Robin Hood

Ridley Scott's latest film Robin Hood was released on 12th May .To some it is a fresh new perspective on the legendary outlaw to others it is just a replica of Gladiator.

But what is the historical fact behind the legend of Robin hood ? It is simply not possible to locate the historical Robin Hood with any certainty. His fame and popularity were such that within a generation his true identity had been obscured by legend. There is some written evidence of a fugitive called Robert Hod, nicknamed "Hobbehod" in 1225 and an epitaph on a grave at Kirkless dated 1247 .On this flimsy evidence , it is possible to construct a chronology; Robin hood active in the 1190s, an oulaw by 1225, dead by 1247 and a legend by 1261.

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King John: The king does not bargain for the loyalty that every subject owes him. Without loyalty there is no ______(1). There is nothing.
Robin Hood: I am here to speak for Sir Walter Loxley.
King John: Speak...if you must.
Robin Hood: To try to ____(2) for the future , you must set the foundations strong. The laws of this land ,enslave people to its king, a king who demands loyalty but offers nothing in return. You build a country like you build a _________(3): from the ground up!
Empower every man , and you will gain ______(4).

1-kingdom 2- build 3- cathedral 4- strength

Have you watched the film ? Did you like it ?

Tell us what you think. You can start like this:
From my point of view....
In my opinion...
Personally, I would say that...
To be honest....

1,000,000,000 people live in chronic hunger

and I am MAD as HELL !!!

Jeremy Irons is mad as hell that one billion people live in chronic hunger. Watch the video while you check the script below. And if you are also mad as hell...Don't forget to check out the link below and sign the petition to push for action. http://www.1billionhungry.org/
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SCRIPT
Somebody said:"I don't have to tell you things are bad". Well, he was _____(1). I mean, everyone knows things are bad.Seems like we are stuck in a world where we can't _____(2) a single thing but the climate.

Every time we check the _____(3) we've been hit by a quake or a storm or a financial disaster. We know things are bad..._____(4) than bad... they're crazy ! It looks like everything , everywhere is going _____(5) so we don't go out any more. But we still think we are connected with all the people of the world. But that's not true, people ______(6) the world suffer hunger , cronic hunger! One billion people, one billion of us , now that's bad, worse than bad, that's crazy.

And we've got to get mad.
I want you to get mad
I want you to get up right now , stick your head out of the window and _____(7).
I am mad as hell.
I am mad as hell
I am mad as hell and I am not going to let one billion people go hungry.

You tell them.

(Answers: 1-right 2-change 3-news 4-worse 5 -crazy 6-around. 7- yell )

Charles Dickens

Have you ever wondered about the life of the English author, Charles Dickens? Well, the BBC website has an entertaining, animated story about his life that is very easy to understand! There is also an interactive game, called Survive Dickens' London, where you have to help one of Dickens' most popular characters, Oliver Twist, while learning about the life and time of the author. If that's not enough information, you can enter the BBC's encyclopedic page of Historic Figures, and learn more about him or any other important historical person.