Three years have passed since the death of a famous actor, Paul Walker. He was an actor and a filmmaker and everybody knows him because he starred in the street racing action film Fast & Furious as Brian O'Conner. We've personally loved this actor since we saw the first film of the Fast And Furious series. Even though it is the most famous film he starred in, it isn't the only one he was in! For example, he was also in "Into the blue", "Hours", "Vehicle 19" and "Brick Mansions". To remember Paul Walker here's to you 9 curiosities about him:
Wednesday, 30 November 2016
Monday, 28 November 2016
OUR TOP 10 TV SERIES
We like watching TV series. We watch them for
fun or escapism but, sometimes, we also watch them in the original language
with subtitles to improve our English.
Today we want to share with you our top ten favourite series.
Are your
best favourites in this list?
10. How I met your
mother
The series follows the main character, Ted Mosby, and his group of
friends in Manhattan. As a framing device, Ted, in the year 2030, recounts to
his son and daughter the events that led him to meeting their mother.
Saturday, 26 November 2016
ALICE & MARTINA: 8 BOOKS, 8 GENRES
ROMANCE - “SEE
ME”
It’s
one of the latest books by Nicholas
Sparks. It has
been published in 2016. The novel, titled See Me, tells about Colin Hancock, who has a violent stormy
past, who decides to go back to his previous life. Maria Sanchez is a student and a young
model with a traumatic story behind. Their lives will cross and they will try
to defend their love.
Thursday, 24 November 2016
SUPER ... MOON !!!
A SUPERMOON is a coincidence of a full moon with closest
approach the moon makes to the earth on its elliptical orbit resulting in the
largest apparent size of the lunar disk as seen from earth.
“Supermoon” isn’t actually an astronomic word but it makes
the phenomenon visually clearer than thousands of words. When this happens …
the moon becomes full at 14:52 but it can be found under the horizon. The moon
rises at 17:18, when the sky is still dark.
This video was made by NASA.
On 14
November 2016, the supermoon was 356,511 kilometres away from the centre of the
earth. The next supermoon will be on 25 November 2034.
Tuesday, 22 November 2016
HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT COLDPLAY? (PART ONE)
ARE COLDPLAY DIFFERENT FROM OTHER BANDS?
OF COURSE! Coldplay were a surprisingly new
phenomenon when they started back in 1996. 20 years ago!!! Music
journalists have written that the band doesn't quite fit in with the
current popular-music landscape. Their soulful, haunting, intelligent
songs have set them apart from bubblegum pop stars, aggressive rap
artists. Also the lead singer, Chris, is far from the lifestyle of a
stereotypical rock star: he doesn’tt take drugs, he doesn’t
distaste alcohol, but he never had a bad lifestyle.
In an article in Maclean's magazine, Coldplay
guitarist John Buckland said “ connecting to listeners on an
emotional level is the most important thing in music for us. We're
not really the cool, detached kind of people; we're really passionate
about what we're doing." At Coldplay's official website,
Chris Martin explained the band's choice: "We were trying to
say that there is an alternative. That you can try to be catchy
without being slick, poppy without being pop, and you can be
uplifting without being pompous.... We wanted to be a reaction
against soulless rubbish."
Here is a cool video featuring Chris Martin.
Recently he has taken part in a funny show with James Corden which
is very famous in the USA, the "Carpool Karaoke"!
Sunday, 20 November 2016
LET'S SWIM! MICHAEL PHELPS vs GREGORIO PALTRINIERI
Micheal Phelps is one of the best swimmers in
the world. He was born on June 30, 1985, in Baltimore, Maryland.
He competed in his first Olympic Games when he
was 15, as part of the U.S. men’s swim team. He won a total of 28 medals (23
gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze) and setting the record for the most won medals by
any Olympic athlete.
Friday, 18 November 2016
TIME FOR A STORY: OBERON AND THE DRAGON EGG
The story in Federica's handwriting + cute kitty |
Once upon a time there was a boy called Oberon. He lived in
a big Guild with other children. One day he decided to go out for a walk. He
loved walking because, when he walked, he thought about his father, who had disappeared as if by magic.
Oberon loved remembering the moments with him.
While he
was going towards the oak wood, he saw a big egg near a tree. He thought the
egg was a dragon egg, but given that dragon eggs were very rare in the wizarding
world too, he believed that was impossible. Oberon was a wizard but not an expert one.
So he took the egg and brought it to his Guild. Oberon called a girl, one of his friends, Titania. She was so intelligent, Oberon believed she might know how to look after that egg.
Titania told Oberon that the egg needed a warm place but they couldn’t
keep it in the Guild because the master wouldn't allow that. In fact according to the rules the children weren't allowed to have a pet nor in this specific instance a pet egg.
They settled it in a small cavern in the wood on a bed of leaves. They lay down on the
ground near the egg, keeping it wrapped in their arms in a warm loving embrace. Would it work? Would it be enough to make it open?
Wednesday, 16 November 2016
GIGIO THE YOUNG
Hi friends! I'm a great football fan, so today let me celebrate on our blog one of the myths of the new generations. His name is Gianluigi, but if you believe that you have already understood, unfortunately you’re wrong! :-) In fact, I’m not referring to the current number one of our national soccer team, Gianluigi Buffon, but to Gianluigi Donnarumma, who not only shares his nickname “Gigi” or “Gigio” with his older colleague, but also seems to repeat his fantastic career on the soccer field.
“Gigio the Young” was born in 1999 at Castellammare di Stabia, near Naples, where he grew up. So he is only 17! He plays as a goalkeeper like his brother Antonio: maybe there could be a matter of DNA behind this family tradition!
He’s still a teenager, but he has already shown himself as a leader and is considered one of the most extraordinary talents in the world of soccer.
It’s not by chance that some time ago he broke several records. For example becoming the youngest goalkeeper ever to debut in Serie A or to play for the national team of Italy. That’s the reason why all the experts think that very soon he will be the successor of “Gigio” Buffon, who also is sure that “Gigio the Young” will achieve a fantastic career in his future and an extraordinary success. Just one defect: he currently plays for Milan (and I am a supporter of a different team) … what a pity!
Andrea
Monday, 14 November 2016
THE GOLDEN 80s & 90s
Hi guys, today
we want to talk about the songs of a time gone by, but that we will never
forget . We are talking about songs that have made the history of music, songs
from the 80s & 90s. The music of the past is very different from today's
music. Once you had to know how to play an instrument or have a great voice or
at least to know how to tell a story in your lyrics but, nowadays, very simply with a computer everybody can
make and release a song, even your Maths/English/Science teacher
Everybody knows
that since many years the music that we hear is contaminated by money and business
so it is a bit difficult to recognize a good song when you hear it. However
not all contemporary music has to be thrown away , absolutely not!
Now let's not
think about this and think more about the 80s/90s hits. Here we have the top songs chart by MTV. We’ve chosen to
see just the first five songs that in ascending order are :Sunday, 13 November 2016
HOW WE LEARN ENGLISH
Hi guys! We all know that English
is the international language today, spoken all over the world. It’s essential
to learn it and learn it properly. So, since we have to do that, let’s do it
with cheerfulness and fun. What do we do in our classes? For example, we write posts and create video materials
for our blog!
(Matteo, 3scB)
I often have a dictionary at hand, printed or online, to look up new vocabulary. Then, I started reading a great English magazine lately, Speak Up, which includes lots of audio materials. So reading + listening.
(Benedetta, 3scA)
Benedetta |
(Benedetta, 3scA)
How do I study English? I still
don’t know! Joking :D When I started high school I wasn’t very good because I
didn’t like listening. Then I discovered that if I really wanted to improve I
had to listen to more English materials.
(Nicolò, 3scB)
If I had to choose between reading/writing or speaking/listening, I would probably choose the first. In my opinion, it is easier to remember rules and words when I write them.
(Denis, 3scA)
If I had to choose between reading/writing or speaking/listening, I would probably choose the first. In my opinion, it is easier to remember rules and words when I write them.
(Denis, 3scA)
Personally, I love practising
English with fun activities like watching movies in English with subtitles,
listening to English songs and reading English books or comics. So, that’s
what I do.
(Francesco, 3scB)
Friday, 11 November 2016
WILL DONALD TRUMP KEEP HIS PROMISES?
Donald Trump has won victory in the presidential race, but no one is quite sure what he will actually do in office. We usually hope presidents keep the promises they made as candidates once they get started. Unfortuantely, we are not actually sure we want that to happen this time!
Here, we look back at 7 of Trump’s professed beliefs from an article from BBC News:
1. The US should use waterboarding
This and other methods of "strong interrogation" should be deployed in its fight against the Islamic State group. These methods, Mr Trump said, are "peanuts" compared to the tactics used by the militants, such as beheadings
Thursday, 10 November 2016
THE REGION WE LIVE IN. DO WE REALLY KNOW IT?
Hi everyone! We are Francesco and Nicolò. Today, in this article we would like to talk about the biodiversity of our geographic area, namely flora and fauna. Moreover, we will introduce some interesting curiosities .
First
of all, we live in Subiaco, a small town not far from Rome
where there are a lot of wonderful and suggesting landscapes.
Our
area is partly placed in the Regional Park of the Simbruini Mountains in which there is a remarkable
biodiversity formed by many species of animals and plants .
Tuesday, 8 November 2016
SINGING ED SHEERAN AT SCHOOL
Labels:
Ed Sheeran,
lyrics,
music,
Photograph,
school life,
singing,
songs,
videos
Sunday, 6 November 2016
WE LOVE FOOTBALL
We are Alex T. and Luca and we love football!!!
Football is the most popular sport in the world and it is a team sport. The target is to kick a ball with one of the feet to score a goal. It was invented by the English during the nineteenth century.
In our opinion football, in addition to being a beautiful sport, allows you to meet new people and make new friends.
As a matter of fact, we two met on a football field, during our training sessions, when we were children.
Friday, 4 November 2016
BOOK REVIEW - THE NOTEBOOK
The Notebook is a novel by Nicholas Sparks published in the U.S.A. in 1996.
The plot
North Carolina, 1946. Young Noah comes back to his birthplace after WWII to realise his dream of living in the big house near the River.
He really misses Allie, a beautiful girl he met seven years before and really loved in their short happy time together. They haven’t seen each other since then.
Destiny has decided to write a perfect love story for Noah and Allie. The most beautiful one can imagine. However, their relationship was not a fairy-tale …
“They didn’t agree on much. Infact they didn’t agree on anything. They fought all the time and challenged each other ever day. But despite their differences, they had one important thing in common. They were crazy about each other”.
The author
Spark was born in Nebraska in 1965 and studied at the University of Notre Dame. He lives with his wife and five children in North Carolina and is commonly called “Love Poet”.
Labels:
Alice,
Books,
love,
love stories,
Martina,
Nicholas Sparks,
novels,
reading,
Reviews,
romance,
The Notebook
Wednesday, 2 November 2016
MOST OUTRAGEOUS DONALD TRUMP QUOTES
Labels:
Alex P.,
Denis,
donald trump,
irony,
news,
public figures,
satire,
US elections,
USA
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