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Saint Patrick's Day

Saint Patrick's Day is here, you see.
We'll pick some shamrocks, one, two, three.

We'll count the leaves and look them over,
And maybe find a four-leafed clover.

I'll see green buttons on my vest,
Green -for Saint Patrick is the best.

I'll wear a green hat, very high,
And dance a jig - at least I'll try!

1 Do you want alcohol or no alcohol?
2 No alcohol

1So just sodas and juices and then water
2 Do you have coke, sprite, something like that?

1 Yeah, diet coke, sprite and ginger ale
And then cranberry, pineapple, orange, grapefruit juice

2 Can I get a ginger ale?
1 You're welcome

1 Can Iget some water as well?
2 For sure

1 Fish tacos are good?
2 Actually we are eliminating the fish tacos.
I forgot to scratch it off

1 Why is that?
2 Just because they don't get ordered a lot.
We do our fish and chips. It’s very popular.
That's a big piece of fish, French fries and coleslaw.
Being an Irish bar that's we sell a lot of

1 What else would you recommend?
2 I love our chicken tenders. I love our....
I mean everything. I'm so hungry right now.
I can't even eliminate it all.
But yeah, definitely the fish and chips is our best selling.

2 Hamburgers and cheeseburgers are very good
The reuben is very good. We make our corned beef here.
Definitely one of the starters ...

1 Yea, the starter because I’m kind of a little full
Onion rings are good?
2 They're really great

1 Okay let me get some onion rings
2 Onion rings and a glass of water for you?
1 Sure

2 Do you want ice in the water?
1 Yes, please

2 Do you want to hold on to this?
1 Yea, I just gonna hold on to this. Thank you very much.
That looks gorgeous! Thank you
2 Anything else I can get you?

1 And actually I wanted to ask if you, guys,
have something on specials today?
2 No, just the menu

1 And beer-wise?
2 We have happy hour that starts at four o'clock.
It's a dollar twenty-five off all our drafts

1 Well, thank you you so much, appreciate that
2 No problem

1 Excuse me, ma'am, can I get a to-go box?
And can I get my check, please?

2 I'll bring it up. Here's the box
1 Thank you very much, here you go

2 Thank you. You have a beautiful name

1 Appreciate your help!
2 Appreciate you, guys

The human body is an amazing thing, but even though we spend all day with ourselves, there are still plenty of things that you probably don’t know about your body.

We’ve compiled a bumper list of interesting facts for you to drop in conversation and impress your friends!

Five little Leprechauns dressed in green :
They’re the happiest I’ve ever seen.
This Leprechaun has a big gold ring.
This Leprechaun has a song to sing.
This Leprechaun wears a funny wig.
This Leprechaun likes to dance the jig.
This Leprechaun nods his head to say,
« We wish you a happy Saint Patick’s Day ! »

Pele was the goddess of the fire and volcanoes and she was beautiful. Her older sister Namaka was the goddess of the sea. The two sisters were very different. Pele ruled over the volcanoes of the island of Hawaii and Namaka ruled over the cool majestic waves of the ocean. Namaka was married to a powerful sorcerer but he fell in love with Pele. Namaka became enraged.
Namaka sent tsunami waves to destroy Pele's home. Pele escaped on a canoe and tried to hide from her sister on different islands. She created volcanoes and hid inside them, but they sent smoke signals and Namaka kept attacking her.
Pele finally settled on a Hawaiian island. Namaka found her and they engaged in a long battle. Namaka killed her sister and hid her bones under a volcano that is still active under the ocean. The place is called the Bones of Pele.

Hello ! I am Oliver from Toronto in Canada.
Today I want to tell you about my favourite actress ! Her name is Evangeline Lilly. Do you know her ? She is a Canadian actress and she comes from Alberta, a state in the west of Canada.

For me Evangeline Lilly is the best actress ever !! She is very talented. She is creative, imaginative, enthusiastic and so clever !
She usually plays in great films like « Antman and the wasp » or « Lords of the rings ». I love that film !
I think she is great  because she is very good at acting and she can sing very well too.
I know she is terrible at drawing and she is quite bad at playing the piano. But I don’t mind. She is my favourite actress !
In my opinion it is difficult to be a good actress. You need to be both athletic and intellectual. And you have to work hard too.

Speaking about myself I am really bad at acting because I am very shy and I am terrible at singing or dancing but I can draw very well and I am very good at playing the piano. My favourite pianist is Glen Gould.
But that ‘s all for now. I ‘ll tell you about Glen another day !! See you !

The Globe Theatre
"All the world's a stage!" William Shakespeare
The Globe Theatre was built in the reign of Elizabeth I in 1599 by Shakespeare's company The Lord Chamberlain's Men on the south bank of the River Thames. Shakespeare described the theatre as the "Wooden O" because it was circular with an open roof. It could rain or snow on the audience! There was no lightning, so plays were performed in the afternoon. The Globe could hold 2,000 spectators. To attract new audiences, a flag at the top was used to advertise plays. A black flag meant a tragedy, white a comedy and red a history play.The Globe was built around a yard called the pit. Here stood the poor spectators. They only paid one penny. For two pence you could sit on a wooden seat in the balconies above. For three pence you could hire a cushion. For six pence you could sit in the Lord’s Gallery at the back of the stage. There were three levels of galleries around the yard. So, people from different social classes came to watch plays. When the play was good, everybody clapped and cheered. If the play was bad, spectators booed, and maybe threw tomatoes, lettuce or cabbage at the actors. Eating, drinking and shouting were permitted.
The stage was a large platform. The actors entered through three stage doors at the back. In Shakespeare's company there were between 8 to 12 actors but no actresses. In Elizabethan times women were not allowed on stage. The profession was considered immoral so young men dressed up as women played the female roles. There was little scenery, but actors wore rich costumes. There were props, objects that helped the audience understand where and when the scenes took place.
Two wooden pillars supported the thatched roof over the stage and the beautifully painted ceiling was called the Heavens. Above the stage was the musicians' balcony. There was a trapdoor in the stage as well as a trapdoor in the roof, through which actors could appear and disappear to surprise the audience, a special effect in Shakespeare's time. The cellar under the stage was called Hell. The Globe was made of wood and straw. It was destroyed in 1613 by a fire. It was rebuilt a year later and then demolished in 1645. A new theatre was reconstructed to the original plans in 1996. It is now called Shakespeare's Globe.

I'm fed up with him!

I'm sick and tired of her!

I can’t stand him anymore !

She gets on my nerves !

It makes me so angry !

She drives me crazy !

He is so annoying !

It is unfair!

It is not fair!

That's enough !

Today, we are going to talk about Amelia Earhart. Amelia Earhart was an adventurer, a pilot and an author.
She was born in 1897 in Kansas, USA. At a young age, she loved adventure.
As a young woman, she became interested in planes and learnt how to fly planes in the 1920s. She became very good at flying and in 1932, she became the first woman to fly a plane across the Atlantic Ocean by herself and so, she became a celebrity!
She became a best-selling author by publishing her memoir.
In 1935, she began to organize a trip around the world of over 46,000 kilometers.
On the 10th of May 1937, she began her trip to fly around the world. Fred Noonan was a friend of hers. He came with her to help navigate. They used maps, a compass, and the stars to help find their way.
She flew 35,000 kilometers but then, her, her plane and her friend Fred disappeared in the Pacific Ocean.
Amelia Earhart was brave, hardworking, and not afraid of challenges.

1. She has met many interesting people.
2. She has been married three times.
3. She has written a lot of interesting things.
4. She has traveled all over the world.
5. Have you ever played basketball? Just once.
6. Have you ever written a poem? Yes, in high school.
7. They have lots of books and have read all of them.