La villa est magnifique, l'été brûlant, la Méditerranée toute proche. Cécile a dix-sept ans. Elle ne connaît de l'amour que des baisers, des rendez-vous, des lassitudes. Pas pour longtemps. Son père, veuf, est un adepte joyeux des liaisons passagères et sans importance. Ils s'amusent, ils n'ont besoin de personne, ils sont heureux. La visite d'une femme de coeur, intelligente et calme, vient troubler ce délicieux désordre. Comment écarter la menace? Dans la pinède embrasée, un jeu cruel se prépare.
C'était l'été 1954. On entendait pour la première fois la voix sèche et rapide d'un "charmant petit monstre" qui allait faire scandale. La deuxième moitié du XXe siècle commençait. Elle serait à l'image de cette adolescente déchirée entre le remords et le culte du plaisir.
Something more than just learning a new language. Not so simple as that. Learning a new language implies having already learnt the first one. Learning a new language isn't just about the words. There is the context, the history, culture, and sense. There is the need to read and read and read. To observe, feel, and breathe. Now that's learning
Friday, 28 November 2014
Tuesday, 25 November 2014
The funky gibbon
“The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful.”
― Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
― Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Sunday, 2 November 2014
The Greek Alphabet
Letter | Name | Sound | |
---|---|---|---|
Ancient[4] | Modern[5] | ||
Α α | alpha | [a] [aː] | [a] |
Β β | beta | [b] | [v] |
Γ γ | gamma | [ɡ] | [ɣ] ~ [ʝ] |
Δ δ | delta | [d] | [ð] |
Ε ε | epsilon | [e] | [e] |
Ζ ζ | zeta | [zd]A | [z] |
Η η | eta | [ɛː] | [i] |
Θ θ | theta | [tʰ] | [θ] |
Ι ι | iota | [i] [iː] | [i] |
Κ κ | kappa | [k] | [k] ~ [c] |
Λ λ | lambda | [l] | [l] |
Μ μ | mu | [m] | [m] |
Letter | Name | Sound | |
---|---|---|---|
Ancient[4] | Modern[5] | ||
Ν ν | nu | [n] | [n] |
Ξ ξ | xi | [ks] | [ks] |
Ο ο | omicron | [o] | [o] |
Π π | pi | [p] | [p] |
Ρ ρ | rho | [r] | [r] |
Σ σ/ς[7] | sigma | [s] | [s] |
Τ τ | tau | [t] | [t] |
Υ υ | upsilon | [y] [yː] | [i] |
Φ φ | phi | [pʰ] | [f] |
Χ χ | chi | [kʰ] | [x] ~ [ç] |
Ψ ψ | psi | [ps] | [ps] |
Ω ω | omega | [ɔː] | [o] |
Saturday, 1 November 2014
Golightly
“But you can't give your heart to a wild thing: the more you do, the stronger they get. Until they're strong enough to run into the woods. Or fly into a tree. Then a taller tree. Then the sky. That's how you'll end up. If you let yourself love a wild thing. You'll end up looking at the sky."
"It's better to look at the sky than live there. Such an empty place; so vague. Just a country where the thunder goes and things disappear.”
"It's better to look at the sky than live there. Such an empty place; so vague. Just a country where the thunder goes and things disappear.”
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