work log

rotating five...

2008-05-04T10:31:00.000-07:00

for /since /ago etc...

1 . cacao tree was discovered 2000 years ago;
2 . Since then, ... ;
3 . by 1400, the astec empire dominated ...;
4 . chocolate remained an elite beverage and a status symbol for Europe's

uper classes for the next 300years.
5 . they manage to keep their delicious drink a Spanish secret for 6 . almost

100 years...;
7 . for centuries,...;
8 . but by the 1800s, ...;
9 . during the mid -1800s,...;
10 . For hundreds of years and in many different cultures, the act of eating

chocolate has taken on a symbolic significance;
11 . For centuries, chocolate has been shrouded in mystery and legend;
12 . Today, many cultures....;
13 . for the first time in the 1600s, some believed it could induce sleep...
14 . for a long time, the medicinal profession assumed that traditional folk

remedies using chocolate were pure wives'tales.
15 . over the centuries, many cultures have incorporated choclate into their

traditional recipes;
16 . After the Spanish encountered chocolate in 1519, they kept it..
17 . ..for almost 100years;
18 . by the late 1500s, this popular drink spread throughout Europe...;
19 . in time, the french raised chocolate cuisine ...
20 . Bake the cake for 55-65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the

thickest part of the cake comes out clean
21 . Bread pudding is a traditional British food that dates back to medieval

times
22 . The first chocolate house opened in London in 1657

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still/

1 . but it still remains one of the world's favorite flavors;
2 . Today, many cultures still consider chocolate a potent weapon in the

fight against disease and illness.

/**********************/

that/

1 . many cultures believedthat choclate was a gift from the heavens;
2 . or that it had special healing properties;
3 . the medicinal profession assumed that traditional folk remedies using

chocolate were pure wives'tales.
4 . It makes sense that a huge wealth of culinary chocolate delights comes

from central and south america..;
5 . keeping the chocolate over the water so that it will stay warm
6 . some say that the foam represents the energy of the person who makes

the drink;
7 . some say it was divine inspiration that prompted the sisters to include

choclate;

first version of the transcription

2008-05-01T03:31:00.000-07:00

transcription

_ « What do you think about all this?

_ I like all this.

I 've took the Colorado river all the way down to the Great Canion and did the rapids.

Noveleast Jon Krakauer became known for writting stories of survival namely into thinair about his account of climbing Mount Everest .

When he came across the story of Chris Mc Canless on the New York times, he failed compelled to learn more about his miracoulous journey. And I talked about.....

And they called him the hiker and I know a hiker was found in the wilderness in Alaska and the more I red ? In the back of my knucles stood up cause it was like he talked about...

He has been there for months and he died of starvation and they found his body, this note book,

his journal, talked us there was an increasingly furtil and desparate attempt to survive.

This SOS note, ultimately when he knew he was going to die and it was like it just got to me.

His research into Chris' s reasons for living behind modern civilisation To live in the wilds of Alaska became « into the wild now a motion picture directed by Sean Penn

It 's all based on research having said that I 'm really I was obsessed with researching my book

into the wild for three years I mean I wil get a lead and I would get into my nissan pick up truck and drive from Seattle where I was to Arizona , you know.

So I interviewed everyone I could find who knew him on his journey, interviewed his hight school friends, his family and I feel like I really came to understand who he was.

John was pleased with Sean Penn's adaptation of his book which became the vivid screenplay for into the wild opening friday October 5 th nation wide

_ That, ha ha ha

_I want to buy a new car

_ That 's right!

_ A new car?.....but why do I want a new car!?... »

hope its not too bad... but there 's still some words I really don't understand...

a video about the best movie of the world...

2008-03-17T14:21:00.000-07:00

I think I'll try to transcript this video ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVSR4zEJvtg

training

2008-03-06T00:37:00.000-08:00

hello!
I decided yesterday to start to listen to (thank you icepanthere ;) )more and more english speaking radio like radio 1 or bbc-world-serice.
I'm glad to see that I can understand a big part of it !!
here are the links:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/

I think I'll try other radios to be sure that I can understand them and to find one that I would love!

see you

first post

2008-02-27T09:39:00.000-08:00

Hello!!
Welcome to my very new blog (or maybe more a klog than a blog!) !
Here I'll write my english progress and some of the homework I'll have to do...

I hope it could be helpful for my english improvement...