30 years at lcb... - Liceo Cultural Britanico

Editorial
Dear students,
Our warmest welcome for each and all of you! It´s a great
pleasure to be in contact with you again. 2015 is a very
special year for the LCB because we are celebrating our
80th anniversary!
We are all working with great enthusiasm to give you our
best: a blend of experience and openness to innovation.
As of this year, for instance, you will be able to track your
progress online through our website. Stay tuned for more
instructions.
On our website, you will also find links to a variety of
resources we have put together to provide you with
as many opportunities as possible to further develop
your language skills. www.liceobritanico.com/elliceo_
actividades_gratuitas.php#
Are you keen on animé? Do you follow the Big Bang Theory?
You may find out about these and many more topics in our
blog on entertainment (LCB-entertainment). Ready to
move a step further? Our blog on learning (LCB-learning)
has activities to learn even more from the texts published.
lcbentertainment.wordpress.com/
If, on the other hand, you are interested in improving
your listening skills, you may follow the LCB weekly
radio show. “The Typical Mistake” broadcasts live on FM
Palermo 94.7 every Monday from 3:00 to 4:00. You may
also find podcasts of previous programmes on www.
thetypicalmistake.com or by following the links from
the LCB website. Topics are broad and varied – from
flexitarianism to the origins of insults or effective altruism.
Don’t miss out!
Then, of course, as an LCB student, you have access to
our virtual classroom at www.liceobritanico.com. There,
you will find plenty of opportunities to revise what you have
learnt in class or to catch up with your lessons if you have
missed.
However, some of our resources do not require an Internet
connection! Take our Extracurricular Activities, for instance.
Theatre outings, field trips and more. Soon, you will receive
information about our programme for this year. As for
further speaking opportunities, you can also join our Free
Conversation lessons, which run from May to November.
Last but not least, this magazine, LCB News, is our bridge
between the Liceo and your families. It offers students from
all branches the opportunity to participate by submitting
drawings, crosswords, interviews, poems, lyrics, stories or
comments. Sometimes it includes photos taken at outings
or school celebrations. As those materials appear in print
and online, students can share them with family and friends.
We hope you enjoy all these resources. For all the hard work
that goes into them, we would like to thank our project
leaders for willingly co-ordinating them with unflagging
commitment and enthusiasm.
And for everyone at the LCB, we wish you all a rewarding
academic year rich in learning and personal growth.
Viviana Feliciotti
Coordinator –LCB Belgrano
Free Conversation Courses!
2015
BRANCH
STARTING IN MAY!
INTERMEDIATE
if you can’t make it in your
own branch see if you can in
another branch....
TEACHER
(Int.1 & 2/ Lev. 3,4,5)
Barrio Norte
Belgrano
Callao
Villa Crespo
Martínez
Villa Urquiza
Flores
Tuesdays
Saturdays
Tuesdays
Mondays
Tuesdays
Mondays
Wednesdays
09:30
09:00
20:30
20:30
20:00
19:00
19:30
Peña
Wu
Maydana
Rouco
Hernández
Mathe
Peralta
ADVANCED
(Ad. 1&2 / Lev. 6,7,8 / Superior)
TEACHER
Thursdays
09:30
Saturdays
09:00
Thursdays
20:30
Wednesdays 20:30
Thursdays
20:00
Wednesdays 19:00
Tuesdays
20:30
Peña
Schtenbarg
Maydana
Rouco
Hernández
Mathe
Andreolli
* Duration: One hour
* Please confirm this timetable with the branch you choose for any last minute changes that may take place. *
LAYOUT & DESIGN / DISEÑO DE REVISTA:
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BIO
LCB Online H.G.Wells
www.liceobritanico.com
LCB ENTERTAINMENT es un blog de
entretenimiento diseñado para que puedas hacer
una lectura dinámica e interactiva a través de los
links de nuestras publicaciones sobre temas que
te interesan o resultan divertidos
www.lcbentertainment.wordpress.com
LCB LEARNING es un blog de aprendizaje
autodidacta con ejercicios para realizar de
manera autónoma sobre temas relacionados
con tus propios intereses y preferencias. Las
respuestas de los ejercicios las encontrarás en la
sección “Comments” que se encuentra debajo de
cada publicación.
www.lcblearning.wordpress.com
EL AULA VIRTUAL es un servicio que el Liceo
brinda sin cargo adicional a todos sus alumnos
para complementar el trabajo en clase con
explicaciones, videos y ejercicios.
www.liceobritanico.com
THE TYPICAL MYSTAKE es el programa de radio
del Liceo que se emite por radio FM Palermo 94,7
los días lunes a las 5:00 pm. Visitá el sitio de la
radio y escuchá los programas ya emitidos.
www.thetypicalmistake.com
LCB NEWS es la revista que publica el Liceo
bimestralmente con notas y trabajos que
producen los mismos alumnos, y que a su vez
se utiliza en clase como material didáctico.
>
Aquí >www.liceobritanico.com
podrás leer las
ediciones online a color.
LCB BLOGGING
www.lcbentertainment.wordpress.com/ www.lcblearning.wordpress.com
El proyecto LCB-Blogging consiste en el diseño de un dispositivo
de aprendizaje a través del entretenimiento y las nuevas
tecnologías. El proyecto tiene como objetivo principal incentivar
el aprendizaje autónomo por parte de los usuarios que visitan
nuestros blogs, brindándoles la posibilidad de tener acceso a
una gran variedad de material didáctico y ejercicios online que
les permite enriquecer su propio proceso de aprendizaje.
En cada publicación, además del texto y las imágenes,
encontrarás links con material audiovisual interesante y atractivo.
Es decir que vos tenés la oportunidad de elegir el recorrido que
querés realizar para que la lectura de cada publicación sea más
dinámica e interactiva.
Ambosblogscuentanconunagranvariedaddepublicacionesorganizadas
por categorías de temas. (Arte, música, tecnología, educación, literatura,
series de TV, películas, deportes, moda y celebraciones).
Cada vez que realicemos una nueva publicación, lo anunciaremos
vía Twitter y Facebook, por eso es muy importante que nos sigas en
ambas redes sociales. Además, te ofrecemos la posibilidad de seguir
nuestros blogs vía e-mail para que puedas recibir notificaciones de
nuevas publicaciones y ejercicios de manera automática.
En la sección “Leave a comment”, ubicada al final de cada
publicación, podés dejarnos un comentario. También, hemos
diseñado una guía práctica para la interacción con los contenidos
de blogs (“Guide for blog interaction”) que te será de gran
utilidad para organizar el recorrido a través de las publicaciones
y ejercicios. El link de la guía se encuentra en la barra derecha de
ambos blogs.
Herbert George Wells
BORN
21 September 1866
Bromley, Kent, England
DIED
3 August 1946 (aged 79)
OCCUPATION
Novelist, teacher, historian,
journalist
GENRE
Science fiction
NOTABLE WORKS
The Outline of History
The Time Machine
The Invisible Man
The Island of Doctor Moreau
The War of the Worlds
The First Men in the Moon
The Shape of Things to Come
Photograph by George Charles Beresford, 1920
He was an English writer, now best known for his work in
the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many
other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics
and social commentary, even writing textbooks and rules for
war games. Together with Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback,
Wells has been referred to as "The Father of Science Fiction".
His most notable science fiction works include The War of
the Worlds, The Time Machine, The Invisible Man and The
Island of Doctor Moreau. Wells's earliest specialised training
was in biology, and his thinking on ethical matters took place
in a specifically and fundamentally Darwinian context. He
was also from an early date an outspoken socialist, often
(but not always, as at the beginning of the First World
War) sympathising with pacifist views. His later works
became increasingly political and didactic, and he sometimes
indicated on official documents that his profession was that of
"Journalist." Most of his later novels were not science fiction.
Some described lower-middle class life (Kipps; The History of
Mr Polly), leading him to be touted as a worthy successor to
Charles Dickens, but Wells described a range of social strata
and even attempted, in Tono-Bungay (1909), a diagnosis of
English society as a whole. Wells also wrote abundantly about
the "New Woman" and the Suffragettes (Ann Veronica).
In popular fiction and film
In C. S. Lewis's novel That Hideous Strength, the
character Jules is a caricature of Wells,and much of
Lewis's science fiction was written both under the
influence of Wells and as an antithesis to his work (or, as
he put it, an "exorcism"of the influence it had on him).
Bert is a portrayal of H. G. Wells in James A. Owen's series,
The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica. Malcolm
MacDowell plays H. G. Wells in Time After Time (1979 film).
Wells is also a character in The Infinite Worlds of H. G. Wells.
Wells also features as a character in Félix J. Palma's novels
The Map of Timeand The Map of the Sky (2012). Wells is
the subject of the biographical novel A Man of Parts by David
Lodge, published in 2011.
In the Syfy television series Warehouse 13 a new avenue of
H.G. Wells is taken, with Jaime Murray's portrayal of a female
version of the author. Helena G. Wells allowed her brother to
take the credit for her works of fiction because no one would
believe a woman could write such fantastical stories.
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Storytime
The Island
of Dr.Moreau
THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU / A SYNOPSIS
Parker, a young scientist, washes up on a tropical island, the
sole survivor of a shipwreck. He is rescued by a man named
Montgomery and his curious looking servant, who bring
Parker back to a compound, where Montgomery nurses him
back to health. There, Parker meets Dr. Moreau, the island’s
owner, and his mysterious daughter. Intrigued by the new
arrival, Moreau informs Parker that he runs a biological
station on the island and that Parker, for his own safety, will
be confined to the compound. Parker recognizes Moreau’s
name, remembering that he was forced to leave civilization
due to some gruesome animal experiments in vivisection.
Montgomery confirms this, but still defends Moreau’s work.
Montgomery’s servant then attacks Parker, luring him out
into the jungle. But another similar creature—a Feline
Woman—saves Parker, chasing Montgomery’s servant off.
Montgomery captures the Feline Woman, taking her back to
the compound. There, Parker sees Moreau and Montgomery
operating on the Woman. Terrified that he is Moreau’s next
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subject, Parker flees into the jungle, where he is confronted by
the Beast People. They draw Parker into their prayer circle.
And Moreau appears, looking for Parker. Moreau informs
him that he is engineering all the animals on the island
into more advanced, human forms; that all those Parker
has encountered are Moreau’s test subjects and, regardless
of the pain they are experiencing at his hands, it is for the
greater good. Parker is appalled at Moreau’s callousness and
experiences horrible nightmares. Montgomery continues to
defend Moreau’s acts, until he and Parker are attacked by
Montgomery’s servant. Moreau and Montgomery find the
Beast People in the jungle, where Moreau viciously punishes
Montgomery’s servant. Rather than allow the torture to
continue, Parker kills the creature. Moreau is furious, but
still attempts to reason with Parker, offering to replace his
drunken assistant Montgomery with the more able Parker.
Parker refuses and Moreau realizes that Parker will be of
no use to him. He decides to use Parker—a human test
subject—to advance his experiments still
Would you like to go somewhere mysterious?
Do you imagine yourself having an adventure in a mysterious island?
Not knowing where you are or with whom? How would you feel if
you didn't have a choice? Well, that's the case of Mr.Prendick.
Edward was a passenger in a boat that had an accident, and when
he was about to die, alone in a dingey without any food or water,
he was saved. But he didn't know the things that he was going to
see afterwards.
His savior was Montgomery, an extraordinary doctor, in every
sense of the word. The boat in which they were had a lot of cages
with animals, but the odd thing about that ship was the doctor’s
assistant. He was different from everyone (and everything) that
Mr. Prendick had seen in his life. He wasn't human, he looked
like a beast.
The ship was going to an island, an island with no name. But one
thing was clear, it was not a regular island and specially the assistant
wasn't a regular person. Something was different, odd, mysterious.
When they arrived on the island, Montgomery didn't want him
there. Neither did he himself want to be there, but a rushed
decision he made years ago had led him trough this strange path.
What's the special thing about this island? What happened there and why?
If you want to feel as if you where going somewhere mysterious but
you don't want to do anything dangerous, or even get off your couch,
this is the book for you to read.
THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU
THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU / A personal voyage
First things first: I haven’t read the whole novel since there’s been a
degree of hastiness to write this. However, this isn’t inaccurate for
the purposes of this review, as that’s exactly the point of it. At the
risk of sounding like a chamuyero, I personally think that, even
though I don’t know the complete development of The Island of
Doctor Moreau by the outstanding H. G. Wells, this captivating
novel still has something to teach the reader who’s currently coming
upon it. Especially if this reader is a teenager, who is coming upon
his life as well. What am I talking about? The point is essentially
simple: this text is a wonderful portrait of how an insignificant act
of braveness can change the course of someone’s life, embarking
him in an exciting adventure which will change his understanding
of the world forever. It should not be forgotten that you’ll probably
stumble upon several adversities and also with some great stroke of
luck, but that’s the true magic of starting an adventure. Feeling the
electrifying intrigue of Prendick’s future in your bones while you’re
undertaking your own sailing in real life is priceless, as well as it’s
one of the greatest values of H. G. Well’s oeuvre. Haven’t read
the whole novel, don’t know what the future holds, the only certainty
is that the next thing about to happen will sharply deviate the
direction of our protagonist in a way that it’s often confused with
the reality of your own life. Ladies and gentlemen: a protagonist,
a voyage, several challenges, doubts and fears, hopes and joys, a
gamble, an uncertain fate and a new world of oddity… life itself?
The island of doctor Moreau written by H.G. Wells is a
magnificent piece of writing. It was first published in 1896 and
is currently well ranked among the classic novels of the English
language. This is not the ordinary tale about a shipwreck and how
its crew survived, but a much deeper, darker, more thrilling story
about the only survivor of the Lady Vain, a ship that disappeared
mysteriously in the middle of the ocean.
After the sinking of the Lady Vain, Edward Prendick is
rescued by Mr. Montgomery. He describes the strange
situations he goes through aboard the ship he is brought into.
Everything he sees is odd, and has some sort of evil within.
The animals he finds in the ship, along with the deformed
assistant of Montgomery give him an abnormal feeling,
which he cannot describe well. The strange noises heard and
the presence of Montgomery’s assistant, make the whole crew
uncomfortable.
This situation comes to an end when they finally arrive on
the island they were headed to. At this point, the drunkard
captain of the ship decides to leave not only Montgomery
and his animals but also Prendick. The man, who was not
invited to the island, is left alone in a dingy. By chance,
Montgomery rescues Prendick once again and takes him to
the island.
Later, they arrive on the island of Doctor Moreau where
a biological station stands. From there on, the novel grows
in intensity as Mr. Prendick discovers all the mysteries the
island holds. What is the big secret of the island?
This story, full of mystery and peculiar situations, will
certainly disturb and provoke the reader, making him
question ethical issues on modern biological manipulation
and genetic engineering. It is definitely recommendable to
read it.
Keber, Francisco / Melzi, Rocío / Andina, Cecilia
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PREPARATORY & CHILDREN I
Callao
Teacher: Lucia Girolimini
DID YOU KNOW? DYSTOPIA
30 years at lcb...
When Viviana Feliciotti hired me 30 years ago, I never
imagined I would work for the Institute for such a long time.
I started working in Lavalle with her …. 3 courses, one of them
Intermediate 2 - with Arthur and Mary as characters……….,
and in Flores with Estela Perrota - 1st children.
So many years …. So many experiences ….. just to mention
some…
• I have had most of the Courses.
• I have experienced the positive changes in the way we
teach English.
• I have had the first Courses for Adults.
• I have been the first teacher with Fabian Wallace at
Quilmes Branch.
• I have taught a lot of students who varied from 8 to 84,
Vicente.
• I have shared good and difficult times with all the people I
have worked in Flores.
And today I´m celebrating these 30 years with all the Flores
team. Thanks to Everybody.
We are a Great Team.
And now, I´m looking forward to my present in December.
Remember I have already been given the watch, the pen, the
key ring and The Plaque……. So now, why not A Weekend
Trip …. A Spa…..
Susana Negroles
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Have you seen “The Hunger Games”, “Minority Report”, “I-Robot”,”
Matrix” or “Insurgent”? Well, they are all examples of dystopias.
The original word is “Utopia”, from Greek “ou”, which means “no”;
and “topos”, which equates to “place”; so a utopia is a place that
does not exist because its characteristics are those of a perfect
place, where life is in total harmony and where people are
completely happy. “Dystopia” is a derivation of “utopia” and means
its opposite: a place where rules are restrictive and oppressive,
ensuing from a state of misbalance that causes people to suffer
the consequences of having to tolerate such norms.
The societies portrayed in the films above are undergoing some
sort of misbalance, otherwise, why would people have to be
sacrificed in a competition where civilians kill each other to survive?
Why would anyone be incarcerated for a lifetime when one has
not committed any crime? Why would a robot save an adult’s life
instead of a little girl who’s drowning? Or why would anyone have
to take a pill in order to see reality instead of keeping on living in a
state of oblivious submission to the machines? These dystopias
had already been created in literary works like The Tempest, by
Shakespeare; Gulliver’s Travels, by Swift; 1984, by Orwell or The
Island of Doctor Moreau, by H.G.Wells.
Dystopias are societies that fictionalize the inherent problems
in the writers’ contemporary social contexts. They don’t stem
from nothingness, but from a deep perception of the world that
surrounds and contains the writers as subjects themselves. One
might wonder, by having a look at our own social pattern, if the
conditions we are living in are not dystopic after all. If technology
keeps making us believe that we are in contact, when the actual
physical contact that the embrace and the caress entail is actually
no longer there thanks to technology, then where are we really
heading towards? When cars and planes get so faster and so
autonomous that they take decisions for humans and end up in
catastrophe, what kind of control are we humans really having
over them? And when we live in such conditions that we end up
thinking the humans around us are pretty much like the monstrous
animalesque pseudo-humans that Moreau has created on his
island, then what feelings are we truly nurturing?
Here's Barrio Norte!
Junior 1
Tue / Thu 17:15 h
Teacher: Camila Sanchez
My Alien
Junior 2
Tue / Thu 17:15 h
Teacher: Silvia Colombo
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KINDER S SCHOOL OBJECTS
Callao
Thank you Romi Arcaro!
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Guess
JOAN ESCOBEDO
ChiLdren II from Callao wrote
some nice guessing games for
you. Enjoy!
Tue / Thu 17:15 h
Teacher: Lucía Girolimini
EZEQUIEL LARA
VALENTINA VIDAL
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the Animal
Children 2
SEBASTIAN QUISPE
KATRINA GIRON
NURIA JACAMO
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Stars Shine in Adrogué
Unit 1: Time for music.
Going to the Gran Rex theatre.
1 Dialogue:
V: Good evening!
L: Good evening!
V: May I have a ticket, please?
L: Yes of course, what band do you want to see?
V: I want to see "The Grandparents of the Nothing."
L: When is it for?
V: It is for Friday 16th in March.
L: Yes. Here is your ticket and here is your
programme.
V: Thank you. Bye.
L: Bye.
2 Dialogue:
A: Good evening!
V: Hello!
A: Can I see your ticket, please?
V: Yes, of course. Here's my ticket.
A: Follow me, please.
V: Ok.
A: It's row 10, seat number 20. Here we are.
V: Thank you.
A: Enjoy the show!
* V- Valentina: Theatre goer.
* L- Leila: Ticket seller.
* A- Aldana: Ticket collector.
Unit 1:Time for music.
Going to the Luna Park II theatre.
1 Dialogue:
M: Good evening.
MP: Good evening.
M: May I have a ticket, please?
MP: Yes,of course, what singer do you wnat to see?
M: I want to see "Taylor Swift."
MP: When is it for?
M: It is for Friday 25th in March.
MP: Yes here is your ticket and here is your
programme.
M: Thank you .Bye.
MP: Bye.
2 Dialogue:
MP: Good evering.
P: Hello.
MP: Can I see your ticket, please?
P: Yes,of course.here is my ticket.
MP: Follow me,please.
P: Ok.
MP: It's row F. Seat number 15. Here we are.
P: Thank you.
MP: Enjoy the show.
* M - Michelle: Theatre goer.
* MP - Martina: Ticket seller.
* P - Pablo: Ticket collector.
Unit 1:Time for music.
Going to the Luna Park I theatre.
1 Dialogue:
C: Good evening.
M: Good evening.
C: May I have a ticket, please?
M: Yes,of course, what singer do you want to see?
C: I want to see "Daddy Yanky."
M: When is it for?
C: It is for Friday 25th in March.
M: Yes here is your ticket and here is your
programme.
C: Thank you. Bye.
M: Bye.
2 Dialogue:
J: Good evening.
C: Hello.
J: Can I see your ticket, please?
C: Yes,of course. Here is my ticket.
J: Follow me,please.
C: Ok.
J: It's row 12. Seat number 20. Here we are.
C: Thank you.
J: Enjoy the show.
* C – Coral: theatre goer.
* M- Mora: ticket seller.
* J – Jeremias: Ticket collector.
LCB Adrogue branch
Teacher: Sancho Laura Ilse
Date: March 2015
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one of the greatest turning points in the history of our country. If you cannot guess all
the words, peep in the key and learn more!
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1) What kind of authority were the protagonists of the Revolution trying to put down?
2) Who’s the best known participant of the Primera Junta who’s also known for having created the national flag?
3) Whose ideas on social and common good were taken into consideration by the members of the Primera Junta?
4) What kind of principles were the revolutionaries trying to establish?
5) The underlying notion behind all the political struggle of the time lies in the idea of----------and what group had
enough of it to take decisions and distribute responsibilities.
6) What country used to enslave the ideas of the people in Argentina at the time?
7) Buenos Aires always enjoyed a high degree of --------------------------- during the whole movement.
8) What province was the axis of this whole movement?
9) The revolutionary ---------------------------------- of 1810, initiates a new era in Argentinean history according to José Luis Romero.
10) The revolutionaries had the intention of ------------------------- the people. That is, make them free from colonization.
11) What piece of writing is the theorist in 3) known for?
12) The feeling of --------------------------- was aroused among the people living in our country thanks to the revolution.
13) What political orientation did the group of illustrated intellectuals support in Buenos Aires?
14) The group of people who would enjoy a certain level of progress in their social conditions after the revolution were the ---.
15) The ultimate end or objective of the people leading the revolution was Argentina’s ---------That is, to be a country
with its own authorities and sovereignty.
16) The intellectuals that participated in the Primera Junta adhered to the principles of the I-----
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1.Monarchical, 2. Manuel Belgrano, 3.Rousseau’s, 4.Democartic, 5.Power, 6.Spain, 7.Hegemony, 8.Buenos Aires, 9.Movement,
10.Emancipating, 11.Social Contract, 12.Nationalism, 13.Liberalism, 14.Creoles, 15.independence, 16.Illustration.