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Classes 09/2010
Eddie Robinson: The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.
1St year IE
We are seventeen teenagers from Braga who attend the vocational course of electric installation at E.P.B.We chose this course because it is very interesting and we can have great chances of getting a good job in the future.
Our favourite subject so far is integração because our teacher is funny and nice. Finally we must admit that we enjoy this school very much: we have nice schoolmates, good teacher and wonderful classrooms.
1st Year CC
Hi there!
We are 1st year students of the civil construction course and we are studying at E.P.B. We are funny and nice students but we are also ambitious and sociable. We like our new school because, it's very big and cosy we feel welcomed here because teachers are great. Our favourite subject so far is, Oficina Tecnológica because it has an active component. In the near future we hope to become good technicians and better persons.
1st Year ELE
Hello!
We are a first year students of the Electronics Course at the vocational school of Braga.
We consider ourselves as friendly, nice, funny and hard working boys. We are a bit lazy and talkative though. We also made a promise to our teaches to improve our behaviour and attitudes.
We like our school because it is nice and big and we integrated very well, we also have good and nice teachers, who teach very well.
Our favourite subject so far is Integração because we have a great teacher.
1st Year FC
Hi!
We are 1st year students who attend EPB. We are enjoying our new school, teachers and schoolmates very much. We hope to become good students and learn a lot with our teachers.
USEFUL SITE
I've decided to give a precious list of sites that you can go to in order to help you
improve your english,
learn new words,
expand your vocabulary and
study grammar
improve your english,
learn new words,
expand your vocabulary and
study grammar
http://ww2.college-em.qc.ca/prof/epritchard/trouin
http://www.youtube.com/user/bbclearningenglish
http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/index.html
http://worksheetuniversity.com/
http://www.synonym.com/synonyms/
http://www.eslbase.com/worksheets.asp?ws=1&fr=res
http://www.roadtogrammar.com/
http://www.englishdaily626.com/slang.php
http://www.howjsay.com/
http://www.ego4u.com
http://www.mes-english.com/
http://members.iinet.net.au/~adelegc/index.html
http://www.wordreference.com
http://www.english-4u.de/main.htm
http://www.angelfire.com/wi3/englishcorner/grammar/grammar.html
28.10.09
Hallowe'en2009
Pictures coming soon...
After the contest....
The Teachers of English are all very glad to have witnessed all the devotion, creativity and commitement of the students in the activity... It was far beyond our expectations.... As a result of that the judges decided to offer not one, not two but THREE awards.....
I let you with the photos taken of this day....
Once again..... THANK YOU
26.10.09
And the WINNER IS
We would like to thank our students' participation on the SNAPSHOT CONTEST.. It was a hard choice but the winner was.....
THE UNDERWATER SKY By Cláudia Sá 1st year Design Gráfico Course
THE UNDERWATER SKY By Cláudia Sá 1st year Design Gráfico Course
Hallowe'en: Fact File
Hallowe'en 31st October
The day is often associated with orange and black, and is strongly associated with symbols like the jack-o'-lantern.
The day is often associated with orange and black, and is strongly associated with symbols like the jack-o'-lantern.
Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, wearing costumesand attending costume parties,ghost tours, bonfires visiting haunted attractions, pranks, reading scary stories, and watching horror movies.
Halloween is one of the oldest holidays with origins going back thousands of years. The holiday we know as Halloween has had many influences from many cultures over the centuries. From the Roman's Pomona Day, to the Celtic festival of Samhain, to the Christian holidays of All Saints and All Souls Days.
Hundreds of years ago in what is now Great Britain and Northern France, lived the Celtics. The Celtics worshipped nature and had many gods, with the sun god as their favorite. It was "he" who commanded their work and their rest times, and who made the earth beautiful and the crops grow.
The Celtics celebrated their New Year on November 1st. It was celebrated every year with a festival and marked the end of the "season of the sun" and the beginning of "the season of darkness and cold."
On the eve before their new year (October 31), it was believed that all the dead people were called together . The dead would take different forms, with the bad spirits taking the form of animals. The most evil taking the form of cats.
On October 31st after the crops were all harvested and stored for the long winter the cooking fires in the homes would be extinguished. The Druids, the Celtic priests, would meet in the hilltop in the dark oak forest (oak trees were considered sacred). The Druids would light new fires and offer sacrifices of crops and animals. As they danced around the the fires, the season of the sun passed and the season of darkness would begin.
The November 1st festival was named after Samhain and honored both the sun god and Samhain. The festival would last for 3 days. Many people would parade in costumes made from the skins and heads of their animals. This festival would become the first Halloween.
During the first century the Romans invaded Britain. They brought with them many of their festivals and customs. One of these was the festival know as Pomona Day, named for their goddess of fruits and gardens. It was also celebrated around the 1st of November. After hundreds of years of Roman rule the customs of the Celtic's Samhain festival and the Roman Pomona Day mixed becoming 1 major fall holiday.
The next influence came with the spread of the new Christian religion throughout Europe and Britain. In the year 835 AD the Roman Catholic Church would make November 1st a church holiday to honor all the saints. This day was called All Saint's Day, or Hallowmas, or All Hallows. Years later the Church would make November 2nd a holy day. It was called All Souls Day and was to honor the dead. It was celebrated with big bonfires, parades, and people dressing up as saints, angels and devils.
But the spread of Christianity did not make people forget their early customs. On the eve of All Hallows, Oct. 31, people continued to celebrate the festival of Samhain and Pomona Day. Over the years the customs from all these holidays mixed. October 31st became known as All Hallow Even, eventually All Hallow's Eve, Hallowe'en, and then - Halloween.
The Halloween we celebrate today includes all of these influences, Pomona Day's apples, nuts, and harvest, the Festival of Sanhain's black cats, magic, evil spirits and death, and the ghosts, skeletons and skulls from All Saint's Day and All Soul's Day.
Hundreds of years ago in what is now Great Britain and Northern France, lived the Celtics. The Celtics worshipped nature and had many gods, with the sun god as their favorite. It was "he" who commanded their work and their rest times, and who made the earth beautiful and the crops grow.
The Celtics celebrated their New Year on November 1st. It was celebrated every year with a festival and marked the end of the "season of the sun" and the beginning of "the season of darkness and cold."
On the eve before their new year (October 31), it was believed that all the dead people were called together . The dead would take different forms, with the bad spirits taking the form of animals. The most evil taking the form of cats.
On October 31st after the crops were all harvested and stored for the long winter the cooking fires in the homes would be extinguished. The Druids, the Celtic priests, would meet in the hilltop in the dark oak forest (oak trees were considered sacred). The Druids would light new fires and offer sacrifices of crops and animals. As they danced around the the fires, the season of the sun passed and the season of darkness would begin.
The November 1st festival was named after Samhain and honored both the sun god and Samhain. The festival would last for 3 days. Many people would parade in costumes made from the skins and heads of their animals. This festival would become the first Halloween.
During the first century the Romans invaded Britain. They brought with them many of their festivals and customs. One of these was the festival know as Pomona Day, named for their goddess of fruits and gardens. It was also celebrated around the 1st of November. After hundreds of years of Roman rule the customs of the Celtic's Samhain festival and the Roman Pomona Day mixed becoming 1 major fall holiday.
The next influence came with the spread of the new Christian religion throughout Europe and Britain. In the year 835 AD the Roman Catholic Church would make November 1st a church holiday to honor all the saints. This day was called All Saint's Day, or Hallowmas, or All Hallows. Years later the Church would make November 2nd a holy day. It was called All Souls Day and was to honor the dead. It was celebrated with big bonfires, parades, and people dressing up as saints, angels and devils.
But the spread of Christianity did not make people forget their early customs. On the eve of All Hallows, Oct. 31, people continued to celebrate the festival of Samhain and Pomona Day. Over the years the customs from all these holidays mixed. October 31st became known as All Hallow Even, eventually All Hallow's Eve, Hallowe'en, and then - Halloween.
The Halloween we celebrate today includes all of these influences, Pomona Day's apples, nuts, and harvest, the Festival of Sanhain's black cats, magic, evil spirits and death, and the ghosts, skeletons and skulls from All Saint's Day and All Soul's Day.
18.10.09
WELCOME BACK
Will Durant:Cultivate your garden. Do not depend upon teachers to educate you... follow your own bent, pursue your curiosity bravely, express yourself, make your own harmony.
Can you believe it?
School has already started and here we are ready to work.... I hope you're as eager to start as I am... Finally I've decided to go ahead with this blog thing, hoping to be a funny and useful way of learning english.
BEST OF LUCK !!!! HSB
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