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Christmas
At the beginning of December, the season of the Advent starts. The word Advent means coming.
British people decorate their homes with paper decorations, a crib and a Christmas tree.
On Christmas Eve children hang their stockings on the fireplace and leave a glass of sherry for Father Christmas and a carrot for Rudolph the red nosed reindeer.
On the morning of Christmas Day, children's stockings are full of presents. Many people go to church to sing carols and to celebrate the birth of Jesus.
The whole family have a large lunch.

Traduzione
All'inizio di Dicembre, la stagione dell'Avvento inizia.
La parola Avvento significa venuta.
I Britannici decorano le loro case con decorazioni di carta,
un presepe e un albero di Natale.
La vigilia di Natale i bambini appendono le calze
sul camino e lasciano un bicchiere di sherry per Babbo Natale e
una carota per Rudolph la renna dal naso rosso.
La mattina di Natale, le calze dei bambini sono piene
di regali. Molta gente va in chiesa per cantare canti e per
celebrare la nascita di Gesù.
Tutta la famiglia fa un grande pranzo

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Ecco l' albero di Natale da decorare

Per le classi terze :        Ragazzi, ci sono alcune parole in rosso e il significato tra parentesi!                                    

                                   CHARLES DICKENS 

                                   CHARLES DICKENS   

Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812, the son of John and Elizabeth Dickens. John Dickens was a clerk ( impiegato)  in the Naval Pay Office. He had a poor head for finances, and in 1824 found himself imprisoned for debt. His wife and children, with the exception of Charles, who was put to work in a factory, joined him in the Prison. When the family finances were put to rights and his father was released, the 12 years old  Dickens, already scarred psychologically by the experience, was further wounded by his mother's insistence that he continue to work at the factory. His father, however, rescued him from that fate, and between 1824 and 1827 Dickens was a day pupil at a school in London. At fifteen, he found employment as an office boy  while he studied shorthand (stenografia) at night.  In 1829 he became a free-lance reporter ( diventò reporter) at Doctor's Commons Courts, and in 1830 he met and fell in love with Maria Beadnell, the daughter of a banker. By 1832 he had become a very successful shorthand reporter of Parliamentary debates in the House of Commons, and began work as a reporter for a newspaper.  He suffered a  stroke (paralisi) on June 8 at Gad's Hill, and died the next day. He was buried at Westminster Abbey on June 14.

The majority of Dickens’ novels deal (trattano) with the degraded urban setting ( ambiente) of English industrial town of the first half of the 19th century.

  Most of Dickens’ characters ( personaggi) belong ( appartengono) to the lower-middle class; he gave voice to their economic worries (preoccupazioni), their fear (paura) of social instability, their anguish (angoscia) about poverty.

 The most famous novels are: The Adventures of Oliver Twist- Hard Times-   David Copperfield –A Christmas Carol

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZVY-pGDsN4&feature=fvst

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day, You gave it away

This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day, You gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special


Once bitten and twice shy
I keep my distance but you still catch my eye
Tell me baby do you recognize me?
Well it's been a year, it doesn't surprise me

(Happy Christmas!) I wrapped it up and sent it
With a note saying 'I Love You' I meant it
Now I know what a fool I've been
But if you kissed me now I know you'd fool me again

(CHORUS)x 2

(Oooh. Ooohmy Baby)

A crowded room, friends with tired eyes
I'm hiding from you and your soul of ice
My God I thought you were someone to rely on
Me? I guess I was a shoulder to cry on
A face on a lover with a fire in his heart
A man undercover but you tore me apart
Oooh Oooh
Now I've found a real love you'll never fool me again
(CHORUS)

A face on a lover with a fire in his heart
(Gave you my heart)
A man undercover but you tore me apart
Next year
I'll give it to someone, I'll give it to someone special
special
someone
someone
I'll give it to someone, I'll give it to someone special
who'll give me something in return
I'll give it to someone
hold my heart and watch it burn
I'll give it to someone, I'll give it to someone special
I've got you here to stay
I can love you for a day
I thought you were someone special
gave you my heart
I'll give it to someone, I'll give it to someone
last christmas I gave you my heart
you gave it away
I'll give it to someone, I'll give it to someone