English Wall - ESDG Beja

2011

2012-01-14T15:33:00.000-08:00

As the world goes round João Pereira keeps with us and sends us his view and contribution:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAIEamakLoY

Being a writer

2012-01-14T15:14:00.000-08:00

One day a wonderful person and a wonderful student - Victoria Ayuso shared this text with us:
Being a writer is first of all, being a composer, a composer of dreams and stories; someone who is responsible for bringing dreams and ideas to reality, through a simple thing called pen (or computers, if we are talking of today’s writers).
As to me, being a writer is not and will never be the same as “writing”, I mean, being a writer is something that is born with us, something similar to a gift that was offered to us, it’s something special that requires the magical art of making words follow each other in a piece of paper and, at the same time, like “glued” to those words, draw an invisible painting of dreams, feelings, thought, ideas that will tell the true story that lays behind those words.
On the other hand, if we learn the ABC, a lot of vocabulary and grammar at school, we will obviously be able to write several stories and novels, but that doesn’t mean that we’ll become a writer. Everyone can write a note, a piece of paper, a letter, a story or even a book, but are they writers? Only if they have what it takes, I mean, only if their destiny is to become a writer and in those circumstances, they will certainly have the gift and the talent of being a writer inside them.
Moreover, in spite of being wonderful and a true way of escaping to a different and kind of “personified” world, being a writer is not a bed of roses and every writer will tell you that there’s more to it than meets the eye. Indeed, a writer doesn’t have an easy life, because either we are lucky and become very succeeded, or we will be on the verge of becoming poor, watching our prospects as a writer go down the drain. That’s why, some writers see themselves obliged to find another job (which they can even hate), just to survive, this is, basically, if people don’t like your ideas or stories, you are done, because if they don’t like your books, they won’t buy them, so you won’t sell much.
Nevertheless, some writers don’t really mind and they try (as hard as they can) to live on writing. In my opinion, they do that, because they feel that they were made to write, so their love and passion for writing is so big and important for them, that they can’t fit other jobs. It’s like they were lying to themselves and as to me, someone who lives on selling stories, should never lie, neither to him/her, nor to his/her readers.

A few words on "Jabberwocky"

2011-10-20T06:45:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone!

As you can see, I've just posted a poem on our blog. It was written by Lewis Carrol and published for the first time in 1872 as a part of Alice Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, which is a really great piece of literature.
Therefore I'd like to challenge you to search the web for the referred story and send us your thoughts on possible interpretations for the poem. Also, you can watch Alice in Wonderland, a film released in 2010, featuring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and Mia Wasikowska. If you do watch it, please pay attention to keywords like "Jabberwock", "Bandersnatch" and "Frabjous Day". I must tell you that this movie depicts many of Tim Burton's thoughts on the poem posted minutes ago.

Have fun in your research and at school :)
Patrícia Caixeirinho

"Jabberwocky", Lewis Carrol

2011-10-20T06:26:00.000-07:00

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"

He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought-
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood awhile in thought.

And as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.

"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!"
He chortled in his joy.

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.

Environment: water

2011-03-24T13:27:00.000-07:00

A choice by João Pereira 11º C

Mankind

2011-03-22T12:23:00.000-07:00

What will we turn into?

I believe Paradise existed once but now we remember it as in a Hyperouranos world. Paradise vanished when the Humankind rose.

Science, literature, arts and ways of thinking have been developed over the time times and all this development has changed us into what we are today. On account of all these changes, we are believed to be the most intelligent beings on earth.
But are we REALLY the most intelligent beings on the Earth’s surface?
If we look back at our past, we notice that the world has changed from the very first moment we started to breathe.
At the beginning, when we lived on hunting, fishing, farming and livestock in little communities, which helped each other , we were within the balance of nature, I mean, we took from the land just what we needed to survive but there was no human exploitation. At that time medicines hadn’t been invented and only some herbs were used to cure wounds and diseases. Thus, only the stronger survived and the weaker, the sick and the old were left behind.
With the development of science and medicine, we started living longer and the natural balance of the earth was shaken. Then, our society became a consumer society anxious to explore and wear out all natural resources bringing about serious damages.
Beyond welfare, science intervened in other branches such as Physics, Chemistry, Engineering and Mechanics, leading Man to the invention of loads of gadgets we can’t do without these days. We are blind with pride, vanity and greed and we are completely dependent on our awesome inventions. But, little by little, we are destroying ourselves as well as everything around us.
In my opinion, this great intelligence of ours has been drawing us into stupidity and we can no longer put an end to it.
Where is this going to lead us?
It is going to lead us to our end and who knows to the beginning of a new Paradise.
A text by Joana Hrotkó

Tea party

2011-02-26T11:28:00.000-08:00

Tea Party- Tea and scones

2011-02-26T10:46:00.000-08:00

Our tea Party will take place on the 18th March and we hope you can all join us sending tea-related issues. Here you are an important event for the history of the United States:

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2011-01-10T15:44:00.000-08:00

2010 few by in an instant

Uma contribuição de João Pereira, 11ºC

we've been around and we have not forgotten you

2010-12-29T17:34:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas and a Happy New year to you all!

We've been rather busy but here we are again and hope to go on sharing ideas, thoughts and words.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4AgPSjzXkw&feature=player_detailpage

Talking Turkeys!
© Benjamin Zephaniah
home page
(reproduced here
with permission)
Be nice to yu turkeys dis christmas
Cos' turkeys just wanna hav fun
Turkeys are cool, turkeys are wicked
An every turkey has a Mum.
Be nice to yu turkeys dis christmas,
Don't eat it, keep it alive,
It could be yu mate, an not on your plate
Say, Yo! Turkey I'm on your side.
I got lots of friends who are turkeys
An all of dem fear christmas time,
Dey wanna enjoy it, dey say humans destroyed it
An humans are out of dere mind,
Yeah, I got lots of friends who are turkeys
Dey all hav a right to a life,
Not to be caged up an genetically made up
By any farmer an his wife.
Turkeys just wanna play reggae
Turkeys just wanna hip-hop
Can yu imagine a nice young turkey saying,
'I cannot wait for de chop',
Turkeys like getting presents, dey wanna watch christmas TV,
Turkeys hav brains an turkeys feel pain
In many ways like yu an me.
I once knew a turkey called........ Turkey
He said "Benji explain to me please,
Who put de turkey in christmas
An what happens to christmas trees?",
I said "I am not too sure turkey
But it's nothing to do wid Christ Mass
Humans get greedy an waste more dan need be
An business men mek loadsa cash'.
Be nice to yu turkey dis christmas
Invite dem indoors fe sum greens
Let dem eat cake an let dem partake
In a plate of organic grown beans,
Be nice to yu turkey dis christmas
An spare dem de cut of de knife,
Join Turkeys United an dey'll be delighted
An yu will mek new friends 'FOR LIFE'.

Some of us tried to read the poem without having all the words and it turned out to be creative and fun:

11º turma B, João Joaquim,Pedro Romão e João Palma
When we pick up the turkey
His head we chop
To take away his life
And watch him dance hip-hop
Usually genetically made up
Instead of organic food
You live caged up
In a lie of your own
With rice and beans
We eat in the plate
Also with greens
And in the end it looked like a stake

11º E, Bruno Santa Rita, Francisca Bastos, Guilherme Cameira and Victoria Ayuso
Hi, I'm a Turkey
I'm genetically made-up
You may think I'm free
But I'm caged-up
You usually think I'm organic grown
But my friend, that's a lie of your own
With a knife
You cut my life
Do you think it's funny?
Then come to the chop
You'll see me dancing hip-hop.

11º C Alexandre Piçarra ,Susana Ferreira
Turkey, my love
The one I adore
I ate a turkey
And I want to eat more
The turkey I chopped
When I was dancing hip-hop
I did it with a knife
To take his life
I love greens
I love you
I love beans
I was made for you
My turkey was genetically made up
But I love him any way
He was caged up
And in my heart he stays

11º B, Catarina Galego, Isidro Féria, João Vaz and Maria Ines Gonçalves
This is the turkey hip-hop
so grap your knife and chop
if the turkey is caged up
it means it's Gmade up
and if you want beans you better grow them on their own
because good greens must be organic grown

2010-04-20T16:49:00.000-07:00

Earth Day at ESDG - 22nd April

The 3rd term has already started and on 22nd April our school will be celebrating the Earth Day with Philosophy. The 11th graders have been working on many projects to raise the school community’s awareness to this important day. From giving everyone the chance to learn a bit more about our planet through many informative posters and Power Point presentations that will be shown in the school’s main hall to calling each person’s attention to how they might be damaging our home without knowing it - making it possible to easily calculate your Ecological Footprint - we will be attempting to spread the green habits and views trying to make the world a better place, one person at a time.
We've tried to combine the information we want to transmit with some creative thoughts to make it appealing to everyone. What would happen if every human being on Earth disappeared? As you’ll be able to realise through an appealing documentary, the Earth would move on... without us.
In Dave Foreman’s words, you should “pay your rent for the privilege of living on this beautiful, blue-green, living Earth”.

Celebrate Earth Day everyday!

André Fresco
João Pereira
Raquel Guerreiro

11th C

Season's Greetings

2009-12-23T16:59:00.000-08:00

Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days; that can recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth; that can transport the sailor and the traveller, thousands of miles away, back to his own fire-side and his quiet home! ~Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers, 1836

Earth Song

2009-11-16T18:02:00.000-08:00

Michael Jackson – Earth Song

What about sunrise
What about rain
What about all the things
That you said we were to gain...
What about killing fields
Is there a time
What about all the things
That you said was yours and mine...
Did you ever stop to notice
All the blood we've shed before
Did you ever stop to notice
The crying Earth the weeping shores?

…

What have we done to the world
Look what we've done
What about all the peace
That you pledge your only son...
What about flowering fields
Is there a time
What about all the dreams
That you said was yours and mine...
Did you ever stop to notice
All the children dead from war
Did you ever stop to notice
The crying Earth the weeping shores

…

I used to dream
I used to glance beyond the stars
Now I don't know where we are
Although I know we've drifted far

(…)

Hey, what about yesterday
What about the seas
The heavens are falling down
I can't even breathe
What about the bleeding Earth

(What about us)

Can't we feel its wounds
What about nature's worth
It's our planet's womb
What about animals
We've turned kingdoms to dust
(What about us)
What about elephants
Have we lost their trust
What about crying whales
We're ravaging the seas
What about forest trails

(What about us)

…

Burnt despite our pleas
What about the holy land
Torn apart by creed
What about the common man
Can't we set him free
(What about us)
What about children dying
Can't you hear them cry
Where did we go wrong
Someone tell me why
What about babies
(What about us)
What about the days
What about all their joy
What about the man
What about the crying man
What about Abraham
(What was us)

What about death again
Do we give a damn

Comment on Earth Song

This song was written in the 1990s and the singer, Michael Jackson, is warning us of some world problems. He tries to draw our attention to them and he explains what we have been changing and how these endangered things are important for our well being on Earth.

He feels pain caused by Man because he sees people in the world destroying what is of everybody. He asks what’s going on about sunrise, rain, fields, children, seas, animals and so; and he didn’t have any answers. He is defeated, he misses these simple things and he warns Man of the end of Mankind.

From his point of view, things have changed not only in nature but also in people’s mind. They are more and more greedy, they only feel worried about making war, money and material things. Man’s rights have been lost and it’s very hard to replace them.

I agree with Michael Jackson, it’s high time we did something and helped Earth but it’s harder when there are people who don’t care about it, it’s sad. And this is not a brand new problem, it has been lingering during decades and decades. Man’s evolution power is very strong but I believe that if every person tried to help each other and the Earth, we could live on a better place. We just need to learn how to live with powerful things and keep dignity.

WE NEED TO SAVE THE WORLD!

R.I.P Michael Jackson

Raquel Guerreiro

*11ºC no 28758

Treepeople: Andy Lipkis has sent us mail!

2009-11-16T08:38:00.000-08:00

Dear Professor Serraninho and Students at Escola Secundaria c/3 ciclo de Diogo de Gouveia--Beja, Portugal,

I was wonderful to receive your letters via my friends Gilbert and Shirley Saint-Leon. They have known me and my parents since I was 8 or 9 years old.

I am so happy that you are studying ecology and the environment at your school. I wish that schools here in the United States were all doing that as well. I have spoken with some of the people in your government, especially concerning the terrible fires that seem to come every late summer/early autumn season both in Portugal and in Northern California. But I did not know that I and my Tree/People Organization were covered in your text book.

I have learned that next March Portugal is hoping to have a million volunteers working in your forests in an efforts to clean out old trees and plant new young trees to replace them. Perhaps you and your school mates will be taking part in this effort. It is the only way to prevent the forest from burning up.

The email for us is Treepeople.org, and our BLOG is attached.

Again, I want to thank each of you for writing to me. It made me very happy.

ANDY LIPKIS (President of TreePeople)

Global volunteers at school

2009-11-07T11:35:00.000-08:00

Our school has hosted two wonderful Global Volunteers: Mr. and Mrs. Saint-Leon. They have enriched our lives with their stories and knowledge. On leaving back to Los Angeles they surprised us all by telling us they happened to know Andy Lipkis, the president of TREEPEOPLE, and we took the chance to congratulate him for the wonderful job he has been doing for the environment by writing him a letter that they would personally deliver and... guess what...! Andy Lipkis has already answered back.

Thank you so much Mr and Mrs Saint-Leon.

We are back again - European Day of Languages 26th September

2009-09-27T13:52:00.000-07:00

After our refreshing and inspirational holidays we're back again and we start by celebrating the European Day of Languages with English which is our bridge to multulcuralism and togetherness. At ESDG we have built the Tree of Languages in several languages and messages as the following by Teresa Brissos:

"There are many words to describe what English is, but none of them would do it fair justice. Long goes the time when English was the British and American language. Today, the world is linked by it, and therefore the British and American people are too. It became a huge, unprejudiced gate for everyone to freely walk through. And even though they say Mandarin will be the next lingua franca, right now, if you have English at your disposal, you have the whole wide world at your feet."

Teresa Brissos

11ºB, nº 27911

Learn, listen,... talk when you're ready!

2009-06-08T15:20:00.000-07:00

Another school year has ended. For some, there are still examinations to come, for others this is it.For many there are no more English lessons in sight. We (11th graders) are an example of that. Through out all these years of learning English I never gave much thought to the day when they would come to an end. And that day was today. This isn't definitive, though. I will never give up on English because, aside from speaking my own language, learning and communicating in English is one of the most pleasant things I can do and, I am sure, one of my best tools. Like I've written today, still in class, English is culture. For the last two years we've discussed so many subjects that I am thrilled with the depths of our conclusions. We've been visited by North American people (our nice Global Volunteers) and, I confess, those were the lessons where I felt the excitment of speaking with a foreigner, specially one who spoke a better English than I do. I still remember our first lesson with Mrs. Rocha. The topic of our conversation was the importance of the English language in our modern world and the reason why we had chosen English as a second language. My answer was, basically, that I had always adored English, because it widened my horizons and it increased my odds in every area of life, and also because I very much appreciated English speaking countries (the words were not exactly these ones because I didn't know them at the time although I meant them), being my favourite the UK. Among other things, Mrs. Rocha told me "The grass is greener on the other side of the hill". This proverb kept popping out every once in a while in my mind and, for some unknown reason, I didn't forget it.Now I understand that the first words exchanged between people who don't know each other are, in fact, the most important ones. And now that communication has got so far that people who are in different and distant parts of the Earth can actually talk and share values, ideas and cultural aspects of their lives, we have reached a turning point: we are no longer just Portuguese, or British, or Cuban, or Chinese, or Russian, or Greek, or South African. We are global citizens and communication is pivotal to overcome all the prejudice that still has a strong presence in our world. Therefore, if we learn a new language, speaking and communicating, in general, will become easier tasks to accomplish. Due to a better understanding we will bridge our differences, foster tolerance and respect, perhaps build a better world where there is room for everybody and where no one will be discriminated because they have a different skin color or a different religion.Nevertheless, it seems that our main problem is communication and it is not that simple, whether it is because we're narrow-minded, or because we're not understood. So, as someone said before me, "what we have here is a failure to communicate". What better solution than learning first and speaking only after we're prepared for that? Hey! Listening is also a very important step! Joining both qualities looks pretty attractive and, guess what?! It is possible! I believe that many of our global riots would find better solutions if those involved cared about listening and understanding. Many people suffer and get angry with the world apparently for no reason, when what they need is to be heard ("Freedom Writers" is really an awesome example). Listening, trying to understand, learning how to communicate and being careful with our words (so that we won't hurt anybody's feelings) are some of the aspects we all should take into consideration. Attention, people! We need education if we want to do all this! What better place to start than our school?! Let's listen carefully to our teachers, make some effort to understand their work, focus on the important subjects, collect knowledge and, hopefully, we'll be ready to communicate.

Patricia Caixeirinho, 5th June 2009

Every little bit of life conveys a message

2009-04-24T15:48:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsjTTgzsq94

Ups and downs

2009-03-01T10:51:00.000-08:00

We have not forgotten English nor this blog? In fact English is under our skin and it is embedded in our lives! In fact on the 29th January we had a Tea Party at ESDG and students brought tea and homemade scones and muffins, which softened and sweetened our hearts and shortened school breaks.

How to Pronounce the th sound

2009-01-23T15:56:00.000-08:00

Maria Antonieta Palma Ferro

Posted by: Teresa Guerreiro

Notting Hill Carnival

2009-01-20T12:59:00.000-08:00

Notting Hill is the trendiest area of London. It lies in west London close to the north western corner of Hyde Park.

Here in Notting Hill a street carnival takes place every year in the last week in August, a parade along the streets of this famous borough, over two days (Sunday and the following bank holiday). It is considered the second largest street carnival in the world after Rio de Janeiro.

This festival began in 1965. It initially began with the immigrants from the Caribbean where the carnival tradition is very strong and the people living locally dreamed of creating a festival to bring together the people of Notting Hill. Most of them were facing racism, discrimination and poor housing conditions. At the time the state of race relations was very depressing. The Caribbeans organized the event to minimize the tensions between the two rival groups and it was attended by around a thousand people turning out to be a huge success.

However, this carnival and many of the following were spoiled by riots between Caribbean youths and the police.

This event is generally considered as a real proof of London’s multicultural diversity though dominated by the Caribbean culture.

The carnival is made up of five disciplines: masquerade, political, social and satirical commentary set to music, which is a fusion of soul, calypso and samba. The parade is filled with feathered costumes and plenty of dancers who dance to the rhythm of music.

Don’t miss it. If you have a good opportunity go and enjoy yourself!!

RESEARCH BY: MICAELA TOSCANO, 11st C

Posted by: Teresa Guerreiro

Genetically Modified World

2009-01-16T09:33:00.000-08:00

posted by: Teresa Guerreiro

Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday

2009-01-16T08:09:00.000-08:00

Shrove Tuesday is a day of celebration as well as penitence because it's the last day before Lent.

Lent is a time of abstinence, of giving things up. So Shrove Tuesday is the last chance to indulge and to use up the foods that aren't allowed in Lent. Pancakes are eaten on this day because they contain fat, butter and eggs, which were forbiden during this period.

Shrove Tuesday always falls 47 days before to Easter Sunday, so the date varies from year to year and falls between February 3rd and March 9th. In 2008 Pancake Day was on 5 February and in 2009 it will be on 24th February.

On this day there is a friendly little competition that consists on women running down the streets of each town flipping pancakes and it has been on for more than 50 years now. It is still the only race of its kind on the planet.

The pancake race tradition is based on the story of a woman that was very busy making pancakes when she heard the churh bells ring callinf for everyone to the shriving service. She put her head scarf (required in church at that time) and ran to the church forgetting that she was wearing the apron and was taking the pancake on the frying-pan with her.

From then on neighbours started the habit of a race to see who could reach the church first and collect a "kiss of peace" from the verger (that is the bell ringer).

Nowadays racers must still wear a head scarf and an apron and the runner must flip her pancake at the start signal, and again after crossing the finish line, to prove she still has her pancake. The kiss is stil the traditional prize.

Research by: Teresa Guerreiro, 11th C

Posted by: Teresa Guerreiro

Genetic Manipulation

2009-01-14T11:34:00.000-08:00

Posted by: Teresa Guerreiro

Our Planet, the Earth

2009-01-08T15:17:00.000-08:00

All of us live in the same magical and wonderful place, The Earth.

Our planet is the third of Solar System and so far the only one where life exits. The Earth is the largest telluric planet with one satellite, the Moon. It has surface area with 510,072,000 km² and 1.0832073×10¹² km³ of volume. The Earth has an atmosphere with Nitrogen (78, 08%), Oxygen (20, 95%), Carbon Dioxide (0,038%) and Water Vapor (about 1%), among others. This atmosphere is conducive to life and it is because of it there we live. The Earth has an average temperature of 15º Celsius, the rotation period of 23.9 hours and the translation period of 365 days and 6 hours. In our planet there are six continents, but 71% of it are oceans.

Like all the Solar System, the Earth is very old with about 4600 million years, but the life of human beings on this planet came to only 2.5 million years ago.

Human beings have inhabitted Earth for a short time but it seems that they will end up with life on this planet. Due to the pollution, global warming and extinction of species caused by the human activities, the Earth is exhausting all its natural resources and the conditions which are favourable to existence of life. In the future the Earth will probably be an empty and gloomy planet, like all other planets in the Solar System and life will cease to exist forever.

In my opinion the Earth is not a simple planet in the Universe, it is our home, the only place where we can live and forge relationships with different living beings. The Human Being has a mission: to take care and preserve Earth and not to destroy it. That way, all of us will live together and in harmony with the Earth for as long as possible.

BY: Inês Sofia Gouveia Abundância

10^th B

Posted by: Teresa Guerreiro

Holidays, festivals and festivities in the UK and the USA

2009-01-08T15:05:00.000-08:00

Saint Patrick's Day

Saint Patrick's Day is commemorated on 17th March, which is the day of Saint Patrick's death.

Saint Patrick is the Patron Saint of Ireland but his history is a little bit mysterious and people don't know many things about him.Saint Patrick's real name was Maewym Succat and he was born in Wales. He was captured by Irish raiders at the age of 16, then he went to Ireland as a slave, but he managed to escape to France. Some years later he became a holy man and returned to Ireland, and then he converted Irish people in to Catholicism.

He is known by explaining the holy trinity (God, Jesus and Holy Spirit) by using the leaves of a clover. Although Saint Patrick's Day is an Irish festival, people commemorate it all over the world because Irish colonists spread it worldwide. Every year, people celebrate it wearing green clothes, painting everything green because it's the colour of the shamrock, hope, nature and Ireland and by eating Irish food, going to a parade, trying to catch a Leprechaun and drinking a lot of beer.

There are some curiosities about this day. Did you know that... There aren't snakes in Ireland because they are afraid of the shamrock and because Saint Patrick got rid of all the snakes? ...If someone isn't wearing something green, another person can pinch the person that isn't wearing green? ...The Chicago River is painted green? ...When people who are commemorating this day raise their glasses, there are some funny statements which they say and that I am going to quote? "May God bring good health to your enemies enemies" " May you be in heaven one half hour before the devil knows you are dead."

Research by Ana Dias, 11th C

Pollution

2009-01-08T15:00:00.000-08:00

Nowadays there is a huge problem which is affecting the whole world: pollution.

Pollution is a term which means the introduction of contaminants into an environment that causes instability, disorder and discomfort to the physical systems or living organisms they are in.

Pollution is not a recent phenomenon. It exists since prehistory and it has been growing day after day due to the action of human beings.

There are different types of pollution like air pollution, water pollution, soil contamination, radioactive contamination, noise pollution and visual pollution, among others.

Azerbaijan, China, India, Peru, Russia, Ukraine a

nd Zambia are at present the world’s worst polluted places which is harmful for the people who live there and all around the world.

Although people know that, pollution continue keep

s being a fact which is very dangerous for the whole world and for all living beings and it can cause problems like global warming and ocean acidification and it can contributes to the extinction of many species.

Because of these reasons and many more we should bear in mind what we have been doing and that way we would live in harmony with our planet and with ourselves.

BY: Inês Sofia Gouveia Abundância

10th B

Posted by: Teresa Guerreiro

British and American Culture - The Mall

2009-01-08T14:41:00.000-08:00

The Mall in London is the road running from Buckingham Palace (at its western end) to Admiralty Arch - a large office building - and on to Trafalgar Square (at its eastern end). It is closed to traffic on Sundays and public holidays, and on ceremonial occasions. The Queen Victoria Memorial (2) - is a sculture placed at the centre of Queen's Gardens in front of Buckingham Palace - it is immediately before the gates of it. Running off the Mall at its eastern end is the Horse Guards Parade (3), where the ceremony of Trooping The Colour occurs.The Mall was created as a ceremonial route in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, matching the creation of similar ceremonial routes in other cities, such as Washington, D.C., Paris, Berlin, Mexico City, Vienna, St. Petersburg and Oslo. These routes were intended to be used for major national ceremonies in the era of the nation state.During state visits the Mall is decorated with union flags and the flags of the visiting head of state's country.

Research by Inês Salsinha

Instants

2008-12-17T08:52:00.000-08:00

In life or death

Time can’t stop

Keeps running eternally

Trough all life seasons

We can try to capture it

Isolate a moment on a capsule

Transform a living instant

Into something solid, unforgettable

Keep the lasting smile inside a photo

A stopped second prisoner forever

Until it disappears, flies away

Burns to ashes of fate

The remains of that time fly in the air

Moved by winds of changes

Revolutions of growing

Breezes of old memories and new experiences

CATARINA CARVALHEIRAS

Posted by: Teresa Guerreiro

MTV Switch 2008: The Green Song

2008-11-27T14:07:00.000-08:00

A PEDIDO DE 2 COLEGAS DO 11º G, MARGARIDA SOARES E TERESA MARTELO

BY: Teresa Guerreiro

Tom Lehrer - Pollution

2008-11-23T06:44:00.000-08:00

BY: Teresa Guerreiro

Native American Culture

2008-10-25T13:11:00.000-07:00

Will Our Children Live…

A lonesome warrior stands in fear of what the future brings,
he will never hear the beating drums or the songs his brothers sing.

Our many nations once stood tall and ranged from shore to shore
but most are gone and few remain and the buffalo roam no more.

We shared our food and our land and gave with open hearts,
we wanted peace and love and hope, but all were torn apart.

All this was taken because we did not know what the white man had in store,
they killed our people and raped our lands and the buffalo roam no more.

But those of us who still remain hold our heads up high, and the spirits of
the elders flow through us as if they never died.

Our dreams will live on forever and our nations will be reborn, our bone and
beads and feathers all will be proudly worn.

If you listen close you will hear the drums and the songs upon the winds, and in
the distance you will see… the buffalo roam again.

BY: Patricia Caixeirinho

Lost Generation

2008-10-17T06:47:00.000-07:00

POR SUGESTÃO DO NOSSO COLEGA DAMIEN FIALHO:

BY: Teresa Guerreiro

Poem - Leisure

2008-10-14T13:08:00.000-07:00

What is this life if, full of care,

We have no time to stand and stare.

No time to stand beneath the boughs

And stare as long as sheep or cows.

No time to see, when woods we pass,

Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.

No time to see, in broad daylight,

Streams full of stars like skies at night.

No time to turn at Beauty's glance,

And watch her feet, how they can dance.

No time to wait till her mouth can

Enrich that smile her eyes began.

A poor life this if, full of care,

We have no time to stand and stare.

W.H. Davies

Experiencia

2008-10-09T14:55:00.000-07:00

This blog aims at sharing ideas in English, taking into account the topics and issues discussed in class at ESDG or triggered out from those discussions and people's outlook. We will also share here support materials and written assignments.