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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, Melissa.Wing@British-fvg.net

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

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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

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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: treiste@british-fvg.net

Monfalcone

16, Via Duca d'Aosta

Phone: 0481-411-868

Fax: 0481-41-22-28

Email: monfalcone@british-fvg.net

Udine

4, Vicolo Pulesi

Phone: 0432-50-71-71

Fax: 0432-50-75-46

Email: udine@british-fvg.net

Gorizia

17, Corsa Italia

Phone: 0481-33-300

Fax: 0481-53-15-18

Email: Gorizia@british-fvg.net

Ti porta nel mondo che conta

Best Friends

Fabio Bratos, A2

Filippo Wiesenfeld, A2

A2

B1