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L'Amour vit dans le coeur
Elle attend d'être reveillée
Maintenant elle a sommeil.


Gill 

Taking lots of notes for TMA 01

Phrases, sentences, more notes, vocabulary, more notes, relevant quotations, more notes, recycling sentences, reading, rereading over and over again, gathering information, checking rechecking words in dictionary and on google.

Begin first draft of assignment. Pens run out, chewed my pencil, Lost my rubber, battery ran out on I pad racking my brain starting to feel crazy! Aah!!!

Tomorrow is another day but will try a little more note taking and  writing later today.

Looking forward to having mediteranean chicken/ quorn for the meal a big trifle and a large glass of wine!

All the best for those with TMAs in the next couple of weeks !

I have been immersed for a month in the French culture when I stayed with french speaking friends in Brussels Belgium. I have also been a month touring in France and have spent past holidays there. I have learned a lot about the language and culture.

The French turn cuisine into an art form. You eat with your eyes first! It is often about what the food looks like and how it is presented that is one of the most important factors - then it is what it tastes like all the ingredients are always fresh and delicious as possible and cooked well. I really like nouvelle cuisine.

Politics and political opinions are a past time with the French and they are more outspoken and knowledgeable about politics. It is generally understood that all politicians are always wrong from whichever side you are coming from and that it is the people themselves who know better! 

France is a republic whereas England is a kingdom where everyone must know their proper place and behave themselves because we have a monarchy here.

The media in this country are biased towards mainly right wing policies. In the French media there is more of a balance with the left and right media.

The Education is of a very high quality in France and students are better prepared in terms of succeeding their qualifications. There isn't that class system that we have here, students there are treated equally and fairly  with plenty of opportunities. However, Fees can be high and you have to have high qualifications to enter.

Sport is taken very seriously indeed. Cycling being the most popular as well as football and rugby.

Religion in France  is a matter of personal choice but if you are religious then you must be very careful about it. You can worship in a temple, church or mosque.  However you do have to be very subtle, as It is a secular society. There are no outward symbols such as a crucifix or muslim headscarves!

Cinema is popular and liked by everyone, people are usually very well informed about films. It is a social, popular, interesting  thing to do and there are many little independant cinemas that are not expensive. After all  Cinema was first invented there! 

Litterature is easily accessible and most people like to read and have their personal favourites. Libraries are bookshops not a library. A library is biblioteque. .There are various prizes and awards for the best literature such as the prix Goncourt.  

I am still learning about French culture on my French Module so I still have a lot to learn!

At the moment I am reading 'le petit prince'  in French. I have read madame Bovary,  Balzac, Emile Zola, and les miserables by Victor Hugo. I have read a little of Albert Camus.  Hoping to read them in again this time in French.

So this is what I have learned about 'la culture Française.' so far!

God knows what you've
Suffered
So Jesus died for you
He took your pain upon the cross
To give you life anew

Gill Burrell

What have we done in life
in thought, in word and deed?
Have we served the devil and by him been deceived ?
or have we served the Lord, in faith and hope, believed ?

You can only have one master
So we will have to choose
Some they will get to win
And others have much to lose

Adam commited sin and so did his wife Eve
They met up with God
Himself
But they still did not believe !

They just listened to the devil
Who only did deceive
They hid themselves away from God
And paradise they did leave

Jesus came along to help us to believe
To turn our backs on sin
And righteousness achieve

He defeated Satan 3 times
so the Bible said
He took away all our sins
and rose up from the dead

He is the only son of God and our brother too
We may choose to follow him
He will lead us to the truth

So let's resist the devil and paradise regain
As we love and serve our Lord
And revere his Holy name.

Gill Burrell

Les couleurs des feuilles de l'automne
Voici venir les pluies
Les hirondelles sont parties

Gill Burrell

Les Célandines me rappelle
Que le printemps est arrivé
Le jaune de leurs fleurs
Est comme la caresse du soleil

Gill Burrell

Les fleurs

J' aime les fleurs dans les champs
Elles dansent avec le vent
Le parfum est intoxicant
Ses vêtements sont extravagants

Le petit oiseau

Le petit oiseau il chante
J'ai regardé son mouvement
Il saute sur une branche
Il chante avec exubèrance.

Gill Burrell

La Pluie  🌧☂️🌫

Mouille, mouille, Paradis!
Tout est à l'abri;
N'y a que mon petit frère
Qui est sous la gouttière
A ramasser des p'tits poissons
Pour sa collation.
La gouttière a défoncé
Mon p'tit frère s'en est allé
Tout mouillé

Chanson populaire citée par Kuhff

Hi everyone,

This week I have become increasingly interested in my studies for course French L222 induction week. There is a lot to read, so I downloaded some of the materials, this will enable me to read it off line without having to go online all the time. At the moment it's  all about reading the materials and trying to absorb all the relevant information.

You need a lot of peace and quiet to do that. I try to do a bit of reading in the morning,  before anyone is up and about. I have to do the washing and cleaning the house,  then shopping. I hope the phone doesn't ring! in fact I think I will put it on mute!

I hope I may find a quiet time again this evening, then I can to do some more reading and studying.

I Hope you are all getting on alright, with your various courses and are finding it all as interesting as I am!

Good reading and good studying!

Bye for now Gill

My soul there is a country

Far beyond the stars,

Where stands a winged century

All skilful in the wars.

There, above noise and danger,

Sweet peace sits crown’d with smiles,

And one born in a manger

Commands the beauteous files.

He is thy gracious friend

And O my soul awake!

Did in pure love descend

To die here for thy sake.

If thou can get but thither,

There grows the flower of peace,

The rose that cannot wither

Thy fortress and  thy ease.

Leave then thy foolish ranges

For none can thee secure

But one who never changes,

Thy God, thy life, thy cure.

Henry Vaughan

My garden has lots of flowers 
Roses, dalias, to name a few
The bees like to visit there
And the butterflies do too

I have a pond with waterlilies
Where dragon flies like to skim
Where little tadpoles all hatch out
Where Frogs sit around or swim

Birds fly down to take the seed
The finches like a bath
And a lovely pair of collared doves
Have landed on the path.

The pine trees are tall and proud
Within them  birdsong sweet
At nightime the owls will hoot
And the sheep nearby will bleat.

Gill Burrell
🌲🌳 🌻 🌺  🦋🕊🦇🦉🐑🌳🌲

The Lord knows his sheep    🐑🐑
He calls them all by name
He leads them in green pastures
Through the sun and rain

The people who are there
Are sheeplike kind and True
There will be none that's bad
But will be like me and you

God will live there too          🌌
His love will comfort all       
He will care for them            
Be they great or small

I hope you will be there
And we can meet again
So let us do what's right
And believe on Jesus name !

           🌄🏞🌅

Gill Burrell