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Hello Everybody,

Isn't it wonderful how sweet and beautiful the world is in spring? The air is warm and fragrant - the colour of plantsare so nice and bright. I love this season because everything is wide awake again and Easter is approaching. In ourspring issue we have written about some interesting facts about Easter. We can also recommend some thrilling films toyou, enjoy reading some funny facts all over the world, too.Moreover, we invite you to take part in our Translate and Win competition; the only thing you have to do is to translatea Hungarian poem into English and send it to us. The best works will be awarded.

Yours,Szilvia Pegánné Göntér

IInntteerreessttiinngg FFaaccttss aabboouutt EEaasstteerr(by Rebeka Csalló 10.g)

(by Szilvia Pegánné Göntér)

Easter Sunday is only a few hops away, and while you are colouring eggs, eating chocolate bunnies and searching yourhome for hidden treats, here are some facts to share with your family and friends.1. Easter is the celebration of the resurrection of Christ three days after his death. It is the oldest Christian holidayand the most important day of the church year.2. Christians consider Easter eggs to symbolize joy and celebration, new life and resurrection.3. Households spend $131 on Easter each year, $14.7 billion in total.4. After Halloween, Easter is the biggest candy consuming holiday. 120 million pounds of candy are bought each year,enough to fill four dump trucks.5. 76 % of people eat the ears on chocolate bunnies first.6. Americans consume over 16 million jellybeans on Easter, enough to circle the globe three times over.7. When colouring Easter eggs, it is recommended to use food dyes, commercial egg dyes, fruit-drink powders orliquid food colouring.8. To help Americans in need, egg farmers across the country are donating more than 11 million eggs to food banksacross the nation.9. The White House hosts an Easter Egg Roll on the front lawn each year. This tradition was started by PresidentRutherford B. Hayes in 1878.

RRoolllliinngg EEggggss(by Martin Takács 9.a)

Egg rolling is a traditional game played with eggs at Easter. Different nations have different versions of the game. Theyusually play it with colourful, decorated eggs. In the United Kingdom the tradition of rolling decorated eggs down grassyhills goes back hundreds of years.In Lancashire there are egg rolling competitions at Holcombe Hill near Ramsbottom and Avenham Park in Preston. Eggrolling has been a tradition at Avenham Park for hundreds of years but nowadays they use chocolate eggs .There is an oldLancashire legend, that says, the broken eggshells should be carefully crushed after or they will be stolen and used asboats by the witches. The eggs were eaten on Easter Sunday and people went through the streets singing traditional pace-egging songs and collect money.

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Put the letters into the correct order:

1.sha yeewdasn ________________________________

2.geg nilgrol ________________________________

3.cepa gggnie ________________________________

4.ratsee ynunb ________________________________

5.enklipsr ________________________________

6.hma ________________________________

7.edhi ________________________________

8.kichc ________________________________

9.mbla ________________________________

(by Liliána Szentmiklóssy 9.b)

DDiidd YYoouu KKnnooww??(by Barbara Baráth 11.b)

• A man in his life walks so much that he could walk around the Planet five times.• Our skin is fully replaced in every 28th day.• In a human body jaw is the most used joint.• In one cubic metre there can be 200 earthworms.• In the whole history humans could mine so much gold that can fill two Olympic swimming pools.• On a man’s head there are 100.000 hairs on average while on an otter’s body there are 160.000 hairs in one squaremetre.• The mole is the only animal which eats the fastest in the whole world.• Because of the gravity a tree can grow up to 130 metres.• A whale’s mouth can contain as much water as the whale’ weight.• The longest animal is the marine worm, which can grow up to 55 metres.• The biggest creation is an enormous mushroom in Oregon, which can lie on 10 square metres.• Dolphins call each other by their own name.

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(( EEnngglliisshh wwrriitteerrss))

1. I was born in London, in 1882. I studied at Cambridge University. I worked for the newspaper „Granta”. My best-known book was the „teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh. I died in January 1956, aged 74.

2. I was an English crime novelist, short story writer and playwright. I wrote some romantic stories under the nameof Mary Westmacott. My characters were Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot.

3. I was a Scottish physician and writer. I wrote fantasy and science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction and historical novels. I was the „father” of Sherlock Holmes.

4. I was an English writer, poet, philologist and university professor, best known as the author of the classic highfantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion.

5. We were sisters, named Charlotte, Emily and Anne. Our novels were for example Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights( Üvöltő szelek ) and Agnes Grey.

(by Rebeka Csalló 10.g)

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(by Ödön R. Farnadi 9.a)

Gravity

Gravity is not a usual space movie but rather a dramatic action film full of new and unbelievable technical solutions. Thestory is simple with only two characters, the one of whom dies at the third of the film and the rest of the movie is allabout nothing but the suffering of the female astronaut whose only aim is to get back to Earth to see her daughteragain. At the very beginning, we can see the two main characters, Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) and Matt Kowalsky(George Clooney) doing some repairings in space. Suddenly, meteors start falling and damaging everything getting intotheir way, even the astronauts' spaceship, who drift away and that is the point when their fight for survival begins. Thestory itself could be boring but visual effects make even the most dull scene extremely exciting, for example themoment when the male astronaut gives his life to save his mate. From that point Sandra Bullock's excellent play getsinto the focus, as she loses every human contact and stays alone with her own thoughts, sometimes playing crazy trickswith her mind. When she nearly commits suicide, shedecides to do her best to meet her daughter again, whichgives her enough power to get back to the safety capsuleand finally gets back to Earth. Not the story makes themovie outstanding but those technical innovations whichmade it possible to create a film about space in one singlestudio with only two characters in it. Writing about thesesolutions cannot be enough to describe the experience whichgives the feeling of floating together with the characters.Alfonso Cuarón, the director of the movie can be proud ofthe 68 prizes, which is an evidence for movie fans that itis worth watching.

The Wolf Of Wall Street

At the end of 2013 a monumental movie was published; The Wolf of WallStreet. The film’s director is Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio playsthe main character. This is a biographical drama based on a true story.It’s about a man (Jordan Belfort) , who is a broker. He wants to try his luckin the world of the stock market. After his initial failures, his carrier begins.This is due to his wit and talent: he quickly realises that if he wants to berich, he has to commit frauds. He makes a team and he gets rich illegally.Nevertheless he finds out he wants more and more money. His hedonisticlifestyle just starts here – but the FBI investigates after him, and his lifewill be more dangerous than ever. He doesn’t care, and he presents us a newworld: the world of rich and waste.This movie is sometimes funny, sometimes dramatic. During the three hourswe can look inside the world of a stock market. One thing’s certain: we canlove that movie, or hate – but it will make us think. Who will love it? Thosewho like the work of Leonardo and are open enough to watch hard scenes.

(by Dóra Havasi 11.b)

MMuussiicc FFoorr EEvveerryybbooddyy( b y B e n c e H o l j e n c s i k 9 . a )

„Without music, life would be a mistake.” Friedrich NietzscheMusic is a universal language. A blind person can understand and enjoy it, deaf people can compose it, and you don'tneed to have a specific upbringing to appreciate it. Music is timeless, without music there would be no way toexpress yourself. Life would be dull and monotonous.

Idiophones: These kinds of instruments make sound by the vibration of solid objects. (e.g., Xylophone, Triangle,Marimba)

Membranophones: Musical instruments that make sound by the vibration of a skin that is stretched in aframe. (i.e., Drums)

Aerophones: These kinds of instruments make sound by the vibration of the air. (e.g., Flute, Horn, Accordion)Chordophones: String instruments that produce sound from vibrating strings. (e.g., Guitar, Violin, Harp)Electrophones: Instruments that uses electricity to produce audio frequency signals. (e.g., Synthesizer,Keytar, Theremin)

Families of Musical Instruments

“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent” Victor Hugo

WWoorrlldd DDaayyss IInn SSpprriinngg

(by Fanni Takács 12.a)

The World Sleep Day is an annual event organized by the World Sleep Day Committee of the World Association of SleepMedicine (WASM) since 2008. The aim is to celebrate the benefits of sleeping – and it is really important because justin Hungary, half of the population has sleeping problems.

You wouldn’t even think but sleeping is an active process between wakefulnesses when a lotof progresses happen: for example, a large amount of essential hormones are produced/which help the growth or the regeneration/, our immune system activates and our brainprocesses the events which happen to us in the daytime. So sleeping problem has a lot of badeffects on our body – we wake up earlier and feel more tired than usual, we can’tconcentrate, feel bad and depressed and it can even make us come to wrong decisions both at school and at work.

So pay attention to the third Friday of March, because World Sleep Day will be held on that day every year. Now you knowthe bad effects of sleep disturbance and you know that you have to sleep a lot – so go to bed in time and try to stay inbed in the morning as much as you can… not on school days, of course, only at the weekends. And celebrate sleeping on18th March this year!

World Water DayThe United Nations' (UN) World Water Day is held on March 22 each year. Events are organized on or around this day toincrease people's awareness of water's importance in environment, agriculture, health and trade.Many events are held worldwide during World Water Day. These include:– Visual art, theatrical and musical celebrations of water.– Educational events on the importance of clean water and protecting water resources.– Campaigns and events to raise money for access to clean water.– Excursions to local rivers, lakes and reservoirs.– Special broadcasts on television and radio and the Internet.– Walks, runs and swimming, other sports competitions.Some events are held on actual World Water Day date, while others are held onconvenient dates close to March 22.World Water Day's main symbol is the shape of a water drop in the UN's colourblue. Photographs of water being used or in rivers, reservoirs, lakes or seas arewidely displayed on this occasion.

International Dance DayInternational Dance Day was introduced in 1982 by the International Dance Committee and is celebrated on April 29 every year. The

date was suggested by the International Dance Committee of ITI to commemorate the birthday of Jean-Georges Noverre (1727-1810) ,

creator of modern ballet and author of the famous Lettres sur la danse published in 1760 in Lyon. Every year, an outstanding

choreographer or dancer is invited to deliver a message which is circulated throughout the world. The goal of the “International

Dance Day Message” is to celebrate Dance, to revel in the universality of this art form, to cross all political, cultural and ethnic

barriers and bring people together through the common language of Dance.

Do you love to dance? I know I do! We express ourselves through dancing, it's fun and one of the best forms of exercise! So much

so that you'll be having too much to fun to even realise you're working out

at the same time! We all have different tastes and there's got to be a type

of dance to suit everyone. International dancing encourages everyone who

can take part to get moving! In 2010, 300 people in Toronto performed a

routine that has become a video sensation on youtube - it's been watched

over 185,000 times so far!

So whether you fancy trying something new or heading out with some

friends for the night, make sure you remember to celebrate!

World Sleep Day (by Kitti Mádli 12.a)

(by Hermine Diczig 12.a)

WWhhiicchh aanniimmaall ssuuiittss yyoouu??(by Daniella Wenczel 11.b)

Most people want to keep a cute kitten, puppy, or possibly a feathered mate. When you want a mate who is quiet, buysome fish, turtle or reptile.You can find out, which animal suits you if you fill in this short test.

1. Where do you live?a) in a big house with a gardenb) in a housing estatec) block of flats

2. How many hours are you at home?a) I go home after school, so I spend lots of time at home.b) There are days when I arrive later.c) I always arrive home in the evening because I am very busy.

3. What comes to your mind at first when you notice an injured dog in the street?a) „Oh my God! I'll help him immediately!”b) „Be careful! I am not sure that dog is friendly.”c) „I don’t touch it. I think it surely bites me.”

4. How often do you clean your room?a) I clean my room regularly.b) I clean my room when the mess annoys me.c) I hate cleaning!

5. Which animals are you afraid of?a) spiders, wasps, grasshoppersb) snakes, frogs, lizardsc) I am not afraid of any animals

6. Are you allergic to animal fur?a) No, I am not.b) Yes, I am.c) I don’t know.

7. Would you adopt an animal from a shelter?a) Yes,because thus I save its life.b) I would buy it from a breeder to be pedigree.c) No, because I would afraid that it is dirty and sick.

8. Do you like going to the zoo?a) No, because I feel sorry for the animals which are kept in captivity.b) Yes, because I can see animals which are known only from books.c) I have never been to a zoo.

9. Why do you like/would you like pets?a) They can give me lots of love.b) They are very interesting.c) They are ornaments of the house.

10. Do you think that animals have rights too?a) Of course, because they also have feelings like us.b) Not all of them have.c) No, because they are not humans.

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11. If you took home an abandoned animal, what would they (your parents) say at home?a) They would feel sorry for it, and we’d accept it.b) They would argue a lot, then we’d accept it.c) They wouldn’t allow me to take it home.

12. What kind of people are you?a) happyb) patientc) calm

Evaluation

You are really an animal friend. You especially like animals which you canhug and look after. Let it be a dog, a cat, a rabbit, a hamster or a guineapig, you can treat all of them well. You take care of them properly andyou’d prefer to spend all of your free time with them. It doesn’t annoyyou if they do something wrong, because the joy and the love will makeyou forget that.

You behave with patience for animals which don’t like making lots ofnoise. Therefore, a parrot, a canary and other feathered animals suityou. It is true that they need to fly. You can teach them easily forfantastic stums. Maybe your family won’t be happy because of the newincomer, but you can convince them that you can take care of the animalwell.

You don’t feel close to the furry and feathered animals, you can’t livewith them. You get on well for example with spiders, snakes, turtles orfishes. You don’t have to afraid that they damage the floor or somethingelse, or they escape. You always find them.Unfortunately you can’t playwith them, just pay attention to their behavior from outside, but it isexactly enough for you.

The most of a): furry friends

The most of b): feathered wonders

The most of c): terrarium inhabitants and fishes

TTrraannssllaattee aanndd WWiinnTranslate the following Hungarian poem into English and send it to us via your English teacher. The deadline to send itis: 10th April. The best translations will be awarded on 15th April, listen to the School Radio.

Zelk Zoltán:IBOLYA

Ibolya, ibolya,virítsz már a réten,gyönyörködsz este avíg tücsökzenében.

Tücsökzene ringateste elalvásra,hajnalban megfürdeszaz ég harmatába'.

Napfény az ebéded,szellők simogatnak:így élsz szép vidáman,hírnöke tavasznak!

SShhoouulldd eevveerryyoonnee hhaavvee aa uunniivveerrssiittyy eedduuccaattiioonn??(by Hermine Diczig 12.a)

In my opinion, not everyone needs university education nowadays, because in many professions, the universityeducation is useless. You have to take everything into consideration before applying for admission.Firstly, in trades like baker, painter, bricklayer, and hairdresser other education is important. They must attend specialtrade schools, where they can learn how to be good at their occupation. If you want to be a successful baker, universityeducation won’t help, but experience is undoubtably necessary.Furthermore, we know a lot of inspiring stories about people who have achieved success without university education.The most famous person without higher education is Bill Gates. He left Harvard and opened his own business –Microsoft.Moreover, the competition for jobs is increasingly tough since there are more and more job seekers. Therefore, theearlier one goes to find a position, the better for a person.Finally, after university education, expectations of job seekers escalate and they wouldn’t like to settle for a low-paidjob. Consequently, many degree holders are unemployed and many jobs are there which have no workers.To conclude, the benefits of university education cannot be undermined, but people have to realize that all jobs aregood and university degree is not the only possibility for getting jobs.

The most popular courses at universities:Last year the most popular universities were the Corvinus University in Budapest and the ELTE. Probably this yearthese two will be the most popular ones again, but what about the courses that most of the students apply for? Whichare the most popular?

1.) Trade and Management- if you’re interested in business, feel ready for business „fights” and can speak foreign languages, then your place isin an international company: first step is the management course at the university

2.) Mechanical Engineering- are you good at Maths and do you find interesting how do machines work? Amazed by slow and accurate processes?Then mechanical engineering is perfect for you!

3.) Tourism- people who can communicate easily, can solve problems even easier and are perfect organizers can enjoy this courseand the work possibilities are really varied

4.) Nursing and Patient Care- people who choose this course are caring and ready to care for everyone even if they are rude. After this course youcould work as a nurse, a paramedic or a physiotherapist.

5.) Psychology- the point limit is extremely high and the course is hard, but at the end you can help people to solve their privateproblems and make their life better which is a really nice life aim (:

JJookkeess-How do bunnies stay healthy?- Eggercise and hare-robics!!

-What do you call a bunny with a largebrain?-Egghead!

-What is the difference between a crazybunny and a counterfeit banknote?-One is bad money and the other is amad bunny!

(collected by Kitti Mádli 12.a)

FFuunnnnyy FFaaccttss(by Kitti Mádli 12.a)

When you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond.

In the past, to test the telegraph people used the sentence „quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” because it containsall the letters of the English alphabet.

You can make a cow drunk if you feed it with apple.

Canada is the only one of the Olympic host countries which didn’t win a gold medal on its ownOlympic Games.

It is a requirement for the American astronauts to be less than 180 centimeters tall.

The BBC made the world history’s longest program interruption. They stopped a Mickey Mousecartoon to announce the start of the Second World War. After 6 years, they continued thecartoon from the part they stopped.

Albert Einstein started to talk at the age of 6.

In 1938, Time Magazine’s „Person of the Year” winner was Adolf Hitler.

The Tyrranosaurus Rex’s closest living relative is the chicken.

Owl is the only bird which can see colour blue.

If we look through the civilization's last 3500 years, we can count only 250 peaceful ones.

The „war” in Sanskrit means: desire for more cows.

The yo-yo was originally a weapon of the Philippines.

Pablo Picasso was still-born (halva született) , the midwife let him on the table. Picasso’s uncle brought him back to lifewith a puff of cigar smoke.

Peanut is one of the components of dynamite.

On the Earth every day is longer than the day before with 0.00000002 seconds because of the slowdown of the Earth’srotation.

JJookkeess- Why shouldn’t you tell an Easteregg a joke?- It might crack up!

-How did the soggy Easter Bunny dryhimself?-With a hare-dryer! -How do you know carrots are excellent

for your eyes?-Have you ever seen a rabbit wearingglasses?

In this column the teachers of our school are interviewed about their life. The teacher interviewed throws the ball tothe next person to be asked.In this interview we asked Mrs. Pegánné Szilvia Göntér to answer some of our questions.

Languages she speaks: English, GermanFavourite…Film: „A tanú” directed by Péter Bacsó, Anna Karenina, The Other Boleyn Girl,Food: fish soup and everything which is made of porkFlower: snowdrop, aloe veraSport: orienteering, swimmingBand: Beatles, Republic, Guns n’ RosesFruit: strawberry, raspberryBook: Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, books by Agatha Christie and Robert MerleModel: parents and husbandWhat animal would you like to be? –I would like to be a squirrel, as they are intelligent, can move fast andcarefully, they have a really good memory and they are cute.Why did you want to be a teacher? –As I really liked learning languages at the secondary school and I wasgood at them it was no question that I would study on this line. At first, I thought being a flight attendant would be achallenging job for me, but after I had been dissuaded, I decided to be a teacher and I didn't mind it at all.What is the worst task you have to do as a teacher? -– I think the hardest thing is to make childrenunderstand how important it is nowadays to learn foreign languages. They need a lot of endurance and industry to learnit properly.The next snowball goes to: Mrs. Erzsébet Kulicsné Takács

(by Hermine Diczig 12.a)

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Editor-in-chief: Szilvia Pegánné GöntérJournalists: Hermine Diczig, Fanni Takács, Dóra Havasi, Daniella Wenczel, Rebeka Csalló, Barbara Baráth, KrisztinaBaráth, Kitti Mádli, Bence Holjencsik, Ödön R. Farnadi, Liliána SzentmiklóssyCover: Barbara Baráth

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(drawn by Dóra Havasi 11.b)

Who was I? Solution: 1. A.A. Milne 2. Agatha Christie 3. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 4. J.R.R. Tolkien 5. Brontë nővérek