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Sunday, 28 March 2021
Friday, 26 March 2021
What's the weather like?
Meteorology – The science that deals with the phenomena of the atmosphere, especially weather and weather conditions.
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WEATHER GAMES
Wednesday, 24 March 2021
Wednesday, 17 March 2021
Sunday, 14 March 2021
St Patrick's day
It is a cultural and religious celebration held on 17 March, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick (c. AD 385–461), the foremost patron saint of Ireland.
The day commemorates Saint Patrick and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland,[3] and celebrates the heritage and culture of the Irish in general.[5] Celebrations generally involve public parades and festivals, cèilidhs, and the wearing of green attire or shamrocks.
Saint Patrick's Day is a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland,[10] Northern Ireland,[11] the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador (for provincial government employees), and the British Overseas Territory of Montserrat. It is also widely celebrated by the Irish diaspora around the world, especially in the United Kingdom, Canada, United States, Brazil, Argentina, Australia and New Zealand. Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated in more countries than any other national festival.[12]
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A FEW WORDS ABOUT St Patrick
It is known that he was raised near a village called Banna Vemta Burniae but its location cannot be identified. It may have been lowland Scotland but is equally likely to have been Wales, which was under Roman control at the time.
Patrick's real name was probably Maewyn Succat. His father, Calpornius, was a Roman-British army officer and a deacon.
Despite this family involvement in the church, the young Patrick was not a believer. His life was ordinary, and completely unexceptional, until the age of 16.
The kidnapped shepherd
The young
lad was kidnapped, along with many others, by Irish pirates and sold into
slavery in Ireland. According to his autobiographical Confessio, which
survives, the next six years were spent imprisoned in the north of the island
and he worked as a herdsmen of sheep and pigs
During
this period, he became increasingly religious. He considered his kidnapping and
imprisonment as a punishment for his lack of faith and spent a lot of time in
prayer. After a vision led him to stow away on a boat bound for Britain, Patrick escaped back to his family.
There he had a dream that the Irish were calling him back to Ireland to tell them about God. This inspired him to return to Ireland as a priest, but not immediately. At this point he didn't feel adequately prepared for a life as a missionary. His studies took him to France where he was trained in a monastery, possibly under St Germain, the bishop of Auxerre, and he dedicated this period of his life to learning. It was some 12 years before he returned to Irish shores as a bishop sent with the Pope's blessing.
Colour green
Everybody has to
wear green to attract good luck.
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Shamrock
It is the Irish
clover. It became the symbol of Irish identity during the English invasion.
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The Leprachaun
It means “The little buddy”
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The Snake
St. Patrick
climbed up the Croagh Patrick Hill made escape all the snakes of the Island.
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Corned Beef
Together with
cabbage, it is the traditional meal.
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Irish music
Queen Elizabeth I
banned the Celt music under death penalty.
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The Irish Flag
In 1995, the
Irish government started a campaign to bring tourism to Ireland on St
Patrick’s Day.
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Irish dance
During the
English dominion, the Irish started to dance in the streets on St. Patricks
Day to show their national identity.
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Boston
It was one of the
first cities in celebrate a St. Patrick’s Day parade: 1737!
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New York
It was the first
city to have an official Saint Patrick’s Day Parade organisation.
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Chicago
In 1962, they
started dyeing the river in green to celebrate St Patrick’s.
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International
Saint Patrick’s
day is celebrated all over the world: left, right and centre!
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Colour green
It represents the
Irish landscape and the Emerald Isle.
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Shamrock
St Patrick used
it to explain the Celts the Holy Trinity: Father, Holy Spirit and Son.
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The Leprachaun
They are also
known to keep the gold pot at the end of the rainbow.
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The Snake
It represents the
way St Patrick put an end to Paganism in Ireland.
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Corned Beef
Before the Great
Famine, it wasn’t beef, but bacon.
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Irish music
Bag pipes and
drums remind the people their Celtic origins.
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The Irish Flag
It is present in
most of the symbols of the festivity.
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Irish dance
They don’t move
the arms a lot to represent the oppression they suffered.
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Boston
Nowadays, more
than 40 thousand people celebrate St Patrick there.
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New York
Catholic Irish
were the last members of society at the time. They were represented in
cartoons as drunk monkeys.
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Chicago
The first time
they dyed the river, it lasted green for seven days.
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International
There are
thematic parties all over the world. Last year, we held an Irish traditional
celebration at the harbour in Barcelona.
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Saturday, 13 March 2021
Monday, 8 March 2021
Extraordinary Jobs
Ordinary Jobs
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The Most Extraordinary Jobs
1. Pet Food Tester
Yes, it's a thing, and yes it's totally gross.
But as the owner of pet food company Huds and Toke, Mark Gooley, says, "If you wouldn't put it in your mouth, don't you dare expect your dog to eat it."
Mr Gooley eats dog food for a living. He eats everything from doggie treats and chewy bones to liver mixture.
2. Gumologist
A lot of hard work goes into creating the perfect piece of chewy.
Just ask Jesse Kiefer, who works as a Gumologist for Cadbury Schweppes.
Kiefer has to get the flavour just right, which isn't easy with some combos like strawberry and lime - which he says don't complement each other that well.
3. Waterslide Tester
Monday morning definitely seems a lot more enticing if you get to spend your working week slipping down water slides. Especially come summer.
And water slides are usually placed in massive theme parks. Imagine getting to spend your lunch break on a rollercoaster, and eating a hot dog for lunch.
Working holiday, am I right?
4. Teddy Bear Repair Technician
Kids get really emotional about their toys. Remember when your favourite toy lost an arm, or suffered a similar life-threatening injury? It was devastating.
But now there's a special technician who can come to the rescue.
The Build-A-Bear Workshops have a Teddy Bear Repair Technician who is hired to repair those much-loved teddy bears and get them back to their cuddly, intact, lovable selves.
5. Snake Milker
Snake venom is powerful stuff. It can be turned into drugs to treat all kinds of conditions, including a poisonous snake bite.
But some brave soul needs to collect that venom by hand. They gently expose the snake's fang and squeeze out the deadly juices.
"The only difference between me and any other company in the world that produces something is that the means of production here can kill you...and wants to," Alabama snake milker Ken Darnell says.
6. Laughter therapist
They say it takes more muscles to frown than it does to smile. If that’s true then a career as a laughter therapist should be an easy ride. In this job a laughter therapist must do their best to make people laugh their way to a better life. Perfect for any budding clowns out there!
7. Paint Watcher
You may have heard some people say they’d “rather watch paint dry” than do something they don’t want to do. Well, if they really mean it the opportunity is there – studying the drying time and effects of paint as a full-time job for a paint manufacturer.
8. Dice inspector
In the gambling world, millions can be lost at the roll of a faulty dice. With that in mind, the job of a dice inspector is an important one, making sure each die is in proportion, with all the right angles and blemish free.
Discussion Questions:
1. Which job did you find the most extraordinary/usual/exciting/boring/useful?
2. What other extraordinary jobs have you heard of?
3. What kind of person would do things like that for a living?
4. What qualities are required for each of these jobs?
5. Which of these jobs would you be able to do? Why?
6. Which of them you would never agree to even if offered lots of money? Why?
https://quizlet.com/_4wbhdm
The Most Extraordinary Jobs
1. Pet Food Tester
Yes, it's a thing, and yes it's totally gross.
But as the owner of pet food company Huds and Toke, Mark Gooley, says, "If you wouldn't put it in your mouth, don't you dare expect your dog to eat it."
Mr Gooley eats dog food for a living. He eats everything from doggie treats and chewy bones to liver mixture.
2. Gumologist
A lot of hard work goes into creating the perfect piece of chewy.
Just ask Jesse Kiefer, who works as a Gumologist for Cadbury Schweppes.
Kiefer has to get the flavour just right, which isn't easy with some combos like strawberry and lime - which he says don't complement each other that well.
3. Waterslide Tester
Monday morning definitely seems a lot more enticing if you get to spend your working week slipping down water slides. Especially come summer.
And water slides are usually placed in massive theme parks. Imagine getting to spend your lunch break on a rollercoaster, and eating a hot dog for lunch.
Working holiday, am I right?
4. Teddy Bear Repair Technician
Kids get really emotional about their toys. Remember when your favourite toy lost an arm, or suffered a similar life-threatening injury? It was devastating.
But now there's a special technician who can come to the rescue.
The Build-A-Bear Workshops have a Teddy Bear Repair Technician who is hired to repair those much-loved teddy bears and get them back to their cuddly, intact, lovable selves.
5. Snake Milker
Snake venom is powerful stuff. It can be turned into drugs to treat all kinds of conditions, including a poisonous snake bite.
But some brave soul needs to collect that venom by hand. They gently expose the snake's fang and squeeze out the deadly juices.
"The only difference between me and any other company in the world that produces something is that the means of production here can kill you...and wants to," Alabama snake milker Ken Darnell says.
6. Laughter therapist
They say it takes more muscles to frown than it does to smile. If that’s true then a career as a laughter therapist should be an easy ride. In this job a laughter therapist must do their best to make people laugh their way to a better life. Perfect for any budding clowns out there!
7. Paint Watcher
You may have heard some people say they’d “rather watch paint dry” than do something they don’t want to do. Well, if they really mean it the opportunity is there – studying the drying time and effects of paint as a full-time job for a paint manufacturer.
8. Dice inspector
In the gambling world, millions can be lost at the roll of a faulty dice. With that in mind, the job of a dice inspector is an important one, making sure each die is in proportion, with all the right angles and blemish free.
Discussion Questions:
1. Which job did you find the most extraordinary/usual/exciting/boring/useful?
2. What other extraordinary jobs have you heard of?
3. What kind of person would do things like that for a living?
4. What qualities are required for each of these jobs?
5. Which of these jobs would you be able to do? Why?
6. Which of them you would never agree to even if offered lots of money? Why?
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