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Tasks for the holidays:
- Watch Rear Window, with subtitles in your own language.
- Watch Rear Window again, with English subtitles.
- Read Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake. This is a hard book! It will take a long time to read.
- Read these three stories from Joyful Strains:
- Ouyang Yu's 'When Shall We Get Back To Our Country' [China]
- Chi Vu's 'The Uncanny' [Vietnam]
- Shalini Akhil's 'Home and (take)Away' [Fiji]
- Watch ALL of these stories on Behind the News twice (or until you understand all of it):
- Marriage Survey Results http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s4765547.htm
- Driverless Cars http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s4765552.htm
- Paradise Papers http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s4761942.htm
- Ozone Improvement http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s4761969.htm
- History of Toilets http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s4761971.htm
- Uluru Climbing Ban http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s4759791.htm
- Flu Vaccine http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s4759776.htm
- Recycling http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s4759796.htm
Choose one of the issues, in your own country:
- How can we encourage recycling?
- What are the pros and cons of riding bicycles?
- Why should we use more renewable energy?
- How can we help poor people?
- Are taxes too high?
Explain the issue in your own language, and then translate that into English (400 words).