martedì 10 maggio 2016

Red string of fate


The red string of fate is a legend of Chinese origin. According to tradition, each person brings, from birth, an invisible red thread tied to the little finger of the left hand that binds him to his soulmate. The thread has the characteristic of being indestructible: the two people are destined to meet and to get married.Wei was a man who, orphaned of both parents, wanted to get married and have a big family; He had grown up without being able to find a woman who would become his wife.
During a trip Wei met, on the steps of a temple, a man leaning with his back to a lot that was consulting a book. Wei asked the man what he was reading; the man said to be the God of marriages and, after looking at the book, she told Wei that his wife was now a child of three years and would have to wait another fourteen years before you know it. Wei, disappointed by the answer, he asked what was in the bag; the man replied that in there was the thread that was used to bind the feet of husbands and wives. That thread is invisible and impossible to cut, so once two people are related to each other will be destined to marry regardless of their behavior or by events that they will live.These words did not convince Wei that, to feel free to choose from the only woman to marry, he ordered his servant to kill the girl to become his wife. The servant stabbed the girl but not killed: the hurted in the head and Wei, after those events, continued his usual life in search of his wife.Fourteen years later, Wei, still unmarried, met a beautiful seventeen year old girl from a wealthy family and married her. She always wore a cloth on the forehead and Wei, after many years, asked why not if took away even to wash. The woman, in tears, told  that when he was three years he was stabbed by a man and that was a scar on his forehead; shame hid with the cloth. At those words Wei, remembering the encounter with the God of weddings and order that the said to his servant, confided to the woman that it was he groped to kill her. Once Wei and his wife were aware of the story you loved more than before and lived serene and happy.

martedì 1 marzo 2016

IRELAND

  

Ireland is an island in the North Atlantic.
Politically, Ireland is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially named Ireland), which covers five-sixths of the island, and Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom, in the northeast of the island. In 2011 the population of Ireland was about 6.4 million, ranking it the second-most populous island in Europe after Great Britain. Just under 4.6 million live in the Republic of Ireland and just over 1.8 million live in Northern Ireland. The territory is vast 84,116 square kilometers and is characterized by mountain ranges are not particularly high.
The biggest and most populated city is Dublin , followed by Belfast and Cork . Other important towns are Limerick , Galway , Derry , Waterford .
The flag is the tricolor.
Ireland's patron saint is St. Patrick's Day and is celebrated on March 17




martedì 12 gennaio 2016

My Life

MY HISTORY 
My name is Ylenia,I was born on 21 November 2001, in Italy.
My father is italian and my mother too.
He is a doctor and she is a secretary.

HOME LIFE
Home life is pretty normal.
My parents work so i help in the house.
I love cooking, but i really hate cleaning!
On Sunday I go out with my friends.
On Tuesday and Friday I play volleyball and during the week I study .

SCHOOL
My first school was called 'M.T. Fusco'.
I started there when I was 3.
When I was 11 I started at 'Buonarroti-Vinci' secondary school.
Now i go to the 'Liceo Galileo Galilei'.
I go to school from Monday to Friday.
We don't have a lot of homework and at Sunday we're free.
My favourite subject si English


INTEREST
I love sport, expecially play volleyball and watch football match.
I love music too.
I spend a lot of time with my friends. 

martedì 15 dicembre 2015

The Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest

The Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest is an annual American hot dog competitive eating competition. It is held each year on Independence Day at Nathan's Famous Corporation's original, and best-known restaurant at the corner of Surf and Stillwell Avenues in Coney Island, a neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. The contest has gained public attention in recent years due to the stardom of Takeru Kobayashi and Joey Chestnut. The current champion is Matt Stonie. The Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest has been held at the original location on Coney Island every year since about 1972 in conjunction with Independence Day.[3] According to legend, on July 4, 1916, four immigrants held a hot dog eating contest at Nathan's Famous stand on Coney Island to settle an argument about who was the most patriotic. A man by the name of Jim Mullen is said to have won, although accounts vary. The competitors stand on a raised platform behind a long table with drinks and Nathan's Famous hot dogs in buns. Most contestants have water on hand, but other kinds of drinks can and have been used. Condiments are allowed, but are usually not used. The hot dogs are allowed to cool slightly after grilling to prevent possible mouth burns. The contestant that consumes (and keeps down) the most hot dogs and buns (HDB) in ten minutes is declared the winner. The length of the contest has changed over the years, previously 12 minutes, and in some years, only three and a half minutes; since 2008, 10 minutes. The winner of the men's competition is given possession of the coveted international "bejeweled" mustard-yellow belt. The belt is of "unknown age and value". Sonya Thomas won the inaugural women's competition and its "bejeweled" pink belt.

martedì 1 dicembre 2015

Nowhere Boy

On the morning of December 9th 1980, John Lennon vas murdered.
A deranged fan, called Mark Chapman,had ambushed John and Yoko , outside their house in N.Y.
Chapman shot John at 11 o'clock atnight.
It wasa sad day.
People heard the news on the radioat breakfast.
A cultural icon was destroyed.
John Lennon, in spirit of his image, was a iolent man.
This could have beenthe result of his difficult life.
The film 'Nowhere Boy' is about his childhood and adolescence.
The director of ths film are Sam Taylor-Wood and Aaron Johnson.
Anne-Marie Duff play Julia, John's estranged mother and Kristin Scott play Mimi, his aunt.