UNIT 3 - ON DUTY

 

How will you choose your occupation/ career in the future? 
On the basis of money, social status, skills and talents needed or other? 
Which are the most important factors for your choice? Why?

ON DUTY (coursebook page 26-27)

ARTICLE

DUTY = ΚΑΘΗΚΟΝ

The way Kavafis treats the issue of duty in his famous poem Thermopile. 

 

ΑΠΟΔΟΣΗ ΤΟΥ ΠΟΙΗΜΑΤΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΚΑΒΑΦΗ ΣΤΑ ΑΓΓΛΙΚΑ

Honor to those who in the life they lead

define and guard a Thermopylae.

Never betraying what is right,

consistent and just in all they do

but showing pity also, and compassion;

generous when they are rich, and when they are poor,

still generous in small ways,

still helping as much as they can;

always speaking the truth,

yet without hating those who lie.

 

And even more honor is due to them

when they foresee (as many do foresee)

that in the end Ephialtis will make his appearance,

that the Medes will break through after all. 

Translated by Edmund Keeley/Philip Sherrard

* Greek pilots died on duty during wildfires : VIDEO 

WRITING TASK (coursebook p.33)

Have you ever heard or read stories about people who died in the line of duty?

Have you ever heard or read stories about ordinary people who sacrificed their lives to save others? You can search for such stories on the internet, in the newspaper headlines etc. and write a short narrative HERE

👆Different ways to end your narration 👆

UNIT 2 - A REFUGEE'S DREAMLAND

 Island of goats and dreams - Tilos, in the Aegean, has welcomed refugees with open arms.

Tilos has earned a new distinction, as a place that has actively welcomed refugees fleeing the war in Syria. Islanders say their decision to embrace a dozen refugee families – around 70 people in total – offers an example to the rest of Greece.

“We think that the arrangement we have here could be a model that could be exported to the rest of Greece and the whole of Europe".

This island could be an example of how to deal with the refugee problem and integrate them into communities. There is a genuine feeling of compassion here.

Tilos island is part of the Dodecanese and lies close to the coast of Turkey

Write a short paragraph
Ηow would you feel if you were a refugee and you had to leave your country OR
What would you do to improve the living conditions of refugees?

👉Writing Task