LANCASTER COLLEGE Escola de línguas| Centro de estudos e explicações| Traduções| Informática
The face of
the WORLD is forever changed by what is happening in the UKRAINE now…
It is hard
to believe this is actually happening… but we hope the UKRAINE people are heartened
by the millions and millions of voices around the world condemning all this
bloodshed and suffering – this unprovoked, senseless war…
Nobody knows how this will turn out and many of us are deeply sad, feel powerless and afraid.
Peace ☮
RECOLHA de bens alimentares e de puericultura (roupas, calçado, mantas e biberões) para serem doados à Associação Entre Famílias com sede no Bairro da Estação em Bragança.
Nowadays, thanks to social media and the way things are so normalized, anyone can become famous. Just make a small TikTok or Instagram video and if you are lucky the whole world will know you, and guess what, you quickly turn into a "celebrity"!
But what is this fame? What this fame that
lasts for so little... Sometimes a couple of weeks is all it takes for you to be
loved and forgotten. Not to mention that you can be famous from your couch,
there is no moving to other countries involved, no Visa to worry about, no cultural
shock.
This is the fame that we’ve created, yes it is
very convenient but it also discredits the big stars that worked so hard to get
to where they are now. Stop idolizing people for zero content and begin to
appreciate the creators of real art!
Eva Vasconcelos, C1 (teacher Natália Galindo) - LC Póvoa de Varzim
Throughout this pandemic, a lot of people are trying to improve their health, but sometimes they don't know where to start. In my opinion, looking for a healthy lifestyle is the best way to do it.
A healthy lifestyle keeps your
organism balanced and doesn't cause illnesses or malaise to you.
An example of that is The Mediterranean one because
more than defending a balanced diet, it also gives importance to activities
such as:
In my opinion, what I have just mentioned are the
most significant behaviours from The Mediterranean lifestyle, but I cannot deny
that the diet matters too and, if you want to follow this lifestyle, it is
crucial follow these points:
Does this sound familiar to you? Of course it does! These points are the result of observing the food
wheel or pyramid, and we can notice something else, for example, avoid:
This diet is not too restricted since
you can eat the main kinds of food, and it also advises prioritizing regional
foods.
I think that, if you are trying to improve your
health, this lifestyle is an awesome choice.
However, there are other good options, therefore, when you chose a lifestyle, you should be careful and in case you have any doubts, ask a nutritionist and only like that you will be sure that you got the right answer.
Catarina Ferreira, A2 (teacher Miguel Ferreira) Lancaster College Valongo
When we have no idea of what we can write about, there is nothing easier than writing about the present times. And present times hold hands with covid, even though they should be social distancing, too.
However, thinking of it, we have spent a lot of
time at home. It’s true it can get a bit boring, and, if we are students, we
can get overwhelmed by online school, but we have never spent so much time with
our close family – ok, we can’t put the whole family together and that’s sad –
and, surely, we now have time to do things we like and we couldn’t do before.
For instance, I have never read so many books before, because I used to be
occupied by school work and now I am able to finish faster!
But it’s obvious I hate to be closed by four
walls. Almost everyone (and I’m 99% sure everyone) does. We can’t go and see the
beach. We can’t visit big cities (and how I miss going to Porto). We can’t go
to school to be with our friends. We can’t see our relatives. But it’s for the
bigger good. And, if it isn’t, it’s not hard to believe that it is.
I sometimes wonder how a very tiny little thing, such as a virus, has changed the course of History. But that's how life works, right? Let’s just use that as a weapon to make everything better than it was before.
Afonso Resende, C1 (teacher Natália Galindo) - student at Lancaster College Póvoa de Varzim
Lehrerin: Tânia Pereira - Lancaster College Póvoa de Varzim
How to Get Away with Murder, released in 2014, is an American legal thriller television series, created by Peter Nowalk and produced by Shonda Rhimes and ABC Studios. The series has a total of six seasons and the last season was released in 2020.
Viola Davis, plays the main character, Annalise Keating, who is a law professor at a prestigious Philadelphia university. She is everything
you hope your Criminal Law professor to be: brilliant, passionate, creative
and charismatic. As fearless in the courtroom as she is in the classroom,
Annalise is a defense attorney who represents the most hardened and violent
criminals, who have committed everything from fraud to murder and she does anything to win their freedom back.
Every year professor Keating chooses 4 students, the
most promising ones, to help her in real law cases. However, that year she
chooses five instead of four and there’s a mysterious reason for it, which you find out watching the series. In fact, this TV series is full of secrets, from the beginning to the end!
Alfred Enoch, Jack Falahee, Aja Naomi King, Matt McGorry, and Karla Souza participate in the series as Keating's students, while Charlie Weber and Liza Weil are her employees. Billy Brown is a detective with the Philadelphia Police Department, also an old Annalise's lover.
The story begins when professor Keating and her five
chosen students find themselves involved in a murder plot and have to find out
how they are going to deal with the situation. Do you want to know more about
it? Just watch it!
I definitely recommend this series to everyone who loves a good
thriller, full of mystery and an amazing plot.
Ana Beatriz Bastos, English C1 (teacher Natália Galindo) - Lancaster College Póvoa de Varzim
Everyone knows I am a beatlemaniac and it is not difficult for me to explain why I like music so much, especially why I like The Beatles so much.
My question is: How were Paul, George, Ringo and John able to compose original songs that continue to touch generations? That is so incredible, isn't it?
Out of curiosity, although it may not be my favourite song, “Let it be” should be even
more appreciated. For those who don't know, Paul McCartney wrote this song
because of his mother, who, after dying, appeared to him in a dream, in an
anxious time for Paul, and told him that everything was going to be okay and
that he just needed to let it be.
This is
just one example of the incredible originality, creativity and passion that
this band had for music. And now I am concerned about today's singers who can
only produce industrial music.
So, can we
please go back to the old times and sing loudly “Hey Jude”?
Maybe that's why people think I have an aging soul. Sometimes I feel like I was born at the wrong time. Despite that, I will continue to pay tribute to the Beatles' legacy.
So if if you're feeling sad, here's a suggestion: listen to “Here comes the sun” and you won't be blue anymore.
Eduarda Ribeiro, student at Lancaster College Póvoa de Varzim
Hello, Hello! We are Matilde, Afonso and Francisco from Class KA5. We study English at Lancaster College – Valongo.
We
love our English classes! The Institute is a nice place to study! We prefer
having classes there because we don’t like computers very much and we are tired
of having lessons at home… We can’t wait to be together again!
And, by the way, don’t let the Easter Bunny get away without leaving a basket full of fun!! Happy Easter!
Easter traditions are related with Christianity and are very important in our country.
Daniel’s traditions include going to mass, celebrating with his extended family and eating chocolate eggs and almonds.
Diogo’s traditions are giving flowers to his godparents, having Easter lunch with his parent and his grandmother and eating chocolate eggs and almonds too.
Leonor also gives flowers to her godparents and has lunch with her family.
Our teacher’s traditions are similar to ours. She also goes to mass, has lunch with her family and she paints Easter eggs.
Easter’s top 3 traditions are: the Easter egg hunt, being with family and eating chocolate. We love Easter!!!
Gender equality means equal rights and freedoms, equal opportunities for participation, recognition and appreciation of women and men in all areas of society - political, economic, personal and family. However, this doesn`t happen.
It´s very important to
talk about gender equality because all around the world, the situation of women
is worse than that of men's, simply because they are women. The reality is even
worse for women who belong to minorities, elderly women, women with disabilities,
migrants, etc.
The cause of this
inequality is chauvinism which is a prejudice, expressed by opinions and
attitudes, which opposes equal rights between genders, privileging the male
gender over the female. In other words, it is an oppression, in its most
diverse forms, of women by men. Unfortunately, this
prejudice is still very present in our society. Having been normalized for a
long time, only a few decades ago this behaviour began to
be problematized, especially by feminist movements, which fight for gender
equality. Not everyone agrees this must be fought, which means that, despite
feminist efforts, it is still present in several environments.
Little by little,
feminist movements around the world began to gain rights claimed by women
(right to education, vote, contract, property, divorce, equal pay, abortion,
etc.). Although we have already won more rights for women, there is still much
to change.
Marta Barbosa -
LC Gondomar B1.1 (teacher Miguel Ferreira)
