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Teaching material > William and Kate ´s baby
William and Kate ´s baby
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izulia
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Great site, Peter! Just looked at funny pics, they are fabulous. Can use these images for my lessons! Thanks! ... And yes, I ´m not a native speaker and have nothing to do with England, royal family, etc, etc, but for some reason it made me happy to know the baby king was born. Why? I have no idea... Although I agree that it ´s unfair that so many babies in need don ´t get enough attention... |
22 Jul 2013
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Jayho
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Well, it´s very interesting - no media frenzy here what so ever. Although born just 12 hours ago, in my state newspaper it´s only number 8 of most viewed items and was on the front page (a banner) for such a short time though it possibly will be no 1 in tonight´s TV news . If someone wants to read about it they have to go to the World News section. That really says it all. As Peter said, it´s of no significance to us. Most people I know don´t care either way - they are just not interested. The royalty only ever visit us once in a blue moon and when they do such a fortune is spent, valuable money that really could be better spent elsewhere, but I must say that at those times Royalty is warmly welcomed. It probably won´t be too long though before Australia becomes a republic because basically the values of a monarchy are really quite opposite to the Australian values of today. Please note, that I am in no way for or against the original post, or of anyone´s opinions. I just decided to join the conversation, and an interesting one it turned out to be.
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23 Jul 2013
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Jayho
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To ponder on the indigenous issue: Most indigneous people speak English as a second lanaguage (there are hundreds of indigneous languages) and there are many indigenous ESL teachers out there in the education system. To many indigenous people Botany Bay is a sad reminder of their heritage, where indigenous people had been for thousands of years. So that ´s why I say BB is not such a nice place. Although celebrated as the birthplace of modern Australia, I felt somewhat uncomfortable every time I took visitors to see Captain Cook´s memorial and I really hated seeing that plaque of the diary entry there, and the words it contained, and found it quite disrespectful to our indigenous people. But that´s just my opinion and I in no way wish to discredit anyone´s opinion. We are all entitled to an opinion and I respect everyone´s opinion. Mariethe asked for info on indigneous children - I don ´t work with indigneous children though I have worked alongside the most amazing and dedicated indigenous people for my entire working life (30+ years). Here are some links for anyone who is interested: Cheers Jayho
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23 Jul 2013
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aliciapc
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@cunliffe : I don ´t think anyone was offended by your comments! It ´s just you giving an opinion which everyone is entitled to !
@peter : thanks for the website, much more interesting information there to work with, than this "royal" baby ...
Anyway, important or not ... it has kept us talking about it ! 
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24 Jul 2013
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