Woodrush Star June 2013 | Page 15

Bonjour! Hola! Ciao! Guten Tag! Or as they say in plain, old, boring English, Hello! Fancy a foreign film, but don’t know which one to watch, well here’s a few I’d recommend: •Priceless; Will a case of mistaken identity stop true love from running its course? Will Gold Digging Irene (Audrey Tautou) and waiter/barman Jean (Gad Elmaleh) ever get together? After Irene’s (very) elderly lover gets drunk and falls asleep on her birthday she goes to the bar and she meets Jean. After drinking, several, of his impressive cocktails, they drunkenly retire to the biggest and best suite of the hotel. A year later, Irene and Jacques- her elderly gentleman friend- returns to the hotel where Jacques proposes! But when Jean and Irene meet again, history repeats itself. But as Jacques calls off the engagement to his cheating fiancée, Irene lying about how she and Jacques really ended and Jean’s true identity is discovered, will true love run smoothly for our French friends? •Coco before Chanel: Gabrielle Chanel finds herself working in a bar, several years after leaving the orphanage where her father had abandoned her. She is both a seamstress and a singer, earning her the nickname ‘Coco’ from the songs she sings with her sister. After a liaison with the charismatic Baron Balsan gives her entry into French High Society and a chance to develop her gift for designing really popular hats. A taste of Europe Will falling in love with English Businessman Arthur Capel see Coco’s life run smoothly? But is Arthur Capel really what he seems and will his past catch up with him? MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES Les Films •Puss in Boots: Who can beat Shrek’s feline accomplice? Who can beat him speaking pure SPANISH! Childhood friends and his hometown test Puss’ loyalty in this animated fairy tale comedy. Will Humpty Dumpty have egg on his face? (I’m so sorry I had to CRACK a joke! I’m so sorry; I don’t know what came over me, it shan’t happen again I assure you). Will the Mother Goose succeed in finding her baby? And will romance between Puss and Kitty Softpaws blossom? Or will it be sour milk? All three films are HIGHLY recommended and I’m sure you’ll enjoy watching them. Why Not See What The Future Holds For Film Club: Lunchtimes in Mrs Monk/Mrs Bennett’s Room; L4 Until then: Au Revior, Adios, Ciao, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye By Jamie 8B1 THIS term in the MFL department we made food in Italian lessons. After learning a bit about food Mrs Croxall let use make pizzas and the day after all the groups got to do a food tasting with food from Italy, Spain, France and Germany! Firstly, the pizza making was fantastic. We had a recipe which was written in Italian and we had to use our Italian skills to work out what the recipe said. We had to do it step by step and it was a lot of fun and tasted delicious! A day after, all language groups took part in food tasting from the different countries that we learn about in lesso ns. My favourite was Spain as the food was hot, spicy and delicious! I also enjoyed the Italian food as well which was really tasty. Overall, I enjoyed these two activities and would definitely do them again! By Callum THIS term in Italian we did food as a topic. We got to do a food tasting day where we tried lots of different foods from Italy, Spain, France and Germany. The French brioche and pain au chocolat were my favourites but I also ate many other things from the other countries such as squid from Spain and cheese and ham from Germany. In another lesson we also went into the food technology rooms and made our own Italian pizzas with the help of a recipe which was in Italian so it was quite hard. By using a baguette and a range of toppings such as chicken, tomato, cheese and pineapple, we produced a simple pizza. It was really tasty and I really hope we can do it again. By food tasting James. Pizza IN ITALY food is very important so we in 8C1 and 8C2 decided with the help from Mrs Croxall we should have a go at making the amazing tastes of Italy. We went to food technology and made a plain pizza, extremely simple with an immense taste. We had to follow an Italian recipe and use Italian tomatoes and many toppings including pepperoni, ham, cheese, peppers and sweet corn. Then we put them in an oven for about 5 minutes and then, BOOM, we had a delicious pizza. It was really interesting the next day to study pizza in class and we found out many facts and weird topping combinations. The lesson was really good and we should do more. Harry 8C2 15