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Autumn 2018 4U! A Szent Margit Gimnázium angol nyelvű kiadványa Short stories Sport Essays Jokes Film review Music Travel Language corner Puzzles 2 From the editors It is already the fourth year that the students of our school can read 4U! There are some changes we have made: the editorial board has been renewed, which have brought about changes in the content. We are happy to publish short stories and hope that you will enjoy reading them. If you think you also have a piece of writing in English to share, do not hesitate and contact us at: [email protected] Contents ............................................................................. 2 News of the English Department ................................ 3 Essay: Friends ............................................................... 4 Essay: Why tell stories ............................................... 5 Culture: Japanese Curiosities .................................. 6 Short Story: H7 ............................................................. 7 Short Story: Be Brave, Family murdered ................. 8 poem: The tree of Fun .............................................. 9 Film: Sierra Burgess is a Loser.................................. 10 TV Series: The Discovery of Witches ...................... 11 Music: James Arthur ................................................. 12 Song: Impossible (James Arthur) ............................... 13 Travel: Cycling Across Europe ............................... 14 Language Corner: Modal Verbs 2. ......................... 16 Exam Topic: School .......................................... 18 Speaking Exam Practice ............................................. 19 Sport: Dragon Boat Racing ........................ 20 Puzzles ..............................................................................21 Jokes ............................................................................22 Questions ........................................................................ 23 News of the English Department 3 Poster Contest Theatre Make an illustration or book SÖR (Shakespeare Összes Rövidítve) cover for a novel by Agatha November 25th, 3 pm - Nemzeti Színház Christie Tickets: 1800 HUF (size A4 or A3) Give it to your teacher Arthur Miller, The Crucible by November 12th February 17th, 7 pm - IBS Tickets: 1700 HUF If you would like to go, contact your teacher! Check out the website of the English Department: https://angolmunkkoz.wordpress.com/ English Course in Malta March 8th - March 16th, 2019 Price: 165,000 HUF It includes: • airplane ticket • 5 day language course (20 lessons) • accommodation • excursions, entrance fees • breakfast + 2 dinners • public transport If you are interested, contact your teacher as soon as possible 4 Essay Is it better to have a large group of friends than just one close friend? Nowadays you are cooler if you have many things. So, the closeness between you two friends. It is all about having company. You is real, and there is no way that it can be cannot go anywhere without seeing a group broken. Whereas, with a large group of of friends together. But is it really better to friends, sometimes it is hard to communicate have a large gang than just one close friend? with each other. Everyone in the group is With a large group of friends you can have different, so when you are together, there a very wide exposure to new experiences are usually two or more conversations going and opportunities. The depth of a friendship on between different people at the same may not be as significant as one that a small time, and that makes it hard to get into the group of friends can provide. However, if you conversation. Then, you are often left out need help, you can ask more people about of the conversations, and it usually hurts. your problem, and you can listen to many Most of the people do not even know what opinions. In this way you have more chance everyone has been through in their lives. to find an answer to it. Then again, if you fall In my opinion, it is better to have one close out with one of your friends, a large group friend, but above all, friendship is about can make it easier to cope with the “loss”. creating memorable experiences, and the However, if you have just one close friend, point is that with or without a large group and the two of you fall out, you can feel really you can have them. lonely after that. On the other hand, if you have just one close Boglárka Szakos (10 A) friend, the conversation flows naturally. You two know each other’s deepest secrets, know who likes who, and so many other Why tell stories? By giving a few reasons, I would like to convince you why it would be better to study with a bit more stories in school. 1. Simple: You do not have to have a degree, anyone can tell a story. 2. Timeless: Contrary to newer and newer presentational or managerial trends (Prezi, TQM, Lean), which have become fashionable, storytelling has been together with humanity for 3000 years and will always be here. Essay 5 3. For anyone: Regardless of sex, profession, social class, everyone likes listening to stories, so it’s a good tool in every situation. 4. Infecting: A good story spreads like wildfire and there is nothing to do with it. If it is good, we will tell others later. 5. Easy to remember: According to psychologists, we remember facts as many as 20 times better when they are embedded in stories. 6. Motivation: After a good PowerPoint presentation, we do not even tell others how fantastic it was. However, we will tell good stories to others if we have heard them during the presentation. 7. Stories are the engines of learning at work: Several surveys also deal with the fact that 70% of employees’ learning is no longer done in formal training, but in the workplace. This is the foundation of learning through story-telling, often through descriptions of clients. 8. Stories put the students into mental learning mode: Anyone who is listening to a performer in critical or evaluative mode is more likely to reject it. Stories are able to take adults into the state of childhood „emotional openness and simplicity” that they have lost today. It is a fact that we are much more receptive to the information if we put down our pen, pencil, mobile phone and switch to listening mode. 9. Storytelling is a respect for the audience: Stories can pass on messages without arrogance or instructions. The stories give the audience the freedom to arrive at the conclusion. 10. The story is based on stories: Story storing is the oldest layer of learning. Our first 8 years - perhaps the most important in our lives - are spent in story mode. One of the greatest responsibilities of parents lies in what kind of tales they are allowed to share with their child, because they form their personality with amazing power. 11. Visualization beats everything: We can not remember numbers and data long, while we can remember stories about decades later. This is because our memory is visual. Stories are always images and memory is burdened. Thank you for attention, if you want to know more about it read the book: Paul Smith, Lead with a story Péter Szigetvári (12 B) 6 Culture Japanese curiosities I think Japan is a pretty interesting country, especially the strange habits, so let me list a few: Public transport a bit differently Public sleep Here, in Hungary, it is a basic thing that Most of the you can talk to someone on a phone or just Japanese people face to face while using public transport. are workaholic so if In Japan it is impolite. Japanese people are a person is sleeping not talking to each other while they are while traveling by on a subway or a bus, and they definitely public transport, on won’t use their phones during the journey. a lecture or just at The Japanese train work: others won’t disturb them. In Japan the trains are called Shinkansen. They depart and arrive at an accuracy of Overworked seconds. The average delay of Japanese „Karoshi” is the word for those who died trains are 7 seconds a year. because of excessive workload. Every year more than 10,000 people die because of it. The fearful number 4 In Japan the number 4 is pronounced as „shi”, just like the word: death, so they are afraid of it. This phobia is called tetraphobia. They often skip this number for the buttons in elevators. Expensive fruits In Japan seafood is really cheap but fruits are pretty expensive. An apple costs 500 forints, The vending machines a cluster of bananas costs 1,200 forints and Japan is full of vending machines. You can the most expensive fruit is the watermelon. In buy foods, drinks, books, umbrellas and Tokyo it can cost up to 60,000 forints. many other things from them. No stockings The clean Japan Japanese girl students can’t wear stockings In Japan it is as hard to find a bin as trash. even in winter colds. Instead, they need to wear Those who live there don’t throw away knee-length socks, which are also parts of their their garbage, they always take them school uniform. home. Cecília Illyés (9nyE) Gratuity In Japan it is impolite to give a tip to someone. Finding money If someone finds money, the person always returns it to the police, because they believe that found money brings misfortune. Short Story 7 H7 ‘I’ve got to catch the 32 train. I’ve got to here. It marches straight in the same lane catch the 32.’ This thought lingers in his mind never leaving it. He leaves a message for every morning, like a rusty swing. him as a command in a squeaky sound. Interestingly, everybody understands it. As if he were preparing for the Olympics, he thought about this situation. Only this way Sport: Athletics. Moreover, sprint. More can he be on time, if he hurries. On paper, he difficult: wearing your equipment with would even be late a few minutes. “Hurry up 20 kilograms on your back and maybe a mom, I’m waiting here at the door” he says little bag in your left hand.

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