4th edition DIGITAL TEEN MAGAZINE

2013

Digital Teen Magazine

INDEX A SCHOOL PRESENTATION……………………03 A VERY OLD STORY……………………………….05

LET’S MEET SOME STUDENTS FROM POLAND………………………………………………..12

CHRISTMAS FOOD…………………………………16 MUSIC AND MOVIES……………………………..18

CHEMISTRY…………………………………………..07 RAP IS A PASSION…………………………………14

LET’S EAT !...............................................20 GALATASARAY’S HISTORY…………………….15

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HERE WE CAN KNOW A LITTLE MORE ABOUT OUR FRIENDS FROM GREECE

Elliniki Paedea is a Private, co-educational school from Prep to High School based in Athens, Greece.

Our small forest

Our Class We’re in the second class of the Junior High School. We’re studying 11 subjects including Languages (Greek, English, French/Germany), Maths, Science, History, Geography, Religion, Arts and PE.

There are three campus-sites. Our school is in Pefki, a nice suburb of northern Athens.It is next to a small wood that belongs to our school.

Our uniform We’re having a uniform blue shirt/trousers, blue, white or light blue T-shirt and a blue jacket.

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Our Activities Apart from the school subjects our programme involves many sport and cultural activities that help us to develop a range of skills, attitudes and interests and a broader perspective on life.

There are 10 clubs- basketball, volleyball, football, arts and crafts, chess, French culture, German culture, Science club, gymnastics.

THEATRE The 3rd class of our school studied and then performed the ancient tragedy by Euripides ‘Helen’

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LET’S LEARN SOME THINGS ABOUT A VERY OLD STORY !

Odysseus launched with 12 ships from Troy. Strong winds brought them on the land of Kikones. Kikones attacked them because they looted animals and wine. Many were killed. Those who survived embarked on the ships and sailed off.

They arrived in Cape Malea in Peloponnesus. There, strong winds pushed them to the African country of Lotus Eaters. They were eating a magical fruit, the lotus. Whoever ate them forgot everything and did not want to leave the place.

After that, the winds brought them to the island of the Cyclops.

Only Odysseus' ship approached the island.

Together with his companions entered a cave, ate, drank and waited for the landlord. It was Polyphemus Neptune’s son, who ate that night 2 of Odysseus’ companions and two others the next day.

Odysseus with a clever strategy managed to free himself and his companions.

But Polyphemus asked his father (Neptune) to punish Odysseus because he caused him blindness.

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They arrived at the island of Aeolus, god of the winds. Aeolus hosted them and when they left he gave Odysseus a sealed sack with all winds, except Zephyr, which would lead them to Ithaca. They were reaching Ithaca when one of the crew of Odysseus’ ship opened the sack while Odysseus was asleep. The winds that were freed pushed them to the land of giants Laestrygonians.

11 boats entered the harbor. The Laestrygonians attacked them, sank the ships and ate all the crew.

Only Odysseus’s ship escaped, since it had not entered the harbor.

They arrived on the island of Circe, who transformed some of Odysseus’ companions to pigs.

Odysseus forced Circe to solve the magic and turn them into humans again. They spent some time with her and Circe advised Odysseus to go to find the seer Teiresias in Hades in order to learn how it can return to Ithaca.

Odysseus descended into Hades, he met many dead heroes, and learned from Tiresias that Neptune is the one who is angry with him. The seer said that if they

did not eat the Sun’s cattle, he would return to Ithaca.

Later, they reached the island of the Sirens who enchanted the sailors with their song and when they reached them, they ate them. So Odysseus sealed his companions’ ears and tied himself on the mast of the ship tightly so as to hear the song but not be able to reach the Sirenes.

After that, they arrived in the Strait of Scylla and Charybdis. Passed Charybdis that sucked the sea sinking ships, but Scylla with 6 heads ate 6 of the companions After some days they arrived at the island of the Sun. Odysseus wanted to leave immediately, but his companions were tired and did not agree. When the food supplies finished, while Odysseus was sleeping, they killed some cattle and ate.

Odysseus took them immediately and left the island, but Zeus sent a fierce storm and sank the ship.

The only one who escaped was Odysseus.

Days and nights he fought the waves and reached the island of Calypso. She nursed him and kept him with her for 7 years.

Athena took pity of him and asked Zeus to let Odysseus return to Ithaca and to his own people, whom he so missed. Zeus sent Hermes to Calypso to tell her to let Odysseus.

So Odysseus arranged everything and traveled for 17 days to reach Ithaca. But Poseidon saw him and

sent huge waves that smashed the raft.

Odysseus, with the help of fairy Leukothea and Athena moored to the island of Corfu.

The king's daughter, Nausica, found him on the coast and led him to the palace. There, at dinner time, Odysseus revealed his identity to king Alkinoos and narrated to him his adventures.

The next day at dusk the Phaeacians gave Odysseus a ship and he set off to Ithaca. They finally reached Ithaca in the following morning and the sailors left the sleeping Odysseus and his gifts on the beach.

When Odysseus woke up, Athena appeared and told him that suitors were eating and drinking at his palace and they wanted to marry Penelope to become kings. She advised him to go to his shepherd's hut, Eumaeus, and wait there his son, Telemachus.

Then she transfo rmed him into a beggar and Odysse us followe d the advice of the goddess. The next day his son Telemachus came. He realized that it was his father after Athena had given Odysseus his first form and together they drew up the plan to kill the suitors. Then, Athena transformed Odysseus into a beggar again, and the next morning he went back to his palace after 20 years’ time.

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AND NOW SOME CHEMISTRY FROM ITALY !!!

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LET´S INTRODUCE OURSELVES. IN THIS EDITION SOME POLISH FRIENDS TALK ABOUT THEMSELVES Hello!

My name is Joanna but friends call me Asia. I’m twelve years old. I was born on 6th of January 2000 in Kostrzyn nad Odra in Poland. I like football, swimming and volleyball. I like eating pancakes, chips, chicken and soups.

I like drinking cola, tea and milk. My favourite subject are : Maths, sport, music and nature .In my free time I like writing romantic stories. My best friends are: Julia and Michal. I love animals: dogs, fish, cat and wolves. I like spending time with my boyfriend Kacper. Everyday I wear T-shirt, jeans, tramps and sweat shirt. I think I’m intelligent and romantic. I like rain and thunderstorm and sometimes sun.

Kostrzyn nad Odra 31.10.2012

Asia

My name is Julia for friends Julka. I’m twelve years old.

I’m in primary school in Kostrzyn nad Odra. I was born in Poland in Szczecin on 29th of May 2000 . I live in a small village, Dabroszyn. This village is 5 km way from Kostrzyn. My favorite lesson is: Polish, Biology, English and Germany. I love wild animals and wilds. I like writing adventures stories and I like reading SF books. I like sports and swimming. I like singing when there is no one at home. I like rain and thunderstorm. In future life I want to be a lawyer.

I like my best friends. I’m very crazy and I think I’m intelligent and romantic. My motto is : “survive is hard, what our fate mark out in next days, next weeks and following months” Every day I wear jeans, hoodie and tall tramps.

Julka

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Dear friends, My name is Igor Mihułka and I’m Polish. I’m 12 years old. My birthday is 24th January 2000. I live in Kostrzyn nad Odrą in Poland.

My favorite subjects are maths, English, history. I`m learning to play on a guitar. I like sewing, knitting, swimming and writing my blog. I hate sports. I like organize partys. I love sleeping and watching TV. In free time I like reading books. My favorite pets are fish, dogs and turtles.

I like wearing tracksuits and sneakers.

I love eat pizza, chips, hamburgers. Generally I drink water.

Hi, my name is Eliza and I’m twelve years old. I live in Kostrzyn nad Odra. I am interested in volleyball and I like playing it. I am 1,64 meters tall. My favorite subject is physical education. I love sport. Also I play basketball, football and handball. I hate Religious Education. My best friends are Alicja and Klaudia. Alicja is involved in the project too. My hair color is dark brown and my eyes are brown too. Immediately after school I open my notebook.

I’m learning well. My favorite language is English. I love shopping. I have a younger brother Wojtek. My mum’s name is Marzena and my father’s name is Marcin. We live in a block of flats. When I was 7 years old I broke my leg.

My birthday is on 10th July.

Hi, my name’s Alicja . I’m twelve years old and I live in Kostrzyn nad Odra. I’m tall, I am 1,75 m tall, I have got blond hair and blue eyes. I play volleyball, basketball, football, and handball. I love sport, this is my life ! In school my favorite subject are PE and History. I don’t like Maths, Music and German. My hobby is sport and listening to music. My best friends are Eliza, Karolina and Klaudia. Eliza is involved in the project too. I’m learning well and I like English.

I have got one, younger sister her name’s Ola, but I haven’t got brother. My family is tall too. My mum’s name is Bożena and my dad is Jan, in English Joe. We live in a big house. My birthday is on the 18th of February 2000.

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WHAT DO TEENAGERS LISTEN TO IN EUROPE? HERE WE HAVE AN EXAMPLE FROM ITALY

Rap is a passion The Gemini still going strong. The first success in 1998 The "DIFFERENT TWINS� are an Italian group of rappers formed in Milan in 1998 and presented themselves to the public with a rap version of the old hit" Just give me a minute'' Pooh.

We are talking about DJ Alessandro Merli (THG), Francesco Stranges (Strange), singer, and rapper Emmanuel Busnaghi (Thema) and Luke Aleotti (Scream), all born between 1973 and 1979: This fantastic quartet is a combination of two previous groups: the band formed by Thema and THG, and Rima in the Heart, comprising Scream and strange.

On 3rd September 1998 they released their first album Different Twins preceded by the single "Hold still."

Then comes the turn of "Enjoy coke", written for the advertisement of the drink. In 2002, Different Gemini opened various concerts of Eros Ramazzotti, and, in the same year, the last album of Different Twins called "Fuego". After a first single, "Not you," the second single from this album is "Mary", the story of a girl who suffered sexual abuse by the father: a great radio and television success that has occupied for about eight months early of the charts and brought the band to victory as best Italian Act at the MTV European Music Awards.

In July 2005, participating in the Live8. In 2005 and part of 2006, MTV gives them the run of the program Pimp My Wheels Following an offense by Fabri Fibra in a song (stupid ideas), in August 2006 Cry

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"answers." The piece, which is titled "Standing Ovation," Fabri Fibra accuse of doing drugs and take advantage of the fashion of the rap for their own ends.

On 2 nd December 2006 have been awarded as best Italian group in the first edition of the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Italians.

On May 18, 2007 was released the new single "Instructions' (ill) use", which will anticipate the release of 8 June, de Boom! .. The album is a song, "What a wonderful world" dedicated to Nicole, daughter of THG and his girlfriend Monica, to participate song Eros Ramazzotti performing a guitar solo.

The Different Twin in 2009 are presented in Sanremo with a gritty and violent rap against poverty, the baby prostitution and domestic violence. Eliminated in the fourth and penultimate evening, nevertheless arrived twelfths in the overall standings.

On 20 February 2009 he released Greatest Hits.

On 3 rdMay 2011 Scream released his solo album, entitled "I Scream", produced and mixed by THG. This was followed by a tour throughout the peninsula that saw the main rapper. This does not mean that Different Gemini have dissolved. In fact, unlike many rumors that they wanted them now divided, the group has been working on a new album, All over again released on 11 September 2012.

TIME FOR SOME SPORTS FROM OUR FRIENDS IN TURKEY GALATASARAY’S HISTORY How many sports clubs are there that actually have their roots in some mythical stories?

Obviously, Galatasaray’s history does not go back to Ancient Greek times, but when you ask the question “How was Galatasaray founded?,” you always listen to the same old fascinating story: During a hunting excursion, II. Bayezid, an Ottoman Sultan from the 15th Century, becomes a guest of an old wise man, Gül Baba, who presents him with two roses, one red and one yellow. The sultan, impressed by this gesture, offers the wise man whatever he wishes. Gül Baba shows him a piece of land overlooking the Bosphorus, and asks him to build a school there.

However, history tells us a different story: Gül Baba was actually one of Suleiman the Magnificent’s teachers, and therefore he would not have been an old wise man during II. Bayezid’s rule. Accordingly, Galatasaray’s colors, the red and yellow, were chosen, not because of the roses, but due to the lack of other color fabrics, so a few young men had to opt for the red and yellow for their first uniforms, some four hundred years later after Gül Baba. Even if most of this is just myth, there are also several unquestionable facts about how Galatasaray was founded.

A young Galatasaray student, Ali Sami Yen, watchedhis first football game, held among the British community who lived in Istanbul.

When he shared his experience with his friends at Galatasaray, Turkish students began to play football for the first time.

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LAST CHRISTMAS: WHAT DO SPANISH PEOPLE EAT AT CHRISTMAS?

CHRISTMAS EVE This meal is a dinner. In other countries that evening Santa Claus visits children.

I celebrate this meal in my cousins’ house.

The main dishes are: 

Starters: cheese manchego, cold meat, prawns, etc.  Main course: sea bass baked or roast lamb  Accompaniment: seafood cocktail

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CHRISTMAS DAY This meal is a lunch. I celebrate this meal in my aunt’s house. The main dishes are:

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 Starters: canapés  Main course: stuffed chicken Accompaniment: skewers of fruit with chocolate

NEW YEAR´S EVE This meal is a dinner. I celebrate this meal in my house. In Spain the tradition is eat twelve grapes at the same time of the twelve chimes to welcome the new year. The main dishes are: 

Starters: dumplings stuffed with cocktail  Main course: turkey  Accompaniment: fruit salad

THREE WISE MEN This meal is a snack. I celebrate this meal in my uncle’s house. This meal is for celebrate the arrival of the Three Wise Men. We eat the traditional “Roscón de reyes” and if you get the figurine, you have the “king” an you have to put the crown.

But if you catch the bean you have to pay the roscón.

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CHRISTMAS SWEET In all the meals to finish it, we eat a lot of sweets, like: Mazapanes

Polvorones

Roscos de vino

Turrones

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AND MORE FROM SPAIN ! MUSIC AND MOVIES !

Charlie and the chocolate factory Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 2005 film adaptation of the 1964 book with the same name by Roald Dahl. The film was directed by Tim Burton. The film stars are Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket and Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka. It lasts 116 minutes and was released in 2005. In the United States obtained good reviews and box office success. Danny Elfman composed the soundtrack.

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The last stand The Last Stand is a 2013 film directed by Kim Ji-Woon.The film shows Arnold Schwarzenegger on the big screen as a protagonist, after completing the experience as governor of California(in office from 2003 to 2011), and is the first film in English for the South Korean director.

Titanic Titanic is a 1997 film directed

by James Cameron, starring Leonardo Di Caprio and Kate Winslet.

An imaginary description of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, starring them in the roles of Jack and Rose are members of different social classes who fall in love aboard the ship during its illfated maiden voyage. The production of the film began in 1995, when Cameron took some footage of the wreck of the Titanic. The scenes were shot on a boat, the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh, which Cameron used as a basis for resuming the wreck.

A reconstruction of the Titanic was made in Playas de Rosarito, Baja California, and scale models and computer-generated images were used to recreate the sinking. The film was partially funded by Paramount Pictures and 20th Century Fox, respectively distributors in the U.S. market and internationally. The post-production was delayed and had delayed the release of the film on December 19, 1997.

Estopa I’m sending you a photo of the Spanish pop rock band, “Estopa”. The group has got two members, David Muñoz and José Manuel Muñoz. I think they’re really good. David is on the right of the photo. He’s wearing a brown and green jacket, a brown t-shirt with green and white words and trousers. He’s thirty-six years old. José Manuel is on the left of the photo. He´s wearing a red sweatshirt, a grey t-shirt with a brown an black face and trousers.They both sing and play the guitar.

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MEALS IN TURKEY. OUR TURKISH FRIENDS TALK ABOUT MEALTIME AND TYPICAL FOOD IN THEIR COUNTRY Breakfast food in Turkey The food eaten for breakfast in Turkey is similar to the food found in a typical Western breakfast. Fresh Turkish bread is usually served with butter, honey, jam, feta cheese and olives. Tea is usually served to wash down the food at breakfast. Alternatively hot milk sweetened with honey is available. If you get bored of the same old food everyday for breakfast when you are in Turkey, then visit the local pastry shop which serves many delicious foods. There is a special pastry eaten for breakfast in Turkey which is stuffed with cheese and parsley and served warm. There is also a kind of breakfast soup which when eaten with Turkish bread can be a very filling food.

Food for lunch and dinner in Turkey People in Turkey usually eat lunch at about midday although the food they have at lunch is the same as the food people in Turkey eat for dinner. Some people in Turkey prefer to eat a lot of food for lunch while others save the big meal for dinner, especially when the weather is cooler. People in Turkey love salad and this is almost always served before the main food course in any big meal. There are many types of delicious salad and dips served at lunch and dinner as appetizers. If you are visiting a town on the coast of Turkey such as Dalyan or Fethiya you will be spoilt for choice when it comes to sea food, which is always caught locally and fresh. Fish is usually fried or poached and served with vegetables and lemon juice. If you prefer eating meat then Turkey has great lamb, chicken and beef which are usually cut up and served as a kebab. Kebab is a staple food in Turkey and is charcoal grilled before being served in pita bread stuffed with salad and sauce.

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