The art of debating
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jeudi 3 septembre 2020
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The great debaters
The Great Debaters is a 2007 American biographical drama film directed by and starring Denzel Washington. It is based on an article written about the Wiley College debate team by Tony Scherman for the spring 1997 issue of American Legacy. The plot revolves around the efforts of debate coach (...)
dimanche 30 août 2020
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Julius Caesar
"... they began to consider of Caesar’s will, and the ordering of his funeral. Antony desired that the will might be read, and that the body should not have a private or dishonourable interment, lest that should further exasperate the people. This Cassius violently opposed, but Brutus yielded to (...)
dimanche 30 août 2020
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The Jury
The Jury, a Norman Rockwell painting , appeared on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post published February 14, 1959.
Apparently all of the male jurors have voted the same verdict.
Drawing on all their powers of persuasion, they are trying to convince the lady to change her vote.
She is (...)
lundi 1er juin 2020
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12 angry men
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12 Angry Men is a 1957 American courtroom drama film directed by Sidney Lumet, adapted from a 1954 teleplay of the same name by Reginald Rose. This courtroom drama tells the story of a jury of 12 men as they deliberate the conviction or acquittal of an 18-year old (...)
dimanche 25 janvier 2015
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Speeches and orators
Barack Obama is a talented orator : watch the video below and try to understand how he manages to deal with a heckler during his immigration reform speech in San Francisco.
script :
Churchill’s speeches during World War 2 are also very famous. they boosted the nation’s moral in a time (...)