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Anoixi Junior High school

Our English Mag
April 2013– Issue 5

separated this great lake into several

STRANGE LAKES smaller ones. The 18 lakes are those
that remain there today, creating an
impressive landscape. "

Because of the prevailing heat and

The Ounianga Lakes are a group of 18
lakes located in the heart of the Sahara
Desert, an extremely arid region in
northern Chad, where average annual
rainfall is not more than 2 mm.
strong winds throughout the year, the
evaporation rate of water of the lakes is
large. However, the underground
watercourse is big enough to still
provide the lakes with enough water
with no particular problem.
It is worth noting that this underground
hydrological system is unique in the
world in that it is the only one that has
been found to exist in such a barren
and desolate environment, such as that
of the Sahara, and is included in
UNESCO Heritage of UNESCO.
(By Stavros Tzikas)

Their preservation depends on the

volume of water that is "stored"
underground and fell in the area during
ancient times, when the climate of the
Sahara was much wetter than it is
today. "Thousands of years ago, the
area was a single large lake”, say the
scientists, “and over the years the
climate changed and the lakes shrank.
In addition, large volumes of sand
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EASTER IN GREECE

T he holy Easter fills our heart with love and kindness.

That period of time reminds us the horrible tortures
of Christ. We prepare ourselves with fasting in
order to ‘’accept’’ the big message of Anastasis. The big
The ‘’Lazarakia’’

On the Saturday of Lazarus children

feast of Christianity, which comes every year together from different places around
with the smells of spring, brings to our souls a special Greece go to all the houses of their
charm that ‘’renovates’’ us. village singing the Lazarus carols.
They have with them undyed eggs
Customs of Easter and small pieces of bread, the
‘’Lazarakia’’ or ‘’Lazarelia’’. They are
Balloons of Arcadia made of nuts, cinnamon, raisins,
tahini and they have the shape of a human dressed with
We ‘’meet’’ a long cloth and a turban.
them at
Leonidio of
Arcadia. At the
night of May this Easter give love and you take love…
Anastasis
young people,
who have
created small balloons, set them free high in the sky
creating a spectacular show. This custom dates from the
19th century. Every single house prepares its own balloon
with paper and a pole. For their firing they use the
‘’kalimmara’’, a fabric which is impregnated with oil and
petrol. From every parish -there are five- more than a
hundred balloons are set free. Imagine the spectacle!
(by Ariadni Voskaki)
Anastasis in Corfu

On Holy Saturday, the priest gets out from the sanctuary

with the cross, which is decorated with flowers. The
bells ring joyfully. The housewives throw from their
windows big pitchers of clay, which are called ‘’botides’’
and when they break they make big noise. This custom
symbolizes the
victory of Christ
against sin and
death.

EVERYBODY !!!
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It ends with Bella and Edward dancing at the

school prom, with Bella wanting him to
transform her into one of his kind.
Twilight has also been turned into a
film made by Summit Entertainment. It was
released first in the United States and then
made into a DVD.

(By Lucy Kotsiopoulou)

Twilight
And now a few ……. English Jokes
Twilight is a vampire fiction novel
written by the American writer Stephanie
Meyer. She finished her writing on the 9th of B: What’s the difference between a smart
August in 2003 and was published by Jodi English man and a unicorn?
Reamer of Writers House. A: Nothing, they're both fictional characters!
The storyline of Twilight came to
Meyer in a dream, the dream being about a Q: What's the difference between the
girl and a vampire in love with her, who England football team and a tea bag?
thirsted for her blood. In the end she decided A: The tea bag stays in the cup longer.
to write a book based on this dream.
Stephenie never did plan to get this book Q: What's the difference between Princess
published, because she was more writing it Diana and Elton John?
for her own amusement. A: Princess Diana never became a queen of
However, when she asked for her England
sister's opinion she insisted that the public
should be able to read it as well. Out of the
Q: Why aren't the England football team
15 letters she wrote to various publishers 5
allowed to own a dog?
were not answered, 9 were rejected, but the
A: Because they can't hold on to a lead.
last one was replied to by Jodi Reamer, who
had decided to publish her book.
Q: What’s the difference between Cinderella
The story is about a young girl
and the England football team?
named Bella, who decides to go and live
A: Cinderella wanted to get to the ball!
with her father, because her mother and
(by Ilias Tsagarakis)
stepfather go a baseball trip. In her new
school she meets a vampire who is in love
with her, but has trouble being near her
because he thirsts for her blood. Once he
takes her to play baseball with his family
and unfortunately meets three other
vampires named Laurent, Victoria and
James. Throughout the rest of the story
James follows her to bite her. But Edward
and his family manage to get to her in time.
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comes , we decided to draw an

Easter basket with a lot of sweets ,
like chocolate bunnies and eggs !!!
To participate, all you need to do is
buy one of our magazines . At the
top of the cover you will see a code
number . Each code represents a
sweepstake. The draw will take
th
place on Thursday 25 April in our
indoor gym after the festival of
Hello everyone! This month, many traditional dances involving schools
things happened. First of all, on from all over the Dionysos borough.(
April Fool's Day, all classes of our Feel free to buy as many
schools played pranks on our newspapers as you like!) I would
teachers. Some teachers also like to wish you good luck,
understood the prank and did their because after the Easter holidays
own prank to the pupils! It was too we are going to take the final
much fun!! exams. I wish all the best to
Another important fact is that on everyone . I ‘ll meet you in the
Tuesday 16th April, our school went autumn when the schools open , so
on a one-day trip to Korinthos!! First, HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!!!
we stopped at the isthmos of Written by: Konstandina Chimara
Korinthos. Then, we visited Until then… from the Teen News
Akrokorinthos, that is, ancient team……
Korinthos . Our last stop was on
Vraxati beach , where we stayed 4
and a half hours and then at 20:00
p.m. , we came back in Anoixi. But
the trips don’t seem to end. On
th
Wednesday 17 April , the choir of
our school went to Plaka to visit the
museum of traditional musical
instruments! The choir visited first
Plaka and then Monastiraki , and , in
the end , we visited the museum ,
which was perfect! We saw the
musical instruments and then with
headphones , we heard a song that
was based on the musical
instrument that we were looking at !
I have also told you that on Sunday
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21 April , our school choir went to
Arsakeio school to sing for a music
festival!!! The little singers sang a
remix song which included the
songs: “Paliatsos” , “Pame ston
Adwni gia kafe “ and ” S’agapw “. At
this point I would like to thank Mr.
Mathos that made the remix of the
songs and made a lot of rehearsals
with the kids that played the musical
instruments and with the choir to
have this perfect result!! I also have
to tell you that this issue is the last
one for this year so we have a
present for you! Because Easter