Μάθημα : ENGLISH A CLASS LYCEUM

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‘Pride and Prejudice’ is a romantic novel by Jane Austen, dealing with the idea of love during the late 18th century in England. The novel talks about the importance of marrying for love, not simply for money, despite the social pressures to choose a good (which means rich) partner. The comedy of the writing lies in the presentation of manners, education, marriage and money during that period.

Mr. Bennet is an English gentleman who lives in Hertfordshire with his bossy wife and their five daughters. The family’s future happiness and security depend on the girls’ marriages since their house, after Mr. Bennet’s death, will be left to a cousin they have never met before. They all lead an ordinary life until the arrival of a rich gentleman in their neighbourhood. Mr. Bingley, who rents a large house in order to spend the summer in the countryside, brings along his sister and his attractive, rich and proud friend, Mr. Darcy. Love is soon in the air for one of the Bennet sisters. Yet, many difficulties stand between the Bennet sisters and their happiness due to social class differences, gossip and scandals.

‘Pride and Prejudice’ is a story of romance between the lively and lovely but poor and prejudiced Elizabeth Bennet and the proud but arrogant and distant aristocrat Mr. Darcy. The story shows the emotional development of Elizabeth, who, over the years, learns from her mistakes, regrets having formed her opinion in a hurry and comes to understand the difference between superficial and essential.

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New technologies always cause generational panic, which usually has more to do with adult fears than with the lives of teenagers. In the 1980s, the great danger was the Sony Walkman. When you look at today's digital activity, the facts are much more positive than you might expect. Indeed, social scientists who study young people have found that their digital use can be inventive and even beneficial. This is true not just in terms of their social lives, but their education, too. So, if you use a ton of social media, do you become unable, or unwilling to take part in face-to-face contact? Research found that the most enthusiastic texters are also the kids who are most likely to spend time with friends in person. One form of socializing doesn't replace the other. It increases it. Parents are wrong to worry that kids don't care about privacy. In fact, they spend hours adjusting their Facebook settings or using quick delete sharing tools, such as Snapchat, to erase their traces. Or they post a photograph on Instagram, have a pleasant conversation with friends and then delete everything so that no traces remain. This is not to say that kids always use good judgement; they can be careless and make mistakes, sometimes serious ones. But working out how to behave online is a new social skill. While there's plenty of drama and offensiveness online, it is not, for most teens, a cycle of non-stop abuse.

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Christian Guibbert, a former police officer, was shopping in a Super U supermarket when he heard several shots. It was 8km away from Carcassonne in Trebes, a sleepy town of 5,000 people in southern France. At about 11:00 am, the attacker, a man of 25, walked into the shop shouting “Allahu Akbar” and claiming he was a soldier of the Islamic State. Around 50 people were inside the building. The attacker immediately opened fire, killing one supermarket worker and one customer.

The attacker, named as Radouane Lakdim, was born in Morocco and lived in Carcassonne. He had been on an intelligence watchlist since 2014. He had also been accused twice in 2011 and 2015 of minor crimes, including drug-dealing. During surveillance, security services had not seen signs that suggested Lakdim would commit an attack. The situation at the supermarket lasted just over three hours, during which the gunman had asked for the release of Salah Abdeslam, the only surviving member from the group that carried out the November 2015 Paris attacks. When members of the French police attempted to evacuate the supermarket they found out that Lakdim was holding several hostages. Lt Col Arnaud Beltrame, a police officer, volunteered to take the hostages’ place. He finally ended up seriously injured and died from his injuries a day later. However, the interior minister praised the officer’s heroism as he had saved others by exchanging himself with the hostages. The attacker was shot dead by the police. Abdeslam is kept in a French prison as the investigation into the Paris attacks continues.

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Christian Guibbert, a former police officer, was shopping in a Super U supermarket when he heard several shots. It was 8km away from Carcassonne in Trebes, a sleepy town of 5,000 people in southern France. At about 11:00 am, the attacker, a man of 25, walked into the shop shouting “Allahu Akbar” and claiming he was a soldier of the Islamic State. Around 50 people were inside the building. The attacker immediately opened fire, killing one supermarket worker and one customer.

The attacker, named as Radouane Lakdim, was born in Morocco and lived in Carcassonne. He had been on an intelligence watchlist since 2014. He had also been accused twice in 2011 and 2015 of minor crimes, including drug-dealing. During surveillance, security services had not seen signs that suggested Lakdim would commit an attack. The situation at the supermarket lasted just over three hours, during which the gunman had asked for the release of Salah Abdeslam, the only surviving member from the group that carried out the November 2015 Paris attacks. When members of the French police attempted to evacuate the supermarket they found out that Lakdim was holding several hostages. Lt Col Arnaud Beltrame, a police officer, volunteered to take the hostages’ place. He finally ended up seriously injured and died from his injuries a day later. However, the interior minister praised the officer’s heroism as he had saved others by exchanging himself with the hostages. The attacker was shot dead by the police. Abdeslam is kept in a French prison as the investigation into the Paris attacks continues.