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On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog (mike.teczno.com)	At the vet's - Noises (cartoonstock.com)
New Year's Resolution (cagle.msnbc.com)	You've got to help me! (cartoonstock.com)
Avian flu (peterkuper.com)	Bird flu (dailynews.lk)	Bird flu threat
Avian flu (brimstone.us)	Bird flew... (No link)	Bird flu shots now available (slate.com)

"I said, busy as a beaver - not busy like a beaver." (ibiblio.org)	Pre-rinse Cycle (offthemark.com)	Back to school Poster
The MEATRIX - animated (with interactive exercises ) (themeatrix.com) - the script. (acobas.net)	Old Noah's Cruise Line (ntskeptics.org)
Blue sky (kojiishikawa.com)	The dog in the street	A zebra crossing (people.pwf.cam.ac.uk)
A Thanksgiving Impasse - about bird flu (cagle.com)	It's only a camel! (people.pwf.cam.ac.uk)	A poor cat... (grumblebee.com)
	Lover's Leap (Origin unknown)	Cat poop

Idioms and Proverbs :

• Words and Their Stories: Dog Talk
  Every dog has his day | WORDS AND THEIR STORIES
  (learningenglish.voanews.com)

• The Word of the Month : HORSE
  Definition / Horseplay with idioms / Horses in the news / Horses on the menu
  (thewordofthemonth.com)

• Animal Idioms and Metaphors for IPAD with Animated explanations and application examples
  "The English language is full of idioms and metaphors relating to animals.
  For example, do you know what it means if someone calls you "a dark horse"?
  And do you know what "a wild goose chase" is? If not, then you should have a look at the Animal Idioms and Metaphors iPad app ($1.99)."
  + DESCRIPTION + VERDICT
  (ipadenglish.net)

   

• Animal Idioms and Expressions (doghause.com)

• Animal idioms - lists and interactive quizzes (idiomconnection.com)

• List of Animal Similes (mmdelrosario.hubpages.com)

• Hold your horses - the expression
  "sometimes said as "Hold the horses", is a common idiom to mean "hold on" or wait...
  The saying is typically used when someone is rushing in to something.
  It is often combined with linked idioms such as, cool your jets, or look before you leap..."
  (Wikipedia)
  
  

• English Idioms about big animals.
  "Watch the video, and learn a few idioms."
  - like a bull in a china shop
  - put the cart before the horse
  - the elephant in the room
  See a list of terms used in this activity.
  Activity created by: Renée Maufroid

  

• Teach idioms with The Teacher
  "Downloadable 5-minute videos in which a quirky professor introduces over 36 idioms related to animals and food."
  + Worksheets
  (BBC)

• Monkey idioms
  "In this episode, The Teacher introduces you to three idiomatic phrases connected with monkeys.
  1. To monkey around
  2. Monkey business
  3. To make a monkey out of someone"
  - with the script
  (BBC)
• Dog Idioms (MP4 - 42MB)
  1. To be in the dog house
  2. The hair of the dog
  3. To make a dogs dinner of something
  - with the script
  (BBC)

• VIDEO ENGLISH
  "In this episode, The Teacher introduces you to three idiomatic phrases connected with cats :
  1. There isn't enough room to swing a cat
  2. To let the cat out of the bag
  3. To put the cat among the pigeons
  - with the script
  Other episodes : Fish idioms | Horse idioms | Bird idioms | Pig idioms
  (BBC)

• IDIOMS - "Click the answer button to choose an answer
  PART I : Animal idioms - For each idiom find the correct meaning
  (erp.oissel.onac.org)

• Animal idioms - "Click on an idiom to study its meaning before taking the quiz." (a4esl)

• More animal idioms - interactive exercise (english-zone)

• Animal idioms (illustrated) - gap fill game -
  (British Council)
  

• Seasons In The Sun by Westlife :
  "Goodbye Papa please pray for me
  I was the black sheep of the family"

• Bats in the Belfry by Dispatch :
  "I got bats in the belfry"
  

• A Bird In The Hand by Ice Cube :
  "But a bird in the hand is worth more than the bush"
  (Proverb : 'A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.')
  
  

• Jeopardy by Skyclad :
  "In jeopardy - welcome to the lion's den,
  We skate on thin ice - dice with death"
  (to put your head in the lion's den)
  
  

• Breakthrough by Galactic Cowboys :
  "Look out 'cause I'm a bull in a china shop "
  
  

• Bull By The Horns by Millencolin :
  "Well, if you can't solve your problems, got to make things happen
  You gotta take the bull by the horns"
  (Proverb : 'You must take the bull by the horns')

• Every Dog Has His Day by Cadillac Moon
  

• Let Sleeping Dogs Lie by Sheena Easton

• You can't teach an old dog new tricks by No Doubt
  (metrolyrics.com)

• When its Raining Cats and Dogs by PM Dawn :
  "So when it's raining cats and dogs.
  I won't complain and I won't mind.
  When it's raining cats and dogs
  I'll understand the reasons why..."
  
  

• At night by De Vision :
  "But at night all cats are grey"
  

• Curiosity killed the cat. - with meaning and example (humanities.byu.edu)
  
  

• Hush by Craig Morgan :
  "Don't breathe a word, cat's got your tongue
  Hush"

• Abandon - Evil Louie by Deep Purple :
  "It's a lie, it's a fact
  Has the cat got your tongue"

• When The Cat's Away by Bardot :
  "When the cat's away the mice will play"

• Which Hogwarts House Do You Belong In? - Harry Potter Soundtrack :
  "If you're brave as a lion, go Gryffindor!"
  
  
  

• Love Went Mad by Elvis Costello :
  "DO YOU HAVE A HEART OF IRON AND STEEL?...
  You go to church quiet as a mouse
  You're a big cheese now in the workhouse..."
  
  
  

• Mama's Little Angels by Quiet Riots :
  "We do the chores in the house, as quiet as a mouse"

• God Is In The House by Nick Cave :
  "And at night we are on our knees
  As quiet as a mouse"

• Jeans On by Keith Urban :
  "When I wake up in the mornin' light
  I pull on my jeans and I feel all right...
  I got money in my pocket, I got a tiger in my tank
  And I'm king of the road again"
  
  

• Count Your Blessings by Pat Green :
  "Never put the cart before the horse"
  
  

• Me and My Friends by Red Hot Chili Peppers :
  "Like two sweet peas
  in an even sweeter pod
  that's my friend
  and my friends's named Bob
  like the devil knows hell
  I know Bob well...
  he's as strong as a horse"

• People Lead by Ben Harper :
  "for you can lead a horse to the water
  but you cannot make him drink
  you can put a man through school
  but you cannot make him think"
  (Proverb : 'You can take a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink')

• One More Heartache by Marvin Gaye :
  "My heart is carryin' such a heavy load
  One more ache would break it
  Just like the camel with the heavy back
  One last straw was added, they say it broke the camel's back "
  (Proverb : 'That's the last straw that breaks the camel's back')
  
  

• The Camel's Heart by Dolly Parton :
  "She's just the straw that broke the camel's heart"
  (Proverb : 'That's the last straw that breaks the camel's back')

• Early In The Morning by Gap Band :
  "Now I gotta get up early every morning
  'Cause the early bird always catches the worm"
  
  

• Ain't No Way To Treat A Lady by Ian Hunter :
  "You never learn, you're as stubborn as a mule"
  
  

• My Baby Keeps His Cool by Mike Hart : - NO LINK ON THE INTERNET
  "Aint stubborn like no mule..."

• Hungry Years by Survivor :
  "Will you stand beside me like you did before
  When the storm is at the window
  And the wolf is at the door"
  
  

• When Pigs Fly by Farmer Boys :
  "But loving you is like when pigs fly"
  
  

• Honor to Us All by Mulan :
  "We're going to turn this sow's ear
  Into a silk purse"
  (Proverb : 'You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear')
  
  

Poems :

• The Scroobious Pip by Edward Lear (1830-1888)
  "Then all the beasts that walk on the ground
  Danced in a circle round and round-
  And all the birds that fly in the air
  Flew round and round in a circle there,
  And all the fish in the Jellybolee
  Swum in a circle about the sea,
  And all the insects that creep or go
  Buzzed in a circle to and fro.
  And they roared and sang and whistled and cried
  Till the noise was heard from side to side-
  Chippetty tip! Chippetty tip!
  It’s only name is the Scroobious Pip."
  (unsungproject.tumblr.com)
  
  

  - UPDATED	- UPDATED

• THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN - Robert Browning (indiana.edu)
  "And even spoiled the women's chats,
  By drowning their speaking
  With shrieking and squeaking...
  `Only a scraping of shoes on the mat?
  ``Anything like the sound of a rat
  ``Makes my heart go pit-a-pat!''...
  And ere three shrill notes the pipe uttered,
  You heard as if an army muttered;
  And the muttering grew to a grumbling;
  And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling;
  And out of the houses the rats came tumbling..."
  - to illustrate noises
  - with the VIDEO : Part 1 (YouTube)
  + Part 2

  

• "Bod, My Fat Cat" - a poem
  Listen to the poem!
  (fizzyfunnyfuzzy.com)

  

• The House that Jack Built.
  "Look at the video first. Now do the activity..."
  Activity created by: Renée Maufroid
  
  

• The Cat and the Fiddle - a Nursery Rhyme (bygosh.com)

  

• A gentleman Goat - a poem (BBC)
• To a Fish - a poem (avec adjectifs composés) - (poetryx.com) :
  "You strange, astonished-looking, angle-faced,
  Dreary-mouthed, gaping wretches of the sea..."

• Animal Families - (poetryclass.net)
  "If the people in your family were animals, what animals would they be?"...
  Write a poem.

Animated cards :

• Playful portrait - animated Flash ecard by Jacquie Lawson

  

Videos :

An advert - Une fiche pour travailler le comparatif de supériorité à partir d'une pub trouvée sur YouTube. Envoyée par Isabelle Boresy (Ac. Amiens)
Your Life As A Dog "Here's what your life would be like if you were a dog. For starters, you would eat twice as much and have 5x better vision at night." (YouTube) Students could compare with other animals...
Nolan's Cheddar by John Nolan - Faire imaginer la fin... (YouTube)
Petition to ban Thai ivory trade and save Africa's elephants | WWF (YouTube)
10 tips to raise happy children by Mom-cat Coco (YouTube)
Flipper the Robot cat CMO "Cat with spinal cord injury get help from Conifer High School Robotics class." (YouTube)
Mr. Cat - "A cat's quest for adventure turns him into worldwide celebrity." (YouTube)
Reuters Video: Posh pet hotel is no ordinary dog house "Offering full-sized beds and flat screen TVs, a new luxury hotel for pets opens in New York City. Elly Park reports." + TRANSCRIPT + VOCABULARY AND IDIOMS (englishblog.com)
Otter Pups Swim Lesson Vocabulary : to swim, to float, to dive, to move underwater, confident, to dry off, to stay warm, a dip in the pool, the den, to nap, rest (YouTube)
Magic meerkat moments - Planet Earth Live - BBC One
Showdown In Elk Town - Human Planet, Cities, Preview - BBC One "Every summer the town of Estes, Colorado is terrorised by rutting male elk so fired up they invade the streets and charge at the tourists."
Dogs Saying Grace Before Meals (dogwork.com)
Doritos: Man’s best friend "This commercial aired during the Superbowl 2012 and is really funny. A dog is always man’s best friend, but in this advert they take it one step further." (creativecriminals.com)
lotto-lotto-lucky-dog-ad "The new campaign for Lotto, via DDB New Zealand, is spearheaded by two and a half minute commercial featuring a touching story of sailor Russell and his loyal dog Wilson who discover on the My Lotto site that their regular Powerball ticket is the big one! This is an epic tale of incredible loyalty at its best." (YouTube) + ACTIVITIES for beginners (6ème) created by Elisabeth PELLEGRINO (Ac. Dijon) Listen to the song : To Be By Your Side by Nick Cave - with the lyrics : "Across the oceans Across the seas, Over forests of blackened trees.  Through valleys so still we dare not breathe, To be by your side.  Over the shifting desert plains, Across mountains all in flames.  Through howling winds and driving rains, To be by your side."
Shh... it's Sunday morning! "Les animaux d'une ferme s'arrangent pour ne pas réveiller leur patron."
ESL Video Quiz: Sharon's Stories: Lala: The Pet Penguin "Meet Lala, the pet penguin which was caught in a fisherman's net and brought home. Now he is used to living with humans and refuses to leave." - with an interactive quiz (eslvideo.com)
CATS Largest Cat Rescue on Earth - The lady with 700 cats - UPDATED (channel.nationalgeographic.com) "Founder and owner of California's largest no-cage, no-kill cat sanctuary, Lynea Lattanzio lives with more than 700 cats. Boxes of abandoned kittens, emergency CPR, meds for sick strays — each day brings a new set of challenges to her refuge on 12 acres in central California." (neatorama.com) Lynea Lattanzio... founded and runs The Cat House on the Kings "Since its founding 19 years ago, The Cat House on the Kings has saved over 18,000 cats and 5,000 dogs (not counting the 40,000 animals we have spayed and neutered!) and currently cares for more than 700 cats and kittens, a dozen or so dogs and a handful of goats..." (cathouseonthekings.com) "The Cat House on the Kings is situated on 12 acres along the King's River in Parlier, CA. Follow the numbers on the satellite image ... for a tour of our property. Hover your mouse over each number to show a brief description." Watch Video 1 and Video 2 on YouTube.
Loyal Japanese dog leads rescuers to mate - A short article + a video "A spaniel found amid the devastation in Ibaraki Prefecture leads a TV crew to its injured friend." GRAMMAR : "The pair were rescued by vets... The tan and white spaniel was taken to a shelter... Its injured mate is being treated by a vet." (telegraph.co.uk)		SHOOTING ELEPHANTS Fair or Foul? Go Daddy CEO shoots elephant in Africa "Bob Parsons is facing lots of backlash even though he had a permit to hunt elephants." (YouTube)   GoDaddy.com CEO Bob Parsons under fire for Zimbabwe elephant-hunting video "Parsons said that the hunts and helping the starving villagers is the most rewarding of everything he does, and that he hopes to go again next year." (latimesblogs.latimes.com)
Christien Meindertsma: How pig parts make the world turn "Christien Meindertsma, author of "Pig 05049" looks at the astonishing afterlife of the ordinary pig, parts of which make their way into at least 187 non-pork products, from bullets to artificial hearts." (YouTube) She "has spent three years researching all the products made from a single pig. Amongst some of the more unexpected results were: Ammunition, medicine, photo paper, heart valves, brakes, chewing gum, porcelain, cosmetics, cigarettes, conditioner and even bio diesel." (christienmeindertsma.com)		Cats Playing Patty-cake, what they were saying... (YouTube)
+ Happy Inside - IKEA cats advert + See the making of this commercial with 'Herding Cats' "A look behind the experiment of IKEA UK's release of 100 house cats into its Wembley store in the UK." (YouTube)
100 Ways To Love A Cat: Ways 1-100 (YouTube)		See Caboodle Ranch - Videos
How to Wash A Cat - By Bud Herron (YouTube) + Cat Bathing as a Martial Art (lifestorywriting.com)		The Dog Who Was A Cat Inside - an animation (vimeo.com)
UNLIKELY FRIENDS : The Orangutan and the Hound When the orangutan meets a hound dog by the river, the two carry on like long lost friends. (channel.nationalgeographic.com) "One day, Bhagavan "Doc" Antle of The Institute of the Greatly Endangered and Rare Species (yes, with the clever acronym T.I.G.E.R.S.) was taking Surya the orangutan on their daily elephant ride, when they happened upon a hound dog by the river. And so began one of the unlikeliest friendships ever." (Neatorama) - UPDATED		EDS Cat Herder - a commercial (YouTube) EDS Cat Herders "Cowboys talk about their life herding cats, describing the challenges of taking short hairs (as opposed to longhorns) through the open country to their destination at the ranch." + the script of the video (theinspirationroom.com)
The lizard man "Reptile lover Chris Weller shows off his collection of exotic pets – including a Caiman crocodile and a lazy monitor lizard." (telegraph.co.uk)	World's oldest dog turns 21 (BBC)
Simon's Cat 'TV Dinner' "A hungry cat resorts to increasingly desperate measures to gain its owner's attention." (YouTube)	Town's most prolific cat burglar "A cat in Swindon has become a real cat burglar, in the last year he has stolen more than 30 teddies. Frankie's owner thinks he has been sneaking into neighbours' houses to take the loot from their pets, and says he is always very proud of what he brings back." (BBC)
Ping Pong - Show Bound Naturals - Advert (YouTube)	Monkeys work in Japanese restaurant "Yatchan and Fukuchan (2 macaque monkeys) serve customers hot towels and drinks, and are given soya beans as tips." (BBC News) Restaurant turns to monkey business "A Japanese tavern has turned to two monkeys for help with its table service... The monkeys work in shifts of up to two hours a day due to Japanese animal rights regulations." (abc.net.au)
Happy New Year (metacafe.com)	Best friends - A crow and a kitten (YouTube)	Animal comment - animation (Mark Fiore)
Oscar the Cat Predicts Death (YouTube)	Cat Man Do (YouTube)	RSPCA Education Interactive Resource - with quizzes, drag and drop activities, videos , interactive stories... (rspca-education.org.uk)
Wildlife Filmmaker with clips / sounds / music / captions (animals.nationalgeographic.com)	Red Hot Riding Hood (YouTube)	Global Warming : VIDEOS ex : Is Global Warming Killing Polar Bears? (ABC News)
Sharks. the trailer "Right Click here and open in a new window to see the trailer, then do the exercise." Activity created by: Renée Maufroid	The Horse Doctor - a video "It's exactly the same as when you go to the doctor, except my patients weigh anywhere from 300 to 1400 pounds..." (thefutureschannel.com)	"Turn to me" - a song by Vanessa Amorosi (transience.com.au) - with an animation about kidnapped animals - see the lyrics
The MEATRIX - animation (with interactive exercises) - (themeatrix.com)	MEATRIX II - Watch the movie (themeatrix2.com) - with The Meatrix: Interactive : "Take an interactive tour through a factory farm and its surrounding area. Learn how antibiotics, pesticides, waste and more affect communities and family farms."	Save Chilean Sea Bass - a Flash movie (endangered species) - (freerangegraphics.com)
Amazing Hug "An African lion kisses and hugs its rescuer." (YouTube)	Smart Bird - a video (koreus.com)

Cinema :

• Felix the Cat
  "Watch the slideshow and play the game : Rags to Riches: Answer questions in a quest for fame and fortune."
  Created by Renée Maufroid. (Ac. Lille)

  

• WAR HORSE :
  
  "WAR HORSE" - a worksheet
  sent by Elizabeth Pellegrino (Ac. Dijon)
  
  "War Horse" - Visual Vocabulary Builder
  "barrage / carnage / cataclysm / corralled / induce / lavished / precipitating / squabbling / tethered / ultimatum"
  + "War Horse" - the story (with links)
  (awesomestories.com)
  
  War Horse "is a 2011 British-American war drama film directed by Steven Spielberg ...
   It is based on both War Horse, a children's novel set during World War I, by British author Michael Morpurgo, first published in the United Kingdom in 1982, and the 2007 stage adaptation of the same name.[3] "
  (Wikipedia)





War Horse - Official Trailer [HD]
Plot:
"Follows a young man named Albert and his horse, Joey, and how their bond is broken when Joey is sold to the cavalry
and sent to the trenches of World War One. Despite being too young to enlist, Albert heads to France to save his friend."
(YouTube)

  

 

Stephen Spielberg's film War Horse opens in New York - 5 December 2011
"War Horse - the story of a friendship between a young English boy and his horse during WWI - has become one of the most popular British plays ever staged.
Now Stephen Spielberg has made it into a film which has premiered in New York. Tom Brook reports."
(BBC)



• Blitz Wolf
  
  
• Jerky Turkey
  
  
• Kes
  
  
• Kung Fu Panda
  
  
• Ratatouille
  
  
• The Horse Whisperer
  
  
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
  
  
• Wallace & Gromit :
  A Close Shave - A Grand Day Out - Cracking Contraptions - The Curse of the Were-Rabbit - The Wrong Trousers -
  More Activities -

• KUNG FU PANDA :

  • Cannes kicks off with panda power
    "An invasion of panda bears has helped launch the 61st Cannes Film Festival, which has begun in France.
    Comic actor Jack Black arrived by boat with 40 people in giant panda outfits to promote Kung Fu Panda, an animated tale of a bear who loves martial arts."
    + a VIDEO
    (BBC)

Posters :

Signs :

• A sign for dogs (farm3.static.flickr.com)

  

• Scoop

• Please drive carefully
  
  

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