The other topic was the Peace Corp procedures and admissions. The Americans explained the role of their organization in America, their own reasons to join it, their expectations from the mission. They asked the Ukrainians whether they would join a volunteers’ movement in case an opportunity had arisen. Anastasia expressed everybody’s opinion that so far very few people were willing to travel to other continents and countries in need. The main reasons being the feeling of insecurity.
The second part of the session was dedicated to the topic “Summer”. The Club’s speaker Tamara presented information about the American summer rites – swimming and eating ice-cream.
Swimming activities unusual for Ukraine were presented – water tubing and skimboarding.
The Florida beach rules were read and translated to find out if there were any differences with Ukrainian ones. Some new terms were introduced: summer solstice and SPF( Sun Protecting Factor).
When talking about ice cream we have learned about different kinds of ice-cream in USA (gelato, frozen yogurt, sorbet, popsicle, sundae, etc.). Some quotes about summer were translated and discussed as well. Summer songs popular in USA were introduced at the end of the session. We enjoyed the golden hits of the singer who used the name of this wonderful season as her stage name - Donna SUMMER.
The hits of the 60’s from the musical “Grease” were introduced. Everybody enjoyed Travolta’s performance.
The world famous songs –“San Francisco”, “Summertime”, “Hot wet American summer” also gave us the idea about American summer songs. The selected You Tube videos were giving the subtitles of the songs’ lyrics which helped to enjoy them better.Have a look at more pictures, please
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