Ice Age

Yesterday evening I decided to have a relaxed evening and therefore I watched the film Ice Age.
It is an absolutely cute and awesome film and I really enjoyed this time. As I had seen the film before it was no problem to follow. I didn´t come across notable words which could be useful so I will give you a short review of that adorably film (for those who don´t know it yet).

First of all, there is Sid the Sloth which has been left behind by his family when they migrated. He decided to restart alone but then he met a problem, he gets attacked by two Rhinos. But thanks to Manny the mammuth Sid survives and so he decides to follow the mammuth as he doesn´t want to be alone. In the meantime a pride of sabre-toothed tigers attack the humans. Diego, one of the tigers, chases a mother and her baby to a waterfall. As the mother wants to saver her babys and also her life, she jumps of the waterfall and dies. The baby survives as the mother pushes her onto the shore. Manny and Sid find the baby and decide to return it to the humans. Diego accompanies them to lure them into an ambush. But as Manny saves Diego´s life he feels guilty and decides to tell them the truth. They made a plan and finally Manny and Sid find the humans and return the baby. Diego gets injured and tells them to leave him but in the end he appears safe and sound and they migrate all together.





Isn´t it nice? I really like this film because it is funny, sad, thirlling, a bit of everything!

My favourite one is Sid, he is the clumsy fellow of the film, but by far the funniest one
Manny is more or less the grim mammuth, but the good soul at the same time. Diego seems to be the bad one, but in fact he has a heart of corn.


If you have not already seen it you have to watch this lovely film! :-)

Oh, there is some vocab:

• sloth: an animal that moves slowly and lives in trees --> Faultier
• pride of lions: a group of lions --> Rudel Löwen
• sabre-toothed tiger: a large wild cat which lived in the past, with two long curved front teeth --> Säbelzahntiger
• shore: the land along the edge of a sea, lake or wide river --> Ufer
• to lure: to persuade someone to do something or go somewhere by offering them something exciting --> locken
• an ambush: an occasion when a person or group of people are ambushed --> Versteck

CNN

Yesterday I watched the CNN news in the evening where one news item was about the gender gap which consits all over the world.

The gender gap is usually expressed as the ratio of female to male earnings among full-time, year-round workers. The pay differentials between men and women in employment have been noted since the 1960s.

The reason for this gap is disputed. Some economists have argued that the tendency of women to get together in women's fobs has led to 'occupational crowding', in which the high supply of applicants for 'women's jobs' drives wages for those jobs downwards.

In 2004, women's wages in the USA were 76.5% of men's wages.

Here is a statistic, taken out of the wikipedia website, which shows the differences of earnings between men and women among all races.

Gilmore Girls

hi,

I know I have not written for a long time, but I had a lot to do for my Italian courses as I have had a presentation today and also some pieces of homework to do.

I think you have seen on the title what my entry is going to be about, yes you are right - Gilmore Girls.
I am really fascinated by this serial although it is not very intelligent but it is funny and relaxing. So I want to introduce my favourite actress to you, it is Lorelai senior. :-)

Her real name is Lauren Graham and she was born on March 16, 1967 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
She grew up in Northern Virginia, and she studied in Barnard College in New York, where she majored in English. Then, she earned an M.F.A. in acting from Southern Methodist University.
(As far as I am informed the M.F.A. is the Mallorca Film Academy)

For further information about her biography explore the following website:
http://www.gilmoregirls.org/lauren.html

About her character in Gilmore Girls:

In my opinion she is the funniest person in the serial. I love her humor and I like her relationship to her daughter. Sometimes Lorelai has a quite rude conversation with her parents but only when it´s necessary.

Then there is Lorelai junior, called Rory Gilmore:

Her name is Alexis Bledel and in reality she is 25 years old. She was born in Houston, Texas and has already spent years in front of the camera as a model. Her parents encouraged her to try the community theatre when she was 8 years old, hoping it would help her to overcome her shyness.
While she was in highschooll she started her modeling career traveling all over to locations like Tokyo, Milan, New York and Los Angeles.
In her freetime Alexis Bledel enjoys writing, reading, shooting photography, going to the movies and spending time with her family.

About her character in Gilmore Girls:

Rory is the shy and sweet girl and she embodies the life of a teenager. She has a very good relationship to her mother and is deemed to be very clever and a hard-working student. She has different relationships and demonstrates the hard life of growing up.
So these are the two main characters of the Gilmore Girls and I promise that I will give you soon more information about this serial. :-)