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Three Places From My Country

2006-08-20T06:42:00.000-07:00

Beitedding
Beitedding

Cedars

Jeita Groto

The Cedars

This area is 140km from Beirut. You can go in summer and enjoy the green around and

you can go in winter and enjoy the skying.

The Cedars area is not only for fun. This area has lots of Lebanon's history because

Lebanon was well Known by its Cedar trees and they were known as Cedars of God

because lots of princes has built their palaces from this trees or their ships like

Solomon used some wood of this Cedars to build his Temple and Egyptians used it for

their "Sun Ship".

Jeita grotto

Jeita Grotto is to the north of Beirut. Jeita is a natural Cave. It has two caves the lower galleries were discovered in 1836 and opened in 1958. You can see 600 metres by boat, but the cavern is 6,910 metres.

The upper Galleries were opened in January 1969 and they can be seen on foot.

Beitedding

Beitedding is an historical palace. An old prince built the palace. It has huge rooms and very high ceilings, lots of balconies and one of the balconies is where the prince always used to attend. Which is on the right side.

In summer people go to "Festival Of Betiding" because the palace has a big Oval and it fits lots of people.

The palace is built from Polychrome Marbles and Ochre Stone Sculptures.

SPECIAL PLACE.

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A VILLAGE SIMILAR TO MY VILLAGE

THE SNOW IN MY COUNTRY LEBANON.

I have a special place like everyone in the world.
My special place is where I spent my childhood. It is a very special place where I had my
family my brothers, my sisters and my grand-mother.

My hometown was in between four mountains very high from the beach but near the sun
because the sun rose early in the morning from behind the mountain in summer.

We had snow in winter and the snow used to cover the mountain and it covert the roads.
We had a good time when exclude not go to school because of the snow.

In spring the flowers start to open and the green start to show like a bride walking in a
big garden. At the front of our house we had lots of trees and three kinds of grape vines
and each vine was a different cooler and different flavor.

I used to climb on them or to be more specific I used to climb on the wire frame for the
grapes and I used to be in trouble with my mum. The cherry tree that we had was very big
and I enjoyed eating the green cherries and my auntie used to get very mad.

My grand-parents house was always closed in winter but in summer my grand-mother
came to the village to make the jams and all kinds of food that she used to prepare for
winter time. She used to come with lots of sweets and cakes and best of all the fresh bread
that you could smell from faraway.

I used to enjoy my grand-mother's company and I always listened to her and did what she
told me. I was the first grand-child for her and she used to spoil me and she used to make
me the food that "I" liked the most.

I was very cheeky and my hometown is a very special place for me. It was like a part of
my heart and I hope that one day I can take my children and show them where I was
brought up and all the trees that I climbed which got me in trouble.

MY BACK-ROUND.

2006-07-27T00:06:00.000-07:00

My name is Djimi Bou Abboud and I come from Lebanon.
I have been in Australiafor about nine years. I speak Arabic and I learnt French in my
country.

I got married in Lebanon and I came with my ex-husband to Australia because he was born in
Australia.
I have got three children with him, two girls and a boy, the oldest is a girl then the boy and
then a girl.

I started studding English from the beginning of the year with AMEP course and I would like
to continue to study and go to university.

A LETTER FOR FRIEND.

2006-07-17T03:31:00.000-07:00

Dear Joelle,
How are you? How's your family and how's your work?
I hope you and your family are good.
I miss talking to you and having a good time.
I like to tell you about me and my educational plans. I'm doing AMEP classes and
this is course to improve my English skills and my writing, as you know.

I am happy and I am enjoying this courseit helped me a lot and I improved a lot after
that course, as you know I want to do Child-psychology so I need one more course
before I can do TPC.

I am going to try the test for a course name EFS. It is English for Futher Study.
I hope I can pass this test because it will be very good preperation for university.

After six months and when that course is finished I will be doing TPCand this degree
will allow me to get to university. I hope I can do it in one year because as you know
I have three children to look after and I heard it's hard course.
Don't worry, Tony is a very good helper and I can rely on him with the children's
homwork but my homwork.

Anyway, I have to go and pickup the children now from the schools.
I would like to see you soon maybe, but until then send me letters as much as you like.
I live reading your letters.

Love.
Djimi.

Miguel's Questions: Interview With A University Student.

2006-06-12T17:59:00.000-07:00

1. What is he studying?
He is studying Building Construction Manegment.
2. What year is he doing?
Final year and the fourth year.
3. What subjects has he done?What subjects has he enjoyed the most?
Architecture Engineering every thing got to do with Construction Engineer. He have
enjoyed the Structural Engineering and the Architecural subjects.
4. Is the course a practical course?
The course is a bit of both practical and theoretical.
5. Has he done any subjects from other degrees?
He have done a Law subject.
6. Has he got any plans to continue studying?
No, not sure, he would like to go to the Industry and experience many different tipe of jobs.
7. What are his plans for when he finishes uni?
He doesn't know now but he likes to go for holiday overseas, it depends on the money.

Nicole's Question.

2006-06-08T16:06:00.000-07:00

1. What's her job?
Secratery work.
2. Does she like it?Why?
She likes her job because she is always learning.
3. What type of people does she have to deal with?
People from inside the TAFE and people from outside the TAFE and non english speaking
backround.
4. Where is she from?
She is from Ballena.
5. Why did she come to Sydney?
She came to work in Sydney.
6. How old was she when she came?
When she was 19.
7. What does she miss?
She missed the country and the beachs.
8. Where would she like to live eventually?
She likes to live in Port Maquarie.
9. What's wrong with Sydney, according to her?
Sydney is very busy and it's getting old.
10. How long does it take her to get to work?
It take her 35 minutes.
11. What about the things she likes about this city?
The Habour the Zoo the multicultrulism.
12. Now write 4 or five more questions for the last part of the interview.
a. Why wont you go and live in your home country again?
b. Do you feel sorry because you came to Sydney?
c. If the years gone back would you like to stay in your home twon or would you do the
same as you did?
13. Find out where her town is and get information about it on the Internet.

Barbara's Questions.

2006-06-05T16:36:00.000-07:00

1. What languages are spoken in your own communities?
The laguages that are spoken in my community, here in Australia, are Arabic, English, Spanish, Chinese and Japanese .
2. Is the official language of your country the same as your mother tongue?
Yes, in Lebanon-where I come from-it is, I speak Arabic and that is the oficial language. But here in Australia it isn't. The official language is English.
3. What are the reasons for this?
Australia was funded by the English as a convict colony.
4. What language and culture best represents you?
Now I have two languages and two cultures because I'm living in Australia for these reasons
both of them represent me.
5. Are there any languages you are averse to?
The Turkish language.
7. Can you explain why?
I found it very heavy on my ear.
8. Do you have a public and a private identity?
No, crazy people stay the same. NO, seriously, I'm comfortable the way I am, I don't need tow personas.
9.Do you think foreign language learning should be fostered? Why?
I think language should be fostered so people can undertand each other.
10. What is the foreign language policy and practice in your country?
I don't know if there are any policies but I know that schools have started to teach different languages.
11.What choice of foreign languages do you have at secondary school?
In Lebanon I didn't have any choice, if you are in a public school you have to learn Arabic and French. If you are in a private shool you'll learn Arabic English and French.
Here in Australia there are many options, Chinese, Japanese, French, German, Spanish, Arabic, Greek, Italian, Servbian, etc.
12.What is the attitude of people towards learning a foreign language in your country?
The people in my country like to learn different languages and it's very normal for people to
know a second language.
13. Does speaking a foreign language give you a better status?
Yes, it does because I need to know different languages to reach my goals.
14. Are there languages which are more privileged and others that are looked down upon?
Yes, there are languages that are looked down upon, like African languages, and some that are privileged, like English and French.

15.What is the perception of foreign languages/cultures in the country you are now living in as
compared to your own?
Some people complain if you are not talking English but most people accept it. I've heard bad comments when I was talking to my kids in Arabic. I think that is racist, but I switch to English because I think it is easier for my kids.
.
16.What were the main challenges and discoveries when trying to adapt to a new language and
culture?
The language, the way of living and the food. I have found many new things since I moved to this country.
17. Do you think you that your studies prepared you for it?
Yes, they did. I learnt French but it helped me a lot to learn English. Once you have learnt a language it is easier to learn a second one.But the communication with others prepares me more, I think.
18. How would you define intercultural competence and how do you think it can be developed?
The intercultural competence is very hard but if you live in the country for a bit of time you
will develope the way of living.
19.Is it possible to create an identity in a foreign language? Can you be yourself in English for instance? Is it possible to create an identity in a foreign language?
I like living in Australia because you can have friends from different cultures and different
languages, in my country I only had Arabic friends from the same culture and the same
language. I think I'm the same in English and in Arabic because I have been here for a long time.

Me And My Kids.

2006-05-31T01:50:00.000-07:00

Me And My Friends

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Alex catching the Marlin

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1. How long did it take them to catch it?
It took him 45 minutes to reel in.
2. How does he say it?
He said:" Here's the marlin as promised".
3. How long and heavy was this marlin?
It was about two and half metres and it was 95 kilos.

Suzanne's Questions

2006-05-26T20:38:00.000-07:00

Click on the blank space to see the photos.

1. What’s her background? What’s her family’s ancestry?
She was born in Australia but her parents were born in different countries, her father's
ancestry is Welsh and English, her mum's ancestry is Irish and Scotish.
2. When did her father’s family first come to Australia?
Some of her father's family came on the second fleet to Australia.
3. What about her mother’s?
Her mother's family being here for the second generation.
4. Where did she feel at home and why?
She felt at home when she was in Wales.
5. What’s her parent’s connection with music?
Her parents were involved in music.
6. What type of music were they involved with?
Her mother used to be on stage singing and she played a few instruments. Her father was a lawyer but used to be involved in musical theatre.
7. How old was she when she started learning a musical instrument?
She was three years and half.
8. What instrument was it? Who taught her how to play it?
It was a Ukalele. Her mother taught her to play on the Ukalele .
9. What was her second instrument? What type of songs did she sing?
Her second instrument was the guitar and she played the popular songs of the time.
10. Has she still got her first instrument? What happened to it?
No, she doesn't have her first instrument because it got broken.
11. What did she do at 15? Where?
When she was 15 she went for a holiday in Surfers Paradise with some girl friends and she
won a Talent Quest.
12. What did she do in the late sixties?
In the late sixties she played rock with The Cavaliers.
13. What was the name of her band? (It’s in one of the photos-the newspaper clipping)
Her band's name was The Cavaliers.
14. Did they become famous?
Yes, they were famous.
15. What does the newspaper clipping say?
The newspaper clipping calls her The Sensational Suzanne Wayne.
16. What was there always in the background?
There was always the Classical Music in the background.
17. When did she start playing the mandolin?
She started to play the mondolin after her mum had passed away.
18. How long did it take her to play in the Classical Ensemble?
After 18 months she started to play in the Classical Ensemble.
19. When did she perform in the Opera House? What was the show?
She preformed in the 80s in the Opera House. The show was about classical music and
Russian music.
20. What did she do at university?
She was playing music with a different group called Musical Interested Group.
21. What does she call “soirées”?
It was a weekend when they used to go to the Blue Mountains and they used to get dressed up
in the traditional clothes of the musical period they were playing.
22. Which photos are from this period? Describe one of them.
The second and the third photos are traditional photos because of the clothes.
23. Does she still play? What takes up all her time?
She doesn't play any more because she is busy with teaching.
24. What is her involvement with music now?
Her involvement with music it's not very much today but she still goes to the Opera House
and she listens to Classical music.
25. How did she start modelling and where?
She was working in a newspaper and she did modelling for David Jones.
26. How did she get involved in it?
Someone asked her if she could do modelling.
27. Did she have any training? Did she find it difficult or embarrassing?
She had one-evening training , she didn't find it difficult or embarrassing because she was used
to the stage and performing.
28. Why does she say the modelling photos look a bit dated?
Because the fashion know is not the same as when she was modelling.
29. Did you grow up in a musical family? Do you play any instruments? Do you like music? What does it mean to you?
I grew up in a normal family. I don't play any instrument but I would like to play the guitar or the piano. I love music and I love to listen to it because it relaxes me, specially classical music. I love to listen to Arabic songs but only the classical songs that you can feel the words and the music in it. I like listening to music all the time but most of the time I listen to music when I'm driving, if I don't listen to it I feel that the day is not complete.

My Opinion About Emile's Trip

2006-05-26T20:25:00.000-07:00

Write your opinion about Emile’s podcast and slide show. Did you enjoy them? Did it inspire you? Would you like to do something similar yoursel?

I liked Emile’s podcast and slide show. It’s a very nice to find someone like him who got to do something that people wait long time to do.
He is very good in taking photos, you can look at them and you can feel like they are
A life. It’s very hard job to take some time because of the sun or the weather.
The photo that I liked the most is the in Mexico I think and the photo of the Salt.

I would like to do something like Emile one day that is why I like to do journalism but before that I need to study lots of languages. Maybe the first country that I would visit is France.

My Opinion Of:Two Of Us

2006-05-26T05:21:00.000-07:00

In my opinion the story of Two Of Us is very unusual story and it's
very hard to find in our days.

For someone who owns a grocery shop and a cafe to help children
with their school work after the shop being closed is very good. I think Bilel is lucky
to have someone like Geoffery Lee in his life. If Bilel had stayed at home doing
nothing he wouldn't be a doctor, especially as he was from a big family.

I think Mr. Lee was like a father to Bilel. Because of that Bilel of that
Bilel studied very hard and he wanted to proove to Mr. Lee that he can do what
he can to be a doctor. I think Mr. Lee is a very good man to help someone who
doesn't know much about him or from a different culture.

I liked the story, it's a very nice story and it makes you think and
hope that if you or your children needed someone in their life they will find someone
like Mr. Lee to be next to you or your children side by side.

Cars Insurance

2006-05-22T18:10:00.000-07:00

In Australia there are three different kinds of car insurance. Third party, third party property and comprehensive.
Most people use the CTP or Third party insurance because people think that's the best cover and it's compoulsory. Some people think if they can get the cover for the other car maybe it's better.
The insurance fees are different because it depends on the age of the person. If it's male under 21 yeras of age, he pays lots of money. From 21 years and up the fees get down they don't pay lots of money. You'll start on level 6 or level 5 and after it depends on your driving and the number og accidents.If you don't have an accident in one year you will go up a level. The fees are different between a lady who's 30 years of age and a male who is 20 years of age.
The comprehensive is a cover you can have, it's the most expensive insurance.It covers damage you cause to someone else's car or damage you cause to yuor own car. Some people get this cover because they think they car is very expensive or for more safety.
The Third party is the non-compulsory. You can have this cover for the damage that you cause to someone else's car. Some people think it's good cover because their own car doesn't have a good value.The insurance pays the costs of the repair, that's why some people think it's a good solution because cars repair can be very expensive if you had an accident with a Porch or Jaguar it would cost tens of thoursands of dollars.
We are lucky that in Australia we've got lots of kinds of car insurance. Everyone can get the cover thatis suitable for them.

AUSTRALIA

2006-05-16T03:34:00.000-07:00

stralia falls on the South of the Equator.The total area of Australia is
7,686,850km2.The population of Australia is about 20 million people.In Sydney is the largest population it has 3.9 million people. Melbourne is 3.3 million people. Migrants came from over 60 countries.
The capital of Australia is Canberra.In Caberra is the presedent's house.Lots of politicsals people live in Canberra.
Australia's weather is from semi-arid to dry. The average temperatures in July is from 12 degree to 20 degree because it's winter. In summer usually it's in January so the temperatures are from 20 degree to 30 degree. The language of Australia is English.
Sydney is the oldest city in Australia. There are lots of old building in Sydney like the Queen Victoria building which is an old Shopping Centre. The Queen Victoria building is been built from sand stone. The Rocks is a place that the convincts built. It's an amazing place with lots of boutiques and restaurants. The most famous thing in Sydney is the Harbour Bridge and the Opera House. The Harbour Bridge and the Opera House are a landmark for Sydney and Australia. Lots of companies,theatres of ballet,Symphony Orchestras,Sydney is the centre of the Finnancial.Sydney is a dynamic now because lots of buildings getting built and lots of shopping centres and houses.Sydney is the city of multiculturalism, all the people like to live in Sydney because it's an easy going city and it's accepting the diffrent people that's why their is lots of migrants in Australia and they accept each other. The best part is that people in Sydney are very good and well educated that's why most people round the world love to come to Australia specially to Sydney because it's a good city and offers lots of opportunity for work and because Sydney is the heart of Australia.
Melbourne is the second largest city in Australia. Melbourne is more quiet then Sydney but got lots sports and good shopping centres, restaurants,cafes,bars,Artscentres. Melbourne has got the Arts centre which has been built simelar to the Eifful Tower in France. The Chinatown is very nice withlots of restaurants and cafes. Captain Cook has a mounument in Melbourne there is a house with beautiful gardens around,the house is called Fitzory gardens there is an a clock near by the gardens.Traditional garden is herbs garden lots of green and tea that help people.
Australia is the land of immigrants that come from over 60 countries, so about half the Australians are born in another country or have at least one parent born overseas. Australia accepts all the religions and the different cultures back round that the most good thing about Australia. Different restaurants and different works because different migrants.

Platypuses

2006-05-05T17:13:00.000-07:00

Platypuses live on the east coast of Australia only. Platypuses spend time in east coast from May to September. Platypuses are very unusual looking animals the average length of Platypuses
is 48cm from they head to they tail. Platypuses have a sreamlined body without externalears, a duck-shapped beak, a flattened paddle-like tail, webbed feet and fur is dark brown on back, pale cream to reddish below. The feet have long sharp clows. The male's clows have a poison spur on the ankles of their hindleg.
Platypuses live in the water and they are territorial and solitary.Platypuses live in rivers banks and lakeside. They dig a burrows and they live just above water level.
Platypuses eat insects, worms, molluscs and other small aquatic creatures. The sensitive place for the Platypuses is their bill. Platypuses can travel and hunt for two kilomteres looking for food.They can sifts the food from river bed with their bill.
Platypuses breed from August to October.They lay eggs at the time. The mother produces milk to feed the young Platypuses.

Emile's Questions

2006-05-05T16:21:00.000-07:00

1. What was your dad's job?
2. What do you feel about your childhood, because you always had to move
from place to place?
3. Would you like to live in India or do you prefer to live in Australia?
4. What is the thing that most attract you to India?
5. What are the buildings like in Canterbury?
6. Are you working in anything related to your degree in film making?
7. What is the feeling of being next to a beautiful woman like Mother
Theresa?
8. Did you like Thailand?
9. What 's the nicest thing about Thailand?
10. What made the trip to Calcutta so interesting?
11. When did you get marrierd?
12. Why did you like Mexico that much?
13. Why are Bolivia and Uganda the best countries?
14. What was your wife doing in Bombay?
15. How long did it take you to come to Australia the first time?
16. How long did the whole trip take you?
17. How did you find the dug out cannoe?
18. What do you feel When you go to a diffrent country?
19. Have you got kids?

Gabe Questions.

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1. What's the occasion?
The occasion is Birthday.
2. How many people are talking?
Three people.
3. Who do you think they are?
The dad the mother and the brother.
4. Who's having a birthday?
Gabriel is having his birthday.
5. Where is this person?
The person is in Italy.
6. What happened with a passport?
The passport got lost.
7. What's the weather like?
It's winter and it's cold.
8. Do you know Where is Rovereto?
No.
9. Find now what a webcam is?
Webcam is cheap airlines tickets and hotels booking.
10. Search the internet to find a webcam from your hometown/country
information about it.

11. Why should Gabe take pictures?
Gabe should take pictures so that he can prepare power point
if he needs to.
12. What should he write in his diary?
For a memories.
13. What are other names for school bag?
Satchoul one of them.
14. What is Gabe's mum telling him to do?
Keep your room taidy, don't mess around, do exercice, play with the ball,
go for a swim with Carmen and don't breack your leg.
15. Is she worried about anything in particular?
Yes, she is worried about Gabe broking his leg.
16. What is Gabe's brother telling him he should learn? and why?
Gabe's brother telling him that he should learn driving.
So Gabe can drives his brother's car when he comes back and he can
pick up a girl or (he can find a girl to go out with).
17. Is he serious?
His not serio school wroteus .
This is what the Director of Languages at Gabe's
about exchanges:Going on Exchange is a courageous and very
particular learning experience...students engage with language in
classrooms and set off for exchange with their own personal
backgrounds and attitudes and intersect with the second culture at
their own stage of development. There are no right and wrong points
along the spectrum- it's a journey of change.For many of us in Australia,
coming here has been like an exchange, only that it's not a temporary
journey, but a more permanent one. There are different stages of change
when we get to know another culture. The last ones are ones of
acceptance, adaptation and integration. We no longer believe that our
own culture is the only one, or the best one. We are no longer
ethnocentric in our view of the world around us. We understand and
recognise that there are many different values and behaviours. We can
finally start looking at things from different cultural perspectives.We
can discuss this in our forum this week.
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Cedar

2006-04-20T19:35:00.000-07:00

Cedar is the Icon of my country. Cedar is found in the old
world from the Mediterranean to the Himalayas.That is why Cedar is in
Lebanon, because Lebanon is an old country and it is in the Mediterranean.
Cedar is a tree that is well known as an evergre en tree all through the
year.Cedar has been the Icon of Lebanon for many centuries and since
1948 when Lebanon had its liberty the Cedar tree has been in the middle
of the flag.
In Lebanon we've got an area where people look after the Cedar
trees and in this special area there are lots of people who go there to see
the trees of good.The Cedar of Lebanon has been mentioned in the bible
and the wood has been used to build the Temple and the house of Solomon
(1 King 5, 6 and 7).
Cedar is a beautiful tree with a beautiful smell.Maybe that's why the
people came to Lebanon to see it and to take its wood or to do business in
Lebanon.The first letters were written on a piece of Cedar.
The old people used to say if someone is sick go and smell the tree of Good
or take some of the leaves and boil them and drink them. Cedar is a native of
Lebanon and the tree are as old as Lebanon.

EAGLE

2006-04-20T18:46:00.000-07:00

The Eagle is a big bird.There are many different types of Eagle.

The Wingspread Eagle is up to 7 1/2 ft /228cm.Their beaks are as long as
their heads. The largest Eagle is 38in and 95cm long. The Eagle can have a
white-head and that type can be found in North America near the water
It eats dead fish.The dark brown with white head, neck and tail plumage
Eagle can be found in Canada and United States.The golden or mountain
Eagle can be found in the West and in Asia.

The Eagle build their nests from twigs and sticks. They nests are built
at a vantage point high in a tree or on a cliff.Eagles stay with they
parents until they are three. After that Eagles can find their own territories
or mates.
The Wingspread Eagle can be trained and it can be kept as a pet.In
Asia that's what people do with the Eagle.They train the Eagle an you will
have the Eagle for years.
The likes the cold weather that why we only find the Eagle in the
colder areas like the mountains and by the rivers.
Harpy Eagles eat macous and sloths and hawks.It's been called
the "Wiged Wolf" or the "Winged monster" of Creek myths.
Because of the Eagle's stranth countries have had the Eagle as a
symbol.Egypt has got the Eagle on its Flag.The Roman armies and
Napoleans troops also had Eagles on their flags and banners.

Monster Waves.

2006-04-20T01:06:00.000-07:00

1.Were there any incidents?
34 year old rock fisherman and a surfer have been disappeared.
2.Did anyone get into trouble?
15 were rescued.
3.Which was the only city beach open?
The only beach that was open is South Steyne at Manly.
4.What happened to ferry the Spirit of Tasmania?
Spirit of Tasmania had very rough trip and the passengers said
that was the worst trip.
5.Were there any city ferries cancelled?
Yes, Sydney's Ferries were cancelled.

ART GALLERY OF N.S.W.

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1. What type of art is exhibited at the Archibald? (paintings, sculpture,
landscapes, portraits...)
Paintings.
2. What is the prize money?
$35.00 sponsored by colonial foundation.
3. What type of people are the subjects of the paintings?
Famous people( eg politics, science...)
4. Who has won this year's prize?
Marcuis Wills.
5. Who won the prize last year?
John Olsen ( Self Portrait)
6. Which painting do you prefer, the winner of 2005 or this year's winner?
why?
2006 painting because Ilike it.
7. Is the winner of the Ardchibald prize the same as the winner of the Packing
room?
No, is different people.
8. Which one do you prefer and why?
I prefer 2006 because is very unusual.

LEBANON

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Lebanon is in 10,400sq km. The population is about 3,000,000.
Lebanon is in the south west of Asia on the Mediterranean Sea. The capital is Beirut. The country faces the Eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and is bordered on the North and East by Syria and on the South by Isarel.
Lebanon is a very old country. It's very small but very historic. The Romans were in Lebanon for a long time and left some beautiful Roman buildings in Baalbek.

Some other areas are very well known, like Jeta. It's a cave that has been made by nature. El-Rawsheh is a very popular area and there are lots of restaurants from all around the world and many interesting shops.

Jbeil is another historic area built by the Romans too. The French were in Lebanon and they gave us the French language and they've been looking after Jeta (cave).

Saida and Sour have been called the twins of Lebanon for a long time .They are neighbouoring ports and the Greek left some of their buildings and words there.

We've also got Bait-Eddin, which is a beautiful old palace. It's so beautiful with the old waterfall and the stones, the huge bedrooms and the huge area in the middle of the palace.

The most beautiful Museum is Kasser Moussa.If you go inside, you stay inside because of the wax works and famous people have been made from wax.

The snow restorts in winter are Faray a and Ures, where people go skiing and have a good time. The white snow that covers the mountains and the trees of Lebanon has been named Swessra of the Mediterranean.

The best part is you can enjoy the snow and the beach in the same seson. The snow takes a long time to melt. Beach and mountain are close to each other. That's why you can be at the top of the mountain and right after you can go for a swim.

You can do lots of shopping and get designer clothes because there are well known
designers in Lebanon.

Clubs, cinemas, theatres, concerts are lots of fun and life is safe because people are very friendly and they welcome every one. Most Lebanese are well educated and they speak more than two or three languages.

MIRELLA'S TRIP

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1. When did Mirella get back to Austrralia?
Mirella got back two weeks before the University started.
2. What did she do at the end of November?
She finished University exames on the end of November.
3. When did she start her trip?
She started her trip in the beginning of December.
4. Did she take time off from University?
No she didn't.
5. How long did Mirella spend travelling?
She spend eleven weeks.
6. Was she travelling along?
No, she was with her boy friend.
7. Where did Mirella go first?
She went to England.
8. Where did she stay?
She sayed at her boy friend's grand-mother.
9. How did she find it?
She find it a colder then Australia.
10. How does she describe seeing her first snow fall?
She was amased by seeing her first snow fall.
11. How did she travel around?
she traveled by train and by car in England.
12. What 3 towns did she visit inEngland?Tell us what she says about them.
The 3 towns that she visited in England are:Gilfierd, she sayed it's very expensive.
13. What film does she says about them?
She talks about HARRY POTTER because filmed the movie at the University.
14. After Englend where did they go?
They went to Prague.
15. What's very diffrent in Prague?
It's very cheap.
16. What's the food like?
The food is very heavy.
17.What do they call Paris? Why?
The CIty of lights because of the Eiffel Tower.
18. What did they do in Paris?
They had dinner at the Eiffel Tower and they went to the Moulain Rouge.
19. What did Mirella taste? Why did she do it?
She tasted snails because it's France cultrural food.
20. Dascribe Switzerland as Mirella found it?
It's beautiful and clean but extremaly expensive.
21. What's good according to Rosa?
That you have someone in the country that you going to visit.
22. Tell us about Mirella's experience in Venice. What did she do? What did she eat?
She visited ST. MARK's church, she had very good experience and she eat lots of Pizza.
23. What was the highlight of her trip?
The LOUVRE in Paris and the HOTEL that they state in.
24. How could Mirella afford such a long trip to Europe?
She and her boyfriend saved money for two year.
25. Did she have money left?
Yes she had 2oo$ left.

RECIPE KNEFEH (sweet)

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INGREDIENTS:
600g Thikend cream.
2 Litre milk.
10 Tablespoons sugar.
7 Tablespoons cornflour.
8 Tablespoons semolina.
Bread crumbs/Butter.
SYRUP:
1Cup sugar.
2Cups of water.
1 tablespoon of lemon juice.
1 teaspoon of rose water.

METHOD:

Mix some milk and semolina together in a bowl.
Wait for the mixer to thicken.
Mix the cornflour with some of the milk.
Mix the cornflour together until ther are no lumps.
Add the mixtures together in a saucepan.
Put the saucepan on the stove.
Add the sugar in the saucepan.
Mix with a cooking spoon on meduim heat.
Get a deep tray (20cm 30cm).
Grease the tray with the butter.
Add the bread crumbs in to the greased tray.
Allow the mixture to boil for 5 or 10 minutes.
Put the mixture in the tray.
Add some bread crumbs on top of the mixture.
Bake in the oven for 45 minutes on 160c.

Syrup:

Put the sugar and the water in a saucepan.
Put the stove on a meduim heat.
Wait until the mixture starts to boil.
Add the lemon juice .
Put the the stove on very low heat for 10 minutes.
Add the rose water .
Turn the stove off.
Serve the KNEFEH with the syrup when it's still warm.

ENJOY.

MULTICULTURAL TABLE MANNERS

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1. Don't put stisks in the rice(Chinese).
2. Don't make noises while you are eating.
3. Don't drink if there is food in your mouth.
4. Don't make noise when you are cutting food with the knife.
5. Don't start eating before any one else.
6. Don't start eating before the oldest person(India).
7. You must seat straight at the table.
8. Don't cut the omlette with a knife (Spanish).
9. Knock three times with two fingers on the table when you finish food(Chinese).
10. Put the fork and knife like a cross (Russin, Massadonia).
11. Put the fork and the knife together(English).
12. Use the knife with you right hand and the fork with you left hand(Southern Italy).
13. Use the knife and spoon when you eating Spaghetti.
14. Put both hands on top of the table(Spanish,Arabic).
15. Don't talk when you've got food in your mouth.
16. Say TANK YOU after you finish.

ENJOY YOUR MEAL!

TRIP TO AFGHANISTAN

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Who is Liz?

Liz is an English teacher.

2. Why did Rosa want to interview her?

Because Liz went to very intresting trip. Rosa thinks it's good for the students to know about it.

3. When did Liz go on that trip?

Liz went on that trip over the the tafe holiday in July 2005.

4. How long has she been working for Mahboba's promise?

Liz is been working for Mahboba's promise three year.

5. What's Mahboba's promise main objective?What do they do in

Afghanistan?

She promised a help house for the children in Afghanistan.They

helping the people and specificly the cildren and the mothers.

6. How long did Liz spend there?

Liz spent two weeks in Afghanistan.

7. Before going to Afghanistan, how Liz help Afghanistan?

Before Liz went to Afghanistan she helped by raising money and cheaping a goods to the medical centre.

8. Name three reasons why Liz went to Afghanistan?

The three reasons are to make sure they 've got the money,to meet the people and to teach the children.

9. What's the age range of Liz's students in Afghanistan?

Liz students are three year old.

10. What did she teach the little three year old kids?

She tought the kids a songs, ryms and the basic English.

11. Was the level of English high or low?

The level of English was very low.

12. How many classes did she teach?

She tought about six classes.

13. Name three different types of places that Hahboba has established in Afghanistan?

Three diffrent thing that Mahboba has established is a sowing centre, education centre

and a medical centre.

14. Do children in Afghanistan have lost both parents to be considered orphans?

The children in Afghanistan have lost one of they parents and usually is the father.

15. Do mothers usually work in Afghanistan?

Mothers usually don't work in Afghanistan.

16. What happened under the Taliban?

Under the Taliban they didn't have any axess to education.

17. What's Mahboba passionate about?

She's passionate about helping women to achieve what they want from education.

18. what do they teach the mothers apart from English?

They teaching the mothers sowing and some university education.

19. What type of vocation (employment) centre have they set up for older children and

mothers?

They set up an sowing centre for the mothers and the older children.

20. What's Tabul like?

Tabul is very pore place very dry and very dusty.

21. What impressed Liz most.

Liz was very impressed with the people because they great survivel.

22. How did Afghanistan people receive Liz and the other volunteers?

The people were very welcoming to Liz and the others.

23. Did Liz dress in any practicular way?

Liz dressed up like the Afghani people.

24. What were the Afghanistan workers at Mahboba's promise like?

Very welcoming and very warm.

25. Is Liz going back to Afghanistan?

Not at the momaint.

26. Think of four or five questions you would like to ask Liz about her experience.

A. What do think about you experience?

B. What the Afghani people left inside you?

C. Did you like to teach the Afghani?

D. would you liked to stay in Afghanistan more then two weeks?

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This is a photo from flickr. Its author is Joseph Stuefer. You can see his photo sets in the link. His flowers are beautiful.

HARMONY DAY

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When is it celebrated and what does it celebrate?

Harmony Day it's celebrated on the 21st MARCH.

Harmony Day celebrates the muticultural society of Australia.

ORANGE AND POPPY SEED CAKE

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INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 cups of self-raising flour.
1/3 (60g) ground almonds.
1/4 cup(40g) poppy seeds
185g butter
2/3 cup( 160g)caster sugar
1/4 cup(80g)orange or apricot jam
2-3 tea spoons finely grated orange rind
1/3 cup(80ml)orange juice
3 eggs.
ICING
100g butter
100g cream cheese
1 cup(125g)icing sugar,sifted
1-2 teaspoons lemon juice or vanilla.

METHOD
Preheat the oven to 180 c. Grease a deep of 20cm round cake tin and line the base and side with baking paper. Sift the flour into a large bowl and ad the almonds and poppy seeds. Make a well in the centre.
Put the butter, sugar, jam, orange rind and juice in a pan. Stir over low heat until melted and smooth. Gradually pour into the well in the dry ingredients,stirring with a whisk until smooth. Add the eggs and whisk until combined.
Pour into the tin and bake for 50-60 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted into the centre of the cake. Leave in the tin for at least 15 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool.
To make the icing, beat the butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add the icing sugar and lemon juice or vanilla gradually, and beat until thick and creamy. Spread the icing over the cooled cake.

Arranged marriages

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Long time ago in my country arranged marriages were popular.
People used to live in groups and the men and women couldn't get married
outside they groups.Parents used make promises to each other when the bride and the groom were still children, sometimes they were not even born.
Life changed over the years and after living in groups they lived in villages and their idea stayed with them, whenever there was a beautiful girl in the family they used to feel sorry for letting her go to a different family or different village.
So when she used to be about ten years, her parents and her relative's parents used to arrange the marriage, from the day both parents agreed, the kids would get married after few years.
Sometimes when the girl gets married outside of her family or her village, she used to have a hard life with her parents-in-law or the people from her husband's village.
When a young man used to meet a young woman once, and he liked her, he went to his mum and told her about the girl. If the mum liked the girl she would tell her husband and they would ask about the girl's family.
They would go to the girl family and the boy's parents would ask the girl's parents if their kids could meet to see if they liked each other. If the girl and the boy liked each other after one time of meeting they would get married.
In today's marriages, parents still get involved if the girl is young or under twenty. If the girl is above twenty she can meet someone, but in both situations the parents ask about each other to make sure the kids made the right decision.
I think today's marriages are better than before because deicding by themselves gives the opportunity for the couple to take responsibility for their choice.

Sweets haish-elsaraya

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Ingredients

2 litres of milk.
5 table spoons of cornflour.
1/600g thickened cream.
12 table spoons of sugar.
slice bread browned in the toaster.
300g blended pistachio.

Syrup

1 cup of sugar.
2 cups of water.
1 tea spoon of rose water.
1 table spoon of lemon.

Method

You make the syrup first. Put the sugar with the water on low tempeture, when it starts to boil, put the lemon and the rose water. Wait until it's cold.

Toast the slices and pour the syrup on them (on a flat dish).

Place the cornflour in a bowl with some milk and mix them together until there're no lumps.

Put the sugar in a big pot on the stove with the milk and the cornflour. Stir the mix until it starts to boil. Lower the flame and stir very quickly so it doesn't stick.

Spread the mix on top of the slices and add the blended pistachio on top of the mix. Keep it outside the fridge until it's cold. After that keep it in the fridge.

Make or Do

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Do the cleaning and the cooking.2. Do you make your bed every morning?3. Sue cooks but i do the dishes.4. I usually do about 50 situps in the morning.5. Let's do a date for the 15th.6. I'd be happy if you would do the honors. 7. John makes everything by hand -he is amazing! 8. How much profit did your company made last quarter? 9. You don't need to do a face if you don't like my cooking! 10. Please, make yourselves at home. I'll only be a minute.
1. If you want to buy that car, i'm sure we can make a deal. 2. Let's go out tonight and do the town! 3. I made an appointment to visit myn doctor yesterday. 4. Excuse me, could you do me a favor and watch my bags for a moment? 5. Timmy!I told you to not make a mess in the living room! 6. I'm afraid i can't come. I'm going to do my homwork aftair school. 7. How much money does you father make? 8. Tom's making a phone call at the moment, he'll be back shortly. 9. He really doesn't want to make that decision. 10. I like doing business with Jack.
1. DO the cleaning and the cooking. 2. Do someone a favour. 3Making fun of someone. 4. making a mistake. 5. Doing business. 6. Making progress. 7. Making a cake. 8. Do the dishes. 9. Doing homework. 10. Making friends.
The answers of the MEC.

a) What does MES stand for ?

Multicultural Education Coordination.

b) Where can you find MEC's office at ST GEORGE college?

Blduilding F GF in room 20A.

c) When can you see her?

Mondays 9:30am to 1:00pm Tuesdays 9:30am to 1:00pm.

d) How can you contact her?

By leaving a message under the door if you don't find someone in the office , with her clerical office Maria or you can do appointment by phone.

e) What type of help does she offer?

She can assist students with they study plans and she can help them to find

English for further study.

f) What does EFS stand for?

English For Further Study.

g) Name a couple of ESP courses runing this semester?

HK nursering assisting certificat,Finance services accopunting certifecat3.

h) What does ESP stand for?

English Spessific Perposes.

g) What makes ESP different to mainstream courses?

You need to speack and understand English and you have done EFS fi

rst or level 4.

i) What course is just starting for women?

The course that have started for women is leadership.

j) Do they always offer the same courses?

No, it's depending on the need of the students and the demaind.

K) What do they teach in the course PLAYGROUP PARTICIPANTS?

To help playing in groups and to provide understanding the community.

l) Why does ROSA say KATARINA's job is realy full time ?

ROSA say KATARINA's job really full time because KATARINA gets

involved with the communities groups such as the weekand that she

went to ROCKDALE FUNCTION.

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hello class
i have learned about a yo-yo today.
the word blog :is a personal journal on the internet like a diary that you can update often.