Comments on: Lower Intermediate Lesson S1 #23 - I Don’t Know… What Do You Think? http://www.frenchpod101.com/2008/11/21/lower-intermediate-23-i-disagree/ Learn French with Free Podcasts Whether you are student or a seasoned speaker, our lessons offer something for everyone. We incorporate culture and current issues into each episode to give the most informative, both linguistically and culturally, podcasts possible. For those of you with just the plane ride to prepare, check our survival phrase series at FrenchPod101.com. One of these phrases just might turn your trip into the best one ever! Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:39:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: celine http://www.frenchpod101.com/2008/11/21/lower-intermediate-23-i-disagree/#comment-4344 Fri, 28 Nov 2008 04:19:31 +0000 http://www.frenchpod101.com/2008/11/21/lower-intermediate-23-i-disagree/#comment-4344 Hello ! Yes the Mexican is Gael Garcia Bernal. The only thing I know about Francisco Boira is that he was born in Aragon (my second hometown !) Careyxx, yes the mexican spanish is really different from the spanish from Spain. Actually, Gael was asked to work on his Spanish in order to get the Spanish accent from Spain called "Castellano". In Castellano, the pronunciation is different like the "C" "Z" and some other words which aren't used in South and Central America. Spanish movies are usually about twisted stories ! I recommend you "Jamon Jamon" Bigas Luna, all Pedro Almodovar's classics, movies from La Movida !!! Hello !
Yes the Mexican is Gael Garcia Bernal.
The only thing I know about Francisco Boira is that he was born in Aragon (my second hometown !)

Careyxx, yes the mexican spanish is really different from the spanish from Spain. Actually, Gael was asked to work on his Spanish in order to get the Spanish accent from Spain called “Castellano”.

In Castellano, the pronunciation is different like the “C” “Z” and some other words which aren’t used in South and Central America.

Spanish movies are usually about twisted stories !
I recommend you “Jamon Jamon” Bigas Luna, all Pedro Almodovar’s classics, movies from La Movida !!!

]]> by: careyxxx http://www.frenchpod101.com/2008/11/21/lower-intermediate-23-i-disagree/#comment-4334 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:25:17 +0000 http://www.frenchpod101.com/2008/11/21/lower-intermediate-23-i-disagree/#comment-4334 Yes, I heard there was 1 Mexican in the movie, but I am talking about another actor in the movie who had a sex change. The actor's name is Francisco Boira. Have you heard anything about him? Does he play the same type of roles? Also, their Spanish was different -- they had a lot of "th" in their words. Yes, I heard there was 1 Mexican in the movie, but I am talking about another actor in the movie who had a sex change. The actor’s name is Francisco Boira. Have you heard anything about him? Does he play the same type of roles? Also, their Spanish was different — they had a lot of “th” in their words.

]]> by: Munia http://www.frenchpod101.com/2008/11/21/lower-intermediate-23-i-disagree/#comment-4332 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:09:51 +0000 http://www.frenchpod101.com/2008/11/21/lower-intermediate-23-i-disagree/#comment-4332 Carey, if you are talking about Gael García Bernal (I'm not totally sure, as it's been a while since I watched that movie), he is not Spanish, but Mexican. :wink: Carey, if you are talking about Gael García Bernal (I’m not totally sure, as it’s been a while since I watched that movie), he is not Spanish, but Mexican. :wink:

]]> by: careyxxx http://www.frenchpod101.com/2008/11/21/lower-intermediate-23-i-disagree/#comment-4328 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:45:59 +0000 http://www.frenchpod101.com/2008/11/21/lower-intermediate-23-i-disagree/#comment-4328 Pour respecter les droits d'auteurs, j'ai changé mon avatar. J'ai fait un dessin d'un actor espagnol qui joue le rôle d'un homme qui devient une femme dans le film «la Mala educacion». C'est un film espagnol, mais je le regarde avec audio français et sous-titres français. Quelque fois je le regarde avec sous-titres chinois. Pour respecter les droits d’auteurs, j’ai changé mon avatar. J’ai fait un dessin d’un actor espagnol qui joue le rôle d’un homme qui devient une femme dans le film «la Mala educacion».
C’est un film espagnol, mais je le regarde avec audio français et sous-titres français. Quelque fois je le regarde avec sous-titres chinois.

]]> by: Angele http://www.frenchpod101.com/2008/11/21/lower-intermediate-23-i-disagree/#comment-4308 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:40:53 +0000 http://www.frenchpod101.com/2008/11/21/lower-intermediate-23-i-disagree/#comment-4308 Hi Careyxxx C'est une bonne question, quelles sont les libertés de reproduction en respectant les droits d'auteurs? La question s'est d'ailleurs posé pour la photo de Robert Doisneau "Le Baiser de l'hotel de Ville Paris 1950". More than 40 years later, a couple proclaiming being the ones on the picture tried to sue in vain as the secret of the picture history got revealed later. This question also reminds me of a couple friends of my older brother who had a tobacco store. They had the surprise to get a fine for playing the radio while serving their customers.... So the only music they could listen to afterward was the ambient recording of the birds singing in the forest, ocean waves etc... Hi Careyxxx

C’est une bonne question, quelles sont les libertés de reproduction en respectant les droits d’auteurs?
La question s’est d’ailleurs posé pour la photo de Robert Doisneau “Le Baiser de l’hotel de Ville Paris 1950″. More than 40 years later, a couple proclaiming being the ones on the picture tried to sue in vain as the secret of the picture history got revealed later.

This question also reminds me of a couple friends of my older brother who had a tobacco store. They had the surprise to get a fine for playing the radio while serving their customers….
So the only music they could listen to afterward was the ambient recording of the birds singing in the forest, ocean waves etc…

]]> by: Angele http://www.frenchpod101.com/2008/11/21/lower-intermediate-23-i-disagree/#comment-4307 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:22:42 +0000 http://www.frenchpod101.com/2008/11/21/lower-intermediate-23-i-disagree/#comment-4307 Hi Munia Thanks for sharing the link! Interesting insight about the possibilities of nanotechnology... Hmmm as with any new technology at its infancy stage and a lot is unknown, fear genuinely creeps in. History repeats itself... Weren't we fearful of genetic manipulation and computers taking over the human race? Some will trust our governments and institutions, other a higher power or fall back on a specific life philosophy. Good can't exist without bad.... The questions is how to make sure powerful tools as nanotechnology aren't justified and used for the wrong purposes. Hi Munia

Thanks for sharing the link! Interesting insight about the possibilities of nanotechnology…
Hmmm as with any new technology at its infancy stage and a lot is unknown, fear genuinely creeps in.
History repeats itself… Weren’t we fearful of genetic manipulation and computers taking over the human race?
Some will trust our governments and institutions, other a higher power or fall back on a specific life philosophy.
Good can’t exist without bad….
The questions is how to make sure powerful tools as nanotechnology aren’t justified and used for the wrong purposes.

]]> by: careyxxx http://www.frenchpod101.com/2008/11/21/lower-intermediate-23-i-disagree/#comment-4177 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:42:51 +0000 http://www.frenchpod101.com/2008/11/21/lower-intermediate-23-i-disagree/#comment-4177 Je sais que la Mona Lisa est très fameuse. Je pense que tout le monde la connaît. Si un étudiant de l'art peinte la Mona Lisa, tout le monde comprends ça c'est l'interpretation de Mona Lisa par l'étudiant. Je pense que l'étudiant a le droit à (upload) son interpretation à Internet. Je ne sais pas si c"est le même cas avec un logo d'une compagnie. Si tu fais ton interpretation de l'ogo d'une compagnie avec pencil, paint, yarn, est-ce que tu as les droits de ton interpretation? Si tu prends la photo d'un étranger (inconnu, quel qu' un tu ne connaît pas, a stranger) est-ce que tu as les droits de la photo? Est-ce que tu sais? Que penses-tu? Je sais que la Mona Lisa est très fameuse. Je pense que tout le monde la connaît. Si un étudiant de l’art peinte la Mona Lisa, tout le monde comprends ça c’est l’interpretation de Mona Lisa par l’étudiant. Je pense que l’étudiant a le droit à (upload) son interpretation à Internet. Je ne sais pas si c”est le même cas avec un logo d’une compagnie. Si tu fais ton interpretation de l’ogo d’une compagnie avec pencil, paint, yarn, est-ce que tu as les droits de ton interpretation?
Si tu prends la photo d’un étranger (inconnu, quel qu’ un tu ne connaît pas, a stranger) est-ce que tu as les droits de la photo?
Est-ce que tu sais? Que penses-tu?

]]> by: Munia http://www.frenchpod101.com/2008/11/21/lower-intermediate-23-i-disagree/#comment-4168 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:14:55 +0000 http://www.frenchpod101.com/2008/11/21/lower-intermediate-23-i-disagree/#comment-4168 I have mixed feelings about nanotechnology. On the one hand, it can have many useful applications in science, technology and medicine, which would lead to saving lives, getting better computers and generally improving our quality of life. On the other hand, it scares me (a lot!) that it is used for military purposes. I found an interesting article about that, by the way: http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/1732.asp I have mixed feelings about nanotechnology. On the one hand, it can have many useful applications in science, technology and medicine, which would lead to saving lives, getting better computers and generally improving our quality of life. On the other hand, it scares me (a lot!) that it is used for military purposes. I found an interesting article about that, by the way: http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/1732.asp

]]> by: FrenchPod101.com http://www.frenchpod101.com/2008/11/21/lower-intermediate-23-i-disagree/#comment-4150 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:30:00 +0000 http://www.frenchpod101.com/2008/11/21/lower-intermediate-23-i-disagree/#comment-4150 The term "molecular nanotechnology" is the technology of highly versatile and inexpensive molecular fabrication, molecular manipulation, and molecular-level manufacturing. It refers to the the scale of atoms and molecules. The key concepts of molecular nanotechnology are that molecules can be machines and that molecular engineers can work with molecules just as effectively as today's engineers now work with bulk materials. (http://www.foresight.org) What do you think about nanotechnology in medecine? The term “molecular nanotechnology” is the technology of highly versatile and inexpensive molecular fabrication, molecular manipulation, and molecular-level manufacturing. It refers to the the scale of atoms and molecules. The key concepts of molecular nanotechnology are that molecules can be machines and that molecular engineers can work with molecules just as effectively as today’s engineers now work with bulk materials. (http://www.foresight.org)

What do you think about nanotechnology in medecine?

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