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Best Times
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Best Times
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Learner Writ ing
This Summer issue incorporates writings as well as audio files from your fellow schoolmates.
In Memories you find some touching reflections of special places and events. The Leisure time and Reviews sections provide some thoughtful and enthusiastic opinions about televi-
sion, cinema and art. As in previous issues both humorous and informative descriptions of
significant others are found in Profiles. Some strongly held views on recent event such as the nuclear crisis and the Middle East protests are expressed in Current Affairs. For the first
time ever you will be able to hear your schoolmates in Exams & Learning Tips,
which has an example of the Trinity 7 interactive task and comprehension questions for you. Our younger learners have prepared some entertaining stories and artwork
in the Kid’s Corner . Enjoy! Melissa Wing, [email protected]
From the Editor
Memories 2-3
Leisure time 4
Reviews 5&10
Profiles 6-7
Current Affairs 8
Exams & Learning Tips
8
The Kid’s Cor-
ner 10-12
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Participate in the British School writing competition!
This Summer we are challenging you to a writing competi-
tion. The theme is, ―Summer and language learning—suggestions and experiences.‖
Your writings can be of any register—informal to formal,
any tone - humorous to serious and in any format - an
email, a story, an article, a dialogue, a comic, an essay, a review or a report. All writings must have a title, an illus-
tration, and a maximum of 50 words for Young Learners
(YL), 100 words for A1 and A2, 120 words for B1, 180
words for B2, 250 words C1 and 350 words for C2.
All submissions will be published in the Autumn issue of
2011. The submissions will be judged by level—YL, and A1
to C2. The winner of each level will receive a reader, a
grammar or a dictionary.
The deadline is September 17th, the last day to send your writing to me at the address—Melissa.Wing@British-
fvg.net.
Melissa Wing
Show us your writing
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Memories A marvelous holiday
and the sea life. Never had I seen anything so fasci-
nating! Not until I’d seen it
could I realize what an in-credible explosion of col-
our it was.
Snorkeling soon became
my favourite past time.
Water, water and only wa-ter. Fish, fish and only
fish.
One day while I was ad-
miring those sinuous movements of fins, a dif-
ferent sort of fish suddenly
started swimming around
me. Different, different because it was gray, only
gray. Only after a bit did I
realize it was a small
In 2003
I spent a marvel-
ous holiday with my par-
ents in Sharm el Sheik.
We had decided to go there for a week during
the Christmas holiday, in
order to experience some-thing different from the
typical freezing mountain
stay, relaxing on a beach.
At that time rarely did we go on holiday, so I was
absolutely delighted about
it. Feeling completely joy-ful we arrived at the ―coral
Bay‖ holiday resort. I re-
member it was breath-
taking, especially the sea
shark.
But who cares whether it was small or large?! A
shark is a shark, for good-
ness sake!
The only thing I could
think was to swim away as fast as possible. I was
lucky because the swim-
ming raft was close by and the shark wasn’t so hun-
gry (in my humble opin-
ion).
In the end it was still a
thrilling experience with a good ending. Just the
same never again would I
like to experience it!
Martina Barbotti, C2.1
It happened years ago We had a football match.
It all started when I passed the ball to
my team mate. He dribbled past players from the other team and in very little
time he kicked the ball towards the op-
posite pitch. In that moment my legs started moving and as I was faster than
the other players when the ball fell I
caught it. I was in front of the goal keeper, who came out of the goal to
stop me, when I kicked the ball and
made a fantastic
shot. The ball struck the net and I scored
the goal.
Alessandro Tinta,
B1.2
It happened on January 27,, 2006 in the
Burlo Children’s Hospital of Trieste.
The day when my mother felt it was
time to give birth, my younger sister
and I went to our grandmother’s home.
All day we thought about how my mother was, and our new sister too! In
the evening while we were watching a
TV programme, my father called to say that Elena was born. I was very happy
and excited! So far it
has been the best
moment in my life.
Stefania Samore,
B1.2
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A soulfully peaceful place ums and appreciate famous works of art, we stopped
there to spend the last days
of the holiday in a calm and stress-free place. Unfortu-
nately, now I’m too old for
this kind of vacation and
everyone in my family prefers to spend his or her holiday in different places, so I
have not been there in a long time.
Broad green fields where cows graze,
cold and rushing torrents and ever-blue skies – these are my memories of this
wonderful place I hope to return to
someday soon.
Marco Lattanzio,C2.1
I have visited many beautiful
places in my life but only one of them was able to calm my spirit
and take away the everyday wor-
ries. This place is a little village, made up of just three or four
houses, an old church and a hotel,
in the heart of the Austrian Alps, but full of quiet and natural wonders.
Every summer during my childhood I
went to this little paradise with my par-
ents and a lot of our friends, with whom
I rode my bicycle, walked in the moun-tains and played exciting football
matches. After having travelled around
Italy or Europe to visit important muse-
I will al-
ways re-member
that day as
one of the happiest
days of my life. It was fours ago
when I had to take my middle school exam.
I spent all morning studying and
thinking, going to school only in
the afternoon. I was very nerv-
ous because I was the first to be examined. The exam lasted half
an hour and after it was all fin-
ished. I couldn’t believe that I was finally free. I had spent the
entire past school year worrying
about that exam, and in only 30
minutes, I had resolved all my problems.
I spent all afternoon listening to
my friends’ exams, obviously
without any concerns. I was sat-isfied with what I had done.
Stefano Zarattini, B2.1
I will always remember that day as one of the
happiest days of my life. It was the May 26, a special day because it’s my birthday.
I had been at school all day when I went with my
mother to buy a cake for after dinner. I chose a
cake with lots of chocolate because I love choco-late! While we were on the bus returning home
my mother’s phone rang. She answered but she
talked very quietly and it seemed like she had to hide something. I ignored this fact and continued
listening to the music on my MP3 player. When I
arrived home, I helped my mother with the cake
and opened the door.
What a shock I had when I heard all my friends
yelling, ―Surprise! Happy Birthday, Soraya!‖ I
can’t describe how I felt at that moment. I
wanted to cry with happiness. Then I understood that the call to my mother had been from Giulia,
my best friend. They had made me a cake and a
banner with ―For our Soraya ―Happy
Birthday‖ we love you!‖ written on it. We enjoyed the evening together
talking and watching a film.
It was the most special birthday I
ever had.
Soraya Trebian, B2.1
The happiest day
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Leisure Time
Living with TV Its attraction
Television is the most-
followed form of mass media these days. I think people like it because it isn’t tiring like a book or a film because you don’t have to concen-trate to watch it.
Although TV could be very
useful and funny, it’ is dan-gerous if abused. A lot of people spend too much time watching it. What’s more it isn’t very good for your brain. You loose the capacity
of thinking about issues, thanks to the nature of the programs which need little concentration to follow.
Its development
This mass media form be-came available in the 30’s. In the beginning it was just in black and white and then Technicolor. Now there are TVs in 3D and with an in-
credible viewing
quality. In addition they don’t cost a lot and so are
affordable by all. As a result
everyone has a TV.
Its environmental impact
TVs cause ecological prob-lems. The new LCD screens, which are becoming very dif-fuse, contain dangerous heavy metals like mercury in
their lamps. For this reason there are growing concerns about pollution from elec-tronic wastes like discarded TVs and electronics, in gen-eral.
Nicolò Frezza , B2.1
I like watching television but unfortunately I haven’t got time for it because I’m very busy with school and
sport. Usually I watch tele-vision when I return home from school and in the eve-nings, when I haven’t got volleyball practice, before I go to sleep.
I usually watch TV serials or comedies one or two hours every day. ―Merlin‖ is one of my favorites because it’s
shown at the time when I return home and so I can relax on the sofa. This pro-
gram talks about a
young wizard, Merlin, who lives in the
middle Ages and is the
king’s advisor. The fact that he is a wizard is a big se-cret and so every day he has a new adventure.
I often watch DVD’s espe-
cially when I’m with my two best friends, Jennifer and Ivana. We usually have a pajamas party and watch funny and romantic films all
night long. We always cry or laugh. I hate horror films as well as police shows, so I don’t watch NCIS or CSI.
I also like going to the cin-
ema but I prefer to stay at home with a bowl of pop-corn surrounded by cush-ions and my friends.
Anna Paoli , B2.1
Television is a telecommuni-cations medium for trans-mitting and receiving mov-ing images and sound. It was invented in 1926 and
has been available in Italy since 1934. Nowadays al-most every family in the in-dustrialized world has one.
Television
broadcasting and viewing has grown more and more. First it
was without sound and colour (black and white). Now there is high-definition and 3D televi-sions. In Italy we have had an important change recent by moving from analogue to
digital broadcasting. With a decoder one can watch digi-tally transmitted programs, which are international in nature as well as far more abundant than previously
available..
In my house there are 2 TVs – one in the kitchen and a much bigger on in the living
room. I don’t watch TV much because I have little free time. I like a few types of programs like films, foot-ball matches and cartoons, especially ―The Simpsons‖. I
watch TV while I am eating lunch and sometimes during or after dinner. For me the most important function of the TV is the transmission of the Champions League and Series A matches.
Marco Persoglia, B2.1
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Reviews
Green street hooligans
nymph. The god falls
deeply in love with her
because Eros, the god of
love, hits Apollo with a
golden arrow. Instead
Dafne is hit with a lead
arrow, which means that
she cannot reciprocate
Apollo’s feelings, and for
this reason she tries to
run away from him.
The scene that Bernini
captures
is the
moment
when
Apollo
has
reached
the
nymph
and she is turning into a
laurel, which is a gift of
(Continued on page 12)
One of the most beautiful
works of art, in my opin-
ion, is ―Apollo and Dafne‖
by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
It is a marble sculpture
from the 17th century that
represents the story of
Apollo and Dafne, written
by Ovid.
Apollo is the god of the
sun, while Dafne is a
A work of art
Before going to Paris, I had never
heard of the
Orangerie mu-seum, located just
in front of the Place
de la Concorde. So
when I read in my guide-book that special rooms
inside the art gallery had
been specifically chosen and designed by Monet to
exhibit his last and most magnificent work, ―Water
lilies‖, I decided it was a
must to go there and see it with my own eyes.
The gallery is setup like a
sanctuary; before enter-
ing the rooms dedicated
to Monet, there is a big notice to keep silent and a
simple white separating (Continued on page 12)
A few weeks ago I
went to Paris hop-ing to see some in-
teresting works of
art, in particular, paintings by Im-
pressionists. Im-
pressionism is absolutely my favorite artistic move-
ment and I know it had
its birth in France, thanks
to Jean Claude Monet.
The Orangerie
With incredible pace, the plot unravels between fight
and acts of deep and sin-
cere friendship. It tells the story of an American boy,
Matt (Elijah Wood), who is
unjustly expelled from Har-
vard for alleged possession of cocaine, which was
found in his roommates
shoes. He decides to move to London, where his sis-
ter, Shan-non (Claire Forlani), lives
with her English husband,
Steve (Marc Warren), and their baby. Steve’s brother,
Pete (Charlie Hunnam), is
a braggart and the leader
of the West Ham football ―firm‖ or gang of hooligans,
the so-called Green Street
Elite (GSE). Pete intro-(Continued on page 9)
―Green Street Hooli-
gans‖ (2005) is a film by the well-known director
Lexi Alexander, who be-
came famous thanks to this cult film. Set in Lon-
don, ―Hooligans‖ is a story
of loyalty and violence which aims to show the
double face of the most no-
torious English football
supporters.
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Intercultural Studies ian lessons for students and adults and promote cultural mediation in order to
assist the new pupils during their initial
period in the institution.
My city
I live in Trieste that is a nice small town
on the northeast coast of the Adriatic sea. For centuries it has been a meeting
point of Latin-, Slavic- and German-
speaking Europeans; a border area with
This past March I joined a European
training program in Berlin for a workshop titled, ―Intercultural Dialogue,‖ and the
German organization asked me to intro-
duce myself, my school and my city to the other participants in the form of a
poster, which you can see here.
My Schools
The institution, I.C. San Giovanni, where
I work is in the centre of Trieste and
made up of 8 different
schools – 3
nursery schools, 3 ele-
mentary
schools, 1 mid-dle school and
1 adult educa-
tion school,
with a lot of foreign stu-
dents from dif-
ferent coun-tries.
Intercultural
education is a
very important
aspect of our curriculum. We
do this by pro-
moting a criti-cal comparison
of all our cul-
tures through narration by
students and
through reflec-
tions on hu-man rights and
economic dis-
parities around the world. We
organize Ital-
Profiles
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Sissi The family member who has influenced
our domestic life most over the last years is Sissi; she was born in 2000, but
ten years have been enough for her to
completely change our habits.
As far as I am concerned, I cannot sleep comfortably anymore unless Sissi is lying
as she likes on my bed with me staying
in the corner of the bed being careful not to wake her up. She is quite small, so I
could simply push her off, but then I
would feel guilty and would sleep even
worse.
Moreover, my parents can no longer pre-
pare dinner when they prefer, but only
after Sissi has eaten; otherwise she
would keep barking and annoying the neighborhood. Unfortunately, this is
made more problematic, because she is
on a diet and the only foods she can eat
are brown rice, duck, rabbit and some types of fish, which all take some time to
cook.
However, the person whose life has
changed most is my brother. It has be-come impossible for him to talk to my
mother or even sit next to her as Sissi is
so jealous that she’ll bite
him. As if this were not enough, he is also forbid-
den to get angry with her,
since, faced with a bloody hand, my mother always
says things like, ―don’t
shout at my little princess!‖
Before getting Sissi, we had dreamt of a peaceful,
loveable dog; one that would be silent,
sweet and friendly with children and
strangers. In fact at the pet shop they had ensured us that a Cavalier King
Charles Spaniel would be perfect for us.
Now, after ten years of doubts and re-flections, we are absolutely sure to have
been cheated. In spite of this, in some
unknown ways, Sissi has been able to make us never regret our choice.
Matteo Natali,C2.1
many historic and ethnic influences, where different communities and relig-
ions have lived together.
Me
I have been a primary school teacher
since 1990 and a teacher of Italian for
adults since 1994. In 2007 I became the vice-principal of I.C. San Giovanni. I am
a graduate in Intercultural Studies with
concentrations in the languages and lit-erature of Mediterranean countries. I
studied Arabic but alas now have almost
forgot it! I like travelling and discovering other cultures around the world as well
as reading, most of all detective stories.
Francesca Genuzio, IND-C1
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Current Affairs
new nuclear plants has dramatically re-
duced the amount needed for energy production, uranium will run out as will
oil. Finally it is said that the risk of a nuclear accident is less than or equal to that of
other fuel production proc-esses. Nonetheless the nu-clear accidents so far have caused many people to fear nuclear power. While the par-tial meltdown at Three Mile
Island in 1979 was con-tained, the devastating Cher-nobyl explosion in 1986 re-sulted in contaminating over 750,000 square miles of the surrounding land and this year the earthquake in Japan seriously damaged four reac-tors causing not-yet-quantified contamination of the surrounding land and sea . The fact that these inci-dents were most likely caused in part by poor proce-dures and poor plant design, they highlight the role that human error plays in the dangers from nuclear power production.
In conclusion my opinion is
that given the economic phi-losophy we follow, where the finances of a company are more important than people’s health, it is too risky to build new nuclear plants. We
should make changes to our lifestyle so as to save energy and refuse consumerism. This it is not only to save us but the next generation too.
Pietro Cristaudo, INFN-B2.2
Nuclear energy be-came popular when
western countries un-derstood that the generation of electric-ity didn’t have to de-pend on oil alone. Nuclear energy is derived from the splitting of atoms (fission). In order for fission to occur, a small uncharged particle (neutron) must collide with a large, unstable atom, such as uranium. The atom will then break apart, releasing heat
energy and additional neu-trons. The neutrons go on to split other atoms, while the heat is used to heat water up until it produces steam. The steam power is used to turn turbines that power a gen-
erator, which produces elec-tricity.
The two main benefits of atomic fission are that it doesn’t emit greenhouse gases and it can be used to
produce a great amount of energy compared to that produced by burning coal or oil.
There are also some disad-vantages when using nuclear
power. First, the mining and processing of uranium is ex-pensive as is the building and closure of the power plants. Second, though nuclear fis-sion does not release harmful gases, it does produce harm-ful waste products. This ra-dioactive waste must be stored for as many as a thousand years before it is safe. Third, uranium itself is a non-renewable resource. Though the technology of
Nuclear Energy
The song, ―#Jan25 Egyp-tian,‖ is a pro-
test song that tries to show everybody how much strength and de-votion the Egyptian people have to help their country. It's a rap song that talks
about the situation in Egypt and asks for people’s rights. It's full of hope and that, in my opinion, is what makes this song different from oth-ers. In fact it shows us the
importance that freedom and equality have all over the world. People are ready to fight for the things they consider important. In my opinion the song conveys
people’s thoughts about these serious matters very well. The point that captured my attention was the quote by Ghandi at the beginning of
the song: "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you,
then they fight you, then you win.".
These words are symbolic
and timely as well as emo-tional and powerful because it finishes with "then you win" which is for me full of hope. Initially I didn't understand
the song very well because rap is very fast, but thanks to the lyrics I had, I was able to appreciate the meaning of this wonderful
song.
Clara Demarchi, B2.1
#Jan25 Egypt
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Exams & Learning Tips
Improving my English
and asking him/her for some conversation lessons
once or twice a week. For
instance, there is a young English woman, who married an Italian, has just
moved into my neighborhood. She looks
nice so I could ask her for some help.
Perhaps first I will try to watch the news in English on TV, in order to improve my
capacity to understand a native speaker.
As a second step, I will ask for speaking lessons from my neighbor.
With these clearer objectives I hope to
make more progress in the next few
month.
Claudio Strizzolo, B2.2-INFN
I have pondered some ways to improve
my English in my free time. I should concentrate on improving my listening
and speaking capabilities.
I am considering listening to some radio
programs. As there are a huge number of them available through the web, so
finding them should not be an issue. I
guess listening to the news might be a start. As an alternative, I could consider
watching some TV programs in English.
Images may help a lot in understanding
what the speakers are saying.
The above would not help improve my
speaking though. I guess the only solu-
tion is finding a native English speaker
Giorgia, candidate role . As you listen answer the fol-
lowing questions (answers are on page 11): 1. What does Clara want to
know? 2. What is Giorgia’s overall
opinion about Trieste? 3. What advice does Giorgia
give her? 4. Which office does she
refer Clara to? 5. Where can Clara go walk-
ing? 6. What danger does Gior-
gia warn Clara of? 7. Which seasons are best
for visiting? 8. What does Giorgia say
about the tram? 9. What other activity does
Giorgia recommend?
Clara Demarchi & Giorgia Nadizar, B2.1
In the Trinity College General English Speaking Exam, for
which the British School is a testing centre and our stu-dents are prepared, there is a part of the intermediate and advanced levels called the ―Interactive Task‖. It provides the opportunity for candidates to demonstrate their ability to maintain a conversation by using ques-tioning techniques and lan-guage functions associated with requesting information,
seeking clarification and en-couraging further detail. Moreover it offers an authen-tic exchange of information and opinions. Click on the icon to hear an
example TY7 task between Clara, ex-aminer role, and
Trinity interactive task duces Matt to the group, de-
spite the fact that he’s a ―yankee‖, and after some
initial suspicion, everyone
accepts him.
Visually the film is very ef-
fective. The hooligans world is represented with a wealth
of details, not only the set,
but the costumes as well. The acting is of a high qual-
ity and the main characters,
especially Wood, play their
roles very well. There are no negative aspects in this film.
The plot is fluid, the ending
is dramatic and the film’s climax is reached after a
gradual succession of crucial
moments.
To sum up, ―Green Street Hooligans‖ is a great but un-
derestimated film.
Lorenzo Natural, C2.1
Green Street Hooligans (Continued from page 5)
My dream pet’s name is
Darkray. It is black and very tall. It has got two
electric tails and two
pencils. It is ugly but very good. It can fly but it can’t run.
Pietro Davia, A1
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Corner K
ids
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Fruits and vegetables…YUMMY!
They are purple. We eat them in jam and in cakes.
I eat them in the autumn.
I like grapes.
Pineapples
They are fruits.
They are yellow.
We eat them in ice
cream and cakes. I like pineapples.
Lemons
They are fruits.
They are yellow.
We eat them in ice cream. I don’t like lemons.
Oranges
They are fruits.
They are orange.
We eat them in ice cream and in cakes. I eat
Broccoli
It is a vegetable.
It is green. It is
a flower. I eat it in pasta
and soup. I like broccoli.
Carrots
It is a vegetable. It
is orange. It is ?. You
can buy it at the
greengrocer’s. I eat car-rots in soup and in salad.
I like carrots.
Strawberries
They are fruits.
They are red. We eat them in milk-
shakes and cakes. I like
strawberries.
Grapes
They are fruits.
them here as a snack and I drink orange juice. I like
oranges
Apples
They are fruits.
They are green, red or yellow. We
eat them in cakes and
snacks. I sometimes eat them during break at
school. I like apples.
Cherries
They are fruits.
They are red. We eat them in ice
cream and cakes. They
are good. I eat cherries in the summer. I like cher-
ries.
YP32-7B Class, A1
My dream pet’s name is Fido. He’s
got a dolphin’s head and body. He’s got
a polar bear’s tail.
He’s got an ele-phant’s legs and a
butterfly’s wings.
Bruna Fasanaro, A1 Fid
o
Darkray
My dream pet’s name
is Dinho. He’s got big wings and he can fly to Venus. He’s got a long tail and he
can jump to the sun. He’s got small feet
and he can run and swim. He’s got big hands and he can climb trees.
Gian Paolo Chini , A1
Dinho
My dream pet’s name is Toby. It’s a big
animal. It’s face is long. It’ is white, black, yellow, violet and
brown. It’s hair and tail
are short. It has big wings. It has long legs.
Flora Sancin, A1
Toby
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Silly stories On Satur-
day Ciccia Palla and
Fibri Fabri
went to their school. Ciccia Palla
wore black shorts and a
green jumper. Fibri Fabri wore blue jeans and a
grey t-shirt. They ate
some chocolate and pasta
with tomatoes.
He said, ― Have you got a
skeleton?‖
His friend answer, ―Yes, I
have!‖
At the end they met their
teacher and they had some ice cream.
Raffaele Capizzi, A1.2
Ciccio Bamba was an intelli-gent boy. He had purple hair, blue eyes and he loved swimming and insects. On
Monday he and his friend, Bingo Tree, went to a fly boxing match. Ciccio Bamba wore pink trousers and a violet jumper. Bingo Tree wore a grey jacket and yel-
low boots. At the fly sta-dium they saw their cousin, Ciccio Bambone.
He said, ―Do you want a
hotdog?‖
They accepted and when the match was finished they went together to a restau-
rant called, ―Dead Pig‖. At the end they went home.
Matteo Esposito, A1.2
If you have a toothache, you
should clean
your teeth and see a dentist.
If you have a
cold, you should
stay at home and
drink some herbal tea.
Class YK21F-6,A2
If you have a
temperature, stay home.
If you have a
cough, you
should take some medicine.
If you have a
headache,
don’t watch
television.
Advice when you’re ill
Teachers
mustn’t
be late,
Shout,
make children
angry,
give lots of
homework for
the holiday or
give bad
marks.
Teachers must
be sweet,
be clever,
pay attention to their pu-
pils and
wear Batman clothes .
Adults must
be kind to children,
teach children good
things,
spend more time with
their sons and daughters,
listen to their children,
help their children do
their homework,
respect the traffic lights,
pick up dog pooh and
be quiet.
Adults mustn’t
Quarrel,
scold children or
chop trees.
Class YP42-8A, A1
Musts &
mustn’ts
Love me
Eat Me
Or put me in tea
Before bedtime
Or in the afternoon.
Drink me slowly!
Caterina Barbi, A2 A lem
on
Answers—Trinity interactive task 1) About where to explore in area & the best mode of
travel; 2) It’s a great place to visit with little pollution &
high quality of life especially for 30-40 year olds due to
good public transport & many facilities; 3) To visit
Miramare Castle & Piazza Unita; 4) The tourist information
office; 5) In the carso; 6) Little beasts - ticks; 7) Autumn
& Spring; 8) It’s typical & there’s a song about it; 9)
Shopping in Corsa Italia street or the Torri shopping mall.
THE BRITISH SCHOOL OF FRIULI -
VENEZIA GIULIA
A TORREBIANCA, 18
TRIESTE
Trieste Phone: 040-369-369
Fax: 040-76-000-75
Email: [email protected]
Monfalcone
16, Via Duca d'Aosta
Phone: 0481-411-868
Fax: 0481-41-22-28
Email: [email protected]
Udine
4, Vicolo Pulesi
Phone: 0432-50-71-71
Fax: 0432-50-75-46
Email: [email protected]
Gorizia
17, Corsa Italia
Phone: 0481-33-300
Fax: 0481-53-15-18
Email: [email protected]
Ti porta nel mondo che conta
wall. Behind that white
wall you discover an oval room with four gigantic
paintings mounted around
its perimeter. They all de-
pict the famous ―water lil-ies‖, showing hundreds of
hues of colours. The space
allows you to admire the wonderful flowers under
varying hue of sun rays at
different times of day; in
the morning greens and blues dominate while at
sunset reds and yellows
do. It’s impressive how Monet is able to depict a
landscape, using vivid col-
ors and only a few big brushes, and make you
feel part of those peaceful
surroundings.
A visit to the Orangerie is
something everyone should do to experience
for him/herself how a work
of art can come alive.
Elisa Ruttar,C2.1
The Orangerie (Continued from page 5)
Gea, the goddess of the
Earth, allowing Dafne to
escape from Apollo.
What strikes the viewer
are the details— Dafne is
still a woman but some
plant features are start-
ing to grow from her
body. Her feet and legs
are covered with some
bark and twigs with
leaves are sprouting from
her fingers and hair.
Dafne seems very wor-
ried, while Apollo looks
like he is enchanted by
her beauty and is holding
her hip with one arm.
It is amazing how the
ability of a man can cre-
ate from a block of cold
marble a sculpture ex-
pressing and provoking
such feelings. I have only
seen this work in photos,
but it will surely be part
of my next trip to Rome.
Francesca Mittoni, C2.1
A work of art (Continued from page 5)
You should mistake the
hot iron for
the tele-phone, so
when you answer the ring,
you’ll say ―Bye, bye!‖ to
your ear.
You should
watch TV
when you
are cooking.
When you leave the hospi-tal you should do all these
things
again.
B1
You should go
down the stairs with
your eyes
closed so you fall.
You should
cross the
street when the pedes-
trian light is
red, and with eyes closed
if you like.
If you are
driving at
night, you
should not put the headlights on.
This is Kobe Bryant. He is my
favourite basketball player. He was born on August 23, 1978 in
Philadelphia. He is 1,98 metres
tall.
He plays in the in the NBA on the Los Angeles Lakers team. He is
one of the best basketball play-
ers in the world and has won many NBA championships. His
best score is 81 points in one
game!! He’s a myth.
Samuel Angeli, A1.2