The document contains summaries of 3 songs and discussions of 2 celebrities: 1) The German song "House at the Lake" by Peter Fox describes the singer's dreams of finding success, wealth, and family. 2) The American song "Purple Haze" by Jimi Hendrix uses the metaphor of a psychedelic experience to describe a romantic encounter. 3) The Rolling Stones' song "Paint it Black" expresses despair and desire for change through dark imagery. 4) Brief biographies are given for Italian actor/director Roberto Benigni and details of his early career in theater. 5) An excerpt from the biography of Italian singer Andrea Bocelli discusses his childhood blindness

1. One of the capital sins……..

3. Sonnet 129 Modern version You’re wasting your shame when having desire And you have that lust during and before the action. But the Lust is dishonest, murderous, bloody, full of blame, Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust; As soon as the action ended you think it was wrong, You don’t understand the reason why you did anymore…. .

4. … .You hate that reason because it was like a bait you swallowed And this bait was laid for you to drive you insane. When you are longing for the desire and when you fulfilled it makes you crazy When you had have it or want to have it in extreme ways. When you have had it you feel happy but at the same time you are suffering from it; Before you had it you thought it would be better. Everybody knows this very well, but none seems to know How to shun the hope of satisfaction that leads men to this and to be dissatisfied afterwards. William Shakespeare

5. Short Story Jason B. was 26 years old and lucky. He had a cute and nice girlfriend, a good job and an awesome apartment right in the heart of Manhattan. So he didn’t think that anything could destroy his life. But he was wrong. She was 19 and damn sexy. He didn’t knew her name or something else about her – he only knew that he wanted her more than anything before in his life. One day his friends had convinced him to go to the bar of their collage days and have some fun. His girlfriend was told that they would go bowling that evening and that was the beginning of the end. Jason didn’t want to drink that much, because at the next day his future mother-in-law would pay them her weekly visit. It was half past one and the most of his friends were already drunken, when she passed through the door, her long hair blowing because of the wind and smiled sadly at him when she took of her coat. She seated herself alone at a table next to his and looked through the window.

6. When he seated himself to her table he didn’t think about his relationship and his mother-in-law, he just thought about her and what he will do to get her. First it seemed correct to order a beer. Or two. Or three. Maybe a sambuca in the end? They didn’t talk. She watched Jason, he was starring at her eyes, her mouth and her body. When she was standing up, he paid the waitress and walked with her to her small apartment in the Bronx. He was very excited when she opened the door. He wanted her and she wanted him. That’s just nature… The next morning he was feeling bad. It was about 11:00 am. He realized that his future mother-in-law arrived right now at their apartment and that his girlfriend was probably very worried because e he didn’t come home at all! Jason looked at his one night stand right next to him. She was still asleep. She didn’t look as sexy as yesterday. He didn’t knew anymore why he did this. When they had sex, she was very unexperienced. After 10 minutes it was over. Because 10 minutes of bad sex he compromised his relationship to his girlfriend.

7. The German Songs Peter Fox – House at the lake (Peter Fox – Haus am See) Yeah – Here I was born, I’m walking down the streets I know the faces, every house and every shop I have to go away, I know the name of every dove Thumbs up, I’m waiting for a pretty woman with a fast car The sun is blending, every thing is rushing by. And the world behind me shrinks slowly. But the world in front of me is made for me! I know its/she’s waiting and I will pick her up. The day is my friend: I have following wind. There is a female choir at the side of the streets, which is singing for me! I relax and look into the deep blue sky I close my eyes and go straight ahead. And at the end of the street, there is a house at the lake, Leaves of the orange tree are laying on my way. I’m father of 20 children and my wife looks good. Everyone is coming to me, I never have to go out. (I saw in my dreams a house at the lake) I will search a new land With unknown streets, strange faces and nobody knows my name! I win all at the game with marked cards. Lose everything, God shows his strong left hit. I dig out treasures in snow and sand. And women are driving me insane. But in the end I will be a lucky guy. And I will come back with a lot of gold in my pockets. I will invite my old friends and relatives. And they are crying because of the joy. We have barbecue, the mothers are coking and we are drinking schnapps. And celebrate for one week every night. And the moon is shining on my house at the lake. Leaves of the orange tree laying on my way. I’m father of 20 children and my wife looks good. Everyone is coming to me, i never have to go out. (I saw in my dreams a house at the lake) And at the end of the street, there is a house at the lake, Leaves of the orange tree are laying on my way. I’m father of 20 children and my wife looks good. Everyone is coming to me, I never have to go out. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! Here I was born – and here I will be buryed. I’m deaf, have a white beard and I’m sitting in the garden. My 100 grandchildren playing cricket on the gras. When I’m thinking about this I can’t wait for it.

8. The Italian Song To you that you are the only one to the world The only reason to arrive until after all To every breath of mine When I look you After one day full of words without you tell me nothing All does him clear To you that you have found me All' angle with the closed fists With my shoulders against the Ready wall to defend me With the low eyes I was in line With the disenchanted You you have picked up me as a cat it is you have brought me with you To you I sing a song Because I don't have other Nothing of better to offer you Of everything that that I have you Take my time And the magic That with a solo jump makes Us to Simply fly in the air As little bubbles To you that you are Substance of the days my Substance of my days To you that you are my great love And my great love To you that my life you have taken it is you have done very more To you some that you have given sense to the time Without measuring him To you that you are my great love And my great love To you that I have seen You cry in my Frail hand that I could kill Tightening you to you some And then I have seen you With the strength of an airplane to Take in hand your life is to drag her in safe To you that you have taught me the dreams it is the art of the adventure To you that you believe in the courage it is also in the fear To you that you are the good thing That it has happened to me To you that changes every day it is always rests the same one To you that you are Simply you are Substance of the days my Substance of my dreams To you that you are Essentially you are Substance of the dreams my Substance of my days To you that you never like And you are a wonder her strengths of the nature they assemble him in you That you are a rock you are a plant you are a hurricane You are the horizon that welcomes me when I get further me To you that you are the only friend What I can have The only love that I would want If I didn't have yourself with me to you that you have made my beautiful life to die, that succeeds to render the work an immense to like to you that you are my great love and my great love, to you that my life you have taken and you have done very more of it, to you that you have given sense to the time without measuring him, to you that you are my great love and my great love, to you that you are, simply you are, substance of my days, substance of my dreams... and to you that you are, simply you are, companion of my days...substance of the dreams…

9. The American/English Song JIMI HENDRIX “PURPLE HAZE ” Purple haze all in my brain Lately things just dont seem the same Actin funny, but I dont know why scuse me while I kiss the sky Purple haze all around Dont know if Im comin up or down Am I happy or in misery? What ever it is, that girl put a spell on me Help me Help me Oh, no, no [faint, spoken lyrics...all questionable] Hammerin Talkin bout heart n...s-soul Im talkin about hard stuff If everbodys still around, fluff and ease, if So far out my mind Somethings happening, somethings happening Ooo, ahhh Ooo, {click} ahhh, Ooo, ahhh Ooo, ahhh, yeah! Purple haze all in my eyes, uhh Dont know if its day or night You got me blowin, blowin my mind Is it tomorrow, or just the end of time? Ooo Help me Ahh, yea-yeah, purple haze, yeah Oh, no, oh Oh, help me Purple haze, tell me, baby, tell me I cant go on like this Purple haze Youre makin me blow my mind...mama Purple haze, n-no, nooo Purple haze, no, its painful, baby THE ROLLING STONES “ PAINT IT BLACK” I see a red door and I want it painted black No colours any more I want them to turn black I see the girls walk by in their summer clothes I have to turn my head until my darkness goes I see a line of cars and they're all painted black With flowers and my love both never to come back I see people turn their heads and quickly look away Like a new born baby it just happens ev'ry day I look inside myself and see my heart is black I see my red door and I want it painted black Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue I could not foresee this thing happening to you If I look hard enough into the setting sun My love will laugh with me before the morning comes. I see a red door and I want it painted black No colours any more I want them to turn black I see the girls walk by in their summer clothes I have to turn my head until my darkness goes until my darkness goes

10. Italian Celebrity Roberto Benigni Benigni was born in Manciano, Castiglion Fiorentino , Italy, the son of Isolina Papini, a fabric inspector, and Luigi Benigni, a bricklayer, carpenter, and farmer.His first experiences as a theatre actor took place in 1972, in Prato. During that autumn he moved to Florence where he took part in some experimental theatre shows, some of which he also directed. In 1975, Benigni had his first theatrical success with Cioni Mario di Gaspare fu Giulia , written by Giuseppe Bertolucci .Benigni became famous in Italy in the 1970s for a shocking TV series called Onda Libera , on RAI2, by Renzo Arbore , in which he interpreted the satirical piece "anthem of the melt body" ( L'inno del corpo sciolto , a hymn to defecation ).A great scandal for the time, the series was suspended due to censorship . His first film was 1977's Berlinguer ti voglio bene , also by Giuseppe Bertolucci.Afterwards, he appeared during a public political demonstration of the Italian Communist Party , of which he was a sympathiser, and in this occasion he took in his arms and dangled the national leader Enrico Berlinguer , a very serious figure. It was an unprecedented act, given that until that moment Italian politicians were proverbially serious and formal (and Berlinguer was perhaps the most serious of them all). It represented a breaking point, after which politicians experimented with newer habits and "public manners", attended fewer formal events and, generally speaking, modified their lifestyle in order to exhibit a more popular behaviour. Benigni was censored again in the 1980s for calling the Pope John Paul II something impolite during an important live TV show ("Wojtylaccio", meaning "Bad Wojtyla" in Italian).His popularity increased with L'altra domenica (1978), another TV show by Arbore in which Benigni portrays a lazy film critic who never watches the films he's asked to review. 1980s South America. Benigni's first film as director was Tu mi turbi ( You upset me , 1983 ). On the set he met the Cesenate actress Nicoletta Braschi , who was to become his wife, and who has starred in most of the films he directed.In1984, he played in Non ci resta che piangere ("Nothing left to do but cry") with the very popular comic actor Massimo Troisi . The story was a fable in which the protagonists are suddenly thrown back in time to the 15th century, just a little before 1492. They start looking for Columbus in order to stop him from discovering the Americas (although for very personal love reasons), but are not able to reach him.Benigni is also a well appreciated improvisatory poet ( poesia estemporanea is a form of art popularly followed and practiced in Tuscany ), and is appreciated for his explanation and recitations of Dante 's Divina Commedia by memory.He has reached over 45% Italian households with his lectures on the Divine Comedy.During 2006 and 2007, Benigni had a lot of success touring Italy with his live show TuttoDante (Everything About Dante ).TuttoDante is a "one man show" centred upon the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri which stars Roberto Benigni. He is on stage for about one and a half hours, combining current events and memories of his past narrated with an ironic tone, and then he begins a journey of poetry and passion through the world of the Divine Comedy .TuttoDante went on tour and has been performed in numerous Italian piazzas, arenas, and stadiums, for a total of 130 shows , with an estimated audience of about one million spectators, of whom 120,000 in Rome only. Over 10 millions more spectators can be added to these, who have watched the TV show "Il V° dell’Inferno" ("The 5th of Hell"), transmitted by Rai uno on November 29th, 2007, with re-runs on Rai International on the following days. TuttoDante is a fascinating voyage that extends from current events to the Divine Comedy, from moments of pure comedy to moments of breathtaking poetry. The affection, the appreciation and enthusiasm demonstrated by the audience towards this show have been so strong that Benigni stated: " It’s been an incredible work, I’ll treasure this experience as one of the sweetest, most popular, and emotional memories of my life ".TuttoDante is currently in the process of preparation to cross the national borders, to undertake a journey (during 2008 and 2009) that will bring Roberto Benigni and Dante around Europe, the U.S.A., Canada, and

11. German Celebrity Characteristics of Heidi Klum: -name: Heidi Klum - birthday: 1st of July 1973 -place of birth: Bergisch-Gladbach (Germany) -profession: model -height: 1. 76 m -colour of eyes: green -colour of hair: blond -hobbies: cooking and listening to music -permanent residence: New York (USA) -marriage: to Seal -important dates: Winter 1991: Her friend convinced her to take part in a model contest 29th April 1992: She won the contest July 1992: She made her Abitur Summer 1993: She was working as a model in Miami Summer 1996: The “Heidi Klum GmbH” was founded Spring 1997: Debut as a model of “Victoria’s Secret” and married Ric Pipino October 2002: she was in the Pirelli calendar April 2005: the German readers of the magazine FHM voted her to the most erotic German May 2004: her daughter Leni was born September 2004: her legs are round about 1.6 million euros worth! September 2004: the readers of the GQ voted her to the “woman of the year” 23rd of December 2004: she and Seal became engaged in Canada 10th of May 2005: she and Seal married in Mexico September 2005: her son Henry was born November 2006: her son Jonathan was born November 2007: she has been 10 years at the “Victoria’s secret” show and got a star on the walk of fame in Hollywood