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PABLO PICASSO - The Painter

Pablo Picasso was born on 25 October in 1881 in Málaga, Spain. He was very young when he showed his genius, his first word was "lápis" which means pencil.

He was an only child, so he was totally spoiled and didn't want to go to school. His father was an art teacher and Pablo went with him to listen to his lessons and sometimes he was allowed to help him. When he was just thirteen, Pablo's father recognized the talent of his son, so he gave him his palette and brushes and never painted again.

His powerful paintings are known all over the world, especially for his Cubist pictures like "Guernica" in which people are made up of triangles and squares.

In 1904, Picasso moved to Paris where he met another famous person, the American writer Gertrude Stein, who is present in one of his most important portraits.

He created over six thousand paintings, drawings, and sculptures. Pablo Picasso married twice and had four children. At the age of nineteen, he was...

ERNEST HEMINGWAY

The Writer

Ernest Hemingway was born on 21 July in 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois, the second of six children. His family was very strict and religious. His mother taught him a love of music and art and his father taught him a love of nature.

He got a certificate in 1917 and after he wanted to start to work as a journalist. After six months he left the job to go to war. Hemingway was fascinated by war. He wanted to be a soldier but because of his sight he couldn't do it and in the First World War he became an ambulance driver. After the war he went to Paris where he met the American writer Gertrude Stein who encouraged him to go on to write.

Later he became a war correspondent in the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War.

He wrote many books about war, the most important is "For Whom the

"Bell Tolls". His personal life was a disaster, he married four times. He was really depressed and when his father died, it didn't help him so he started to drink heavily. In 1954 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature but he couldn't receive it in person because he wasn't fine; he committed suicide in 1961 with a shotgun like his father did.

If you want to go around the world so you like to travel abroad it's better to know, to not be impolite and ignorant, how to acquit well in other country because in every single part of the world people behave in a different way.

In many parts of Asia there is no physically contact when you greet someone. In Japan for example you should bow, in Thailand you should press both hands at the chest and bow your head slightly. In both countries eye contact is avoided as a sign of respect. Moreover, when entering a house or a restaurant you should take off your shoes and this is also true in China, Korea and Iran.

In Asian and Muslim

Countries you shouldn't reveal your body. As to the business, Japanese people consider their professional duty to go out after work with colleagues to restaurants, bars or nightclubs even if you don't want you shouldn't refuse.

When you meet someone for the first time you should shake your hand. It happened in Italy, Spain and America. In this country you can wear how you like in everyday life but if you are a business man you should wear smart, it's like going to a party every day. In Italy, Latin American and Spain lunch is the biggest meal of the day, it lasts two or three hours. In Britain you might have a business lunch, on the contrary lunch is a time to relax and socialize for Mexican and Japanese people.

In most countries an exchange of business cards is essential for all introductions. In Italy, Spain and Greece some businesses close for lunch for a couple of hours, then remain open until the evening.

Karen Saunders has her own travel agency in London. She often travels.

abroad for her job. When she goes on holiday she likes doing a lot of things, otherwise she gets bored. She likes staying on a beach, reading books but she also likes going around in churches, shops but above all markets and food stores because she loves cooking.

She has three trips coming up. She’s going to Canada at the Ice Hotel which is totally made up of ice and after she’s going to Dubai at the spectacular Burj-al Arab which means the Arabian Tower and it’s shaped like a huge sail. In the end she’s going to Baobab Rivers in Tanzania, an hotel surround by nature. But because she has traveled a lot, her ideal holiday is to stay in her sweet home.

Helen, Jane, Matt and David are house-mates, so they live together.

One day near their home they see a new guy who is washing his car, he is Simon. Jane and Helen want to know him and they decide to introduce themselves to the newcomer and they immediately invite him to take a cup of coffee. Jane and Helen introduce Simon to David.

and Matt but they give him a cool welcome. David asks Helen if is ready to go to the cinema but she says there is time to go there before the film starts. After that Matt starts to feel nervous so he suggests to David to wait in the car while Jane and Helen are making Simon's acquaintance. In the meanwhile, David, bored, phones home and he says to hurry up but Simon answers it so David feels a little bit embarrassed. Finally, Jane and Helen are ready, they say bye to their new neighbour and get into the car. Helen is from London and she's a marketing assistant. Jane is from Brighton, she's a drama teacher. Simon is from Newcastle and he's a journalist. Matt is from Birmingham and he runs a computer games shop. David is from Manchester, he's a lawyer. In this episode, David and Helen are having breakfast while Jane is going out. She takes her bicycle and goes to the bank to get some money but when she arrives she can't find her purse and phones Matt. He answers but hedoesn't recognize the Jane's voice at once, he's still sleeping. Jane asks to Matt about the purse and he tries to help her and after he finds it in the kitchen under the newspaper on the work surfaces. Jane reassured comes back home to collect it but she can't enter because she doesn't have the keys. She knocks the door but Matt can't hear because he's listening to the music so she phones David but he can't help her, he's at work. After that Simon comes and tries to help Jane climbing the wall and get though the window but he remains stuck. Later David and Matt rescue him who is a little bit embarrassed. The episode starts with Matt and Jane that are having a drink in the Froid's bar waiting for Helen and David. Suddenly Matt sees a woman and he remains upset and unhappy. She is Debbie, his ex-girlfriend. Matt and Debbie have been together for a months, Matt haven't seen her for three years but he knows that Debbie still wants tobe his fiancée. Jane tries to help Matt and she invents that they are together. Deb with astonished stare asks where and how they have met and why Jane doesn't wear an engagement ring. Jane answers they have met in the internet and after face to face at a club and she doesn't wear the ring because it's a secret. Later, Helen and David arrive while Jane goes to take a drink. Helen sees Deb and she runs to Matt to help him but unfortunately she also tells Debbie that she's Matt's fiancée. Matt and Jane are very embarrassed and Deb seems confused. In this episode we see David who is preparing a romantic dinner for his girlfriend Julia but the things don't go well. While David is cooking Thai Chicken with chilly, Helen and Matt offer to help him. They taste the dish and they decide to put in it other chilly powder. Unfortunately they put so much in it that the dish can't be eaten, it's too hot. David doesn't know what to do, Julia comes.

In a quarter of an hour and it's impossible to cook something in fifteen minutes. So they call Jane who is having a yoga lesson hoping that she can help them because she is a fantastic cook. Jane asks Helen if there is any pasta and tuna in the cupboard. Helen and Matt start to prepare the dinner and they do it in just ten minutes. They make a wonderful dinner, pasta with onions, mushrooms and tuna, salad as side dish. Julia remains happy and she congratulates David asking for the recipe. Alison is Jane's sister, she comes to stay with her for a weekend because she has to go to an engagement party for Tom and Zoe, two old friends of hers. Helen asks her what she is going to wear, so Alison takes out the dress and Helen is enchanted. After Alison goes out to buy a present for their friends and Helen takes out the bag with Alison's dress but unfortunately she stains it with coffee so they have to buy another. They go to the center to buy the dress and finally David and Helen find.

it and she pays £250 for it. When they get back home they tell everything to Alison about the old dress and they give to her the new one. Alison is very excited about it and says that this dress is much better than the old one because she has bought it in a charity shop and it costs just £10. Helen like everybody is upset.

This episode tells about holiday. It’s Sunday morning and Helen is reading a newspaper. Jane is reading too and she finds an advertisement for a holiday in Barcelona for a week just for £120. Everybody expect Matt has traveled abroad, he has just been to Scotland and Birmingham. So they encourage Matt to go there because it’s cheap and it’s a great holiday. Matt immediately accept to leave but he doesn’t know how to book the ticket but Jane helps him and she books it on the internet. Actually Matt is a little bit afraid about the flight because he hasn’t flown anywhere but finally he goes there and he has a wonderful time.

enjoys the flight aswell, in fact he’s thinking about taking flying lessons.

Bram Stoker’s Dracula

Bram’s Stoker Dracula is a horror film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola based on the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. It stars Gary Oldman, Keanu Reeves, Anthony Hopkins and Winona Ryder. The film won 3 Academy Awards in 1992.

Plot

Jonathan Harker(Kaenu Reeves) is an estate agent who travels to the mountains of Transylvania to conclude a deal with Count’s Dracula(Gary Oldman). When the old-seeming Count sees a picture of Harker’s fiancée Mina Murray( Winona Ryder) he tells Harker to write to her, telling her that he will remain in Transylvania for one months. Dracula imprisons Harker where he is enticed by Dracula’s insatiable, beautiful and bloodthirsty Brides. While Harker is being held prisoner, the Count sets out on a journey to London.