Susan Boyle, the Scottish singer who made a sensational debut in April on the TV show “Britain’s Got Talent” will sing on “Kouhaku Uta Gassen” on New Year’s Eve. “Kouhaku” is a popular annual Japanese music show watched by millions. Performing on Kouhaku is said to be a huge honor and big highlight in a [...]
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O an Easy Vowel To Learn
Our series of lessons on Spanish pronunciation continues today with a lesson on the o. It’s a letter you should little problem with, as long as you remember that always has basically the same sound regardless of the word, unlike the English “o,” which has wildly different pronunciations such as those in “dove,” “trove” and [...]
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Calculs sur les calendriers
En France, c’est la saison non seulement des fêtes comme Noël et Hanoucca, mais
aussi des calendriers. Un soir, un pompier a frappé à notre porte,
calendrier en main. Quand il a poliment refusé de nous suggérer un prix, nous lui
avons offert 10 euros (et avons appris plus tard que c’était un peu trop
- 5 euros est [...]
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L’École des Stars
Over 2000 candidates from all over France tried out to be one of the 32 kids aged 8-12 to compete in the French TV children’s singing contest broadcast on Direct 8 called L’Ècole des Stars. This year, the winner was 9-year-old Léo from la Loire.
He performed the songs ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’ and ‘Le Manège’. [...]
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Southern Italian Salami Packs a Fiery Wallop
Need culinary heat? Try ‘nduja, a traditional Southern Italian salumi with a burst of heat in every bite. The New York Times explains in A Dollop of Salami, Spreading From Calabria that: “‘Nduja is part of the Italian sausage family known as salami dal spalmare, spreadable salamis, made by finely grinding fat and meat and [...]