Monday 16th October 2017							Mrs. MAYER	❷

TELEVISION PROGRAMMES

1. MONDAY 16/10 Arte 20.50-22.30 A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH (GB 1946)
Directors: Emeric PRESSBURGER & Michaël POWELL.
A masterpiece, with literary references/Shakespeare
The action takes place in 1945, David NIVEN is a pilot flying back to the UK from Germany…
The same evening, Arte 22.30-0.20 1984 based on George ORWELL’s book which hasn’t dated at all, written in 1948.
Dir. Michael RADFORD. (GB 1984). With John HURT & Richard BURTON
The action takes place in a totalitarian state where BIG BROTHER is constantly watching everyone. The THOUGHT POLICE control people’s thoughts and a new language which is very simplified called NEWSPEAK removes the ability to express negative ideas.

2. SUNDAY 22/10 Arte 20.55-22.55 JAWS (USA 1975)
Dir. Steven SPIELBERG

3. MONDAY 23/10 Arte 20.50-23.15 A.I., ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (USA 2001)
Repeat TUESDAY 24/10 Arte 13.35-15.55
Dir. Steven SPIELBERG
Famous actors: Jude LAW, William HURT.
The same evening France 2 20.55-22.30 BROADCHURCH Season 3, Episodes 1&2 
and 22.30-4.50 a repeat of  BROADCHURCH Season 2, Episodes 1-8

4. TUESDAY 24/10 Arte 22.30-23.25 LE BREXIT, C’EST LE BREXIT a documentary in French.

5. THURSDAY 26/10 Arte 20.55-22.30 NORTHANGER ABBEY (GB 2007)
Dir. Jon JONES.
A telefilm made for ITV, based on Jane AUSTEN’s novel/1818.

VOCABULARY
Once a fortnight =	every two weeks
Private Eye:		détective; Also the name of a satirical magazine
Headline: Dunkirk spirit 2017: le titre: L’esprit de Dunkerque en 2017.
You can find it on the internet with an annual subscription/take out a subscription
I’d like to keep up my English
The film is dubbed into French: doublé
It’s disturbing:	c’est perturbant
Lectures:		conférences
To go hiking:		faire de la randonnée
Multilingual [mǝltilingwǝl]: multilingue
Fiction = novels   Non fiction = history, geography, biography…
Caves: grottes
Artificial waves
Fossil(s)
Inheritance:	heritage*inheritance tax
Estate:		succession
Fence:		cloture
Wild boar:	sanglier
Dive master:	moniteur de plongée
Scuba diving
G.P.: General Practitioner
A company doctor working for several companies can organize his/her timetable.
If there are only 2: the elder child/ 3: the eldest
They came to stay/to visit
Brush up your English: it’s like brushing your shoes to make them shine.
A holiday home or a country house
Fleas:		puces
Rosebuds:	boutons de rose
Roedeer:	chevreuil
Fawn/babydeer
Tame:		apprivoisé
Red squirrel/grey squirrel
A pine cone
Plum(s):	prune(s)
Jay:		geai
Magpie:	pie
Blackbird:	merle
Survival of the fittest = natural selection (Darwin)
Missing people: portés disparus
Sinister:	sinistre
A field mouse (mice)
Rat poison