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SPRING HAS SPRUNG → A PLAY ON WORDS

Arte 		 Monday 21/3 VO 20.40-22.10 LA NUIT DU CHASSEUR. THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER. 1955. Thriller.
Dir.: Charles Laughton. With Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish.
About a self appointed (not official) preacher who has spent some time in prison where he met a cellmate (compagnon de cellule)/ classmate/ and the person who is in prison with him is going to be executed. His widow has 2 young children and the boy knows where the money that his father stole is, so the preacher marries the widow to find the money.
•	Wednesday 23/3 VO 22.40-23.55 CLEAN, SHAVEN 1955 Thriller.
About a schizophrenic who is looking for his young daughter.

	Sunday 27/3 VM 20.40-22.40 BEAUTES EMPOISONNEES – HEART BREAKERS (= briseuses de coeurs). 2001. Comedy. Dir. David Mirkin. With Sigourney Weaver and Gene Hackman. They are professional con artists: des arnaqueuses. A confidence trickster: arnaqueur. When you make a person very confident, he trusts you. A swindler – A cheat: un tricheur. 
To swindle		I was swindled  
To do		I was done
To con			I was conned		out of 500€ by a man who knocked at my door: Je me suis fait arnaquer, avoir

FR3:		Sunday 27/3 VO 0.10-1.40 LES INCONNUS DANS LA VILLE. VIOLENT SATURDAY.1954.
Dir/ Richard Fleischer. With Victor Mature.

GRANADA. 8 million inhabitants →18% of the total Spanish population.
They’ve got a strong local accentvery difficult for foreigners to understand. They’re in a hurry when they speak (contracted language).
0.6 = NOUGHT [no:t] point six
 ‘Zero’ is normally for temperature
0 [ou] is for the phone numbers, or ZERO(US)
8 centuries of Arab presence have given the town its soul.
At 608 meters above sea level (‡below)
‘Albaicin’ and ‘Alhambra’ are 2 hills, and between them there is a valley.
The spirit of this land is rooted in centuries of tolerance: Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans & Visigoths.
Nasrid dynasty- 1238: Peace TREATY
To nibble:	grignoter. To nibble away
After a siege which lasted 6 months
From 1492: Christian rule/End of 8 centuries of Muslim rule.
Tourists succumb to the charm of the city.
Federico Garcia Lorca
An alley (‡ in French) is very narrow.
The new mosque:	la mosquée
THE ALHAMBRA : AL-HAMRA = ‘THE RED’ :	“La Rouge” has rightly been declared a World Heritage Site.
BIG	HUGE	GIGANTIC
ALCAZABA: the old citadelle/citadel. First it was a forteresse/fortress built in the 9th century and rebuilt in the 14th century.
The Palace of Charles V( the Christian part of the Alhambra) was built in 1526 in a Renaissance style when CH.V visited Granada.
SCAFFOLDING:	échafaudage
The ORCHARD[o:tchad]: verger
APRICOTS:	abricots
PEBBLE(S):	galet. (A mosaic of pebbles)
I’m standing in front of the board and I’m opposite Martine.
Before /After :   time
    In front of / Behind :  space
Free time:	quartier libre
After the Conquest, the Cathedral was built in Renaissance style and became the model for Renaissance churches in Spain.

TRANSLATE (« pouvoir »)

36. Il se peut qu’il ne soit pas coupable.
He may not be guilty.
37. Il se peut qu’il ne nous ait pas vus.
He may not have seen us.
38. Il est impossible qu’il nous ait vus.
He can’t have seen us.
39. Ils le virent se noyer sans pouvoir le secourir.
They saw him drown without being able to rescue him.
Not ‘watch’= looking at something that’s moving: you watch television.
40. Ils se sont excusés de ne pouvoir venir.
They apologized for not being able to come.