Fast Food Nation: a book and a film

You are what you eat.

But do you really know what you’re eating?

Britain eats more fast food than any other country in Europe. Rates of obesity and food poisoning spiral upwards, but it seems we just can’t get enough of those tasty burgers and fries.
This myth-shattering book tells the story of America and the world’s infatuation with fast food, from its origins in 1950s southern California to the global triumph of a handful of burger and fried chicken chains. In a meticulously researched and powerfully argued account, Eric Schlosser visits the labs where scientists re-create the smell and taste of everything - from cooked meat to fresh strawberries; talks to the workers at abattoirs with some of the worst safety records in the world; explains exactly where the meat comes from and just why the fries taste so good; and looks at the way the fast food industry is transforming not only our diet but our landscape, economy, workforce and culture.
Both funny and terrifying, Fast Food Nation will make you think, but more than that, it might make you realize you don’t want a quick bite after all.

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Dia dos Saberes

On the 13th of February there were no classes at our school!
Instead, we enjoyed ourselves with other activities, where we had the chance to learn new things about every subject!
Here are some of the activities which took palce at the "polivalente" (students' common room):

SKIING (José Carlos Mesquita 8ºD)

SKI

Ski is a winter sport and one of the most important events of the Olympic Winter Games. It consists of the balance on the skis, used to slide on the snow.
For thousands of years, ski was an essential transport on the rigorous winters of Scandinavia, in the north of Russia and Central Asia. Just in the nineteenth century the ski started to be a sport, when the Norwegian skiers’ created the first rules and the first skiing competition in the nineteenth century.
In the 1920’s the global expansion of ski began, with ski becoming one of most important sports of the Olympic Winter Games. At that time, the downhill, the slalom, which put together the Nordic jumping and the race (Langlauf racing), by the ISF (International Ski Federation), responsible for the regulation and supervising of the sport at a global level.
Ski has a strong touristic component. After the 2nd World War, Austria and Switzerland implemented lots of ski resorts to capitalize the growing popularity of the sport, transforming it in one of the great markets of international tourism.

Trabalho elaborado por: José Carlos Mesquita/n.º11/8ºD

Christmas party at our school

Finally the photos we have all been waiting for!!!
Enjoy!!

A song

Do you like Justin Timberlake?????

Well... I do!!
Here's his new hit, "My Love"