giovedì 13 ottobre 2016
Paradise Lost
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giovedì 26 novembre 2015
Happy birthday Hawaii!
President Barack Obama is associated with two main places in the United States: Chicago, where is studied and began his political career, and the State of Hawaii, where he was born and spent his childhood and adolescence.
Six years ago, the Hawaii turned 50 years being the fiftieth state of the USA. It is the only one to have a royal palace and its own language.
Hawaii is one of the most remote population centres on Earth, but now most of the islands are uninhabitated. The biggest are Kauai, Oahu, Maui and Hawaii (also called Big Island to avoid confusion with the state as a whole). Here there is a great variety of natural beauty, lava fields, rainforests, plants, animals and the world's biggest volcano.
Hawaii's highest mountain, Manua Kea, is higher than Mount Everest if you measure from its base on the sea floor and there are only 12 letters in the Hawaiian alphabet. Hawaii's inhabitants think that there is a lot of Hawaiian influence in Barack Obama.
martedì 6 ottobre 2015
Giraffe Hero
The mission of the Giraffe Heroes Project is to move people to stick their necks out for the common good, and to give them tools to succeed. Founder Ann Medlock's strategy for the Project was simple—she would find unknown heroes, commend them as “Giraffes” with a capital G, and get their stories told on radio, television, and in print. Giraffe stories would show the public that there was headway being made on the problems of the world, that there were individuals who had solutions—and the courage to move into action. The stories would feed people’s souls, inform their attitudes, and get them moving on public problems that mattered to them.
Aitan Grossman, is an American 12 year-old boy who loves music but doesn't like global warming. He tries to solve the problem of the climate crisis using his love for music.
Aitan composed and wrote a song he called "100 generations", which he sent out to schools around the world, asking students everywhere to join the chorus. With the aid of friends, their music teacher and his own father, Aitan recorded his song, posted it on YouTube and formed the nonprofit organization KidEarth to funnel money from sales and donations into the environmental movement.
The main thing that Aitan did, however, was to invite and ecourage other children to sing and record the song. From all over the world, the children responded.
He has three goals: to raise awareness of this problem that is endangering the Earth, to get his song recorded by lots of children and to inspire kids that if they want to do something, they can get it done.
He chose the theme of a hundred generations because he wanted to get across that while nature is eternal, humankind can cause its destruction.
Aitan Grossman, is an American 12 year-old boy who loves music but doesn't like global warming. He tries to solve the problem of the climate crisis using his love for music.
Aitan composed and wrote a song he called "100 generations", which he sent out to schools around the world, asking students everywhere to join the chorus. With the aid of friends, their music teacher and his own father, Aitan recorded his song, posted it on YouTube and formed the nonprofit organization KidEarth to funnel money from sales and donations into the environmental movement.
The main thing that Aitan did, however, was to invite and ecourage other children to sing and record the song. From all over the world, the children responded.
He has three goals: to raise awareness of this problem that is endangering the Earth, to get his song recorded by lots of children and to inspire kids that if they want to do something, they can get it done.
He chose the theme of a hundred generations because he wanted to get across that while nature is eternal, humankind can cause its destruction.
martedì 29 settembre 2015
The importance of languages
We live in a multilingual world that is becoming increasingly globalized so it's very important to know more than one language.
There are three main reasons for this:
The second reason that it's important to know more than one language is that it increases cultural awareness and allows you to communicate with different people. Many countries with high immigration levels have trouble with a lack of integration and this is often because of the language barrier, so people end up being segregated, staying in communities where their own language is spoken.
Finally, people should learn an additional language to better know their own language and because that's good for the brain. Some people believe that learning more languages leads to confusion, but it isn't true because if you learn languages with similar roots, learning one helps you learn the others, take Italian, Spanish and French, for example. Overall there can be no denying that learning languages is wholly positive for everyone. If more people were multilingual, the world would be a more prosperous place.
There are three main reasons for this:
- an additional language can help you in your career;
- you gain an awareness of other cultures;
- it helps increase your knowledge of your language.
The second reason that it's important to know more than one language is that it increases cultural awareness and allows you to communicate with different people. Many countries with high immigration levels have trouble with a lack of integration and this is often because of the language barrier, so people end up being segregated, staying in communities where their own language is spoken.
Finally, people should learn an additional language to better know their own language and because that's good for the brain. Some people believe that learning more languages leads to confusion, but it isn't true because if you learn languages with similar roots, learning one helps you learn the others, take Italian, Spanish and French, for example. Overall there can be no denying that learning languages is wholly positive for everyone. If more people were multilingual, the world would be a more prosperous place.
The story of Gelert
This story is about a prince who lived in a castle, named Llewelyn. The story takes place in Wales and in the Middle Age. The prince loved hunting and for this he had a faithful dog called Gelert. Llewelyn loved also his family, in fact he had a son but his wife died because of childbirth. The action begins when the prince left his dog alone with his son to take care of him while he was fighting in a battle. So, the dog stayed near the fire to look after the baby. Next, the prince returned at his castle, tired but victorious. But when he opened the dor, he found the cradle of his son on the floor and all the room was full of blood.
After that, Llewelyn saw his god Gelert near the cradle with all the blood on his body, so he tought that the dog killed his son and for this reason, the prince killed Gelert.
The story ends when Llewelyn found the dead body of a wolf in the room, so he understood that Gelert didn't killed his son, but the dog protected him from the wolf.
It was too late, so the prince bruied Gelert out of the castle, near the river.
After that, Llewelyn saw his god Gelert near the cradle with all the blood on his body, so he tought that the dog killed his son and for this reason, the prince killed Gelert.
The story ends when Llewelyn found the dead body of a wolf in the room, so he understood that Gelert didn't killed his son, but the dog protected him from the wolf.
It was too late, so the prince bruied Gelert out of the castle, near the river.
venerdì 29 maggio 2015
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