CROSSROADS Language StudioÊs Newsletter, May 2009
Last month, under the heading of “whatgoes around, comes around” we looked at
an inspiring story about Winston
Churchill. This month we will take thetheme in a different direction.
STORY # 2: Before WWII, in the days ofprohibition and boot-legged alcohol, gangsters
such as Al Capone had a big influence on
American culture. Capone, in particular,
became infamous in Chicago and his influence
was everywhere. He could not have survived,‘though, without an organization of likeminded individuals around him.
One such individual was “Easy Eddie” hislawyer. Eddie was very skilled at his job
and kept Capone out of trouble for manyyears. As his reward, Capone made surethat Eddie lived in luxury. Eddie had it all!
And, by all accounts, he enjoyed his opulent
life-style to the full, showing little concern
for anyone or anything else.
But Eddie had one soft-spot, his son. He
doted on his son making sure he always
had the very best that money could buy.
The one thing he could not pass on to him,
however, was a good name. This must haveplayed heavily on Eddie’s mind because
one day he decided to set the records
straight in order to leave at least asemblance of integrity for his son to be
proud of. Eddie “ratted” on the mob. He
testified against Capone, but at great costto himself. Within a year, Eddie wasgunned down in a hail of bullets on a street
in Chicago.
Some years after this, WWII broke out.
The first naval aviator to win theCongressional Medal of Honor wasLieutenant Commander Butch O’Hare.
Butch O’Hare was one of many heroes on
all sides in the war.

While flying alone, O’Hare spotted asquadron of enemy aircraft heading for his
mother-ship, the carrier Lexington. Unable
to call for help, he dove into the advancing
enemy, guns blazing, breaking up theirformation in the process. He continued theassault, even after he had ran out ofammunition, diving at the enemy aircraft
hoping to clip a wing or a tail as he went.
Finally, the enemy retreated and O’Hare
managed to get back to his carrier andmake a report. He had won the day andsaved the Lexington and her escort vessels,destroying five enemy aircraft in theprocess.
Butch O’Hare became the first US Naval
Ace of WWII. A year latter, he was killed inaction at the age of 29.
If you visit Chicago, you will probably land
at O’Hare International Airport, named
after this son of Chicago, and war hero,
Butch O’Hare. While there, spare a thoughtfor Butch. And, spare a thought for his
father too, “Easy Eddie” O’Hare.
Theinfamous Al
Capone, Easy
Eddie’s boss

“Butch“O’Hare, Easy
Eddie’s son

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Joshua Says: Well, I hope everyone enjoyed their break from work overthe “Golden Week” holiday. Some of you were lucky enough to go on trips,others, like me, stayed home and relaxed. Whatever you did, “welcomeback”! For the remainder of this term, we can look forward to the “end-ofterm” party on the 25th of July with plays and other performances bystudents and karaoke for everyone else. I can hardly wait!

Junko Says: Nomads! According to Jacques Attali, a French economist, three

types of nomads are evolving within the world’s population and they are playing
an increasingly important role in reducing military disputes and other aggression.
The three types are; “super nomads” who can physically travel around anywherein the world, “lower nomads” who have to move around for survival, and “virtualnomads” who will travel virtually. If he is right, multi-lingual skills will become
even more important in the future. For more on this, check out: www.attali.com

Alessio Says: Hi everyone! How did you spend your holidays? Did you go anywhere?

I went to Tokyo for the first time in my life and it was great fun! I visited all thefamous places, from the Tokyo Tower to the Asakusa temples, from Roppongi toShibuya, the crazy Akiba and its million electronic devices and the great Kabukiza! Soooo good!!! I also went clubbing and had fun with some friends. I’m very
happy to have seen this huge exciting city! And what about you? What have youdone? Have you recharged your batteries? Are you ready for more English???

Greg Says:
Greg is away in Australia for a couple of weeks – let’s see what he has to say to us
when he returns next month.

Emilie Dit: De ma fenêtre qui donne sur la rivière Ishite, j’ai assisté à l’ éclosion, lamaturation et la défloraison des cerisiers. Un jour, la pluie est tombée très fort.
Quand elle eut cessé, les pétales de cerisiers qui jonchaient le sol traçaient unchemin. J’ai suivi ce chemin et il m’a menée sur les rives de Miyajima. La marée étaitbasse et j’ai pu entrer dans le sanctuaire en passant sous le torii. Au pied du pavillon
Senjokaku, situé sur les hauteurs du sanctuaire d’itsukushima, un cerisier en fleursm’indiquait que la saison de hanami n’ était pas encore tout à fait terminée.

Wakana in B1 went to Vietnam in March and has brought back this report for us:“I went to Vietnam from March 7 to March 20 with members of the Asian Farm Village Workshop. I stayed in BinhDúóng Xá Phu An, which is located in the South. The climate was very hot and dry there. I did research for two weeks. We
interviewed both old and young people in that village. We asked them, “Where are you from?”, and, “Did your father ormother farm?”; “When did you give up farming?”; “Why?”; “Do any of the members of your village work in afactory?”; “What are your wagers?”; “When did you buy your bike?”; “How much was it?”, and so on. We studied the relationship between theadvancement of industrialisation and the decrease in farming. And, we studied about the establishment of the village after the Vietnam War.
The village people were very “sunny” and had open minds, so that made us feel at ease. They were very kind also. They often spoke to me inVietnamese, but I didn’t understand them, so I communicated with body language!
The food was also very good. The fruits were especially delicious. There are many kinds of fruit in Vietnam – búói (shaddock) and vú sú’a(milk fruit), thanh long (dragon fruit), xoàì (mango), mit (jack fruit), du du (papaya), and others. I ate everyday, so I became fat!!
The food, the climate, the scenery and the people were all great. I liked Vietnam very much. I recommend South Vietnam to everyone!”
This is Dragonfruit. It’svery delicious!

This is the Saigon River. It runs very slowly

This is a street in Xa Phu AnhNews from Natacha in Canada

Many of you will remember Natacha who was a teacher at Crossroads three years ago. In May ’07 we did asmall feature on the arrival of he first son, Dominic. Well, Dominic has been doing very well and he now has anew little brother to take care of. Meet Maxime! Maxime joined the family last November
and judging from the photos here, Dominic is having no trouble filling the role of “big brother”!
Congratulation, Natacha, everyone here is wishing you the very bestwith your new, and growing, family.
Last year’s
new arrival,
Maxime,meeting bigbro Dominic.

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Maxime lastmonth withbig bro,
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