My lifeline

       I was born in 1995 in a village named Privetnoye. Here I spent my childhood. At the age of 6, I went to school.  There were my most carefree years. In 2010 I got my first job as a seller in Koktebel. In 2012 I left school and went to the best university of Crimea. Here I met wonderful people with whom I will spend the best years of my life. Not so long I’ve celebrated my eighteenth birthday in a circle of my beloved friends. Now, I'm building the big plans and I hope to put them all in life.

Julia K. on Dipity.

My lifeline

I was born on May, 2, 1995 in Sevastopol Maternity House 2. At the age of five I attended local amateur dance course with my friends. Later, at the age of 6, I entered local elementary school. I was a little bit off the usual schedule, I came to school on the 18th of Semtemper. At first, I didn't wanted to go to school , but then , most of my friends went there and I didn't have anyone to socialise with. Being in the second grade, I went to a musical school in order to master piano. In 2009 I went on a significant trip to Lvov with all of my classmates. It was really full of emotions. In 2012 I finished school and entered TNU ) Nowadays, my life is in progress and I hope it will have lots of exciting curves.

Vladislav S. on Dipity.

My lifeline

     I was born in Simferopol in 1995. About a year later, my mother came out of the maternity leave, so I had been living with my grandparents for 2 years. There I spent the happiest moments of my childhood. When I was 4, I began to attend dance club. That year I first took part at concert and it was very exciting. At the age of 6, I went to the 1st class. I met a lot of friends and acquaintances, with whom I still keep in touch. I also started to attend hand-make club at school. 2011 year was special for me, as that year I met my bestfriend. I had to study a lot and harder in 2012, as I had to finish school with good marks and went to University. Now I'm extremely glad that my plans and dreams came true!

Lifeline on Dipity.

My Lifeline

Everybody has events and moments in his life which he will remember the whole life. Some of the events influence on our personality and life at least or more. Each of these events entails something new. As a rule these moments are infinitely precious for us.
I’d like to tell you about the most important and memorable events in my life. Unfortunately I have not got a lot of significant events in my life but my whole life is in front of me. I will try to fill it with bright colours.



                                                 My parents and I
                                                       

My first success

Go to university

Vika K. on Dipity.

My Lifeline

There are days in our life that we can never forget. For some people this is their birthday or an important event. For my parents the most memorable day is my birthday. They say that it was the happiest day in their life. As for me, I have many days to remember. They are the days spent with my family or friends. Now I want to tell you about the most important events in my life...

I was born in Dzhankoy in 1995. About a year later, my family moved to Yevpatoria and I spent my childhood there. I went to school in Yevpatoria in 2001. There I met my best friend, Dasha. I have shared much good time with Dasha and I feel fortunate to have met her. While I was at school I started dancing and I attended dancing lessons for 5 years. In 2012 I left school and went to university. I met many new friends there!

My Lifeline on Dipity.

Timeline

I was born in 1994 in a small city, Simferopol, in Ukraine. Here I spent my childhood, went to school, fall in love and enter the university. In 2001 I went to school, I liked it. Than in 2008 I should change my school after this important for me step my life changed. In autumn of the same year I fall in love and found my best friend. In 2012 I end my school and passes exams. Later, I understood that English is my life and in September 2012 I enter the university. In February 2013 I get engaged and now I am extremely happy.

Timeline on Dipity.

The video report

Create your lifeline

Good day! As you remember, in Module 4 we listened to Sara Rossi talking about her lifeline. There is a number of online tools with the help of which you can create an interactive timeline, enlivening it with  photos, music and videos. Here is an example of a timeline which I created based on Sara's lifeline in the textbook.

Sara Rossi's Lifeline on Dipity.

Your task is to create a lifeline like Sara's for yourself and publish it on the blog. Go to www.dipity.com and create a free account by clicking 'Join Dipity' button at the top. When you are finished, click 'Create a Timeline', choose a title for your timeline and write a short description. After that add events to your timeline, typing in titles, dates and descriptions. You can upload a picture from your computer to represent each event. When the timeline is ready, get the 'embed code' and insert it into your blog post. Voila, here is your lifeline! Don't forget to add an essay describing your timeline.
Instead of using Dipity you can opt for any timeline creating tool, for example:
myhistro.com, which allows you to combine timelines and maps, so that places you mention (birthplace, journey destinations, etc. can be traced via Google Maps)
timetoast.com
timerime.com (enables you to have more than one type of media for each event)
Waiting to see your works! 

Birthday of our beloved department

Dear students! My congratulations on the birthday of the Department of Foreign Languages!
The concert was marvellous. Katya, Lena and Vlad, you are gorgeous! You've made my day! It was great to have the possibility to see you from a different angle and enjoy your talent.

Family Vocabulary

Since the unit we are studying deals with twins, genes, life events and, ultimately, family, let's brush up your family vocabulary. Here is as full a list as I could compile. Translating some of the words and expressions into Russian may present a problem, so be sure to check them in a monolingual dictionary and to be able to explain the meanings in English. Learn the vocabulary for a dictation.

Family Vocabulary by Maribella2012

More on twins

I hope you have found the text of Module 3, Parallel Lives, informative and  thought-provoking. However, our discussion about twinning left us with some unanswered questions, such as whether the ability to produce twins is hereditary. Today I suggest that you skim through an article on the topic,  How Twins Work, 

and find answers to the following questions:

What differences between the “Jim twins” were discovered during the study?

What is a singleton?

What are two basic types of twins?

What is the ratio of monozygotic to dizygotic twins?

Where does the world’s largest annual gathering of twins take place?

What is vanishing twin syndrome?

What are conjoint twins?

Can twins have different biological fathers?

What is the birthrate of identical twins?

What factors influence the chances of having twins?

Has the birthrate of twins been changing over time?

Does the rate of twinning depend on the ethnic origin or race of women?

Women of what origin are the least likely to have twins?

What is cryptophasia? Why does it happen?

What about a movie?

Hi! Today I'd like to suggest watching an episode from a TV series Tales of the Unexpected. The episode features a woman, Betsy, who is devastated when her long-time partner Jack tells her that he is moving to Australia to marry another woman and begins to pack chests of his belongings - some of them shared items - to send ahead. Enraged Betsy lashes out at him. As a result, thanks to Betsy's efforts, Jack's new girlfriend will have an extra surprise when she opens his luggage.

Does it ring a bell?.. Right. It's the screen adaptation of The Glowing Future by Ruth Rendell.

So, watch the film and answer the following questions:

Which appeals to you more - the story or the film? Why?

What do you think of the cast? Do the actors correspond to what you imagined the characters to look like?

Is there any divergence between the plots?

Our group!

A Glowing Future

Hello, everybody. As far as I understood, our next home-reading story, "A Glowing Future" by Ruth Rendell has aroused controversial opinions and heated debates among you. That's good! It means the story has touched your feelings, has prompted you to discuss it and share your point of view.
So, here are exercises to the story.

A Glowing Future by Maribella2012