Cool New Things

Gl bal TTalkalk December, 2005 Issue 2 Cool New Things

Are Blowing Your Way GL BAL TALK nd The First UO Multilingual Publication- 2 ISSUE

Recently, when a former student of mine told me that he'd seen "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" in Taiwan this summer, I felt a certain wistful twinge. What a pity, I thought, that so many top-drawer Asian movies--like Hayao Miyazaki's "Howl's Moving Castle," for example—don't play in mainstream U.S. theaters. There is a slow increase in the number of foreign films coming to the American screen, but it is still a mere trickle compared to the flood of blockbusters being exported.

This is also true of T.V. shows. A few years back, Japanese dramas swept Asia like a storm, displacing even some of the American sitcom imports. More recently, Korean dramas have been bringing tears to their Asian audiences as well. But if I turn on the T.V. here in the U.S., I don't feel the slightest breeze from this veritable tempest.

Likely one reason for this imbalance is that the U.S. entertainment industry is more sophisticated and its products more lavishly funded and marketed, thereby propelling American pop culture to the four corners of the world. But I can't help wondering how many foreign gems are lost in this all-consuming wave called "Hollywood."

Entertainment and pop culture are only a fraction of a country's cultural contribution. If we consider all the other aspects of the world that we tend to turn blind eyes and deaf ears to, how ignorant we truly are!

Perhaps that's why many UO students decide to learn a second language. Through language, one is naturally exposed to the culture—traditional and modern—of the people who live and breathe it. Global Talk hopes to open this window further, by bringing another breeze of cultural understanding to the UO campus. In this issue, the wind of "cool" will take you across parts of Asia and Europe, starting with Jay Chou, the coolest rap/hip hop artist in China and Taiwan. Brace yourself and enjoy! (And yes, in case you're wondering, he's been the biggest thing on the Asian Pacific Rim for a number of years now.)

Denise Huang Gigliotti Instructor of First and Fourth Year Chinese East Asian Languages Department

. CREDITS:

COVER: Megan Edmunson

INTRODUCTION: Denise Huang Gigliotti

CHINESE SECTION: Benjamin Sky Brandt and Denise Huang Gigliotti (Editor),

FRENCH SECTION: Laura Kramp, Marianna Shagalova (Editor),

GERMAN SECTION: Hollie Welch and Matthias W. Vogel (Editor),

ITALIAN SECTION: Matt Misely, Monica Remus, Caterina Digregorio, Laura Bocko, Bryan Davidson, Stefania

Mclaughlin, Emily Shankman, Nicolino Applauso (Editor)

JAPANESE SECTION: Kellen Wertz, Satomi Ohashi, Sayuri Satofuka, Naoko Nakadate (Editor)

MIDDLE EAST SECTION: Sara Mostafavi and Harinder K P Hennesy

RUSSIAN SECTION: Stacey Lennon, Patrick Benad, Brittany Brown, Amberle Johnson, Dmitri Venkov (Editor)

SCANDINAVIAN SECTION: Paul Quillen, Anders Hansen, Harriet E Bagdade (Editor).

SPANISH SECTION: Max Gimbel and Lisa Renee Digiovanni (editors)

BACK PAGE: Jared Peacock

FOUNDING EDITOR: Nicolino Applauso. ______SPECIAL EVENTS THIS MONTH: 1) International Resource Center Fall 2005 Film Festival presents: King of Mask, Chinese movie, December 2 7-9 p.m. at the IRC (at the EMU). 2) Japanpalooza Film Fest. Dec 16-17 “Princess Mononoke "(1997) and "Tampopo" (1985) 8 p.m. at 110 W. Broadway, Eugene, Free shows.

GLOBAL TALK is seeking people for contribution in any language sections, email [email protected] if interested.

ACKNOWELDGEMENTS: We would like to thank: the East Asian Languages Department, The Germanic Department, The Yamada language Center, and the Romance Languages Department. Without their financial support this publication would have never been possible. 2 HINESE Section (2005 年十二月) Cool New Things: 十一月的蕭邦 Vocabulary So, what’s the coolest new thing １Happy New Year! happening this winter at the UO? Of course, all of the Culture Nights 新年快樂! presented by international student Xin1nian2 kuai4le4! groups! In particular, don’t miss 恭賀新禧! China Night on Sunday, January 22, 2006 presented by the CSA. There Gong1he4 xin1xi3! will be authentic Chinese food and ２It’s freezing! performances to represent diversity and culture on the UO campus. 周杰倫，一個天生的藝人。從小就對音冷死了! CSA needs volunteers to help Leng3 si3 le! with China Night. We’ll be working 樂情有獨鍾的他，很早就會自己作曲，３Look! It’s snowing! full time from January 5 through 22, 做出屬於自己的音樂。他用樂音擄獲了 preparing for this huge event. There (你) 看! 下雪了! will be a volunteer dinner for anyone 每一個聽過他音樂的人的心。每一次聽 interested the first week of classes to 他的音樂都能感受到他在音樂裡的衝擊 (Ni3)kan4! Xia4xue3le! kick things off, so look for posters 與感動。他是年輕人爭相模仿的對象，４How cool! and our table when you come back from winter vacation in January. 也成為少女心目中的夢中情人，當然在真酷! All volunteers will be rewarded 音樂歌壇上也大大受到矚目，為音樂界 Zhen1 ku4! with complementary tickets to China ５Have you read the new "Global Night, including the dinner and the 創造了另一個新世紀。 performances. If you’re interested, 亞洲天王周杰倫的第六張國語專輯「十 Talk"? please email us at [email protected], 你看了新的“Global Talk”了嗎? and let us know you’d like to 一月的蕭邦」，大家期待已久，終於發 Ni3 kan4 le xin1de "Global volunteer at China Night. 行了。大家可以在這張專輯當中，感受 * * * * * * * * * * * * Talk" le Ma? 出杰倫在音樂裡潛藏的浪漫古典因子， November's Chopin by Jay Chou 6 When is China Night ? Taiwanese mega star Jay Chou 聽完這張專輯一定會讓你發掘不同層面 China Night 是什麼時候? finally released his highly anticipated 的周杰倫！ album, November's Chopin! Jay China Night shi4 she2me Chou has always looked up to 其中主打歌「夜曲」的歌名是源自於蕭 shi2hou4? Frederic Chopin, known as "The Poet 邦的知名作品「夜曲」，是專輯最早完 7 Sunday, January 22! of the Piano" since he started 一月二十二號, 星期天! learning classical music at a very 成的作品，也是整張專輯精神的所在！ Yi1yue4 er4shi2er4 hao4, young age. Now it's Chou's turn to 在歌詞中，「為妳彈奏蕭邦的夜曲，紀 demonstrate his poetic music in xing1qi2tian1! November's Chopin. The first track, 念我死去的愛情，跟夜風一樣的聲音， 8 Do you know how you can "Nocturne" expresses the intense 心碎的很好聽…」整首歌的歌詞發揮到 help at China Night? emotions for a late lover with 淋漓盡致。而這首歌的音樂風格融合了你知道怎麼幫 China Night 嗎? reference made to Chopin's famous Nocturne. Other tracks also carry a 古典吉他與嘻哈饒舌，旋律優雅流露古 Ni3 zhi1dao4 zen3me bang1 China Night ma? strong classic mood. The songs 典氣息又不失周杰倫的個人風格！給人 "Drifting" and "All The Way North," 9 E-mail [email protected]! 新意盎然的驚喜！周杰倫表示：「吉他 which he tailored for the blockbuster 寄電腦郵件給 CSA! film, Initial D, now appear in 的旋律非常有古典味，Rap 的加入讓整 November's Chopin as bonus tracks, Ji4 dian4nao3 you2jian4 gei3 making the album a musical delight 首曲子很炫，是一首有創意的小調情歌 CSA! with as many as 12 enchanting 。」 by Kelly Lien 第 3 頁(di4san1ye4) songs! (Source: www.yesasia.com) RENCH Section (DECEMBRE 2005) France Tightens Vocabulaire Immigration Controls Prix Goncourt Heureuse année! Dominique de Villepin, the Happy New Year! French prime minister, announced François Weyergans a gagné le Il fait un froid de canard! measures to tighten immigration Prix Goncourt le Jeudi 3 It’s freezing! (cold of a duck) into France, specifically relating novembre 2005 pour son livre Regarde, il neige! to family groups, marriage and Trois jous chez ma mère. Look, it’s snowing! the selection of foreign students. C’est cool! Source: www.lemonde.fr Résumé du livre That’s cool! Senegal Defers Case to Nuit après nuit, un Est-ce que tu as vu le Global Talk homme très perturbé nouveau? African Union se protège en Have you seen the new Global Talk? The government of Senegal has évoquant son passé - Joyeux Noël! decided to hand-over the case of tant de voyages, tant Merry Christmas! former Chadian president Hissène de rencontres Habré to the African Union. A French Christmas Cookies amoureuses qui Ingredients: 1/2 c. butter Belgian court has requested the restent obsédantes. extradition of Mr. Habré, who has 3/4 c. sugar Sa mémoire lui donne le vertige. 1/2 c. honey been living in Senegal for the last Ses souvenirs l'aideront-ils à aller fifteen years, for the torture and 2 egg yolks mieux ? Il s'invente une série de 1/4 c. milk murder of political prisoners doubles qui mènent une vie when he was in power. This case 1 tsp. vanilla sentimentale tout aussi agitée que 3 1/2 c. sifted cake flour has become a test of whether la sienne. Il pourrait aller rendre former heads of state should be Directions: Cream butter until soft, visite à sa mère. Elle vit seule en add sugar and beat. Add honey and judged in foreign courts, Provence et aura bientôt quatre- especially in the case of former egg yolks. Add milk, vanilla, and vingt-dix ans. Il a d'abord un beat. Add flour gradually. Beat after African heads of state being travail à finir. Sa mère lui déclare extradited to former colonial addition. Chill dough. Roll out and : "Au lieu d'envoyer des fax à ta cut. Bake 10 minutes at 375 degrees. powers such as Belgium. dizaine d'amoureuses, tu devrais Source: www.bbc.co.uk Cool and frost with white or publier un livre, sinon les gens chocolate icing. Paris Hotels Fined vont croire que tu es mort." Source: www.cooks.com Six of Paris' most prestigious www.evene.fr Film: “Palais Royal” hotels have been fined for Armelle (Valérie Lemercier) est une sharing commercial Le Prix Goncourt, la distinction la gentille orthophoniste, information, helping to keep plus prestigieuse pour la mariée à Arnaud prices artificially high. The litterature française, a été accordé (Lambert Wilson) Crillon, Bristol, Meurice, Piazza par l’Académie Goncourt chaque jeune frimeur et fils Athenee, Ritz and George V année depuis 1903. Autres cadet du roi André et hotels were accused of operating auteurs qui ont gagné ce prix sont de la reine Eugénia a cartel by competition regulators. Simone de Beauvoir, Marcel (Catherine Deneuve). A four-year investigation found Proust et Jean Fayard. À la mort accidentelle Source: www.wikipedia.org they shared details of room rates du roi, contre toute averaging more than 700 euros attente, le couple va devoir lui (£480) a night. The six Circle Français succéder et remplacer Alban (Michel establishments have been fined a les jeudis 5-7 pm Vuillermoz) le fils aîné dans ses total of 709,000 euros. le Skylight Lounge, dans l’EMU obligations royales… ©www.bbc.co.uk © www.commeaucinema.com

Page 4 ERMAN Section (Dezember 2005) CeBIT 2006 to take place Brr, its cold in German speaking Vocab 9 March to 15 March countries. Here are some of the Fröhliche Weihnachten! average temperatures for the Merry Christmas! CeBIT in Hannover is Germany’s month of December. (All Guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr! giant trade fair for all things temperatures are in Fahrenheit.) Happy New Year! technological: The CeBIT 2006 Schau mal, es schneit! motto is 'Digital Solutions for Look, it’s snowing! Work & Life'. It is the only trade Innsbruck, Austria Das ist genial! fair worldwide that showcases the Low: 25 That’s cool! entire spectrum of information High: 36 Hast du die neuen Global Talk and communications technology. Hamburg, Germany schön gesehen? (informal) There will be 6,000 exhibitors Low: 31 Have you seen the new Global Talk? from 70 countries - plus approx. High: 40 half a million visitors, including Geneva, Switzerland 128,000 from outside Germany. Low: 32

“CeBIT is the no. 1 event for the High: 39 sector,” a CeBIT official stated. This year’s focus: convergence. It Glühwein is a definite trend in the ICT Glühwein is a tasty, warm winter business, since it is impossible to drink, drunk in Germany and overlook the way in which Austria. I had it at Berlin’s computers are shaping work and Christmas Market after walking home life and how these two around in the freezing cold for worlds are merging. several hours with my host simmering for 30 minutes, until thick family. I definitely, recommend and syrupy. Just about everyone who it! Pour in the wine and heat until celebrates Christmas has heard of steaming but not simmering. Remove and/or has sung the song Silent Ingredients: ¾ cup water the clove studded orange halves. Night. Silent Night is originally a ¾ cup white sugar Serve hot in mugs or glasses that have German song that was written in 1 cinnamon stick been preheated in warm water (cold 1818. Here is part of the song in 1 orange glasses will break.). its original German language. If 10 whole cloves Serves: 6 you wish to view this song in 1 (750 milliliter) bottle red wine other languages, you can go to the Directions: Song Silent Night website in the credits section on http://silentnight.web.za/translate/index.html In a saucepan, combine the water, Picture of sign this page. sugar, and cinnamon stick. Bring www.the-urkman.de to a boil, reduce the heat, and Glühwein Recipe Stille Nacht (GERMAN) http://drink.allrecipes.com/AZ/Glhwin.asp simmer. Tempature Averages Cut the orange in half, and http://www.gate1travel.com/central-europe- 1. Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht! squeeze the juice into the travel/weather/Germany-weather.htm Alles schläft; einsam wacht simmering water. http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/city guides/ Nur das traute hochheilige Paar. city.shtml?tt=TT003340 Push the cloves into the outside of Holder Knabe im lockigen Haar, orange peel, and place peel in the Page 5 |: Schlaf’ in himmlischer Ruh! :| simmering water. Continue

TALIAN Section (DICEMBRE 2005) NEWS Le Avventure di Pinocchio VOCABULARY Mafia murder case moved to While Le Avventure di London Pinocchio is not new to Italians, Buon capo d’anno! This week the very high a new translation by Nicolas J. -Happy New Year! profile case of the Murder of Perella is available. Originally È cosí freddo che tremo! Calvi is moving to London. written in 1883 by Carlo Collodi, -It’s so cold I’m shivering! Roberto Calvi who ran the this book contains the original Guarda! Sta nevicando. Vatican bank was hung Italian text and illustrations -Look! It’s snowing. under a bridge in London. along with the English Che forte. The suspects are five Italian translation. The original story -That’s cool. Mafia members. It was difficult may shock those only acquainted Hai visto il nuovo Global to fly all 30 London witnesses to with the Disney film. For Talk? Rome thus the case has been example, in chapter five, Jiminy -Have you seen the new moved. Cricket is smashed with a mallet. Global Talk? -Courtesy of Laura Bocko -Courtesy of Monica Remus The bilingual form of the book Milano- La Nuova Moda makes it the perfect read for RECIPE: Brutti ma Buoni La mostra dello Smau a Italian students that do not want (cookies) Milano esibisce i gadget alla to pick up a dictionary every moda. La fiera presenta dei other sentence. A classic read. convegni, seminari, e -Courtesy of Matt Misley dimostrazioni sopratutto per REVIEW: Paolo Meneguzzi- l’innovazione al servizio delle aziende. Il Giornalista Ferrazza If Italian techno- dice che negli anni ’90 Smau ha pop doesn’t dato enfasi sull’importanza sound like your favorite genre, dell’Internet e la telefonia mobile, ma oggi sarà diverso. Si you’re wrong. Lei É 2004 is 16 tracks full of all Ingredients: deve dare enfasi al contatto 100 g toasted almonds diretto tra il cliente e l’azienda, that it is to be young, beautiful and Italian. 80 g powdered sugar per spiegare la qualità dei servizi 1 egg white che gli offrono. Lo scopo dello “Vero Falso” made waves in South America. If that doesn’t pinch of salt Smau è di diventare un punto di 20g sugar riferimento internazionale, ed un get you to move your prospective American hips, “Lei evento chiave dell’Ict per il Directions: Mediterraneo ed i nuovi paesi É (remix)” will have you dancing in your living room. Preheat oven to 275. Coarsly dell’Unione Europea. chop almonds and mix with -Courtesy of Caterina Digregorio But, Paolo is not all leather jackets and martinis. Softer powdered sugar. In a separate PROVERBIO: tracks like “Amami” are still bowl, add salt to egg white. Beat “A ciascuno il suo.” golden. A fair warning: don’t until soft peaks form. Fold in Per promuovere la crescita di listen to this album by yourself. almond/sugar mixture and the idee nuove, noi dobbiamo creare You will dance, and yes, your sugar. Place in spoonfuls on un ambiente che è aperto a tutti e roommates will come home and cookie sheet lined with accettare che tutti hanno le loro be afraid. Believe me, I know. parchment paper. Bake in oven prospettive uniche. -Courtesy of Bryan Davidson for 40 min. Serve cooled. -Courtesy of Emily Shankman -Courtesy of Stefania McLaughlin

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Pagina 6 APANESE Section 12 月(JUUNIGATSU 2005)

ニュース Moreover, it depicts the seedy 単語 underbelly of the Geisha’s world,

which is more than just “beauty Happy New Year! – 明けましておめスポーツ: selling”. でとうございます！ (Akemashita Asashoryu closes Kyushu with another win By Sayuri Satofuka Omedetou Gozaimasu!) FUKUOKA (Kyodo) Record- breaking yokozuna Asashoryu 記事: It’s so cold that my breath has frozen! celebrated an unprecedented Super-SENTOU – 息が凍るほど寒いです！ (Iki ga seventh straight Emperor's Cup Winter is just around the corner. kooru hodo samui desu!) win by beating up ozeki Something very cool, but so hot, Chiyotaikai on the final day of the in Japan during this season is Look, it’s snowing! – 見て、雪が降 Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament SUPER-SENTOUs (casual spa っています！ (Mite, yuki ga futte resort), available in most on Sunday. imasu!) Japanese cities. These amazing © 2005 Kyodo News relaxation spots accommodate a 科学と技術: Cool! – すごい！ (Sugoi!) variety of spas, saunas, massage Probe collects asteroid sample therapists, restaurants and Have you read the new Global Talk? The Hayabusa space probe entertainment places. Traditional – 最新の Global Talk を読みました apparently succeeded in style outdoor cypress bath tubs か？ landing Saturday on an and acupressure rejuvenate your (Saishin no Global Talk o asteroid and collecting surface exhausted body, and yummy yomimashita ka?) samples in an unprecedented food satisfies your mind. Some mission to bring the SUPER-SENTOUs even include extraterrestrial material back movie theaters and penny to Earth. arcades. The positive health effects of bathing include easing © 2005 Associated Press Japanese Student Organization: stiff shoulders, soothing sore Japanese Corner: muscles and increasing the 映画: Practice Japanese every Friday from metabolism. The price ranges Sayuri 3:00 p.m. in the Fishbowl @ the from $5 to $15 and you can Based on the novel, “Memoir of EMU. enjoy the facilities all day long. Geisha” written by Arthur Golden. The movie depicts the SUPER-SENTOU is a “MUST” mysterious, but beautiful world of for the winter season. Volunteers for JAPAN NIGHT the Geisha exquisitely. Chiyo, ‘06 needed !! By Satomi Ohashi eventually named Sayuri was sold into the Geisha world at the age of nine. Separated from her MEETINGS EVERY MONDAY parents, and bullied by elder @ 6:30 p.m. (in the Fishbowl). Geisha, Sayuri meets her destiny. She meets a man called only “chairmen”, who gave her the For More Info see: strength to overcome the obstacles presented by her geisha http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~jso/ training. This movie is a strong By Kellen Wertz (JSO Co-Pres.) depiction of the social order.

ページ 7 (2005 اﻷَوﱠل آ ﺎ ﻧُ ﻮ نُ) IDDLE EAST Section VOCABULARY: By Sara & Harinder

MIDDLE EAST NEWS Featuring this month:

Amman (Jordan). A new global peace organization announced on November 27 in Amman that it would create a "peace Gulsum Cengiz 1-TURKISH 2-FARSI [Iran] embassy" in Jordan to launch youth education projects and Thanks to a new project launched Happy New Year! peace initiatives in the Middle 1-Yeni y ı n kutlu olsun East. by the Bonn based Freien Akademie, Turkish children 2-Sāle no mobārak * Syria and Lebanon vowed on living in Germany will read books in both languages at It’s so cold that…(my teeth are rattling) Monday November 28 to open 1-Soğuktan dislerim titredi. a "new page" in their ties, nine German primary schools. Together with the successful 2-Enghadar sardeh ke dandoonhaye months after the killing of ex- adam bih-ham mikhoreh premier Rafiq Hariri poisoned Turkish child book authoress links between Damascus and Gulsum Cengiz (from Istanbul) the non-profit association Freien Beirut. The joint pledge came Look, it’s snowing! following talks between Syria's Akademie, in co-operation with "Turkish Children's Book 1-Bak, kar yağıyor. foreign minister and Lebanon's 2- Negahkon! Dareh bahrf meeyad! prime minister, held Publishing House", provides a first bilingual children's book in unexpectedly on the sidelines of a meeting of European leaders German and Turkish. The book was presented to the public at The That’s cool! with their Mediterranean-rim 1-çok iyi! counterparts in Barcelona. Frankfurt Book Fair 2005 in October. There are nearly 2.5 2- ajab jālebeh! * A joint Israeli-Palestinian million Turks living in today's Germany. Have you seen the new Global Talk? football team has taken on 1-Yeni Global Talk'u görDün mU? Spanish champions Barcelona NEW COOL MUSIC 2- Shomareh jadeed-ih Global Talk in a match aimed at promoting ro didi? peace in the Middle East. Sonja Drakulich. Rooted in * Turkish, Arabic, Balkan, COOL BOOKS Medieval European and Persian Better known by Hafiz, Khwaja Shamsuddin Mohammad musical traditions, vocalist Sonja (1319-1389) is the most popular Drakulich in “Stellamara” carries of the Persian poets; he a deep devotion to the music of acquired his surname from these cultures with a unique memorizing the Koran at an timeless expression. early age. Hafiz was a teacher of the Koran who associated Omar Eltoudy. Joining silky with mystics. His lyrical poetry string runs, crystalline guitars, is acclaimed as the finest ever and glass-shattering lead vocals, written in the Persian language. the Egyptian artist Omar Eltoudy -See excerpts under the vocabulary- shines through unpredictable chord progressions & harmonies. metimes.com, bbc.co.uk, cosimobooks.com Page 4 USSIAN Section (Декабрь 2005)

CURRENT NEWS RUSSIAN VOCABULARY to whether the US and EU were Chechnyan Leader Meets With reportedly proposing a deal under By Pat Benad Guerillas which Iran would be allowed to enrich uranium in Russia, Lavrov ☻С новом годом!- S novym godam- By Pat Benad said that experts and diplomats Happy New Year! were considering various options ☻Сегодня холод собачий - November 28, 2005 GROZNY, and to “clinch a political Sivodnya holod sabatchij- It’s dog CHECHNYA: settlement on issues relating to cold. The President of the republic of Iranian nuclear dispute.” ☻Смотрите, снег идёт.- Smatrite. Chechnya, Alu Alkhanov stated sneg idyot- Look, it’s snowing. on Monday that he will meet with Russia and Venezuela Strengthen ☻Круче чем яйца. Kruchte chem leaders of a former guerilla Relations yaitsa - They are too cool. organization in Brussels. This ☻Вы читали новый group was headed by chief Aslan By Stacey Lennon “Глобал Тoк”? V chitali novij Maskhadov. Alkhanov said that “Global Talk”?- Have you seen the Chechnya granted amnesty and November 11, 2005 MEXICO new Global Talk? gave jobs to rebel militants who CITY: voluntarily sought reform. About 7,000 former guerillas have been “Involving Russian private pardoned so far and as more come companies in projects in forward peacefully they will also Venezuela testifies to an be pardoned. Alkhanov hopes improvement in bilateral that this policy of reconciliation relations,” Russian Deputy Prime will foster a peaceful and positive Minister Alexander Zhukov said future in the war-torn region. Friday.

At a session of a bilateral Russia working with EU and the commission, the head of the US to Resolve Iran Dispute Russian delegation said the projects would include Путин в прикольной тюбетейке — By Stacey Lennon construction of heating power любимец женщин! plants in Venezuela and November 11, 2005 MOSCOW: development of the country's …By the way, in Russia for New Russian Foreign Minister Sergei mining industry. Years people get 10 days off work! Lavrov said on Friday that Moscow was closely cooperating Venezuelan President Hugo Page designed by: with the European Union, the Chavez said the two countries United States and International were looking forward to Амберли Джонсон Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expanding cooperation and и to resolve the complicated Iranian making it more effective in the Бриттани Браун nuclear problem. Answering a name of progress and mutual question at a press conference as prosperity.

8страница CANDINAVIAN Section (December 2005) Nyheter have met success. One such band According to the monthly study is Dungen. Started by Gustav Lite Svenska made by Sweden’s job market Ejstes, the son of a committee, Ams, nearly 50 Gott nytt år!! - Happy New percent of the jobless in Sweden Year!! have not looked for work in the last month. The exact percentage Det är så kallt att jag hackar varies from county to county, and tänder! - It’s so cold that…(my some of those included in the teeth are rattling) study are involved in job skill and training programs, but the rate is Titta, det snöar! - Look, it’s yet a high one. On a positive note, snowing! there was a slight increase in the number of employed people the (Ta det Lungt-2004) Det är koolt! - That’s cool! previous year. Information adapted by Paul Quillen from music teacher, the band is a Har du sett den nya Gobla Talk? aftonbladet.se fantastic blend of 1960’s acid rock Have you seen the new Global with a modern rock texture and Talk? Nya Svensk Musik- richness that seems to be lacking Move over Abba!! in so much of the new music of Sweden has become one of today. Europe’s most productive music It’s musical richness seems to machines, gaining considerable have made quite the impression, popularity in the U.S. and seeing as the bands latest album, “Ta det an alarming amount of exported Lugnt” has gained surprising music. Bands like the Hives, popularity outside of Sweden Sahara Hot Nights, the Cardigans despite the fact that every song is and Kent have gained considerable sung in Swedish. popularity in the States in the More at: www.dungen-music.com recent years. While many bands (kokomemedada-2003) have made albums in English to gain acceptance in the U.S. and Dungen, it is clear they members of Britain, not all conform and still Komeda are well versed in music and take skilfull command of their instruments. They have perfected their sound, and, though the intellectually Komeda stimulated, cast-iron musical tastes of Komeda, another relatively new the American main-stream public has Swedish band, has made their not yet caught on to Komeda, they are mark outside of Sweden. A even still, a great band. Highly surprising and innovative mixture recommended is their album, “Pop på of Pop, disco and, well,… Svenska.” All of the songs are sung in something else completely, they Swedish, so it requires a person have a mellow and soothe in their capable of enjoying songs they may Dungen sound very few Americans bands not understand the lyrics of. It is a can accomplish. As fantastic album non-the-less. I recommend it.

10 Sidan PANISH Section (diciembre/enero 2005) The protests are timed to NOTICIAS coincide with the anniversary of VOCABULARIO

the November 1989 murders of six 41 Arrested Protesting Army Jesuit priests, their housekeeper • Happy new year - Feliz año School in Georgia and her daughter in El Salvador. A nuevo Nov. 21, 2005 - Associated Press congressional panel concluded that • Its so cold that… - ¡Que - The Rev. Jerry Zawada has some of the killers were SOA maldito frío! already served a federal prison graduates. • Look, its snowing! – ¡Mira, term for trespassing on está nevando! government property to protest a • That’s cool – ¡Que chévere! Fort Benning school he blames ¡Que guay! ¡Que chulo! for human rights abuses in Latin • Have you seen the new Global America. Talk? – ¿Has visto el nuevo Global On Nov. 20th, the 68-year-old Talk? Catholic priest risked another one. Zawada was among at least 41 protesters arrested during an annual protest calling for the CULTURA loco por encontrar el perfume que closing of the Western capta la esencia de la hermosura y

Hemisphere Institute for Security termina convirtiéndose en un 'El Perfume' será llevado a la Corporation, formerly known as asesino en serie. pantalla grande en el otoño the Army's School of the Después de leer la novela jamás Las ciudades de Barcelona y Americas. podré entender los olores de la Girona recién han recibido el School of the Americas misma manera. Por eso, aconsejaría rodaje de la película "El Perfume", Watch, the group that sponsors leerla antes de ver la película, que basada en el best seller del alemán the annual rally, alleges the será Patrick Süskind. La película es una school's graduates have llevada a coproducción alemana, española y committed murders, rapes and la francesa y está interpretada por tortures in Latin America. pantalla Dustin Hoffman y Alan Rickman y Military officials deny the grande está dirigida por Tom Tykwer. charges. en el El Perfume, novela escrita en Citing growing concerns about otoño de 1985, narra la vida de un hombre the war in Iraq and reports of 2006. del siglo XVIII que crece en una torture by U.S. soldiers, organizers predicted a record sociedad decadente, donde la gente turnout of 19,000 - 2,000 more no lo reconoce por su falta de olor. EVENTOS than last year. The protest has Aunque el protagonista, Jean- been held every year since 1990. Baptiste Grenouille, no emite Tertúlia at UO Protesters are arrested each ningún olor, tiene el sentido del Spanish speakers meet Wednesdays year when they enter the Georgia olfato exageradamente sensible y (during term) from 5:30 – 7:30 at military reservation. The Army por lo tanto llega a ser el Café Marché in the UO art museum. added a second fence topped by perfumador más reconocido de razor wire last year, and erected a París. La novela detalla varios Intercambio third fence this year, but the métodos para sacar las esencias Dec 13 & 27, 6:30 - 8PM. Join protesters - even the older ones fragantes de las plantas, por people of all ages making friends like Zawada - seem to find a way ejemplo, mediante la destilación. and conversation at Intercambio to scale or get past them. Poco a poco, Grenouille se vuelve conversation circles at the Eugene Public Library

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‘Cool’ New Things Around the World

AFRICA: Craig Higginson, a former pupil of Michaelhouse, a prestigious boys' school in the Kwa-Zulu Natal Midlands, has won an award in the UK for his play “Laughter In The Dark”. Craig received the honor at this year's 2004-05 Sony Academy Radio Awards. His winning play was inspired by a novel by Vladimir Nabokov, and was first performed at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon, after which it was adapted for radio as a result of a BBC Radio 3 commission. He is now waiting to hear if the play will be taken to the national theatre in London.

PHILLIPPINES: In collaboration with Canary Films, Director Jose Javier Reyes is producing a new movie of the psychological-thriller genre for the third straight year. The movie will be seen at the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) via the upcoming Kutob. The film stalks 2003’s Malikmata and 2004’s Spirit of the Glass, both box-office winners and still under Canary Films. Starring Rica Peralejo, Alessandra de Rossi, and Ryan Agoncillo, Kutob tells the story of Erica (Peralejo) and her problematic boyfriend, Carlo (Agoncillo). With her bestfriend, Mayen (De Rossi). Erika consults a fortune-teller about her boyfriend’s suspected womanizing. The plot thickens when the fortune-teller tells Erica of darker mishaps to come—something that the latter brushes aside. As differences between Erika and Carlo escalate, meddling friends enter the picture; one even secretly obsessing with Erika. As Erika reconciles with Carlo, friend Marvin makes his moves. At this point the fortune-teller’s prediction hounds: Will it come true at last or is the denouement up to the hands of its actors?

PAKISTAN: Sanjay F. Gupta’s latest film, “Zinda”, starring Sanjay Dutt, John Abraham, Lara Dutta, Celina Jaitley and Mahesh Manjrekar, is a song-less thriller, but the film’s audio album features songs by Sanjay Dutt and John Abraham. Talking about the album, the director says, “Rocking music is something my films are associated with, so I couldn’t give it a miss in Zinda. It has been a tremendous experience creating the music for a thriller; however, the tracks have not been incorporated in the film.” A special five-minute video of the track, Yeh hai meri kahaani, aired on MTV on November 20, kicking off the promotional campaign for the film, which releases on January 13 2006. This is the first time that a Bollywood film campaign will start with a music video in the promotional stages, shot in an old recording studio, without any film visuals. It is a revolutionary step not only for the Bollywood film industry, but all around the world.

ROMANIA: Produced by the Cinema Creation Studios of the Romanian Cultural Ministry and Parnasse Production and co-produced by Scarabee Films in 1992, “the Oak” is a movie you must see.This vitriolic comedy, set during the Romanian dictator Ceaucescu's horrific regime, follows a wild and aimless woman to the countryside, where she hopes to put her dead father's ashes -- and her internal chaos -- to rest. She takes up with a mouthy, iconoclastic doctor; together they, and the country, step shakily into a new era. *** Go to the Yamada Language Center, 1236 University of Oregon, to view this and other Cool New Movies *** Credits: ©Half.com, © Department of International Relations 12