Puns on words and the London Blitz

Hey,

here is what we said about the video we watched today as a warm up for the class:

The video is full of puns on words about technology:

• a Blackberry is both a mobile phone and a piece of fruit.

• An “orange” is both a piece of fruit and an internet provider.

• An “apple” is both a brand name and a piece of fruit.

• An “egg’s box” (X-Box) is both a box of eggs and a video game console. £3.60 is the price of an egg’s box and 360 is the name of the brand.

£ = pound(s)

Then we corrected your homework and we made a chronology of events, commenting on the different numbers:

The London Blitz

1. July: Germany's preparation for invasion of London.

2. September 7, 1940: beginning of the London Blitz, during 57 days is London bombed.

• 4:00 PM  6:00 = London is blasted

• 8:00 PM  4:30 AM (Sept. 8) = 2^nd attack

1. In one night  450 casualties during a school bombing. 

2. May 11, 1941 = End of the London Blitz.

"to be written by Quentin" (some information is still missing... = cf. death toll + underground stations, ...)

Here are some explanations about a grammar point in the document:

"to be written by Quentin" -> this info is still missing

Finally we started to talk about how to present and comment on a picture.

HW: for tomorrow, you need to find the global death toll of the London Blitz.

More information about the Blitz here.