BRUSSELS

Introduction:

Brussels is the capital city of Belgium and Europe. It's also the seat of several institutions of the “European Union”.

In Brussels you can find a large beautiful square, called La Grand Place de Bruxelles, the Atomium which is a building made of nine spheres and the Saint Michel Cathedral, and finally, the Royal Palace.

The country's king is Albert II and there is also Elio Di Rupo, our first minister. (Finally I have a government now:) )

It has a population of about 145,900 people. The population speaks two languages: French or Flemish. There is very good social security for everybody living in Belgium.

 

Entertainment, shopping and dining:

Brussels has two principal streets for shopping and you can see that there are also many small galleries with typical shops (chocolate-shops, jewellery etc.)

This city is an important cultural centre with its Opera, thirty theatres and cinemas.

The weather:

It is a temperate climate, the temperatures often are the same as in England. In the winter it can be very cold, rainy, although the sun shines. Sometimes there is also some snow. In the summer you can expect sun-shine and a temperature of about 30 degrees C.

Transport:

For the transport there are the Thalys connecting Brussels to Paris or the TGV (Train Grande Vitesse = high-speed train). The Eurostar connects Brussels to London.

In Belgium lots of people use trains. In Brussels you can find three big stations and many others smaller. If you want to go to many different places in the city you can take buses, the metro or tram.

If you are in a hurry there are lots of taxis but they are more expensive.

                                                                                                                           Charlotte Losseau

Have you "keeked" anybody recently?

Tired of updating your status in the same old way via Facebook?

Why not try http://www.keek.com/? A really easy and fun way to post a quick video status update (''keeks") with your webcam or smartphone (yes, there's an app!). You can also send video moments and private messages to friends. All in English of course!

 
 

Little presentation about the traditional culture in Emirates.

I'm going to talk about the traditional culture around the meal times in Emirates.

Firstly, in Emirates, when you arrive, the men say hello by shaking hands and touching noses in same times, the men leave their shoes outdoor and wear a very beautiful white clothes and scarf as it is polite. In the meal times, the men and women are separate because in the religion it's polite. To eat, the men seat down and take the food with the hands. To seat there is an order, you can seat down just after the person before you because it is polite. You should take all the food, glass and other things with only your right hand because with the left hand it's rude. After the meal times, the tradition wants you to drink a coffee and if a other person arrive and the carpet is full you give your seat as it's polite.

Paul JAUDON

6 nations tournament suite !!!

Hi, today I'm going to talk about the second day of the 6 nations tournament.

On Saturday, we saw a very bad day for the professional rugby. In fact, England beat Italy 19-15 ( between me and you I think it's very narrow victory for a team who claim they are going to be champions this year) but the best news is that the games France-Ireland was cancelled due to a frozen pitch. In my opinion, with this story, the reputation of rugby players is in danger.

Fortunately for us, on Sunday, the game Wales-Scotland have kept its promise.

We saw, in my opinion, the best game of the year. The had a very strong defence but unfortunately Scotland's lack of realism and failure to score two tries. The Wales team of veterans didn't have this problem and Wales scored three tries. Not everyone will agree with me, this year I think the champion will be Wales.

It's all for this week but we wait with impatience for next weekend.

Sorry for the delay but the blog had some problem.

Paul JAUDON

Pancake Day / Shrove Tuesday

Shrove Tuesday is a term used for the day before the first day of the Christian season of fasting and prayer called Lent.

On Shrove Tuesday people traditionally cook and eat pancakes, the reason for this was to use up foods such as fats and milk before Lent.

It is also called pancake day!!

Recipe for pancakes:
www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes
110g plain flour
pinch of salt
2 eggs
200ml milk mixed with 75ml water
50g butter

My favourite topping is lemon juice and sugar.

What do you know about china?

Hi ,this is Justin

I have some questions for you.
What chinese food do you know?
What do you think about chinese food?
What chinese history do you know?

Please write down what you kuow.I can help you.

SAUDI ARABIA

1 What do you know about Saudi Arabia?
2What's Saudi food do you know?

What do you know about South Korea?

Q1. What's Korean food do you know?

Q2. What's the biggest company in South Korea?

Q3. Who is the president in South Korea?

Ma EunYong

What do you know about Kazakhstan and France?

A little quiz for the other students!!!

1: What is the capital of Kazakhstan?

2: Where is the Kazakhstan in the world?

3: What do you know about the culture in Kazakhstan?

4: What do you know about France?

5: Which historic buildings do you know in Paris?

6: What rugby team do you know in Paris?

Takhir and Paul

a GREAT film, "The interpreter"

                                   " THE INTERPRETER"

    I'd like write about my best film; "The interpreter".
This is a thriller with a lot of action.
It's the story of a woman (N.Kidman)who hears in error an organisation to kill an important man.
The U.S secret services are involved to prevent the assassination.
The boss, played by Sean Penn is a really great actor!

   The plot is about an assassination of an African head of state.
The suspense keeps us until the end.
There is also a very good scene of friendships between two people (Sean Penn and Nicole Kidman).

  It's a very good film and I really recommend it.
It hope you enjoy it!!
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Seen any good films recently?

It's all about movies this month what with the BAFTAs (British Film Academy Awards) on Sunday 12th and the Oscars on 26th.

Which film will pick up the most awards?
Who will be crowned best actor and actress?

Watch this space....!

Basic rules in rugby.

     I'm going to explain for those who want the basic rules in a rugby match.

     First of all, in a rugby match the main goal is to put the ball behind the try line. With this gesture you win five points.              

                                                   

     Secondly, after one try you have the posibility to kick the ball betwen the bars and above the horizontal bar to get two more points. It's called a penalty.

                                                 

     After when one player make a dangerous gesture or a false, the referee whistles and the team who undergoes the fault may attempt a penalty. The penalty is the same as penalty (after a try) but when you pass a penalty you get 3 points. When you are far away from the bars you can play the penalty by passing the ball to your team quickly.

                                                  

     These rules are only the basics rules to undestand how you get differents points in a rugby match.

Paul JAUDON

6 Nations Tournament !!!!

    This weekend for the first day of the 6 Nations Tournament, we are saw three beautiful matches. It promises us (fervant admirers of rugby) a superb tournament this year.

  That day we saw very narrow victory over England against Scotland (13-6), a good defense by Italy ( last to arrive in the race) against France.  However, the score final was 30-12 for France. But, I think the best match for the connoisseur's purposes was Ireland against Wales, as we saw a match full of will and commitment. Unfortunately, the match finished on one penality for Wales in the last sixteen seconds, which required 23-21 in Ireland.

We look forward to the second day.

Paul JAUDON