It's extremely interesting if you can ever get a chance to meetsomeone who speaks Patois and for someone who speaks French. You will never be able tounderstand them even if you speak French.
Strangely enough, whereas in the past the inhabitants of one street all knew each other, nowadays people on the same floor in tower blocks don't even say hello to each other.
Because she knew many of the leaders of colonial America and the American Revolution personally, Mercy Otis Warren was continually at or near the center of political events from 1765 to 1789.
Not until the bond vigilantes homed in on Italy and Spain in July did European leaders see a need to make their main firefighting vehicle more effective.
Clothing, it seems, can make us colour blind, because whether we perceive someone as' white 'or' black 'depends not just on skin tone - but also how smartly they are dressed, according to researchers.
We meet, for example, 8-year-old Zhang Chengcheng from Maying village in the western province of Qinghai, whose mother and grandmother are blind from birth.