My dream house

My dream house would be 100.000 square feet. It would be near the sea and have a private beach.
Outside, I’d like to have many fun activities: a private kart racing track, a huge garden with many different species of trees and a big swimming pool with swimming boards. I would also have a huge heated swimming-pool with jacuzzi and sauna. I would like to have a private tennis court, a basketball field and a bowling track to have fun with my friends! Inside the big garage, I would have my private car collection, with Ferraris, Porches and Aston Martins too.
My dream house would have advanced technology like automatic lights, intelligent appliances, speakers everywhere and portable touch pads to control everything.
Inside the house I would like to have twenty rooms with private bathrooms to invite my friends. The house would have a big library, a private room cinema and a big game room.
Of course this mansion would be very expensive and I would need many employees! It would be so great that I wouldn’t go out to work!



Written by: Filipe Lacerda

Posted by: Filipe Lacerda

william shakespeare

The English dramatist and poet William Shakespeare was the author of the most widely admired and influential body of literature by any individual in the history of Western civilization.
His work comprises 36 plays, 154 sonnets, and 2 narrative poems.
Shakespeare was baptized in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, on April 26, 1564.
He is buried in the same church, where a memorial records his death on April 23, 1616.

written by: Rita Sádio
posted by: Isabel Luz

Cna yuo raed tihs?

Cna yuo raed tihs?
Olny 55% of plepoe can.
I cdnuolt blveiee taht
I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd
waht I was rdanieg. The
phaonmneal pweor of the
hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to
a rscheearch at Cmabrigde
Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr
in waht oerdr the ltteres
in a wrod are, the olny
iproamtnt tihng is taht
the frsit and lsat ltteer
be in the rghit pclae. The
rset can be a taotl mses
and you can sitll raed it
whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is
bcuseae the huamn mnid deos
not raed ervey lteter by
istlef, but the wrod as a
wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh
and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling
was ipmorantt!
fi yuo cna raed tihs

Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cleopatre

Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra, originally titled Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre, is a 2002 french film based on the comic book "Astérix et Cléopatre" written by René Goscinny and drawn by Albert Uderzo.

The film was directed by Alain Chabat and starred Gerard Depardieu, Christian Clavier and Monica Bellucci. It sold 14 557 020 tickets in France.

My favorite character was Jules César because of his intelligence, his military skills and his humoristic appearances along the movie. He, along the movie, also revealed being an opportunist, wise and life-experienced man. I conclude this due to many sentences that he says along the movie: “Alea jacta est” , “Veni, vidi, vinci” and “Civis pacem parabellum”.
I didn´t identify with Amonbofis because he is a calculist man that only cares about money and power.

The movie relies on layers of cultural jokes, many of them from the original graphic novels by Goscinny and Uderzo. Besides those jokes, more were added by the screenwriters, including many references to current popular culture: César’s military commander, Caius Suplicius, parodies Darth Vader and three workers parodied the rock band ZZ Top. Some jokes require aknowledge of French society, habits, etc. while others make use of the historical setting for humorous effect.

My favorite part of the story was when Astérix, Obélix and Panoramix escaped from Cleopatra’s prison. It happened this way:

«Obélix says to the prison guard (that is sat right in front of the door):
“Get out of there. We´re goin’ out.”
The prison guard thinks he is bluffing and aswers ironically:
“Yes, right. By the way, when you return could you bring me a pack of …”
BANG!!!!! Obélix kicks the door and it smashes the prison guard. Obélix says:
“This Egyptians are crazy!! We tell them go out and they stay in the same place!”»

I also loved it when Obélix broke the sphinx nose. I wouldn’t like to change the story in anyway.

I disliked it when the movie ended. WHAT A SHAME!!!

Written by: Jorge Borbinha

Posted by: Jorge Borbinha

Virtual Reality

A few weeks ago, a momentous occasion occurred in my household: my parents finally decided to install the internet. My younger siblings were ecstatic. The fact that a wealth of information was now available at the click of a mouse was not what excited them, though; it was the realization that along with the Internet would come the bonus of having America Online’s Instant Messenger (IM).
Our lives have changed. Instead of reading books or playing outside, my brother and sisters are permanently glued to our computer, “chatting” with their friends and acquaintances. The other night, while I was doing research on the web, my younger sister demanded that I let her use the computer, saying she had to “make plans”.
Whatever happened to making a few phone calls?
Situations like this exasperate me. Why form relationships online? Don’t a person’s facial expressions, emotions and tone of voice make up a big part of his or her personality? When I see the TV commercial with the girl saying, “I love having Instant Messenger, it lets me be myself”, I wonder home someone can be herself while hiding behind a computer screen. When did teenagers become so shy that they cannot show their personalities in face-to-face conversation?
I hope our techno society can return to the old forms of communication-talking in person or on the phone. While I still get the “You have got to be kidding me” look from my siblings when I say email instead of IM, I am glad that for me, the personal computer is not a place to form shallow relationships, but one of education and information.




written by: Rita Sádio

posted by: Isabel Luz

“You’ve Got Mail”

A few weeks ago our English class saw a movie called “You’ve Got Mail”.This comic movie talks about two apparently totally different persons, Kathleen and Joe.
Kathleen has a boyfriend but talk very often with a pen pal named NY512. They talk about everything, New York city, books, movies, really everything! What Katy doesn’t know is that her NY512 is, in fact, her biggest rival when it comes to book selling. Why book selling? Kathleen has a small book store here she can connect whit the costumers and even make friends. In the other hand, Joe has a lots of huge stores where all that matters is selling and having a big offer.
The movie is taken to a hole new level when Joe decides to open one of his stores in Kathleen‘s block and threading to ruin her store. Without knowing how he really is, she keeps emailing NY512 and getting really close to him. That’s when they decide to set a date. Joe appears and finds out who is his pen pal really is.
In the end of the movie Joe sets up a new and reveals him self. Kathleen forgives him and it all turned out ok.

The End

written by: Pedro Callapez

posted by: Isabel Luz

The Italian Job

-Directed by

F. Gary Gray

-Produced by

Donald De Line

-Written by

Donna Powers/Wayne Powers/Based on the film written by Troy Kennedy Martin

-Starring
Mark Wahlberg
Charlize Theron
Edward Norton
Seth Green
Jason StathamMos DefDonald Sutherland

-Music by
John Powell

-Cinematography
Wally Pfister

-Editing by
Richard Francis-Bruce/Christopher Rouse

-Distributed by
Paramount Pictures

-Release date(s)
Tribeca Film Festival:May 11, 2003United States:May 30, 2003Australia:August 21, 2003United Kingdom:September 19, 2003

-Running time
110 minutes

-Country
United States

-Language
English

The Italian Job is an american film from 2003. The main actors are Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron and Edward Norton. It is a remake of a film of the same name from 1969 and it produced by Paramount Pictures. The Italian Job was a success and made over 70 million dollars.

Plot

In Venice, Italy, John Bridger (Donald Sutherland) calls his daughter Stella Bridger (Charlize Theron) and tells her that he is participating in what will be his final heist. John then meets up with Charlie Croker (Mark Wahlberg) before setting the heist into motion. Their team consists of themselves and four others: an “inside man”, a get away driver, an explosives expert and a technical expert. The heist is a success, but one of them, Steve, betrays them all by taking the gold for himself; he also kills john Bridger and leaves the rest of the team for dead.
A year later back in the United States, Stella is using her safecracking expertise to break into vaults as an assistant to the police. The team has tracked Steve down, and Charlie recruits Stella to participate with the team in stealing the gold from Steve since she has the required skill and motivation.
The team travels to Los Angeles, California to begin their surveillance of Steve's house and plan the heist. Meanwhile, Steve attempts to sell his gold through a money launderer, but kills him when the launderer begins asking questions about the source of the gold. However, the money launderer is a cousin of a local Ukrainian gangster, who seeks vengeance for his cousin's murder.
Stella has a lot of problems to deal with…

Written by: Filipe Lacerda

Posted by: Filipe Lacerda

Simpsonmania

The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The sitcom is a parody of the middle class American lifestyle performed by its titular family, which consists of (in the upper image, from the left to the right) Maggie, Marge, Homer, Bart and Lisa. The show happens in the fictional town of Springfield and criticizes many aspects of the American culture, society and television.

Matt Groening created a dysfunctional family and named the characters after members of his own family, substituting Bart for his own name. The Simpsons became the first of Fox series to land in the Top 30 ratings in a season (1992-1993). Since its first TV run on December 17th 1989, the show has broadcasted 426 episodes and the 20th season started airing on September 28th 2008. The Simpsons Movie, a feature-length film, was released in theaters worldwide on July 26th and July 27th 2007 and has grossed approximately US$526.2 million worldwide to date.

The Simpsons has won dozens of awards since it debuted as a sitcom: 24 Emmy Awards, 26 Annie Awards and a Peabody Award. Time magazine, on the December 31st 1999 issue, named it the 20th century's best sitcom and on January 14th 2000 it was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Simpsons is the longest-running American sitcom. Homer's annoyed grunt "D'oh!" has been adopted into the English lexicon, while The Simpsons has influenced many other animated sitcoms such as Family Guy and American Dad.


My favorite character from The Simpsons is Morris “Moe” Szyslak, the proprietor and bartender of MOE’S (tavern). He is voiced after by Hank Azaria, an actor that I also admire very much. I also like this character most because of his agressivity. He has a famous sentence “Hey, for kicking my friend’s ass in my bar, there´s a four drinks consume minimum.”

In the early years of The Simpsons, Moe was the frequent target of Bart's prank phone calls. Bart would call Moe's Tavern and ask for an individual by his or her name. Unbeknownst to Moe, the name was a double entendre. When Moe would call aloud the individual's name (always in the context that makes the double entendre funny -- for example: "Hey, fellas, I need Amanda Hugginkiss!", " Does any of you is Al Koholic?, “Who of you is Homer Sexual? C’mon everybody, I need Homer Sexual!”), the bar's drunk patrons would laugh and Moe, realizing he had been had, would utter a series of threats into the phone to which Bart and Lisa would laugh.

His most loyal customer is Barney Gumble. Other regulars include Homer Simpson, Lenny Leonard, Carl Carlson, Sam and Larry.

Written by: Jorge Borbinha
posted by: Bruno Catita

Merry Christmas!

Christmas tree, presents and Santa Claus make part of the parties in the USA.
In the United States, people decorate his houses with Christmas trees, guirlandas and other decorations. The streets of the cities are decorated by colourful lights and sounds of bells and Christmas songs echo for all the places. Many persons go to the church in the morning of Christmas or in the night of 24th of December.
The children usually write letters for Saint Claus asking presents. They celebrate much with greetings and votes of felicity to his friends and relatives through the exchange of cards of Christmas. In this season, many enterprises give presents to his employees.
In most of the houses, the Christmas tree is the principal attraction of the party, principally because of the presents, which are deposited in his inferior part. The traditional dinner includes a variety of plates, like stuffed turkey, mashed potatoes and cake of fruits.
In some regions of the United States and Canada, ethnic groups follow the customs of Christmas of his ancestors. Some North American black men combine the Christmas with the Kwanzaa, an afro-American vacation with duration of seven days, from 26th of December to 1st of January: to each day, the families light a candle symbolizing one of seven beginnings, including creativity, faith and union.


Written by: Paula Guerra
Posted by: Bruno Catita

Apocalyptica

There aren't many rock bands on this planet that wouldn't like to be regarded as unique. Of course, in these tims of nostalgia and endlessly recycled ideas, very few actually deserve that description. Finland's “Apocalyptica” deserve it more than most. Utterly original in every respect, these classically trained merchants of genre-shattering metal sound quite unlike anything or anyone else in musical history.
Formed in the early '90s “Apocalyptica” chose an entirely individual path from day one. A few years earlier, while students at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, these young virtuosos joined a cello band that specialized in playing music by everyone from Bach to Hendrix. However, Eicca Toppinen and his three comrades had something louder in mind. All fans of heavy metal, they decided to form their own band. Toppinen wrote some unique arrangements of songs by Metallica, Slayer and other metallic legends and the group embarked on a series of shows at student balls. As their services became more and more in demand, “Apocalyptica” took the bold step of playing a gig at a bona fide heavy metal club...

Origin: Helsinki, Finland
Genre(s): Cello metal, Symphonic metal, Instrumental rock
Years active: 1993 – present

Apocalyptica’s:
Eicca Toppinen – Cello
Paavo Lötjönen – Cello (1996–present)
Perttu Kivilaakso – Cello (1999–present)
Mikko Sirén – drums (2003–present a permanent band-member since 2006)


Wrote by: Angela Martins
Posted by: Bruno Catita and Isabel Brito da Luz

The Comenius Project

The Comenius is very important to cooperation within schools.
The Comenius is also important to future the teenagers.
Is very important in:
• Direct contact with other cultures and languages;
• Exchange of ideas and good practice;
• Team building;
• Interesting cross- curricular;
• Development of new strategies and materials;
• Long -term friendships with people from other countries;
• And so on…

My adopted the Comenius project and participate in exchanges.

Written by: Rita Pereira
Posted by: Bruno Catita

The United States of America

The United states of America are a federal republic presidential.
The country is formed with fifty states and a federal district. The name of the country is frequently called USA or US.
The biggest part of the US is in the middle of North America.
The US celebrates the Independence Day in 4 July of 1776, when the thirteen British colonies in the North of America made the Independence Statement and they reject the British authority, and wont the auto determination. This independence was officially recognized by the United Kingdom in the treaty of Paris. The US adopted his actual Constitution in 1789, who developed the basic structure of the American govern. Since that the nation gradually developed him self. Become super-strength after the end of the Second World War and pass to exert a big economic, politic, scientific, technologic, military and cultural influence.

Capitol: Washington DC
City with more persons: New York
Govern: Presidential republic – Barak Obama
Area: 303 007 997 Hab.
Density: 31 hab. /Km²

Commentary about the movie "Lost in translation"

Summary

Bob Harris (a middle-aged actor) is in Tokyo for meetings advertising. Is married, but their marriage came at an upset (Harris is disconsolate, with a routine, meaningless, which became his life.
Charlotte is a girl, who is in Tokyo alone, because her husband (a photographer obsessed by his profession) is working for a few days in other cities in Japan.
Bob and Charlotte meet at the hotel.
Charlotte also feels sad, can’t find something that can support, give you something to live.
The two begin to establish a relationship of mutual understanding, which is saying as the days pass.
Until Bob, you have to shake, but did not wish!
The movie ends with the dismissal of Bob and Charlotte, where Bob, very sweetly, will tar with the young, kiss it and return again to the car!


Personal comment

My favorite character was without a doubt, Charlotte! Because she can always keep a great calm, this surprised me! But, of course, like the two characters, it formed a grand double.
This movie takes place in the modern world, the technology! This also provides a good interest!
This movie portrays very well, life is monotonous, which often leads!
In general, believe the pretty good movie, because through much reality...

Wrote by: Carolina Maio
posted by: Isabel Brito da Luz

The Trip to France

The most expected trip done by the students of ninth year was the trip to France.
On the first day when our parents and brothers were to saying good bye to us before the long trip to France, was the most painful for us because we would be many days away from those who loved.
When we arrived in France we went directly to the amusement park of Futuroscope, where we saw a spectacle of magic, visited many simulators: one simulated the ocean floor in 3D other was the planets etc, and experienced Dancing with the end robots. Almost at the end of the day, we went back to the hotel to have dinner and a bath.
Over the next few days we visited several museums: the Louvre Museum, the cathedral of Notre Dame, the Eiffel tower, including the Moulin Rouge, we saw the Arc de Triumph passed by the place de la Concorde, travelled a boat, the Bateaux Mouches, we were at the Chambord Château and many more.
On Tuesday we went to Disneyland Paris as expected, but the day seemed a bit dark. In Disney we soon tried the worst mountain Roller Space Mountain Mission 2, the following was the Buzz Light Laser Blast, then went to "it's a small world", went to Pirates of the Caribbean, we went to the mountain of Indiana Jones, we also went to the Star Tours simulator below we saw the cessation of Disney which was very nice and in the end we went to the Big Thunder Mountain. We went to the hotel for dinner and we packed.
On the last day we went directly to the “Avenue des Champs-Elysées” where we bought some stuff then we saw the Versailles Palace and then went back to Borba.

Wrote by: Joana Pereira
posted by: Isabel Brito da Luz

Do they know it's christmas (lyrics)

It's Christmas time,
there's no need to be afraid.
At christmas time
we let in light and banish shade
And in our world of plenty
we can spread a smile of Joy
Throw your arms around the world
at Christmas time.

But say a prayer,
Pray for the other ones.
At Christmas time it's hard
but when you're having fun...
There's a world outside your window
and it's a world of dread and fear
Where the only water flowing is
the bitter sting of tears
Where the Christmas bells that are ringing
are the clanging chimes of Doom
Well, tonight thank God it's them istead of you.

And there won't be snow in Africa this Christmas time
The greatest gift they'll get this year is life.
Ohh....
Where nothing ever grows
No rain or rivers flow
Do they know it's Christmas time at all?

Here's to you...
Raise a glass for everyone
Here's to them
Underneath that burning sun
Do they know it's Christmas time at all?

Feed the world...
Feed the world...

Feed the world,
Let them know it's Christmas time again.
Feed the world,
Let them know it's Christmas time again.
(Repeat several times and fade)