Reading assignment - second week

1. What is your opinion about having a reading assignment at home for three weeks? What do you think and why?
I think it's good, because you learnt much to read books, but sometimes I think it could be hard for me to read twenty minutes, five days per week. 

2. If I would have a peek on your word list in Memrise, about how many word would I find?
You can find about fifteen words I think. 

Madonna

Read and answer
A

1. Which of these is true about most pop stars?
a) They have short careers.


2. Madonna has been the world's top female star ____.
b) for over two decades.


3. Which of the following hasn't Madonna done?
b) been a politician


4. Which of the following isn't true about Madonna?
c) She likes people who are wild


5. Madonna writes a lot of her own songs.
a) True


6. Madonna has used her success ____.
c) to build a successful international company.

B1. She was only nineteen years old when she arrived in New York City in 1978.

2. Madonna's surname is Ciccone.
3. When she first arrived in New York, which two things did she know she wanted to be?
a) Rich b) a star

4. Her family was ordinary.

5. Her home town was called Pontiac and was in the state of Michigan.

6. She didn't have much money when she first arrived in New York.

7. Underline any of the following that are true about those early years in New York.
a) She did all kinds of jobs to get famous.
b) She worked in restaurants and bars.
c) She sometimes didn't have enough money to buy food.
d) Sometimes she danced for artists.
e) She lived in some very bad areas of New York.
8. During this time, Madonna learnt to sing and play music.

9. She also had lessons writing music. False.

10. In 1982, she was offered a recording contract after a record company heard her song 'Everybody'.

11. This first song was very popular all over the US. False.

Find the translations
1. New York är inte ett ställe för någon utan pengar. - New York is no place for someone with no money.
2. Madonna har alltid sett till att hon har kontroll över sitt liv. - Madonna has always made sure that she is in control of her life.
3. Det var inte bra nog för Madonna. - This wasn't good enough for Madonna.
4. Snart skrev hon och spelade in sina egna låtar. - Soon she was writing and recording her own songs.
5. Men dagarna med snabba bilar och långa, heta dagar vid poolen varar inte länge. - But the days of fast cars and long hot days by the swimming pool don't last long. 

Check the words

Quotable quotes

 1. Deal (överenskommelse) – d)
2. Cover (omslag) – g)
3. Contain (innehålla) – f)
4. Confident (självsäker) – h)
5. Print (trycka) – c)
6. Opportunity (tillfälle) – i)
7. Record label (skivmärke) – e)
8. Fail (misslyckas) – a)
9. Sales (försäljning) - j)
10. Image (intryck) – b)

Listen and answer
1. True
2. False
3. True
4. False
5. False
6. True
7. True
8. False
9. True
10. True
11. False
12. True
13. True
14. False
15. True

Follow-up
1. Who are the most famous 'celebrities' in Sweden? Write down the names of 10 celebrities who are always on TV, in the newspaper, in magazines, etc.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Avicii
Swedish House Maffia
Yohio

Fredrik Reinfeldt
Stefan Löfven
Pia Sundhage
Olivia Schough
Valmir Berisha
Marcus Ericsson

Read and remember1. Florence Nightingale's parents were ______.
a) not rich b) rich c) rather poor

2. She was named after a city in _____.
a) France b) Spain c) Italy

3. She was born ____.
a) before 1810 b) between 1811-1820 c) after 1820

4. One subject Florence learnt at home was ______.
a) Greek b) Science c) Geography

5. She decided she wanted to do something useful with her life at the age of _______.
a) 11 b) 12 c) 13

 6. Most middle-class women at that time _______.
a) wanted to become nurses b) didn't have careers c) didn't get married

7. Florence went to _____ to learn about nursing.
a) Holland b) France c) Germany
8. Crimea was near ____.
a) Italy b) Albania c) Turkey

9. Florence went there with a team of ____ nurses.
a) between 35-40 b) less than 25 c) more than 40

10. While Florence was there, ______.
a) she made the military hospitals cleaner and safer b) she organized the hospitals badly c) the number of deaths went down a lot

11. Her nickname was 'The lady with the ____'.
a) Light b) Lamp c) Candle

12. People from all over the world asked Florence for her advice on _____.
a) making hospitals better b) designing hospitals c) learning through experience

13. Florence was ____ when she died.
a) 90 b) 80 c) 75

Writing
Florence was born 12th May 1820 in Florence, Italy. Florence parents were rich. She was young when she decided that she want do something useful with her life. She want to be a nurse, but her parent didn't want it because they want to get her married. The most of the middle-class women didn't have a career. She went to Germany to learn about nursing. In 1854, Florence and her team of 38 nurses went to Crimea (near Turkey). There they helped wounded soldiers. The military hospital were dirty and badly, so Florence made the hospital clean and safe. When she walked around at the hospital at the night she always had a lamp with her and that's why she got the nickname “The lady with the Lamp”. After the Crimean War Florence wrote a book about how to make hospitals better. She also said that nurses should learn through both experience and training. Florence died the 13th August 1910 in London.

At the Lost Property Office

Adverbs of frequency

1. My parents never smoke.
2. Pam and Barbara are sometimes late for school.
3. I was always very shy when I was younger.
4. My grandparents hardly ever go to the cinema.
5. Where do you usually go for your holidays?
6. Swedish people are seldom late for meetings.
7. I don't often have a cooked breakfast.


Read and find out
1. India has 1,795 daily newspapers. – 4 Language

2. The indian railway system employs over one million people. – 8 Travel

3. Almost 14 million Indians go to the cinema every day. – 9 Bollywood

4. In India, the cow is holy. – 6 Animal

5. 11,6 million people live in New Delhi. – 3 Cities

6. More tea is produced in India than in any other country in the world. – 7 Tea

7. India is thirteen times bigger than the UK. – 1 Size

8. Cows are allowed to sit down in the middle of a busy road. – 6 Animal

9. The rupee is the currency of India. – 5 Currency

10. More people live in Calcutta than in Bombay. – 3 Cities
11. In India, approximately 3,7 billion passenger journeys are made each year. – 8 Travel
12. Some king cobras in India can be 6 metres long. – 6 Animal
13. They make about 800 films a year in India. – 9 Bollywood
14. A billion people live in India. – 2 Population
15. The peacock is the national bird of India. – 6 Animal
16. 20% of people in India speak Hindu. – 4 Language

Out of bounds

1. It had not happened so much in my book so far, because I haven't read so long.

I have read little about Nelson Mandela and that he is a famous prisoner. Four years after he got out of jail he be South Africa's first democratically president. It's also about that European's come to Africa for about 350 years ago as settlers. They want African's working for them. The Dutch were the first settlers in Africa, but all this was in the introduction and the foreword. I have just start reading the first chapter and it's about two girls', Marika and Veronica.

2. I don't know what could happened to the next because I haven't read so much.

Best of Newsreel 2013

1. Beef

2. In a frosen lasange

3. 25 st

4. False

5. Close to the finish line

6. School and offices was closed.

7. fourtuned

8. Scotland

9. MTV Video music awards

10. Cut her hair short and wear provoactive clothes.

11. Official

12. True

13. Shopping centre

14. Somalia

15. Better writes

16. 2012

17. November

18. wind, waves

19. Canberra

20. False

Random writing nr 2

When I come home from school I see an envelope at the ground and it was named to me. I opened the letter and in the letter it stay:
"Midnight, on the bridge. Come alone."

Who had write it? Why should I was at the bridge at midnight, alone? I didn't understand. I don't want to be there at midnight, but what is happening if I'm not there? So half past eleven I had decided me to walk to the bridge.

Random writing nr 1

I was walking to the training, it was dark outside. I want to come to the training fast because I was scared, but at the bridge I should meet you. When I wait at my friend at the bridge I heard something. It wasn't my friend it was something else. "I daren't stay long. I just had to see you", I said. I start to walk again away from the bridge. I phoned you so you know that I'm not there longer.

Köttfärspaj

Köttfärspaj

Vi började med att sätta ugnen på 225°.

Pajdegen:
När vi gjorde pajdegen så la vi 1 ½ dl vetemjöl i en skål och sedan smulade vi sönder 50 g kallt margarin med fingertopparna. Därefter tillsatte vi 1 msk vatten och arbetade samman till en deg. Vi ställde sedan degen i kylskåpet en liten stund. Vi tryckte sedan ut pajdegen i en pajform.

Fyllningen:

Vi började med att skala och hacka löken. Vi fräste sedan den i margarin. Sen höjde vi värmen lite och tillsatte färsen. Vi skar sedan paprika och blandade ner i färsen. Vi tillsatte salt, timjan, chilisås och vetemjöl och rörde om. Till sist la vi i lite grönsaksbuljong och kalvfond. Därefter lät vi köttfärsröran koka ca 5 minuter. När röran kokat i ca 5 minuter la vi den på pajdegen i pajformen och strödde på lite ost och satte sedan in den i ugnen i ungefär 20 minuter.

Vi tänkte kanske inte jättemycket på tallriksmodellen när vi tillagade maten. Vi borde kanske haft någon grönsak/sallad till pajen, men vi hade i alla fall paprika i pajen. Annars fick vi protein från köttfärsen och kolhydrater från degen.

Jag jobbade med Ida den här gången och det gick bra! Ida gjorde degen och hjälpte till lite med fyllningen. Jag gjorde fyllningen. Jag tyckte pajen blev väldigt god.

English 14 January

Can parents do anything to protect their child?

Parents can protect their child, but not always. The parents have often rules that their child must following. The child maybe not always following the rules, but the parents had said this rules to them because they try to protect them. The parents are not always with their child and then it could be hard to protect them. The parents maybe say to their child that they always should have a helmet when they bicycling so they don't hurt their head, but the children have a own choice and if they don't want to do something they don't do it.

My new year resolutions!
1. This year I want to be satisfied when I have make something.
2. I also want to get a summer work. Because if I get a work I earn my own money and I thought it is funnier to earn the money by myself.
3. I also want to become stronger this year. I want to train more fitness training because you need to become strong when you play football and floor ball.
4. I want to keep the time and don't be late to things.
5. My last new year resolution is that I want to help mum and dad more at home. 

My three first words

Happiness 
Yes happiness is important in my life because it's not fun to be sad all the time. I think happiness is important for all people.

Win
It's always fun to win so of course it's important for me. I thought everyone like to win, but for all people it isn't so important.

Freedom
Freedom is important for me because sometimes all people need to be alone.