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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

It's Victoria Day!

Canada is the only country that has an official holiday for Queen Victoria (1819-1901). Victoria is Queen Elizabeth II's great-great-grandmother. Victoria was Queen of Canada, as Elizabeth is today. Canadians celebrate with parades and fireworks.

25 May 2014 Happy feet!

On National Tap Dance Day in the USA, some dance schools send their dancers onto the streets to teach people how to tap dance. Tap dancing is a mix of African dances, English clog dancing and Irish stepdancing. but Americans insist that it's an American art form!

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Emma Watson


The magic continues
The actress spent years filming the eight Harry Potter films. Now she has turned the page...

Goodbye Hermione
After the Harry Potter films made her the world's most famous witch, Emma Watson wanted to show she had other talents. Her next big role, as a cool kid in The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012), was very different from the studious Hermione. The sesven weeks Emma spent filming were the opportunity for her to be a normal teenager for the first time. "We'd just stay up all night playing guitar and running around the hotel", she says.

Designers love her elegance
Fashion is also a big part of Ëmma's life. Fans love her individual, elegant style and so do designers. She has been a model for brands like burberry and Lancôme, and helped design her own range of clothes. But it is not easy to know what to wear when you're famous. "It's stressful dnowing that every time you walk out the door, someone is going to be judging everything you wear", says Emma.

Intelligent star
Emma is not just beautiful... she has brains too! She has studied at Brown University, USA, and Oxford University, Englad, and loves to read and write poetry.

Robin Hood

Robin of Locksley is an English nobleman who joined King Richard "The Lionheart" in the Third Crusade. He's imprisoned in Jerusalem and he escapes with a Moor named Azzem. HIs comrade, Peter, dies and Robin swears to protect Peter's sister, Marian. Azeem has vowed to accompany Robin until saving his life. The cruel sheriff of Nottingham rules and kills Robin's father. Robin returns to England and finds his father dead. He encounters a band of outlaws led by Little John and he wants to rule the group and help the poor. Robin and Marian fall in love. The sheriff wants to attack the outlaws by the warriors from Scotland. He captures most of outlaws and wants to kill them in his wedding with Marian. The outlaws are alive in the forest and save the other outlaws and Marian. They kill the sheriff. Robin and Marian marry in the forest.

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Shakira

Hi, my name is Cèlia and today I'm going to talk about a famous person, Shakira. First, I'm going to talk about her music and songs and then I'm going to talk about her family. She's a singer, a dancer, a producer and an actress. She sings pop-rock in Spanish and English and her songs are very popular. She has won some trophies and she is one of the singers who earns more money. Now I'm going to talk about her family. She's with Gerard Piqué, a football player and they have a son called Milan Piqué Mebarak. Classmates:

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Jennifer Lawrence

Oscar-winning superstar and nice girl
Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence is everywhere this month. I Love English has some ideas on how to succeed like Jennifer...

Make the right decisions...
Most actresses, if offered a role in The Hunger Games, would say "Yes!" without hesitation. Not Jennifer Lawrence. She was worried that being famous would change her. She thought about the offer for three days, before accepting. Like Katniss in the films, Jennifer became a superstar overnight. But happily, she hasn't changed at all!

Give 100 per cent...
To prepare for her role in The Hunger Games, Jennifer worked very hard. She trained in archery four times a week, learnt tree and rock climbing, and had fitness and combat coaching. "If I look exhausted in the movie, that's definitely real," she says smiling.

Be unpredictable...
Jennifer likes to surprise her fans. She plays very different roles from one film to the next. She experiments with new styles. Her hair colour changes from blonde to brown, and she can wear everything from elegant dresses to jeans and simple t-shirts.

Laugh at yourself...
Jennifer admits that she's not perfect. She's naturally clumsy and fell on the steps when she collected her first Oscar in front of Hollywood's most important stars. But she reacted to this embarrassing situation with humor. "You guys are just standing up because you feel bad that I fell", she said when the audience stood up in her honour.

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Birdy

English singer birdy had her first hit with the album birdy when she was 14 years old. Now, aged 17, she's back with a new single, "Wings" and an album, Fire Within. Birdy in not a typical popstar: she studied classical piano when she was a child, and taday her musical style is captivating and mature. Her fragile voice is a refreshing change.