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Skills & Enterprise Development Academy - nº II - October 2011

In this second edition of our newspaper, our pages are filled with students colaborations. September is the month when we say goodbye to the

Tips of things to see and do in the Irish capital. 2

No money, lots of fun!

Dublin. You are going to get to know things to do around town, and check what the students approve and recommend. And still learn some recipes for different tastes.

summer in Ireland, so we asked for some tips of what to do in the city. Through their texts and articles, you’ll be able to know more about life in A match never to forget.

Dublin beats Kerry in the Gaelic Football final.

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DUBS

See the Jiu Jitsu team that has all the support

of our academy.Page 3

TEAM SEDA

A few thoughtsabout travelling

around.Page 5

WORLD

Last editions answers and a new chance to win

a cool prizePage 11

TEST

The lovely Cork through the eyes of

Teacher JudyPage 4

HOME

Do you want to cook something a little

different for a change?

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MySeda

Bye bye Summer

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Carol’s Chronicle We had a great response to last month’s newspaper. Many students have been emailing us to let us know how much they enjoyed the first edition of SEDA News. I hope you will find our second edition has lots to offer. We had a massive response to our request for student texts, as you will see. I’d encourage you to try out some of the recipes on the centre pages, especially the cola cake !delicious! Our morning pre-intermediate class really worked hard to come up with some great culinary idea. They even made the dishes so they could photograph them! Great work! Well done too to the morning advanced class, who came up with the idea for our back page feature: where to go in Dublin. My personal favourite is Oktoberfest in Dublin. The pretzels are just as good as the ones in Munich. This month we said goodbye to many of our students who came to SEDA to study during their summer holidays. We were all sad to see them go, but we hope that they will take their fond memories of Dublin and SEDA with them for a long time to come. It’s not all goodbyes, however. Tiago and Carlos have been travelling around the world this month, representing us at various international fairs, so we hope to be saying hello in the near future to lots of new students. There’s lots to look forward to in Dublin this month. Arthur’s day, the celebration of one of Dublin’s most famous sons, Arthur Guinness, takes place on the 22nd. Even if you don’t like drinking Guinness, there are lots of music concerts to go to on this day. We also have Culture Night, the evening once a year where all of Dublin?s museums stay open until 10pm, or later. There are also lots of interesting tours and talks on culture night. Check out the brochures in reception for more details. Remember to get in touch with us at [email protected] with all your news, photographs, cartoons, and articles so we publish them in next month’s paper.

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All Blue! “In my opinion Kerry will win the final of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. It is a more experienced team” said Gaelic fan Pauric Carroll, days before the game. Statistically, Kerry was more likely to win. The teams had previously met 25 times, with Kerry winning a total of 17, Dublin getting 6 victories and there were 2 draws. But this Sept.18, Dublin got their 7th victory over Kerry, making thousands of fans euphoric. ‘We had some awful heartbreaks over the years and I thought this day was never going to come’, Captain Bryan Cullen told the fans. And many fans did not really believe in a Dublin victory, as Sean Duignam stated: ‘I support Dublin, but I think Kerry will win, after all, they have the “Gooch”’ (Colm Cooper is considered one of the greatest players of his generation) . Many people thought the same, since Kerry have won the Championship 36 times, while Dublin a mere 22 times. Not forgetting that exactly 25 months ago, Dublin lost to Kerry in the quarter-finals of the Championship. But Dublin’s 23rd title finally happened this year, with Stephen Cluxton emerging as the unlikely hero. The Dublin goalkeeper scored the final point in injury time and ensured a Dublin victory by 1-12 to 1-11, resulting in ecstasy among the Dublin fans. For the last 16 years, the “boys in blue” as they are called, haven’t felt the taste of victory in a final. The crowd that was present in Croke Park stadium, or watching in pubs

On August 27th Legion Ireland Jiu jitsu team, sponsored by Seda College, participated in the Irish BJJ Cup that took place in Dublin with satisfactory results. The team, whose master is the black belt Jorge Santos, returned home with two gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal. There were 7 students in all in the competition and among them there was a girl. We all would like to thank the support of SEDA College as well as everybody who has been in the event. If you want to know a little bit more of our history or if you are interested in being part of our team, find us at facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegionIrelandBJJ) or send us an e-mail to [email protected].

Legion Ireland Team

BY NICOLLE ZILLI

Croke Park, which is the fourth largest stadium in Europe, was full for the final of the Championship on September 18.

BY MAIRA BASTIANI

Dublin won Kerry in a score of 1-12 vs 1-11

or in their homes, filled the streets. In every part of the city, it was possible to see fans wearing blue, the colour of the Dublin team. On the night after the football match, Sept. 19, around 40,000 fans in Dublin honoured the homecoming of the Sam Maguire trophy.

Gaelic Football - An Irish passion

A football game that also uses the hands? Yes! And it is a very popular spor t, loved by the Ir ish

people. The game is old, but it had its modern rules set in 1887. Described as a mixture of soccer and rugby, the game typically last for 60 minutes, divided into two periods of 30, but there are exceptions and the game can last for about 70 minutes. The game is supervised by eight officials. There are 15 players for each team, including the goalkeeper. The pitch is rectangular and the goal posts are in the format of “H”, which are at the end of the pitch. If the ball is punched or kicked over the top bar,

it is wor th 1 point. If it is punched or kicked under the crossbar, it is a goal (which equates to 3 points). The team with the highest score (sum of the points and goals) wins the game. The ball can be carr ied by hand for a distance of up to four steps and in a sequence of kicks and bounces. The main tournament of Gaelic football is the “All-Ireland Senior Football Championship”, organized by the GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association), star ting in March and ending in September.

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FUN FRIDAYEvery Monday at 5pm, we offer Spanish classes. Everyone is welcome.

The Fun Fridays continues to happen. At 2pm, Teacher Emma helps with her English conversation classes.

October at SEDA:


Cork Boi- the Rebel County

Welcome to Cork, home to such famous stars as Roy Keane, Denis Irwin (Manchester UTD), Sonia O’Sullivan, Michael Collins and a couple of rugby players. The list is endless plus to 240,000 others. It’s the third biggest city in Ireland (after Dublin and Belfast.) and was recently included as one of the Lonely Planet’s top 10 “Best in Travel 2010” and described as being “at the top of its game: sophisicated, vibrant and diverse.” It was the European Capital of Culture for 2005 and in 2009. Cork City is described as buzzing with energy with a burgeoning arts, music and restaurant scene, it’s now getting a ‘cultural reputation to rival the capital’ If you travel to Cork City, you will not only fall in love with this special proud town, you will be wanting to know more.

HistoryCork has a long and bruising history,

inextricably linked with Ireland’s struggle for nationhood.

The story begins in the 7th century, when St Finbarre founded a monastery on a corcach (marshy place). By the 12th century the settlement had become the chief city of the Kingdom of South Munster, having survived raids and sporadic settlement by Norsemen. Irish rule was short-lived, and by 1185 Cork was under English rule. Thereafter it changed hands regularly during the relentless struggle between Irish and Crown forces. It survived Cromwellian assault only to fall to that merciless champion of Protestantism, William of Orange.

During the 18th century Cork prospered, with butter, beef, beer and whiskey exported round the world from its port. Just a century later famine devastated both county and city, and robbed Cork of millions of its inhabitants by death or emigration.

Cork City NightlifeGuiness Cork Jazz Festival is a

major event in the Irish calender. Every October Bank Holiday weekend, 40,000 visitors flock to Cork for some world famous jazz. Established over 30 years ago it has become the longest- running festival in Ireland. This year, it opens with Damon Albarn of Blur and Gorillaz and 27 other performers including Flea from the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Grandmaster Flash, the founder of hip hop will be headlining. He was the first DJ to physically lay his hands on the vinyl and manipulate it in a backward, forward or counter-clockwise motion. He has been regularly headlining festivals along with artists such as N*E*R*D, Basement Jaxx, Chemical Brothers and many more.

Other amazing artists to appear this year is the jazz fusion superstar Jean-Luc Ponty, who has played with Frank Zappa and Elton John. Among the other influential musicians appearing on stage will be Kokanko Sato, Theo Parrish, Shangaan Electro and possibly Erykah Badu.

Not only will every pub in Cork be jazzing all weekend there will also be a lot of live music and entertainment on the streets.

For more information go to www.guinessjazzfestival.com

The English Market There is a lot of things to see and

do in Cork. If your a food fanatic you could spend the day shopping in Ireland’s only indoor food market. It is one of the older markets in the world. Established in1788, it has survived the Famine, revolutions, wars, fire and economic decline. Origianally specialising in meat produce, it has adapted down through the years and now offers produce for everybody’s taste and budget. It has in recent years becom a major tourist attraction drawing tourists

from around the world, including the Queen and Oasis during her 2011 state visit.

Cork City GaolSituated on top of Sunday’s Well,

the magnificant building built in the 19th Century was used as a prison during the struggle aginst the Black and Tans and again with “the Troubles”. It is now used as a Heritage Centre with wax figures in a life like setting.

You can visit the Gaol at night where they do Ghost Tours. You can wander around the prison with the ghosts from the past and listen to the shuffle of inmates feet. Truly terrifying!

Fota Wildlife ParkFota Wildlife Park is set on 70 acres

on the scenic Fota Island in the heart of Cork Harbour only 15 minutes from Cork City. The park is not like an ordinary zoo; here you can come face to face with free roaming animals & birds from all parts of the world. So whether it’s a kangaroo that hops in front of you or a ring tailed lemur which jumps down from a tree, each visit

Last year I took a very impor-tant decision in my life: to move to Ire-land. I read a lot about the country, the history, the health care system, the culture, the weather, and the famous hospitality of the Irish, BUT I forget to read about culture customs and ways ... When I came here, I discov-ered that 2 and a half hours is enough time to change human relationships and some lessons were learnt the hard way. Sometimes your behaviour can be misinterpreted. Are you considered a tramp if you hug all your friends? If you touch their hands or arms when you are talking, will you be rude? If I do the Victory sign backwards when I order two beers because I don’t know the Irish meaning, will I be insolent? If the Irish are different to Spanish people, who live in the same continent, for Brazilian or Latin Ameri-can people, the difference is huge. The other day in class we were discussing the differences between the physical contact in every country, but I believe that the most important difference is what is considered “politeness”. If I am in an Irish environment it will be rude if I kiss in the cheek to someone I have just met. In Spain or Brazil we say hello with two kisses in any informal situa-tion and this small difference could put a invisible barrier between Irish people and Latin cultures, where we need less personal space and we touch each oth-er more when we speak than Irish do. Of course, every country has an exception and cross-cultural ob-servations are just a guide and we know how dangerous could be the stereotypes. Not every Irish person is red-headed, not every Spanish person dances flamenco and likes bull fighting

and not every Brazilian dances samba and loves football. But I think it’s pret-ty obvious that we are different and to build a real relationship could be dif-ficult. In these days the word “Toler-ance” is used alot, but I hate this word. “Tolerance” for me has a terrible mean-ing and I prefer “Respect”. Maybe the best advice on this subject was given to me by my gandpa : “where you go do as you see”, because it is impossible to think that even the big immigration in Ireland will change the norms of non -verbal communication. Breaking this status could be very difficult but and I am sure, SE-DA’s teachers are right now more open than they were before started to work with lots of Brazilians, Spanish and South Americans. My class had the special and unique occasion to hug our teacher Jane on her bir thday. She was so embarrassed but at the same time, it was a very nice way to cross culture with someone who is part of our daily life since some months ago. We re-ally like her and maybe for our culture it’s easier to say thank you with a hug more than with a nice word. We are here to learn English and improve our communication skills. It is true. But not only the verbal commu-nication: if you really want to know the native way, the culture of any country, in this case, Ireland, you must under-stand the “silent Language”, which is sometimes louder than it first appears. After seven months in this beautiful and rainy country, my learning is that peo-ple everywhere have more in common than we really think and when the exte-rior is peeled of, the differences aren’t so big. I really love living between two cultures and the most interesting of all, in two languages.

Where you godo as you seeStudent Text

is sure to bring its own fantastic memories.

Blarney CastleBlarney Castle was built nearly six

hundred years ago by one of Ireland’s greatest chieftains, Cormac MacCarthy, and has been attracting attention beyond Munster ever since. Over the last few hundred years, millions have flocked to Blarney, making it a world landmark and one of Ireland’s greatest treasures. The legendary Stone of Eloquence that is found at the top of the castle. If you lean forward and kiss it, you receive the ‘gift of the gab’ . You’ll never be stuck for words again!

CobhFrom 1848 - 1950 over 6 million

adults and children emigrated from Ireland - over 2.5 million departed from Cobh, making it the single most important port of emigration. Including the final port of call for the RMS Titanic who set out across the Atlantic on her ill-fated maiden voyage. The Queenstown Heritage Centre, situated in the Victorian Railway station near the town centre. depicts the story of immigration ant the experiences in the New World. It includes the story of Annie Moore – the first immigrant to be registered on Ellis Island in New York City.

Cobh (formerly Queenstown) is a pretty seaside town in. . It is just 20 minutes from Cork city and there are hourly rail connections to and from the city. It is steeped in history and is an ideal place in which to stay to explore.

KinsaleThe medieval town of Kinsale is not

just about food. it’s also about traditional bars, beautiful buildings, narrow streets, shops and galleries and lots of activities on land and sea. You’ll find Kinsale’s not just a place - it’s more a state of mind!

If you go to Kinsale, I recommend you visit The Bulman. It’s in an amazing location, down a narrow winding street with fabulous views over the bay. So relax on the pier, soak up the atmosphere and enjoy your pint in this beautiful place.

Cork City Hall

BY JUDY BRESNAN

BY JORDANA MARREROBY FERNANDA TRIgINELLI

Teacher Text

Travel has always been a dream for me. To know several places around the world, different customs and cultures, people and languages. I came to Ireland to improve my English, besides knowing better the culture and history of a fascinating country, to take the opportunity to know other European countries, etc., but above all, to know myself. To know what’s really important in my life, give more value for something, and less for other, learn with people so different from me, and in the same time so similar… and teach them too, why not? The most important thing is just go and leave the side-lines and face life head on. The challenge of the new adaptation, for many people is a barrier. But this barrier must be overcome,

Travel is necessary!because the payoff is very rewarding, makes us stronger and more accomplished and confident of our values and ideals. And as an illustration of what I said, I share this beautiful text of the Brazilian writer Amir Klink: “A man needs to travel. On its own, not through stories, pictures, books or TV. By his own, with his eyes and feet, to understand what is yours. One day to plant his own trees and gives them value. Meet the cold to enjoy the heat. And the opposite. Feel the distance and the homelessness to be well under his own roof. A man must travel to places that don’t know to break this arrogance that makes us see the world as we imagine, not simply as is or can be. What makes us teachers and doctors of what we saw when we should be students, and just go see.”


National Botanic Gardens

• The entrance of the National Botanic Gardens (above). The park is open during the week from 9am to 4:30pm during the winter and from 9am to 5pm during the summer; on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays from 10am to 6pm.

• Rain Forest inside a glass house (below). The National Botanic Gardens has several environments, both in open spaces and inside glass houses.

• Rockery (left).The National Botanic Gardens is located at Glasnevin, Dublin 9, Ireland.

• Cactus’s glass house. The entrance is free and you can visit all of the environments in the park.

This month, Seda’ students took part of an amazing ride. In a hot and sunny morning, 28 people had the opportunity to be in the only sightseeing experience by land and water in Dublin. As you can see in the pictures, the fun was the major component in the tour. But everybody could get to know more of the history and see all the landmarks of the city – either by earth or water.

With an amazing and vast collection of plants, the Botanic Garden at Dublin is a peaceful and beautiful place to spent some relaxing moments. As you can see in Mariana Skraba pictures. It was fund in 1795, but its famous Palm House was inaugurated only in 1884. The Gardens are open from 9am ‘til 4.30pm in the winter.

What have youbeen doing?


What’scooking?

Pre-intermediate students’ recipes

I n g r e d i e n t s :500g S l i ced beef1 la rge on ion s l i ced o r d iced2/3 cup l iqu id (bee f b ro th , water, e tc )1 teaspoon chopped gar l i c1 tablespoon a l l -pur pose beef1 /2 teaspoon sa l t and pepper to tas te4 teaspoon bu t te r3 cups tomato ju ice3 cups sour c ream

M e t h o d :In the same pan, b rown meat l i gh t l y in bu t te r in du tch oven. Inc rease the heat to h igh /med-h igh . Add 2 /3 cup l iqu id . Add on ion and gar l i c . Brown fo r 10 minu tes. Add a l l -pur pose beef. Reduce the heat to low and add the sour c ream and ju ice tomato and ad jus t season. S t i r sour c ream and ser ve immedia te ly.

Beef Stroganoff with rice and chips

BY RODRIgO ALMEIDA

I n g r e d i e n t s :3 p ieces o f haddock o r sa lmon f i l l e t2 po ta toes chopped1/2 Le t tuce2 car ro ts1 lemon

M e t h o d :1. Pu t the o i l i n the pan .2 . Fr y the po ta toes f i r s t un t i l they look go lden . Then take o f f the ch ips and dra in the o i l .3 . Fr y the f i sh in the same o i l . Wa i t un t i l i t ge ts c r i spy and go lden .4 . Prepare the sa lad . Cut the le t tuce and pee l the car ro ts and add sa l t .5 . Pu t the food on a d ish , season the f i sh w i th lemon and en joy.

Fish &Chips

BY ROBERTO KUhL

I n g r e d i e n t s :car ro t , f i ne ly choppedpota toessa l t sa lad saucele t tucegreen pepperscucumber200g sa lmonbrocco l i , cu t in to f lo re tssoytomatof resh cor n

M e t h o d :1. Pu t on the p la te car ro t ( f ine ly chopped) , le t tuce, green peppers, cucumbers and tomato( f ine ly chopped)2 . Bo i l b rocco l i and f resh cor n fo r 5 min3 . Cook the po ta toes4 . Bake the sa lmon fo r 20min5 . Season the sa lmon w i th sauce or shoyo

Mixed Salad with Salmon

BY gUILhERME SANTANA

I n g r e d i e n t s :2 ch icken breas ts1 ch icken s tock cube2 on ions, f ine ly chopped5 tomatoes, f ine ly chopped2 gar l i c , f i ne ly choppedPars ley, f ine ly choppedOi lSa l tB lack pepper 1 cup o f c ream f ra iche1 cup o f c ream cheeseA pack o f c r i sps

I n g r e d i e n t s :2 cups o f f lour2 cups o f wh i te sugar1 cup o f coca-co la4 eggs1 tablespoon o f bak ing powder

Chicken Fricassê

Coca-cola cake

BY LEDIANI BRIANEZI

BY LAILA SANTOS

M e t h o d :1. Cook o f ch icken in water, sa l t and s tock cube2. Shred the ch icken3. Heat the o i l i n a la rge pan and f r y the on ion , then add gar l i c and s t i r we l l4 . Add tomatoes , pars ley and s t i r5 . Add the ch icken shredded, sa l t and black pepper and s t i rPour water and le t s immer fo r 20 minu tes6 . Preheat the oven to 220C/ fan7 . Trans fe r the ch icken mix tu re in to an ovenproo f d ish and add the mi lk c ream and so f t cheese and mix we l l8 . Spread the ch icken in the oven proo f9 . Bake fo r approx . 30 minu tes10. Add French f r ies

S ide d ishes : R ice and mixed sa lad

M e t h o d :1. Cook o f ch icken in water, sa l t and s tock cubeMix ever y th ing in the blender and take to bakeonce done i t i s done s t i ck i t a l l w i th a fo r k and make the topp ing by mix ing :1 can o f condensed mi lk 1 can o f coconut m i lk1 (250g) package o f Gra ted coconut P lace the cake in the f r idge to se t the topp ing

One of the main things of living alone abroad is the need to cook, either you did it before get here, or not... Because it’s impossible to live just with pizza and burguers and we can’t afford take aways all the

time. So we learn the basics, but sometimes we get tired of just the same meal all the time. So, Rosa’s morning class prepared a few recipes to spice up a little bit our lunch time.


In the programme for government which was drawn up by the Fine Gael party and the Labour party it was decided to initiate an internship programme designed to provide graduates who were leaving schools, universities and long term unemployed workers who had up-skilled with the experience in the areas in which they had studied. The abstract below is taken from a document on the Jobs Initiative May 2011 and points to how the new administration intended to stimulate employment in the economy.

The Government will also establish a new National Internship Scheme providing 5,000 work experience placements in the private, public and voluntary sectors. This will be a time-limited scheme and will provide work experience placements for interns for a 6 to 9 month period. A weekly allowance of €50 per week on top of the existing social welfare entitlement will be payable for the period of the internship.

On the face of it this looks like an excellent way for students to gain invaluable experience in the workplace which would allow them to develop their skills in their chosen area of employment. It also represents a good opportunity to those workers whom have lost their jobs, many of which came from such areas as construction and service industries related to this sector, to put the new skills that they had developed to good use. The positives from such a scheme are as follows.

• Creating job opportunities • Increasing the self esteem • Opportunity to practice new skills in the workplace environment • Establishing new contacts in business circles

Abuse of the system However, it has been reported that many employers are abusing the scheme by offering work that is not in the spirit of

Email the correct answers to Carol and you might get a cool prize!Internship Scheme Seda Dublin and English Grammar Quizthe scheme. The FAS website was scanned this week by the reporter and it was found that some of the jobs on offer were far from the type of work that graduates and those who have up-skilled from manual work would consider as “improving their skills”. In a statement issued in the press by Labour TD for Louth, Gerald Nash he criticized FAS for not taking more stringent action in screening the jobs on offer on the “jobs bridge website”. He stated:

A significant improvement in the screening of applicant employers for the JobBridge internship scheme which was launched by the government in July is a must if the Minister’s for Social Protection’s excellent scheme is to reap the social and economic rewards originally envisaged for the programme. “JobBridge was set up to give graduates and those coming off training schemes an opportunity to apply their knowledge and skills in the workforce with

the potential to lead to full-time employment. “When done well and in the full spirit of the scheme, JobBridge represents a fantastic opportunity for both the employer and the intern. An internship is meant to be a structured learning programme for the participant, not a source of free labour for the employer, especially when it comes to those who post stratospheric pre-tax profits on an annual basis.” “There is substantial evidence in the public domain showing that some unscrupulous employers especially in the retail and hotel and catering trades are attempting to flagrantly abuse the scheme. The stacking of shelves and the carrying out of basic cleaning duties does not an internship make. “It is puzzling in the extreme as to how some of these positions managed to make it through the screening process in the first place and find their way on to the JobBridge site for a period. This lax practice should be discontinued immediately.

“No matter what weak defence is put forward, these posts aim to displace real jobs. It is sickening to see massive retail organisations, some of whom are generating profits in the hundreds of millions and operating at much higher margins in Ireland than in other European countries conniving to deliberately exploit a taxpayer funded initiative designed to help those who are anxious to get into the world of work and to map out a future for themselves.”

This is an indication that the government needs to tackle the problem of employers who are attempting to take advantage of the weakened economy and exploit those in vulnerable positions. Although in essence the internship scheme has its merits, unless there are strict rules and even penalties for those who choose to abuse these programmes there will be little or no real benefit to any of the stakeholders in the economy.

BY STEPhEN J. MURPhY

Teacher Text I know that many of you have been wondering about last months’ quiz. Here are the answers: Dolphin’s barn is called Dolphin’s Barn because a man whose surname was Delphyn owned a barn here. O’Connell Street was called Sackville Street, the crest of Dublin features three burning castles (the fire symbolises the spirit of the people of Dublin) and, of course, the river that flows through Dublin is the Liffey. As for grammar, “When I lived in Bello Horizonte, I used to go swimming every day”is not a conditional sentence, “Dublin, where is in Europe, is my favourite city in the world.” is not correct (it should be which, not where) and “Good day, my good sir, how do you do?” is a correct way of saying hello, but it’s not a normal way. Craic means fun. If you didn’t know that, we at SEDA news suggest you try to have more fun. Congratulations to Taciel Sharma, who one the star prize: the Scrabble board game. Have a go at this month’s quiz and maybe you’ll win something cool.

1) October 31st is a bank holiday in Ireland. Why?

a) It’s Halloweenb) It’s St. Patrick’s Dayc) It’s Arthur’s Day

2) Complete the sentence: “he _______ in bed all day because he was sick.”

a) Layb) Laidc) Layedd) Lie

3) In the sentence “John is playing football very well today.” is is an example of:

a) a main verbb) a modal verbc) an auxiliary verbd) a gerund

4) Which of these is not a cathedral in Dublin?

a) St. Patrick’s Cathedralb) Christchurch Cathedralc) St. Paul’s Cathedral

5) What colour is the face of Trinity’s clock on College green?

a) Blue b) Greenc) Yellowd) Red

6) What is the past participle of the verb come?

a) comed b) comec) came

7) Which of these sentences means I’m not a smoker now?

a) I stopped to smokeb) I stopped smokingc) I stopped for a smoke

8) ‘Dubh Linn’, an old name for Dublin, is gaelic for:

a) Fair Cityb) Black Poolc) Friendly People

send the answers to [email protected]

The answers will bein the next edition!

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Have fun and enjoy the night in Dublin without money.

Top 5 Free Gigs

1. The experience and the affection of this “Old Mans” are the best skills of this Jazz Band that plays every Sunday in the Sweeney’s Pub in Dame Street at 7pm to 9pm. The experience is really good, it’s like hearing your Grandparents playing Jazz in your living room with all your family around. The best thing to do is to get food, drink a pint of Guiness and relax in this really nice and cozy place.

2. To finish your Sunday with a “gold key”, after the Jazz you’ve to go to the Globe and enjoy the Rock of the 50’s, every Sunday night at 9pm. Every Sunday, a different and really good band with their cowlicks(tufts) and acoustic basses. Each day is a surprise, sometimes you can only hear a good music, sit and read a book. And sometimes this place turns into a really “dance place of the 50’s”. Get fun and enjoy the last hours of your weekend before starting another week of work and studies.

3. Heavy rock and some pitchers of beer. Great rock pub in the Liffey (in the River Avenue). It’s a nice place to sit, have a great chat with your friends with some drinks, and hearing good rock n’roll. Not every weekend, but many times you can enjoy a heavy rock gig there.

4. If you think that the pubs in Dublin are just to “party hard” and get drunk, yes it is. But you can also go to a really good Modern Jazz session and enjoy a relaxing and quite atmosphere after work! That happens on Thursdays, in the Grand Social, near the Temple Bar, on the other side of the river.

5. In this place, you can hear just a simple guy with his voice and guitar or a big band with 10 members and the whole equipment. And you can hear all this sort of music, while going shopping, going on your lunch break or just walking around. Yes, I’m talking about the biggest “Music Stage” in Dublin, the Grafton Street. Open 24 hours, all the time with something different for you.

ROBERTA GEDOZ

At the classic Temple Bar Square, on Culture Friday (23/09), at 7pm, you will find a mixed-voice choir that will gather more that 50 artists. Cantairí Avondale is a mixed-voice choir that performs a wide variety of choral music including a capella partsongs (both sacred and secular),madrigals, jazz and modern classics, plainchant, and oratorio. They have won many choral competitions, recently the Mixed Voice Voice Choir Competition and the Popular Music/Choruses Competition at Navan Choral Festival 2011. Don’t miss the opportunity to enjoy a pleasant evening at Dublin’s most famous landmarks, in an event soaked with culture.

If you don’t have the oppor tunity to go to Munich-Germany to get the Oktoberfest exper ience, don’t be sad because the Oktoberfest wil l come from Germany to Dublin. It ’ l l take place in the Dublin Docklands on 22nd September to 9th October 2011 and the best thing about the event is, i t ’s free! You’l l have the oppor tunity to see a marquee, German markets and 24 authentic Oktoberfest barmaids wil l descend on Georges Dock for some German fun, food and enter tainment and the authentic Bavar ian beer. It wil l feature over thir ty German specialty food producers and the very best of Bavar ian food and specialt ies from sausages, meat, pastr ies to mountain cheese and ginger bread hear ts. Visitors wil l also have the oppor tunity to exper ience a truly authentic Bavar ian style wheat beer, learn to sing a yodel or dance a polka. If you are interested in this event and want more information visit: www.dublindocklands.ie

If you are looking for a place that mixes beer, music, poetry and comedy, maybe The International Pub is your place in Dublin. It is situated at 23 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2. At a br ief look, The International Pub seems just l ike a regular pub. But i ts real value l ies downstairs. In a small and cozy basement bar, ful l of chairs and tables, there is a t iny and discrete space reserved for any kind of presentations. I went there few weeks ago, on a Monday (8pm), and could enjoy The Glor Sessions, an amazing fusion between poetry and music. In these sessions, local composers and poets have the chance of showing their works or paying tr ibute to consecrated names of the music or l i terature. The presentation was great and the interaction between the ar t ists and the public was unique, making the environment really pleasant. And the best par t of

Judy’s advanced class got together to come up with a few tips of how to enjoy the city with a student budget. You can read what their suggestions are of places to be and things to do around town.

BY EDUARDO CORADINI JUNIOR

BY ROBERTA gEDOZ

BY ANDRE RESSEL

BY MARIANA MOREIRA

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Free Music

Mixed-voice choir at Temple Bar Square

Oktoberfest in Dublin

The International Pub

all this: the admission is free. The International Pub also has pr ide of be the only pub with Live Comedy 7 nights a week, as well as Jazz presentations and its famous tradit ional music sessions, on Sundays from 1pm – 4pm. So, i f you are looking for having fun in a place that smells culture, check out The International Pub next t ime.

No money, lots of fun!

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