Mrs Sallibartan's English ressources

Have you ever had fish and chip ? Do you know anything about it ?

Listen to this.

You will know what some British miss when they are abroad (not in Great Britain), when and who introduced it, how it is made, what you can eat with, how popular it is and a lot more.

Write the answers you've found on the comments and then why not trying it or telling me about the best dish you've ever eaten.

Scientists say that DNA taken from an ancient finger bone found in a Siberian cave near the Altai region may belong to a previously unknown type of pre-human. The scientists say the extinct "hominin" (human-like creature) lived in Central Asia between 48,000 and 30,000 years ago. The bones were found with a bracelet, and they've called this ancient skeleton X-woman. One of the scientists Professor Colin Groves said that they think she might be a new species that we didn't know existed until now.

It changes our understanding in that we now know there was something different living in the Altai and perhaps elsewhere at the same time as there were Neanderthals in Europe and homosapiens in Africa and just emerging from Africa. But we don't know unfortunately what species this new thing was.

Deer are becoming a more common site in our towns and cities. The numbers of deer in the UK has exploded over the past couple of years - there are said to be up to two million of them. They may look pretty, but in a built up area they can cause a lot of trouble. They damage cars and gardens, spread diseases and can cause road accidents. Andy Welsh is an expert in wildlife, and says it's dangerous because drivers in cities don't expect deer to jump into the road.

In rural areas people are more likely to anticipate a deer being around. But in urban areas it's just not something you would think about or consider. But what's important to know if you're on a fast road that may be fenced, deer are still crossing. They don't worry about stock fences they just go straight across them.

I've seen some deers too around Lardy and some wild boars and you ?

Do you ever see wild animals in your area?

In central Africa  there are big concerns gorillas are in danger of being wiped out. A new report by the United Nations says this will happen within the next 10 to 15 years unless something is done to protect them. They say too many are being killed or are being left homeless because companies are pulling down trees in the rainforest.

Chris Nellemann is an environmental expert. This is what he says : "What we are seeing now is that previous estimates from 2002, that only 10 percent of the gorillas would remain by 2030 were too optimistic. So we fear now that the gorillas may become extinct over most parts of their range within, perhaps less than 15 years from now."

That reminds me of a film and book we've got at the school library, do you know the title?

You could have a look at this site where you learn series of verbs.

On this one you can switch from positive sentences to negative ones.

You can also watch this video about a teacher from Madrid who speaks about her last week end.