Cover design: Ricardo FortunatoSupervising Teachers:Sally and Jeff

News

April 2011

Contents Brazilian Food – Kylie’s class

Recipe – Brigadeiros (Gui)

Adventure – Sydney on the Cheap (Bruno Nakamura)Daytime Student of the month(Interviewed by: Miso)

Evening Student of the month(Interviewed by: Juan Esteban Diaz Espinoza, e600b)

How Much Do You Know? – quiz!(created by Onur, 502)

Photos from our Japan Morning Tea

Boomerang Highlights

What’s on in Sydney (Hakbae)

Meet the team

Voices

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Brazilian Food:

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Tomomi / Japan I like red beans and rice – good partner!

Shiny / Korea

Fabio/ BrazilIt was a brilliant meal and I especially really love ‘picanha’, the name of the beef dish. It is famous in Brazil and is best when it’s BBQ.

IB/KoreaIt’s very tasty. The black beans were sweet. I liked the rice with egg to eat that more time!

Brazilian food is one of the most delicious in the world apart from Korea

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Yuki/Japan

Kylie/ Australia

Wow! Very filling but delicious!

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Maude/France

Lovely food!

Megumi/Japan

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This was the first time I’d eaten rice with beans. It was nice!!

It was absolutely delicious. I wanna eat it again

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Recipe

Here is the Brigadeiro recipe: - 1 can of condensed milk (approx. 400g)- 1 teaspoon of butter- 4 tablespoons of chocolate powder (if you can find it in your country) or 6 tablespoons of milk chocolate drink powder (Nescau, Nesquick, Milo, etc.) Mix the ingredients in a saucepan.Heat on the stove over low heat. Keep stirring it until the Brigadeiro starts to get thick. Once it has the proper consistency take it off the heat and keep stirring for about a minute so that the Brigadeiro won't stick to the bottom of the saucepan. Put it on a greased bowl or a tray and wait for it to cool.  Enjoy and be happy forever! Hint: Once the Brigadeiro is still hot on the saucepan it will look softer, but as it cools down it will get more solid. Cheers!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHOtPxJ9rdc

Brigadeiros

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Cheap Things in Sydney!

Sydney is the destination of a lot of students that want to improve their English! In this city we can find many opportunities to have fun, study, work, etc...however most of us have a preoccupation in common, MONEY! so now I will show you some options to survive in this fantastic city without spending a lot of money!

-Century Bar: in this place we can have a drink for just 3 dollars, that's very cheap if we compare with other bars in Sydney! address: 640 George Street, Sydney -International Court: this is the most cheap food court in Navitas' area, it's possible have a meal for 5 dollars, most of the restaurants are asian, so if you like this kind of food that's a good option.Address: in George Street opposite of Wynyard station -Three Monkeys, Cheers and Star Bar: if you want to have fun and don't have money to spend in entrance fees these are the right place, you can enter for FREE!!address:555 George St Sydney, 561 George Street Sydney , 600 George Street SydneyShark Hotel: this is a very good choice if you are extremely hungry! You can eat as much as you can for only 10 dollars. address:127 Liverpool Street Sydney-Onur`s kebab shop: the most delicious-Chinatown: in this place you can find eveyrthing, food, clothes, fruits, electronics for cheap price -beach:finally the famous Australian's beaches, maybe the best place to have fun in Sydney!

So take advantage of these tips and have fun in Sydney !

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DaytimeStudent of the

monthHi, I’m Julio Alberto Alegre

Stelzer from Brazil. I’m in class

502

How long will you study at Navitas? From now, I have 6 more weeks

Why did you choose Sydney to study? I have a lot of friends who had been in Sydney and they recommended me to choose Sydney because it’s the biggest city in Australia

What do you do in your free time? I’m doing some subjects from my university (biology) and I try to learn Australian culture

How is your life in Australia? Quite easy. My routine is not over charged.

Talk a bit about your background. I’m a biologist. I used to work in research program. I came Australia to improve my English for my job.

What do you expect for the future? Keep working on what I’m doing now.

Congratulations from everyone at Navitas, Julio!

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EveningStudent of the Month!

How long will you study at Navitas? I’ve already paid until September, which means a year.

Why did you choose Sydney to study? I had different reasons, such as, my teacher’s advice, I’ve got some relatives living in Australia. But the main reason is I like the weather. For us it’s really important; we love the sun and beaches. What do you do in your free time? Actually I don’t have much free tim, because I’ve been working very hard. When I have free time I usually prefer to relax at home. Only on Fridays sometimes I go out. I really like spending time with my husband enjoying his company.

How is your life in Australia? Every week is busy. I wake up usually at 6.00am, I have my breakfast and then I go to work from 8.00 until 15.00, then the school from 16.40 until 21.00.

Talk a bit about your background. I have an Accounting degree from Brazil. I got married last January in here with my husband, and he is also from Brazil. We’ve been together for 4 years or so. In few words, I can say that my life changed totally here in Sydney, for example, married status, wishes, priorities and expectation of life.

What do you expect for the future? I would like to extend my visa to study something related to my career (accounting), but unfortunately I can’t afford it. Then, I’ve been thinking about living abroad, to know different cultures and maybe go back to Brazil. I just said maybe because even missing Brazil and my family, now my family is new and is my husband.

Hi! I’m Fernanda Dias and I’m in E300.

Fernanda Dias was born on 23 October, 1985. She is from Sao Paolo, Brazil. She arrived in Sydney on 26 Sepember, 2010 and should be back in Brazil in October 2011. Currently, she is in the Intermediate level.

9 10Check your answers on page 17

1-Who drew the first world map?

2-FIFA football matches played by the rules - how

much weight should the ball be?

3-What is the name of the tunnel that connects England with France?

4-What is the name of the longest river in the world?

5-Which country invented the compass?

6-How deep is the deepest part of the ocean?

Created by Onur Moran, 502

7-Who was the first human to set foot on the Moon?

8-What is the World's fastest flying bird?

9- In which country and cities were the second world war atomic bombs dropped?

10-What is the name of the island named after themost famous animal in Australia?

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THANK YOU!Staff and students at Navitas Sydney held a Morning Tea to raise money for Japan.Thank you to everyone who took part – we raised over $700 – a great effort!

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Obrigado!

Thanks so much for supporting this event!We managed to raise over $3000 for Leandro!

Well done everyone and a massive thank you!

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Boomerang May Highlights

Navitas Football!Come and celebrate the football season by watching Navitas play in the ELSA cup! Come and play or cheer your team to victory! Every Friday @ 3pm Queens Park

Beach Volleyball Competition – City/Bondi vs. ManlyCome along for a free midday beach volleyball session in Manly! City & Bondi students will play off against Manly for the win! Afterwards we will all head down for a victory lunch.Saturday 14th May – Free

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Outback GoldA 3 day, 2 night tour set in the picturesque Wollemi National Park! Includes transport, guide, glow worm cave walk, Newnes historic outback pub, gold panning walk, visit to the old Chinese walls, and some meals!Only $325 – Book by 27/4

Australia’s Biggest Morning TeaHelp us raise some much needed funds for the Cancer Council at this year’s biggest morning tea! Buy or bake something for the occasion!Thursday 26th May

Sydney Town Hall Grand Organ RecitalFree lunchtime organ concert at The Centennial Hall.When : Tues10 May; 12.30PM to 13.30PM Where : Sydney Town Hall,Cost : freeWebsite : http://sydneytownhall.com.au

Sydney Royal Easter Show Exhibitions and Shows, Sporting Events

The Sydney Royal Easter Show is jam-packed with family entertainment bringing the best of the country to the city. Come along and get amongst Australia’s greatest – see the animals, meet our Australian farmers and be entertained like never before.

Come and see the famous Dairy Farmers Farmyard Animal Nursery where you will be able to feed, pat and hold all of the baby animals. Join an ‘Ask a Farmer’ Shed Tour and go ‘behind-the-scenes’ in the cattle pavilion.

The Sydney Royal Easter Show is renowned internationally as one of the most prestigious shows of its kind, and the largest in the southern hemisphere.

So come on down and get amongst Australia’s greatest this Easter!When: From 9.30am daily; Thur 14/04/11 - Wed 27/04/11Cost: $34 entry (Ask Boomerang about discount tickets)Website: www.eastershow.com.au

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What’s on

Archibald Wynne and Sulman Prizes - Exhibitions and Shows

The Prize is one of Australia's oldest and most prestigious art awards. Since its inception in 1921 the prize has been awarded to some of Australia's most important artists including George Lambert, William Dobell and Brett Whiteley. Where: Art Gallery of NSWWhen: 16 Apr – 26 Jun 2011Cost: $10http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au

Catch some Aussie Footy!

NRL - Rugby LeagueGames on every Fri, Sun, Sat.Where: Sydney Football Stadium, ANZ Olympic Stadium , Parramatta Stadium, Brookvale Oval, Leichhardt OvalCost: Around $20Check the website: www.nrl.com

AFL - Aussie Rules FootballWhere: SCGWhen: 7pm:Sat Apr 16, Fri Apr 29, Sat May 14; 2pm:Sun May 22, Sun Jun 12.Cost: From $15/$24 upwardswww.sydneyswans.com.au

in Sydney…

ENJOY YOUR FREE TIME

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How Much Do You Know ANSWERS: 1- Piri Reis 2- 452 grams 3- Manche Tunnel/Channel Tunnel 4- Nile 5- China 6- Marina Trench (11,033 m) 7- Neil Armstrong 8- Eagle (approx. 322 km/h) 9- Japan:Hiroshima & Nagasaki 10- Kangaroo Island

Meet the Team!

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Miso

Jeff

BrunoSally

OnurGui

Umut

How do feel your mother in the morning?

Advanced student

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VOICES

New Students!!!! Stop asking me

how to get to the Opera House–

an old student

Hi, I’m Asian girl and I’m

interested in an Asian

Brazilian guy. He is called

Tiago – I hope we will meet in

the future- hopeful and

romantic

Please fix the urinal on the 3rd floor – desperate Brazilian!

Go to Blue Mountains and enjoy the stairs – fitness freak

This is illegal, I’m sure! – 502 student when

he saw the Reading Test

I went to do the nails and

it’s cheap. I think the bus

is expensive – Vaiana Seuvea

Change the house family

for a share apartment – it’s

a good experience!

I am so upset coz I am going to leave from Navitas in two weeks – Turkish Delight

Go to the fish market –

you can get great

photos of fish! – 502

students

I like blonde jokes but

sometimes I’m MORE

stupid because I can’t

understand! – handsome boy

I’m a naughty boy! - Douglas

Sydney is a really nice city – apart from the terrible weather, life is very pleasant in Australia – French guy