I got to visit downtown Seattle several times and from what I recall, I can tell you it looks like any american city you'd imagine . Lots of buildings ( with a lot built in the 70s, made of concrete) that are huge, lots of enormous shops ( the local Auchan is nothing compared to their "big" stores, I almost got lost when going shopping with some friends ). Seattle is on the East Coast, and the weather was like Britanny's ( no offense, I come from Britanny myself) . If you want more details I'd be happy to tell you evrything I know ( but this might take some time ...)