Re: "Usefull languages"
| From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, February 15, 2002, 11:57 |
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En réponse à Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>:
>
> Used to read Newsweek every week(!) for a couple of years - never found
> the
> language difficult. Back when I still had English at school, we were
> reg'larly given articles from similar papers as exercises.
>
We too, and even in Grande Ecole (which is equivalent to university level) we
had difficulties understanding them.
> >
>
> Well, one similarity there - I've certainly learnt more English
> vocabulary
> and idioms in my spare time than in school. The last couple of years
> before
> entering Uni, I read more in English than in Swedish (nowadays, I don't
> have
> the time to read much).
>
Here too, all my literature is in English, except the few books and comics I
brought from France.
Christophe.
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