FACEBOOK: A NEW WAY OF COMMUNICATION

Una mappa sull'uso di Facebook nel mondo (non recentissima!)

We are living in the middle of a revolution that has forever changed the way people view and utilize communication mediums. The evolution of Social Media and the advancement of mobile technology allows you to stay in touch and up-to-date with friends and family in all corners of the world whenever you want.

Facebook is the most popular social network in the world with over 800 million users who have been growing rapidly in comparison to other website users. 

Being a social networking site, many teens use it to keep in touch with one another. It is used by students to meet their friends and to share photographs and their personal information including their daily routine and interests. They can send notes to their contacts and post it too. Some students use Facebook to keep in contact with their teachers to clear up doubts and some teachers also use the social network to improve their learning.

Mappa mondiale sulla diffusione dei social network

Facebook can also be seen as an instant virtual instant communication world through which you can keep in touch with family and friends. There are many communication tools available in facebook. There is the chat application which is a quick and easy way to use to stay in touch with friends and family across different time zones. There is also the video chat available through which you can do audio and video interaction at the same time. Facebook video chat can be conducted through the use of laptops, tablet and smartphones.

Un bell'articolo sugli effetti negativi di Facebook qui 

COMPITO IN INGLESE MY LAST HOLIDAY

Esempio di un breve tema/racconto sulle vostre ultime vacanze al mare.

In my last holiday I went to Calabria with my family.

We traveled by car all night long and we arrived soon in the morning. 

We stayed for 7 days in a beautiful holiday camping called "MareNostrum" near the beach.

Our hotel room was tiny, but lovely and we could see all the beach from our balcony.  

During the day there were a lot of activities for children and adults, but we just went to the beach or to the swimming-pool. 

After breakfast, we stayed on the beach all morning, then went back to the hotel for lunch time.
There was a great buffet and the staff was really helpful and kind.
After lunch we usually went to our room for a quick siesta and then we went back swimming and sunbathing.
Sometimes we played football or beach volley, it was really funny!

At night we had dinner in the hotel and then walked around the beach or sometimes we played table tennis or the electronic games available at the bar.
One night we went to a piano-bar where we sang karaoke and danced. 

The weather was usually pleasantly warm without being too hot. 

I really enjoyed our time in Puglia and I hope I'll be able to go back next year with my family, because this was seriously the best holiday I have ever had!

RIASSUNTO INGLESE OLIVER TWIST

Oliver Twist is the story of a young orphan, Oliver, and his attempts to survive in a society, the Victorian one, that refused illegitimate children and didn't take care of poor people.

Oliver is born in a workhouse in a small town about 70 miles from London in early 1800s. 

Children in a workhouse

 His mother dies almost immediately after his birth and he is sent to a parish orphanage until he is about 8 years old. At this point, his tutors decide it’s time for him to start working and they send him back to the workhouse. But Oliver commits the unpardonable offense of asking for more food when he is close to starving, so the parish officials offer five pounds to anyone who’s willing to take Oliver on as an apprentice. 

After a brief, unhappy period at Mr. Sowerberry's , Oliver runs away toward London.
Here he meets Jack Dawkins, better known as The Artful Dodger, who buys him lunch and offers to introduce him to a "gentleman" in London who will give him a place to stay.
The “gentleman” is called Fagin and he runs a school for pickpockets, but Oliver is not a successful student: he is caught on his first atttempt at theft. Mr. Brownlow, the victim, is stricken by the ragged and unhealthy appearance of Oliver so rather than charging him with theft, he takes him home and takes care for him.
Oliver was very happy in the Brownlow's home, but his adventures were not over. 

A mysterious man named Monks wants Fagin to recapture Oliver. Fagin sends a thief, Bill Sikes and his lover Nancy, to kidnap Olive and bring him to Fagin.

Then Fagin sends Oliver with Sikes to rob a house. Again, Oliver is caught while Sikes escapes. Oliver is again nursed back to health by those he tried to rob and he spends a wonderful summer with Mrs. Maylie, and her adopted niece Rose

However, the still mysterious Monks persists in trying to capture Oliver and when Nancy tries to warn Rose, she is brutally murdered by Sikes who later dies escaping as he accidentally hangs himself. Finally after Nancy is murdered all of the truth is revealed. Monks is Oliver's half brother. Oliver knew nothing about his father but it seems that he was the product of an adulterous affair between wealthy Mr. Leeford and a woman named Agnes Fleming. His father had died and had left money to Oliver on the condition that he have a good reputation. Rose is actually the sister of Oliver's mother and thus his aunt. 

Fagin is executed. Monks goes to the United States and the Artful Dodger is sent to Australia.

Dickens uses the Artful Dodger's trial to make a strong statement on the lack of opportunity for the poor and the evils of industrialization in England. Oliver is adopted by the Brownlow's and most assuredly lives happily ever after.