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Pages spéciales de L’ACTU n° 5833 du mercredi 13 février 2019

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‘Beatlemania’ came to America 55 years ago US

On February 9th, 1964, the Beatles performed live on American television.

Although they were already famous in Europe, this introduced them to a new

audience. More than one-third of the US – 73 million people – watched them.

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is the number of years that

67 Elizabeth II has been Queen.

To celebrate, soldiers fired cannons

in different places in London.

Elizabeth II came to the throne at

the age of 25, after the death of her

father, King George VI. She is the

longest-reigning British monarch.

AFP/B. Stansall

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Last week, the British billionaire AP/R. Bowmer

Richard Branson announced that PHOTO OF THE WEEK UNITED STATES

he planned to travel to space in Nicholas Goepper, of the United States, competed in the skiing world championship last Wednesday
the next few months. The Virgin in Park City (Utah). Bad weather caused some of the competitions to be postponed or cancelled.
Group founder hopes that his

spaceship will be launched for Call of Duty

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he was training hard for the mission. His company AMERICA
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Indian A magazine produced by British army
Pacific SOUTH Ocean
Ocean AMERICA recruiters was sent out with this month’s

PlayStation Magazine. It invites gamers

to use their skills in the military. Critics

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At a MLB game at Dodger Stadium in August, a ball hit a 79-year-old woman in the head, On Sunday, England beat France 44-8 during the Six Nations rugby
killing her. It was the first time in nearly 50 years a fan died because of a foul ball. tournament. It was the worst loss for Les Bleus against England since
Now, her family and some other fans injured over the years want better safety measures. 1911. Englishman Jonny May scored a hat trick in the first 29 minutes!
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CHARLIE BROWN
BROWN anglais/français
anglais/français - English/French
English/French +

Je n’y crois pas ! Woodstock est tombé

amoureux d’un ver

À RETENIR + TO REMEMBER +
de terre !

VOCABULARY Les faux amis sont soulignés ainsi.

perform live : (ici) jouer régnant depuis landing : recruiter : recruteur.

de la musique en direct.
famous : célèbre.
introduce : (ici) ouvrir.
audience : public.
one-third : un tiers.
to fire cannon :
tirer un coup de canon.
the longest-reigning
monarch : le monarque
le plus longtemps. (ici) alunissage. to use : utiliser.
plan : prévoir. train : (ici) s’entraîner. skill : compétence.
founder : fondateur. injured : blessé. (to) target : cibler.
spaceship : safety measure : teen : adolescent.
vaisseau spatial. mesure de sécurité. the worst loss :
launch : lancer. compete : concourir. (ici) la pire défaite.
anniversary : weather : météo.
anniversaire postpone : reporter.
d’un événement. cancel : annuler.

IRREGULAR VERBS
come (came, come) to : have (had, had) : avoir (auxiliaire). send out : envoyer, poster.
arriver à, come : venir. say (said, said) : dire. hit (hit, hit) : (ici) heurter.
be (was/were, been) : être. send (sent, sent) : envoyer ; To beat (beat, beaten) : battre.

DID YOU KNOW?

‘Beatlemania’ : mot créé pour
désigner la passion de millions
de fans pour le groupe de rock
britannique des Beatles.
Thousands of : «des milliers de».
Ici, thousand prend la marque du
pluriel. Ce n’est pas le cas après
un nombre précis (3 thousand).
Major League Baseball (MLB) : Unis). L’équipe de la ville y joue.
«Ligue majeure de base- Foul ball : (ici) «fausse balle».
ball». Compétition durant Au baseball, balle frappée
laquelle les meilleures équipes hors-jeu.
américaines de base-ball Hat trick : «coup du chapeau».
se rencontrent. (ici) Au rugby, fait de marquer
Dodger Stadium : stade de 3 essais, à la suite ou non,
baseball à Los Angeles (États- durant un même match.

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