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• Raccolta di articoli in inglese scritti dalla
• Classe 2 A
• Anno scolastico 2003 2004
• Prof. Enrica Puppo

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INDEX
INDEX
INDEX
CRISTINA ANNIBALI 3 AGAINST AIDS 4
MUMMIES IN PERU ANDREA ARAGONE 5 COW HOLIDAY
IN AUSTRIA 6 SIRENS AGAINST PIDDLE IN THE
CARUGGI SERENA BADARACCO 7 MUSIC IS OFTEN
OUR LIFE 8 TO SMOKE OR NOT TO SMOKE? 9
THE CHARM OF VIDEOGAMES LUDOVICA BRUNAMONTI 10
FOUND THE DISAPPEARED CHILD 11 JFK FORTY
YEARS LATER FRANCESCA BUTERA 12 FIRST GAY
WEDDING IN FRANCE 13 KILL BILL BY QUENTIN
TARANTINO JESSICA ERRE 14 A MASKED-BALL TO
HELP GASLINI 15 COMPUTERS MAKE ALSO
COFFE 16 CELEBRITIES DEATH BRINGS MUCH
MONEY 17 GENOA AQUARIUM 18 PALM TREES
DAY 19 STONES AGAINST CARS 20 THE
IMPROVISERS ARRIVE 21 A KITE FOR PEACE 22
STUDENTS VISIT GENOA AQUARIUM
GIULIA FIORATO 23 PROBLEMS OF POLLUTION
24 A TRAGEDY IN PLFEZ 25 THE
VULGAR FARM MARTA MURGIA 26 ST. VALENTINES
DAY 27 8TH MARCH WOMANS DAY 28
DEATH SENTENCE 29 FENCING 30 SOUTH
CALIFORNIA ON FLAMES 31 THE POP STAR
ROBBIE WILLIAM 32 TO PLAY AN APRIL FOOL 33
YOUNG PEOPLE AND DRUGS 34 FUTURE IS
ALREADY HERE 35 THE BIGGEST CHOCOLATE IN
THE WORLD 36 THE WORLD OF TEA FEDERICA
ODONE 37 THE STORY OF A YOUNG
BOY-GIRL CORINNA OLIVERI 38 MORTAL
ADVANCES 39 SOMETHING MORE ABOUT DIANA 40
A PARTICULAR FUITINA 41 KILLED OUT
OF JEALOUSY 42 EASTER WEEK CHILDRENS
STORIES FRANCESCA PAMPALONI 43 HE IS FAT,
HE KILLS HIMSELF 44 NOT GUILTY
GIULIA PARTESANA 46 SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER IN
SIENA 46 THE RETURN OF THE KING ELENA
PASTORINO 47 AMUSEMENT PARKS 48 MOOD 49
THE LATEST FASHION GIADA RAVAIOLI 50 A
FIRE BRAZIER VIRNA TACCONE 53 WHALES 54
GENOA AND RAINING 55 SWIMMING OR
DANCING 56 THE MOON 57 ARMADILLO AS A
STAR ISABELLA TORRE 58 JOANNE KATHLEEN
ROWLING AND HER WORLD OF WIZARDS 59 THE
TRAINING TROLLEY 60 AN ILL WOMAN REFUSES
TO BE OPERATED FRANCESCA VALENTE 61
LAIKAS STORY 62 MIRACLE IN CAMBODIA 63
NOTRE DAME 64 THE BEAGLE FOUND NEAR
LONDON

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AGAINST AIDSCRISTINA ANNIBALI
AGAINST AIDS

• The people who will undergo to the
  experimentation of the Italian vaccine against
  AIDS and called the green number of the Higher
  Institute of Health are beyond seventy. The
  suitable volunteers are assigned a secret code
  that will put them in a direct talk with the
  selectors of HIH. Fifty-six people affected by
  AIDS (not subordinate to any therapies) and
  thirty-two healthy persons that will take part in
  the first phase of the experimentation will be
  chosen for the screening. The objective of this
  first phase of the clinical experimentation is to
  demonstrate the harmlessness of the vaccine in
  the man, the absence, therefore, of toxic
  effects, and to estimate the induced immune
  answer of the vaccination.
• The tests preview six months of treatment and
  other six months of observation, in a term that
  will be established for the HIH.

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MUMMIES IN PERUCRISTINA ANNIBALI
MUMMIES IN PERU

• In Arequipa, Peru, some workers, who were
  building the basement of a school, have found two
  mummies near the desert area of Nazca. They are
  the mummies of a boy and a man in his thirties.
• According to the experts of the National
  Institute of culture they date back to 700 years
  ago. Moreover they belong to an ethnic group that
  lived along the arid coast zone between
  North-Chile and South-Peru where, in the opinion
  of some scientists, they built some villages
  around 800-1350 d. C. Some scientists consider
  the Chiribaya (the name of the ethnic group) as
  the "Lords of the Desert" because of their
  ability to survive despite the adverse climatic
  conditions of the arid coast of Peru. The finds
  will be transferred to a laboratory where they
  will be studied and cleaned out. The adult mummy
  has been identified as a farmer because of a
  spade found near it together with some sacks of
  seeds.

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COW HOLIDA IN AUSTRIAANDREA ARAGONE
Cow Holiday in Austria

• Now there are not only human laws, but there are
  animal laws too. In fact, in Austria, the
  Parliament have decided that animals must have
  some laws.
• Caws must have three months holidays, boxers
  ears or dobermans tails cannot be cut, small
  dogs selling is not allowed and chicken cannot
  be reared in small places.
• The Parliament have stated that caws must go on
  holidays during Spring or Summer because their
  meat would become better.
• Surely Austria is the best country in the animal
  protection.
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SIRENS AGAINST PIDDLE IN THE CARUGGIANDREA
ARAGONE
Sirens against Piddle in the Caruggi

• Genoa. The inhabitants of the Caruggi are
  exhausted by the people who make their
  necessities on the street.
• The people who live in Vico San Raffaele and
  Vico Denegri have bought four loudspeakers and
  some meters of electricity wires. Next week they
  are going to put the loudspeakers out of their
  doors. The owners of the houses, during the
  night, will stay awake and when a person is going
  to unbutton his or her trousers the loudspeakers
  will ring.
• Roberto Gambarino, a counsellor, has said that
  near Caricamento Square, and also in Caricamento
  Square, there is not any WC. The mayor has
  replied that as soon as possible there will be
  put WCs to solve the problem.

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MUSIC IS OFTEN OUR LIFESERENA BADARACCO
MUSIC IS OFTEN OUR LIFE

• Music is an important means of communication,
  above all among young people. You can listen to
  music everywhere and in every moment to relax or
  enjoy yourself with your friends or alone.
• Music gives colour to our life. It rouses
  several and different sensations and emotions. It
  can represent a particular moment of our life,
  can remember us a person, a place, a feeling,
  something connected to our mood.
• There are many kinds of music techno, hip-hop,
  disco, reggae and everyone has its personal
  tastes.
• Young people often like going to the disco, or
  to concerts to listen to live music. Sometimes
  singers become their idols and they spend a lot
  of money to buy compact discs, music cassettes
  and posters.
• Music keeps company if you are driving alone, or
  when you are working.
• Music always breaks silence and monotony it is
  often the best way to relax our minds and our
  bodies. Everyone gives it a different meaning and
  it depends above all on our tendencies and
  personality.

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TO SMOKE OR NOT TO SMOKE SERENA
BADARACCO
TO SMOKE OR NOT TO SMOKE? THIS IS THE QUESTION

• Nowadays the great part of population smokes and
  a big percentage is made by young people. This
  facts creates some problems in social life
• A very frequent question is Should smoking be
  banned from public places? A law has been
  recently passed to abolish smoking in pubs, bars
  and many other public places. It has created many
  debates because smokers do not agree. The
  solution to this problem is not simple because it
  is necessary to consider both the positive and
  the negative aspects of it, but, above all,
  everybody's rights.
• Some people could be annoyed by smoke on their
  clothes, they might be allergic since in a
  restaurant during meals cigarette smell could be
  considered intolerable. It is sure that smoke is
  dangerous for our health and, sometimes, passive
  smoke is even more risky.
• Anyway it is possible to understand smokers,
  too, because for them smoking is a pleasure above
  all after dinner, drinking a bier or when they
  are worried for something and for them this is a
  way to relax. In spite of this they should be
  more careful, in fact smoke could annoy mothers
  who are worried for their children.
• A solution could be to create smokers and no
  smokers' areas everywhere because everyone has
  his vices and his rights that must be respected.

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THE CHARM OF VIDEOGAMESSERENA BADARACCO

The Charm of Videogames
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FOUND THE DISAPPEARED CHILDLUDOVICA
BRUNAMONTI
Found the Disappeared Child

• Roberto, a two-year-old child, disappeared four
  days ago near Crotone, has been found safe and
  sound in the countryside. It is a happy ending
  story, but the detectives suppose that the
  childs father was trying to sell him to
  somebody.
• The behaviour of Robobertos father, whose name
  is Armando Panebianco, is strange and presupposes
  that he had given somebody his child for money.
• Roberto is in good health and it is clear that
  somebody looked after him during the last four
  days. Armando Panebianco may have given his child
  to a couple who wanted a son, to get money to
  better the economic situation of his family. In
  fact, he is a shepherd and has got five sons
  besides Roberto. A curiosity an officer of the
  carabineers Antonio Rocca who has the same name
  as the protagonist of a very known TV series
  Maresciallo Rocca was the first person who found
  the child.

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30 HUMAN EMBRIOS CLONED IN SEUL
LUDOVICA BRUNAMONTI
30 HUMAN EMBRYOS CLONED IN SEUL

• A team of Korean geneticists was able to clone
  30 human embryos to obtain staminal cells. The
  goal is to use them to cure genetic diseases,
  and, in particular, Alzheimer, but many people
  are worried because this could be the first step
  towards mans clonation.
• However, in this test, the scientists stopped
  the growth of the embryos at the beginning of
  their development, when the cells are not yet
  ready to build the different parts of the body.
• Scientists are divided as regards the
  experiment. Some of them believe that it is a
  great opportunity to cure serious diseases that
  every year condemn many people to death.
• Others state that human clonation is immoral and
  the effectiveness of this kind of treatment is
  impossible to be proved.
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JFK FORTY YEARS LATER LUDOVICA
BRUNAMONTI
JFK FORTY YEARS LATER

• On the 22nd of November 1963 the president of
  the USA, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was shot in
  Dallas.
• The murderer was Lee Oswald, but a lot of people
  thought that the president was the victim of a
  plot because he supported the civil rights of the
  black people and challenged the URSS as regards
  the problem of the Soviet missiles in Cuba. The
  world was on the brink of the III World War. The
  Americans booed their president and his family
  especially his wife Jacqueline, his birth family
  was one of the most powerful families of the
  country, however all this didn't save his life.
• As concerns the domestic policy he can be
  considered a reformist, but in foreign policy he
  made some errors, for example he worsened the war
  in Vietnam. Forty years later, people still love
  Kennedy, but many historians consider him the
  most overrated president of the USA.

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FIRST GAY WEDDING IN FRANCEFRANCESCA
BUTERA
First Gay Wedding in France

• Noël Mamère, the mayor of Bègles, has announced
  that hes going to accept the wedding request of
  two men and to marry them on the 5th of June.
• It will never be like San Francisco (with
  thousands of homosexual couples legally married),
  but Bègles will certainly be remembered as the
  first French town where two men have got married.
• In fact Noël Mamère, the town mayor, has
  announced that on the 5th of June there will be a
  wedding between two men. According to the agency
  France Press, they asked Mamère for the marriage
  a week ago.
• This year, on the 9th of April, the mayor (who
  is also a member of the National French Assembly
  and vice-president of the Urban Community of
  Bordeaux), said If someone asked me to marry
  two men or two women in Bègles, I would do it.
• He is now in the middle of a heated debate. He
  said to The Guardian. I cant stand anymore the
  discrimination against homosexual people in this
  nation. They are the last category to be excluded
  from weddings. I have began a political struggle
  to help them in marrying and I wont stop it. I
  have received many anonymous letters, e-mails and
  phone calls about the matter, which, as I can
  understand, is considered as a taboo.
• People insulted me and tried to persuade me not
  to marry the two men through religious or moral
  arguments, but, luckily, I received also much
  support, and not only from homosexual people.

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KILL BILL BY QUENTIN TARANTINO LOVE AND
REVENGE FRANCESCA BUTERA
"KILL BILL" BY QUENTIN TARANTINO LOVE AND REVENGE

• The latest film by Quentin Tarantino (40 years
  old), in the cinemas everywhere from 24th
  October, is a mix between an action movie and one
  of the latest series of Chinese-style movies,
  such as Matrix, in which we can see elegant
  fights alternating to technologic weapons.
• The main character of the film (played by Uma
  Thurman, 33 years old) has not a particular name,
  but we know her nickname, the Bride. This makes
  us understand what she represents in the story.
• Shes a young woman, who was ruined on the day
  of her wedding. In fact, a group of cruel people
  (led by a man called Bill) came into the church
  and killed everyone except her.
• After some years spent in hospital, she came out
  of the coma and wanted to avenge her husband and
  her baby, who was already in her womb but died!
• Then the Brides search, that will lead her to
  the truth, begins.
• This film was thought out by Tarantino almost
  ten years ago, when he directed Pulp Fiction,
  starring Uma Thurman.
• Now that it is ready, we will wait for the
  second part of the story, it is going to be in
  the cinemas in some months.
• So, what is going to happen between the Bride
  and the Vipers (Bills group) in the second
  chapter of the story?
• I can only reveal what Quentin always says,
  said Uma Thurman, the number one is kill, that
  is to say the search for revenge during a linear
  path, while the second chapter is Bill, the
  Bride arrives at the Vipers leader. So my
  character looks at her past through her
  suffering.

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A MASKED-BALL TO HELP GASLINIJESSICA ERRE
A Masked-Ball to Help Gaslini

• In the Orizont Disco, at Piani dIvrea
  (Varazze), a masked ball is going to take place
  on Friday the 27th of February.
• It will start at 9 oclock. There will be raised
  money for Gaslini Hospital. During the night, a
  big buffet will be served. There will be a lot of
  music, games and happiness for everybody taking
  part in the party!

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COMPUTERS MAKE ALSO COFFE JESSICA ERRE
Computers Make also Coffee

• How many times have we heard that in the future
  computers will make also coffee?
• Nick Pelis, a student at Colorado university
  succeeded in modifying his computer to operate it
  also as a coffee-pot.
• Nick is one of the many modding fans. Modding is
  a hobby that consists in making functional and
  aesthetical changes in computers, to make them
  more and more original.
• Modding fans change computers into a very big
  can of beer an old radio or an aquarium. A
  Japanese man, Juho Hayashi, decorated his
  computer with gold-dust, in the traditional style
  of Kimono.
• There are many sites on the net on the matter.
  They give people instructions to make very
  particular modifications to their computers.
• There are also a lot of firms that sell
  accessories for this kind of operations. An
  American firm suggests a special kit that lets
  the modding fans transform their computers into
  an aeroplane.
• Modding is a very strange hobby but it is funny
  and it is diffusing all over the world.
• In the future computers will be quite original!
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CELEBRITIES DEATH BRINGS MUCH
MONEYJESSICA ERRE
CELEBRITIES DEATH BRINGS MUCH MONEY

• On the sixteenth of August 1977 Elvis Presleys
  death was announced all over the world.
• However not all people were worried about this
  fact.
• His business partner commented the event like
  that lt This is a very good move for his career
  gt.
• In fact death for many celebrities does not
  represent the end of a career but, on the
  contrary, a new and a more brilliant start.
• Eight years ago, Kurt Cobain, the singer of the
  most famous Rock-Group in the world Nirvana ,
  obtained the cover of a musical magazine after
  his suicide.
• The black singer Aaliyah, instead, died in an
  air crash accident when she was 22 years old.
• Few weeks before the tragedy she was only one
  among the many and her album had sold 62.000
  copies.
• After his death, its sales amounted to 306.000
  copies and a publisher dedicated a book to her.
• The death of a celebrity contributes to create
  the myth of a personage.
• Nowadays there are agencies specialized in the
  exploitation of disappeared celebrities
  properties.
• Marilyn Monroes image was used to sponsorize
  clothes, dolls, slot machines and bottles of
  wine.
• And so death, instead of making everybody equal,
  can make somebody unique, immortal and above all
  very rich!
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GENOA AQUARIUMJESSICA ERRE
GENOA ACQUARIUM

• Achille and Cleo have revealed something
  about THE MAGIC WORLD OF DOLPHINS 
• Dolphins are funny animals who always feel like
  making friends. They are not toys and so they
  have to be respected.
• Dolphins are mammals animals who suckle their
  puppies as people. Their birth and the nursing
  are events that we can hardly see in the open
  sea.
• The birth of Cleo in 1994 and of Achille in 2002
  in Porto Antico Aquarium offered deep emotions
  and allowed to know important information about
  their relationship between puppies and their
  mothers.
• Pregnancy lasts twelve months and first of all,
  comes out the puppys tail that starts stretching
  out and stiffening .So he is able to reach the
  surface and to take the first breath.
• During the first period, mothers always swim
  next to their puppies to protect them and to
  direct their movements.
• Nursing is very complex and it requires a
  perfect coordination.
• The nipples are on the tummy, inside two
  pockets. When the puppy approaches, its mother
  turns its body a bit and slows down the swimming
  to make the operation easier.
• For six months the puppy feeds on of only milk
  .Then it starts eating small fish but it will
  take two or three years before it stops eating
  milk at all.
• During the first sucks, mothers give out a
  typical whistle called whistle signature.
• It is a signal that allows puppies to recognize
  their mothers among the animals of the shoal.
  Mothers teach their whistle to their puppies who
  memorize it forever.
• The first whistles of the puppies are rough and
  irregular, but after five months they develop an
  accurate one that will be used to say to their
  mother ltI am here, where are you?gt.

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PALM TREE DAYJESSICA ERRE
Palm Tree Day

• A fascinating botanic show Dies Palmarum,
  devoted to the most exotic tree, will take place
  in Sanremo.
• Every year many people come from all over the
  world to take part in this beautiful show.
• The palm is a plant that reminds of Africa and
  oasis, but actually it is Ligure more than we
  can think.
• In Sanremo there is still a strange ritual
  called Parmurà a man (who does not suffer from
  vertigo), climbs a palm tree up to its top with a
  long rope.
• When he arrives at it, he ties the tuft and the
  other leaves of the palm tree with some laces and
  shapes them all together as a cylinder.
• With this kind of operation, the plant will be
  healthier and more beautiful.
• The show usually ends in the evening with a
  big dinner.

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STONES AGAINST CARSJESSICA ERRE
Stones against Cars

• Genoa, 2 - 02 - 2004.
• Yesterday three children, about fourteen years
  old, were caught by the police while throwing
  stones against cars on the motorway.
• They come from Rivarolo, a district just out of
  Genoa. One of them has no parents and lives with
  his grandparents the others have divorced
  parents.
• The children told the police that they wanted to
  spend a different day, so they skipped school and
  went to the motorway, where they began to throw
  stones at cars.
• It is not the first case of this kind, in fact,
  in Tortona, about seven years ago, another group
  of boys went to the motorway to throw stones.

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THE IMPROVISERS ARRIVEJESSICA ERRE
The Improvisers Arrive

• It is a real competition among actors. Its name
  is MATCH. It comes from Canada.
• The audience takes part in competitions,
  applauding the best actors and, if it is
  necessary, throwing slippers, supplied
  intentionally by the organization, at the worst
  actors.
• Two teams face particular other in many
  theatrical improvisations about a subject, a
  style and a time.
• So an actor can mime a happy hammer, perform a
  play by Shakespeare or create a scene about a
  dismissal.
• MATCH is very successful.
• On the 10th November the first school about
  theatrical improvisation was opened in Liguria.
• Both actors and ordinary people who want to
  learn something about the theatre, are put to the
  test and, at the same time, can enjoy themselves.

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A KITE FOR PEACEJESSICA ERRE
A Kite For Peace

• One Sky, One World, the manifestation of kites
  for peace, will return in the Riviera delle
  Palme tomorrow. This is the most original social
  initiative in the latest years.
• Thousands of kites of different shapes and
  dimensions will fly in the sky towards ten
  different lands, exceeding barriers and borders,
  prejudices and conventions to launch a good
  message about peace, brotherhood and solidarity
  among people.
• The manifestation is to start at ten oclock and
  children can also build their personal kite.
• The Gecko is , maybe, the best and most
  original kite. It is thirty metres long.
• In the evening there will be a game Business
  of Ecology Waste. It consists in picking up as
  much ecology waste as possible.
• The first prize will be won by the heaviest
  sack.

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STUDENTS VISIT GENOA AQUARIUMJESSICA ERRE

Students Visit Genoas Aquarium

• One of the aims of Comenius project is
  exchanging experiences among children. So, today,
  a large group of students from some primary
  schools in Norway, Portugal, Holland, France,
  Spain and Greece, will be accompanied by Miss
  Mariella Ratti to visit the Aquarium, Colombos
  house and the Carlo Felice.
• The foreign children and their Italian
  companions are taking part in a workshop in La
  Spezia until Saturday.
• Before reaching the Doges Palace, where they
  will also join a cocktail party, the students
  will visit the port by boat.
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PROBLEMS OF POLLUTIONGIULIA FIORATO
PROBLEMS OF POLLUTION

• In the past years, with the extension of cities
  and industries, pollution has become a serious
  problem for the whole world.
• Global warming can cause lots of problems to the
  Earth and forests are slowly disappearing,
  leaving space to deserts. This fact is also
  changing the Earths climate and, even if we do
  not have immediate real troubles, the ice in the
  poles is melting and consequently the sea level
  is rising.
• The pollution produced by the use of new
  materials and energies causes serious problems
  because they are promoters of grave diseases like
  cancer or allergies and also physical
  malformations.
• Over eleven million gallons of oil spills have
  been poured into the oceans and rivers for a long
  time. Many people like Green Peace and the
  Friends of the Earth, are trying to stop it and
  other natural disasters. The oceans cover 70 of
  the earths surface, and supply 99,7 of the
  earths water.
• Oil spills are mostly caused by people who make
  mistakes, by natural disasters such as
  hurricanes, war and deliberate acts by
  terrorists.
• Recycling can help 80 of the world to keep
  clean. Instead of throwing away paper, plastic,
  glass, paper cups and plates, iron or other
  materials we should recycle and re-use them. It
  can help our Earth to be clean. People can help
  the world to become a better place by recycling.
  Whenever we see rubbish on the ground we have to
  put it into a recycling bin.
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A TRAGEDY IN PLFEZ GIULIA FIORATO
A TRAGEDY IN PLFEZ

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• Sara and Dario, two guys from Genoa, had a car
  accident in Plfez in New Years Eve. The boy was
  driving slowly, when a car, that had not
  respected the road signs, collided with them at
  130 km/h. Four people died.
• Dario was a good boy and one of the most
  incredible friends I have ever had. And his
  girl-friend was very kind. The speaker is
  Darios cousin who has made a big banner in order
  to hang it in the stadium of Udine during the
  next football match, to remember them. It was
  difficult for us to make it because we are still
  shocked by this tragedy, but this banner wants to
  show that our friendship will last forever.
• The funerals will take place in S. Martino
  district (Genoa) and then, as the victims
  parents explain They will rest together in
  Staglieno, were Saras grandma lies. They were
  very close, and they will be close again.

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THE VULGAR FACTORYGIULIA FIORATO
THE VULGAR FACTORY

• Rome A new storm on The Factory the reality
  show on Italia uno.
• Yesterday evening Roberto da Crema during an
  outburst ( he did not know he was on the air)
  said a blasphemy.
• It has been a bed hitch, that will not be
  repeated . These are the words of Luca
  Tiraboschi, the director of Italia uno. It
  doesnt matter the protagonists did not know
  they were on the air- he has said - the fact is
  that yesterday happened something that must not
  be broadcast on Italia uno. I apologize with
  the audience. This mistake will not be made
  again.
• The accident was stressed by Alba Parietti
  during the show. On the contrary, Daria Bignardi
  tried to mask it.
• The problem arose from Roberto da Crema and
  Milton while they were complaining about the duel
  between Ducruet and Quinn. Roberto da Crema was
  furious because, in this week, Ducruet has
  endured seven injections.

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ST. VALENTINES DAYMARTA MURGIA
St. Valentine's Day

• St. Valentines day is celebrated every year, on
  the 14th of February.
• An old legend says that Valentine was Roman who
  helped persecuted Christians and because of this
  he was captured and jailed.
• In prison he fell in love with a girl and began
  to write love letters to her, signing them with
  the words From your Valentine.
• He was executed on the 14 of February. On that
  day, from there on, boys and girls have been
  writing love messages to each other and
  exchanging all kinds of presents.

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8th MARCH WOMENS DAY MARTA MURGIA
8th March Women's Day

• On the 8th of March 1908 a lot of American
  female workers died in their factory in New York
  during a fire.
• They had protested against low wages and abuse.
  As a consequence, their employer had shut them up
  in their own factory.
• When the factory caught fire there was no escape
  for them. Their tombs were all covered with
  mimosa flowers growing near the factory.
• Since then, 8th March has been celebrated as
  womens day and mimosas are usually given them as
  a present.
• Those American workingwomen were fighting for
  their right of being paid as much as men. They
  wanted to be appreciated. This date should not be
  the only day in the year when women deserve
  consideration for what they are and what they can
  do.

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DEATH SENTENCE MARTA MURGIA
Death Sentence

• Many nations still practise death sentence. In
  the USA 38 states have death sentence. In 14 of
  them thee are regularly executions and two of
  them- Illinois and Maryland- have declared the
  moratorium.
• 76 countries in the world have abolished death
  sentence for all the crimes15 have abolished it
  for all the crimes except exceptional crimes. In
  the world there are 83 states that have death
  sentence, among them USA, China and Japan. There
  is a lot of work to do to abolish it completely.

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FENCING MARTA MURGIA
FENCING

• Havana, the world fencing competition ended in
  triumph for Italy.
• With three gold medals, a silver and four
  bronzes, Italy is placed first before Russia that
  has won the same number of gold and silver
  medals, but fewer bronze medals than Italy.
• This is a confirmation of the good quality of
  the Italian school of fencing.
• Here are the results of the Italian athletes
  Vezzali, gold medals in the foil silver medals
  for Vanni in the foil and there are four third
  places Cassarà in the mens foil Montano and
  Bianco in the sabre and Cascioli in the sword.
• A GREAT SUCCESS!!!
•  

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SOUTH CALIFORNIA ON FLAMES MARTA MURGIA
South California on Flames

• Los Angeles
• South California has been burning for many days
  and the fires have already at least 200 houses
  and about 8000 hectares of vegetation destroyed
  the destruction of the fires has forced about a
  thousand people to evacuate from their houses.
• California has declared A state of emergency.

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THE POPSTAR ROBBIE WILLIAMS I WOULD LIKE TO
BE A POOR MAN MARTA MURGIA
The Popstar Robbie Williams
"I would like to be a poor man"

• The British singer Robbie Williams dreams of
  being a poor man.
• Happiness has nothing to do with money- said
  the pop star- some times I think that I should
  get rid of all the money that I have. I think
  that my life would be easier than now, if I had
  only 100 pounds in my pocket in this way I could
  conduct the quiet life that I want very much.
• This is what the pop star has declared to a
  British newspaper. Between this happiness and
  Robbie Williams there are however 100 million
  dollars.
• In the past the pop star already declared that
  he wanted to leave his career as a singer, but
  obviously he has always changed his mind.
•  

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TO PLAY AN APRIL FOOL MARTA MURGIA
To Play an April Fool

• Every year, on the 1st of April people enjoy
  themselves with tricks and jokes. They make fun
  of one another and try to take a joke
• Why such a strange behaviour on that day? There
  are many stories about it.
• This tradition might be born from an Egyptian
  tale.
• Cleopatra was in love with Marco Antonio. She
  organized a fishing-competition and her lover,
  who took part in it, tried to cheat, but
  Cleopatra discovered him and punished him hanging
  an artificial fish on his hook. Perhaps this is
  the reason of the phrase to play an April fool.
  
• Another story tells, that till 1582 New Years
  Eve party was celebrated from the 25th of March
  to the 1st of April. Pope Gregorios calendar
  moved New Years Day to the 1st of January. So
  people began to make fun of the ones who did not
  know about the change.
• This tradition is also likely to come from old
  Spring time, when fishermen do not catch any
  preys and people make fun of them.

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YOUNG PEOPLE AND DRUGS MARTA MURGIA
Young People and Drugs

•  
• Death by overdose is a news item that appears
  frequently in our newspapers or on television.
• In recent years, drug addiction has, become a
  serious social, medical and psychological
  problem, which it is difficult to find a solution
  for.
• Some years ago taking drugs was considered a
  form of protest against society, but now the
  phenomenon is more widespread and there is no
  easy answer.
• It seems that many young people take drugs
  because they want to feel more important. Urged
  on by their friends or by family problems, such
  as an unhappy background, they begin to take
  soft drugs, that make them depend on them and
  soon they feel compelled to move on to stronger
  drugs needing larger and larger doses to reach
  the desired effect.
• One of the most common and dangerous drugs is
  heroin. It can cause blood poisoning and can
  induce young people to take an overdose.
• In a short time a drug addict may become violent
  because, in order to get a daily fix, he is
  forced to steal or to become a pusher, that is to
  sell drugs to other people.

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THE FUTURE IS ALREADY HERE MARTA MURGIA
The Future Is Already Here

• The Internet is a communication network system
  that links up 40 million computers all over the
  world.
• A click of your mouse and you can soon be
  linked up to the outside world.
• You can send and receive messages on any
  subject the Internet has never-ending
  possibilities.
• Its service costs the same as a normal telephone
  call and its users range from companies or
  individuals that have a lot of personal
  correspondence, to teenagers who like video
  games, or scientists who exchange information
  with colleagues around the world.
• The internet replaces hand written and typed
  letters, television, newspapers, study and
  business trips you are able to talk with
  students round the world or visit museums,
  libraries etc all over the world, without leaving
  home.

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THE BIGGEST CHOCOLATE IN THE WORLD MARTA
MURGIA
The Biggest Chocolate in the World

• The biggest bar of chocolate in the world has
  been produced by a firm in
• Perugia for the Euro chocolate it is now a
  Guinness record.
• It has been made with 3500 kg of chocolate and
  about a thousand nuts.
• It weighs 5980 kg it is 2,15 m tall and 7 m
  wide.
•  

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THE WORLD OF TEA MARTA MURGIA
The World of Tea

• Tea is considered the most traditional and
  popular British drink. It is usually taken with
  milk and sometimes sugar. It is drunk at all time
  in the day, when still in bed, then at breakfast,
  during the morning, at lunch or dinner and in the
  evening.
• It is often accompanied by various kinds of
  pastries or cakes, especially muffins or other
  teacakes. Tea is also served in teashops as well
  as in restaurants and snack bars. A cuppa is a
  colloquial term for a cup of tea and it was, and
  still is, the British ideal way to relax.
• Tea was imported to Britain for the first time
  in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In
  1706 Thomas Twining began to offer this exotic
  drink as the specialty of his coffeehouse, Toms
  Coffee House, in London. From then Twining
  meant, and still means, real English tea all over
  the world.
• In the nineteenth century England began to
  import tea not only from China but also from
  India.
• Today, traditionally, London still remains the
  center of tea-trade.

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THE STORY OF A YOUNG BOY-GIRLFEDERICA
ODONE
The Story Of A Young Boy-Girl

• Brian Reimer was born in 1965 in Winnipeg, in
  Canada. When he was born his parents decided to
  circumcise him but something went wrong and his
  penis came off.
• It was a tragedy but one year later they heard
  of a doctor who could change Brian into a girl
  and so they brought him to this doctor. Brian
  became a girl and changed his name in Brenda.
• Brendas parents thought that now it could be
  all right but Brenda was interested in boys
  things and not in girls ones. He always played
  with boys and when he was thirteen years old a
  psychologist let him know that he was a boy and
  not a girl and so he wanted to be a boy again.
• This time his name was David. He grew up and
  became a man and, after some years, he married a
  woman who had already had three children. But
  things got wrong. Brian/Brenda/Davids twin
  committed suicide because he was the witness of
  too many bad things. Davids wife ran away with
  her three children, David was fired from his work
  and at the age of thirty-eight he wrote a
  good-bye message to his parents and killed
  himself.

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MORTAL ADVANCESCORINNA OLIVERI
MORTAL ADVANCES

• On St Valentines day a tragedy happened in
  Como, in a Pizza-Restaurant.
• I. B., a twenty-three-year-old boy was waiting
  for his girlfriend, a waitress. While waiting,
  I.B. began looking at a young girl and making
  advanced. The young girls boyfriend, an underage
  boy (16 years old), was vexed about it, so they
  began brawling. The owner of the Pizza-Restaurant
  sent them out. The brawl continued a bit more
  and, at a certain moment, the sixteen-year-old
  boy took a knife out of a pocket and stabbed I.B.
  three times. I. B. s friends called for help,
  but he was already dead.
• The killer was arrested and confessed the
  murder. He has been in prison since the 15th of
  February the charge is wilful murder.

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SOMETHING MORE ABOUT DIANA CORINNA
OLIVERI
Something More about Dianas Death

• On 31st August 1997, Diana Spencer, the princess
  of Wales, died in Paris in a fatal car accident.
  In the same accident her new fiancé, Dodi Al
  Fayed, and the driver of the car where they were
  travelling, died.
• At the time all the English showed their deep
  sorrow and, six years later, during the
  anniversary of her death, the gate of her house
  was filled with flowers to remember her.
• These days her death has taken a curtain call
  because Dianas butler, Paul Burrell, is going to
  publish a book, Royal Duty, that includes all
  the letters the princess sent him.
• In the letters she wrote about her fear to be
  killed, probably in a car accident, since they
  wanted to get rid of a troublesome person.
• And now more than ever, the English think
  Dianas death is wrapped in mystery and,
  probably, behind the mystery there is the Royal
  Family, which wanted to do away with a person
  that could interfere with prince Charless love
  affair with Camilla Parker-Bowles.
• However, to discover the contents of the
  letters, we must wait for the publication of the
  book that, of course, will be a great success!

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A PARTICULAR FUITINA CORINNA OLIVERI
A Particular "Fuitina"

• An incredible elopement has happened in a little
  town near Trapani.
• Elopements sometimes happen in Southern Italian
  little towns like Castelnuovo (they are called
  Fuitine), but this time the protagonists are
  not normal ones,
• The man is a priest, 33 years old, loved by all
  of his parishioners.
• The girl, 22 years old, is a young student of
  theology.
• Since they met, there have been more and more
  rumours about their love story, but nobody could
  imagine they would really run away.
• After an important religious ceremony, they
  decided to drop everything and to run away from
  home.
• The girl was engaged to a young man, a friend of
  the priests, who had introduced her to him. Now
  he is trying to forget her, but everybody knows
  he is really disappointed.
• Two days after the elopement, the fugitives
  phoned their relatives the girl said that she
  was well the man said he would never return
  home, he did not want to be a priest anymore.
• Now, their relatives and friends are waiting for
  their coming back and hope everything will end
  properly.

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KILLED OUT OF JELOUSY CORINNA OLIVERI
Killed out of Jealousy

• A few days ago a woman, R.D., was killed in
  Florence by a mysterious killer. Nobody was able
  to understand who wanted her to die, because R.D.
  was a beautiful and polite woman.
• A tangled murder, just like Agatha Christies
  mysteries.
• But the police discovered an important clue the
  victim and her husband, P.B., received some
  silent phone calls.
• So, the police investigated a lot, controlled
  the printouts of the calls, and discovered the
  name of an unknown woman, D.C.
• After some hours of interrogation, D.C.
  confessed she had killed R.D.!
• She was jealous of her because she lived happily
  with the man she loved. In fact D.C. had met P.B.
  some years before, at the University. They were
  not friends or acquaintances they only attended
  the same courses.
• But D.C. was sure. He was the only man she could
  have loved, so she stabbed her rival, R.D.,
  only out of jealousy.

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EASTER WEEK CHILDRENS STORIES CORINNA
OLIVERI
EASTER WEEK CHILDREN'S STORIES

• Easter Week, in Italy, has been characterised by
  some really dramatic stories of children.
• Maria G.s story is the most dramatic. She was a
  three-year-old child, lived in Città di Castello,
  in Umbria and was raped and killed. After a deep
  coma, she died because of the heavy lesions and
  serious injuries suffered.
• Her story has had a great prominence owing to
  its drama and mystery G.G., a family friend, has
  already confessed the murder, but not the rape
  and has called somebody else into question. Who
  is this mysterious man? One of Marias
  neighbours' revealed that the child sometimes was
  covered with bruises and she thought in Marias
  house there was something wrong. Nobody can
  explain why Marias mother, T.D., did not take
  her child to the kindergarten and entrusted Maria
  to G.G. The event is still shrouded in mystery
  and the police are still investigating.
• The second story is Robertos. Roberto a
  two-year-old child from Crotone, disappeared when
  he was near a lake with his father, A.P. The
  police soon began suspecting A.P., who had tried
  to sell one of his childrens some years ago. He
  was sent to prison while the police began
  searching the area near the lake.
• The enquire did not have any outcome the police
  did not find the child. But, two days after his
  mysterious disappearance, Roberto was found in
  the same place where he had been left by his
  father. His father has come out of prison and the
  police are still investigating.
• Then there is Jacopos story he is a newborn
  baby, found in a small garden, in front of a
  block of flats in Modena. It was early in the
  morning, really cold, and the baby was naked. As
  soon as he was found, he was brought to hospital
  now he is in a deep coma and in a critical state.
• And finally, a beautiful story E., a
  six-year-old child, covered 10 km through the
  undergrowth to reach his house and tell his
  relatives that his father was seriously wounded
  in the wood.

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HE IS FAT, HE KILLS HIMSELFFRANCESCA
PAMPALONI
He is Fat, He Kills Himself

• On the 14th October 2003 a boy, Gianni, decided
  to take off his life because he could not stand
  anymore the fact that he was too fat. Gianni was
  not tall, weighed 103 kilos and was 17 years old.
  He was born in Rimini and in this town you
  cannot be fat because there are beaches and
  there take place the festivals of fitness and
  discos.
• Gianni was very depressed and he could not hide
  it. He did not go to school anymore because he
  could not face the others. He wrote on a sheet of
  paper that he could not identify himself.
• He did not live with his parents but in the
  hotel of his family because he wanted to be
  alone.
• Gianni decided to hang himself but the belt that
  was to strangle him broke off. In a flash he
  phoned 118, but, then, he thought that he had to
  explain too many things. So he went to the
  terrace that was 25 meters high and flopped down.
• He left his short story of fat boy, a story that
  he could not stand anymore, on a sheet of paper.

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NOT GUILTY FRANCESCA PAMPALONI
NOT GUILTY

• Naples.Friday morning. Vincenza Visone, a
  seventeen- year - old mother of a
  thirteen-month-child, was going to school with
  her mother because she wanted to be protected by
  her ex-friend. She was a hard-working pupil and
  she loved school. Yesterday while she was on the
  Lancia Y with her mother, her ex-friend fired
  four shots to the car. The rush of Vincenzas
  mother to protect her daughter was useless.
  Vincenza died on the blow and her mother was
  hurt. The killer is probably Raffaele B.,
  twenty-two years old, with troubles and drug
  problems. He killed Vincenza in revenge. He could
  not accept to be the father of the little child.
  The police found him in an abandoned shop where
  he continued to repeat that he was not guilty.

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SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER IN SIENAGIULIA
PARTESANA
Saturday Night Fever in Siena

• Even if Siena may appear a silent and mysterious
  city to foreign tourists, in winter Saturday
  nights it hides a lot of meeting places, in
  some lanes or little alleys.
• Since a lot of years, Saturday evening after
  dinner has been considered a moment of
  aggregation, especially for the youngest people
  who work hard to be allowed to stay out one or
  two hours longer than usual in the night.So every
  Saturday becomes a real party.
• Nowadays Sienas young people are used to
  organize their Saturdays in the afternoon,
  concentrating themselves both on their Saturday
  dinner and on the rest of the evening.
• Because of the euro, dinners at home with
  friends have become very trendy or, better, the
  availability of a house to eat pizza together
  waiting for a party in contrada has become
  fashionable. It is very popular that young boys
  and girls crowd the parties in contrada where
  people can meet.
• For the older people the meeting places are not
  so different. At about midnight the bars of each
  contrada fill with them. There they speak only
  about one argument the Palio.
• Also Sienas pubs, at this time, are full of
  persons. There you can chat with some friends or
  play board games with the others. Nothing too
  strange or particular.
• Siena is like this, without any fashionable life
  and the Sienese, with their contrade, help it
  to remain the same.
• All that may seem strange or atypical, maybe
  somebody can judge it a bit retro-fashion, closed
  and not forefront, but these are some of the
  things that make Siena a unique, matchless and,
  above all, immutable city, because nobody, at the
  very end, wants Siena to change!
•  

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THE RETURN OF THE KING GIULIA PARTESANA
THE RETURN OF THE KING

• In these days, cinemas are full of persons who
  want to watch the last episode of the most famous
  story by Tolkien "The Lord of the Rings". The
  story of this film is not simple and almost
  impossible to be understood by people who have
  not seen or read its first and second part.
• Sauron's forces have laid siege to Minos Tirith,
  the capital of Gondor, in their efforts to
  eliminate the race of man.
• The survivors of the fellowship of the Ring
  prepare themselves for the final battle to defend
  the middle land ruled by Gandalf, who is
  desperately trying to persuade the dismembered
  army of Gondor to act. In the meantime, Frodo and
  Sam are trying to cast the One Ring into the fire
  of Mount Doom, but the closer Frodo gets to his
  final destination, the heavier his burden becomes
  and the more he must rely on his friend Samwise
  Gangle.
• At the end of the film, the One Ring falls into
  Mountain Doom and the forces of the wicked Sauron
  get completely destroyed.
• Then Aragorn, a member of the fellowship of the
  Ring, becomes the new king of Gondor and a long
  period of peace starts for all the creatures.
• This film, whose director is Peter Jackson, has
  won six Oscars.
• Some numbers about the film
• -The budget to produce the 3 films of the
  trilogy and the DVDs was 600 million dollar
• -2,9 billion dollar have been already earned
  -1600 feet for the Hobbits.
• -Jackson has spent seven years to realize his
  project -250 horses used
• -274 days of shots
  -1000 armours
  made
• -1440 eggs cooked every morning for the
  cast-breakfast -1500 new extras a week
•  

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AMUSEMENT PARKSELENA PASTORINO
Amusement Parks

• Every year a lot of people go to amusement
  parks.
• Age is not important. We usually think that
  children are attracted by amusement parks more
  than adults on the contrary adults are regular
  visitors.
• Every year, in amusement parks there are some
  new attractions. 2003 was a record year for this
  kind of parks. In Gardaland (Italy) there is a
  new route on the water called Spill water it
  cost 15.000.000 euro and is the longest one in
  the world (630 m). Another new attraction is the
  Top Thrill Dragster in Ledar Point (USA) it is
  the highest attraction in the world.
• The most expensive one is the Space Mission in
  Disneyworld (Florida) 100.000.000 euro. It
  simulates a space mission to Mars. In Disneyworld
  there is also The Tower of Terror, it is a kind
  of lift that falls down 13 floors.
• These are only some of the attractions that
  amusement parks can offer.
• In Riccione a new, big amusement park is going
  to open, it will be divided into eight sections,
  and visitors will be able to see the eruption of
  a volcano or to know how our world was born. It
  will be fantastic!!!

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MOOD ELENA PASTORINO
MOOD

• We often wake up in a bad mood and begin the day
  in the wrong way everything seems to be wrong
  Our bad mood lasts all the day long and we can
  not try to change it!! It is sure that it is not
  an emotion.
• Rosanna Trentin, a psychology teacher, says that
  the most obvious difference between mood and
  emotion is that the former lasts the whole day!!
  Our mood influences our behaviour, and it comes
  from something inexplicable. We always know what
  has stirred up an emotion but we never know what
  has stirred up our bad or good mood. So, what is
  it useful for? Paul Ekman, a teacher of
  psychology at California University, says that it
  is useless. On the contrary Randy J. Larsen, a
  teacher at Washington University, says emotions
  are able to tell what we feel about the
  surrounding that loads us, and that our mood is
  able to tell how we are in our interiority.
  Larsen also says that the expressions of our face
  are the mirror of our emotions and tics are the
  mirror of our mood the way we move and walk
  depends on our mood.
• Being in a good mood is very important and also
  very useful for our health. A research on 168
  French nuns has shown that the 90 of the nuns in
  a good mood when they took their vows died over
  85. Moreover a good or bad mood is contagious
  being in a good mood helps the relationship
  between us and the people near us.

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THE LATEST FASHION ELENA PASTORINO
THE LATEST FASHION

• In America, persons who come from different
  ethnic groups are in fashion. Five years ago all
  cover girls had blond hair and blue eyes, now pop
  stars like Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Lopez,
  Beyonce and actresses like Jessica Alba are the
  new stars! In the U.S.A, the key to be popular is
  the number of races in your genetic patrimony.
• Leo Jimenez (25 years old), a Colombian top
  model, says that at the restaurant Brad Pitt
  waits for a table for a longer time. Cover girls
  of teen people (the most famous American
  magazine for young people) are Porto Rican-
  Italian girls.
• This is a revolution! In the last census 7
  million Americans have more than one race in
  their genetic patrimony and 14 millions are
  Latinos. This fact is very important.
• In our future the word race will not be used
  to mean social and cultural differences but to
  mean a fashionable element of a person.

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A FIRE BRAZIERGAIA RAVAIOLI
A FIRE BRAZIER

• A fire brazier
• in a starry night
• The light that emerges
• from the ocean in your eyes.
• A rose petal
• broke
• the dew on your lips.
• An infinite universe
• in my heart.

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WHALESVIRNA TACCONE
WHALES

• Ligurian people will not go far to see whales.
  In fact whales are populating the Ligurian Sea,
  where they can live peacefully because the
  Ligurian Sea is a part of a Sanctuary, a
  protected area (about 100.000 square km) in the
  Mediterranean Sea, that washes the coasts of
  Liguria, Tuscany, the Principality of Monaco and
  some coasts of France.
• Generally speaking, whaling is now less
  practised all over the world, and the life of
  whales is better and more protected.
• Maybe, in the Mediterranean Sea, whales have
  found their ideal habitat and now they live
  mainly in the Ligurian Sea.
• An observatory called Delphi , endowed with
  459 boats, looks at the life of whales in the
  Sanctuary and observers study their evolution and
  behaviour.

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GENOA AND RAINSVIRNA TACCONE
GENOA AND RAINS

• This year, in Genoa, the absence of rains has
  generated a situation of deep alarmism for the
  water reserves of Brugneto. This is the most
  important basin for Genoa. In the last ten days,
  it has rained intensely, but it has not been
  sufficient to fill the basin. In fact rains have
  elevated the water level of only 40.
• Meteorologists are trusting in further rains
  because, to exceed the water rationing, the basin
  must be filled almost 70.
•  

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SWIMMING OR DANCINGVIRNA TACCONE
SWIMMING OR DANCING?

• In 1990, in S. Francisco, a company called
  Project Bandaloop introduced a new sports
  discipline aerial swimming.
• Its dancers dance in three-dimentions. They are
  tied with some cables to skyscrapers aerials,
  slopes, cliffsand they can go up, down and turn
  round. This is a wonderful show.
  Three-dimentional dance is as synchronized
  swimming in the air. Dancers perform captivating
  and particular choreographies. More than 100.000
  spectators have looked at the last performances
  of the company.
•  

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THE MOON,MARS AND NEW DISCOVERIESVIRNA
TACCONE
The Moon, Mars and New Discoveries

• Washington on 14th January, the president of
  the U.S.A. spoke about the plan to carry out new
  missions to the space in 2008-2015.
• The U.S.A. will work on this project with other
  countries.
• In 2008 robots, space probes and new space
  vehicles will explore the Moon.
• In 2010 the Shuttle will stop working as it will
  be old and so a Crew Exploration Vehicle will
  start for its first mission by 2014.This new
  spacecraft will take astronauts to the Moon in
  2015. There they will build a launch site for
  missions to Mars and other planets and, maybe,
  astronauts will land on Mars in 2025-2030.
• By now Europe is waiting for the photos from
  Mars Express, a space probe is taking and
  sending from Mars.
•  

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ARMADILLO AS A STARVIRNA TACCONE
ARMADILLO AS A STAR

• There are twenty species of armadillos nineteen
  of them live in South-America and only one in
  North America.
• The armadillo is a very important animal for
  genetics studies. Every spring, females bring
  forth four identical cubs. They have got the same
  DNA.
• Scientists are studying them, because they are
  the sole animals that can contract leprosy.
• The armadillo is also a very good swimmer. It
  can float inflating its stomach and its intestine
  with air. Then it can dive and swim under water
  without breathing for six minutes.
• In Texas the curious animal has become a pet.
  Many parties, fairs, feasts and country-music
  festivals are organized for it.
• In the 70s Racing Armadillo was born, that is
  a race with different armadillo-teams.
• In 1981 Texas declared the armadillo its
  national symbol.
•  

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JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING AND HER WORLD OF
WIZARDSISABELLA TORRE
JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING AND HER WORLD OF WIZARDS

• She is one of the richest women in the world
  even if she isn't yet widely known. Joanne
  Kathleen Rowling is a writer who has become
  famous with a book called "Harry Potter and the
  Philosophal Stone". This was the first book of a
  lucky series dedicated to the young wizard Harry
  Potter. The series consists of seven books and
  constitutes an only story. Harry potter is the
  protagonist. The story takes place in a magic
  castle called Hogwarts, where young people study
  magic arts. Joanne Kathleen Rowling's books are
  very popular among young people and when a new
  story of Harry potter was published the bookshops
  sold all the copies in few days. Rowling's s
  books are becoming a fashion, while she is
  becoming richer and richer. The stories of Harry
  Potter are imaginative and fascinating, and
  perhaps, because of that, all young people love
  her books so much.

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THE TRAINING TROLLEYISABELLA TORRE
The Training Trolley

• In a world dominated by look, more and more
  people would like to have a perfect body and to
  be fit.
• On TV we always see thin and beautiful girls
  showing their body. Losing weight without doing
  exercises in the gym is a dream for many persons.
  Thinking about our being fit while we are in a
  supermarket is quite impossible, but an English
  supermarket chain has invented a trolley that
  measures the consumed calories.
• The trolley, called Trim Trolley, is really like
  a tapis roulant or a cyclette. In fact you can
  make the wheels more resistant if you want to do
  more exercise while you are walking in the
  supermarket. If you have a trolley with a
  defective wheel you lose more calories then if
  you have a normal one. With a Trim Trolley you
  will lose even more calories. The people, who
  have tested it, seem to like this new equipment,
  but it has also a bad note. After doing the
  shopping with this special trolley you will be
  very tired and sweaty so you will have to go
  directly home.
• Perhaps the trolley will be introduced also in
  other countries and it will help people to lose
  weight.

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AN ILL WOMAN REFUSES TO BE OPERATEDISABELLA
TORRE
AN ILL WOMAN REFUSES TO BE OPERATED

• It is the second case in a month. B. G. has
  gangrene on her left leg, but she refuses to be
  operated. Doctors should amputate her leg and the
  operation is not very difficult. The
  sixty-seven-year-old woman is from Sanremo and
  has a husband and four children. All of them are
  very worried about her situation and are trying
  to persuade her, but she says that she entrusts
  God with her life.
• A month ago another woman refused an operation
  and died after two weeks.
• The relatives of the woman do not want her to
  make the same mistake and ask for a guardian. A
  judge has named the woman's son as her guardian.
  The psychiatrists who h