http://www.rte.ie/radio1/podcast/podcast_tubridy.xml
from the Irish tv and radio station.
I really have to wonrk on the comprehension of Irish accent, even though it doesn't sound that difficult.. maybe because it is from the Irish tv..
Montag, 28. Mai 2007
business news, bbc
Business News from BBC.co.uk
Which newspaper did report on Zimbabwe?
What is Zimbabwe trying to take control on?
51% has been mentioned. What does this percentage refer to?
When was this process started?
Zimbabwe has the highest inflation rate in the world. How much is it exactly?
In which context were China and Malaysia mentioned?
Which bank is still active in Zimbabwe?
Which holiday determines the beginning of summer?
Is the price of fuel increasing with the same pattern of oil price?
83% is referred to …..
Why is the price of fuel on the West Coast traditionally higher than on the East Coast?
What has been introduced recently, which makes fuel cleaner but costlier?
What about the London stock exchange today?
What is Australia suffering of?
What can smaller companies do more easily?
The Australian twin-engine is made up by …..
How much is the unemployment rate?
How is the Australian stock exchange going?
What countries have been mentioned, talking about immigration?
How much was the government surplus last year?
And the inflation rate?
Which newspaper did report on Zimbabwe?
What is Zimbabwe trying to take control on?
51% has been mentioned. What does this percentage refer to?
When was this process started?
Zimbabwe has the highest inflation rate in the world. How much is it exactly?
In which context were China and Malaysia mentioned?
Which bank is still active in Zimbabwe?
Which holiday determines the beginning of summer?
Is the price of fuel increasing with the same pattern of oil price?
83% is referred to …..
Why is the price of fuel on the West Coast traditionally higher than on the East Coast?
What has been introduced recently, which makes fuel cleaner but costlier?
What about the London stock exchange today?
What is Australia suffering of?
What can smaller companies do more easily?
The Australian twin-engine is made up by …..
How much is the unemployment rate?
How is the Australian stock exchange going?
What countries have been mentioned, talking about immigration?
How much was the government surplus last year?
And the inflation rate?
land wars in venezuela
after listening and watching the video about Venezuela from the "NYTimes.com":
LAND WARS IN VENEZUELA
What did Hugo Chavez introduce?
When did it come into effect?
Who is Alonso Sapada?
Why does the interviewed farmer say “he seems to have a thorn in his chest”?
By which crops were sugar cane plantation replaced?
Why did Mr Hines end up in Venezuela?
He wasn’t denied to carry a fire arm. What does he carry instead?
How many land owners were killed during the take-overs?
Who is Carlos Gimenez?
Which expression does he use instead of “take-over”?
Why hasn’t the interviewed woman left the country yet?
What is Fundo Bellavista?
Who inaugurated it?
From which countries does Venezuela mainly import food?
Corruption. According to some rumours, who is slightly accused of corruption?
How does the situation in Caracas look as far as sugar is concerned?
How do reach people feel? And poors?
Did Mr Hines succed in selling his property?
VOCABULARY
squatter: someone who occupies unused land, either to farm it or to build a house on it, without having a legal right to do so.
inaugurate, to: - if you inaugurate a system or service, you start it.
- when a new building or institution is inaugurated, it is declared open in a formal cerimony.
agrarian: relating to the ownership and use of land, especially farmland, or relating to the part of a society or economy that is concerned with agriculture.
to be a thorn in one's (chest) side: to be a continuous problem to sone, to annoy.
LAND WARS IN VENEZUELA
What did Hugo Chavez introduce?
When did it come into effect?
Who is Alonso Sapada?
Why does the interviewed farmer say “he seems to have a thorn in his chest”?
By which crops were sugar cane plantation replaced?
Why did Mr Hines end up in Venezuela?
He wasn’t denied to carry a fire arm. What does he carry instead?
How many land owners were killed during the take-overs?
Who is Carlos Gimenez?
Which expression does he use instead of “take-over”?
Why hasn’t the interviewed woman left the country yet?
What is Fundo Bellavista?
Who inaugurated it?
From which countries does Venezuela mainly import food?
Corruption. According to some rumours, who is slightly accused of corruption?
How does the situation in Caracas look as far as sugar is concerned?
How do reach people feel? And poors?
Did Mr Hines succed in selling his property?
VOCABULARY
squatter: someone who occupies unused land, either to farm it or to build a house on it, without having a legal right to do so.
inaugurate, to: - if you inaugurate a system or service, you start it.
- when a new building or institution is inaugurated, it is declared open in a formal cerimony.
agrarian: relating to the ownership and use of land, especially farmland, or relating to the part of a society or economy that is concerned with agriculture.
to be a thorn in one's (chest) side: to be a continuous problem to sone, to annoy.
something general about wwoof
I'm an official member of WWOOF-Independents!
WWOOF stands for World-Wide opportunities on organic farms.
it's an organisation which helps you getting in touch with organic farms and consequently supporting you making your decision by sending you a booklet with all the host-farms joining wwoof-Independents.
Ireland hasn't got its own national organisation. that's why you have to join the "Independents".
the history of wwoof starts in the 1970s, founded by an English woman who later on spread her idea all over the world.
there's a membership fee you have to pay. it's about 25€ and your membership will last 1 year.
there are many different kinds of farming or organic experiences. the wwoof-hosts aren't always organic farms. some of them have organic restaurants, they restore buildings, some are nature / healing centres, some others produce organic food, and so on...
they usually recommend you to take a sleeping bag, a rain jacket, boots and gloves with you. essentially everything you may be using on a farm.
as wwoof is a volonteering organisation, you're supposed to work 4 to 6 hours a day in exchange of accomodation and meals. anyway, most of the host farms give you some pocket money.
so much so far!
I'll surely get to know more about wwoof as time goes by..
Donnerstag, 24. Mai 2007
if you don't like soccer, you're not Italian!!!
we made it!!!!
after 2 years we got our revenge!
after that night in istanbul, when we all cried (me either..), after so much strengh and work, we made it again!
we won in regular time (90 min). we didn't play well, it wasn't any spectacular game like the one against Manchester, but still we won!
you may say:
it's not wether you win or lose, it's how you play the game
well, bullxxxx!!
I don't think Liverpool is happy just for having taken part to the final!
we didn't play well, but damn it, they are crying!
kaka was a sort of ghost on the field, seedorf either. gattuso tried to control himself after the yellow card. maldini, the captain, is 39 and played the whole match long. pirlo made an enormous amount of mistakes but his free kick passed through the wall reaching inzaghi, whose best quality is to be always ready, like a rapacious bird, to take advantage of every mistake the defenders make.
the cup and the happiness of maldini & co.
but there is also another side of football.. the one of stupid people who can't just enjoy the victory! the destroy everything they come across! they burn, they devastate everything!
piazza del duomo (the main square in milan) looked like this a couple of hours before the referee blew his whistle for the first time yesterday.
anyway, my sister called me yesterday. she dressed up our dog "red and black"!
if you have never felt like that, if you don't feel nervous while watching football, sorry but you're not italian!!!
and if you study italian, you have to know that football is such a big part of our life that you can't learn our culture if you neglect football!
and for those who have never heard it before...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI7h1FRr4VM&NR=1
Milan milan solo con te
Milan milan sempre per te
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Una grande squadra
Sempre in festa olã¨
Oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh
E insieme cantiamo
Milan milan solo con te
Milan milan sempre per te
Con il milan nel cuore
Nel profondo dell'anima
Un vero amico sei
E insieme cantiamo
Milan milan solo con te
Milan milan sempre con te
Oh oh oh oh oh ...
Montag, 21. Mai 2007
we can control global warming
The “Panel” is made up of _representatives_ from __120 countries___
What can we protect by using technology and right strategies? the ozon layer
What should we introduce? more fuel efficient vehicles
What happens if we change the way we use energy? we can save the planet
How much would it cost to change our life-style? it would cost less than 3% of the world economic output
What is happening due to rising temperatures? rising sea levels, estinction of few species, more destroying storms
Who is Alan Watson? the head of the US team
some key words: global warming; clean technology, fuel-efficient, rising temperatures, greenhouse gases, ozon layer, International Panel on Climate Change, to change the way we use energy, bio-fuels.
What can we protect by using technology and right strategies? the ozon layer
What should we introduce? more fuel efficient vehicles
What happens if we change the way we use energy? we can save the planet
How much would it cost to change our life-style? it would cost less than 3% of the world economic output
What is happening due to rising temperatures? rising sea levels, estinction of few species, more destroying storms
Who is Alan Watson? the head of the US team
some key words: global warming; clean technology, fuel-efficient, rising temperatures, greenhouse gases, ozon layer, International Panel on Climate Change, to change the way we use energy, bio-fuels.
Samstag, 19. Mai 2007
disappointed..
eventually I finished to read "jaywalking with the Irish". I'm so proud of me!
usually I don't read books I don't like even if they are compulsury!!
I made it till the end, hoping it would have got better!!! but it didn't and the end was pretty disappointing!
he wrote 239 pages about settling to Ireland and at the end of the book you get to know that he didn't even stay!!!
dear Mr Monagan, I understand that you appreciated that Irish eventually showed they had accepted your family, and that you only recognised at 50 that Ireland is your predestined home country, then why didn't you stay, or to be more precise, why did you so firmely want to torture us with your book????
and if you really wanted to write your book, why didn't you write it in a more readable way, so that foregneirs can understand what you really mean?
usually I don't read books I don't like even if they are compulsury!!
I made it till the end, hoping it would have got better!!! but it didn't and the end was pretty disappointing!
he wrote 239 pages about settling to Ireland and at the end of the book you get to know that he didn't even stay!!!
dear Mr Monagan, I understand that you appreciated that Irish eventually showed they had accepted your family, and that you only recognised at 50 that Ireland is your predestined home country, then why didn't you stay, or to be more precise, why did you so firmely want to torture us with your book????
and if you really wanted to write your book, why didn't you write it in a more readable way, so that foregneirs can understand what you really mean?
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