Fashion Fashion

DOLCE and GABBANA
(Fashion Designers)

"I like their designs because they make clothes for a womanly body," says Madonna about Italian fashion duo Dolce & Gabbana. "Most designers seem to be making clothes for girls with stick bodies who are flat-chested, but I always appreciate my own voluptuousness when I'm wearing their dresses."

Domenico Dolce (born August 13, 1958, in Palermo) and Stefano Gabbana (born November 14, 1962, in Milan) met when they were working for the same fashion designer in Milan. They held their first solo womenswear show in 1986, but it was not until Madonna endorsed one of their shirts – a present from her then beau Warren Beatty – in her movie Truth Or Dare: In Bed With Madonna, that they started to become known to a wider audience.The pair celebrate womanhood like no other designer but, given their Italian heritage, perhaps that is not so surprising. "We don't think only men can be powerful and strong," said Stefano in a 1999 interview. "Behind the heads of the Mafia, the leaders of culture, there are always very strong women. European culture is a matriarchy, especially in the south. The women have a lot of power." No wonder then, that their muses include the Queen of Pop, Victoria Beckham and Italian actress Sophia Loren.

Indeed, it was a visit to Sicily at the end of the Eighties which was instrumental in crystallising their celebration of the curvaceous female form. Prior to that trip their garments had been fluid silhouettes in soft, elasticated fabrics, but a poster featuring a shapely brunette stopped them in their tracks. At that moment they realised that the woman – snapped naked, save for a black shawl, on her sun-drenched Palermo terrace – was who they were meant to be designing for.In addition to their multi-million-dollar women's line, they also market Dolce & Gabbana jeans – launched in 1996 – and design menswear, underwear, shoes and swimwear, plus a range of fragrances for men and women.

Their current diffusion line, D&G, was joined by a unisex diffusion collection called simply "&" in 2001.The pair work in a 19th-century mini-villa in Milan and they have also renovated a house on the French Riviera. While for many years they were celebrated not only for their creative collaborations, but also for their long-running romance, the two decided to split up in early 2005. "On a professional level we are still together," explained Domenico. "We have a very strong love."

Eating Disorders

Eating Disorder or Diet?

The most common element surrounding ALL Eating Disorders is the inherent presence of a low self esteem.

Having an Eating Disorder is much more than just being on a diet. An Eating Disorder is an illness that permiates all aspects of each sufferer's life, is caused by a variety of emotional factors and influences, and has profound effects on the people suffering and their loved ones.

Dieting is about losing a little bit of weight in a healthy way.

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  Eating Disorders are about trying to make your whole life better through food and eating (or lack of).
  

Dieting is about doing something healthy for yourself.

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  Eating Disorders are about seeking approval and acceptance from everyone through negative attention.
  

Dieting is about losing a bit of weight and doing it healthfully.

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  Eating Disorders are about how life won't be good until a bit (or a lot) of weight is lost, and there's no concern for what kind of damage you do to yourself to get there.
  

Dieting is about losing some weight in a healthy way so how you feel on the outside will match how good you already feel on the inside.

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  Eating Disorders are about being convinced that your whole self-esteem is hinged on what you weigh and how you look.
  

Dieting is about attempting to control your weight a bit better.

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  Eating Disorders are about attempting to control your life and emotions through food/lack of food -- and are a huge neon sign saying "look how out of control I really feel"
  

Dieting is about losing some weight.

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  Eating Disorders are about everything going on in life -- stress, coping, pain, anger, acceptance, validation, confusion, fear -- cleverly (or not so cleverly) hidden behind phrases like "I'm just on a diet".
  

written test

Meninos, aqui ficam os objectivos para o próximo teste.

8º E /F/ G

Main Topic: Food and Health

I- Comprehension

• text
• true / false (quote to support)
• synonyms or antonyms
• answering questions

II- Vocabulary

• food
• meals

III- Grammar

• Future (will)
• Future (be going to)
• countable and uncountable nouns
• some, any, no (só para o 8ºF e 8ºG)

IV- Listening exercise

• dictation (para o 8ºE)
• composition (para o 8º F e 8ºG)

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.

LOVE... LOVE... LOVE...

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"

stop smoking now!!

Part one of a French ban on smoking in public places comes into force on Thursday, covering workplaces, schools and hospitals and setting the clock ticking for smoke-filled cafes and bars which have until next January to kick the habit .

Smokers will now have to stub out on the doorstep of shops, sports clubs and entertainment venues that still allowed smoking, while "smokers' corners" in school staff rooms and hospitals will vanish entirely.

From February 1, no one should be forced to breathe other people's smoke," Health Minister Xavier Bertrand said last week.
"I am sure that in future our children will find it inconceivable that we used to smoke in offices or schools."

Unruly smokers will face fines of 68 euros (88 dollars) for lighting up in the wrong place, while business owners will be fined 135 euros.



Esperemos que o mesmo aconteça brevemente no nosso país!!!!

Leave your comments on this issue

Deixa o teu comentário sobre a proibição de fumar em locais públicos no nosso país, incluindo escolas e hospitais...

Your opinion matters!! A tua opinião importa!!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

Distant moon may bear similarities to our planet Earth

Lakes of methane have been spotted on Saturn's largest moon, Titan, boosting the theory that this strange, distant world bears similarities to Earth, according to a new study.

Titan has long intrigued space scientists, as it is the only moon in the Solar System to have a dense atmosphere -- and its atmosphere, like Earth's, mainly comprises nitrogen.

Titan's atmosphere is also rich in methane, although the source for this vast store of hydrocarbons is unclear.

Methane, on the geological scale, has a relatively limited life. A molecule of the compound lasts several tens of millions of years before it is broken up by sunlight.

Given that Titan is billions of years old, the question is how this atmospheric methane gets to be renewed. Without replenishment, it should have disappeared long ago.

A popular hypothesis is that it comes from a vast ocean of hydrocarbons.


Do you want to learn more about Space??
Check out this website: www.nasa.gov/

Sponge Bob again!

A Christmas song by Mariah Carey

X-treme Sports : Snowboarding

Snowboarding is similar to skiing, but inspired by surfing and skateboarding. The sport was developed in the United States in the 1960's and 1970's and became a Winter Olympic Sport in 1998.

Now it finally became accepted as a real competetive sport, not only a new trend which would disapear again.

In the 1998 Olympics this new sport, snowboarding, was a huge success!

In 1998, snowboarding was almost 50% of all winter activity. Most of the ski resorts now accept skiers and snowboarders.

Snowboarding is finally accepted by everyone!

(Está bem atento nas próximas aulas de Inglês pois irás falar de outros desportos radicais onde a adrenalina é a palavra-chave! Entretanto diverte-te com o video e fica a saber um bocadinho mais sobre este fantástico desporto, o Snowboard!)

check it out!!!

Depois de ter visto o filme "Nightmare before Christmas" na aula de Inglês, a BÁRBARA ALVES, do 8º E inspirou-se e fez estes fantásticos desenhos!!
Parabéns Bárbara!

X-treme Sports

SKATEBOARDING



In the middle of the sixties (anos 60) a short, nice film introduced a new phenomenen: skateboarding.
A new sport which took planksurfing, which is usually done in the surf.
This new sensation became popular in the USA. National championships have been hold.
The people liked the jumps, which the skateboarders made. At first this sport was done individual. Nowadays more and more people are looking for competitions. The majority of the people however is undoubtedly happiest when they can skateboard on the sidewalks or on the street, because it isn't easy at all and you must be a dare-devil.

crazy!!!!!!!

Crazy
Gnarls Barkley

I remember when, I remember, I remember when I lost my mind

There was something so pleasant about that phase.

Even your emotions had an echo

In so much space

And when you're out there

Without care, Yeah, I was out of touch

But it wasn't because I didn't know enough

I just knew too much

Does that make me crazy

Does that make me crazy

Does that make me crazy

Probably

And I hope that you are having the time of your life

But think twice, that's my only advice

Come on now, who do you, who do you, who do you, who do you think you are,

Ha ha ha bless your soul

You really think you're in control

Well, I think you're crazy

I think you're crazy

I think you're crazy

Just like me

My heroes had the heart to lose their lives out on a limb

And all I remember is thinking, I want to be like them

Ever since I was little, ever since I was little it looked like fun

And it's no coincidence I've come

And I can die when I'm done

Maybe I'm crazy

Maybe you're crazy

Maybe we're crazy

Probably

How Zebras got their stripes!

Se queres saber como as zebras ficaram com riscas, ouve e lê a seguinte história neste endereço:

http://www.raz-kids.com/main/Play/id/60/resource/listen_book

Nightmare before Christmas...

The Nightmare before Christmas was produced in 1994. It's a cartoon and a musical. It is a very special film, different from any Disney cartoon. Disney cartoons are very sweet but this is stange and clever.

Now that you have seen the film in your English class, what do you think about it??

Did you like it?

(depois de teres visto o filme na tua aula de Inglês, deixa aqui os teus comentários sobre ele)

Happy Halloween!!!