torsdag 22. september 2011

English: Opening Tasks

a) My name is Sina. I was born in Germany and lived there until I was eight years old. My sister and I went to the kindergarden and the primary school (1th - 4th grade) there. When I was eight years old my family and I moved to Norway. Since that time we have lived here in Norway.
I speak german and norwegian fluently, and I'm trying to learn english so good as well. In my spare time I do a lot of homework, but I'm also with my friends, chatting on the computer, watching TV, and sometimes I also do sports. I like diving very much. I startet to dive in 2008, when I made my "diver education" in the summer holiday.
I live together with my mother, my father, my sister and my pets. We have one dog, and several fishes.
At the moment I'm still going to school, and this is my 11th year at school.


b) My thoughts about "Blood Diamond":

I have different thoughts about the movie Blood Diamond. The first thought that hit me when I saw the movie, was that the situations that are practiced in the movie also happens in real life. Blood Diamond is a movie that is based on real events, and througout the whole movie I thought about how terrible this must be for the once that have to experience that und have to suffer under the trade with illeagal diamonds.
I think the movie shows the awful reality that thousands of people have to go through day after day. Families gets torn apart and children gets brain washed and used as child soliders. Rebels are trying to get control over their countries and they use people as slaves to get their diamonds. The money that they get from the diamond trade is used to finance the weapons and the rebellions against the government.

After I have seen this movie, my thougts about diamond has changed. Now I will think twice about bying a diamond, and ask myself if I want to support the trade with illeagal diamonds or not. Of course, not every diamond is a result of trade with illeagal diamods, but on the other hand nobody will tell you if their diamonds are "blood diamonds"...



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