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Best Times
27 Magaz ine of
Learners’ Writ ings
This Fall 2013 is-sue abounds with stories, model ex-am texts and Halloween treats. Thanks to our teachers, Thea, Vicki, Christabel, Becky and Al-
ice, many learners’ contri-butions can be presented here. Remember you can view this online and print a copy from our website. http://moodle.british-fvg.net/
Keep on writing! Melissa Wing, [email protected]
The birth of ‘youth
culture’ in the early 1960’s provoked a
remarkable evolution
in the way young
Americans and Euro-peans lived their dai-
ly lives. These life-
style innovations, in-fluenced by a new
wave of romantic en-
thusiasm combined with a renewal of re-
ligious, cultural and
political ideals, took
the Western world by storm, garnering, at
first, only a meagre
following, limited to social and aesthetic
radicals, and subse-
quently engaging the collective imagination
of all those who could
now proudly boast to
be under 30, as if it were a virtue. De-
spite some having
tried to explain this social phenomenon in
terms of mindless
consumption, many argued
that
this
was an excit-
ing ex-(Continued on page 6)
From the Editor
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In depth 2
Narratives 3
Reviews 4
Exam models 5-7
Kid’s Corner 8-14
INSIDE THIS ISSUE: I live in Trieste which
is a city on the Adriat-ic sea on the homony-mous gulf between
the Zaule Valley at the south and the Miramar promontory at the northwest. In 177 it came under Roman rule. In 1202 it
became a fief under bishops and counts of Venice. In1368 Trieste passed freely under Austria. In 1717 the Free Port of Trieste
became the best port of the Austro-Hungarian empire. In 1922 after the First World War Trieste passed to Italy. In
1947 after WWII it became the Free Ter-ritory of Trieste. In 1952 it passed defini-tively to Italy. Nowadays Trieste has
around 250,000 in habit-ants. The citizens of Tri-
este speak Italian as a first language with Slove-nian and numerous other languages spo-ken in the home. In
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If our country had
been united cultural-ly, instead of being
unified politically, we
wouldn’t be facing lot
of the problems we have in our country.
Our unfortunate his-
tory means we are
lacking in communi-ty, so Italians today
aren’t civic-minded
in many cases : to-day Italy is unified
politically, but that’s
ironic that a country
belonging to the Eu-ropean
Union
is not cultur-
ally co-
hesive, in fact,
there
are still many prob-
lems we have to solve, such as cor-
ruption, tax evasion,
crime and the imbal-ance between north-
ern and southern It-
aly, caused by a dis-
astrous industrial policy in the past.
Now the economic
crisis has aggravated
(Continued on page 9)
Youth
Culture
Italy Today
Trieste
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In Depth However widely acclaimed in Ireland, “Messiah” was received rather coldly by
the British and it was not until the mid-
1750s that it earned its much deserved recognition. Originally composed for Ba-
roque ensembles (i.e.: rather petite or-
chestras and small choirs), the oratorio
was progressively adapted to the musical fashion of each of the époques in which
it was performed. Slightly rearranged by
Mozart (whose version is, still today, sung in German instead of English),
“Messiah” began to be performed by
larger orchestras and choirs, in line with
the “the-louder-the-better” fashion of the late 19th and early 20th Century. The
most spectacular, however philologically
anachronistic, version is probably the 1956 arrangement by Sir Eugene Goos-
sens, who rescored the oratorio
for a full Romantic orchestra and choir. The outcome was defined
“outrageously funny” by the pres-(Continued on page 11)
Genesis of a Baroque Oratorio
“Messiah”, one of Georg Friedrich Hän-
del’s most famous compositions, saw the
light in 1741 and premiered in Dublin in
April 1742. It was hardly the composer’s first oratorio, nor was it his first widely
acclaimed piece, since Water Music, the
Concerti Grossi and a number of operas
had already established Händel’s position as one of the leading musical figures at
the court of King George II.
In spite of the oratorio’s length (the first
score was 260 pages long and a typical performance lasts over two and a half
hours), it took Händel less than a month
to compose “Messiah”, although he re-
vised it many times later on, even after the Dublin premiere. The composition is
structured in three parts in an al-
ternation of choral passages, solo arias and recitative parts and the
libretto is entirely based on the
King James’ Version of the Bible.
time writers pay for their writing to be published. Not only do the major publish-ers not read the manuscripts, they do not even accept them. And so, in order to ful-fill their longed-for expectations and greed
for a flimsy fame and not being able to wait, a number of writers pay enormous sums to satisfy their ego and emerge from obscurity/emerge from an anonymous life - more than anything else a book makes you visible, first of all among friends, col-
leagues, relatives; you are no longer un-known, your name is printed on the book cover.
These vanity publishers rarely have valid
editors and reviewers since they cannot afford them. This means that the text is often published without corrections or a thorough editing with the result of there being lots of books of very poor quality
taking up the space and market
shares of the praiseworthy ones.
Most first-time writers don’t write stories - they often list a series of
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On Writing
Over 64,000 books are printed in Italy every year, that makes more than 170 books a day - most of them are displayed
for a few days or weeks on the shelves of a few book-stores and then given back to the publisher or sent for pulping.
The technological advances of the recent
years have completely changed the ap-proach to writing. Once a person had to take pen and paper, make a physical effort to write, devote a very long time to this task. In the past it was very difficult and tiresome to erase, cancel, or even change
the sentences, one was often compelled to re-write the whole page anew. Now, com-puters make it easier. In a few minutes one can fill dozens of pages, without the strain of correcting each sentence, the mistakes - the word corrector is there, vig-
ilant on one’s errors. No more wor-ries, just fill the white space with your thoughts, your story.
Moreover, the vast majority of first-
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ther and I like to think out of the box, at least
when it involves getting
creative. (To be honest, I think it was him who
taught me to with his
bedtime stories). So we
started making up sto-ries about "Baby Nick
Carter", who was Nick
Carter who solved cas-es as a child.
Looking back on it, I
am very grateful to
my father for show-
ing me that the hu-man imagination re-
ally is amazing, and
that we can create our own worlds, and then
let them go when we're
done with them. If I ever have a child, I will
make sure to do the
same.
Noemi Guarascio, C1
Bedtime Stories
When I was a child, my father used to put me
to bed and read me a
story. In the beginning,
he used to read me fairytales from a book
we had. When he had
read me all the fair-ytales in that book, he
decided that it would
be more interesting to tell me about the
stories of Nick
Carter, a detec-
tive from a comic book he used to
love as a teenag-
er. Obviously, he could only remember so
much about stories he
had read over twenty years before, so he
started to make them
up. Now, both my fa-
A Bank Robbery
A: Hi John, how are you?
B: Not bad, thanks. Have you heard what had happened at the bank yester-
day morning?
A: No, tell me.
B: So, yesterday morning at the bank there was a
robbery. Four men entered into the bank without
any opposition because they had killed the guards before. While they were getting on the car, they
heard the sound of the police siren.
A: Oh, like an action film! What's the end?
B: After an incredible hot pursuit between city
streets, the police caught the robbers and re-
turned the loot to the bank.
A: Wow, have you ever heard a story like this?
B: No.
A: Ok, good to see you, bye.
B: Bye.
Mattia Trippar, B2
A Lucky Call
It was a phone call that changed my life. It all started one year
ago when I was alone at home. I
was watching a program on the
TV when the phone rang. “I can-not believe it” were my first
words, because I realised that
the woman who was phoning me was the TV presenter
of the same program I
was watching.
She said that I could win ten thousand euros
if I answered all the
questions. Fortunately when she
was about to make me the first question my brother arrived at
home and, after I explained to
him what was going on, he helped me to answer. I cannot
believe it even now. We won the
prize and some days later the
money arrived to my brother’s checking account.
It was a phone call that changed
my life.
Carlo Pini, B2
Narratives
A Burglary
This afternoon I was walking from my office
and when I turned street I saw a
man that was entering in a police
car. In that moment I thought that the man had robbed a bank this
morning.
Indeed, later that morning I heard
to the radio that some robbers had stolen a bag from a woman in a
bank near my office. The robbers
had escaped with some money and bags from the bank with a car but
fortunately the police had seen
them and immediately ran after
them.
Michela Pocecca, B2
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Reviews "Divine Comedy", writ-ten by Dante, particular-
ly on the first part of it,
the "Inferno".
The plot is very twisted:
there is more than one story that runs parallel
to another one, that a
certain point meets and comes to a single final
solution. The main
themes are the curiosity, the will to know and
solve enigmas.
I'd really recommend
this book to anyone who
likes intriguing stories that keeps you in sus-
pense. Francesco Alessio Verni, B2
A Thriller
"Inferno" written by Dan Brown, is a
thriller story set in
Italy, in the Dante's
city: Florence, one of the most beautiful Italian
cities.
Robert Langdon, the
main character of the book, is involved in a
complicated series of ex-
citing events and mur-ders. The protagonist
flanked by a young en-
terprising woman deals
with many adversities and criminal organiza-
tions. The story is con-
structed around the
the help of Amos, the uncle.
The plot is written like
it's an audio recording
made by carter and
Sadie so it's full of com-ments and characters’
thoughts. The book is a
special mix between a very gripping thriller, a
fantasy and a fast-paced
action novel, that make a person who likes this
type of novel want to
read all the book in one
day.
I've tried to stop reading
this book for a few
minutes but the result
was that I continued reading faster and fast-
er, so I finished a 300
page book in about 3 hours.
Alessandro Germani, B2
A Thriller, a Fan-
tasy or an Action
Novel?
Rick Riordan's, “The Red
Pyramid”, is the first
book of a series of nov-
els (The Kane Chroni-cles) based on Egyptian
mythology but set in our
days.
It all starts when Julius Kane uses the Rosetta
stone to summon Osiris,
but accidentally releases
five gods, including set who imprison Julius and
begins his destruction
plan. However, Carter and Sadie Kane (the sib-
lings) are still
free so they try to liberate their
father and save
the world with
The British School
Website
I think that this website is very useful to revise the grammar. In fact there are a lot of exercises which are used primarily for re-
peat the syntax and vocabulary. In addition the corrections are given to you immediately after the end of the exercise, and this is very functional because it doesn't require the presence of a teacher and you haven't to wait to know your mistakes. In this website there are also tests that you have to do to see how much you have learned on the last ar-gument and also in this case you know immediately the score. I
know that I use the website very rarely, but I will take advantage of it most frequently.
Alice Boehm, B2
This website is an important learning resource because you can find exercises on every topic of grammar and vocabulary. You can find many interesting articles written by other students in the
school magazine, Best Times. The articles give you new ideas and informations.
So it’s also a funny way to learn English. I should use it more be-cause it could help me to under-stand something or with my homework. Maybe I have been too lazy; I’ll try to use it more in the future.
Anna Dapretto, B2
THE BRITISH SCHOOL O F FRIULI-VENEZIA
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Hi! My name is Isabel-
la. I'm fourteen years old. I love music and
cooking but my pas-
sion is volleyball. I've been playing for 5
years and my team is
"Gentilli" but now I'm playing with "Coselli".
My old coach’s name
was Enrico and he
was very severe, but he was very funny
too. Now my new
coach's name is Gio-vanna, she is an excel-
lent coach. I love so
much this sport be-cause it give me a lot
of energy and when I
play I fell invincible. I
like it because I love meeting new friends
and playing with them,
too. I would re-ally like to be-
come a better
player, so I will
continue to play this wonderful
sport!
See you soon
Isabella Giovanetti, B1
PET for Schools
Your teacher has asked you to write a
personal profile for
the English club newsletter. Give the
following information:
basic (name, age, etc.), personality,
people you like and/
or dislike, and hobbies and interests.
Now write your personal profile. (100
-120 words)
Model Exam Texts Model C1.2 Certificate in Advanced English Part 2
Write a commentary on extreme sports for an international magazine. (180-220 words)
ful to see the earth from the sky, or the path
from the edge of a rock
reached climbing without rope, or sailing in the deep-
est ocean with your little
boat, or driving as fast as
sound.
But if you love life so much,
why risk wasting it? I have
an answer, or rather, the
same answer of addicted people: it gives you such
strength, adrenaline, that it
becomes impossible to give
up. Therefore the risks seem small in front of the power of
controlling nature. And, (Continued on page 13)
Dangerous Sports
Dear readers,
Never will I practice danger-ous sports. But, please, con-
tinue reading if you are one
of those who parachute from
the sky or fly with a motor-bike because, maybe, there
is something in common in
our view of life.
Why did you try this experi-ence the first time? Is it to
show off? Is it to gain cour-
age? I think that it’s because
you want to experience life as much as possible, be-
cause you love life as much
as I do. It must be wonder-
descending from the first floor: a terrible sight
stopped her dead. She saw
one of her baby-dolls, with-out any clothes on, coming
down slowly.
The doll’s mouth was full of
blood and it looked like a
terrible murderer who had killed somebody a few
minutes before.
Sarah, unable to distinguish
reality from fantasy, began to scream so loudly that
everybody in the house
came to help her. Everybody
came apart from her young brother who was staying hid-
(Continued on page 13)
A Scary Story
Sarah was ten years old.
On a quiet afternoon of a hot summer, she was reading a
thriller, lying on her bed in
front of the window. A good
light entered in her bedroom through the open window
and a sweet silence was
around her because her par-ents and grandparents were
sleeping.
Reading was her favourite
hobby. The story told about
a killer doll and she was to-tally involved.
Suddenly her eyes were dis-
tracted by a strange thing
Model B2.2 First Certificate Exam Part 2
Write your story for an international magazine.
The story must end with the following words: “It
had all ended well, but Sarah would never be able to forget how frightened she had been.” (120-180 words)
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Call of duty!
Safety when cycling
Riding a bike in your city could be danger-
ous. Many people are involved in accidents
that can be avoided. Streets become dangerous places if you don't take any precautions. Being clever bicyclists is a duty!
When you cycle around the city centre you should always
consider that cars are stronger and more resistent than
you.
Follow the highway code like the other vehicles. You don't
use a special vehicle.
If the Police ask you to show your driving license, don't
question its authority. You should always keep in your pockets your driving license.
Don't listen to a personal stereo through headphones
when you're cycling. You can't hear klaxons or ambulanc-
es.
If the traffic light is green – and you have to start again,
be aware that cars or trucks may hit you accidentally.
Lorenzo Micheluzzi, B2
Model B2.2 First Certificate Exam Part 2
Prepare an informational leaflet in English for an international magazine. (120-180 words)
street. Everything was so fascinating and incredible
for me, because before
then I'd never seen houses so high and lights so shin-
ing. I liked the culture so I
decided to stay there for a
month to learn something about it. After that period I
went to Singapore, where I
spent a year trying to learn the language. Since then
I've been travelling around
the world discovering new
things about the other cul-tures, but the most im-
portant thing discovering
new feellings and interests. Therefore if i were someone
i would suggest him to leave
immediately.
Giulia Kainradl, B2
World Travel
It had always been my dream travel around
the world without any preoc-
cupations and regrets. So it
was the most beautiful day of my entire life when I left
my city and I started my
journey solo. I didn't know where I would go and this
was very ecxiting. This was
very unusual for my habit, because I was used to being
very careful and predictable.
The first thing i did was to
go to the airport and take the first flight. The fate
wanted I took a ticket for
Tokyo. When I arrived there it was raining and people
were walking very fast in the
ample of unprecedent-
ed emancipation, which celebrated the
lives, experiences and
aspirations of adoles-
cent Americans and Europeans. This new
wave of youth-centred
optimism was so sig-nificant that even to-
day, 50 years from the
birth of ‘youth culture’
we can individualise its roots in modern-day
society. The rebellious
spirit which pervaded young adults at the
time, coupled with the
resulting feeling of su-periority over previous
generations, are still
very much alive today,
even though I don’t feel that they are jus-
tified: in stark contrast
to how things were half a century ago,
teens today are, I find,
for the most part unin-spired and superficial,
always keen to reap
the fruits of the
achievements of past generations, instead of
striving to create
something original.
‘Youth culture’ is a product of genuine in-
spiration and creativi-
ty, borne from the re-
vival of Western socie-ty after the atrocities
of the Second World
War, and a cultural phenomenon which I
believe to be a singu-
lar achievement for young people, and un-
repeated in modern
times.
Matteo Pentrems, C2+
(Continued from page 1)
Youth Culture
Model B2.2 First Certificate Exam Part 2
Write your story for an international magazine. The story must
start with the following words: “It had always been my
dream.” (120-180 words)
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THE BRITISH SC HOOL O F FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA
Domestic violence
1) Domestic violence is a very widespread phenomenon that regards every single abuse's form like sexual, psychological and physical abuse in domestic context.
2) It can lead to serious psycho-logical aftermath of women, men and children because it
can develop to psychologi-cal problems such as de-pressive syndromes, somat-ic problems and post-traumatic stress disorder.
3) The situations of who suf-
fers violence are more serious when the violence continues for a long time or when there is a sibling link between aggressor and victim.
4) Two million women who have suffered domestic violence by
current partner or a former partner, while 5 million women are victims of violence outside the home.
5) It has been estimated that over 90 % of people doesn't denounce the
fact.
6) Who do many times violent ac-
tions at home have just one project he/she wants that the victim feels like a servant be-cause he/she would like to be
the family's boss.
7) The aggressor control the victim generating social iso-lation, fear, humiliating him/ her publicly, doing verbal threats.
8) But it's possible to fight this problem and the key is to break the isolation and find the cour-age to tell someone.
9) The associations that can help
the victims are
carabinieri - http://www.carabinieri.it/Internet/Cittadino/Consigli/Tematici/Questioni+di+vita/Violenza/Violenza+domestica.htm ,
telefono rosa - http://www.mandragola.com/tel_rosa/pdf/CENTRI%
20ANTIVIOLENZA.pdf , TRIESTE
GRUPPO DI LETTURA, RIFLESSIONE E PROGETTI CONTRO LA VIOLENZA ALLE DONNE
c/o UDI, P.zza Duca degli Abruzzi, 3 - 34132 TRIESTE Tel. 040/367879
Zeroviolenzasulledonne - http://
www.zeroviolenzadonne.it
Maria Mulè, B2
Trinity GESE Grade 7 - Topic Phase
The candidate initiates and maintains a discussion for five minutes on a topic of his or her own choice. The presentation may be supported by technological aids (e.g. OHP/Powerpoint). Below is an example of such a topic presentation. The text and images were used for a100-second PowerPoint presentation (10 seconds/slide) which was followed by a class discussion.
Problems Psychological
Depression Tension Anxiety
Tachycardia Feeling of guilt and shame Low self-esteem
2 million
women at
home
5 million out-
side the home
ZeroViolenzaDonne
Caribinieri
Telefono Rosso
The victim feels like a servant The aggressor wants to be the family boss
Model A2 KET for Schools Speaking Part 2
Candidate A asks some questions, using prompts, about a typical outing destination and Candidate B answers appropriately . Give it a try!
A: What / type / party?
B: ___________________
A: Where?
B: ___________________
A: When?
B: ___________________
A: What /can /do?
B: ___________________
A: What / bring?
B: ___________________
A: What / wear?
B: ___________________
Vicki
Maghetti, A2
A2
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Corner K
ids
In June and July each summer the school offers excursions in Eng-lish for our young learners. One such excursion took the children to Mini Mu Children’s Park in San Giovanni. The children participated in a hands-on activity using colours and shapes to create a collage about ‘home’. In the photograph, kindly taken by one of the facilita-tors, the children are holding their creations.
Activity Mornings
Dream Bedrooms
Summer Holidays
Asia Negro, A2
Gio
rgia
Sossa,
A2
Farruggia A1
Cordioli A1
Page 9
THE BRITISH SCHOOL O F FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA
the situation and
combined with a short sighted policy
led us to unemploy-
ment.
If we had organized a
forward looking ener-gy policy, now we
wouldn’t be depend-
ent on Russia and Arabian countries for
imports and we
wouldn’t pay elevated
bills.
If, during the years of
the economic boom,
we had invested our
sources for the future instead of dissipating
them into corruption
and speculation, to-day we would feel the
economic crisis less.
If our government
had enhanced re-
search and intellectu-al work, recognizing it
as useful for the
growth of a country, today there wouldn’t
be a drain of young
people abroad.
First we should imple-
ment a moral and ethical revolution and
we should be con-
cerned with the prob-lems of the communi-
ty: politics shouldn’t
be considered a job,
but something every-one participates in.
Only by changing our
way of life and our
approach towards so-ciety we can develop
again and im-
prove our cur-rent condition.
Leonardo Car-
bone, B2
(Continued from page 1)
Italy Today
King James Island
Here is a map of King James
Island. There is a river, a wood, a bridge, a space cen-
tre, a football field, an airport
and a car park. You can play
football and fly from the air-port. Welcome. It’s a beauti-
ful island.
Giacomo, A2
Horror Island
Here is a map of Horror Island.
There’s a port and an airport. You can swim and shop. Come
and visit this island.
Pietro , A2
When I was...
What’s the time?
Maps
A Keyhole View There is a table
on the floor. There’s a lamp next to the pic-ture. There are toys in front of the table. There
are plants in the room.
Francesco Schrott, A1
My Senses I can hear a car with my ears. I
can taste ice cream with my mouth. I can feel ice with my hand. I can see the sun with my
eyes. I can smell perfume with my nose.
Veronica Toniolo, A1
Emma De Pauli, A1 Sara Cannataro, A1 Gabriele Germani, A1
Katj
a A
ngera
me, A2
Ele
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izzi, A
2
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Elena Samorè, Gaia Del Latte,& Luca Centazzo, A1
My name’s Pip.
I’m from Scotland.
I live in a tree.
I’ve got a unicorn.
I haven’t got a house.
I like pigs.
My favourite sport is riding a bike.
I can fly.
Margherita Giorgi, A2
Irene Marrinelli, A2
Date
s
Fantasy
Ste
fania
Scro
pett
a,
A2
My Favourite Cartoon
My favourite carton is Phineas and Ferb. They build all types of towers,
villages, animal, machines, etc., etc.. I like them because they are clever and funny. They have a lot of imagination.
Filippo Venuti, A2
A2
THE BRITIS H SC HOOL OF F RIULI-VENEZIA
Horoscopes Page 11
tigious musical maga-zine “Gramophone”.
Ever since then, the
trend seems to have
reversed and most (though not all) of to-
day’s performances
tend to be faithful to Händel’s original or-
chestration.
“Messiah” has, over
the years, become a
much loved composi-tion thanks to the
beauty of its arias and
the powerful sound of its choruses. In Eng-
land and the United
States it is often per-formed at Christmas
and on Good Friday. A
custom that dates
back to a 1756 perfor-mance demands that
audiences stand dur-
ing the Hallelujah chorus. The origin of
this is disputed, but it
is probably due to the fact that King George
II, struck by the
beauty and the so-
lemnity of this partic-ular passage, stood
up in awe, thus caus-
ing the whole audi-ence to do the same,
according to the rules
of protocol in the
presence of a sover-eign. Still today, a
standing audience is
always a source of great pathos as the
oratorio rushes to the
end of its second part, which is often saluted
by long ovations.
Marco Sinibaldi, C2+
((Continued from page 2)
Genesis of a Baroque
Oratorio
BT42-8
A,
A2
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Trieste there is the Bora that is a cold wind from the east
northeast with violent gusts and the temperature drops below 0 degrees Celcius. The notable monuments are: the amphitheatre remains of the Romans, the St. Giusto Cathedral, the Unity of Italy square, the Victory beacon, Miramare castle and the giant cave in the countryside.
There are several stores and street markets of antique trade. Visitors can buy some souvenirs. There are nice small restau-rants in the suburbs. It’s a wonderful city and its theatres offer live entertainment. Many people like going to classical and modern plays, musicals light comedies, ballets and operas. I like living here.
Maria Carone, A2
(Continued from page 1)
Trieste
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facts, often disjointed one from the other in the mistaken belief that they
have produced a master-piece. This is due to the fact that less and less people read classics - furthermore they have the presumption having
reached the standard of the great authors, just because they have pub-lished a single book.
Another point is that
writing a book is some-times a sort of psycho-therapy: the page is con-sidered to be a private space: a place where
one can express thoughts, feelings, ideas, one's experiences and such like freely and with-out limits. Thus the book becomes a diary and no
longer a text for every-body. Any book must be universal, embodying everyone's feelings, emotions and ideas in a worldwide process of
sharing. The reader must recognise him/herself in it and become part of it.
The greatness and the
difficulty in writing lie here.
Maria Irene Cimmino, C2+
((Continued from page 2)
On Writing
Sally: Hi, girls! How was your weekend?
Beatrice: Hi, Diamond! Hi, Sally! This Saturday I went bowling with my friends.
Diamond: Hi! Did you have fun?
Beatrice: Yes, I did.
Sally: Diamond, what did you do?
Diamond: I went to the disco. and you Sally?
Sally: Nothing special. I stayed at home and I watched TV. What did
you do on Sunday?
Beatrice: I stayed at home and I
Goldilocks and the three
Bears Body Parts
My
Favourite Place
Niccolò Austoni, A1
Alberto Crevato, A1
Tommaso Pacorini, A1
chatted with some friends on Fa-cebook.
Diamond: Nothing much, I watched TV all day. And you Sal-
ly?
Sally: I went to the cinema with my parents.
Beatrice: What did you see?
Sally: We saw "Titanic". it was sad.
Beatrice, Diamond, Sally: Bye!
Anna Coslovich, Laura Chiandussi and Chiara Lusetic, B1
Chatting about the weekend
A1
A1
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through time, the wonder is
no more to explore the beauty of the environment,
but to overwhelm it.
You, man who bungee-
jump, have the responsibil-
ity for all those who will try after you. For this reason it
becomes vital to admit that
dangerous sports are a chal-lenge with something that is
bigger that you. There are
lots of different ways of
feeling in the wild without life threatening sports. The
challenge should be finding
the best way of having fun for the entire life, not for
few seconds of adrenaline
that could be the last ones.
Giordano Palmas, C1
((Continued from page 5)
Dangerous Sports
den behind a tent on the
first floor and was laughing because his trick, made with
a doll and a rope, had
worked.
Sarah didn’t stop crying
and screaming and nothing seemed to calm her so her
parents began to worry
about her condition.
Sarah had been really scared and she needed
some time to realise that
nothing had happened and
that the doll had been only a bad joke for her; she was
very angry with her brother
until, after many excuses and kisses, they could be in
peace again. The doll was
burned.
It had all ended well, but
Sarah would never be able to forget how frightened she
had been.
Gloria Carlesso, B2?
((Continued from page 5)
A Scary Story
Alessia Coss, A1
Giulia Macchia, A1
Interview with a Witch
What’s your name? Bromhilda.
What’s your favourite colour? Black.
What is your favourite subject? Geography.
Which is your favourite food pizza or salad? Pizza.
How much cheese do you eat? Many cheese.
Where do you live? In a house in a forest.
When do you have breakfast? At 9 o’clock.
Who is your cat? My cat is Lucky.
Have you got any brothers or sisters? Yes, I have.
Are you a student? Yes, I am.
Can you ride a flying broom? Yes, I can.
Did you go to a Halloween party? Yes, I went to a
Halloween party.
Martina Russiani, A2
Marta Santangelo, A1
Halloween
Costumes
Invitations
A2
A2
A2
A2
A2
Cazzador, A2
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
Best Friends
Fabio Bratos, A2
Filippo Wiesenfeld, A2
A2
B1