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[simona_spa]

Hi Matt..... I'm Simona....for this month I'm your pen pal.....
With my teacher we've decided, for this week, that we can speak Italian, so I'm starting to write to you in Italian....
Ho 16 anni e vivo a Formia, una città vicino Minturno.....Adoro lo shopping, gli animali e il mio ragazzo....Non mi piace molto fare sport, infatti non ne pratico nessuno!!!!!!!Tu fai qulche sport?
Sei mai stato in Italia? Io non sono mai stata a New York e neanche in altri stati americani...La scorsa estate sono stata 2 settimane in Inghilterra, ma mi piacerebbe molto venire a Jericho....
Vorrei sapere qulche cosa di te....Spero che risponderai presto al mio messaggio!!!!!!Perchè non mi mandi anche qualche tua fotografia?????
A presto :-*
Baci

[Matt Sonnenfeld]

Ciao Simona! I'm just going to warn you that my Italian may not be as good as yours, so don't make fun of me too much, im doing my best haha!

Ho 17 anni e Io ho vissuto a jericho per 12 anni. Si, Io giocho l'hockey per la mia scuola ogni settimana. Io non sono andato in italia perche io non ho il occasione. Forse, io andaro in italia con la mia famiglia durante l'estate. presto, tu se vai a nuova york. Io ho famiglia nella Polermo ma loro non capiscono quello io esisto. Tu hai famiglia negli stati uniti? Io ho suonavo la chitara per 4 anni e io amo il strumento. Tu suoni strumenti? Il mio musico preferoto e il rock. Qual'e la tua musica preferita? Io ho una fratello e lui ha 20 anni, anche, ho una sorella e lei ha 14 anni. Hai una fratello o una sorella?
Tu hai fotografia?
Io non anttesa per la tua risposta!

Ciao per adesso,
-matteo

[simona_spa]

Ciao Matt....
come va? A me tutto bene!!!!!!!!!
I'll write in english for this week so YOU MUST CORRECT my mistakes !!!!!
I'm very happy fo your message....I haven't got any relatives in New York, but I've some cousins in Australia....
In your message you asked me if I had any brother or sister... I've one sister, she's 21, and one brother, he's 10!!!!! I always quarrel with them....
I don't play any instrument, I think it's too difficult for me, but a lots of my friends play the guitar....
In the USA, can you drive at 16? In italy you must have 18!!!! What do you do during weeks end??? Sorry for my questions but I'm very curious to know american life style.....
I send you some photos of my friends and I of my holiday in england....In this photos I've my hair long and brown but now my hair is short and blond!!!!
Bye Bye
Hugs and kisses

[Matt Sonnenfeld]

Hey Simona ! (typical american teenage hello)

I know exactly what you mean about fighting with your brother and sister, I do with mine all the time. Especially my sister, she's a little terror !

In America, it depends on which state you live in to determine your legal driving age. I have friends in Florida who were able to drive when they turned 16. Here in New York you have to be 17 to drive. Luckily, my 17th birthday was January 8th so i now have my driver's license

During the weekend, I usually go out to my friends houses and hang out all night. Every now and then we go to the movies or bowling. We're not all that exciting over here in Jericho . What do you usually do on weekends?

I think it's really cool that you have cousins in Australia, I would love to go there.

And don't worry about asking too many questions, however many you want to ask is perfectly fine haha!

And by the way, your english is a lot better than my Italian! A few mistakes here and there but it's really not that bad. My Italian I'm sure was worse haha!

I really want to come to Italy, I keep telling my dad and he wants to go also so we're going to try and figure out when we can. You really should come to New York. I think that either your class should come here or mine should go there. It would be really hard for my class to go to Italy though. After September 11th all those trips haven't been allowed to happen anymore. We still get field trips but nothing major like going to Italy! We would love to have everyone here though so that we could all meet in person. I'll ask my teacher if you ask yours!

Talk to you later,
Matt

[Matt Sonnenfeld]

Simona,

So I'm visiting my brother at his college now. I don't have anything to do so i just thought i would go online and say hello.

I'm going to be playing my guitar in my brother's band on friday. The show is almost two hours long! It should be a lot of fun.

What have you been up to?

Peace,
Matt

[simona_spa]

Hi matt!!!!
How are you?????I hope yu're fine...Did you enjoied playing Friday???

Excuse me if in the last days I didn't write any message but I've a lot of things to do....

Do you know the "scout"? I'm a scout!!!!! Yesterday was "The Thinking Day", the birth of Baden Powell, he is the father of scouting. This year is the 100th anniversary of scouting...In the world there're 50.000.000 scout!!!!!!
On 22th, 23th and 24th my group and I prepared some placards in whic are explaining what happened during the years '70... The other gruops of the zone prerared other placards and wrote of the others years...
I know that in the last period are a lots of mistakes.... I hope you'll understand what I say...

Hugs and kisses
SIMONA

[simona_spa]

Ciao Matt!!!!!!!!
Come va???????
A me tutto bene, spero anche a te....
Volevo chiderti come mai non mi hai più risposto all'ultimo messaggio che ti ho inviato.
A scuola come va? Da noi non facciamo altro che compiti in classe ed interrogazioni!!!!!
Ieri 08/08/07 abbiamo festeggiato la festa delle donne.... In America la festeggiate???? Qui si usa che tutti i ragazzi regalano le mimose alle ragazze!!!!! Sfortunatamente quest'anno le mimose sono poche a causa del gran caldo, per cui sono sfiorite presto!!!!!
Il mio ragazzo mi ha regalato una rosa di cioccolato, un ramoscello di mimosa e un sacchettino di cioccolattini con scritte sopra frasi d'amore!!!!!!!
Non ti ho mai chiesto se hai una ragazza....Se si da quanto tempo????
Ora vado, spero mi risponderai presto!!!!!!
Baci
Simona

[Matt Sonnenfeld]

Ciao Simona,

Mi dispiace MOLTO MOLTO! Io non sto bene perche Io non rispondo per molti giorni. Io sono stati occupato molto perche Io ho avuto Il SAT's durante il weekend. Il SAT's sono una grande essame. Il SAT's sono necessario per ogni persone nella Stati Uniti e il SAT's sono molto importante per admissione nell'universita e necessario studio molto.

Noi non abbiamo una festeggiato ma il festeggiato nel'italia suova molti divertente e il tuo ragazzo suova molto piacevole.

Il mio gruppo di musica hanno registrato per Il "Battle of the Bands" nella mia scula. Nio desideri vincere molto!

Parlo a presto!

Matteo

[simona_spa]

Hello Matt,
What are you doing? I'm waiting for dinner....I'm very hungry!!!!!!
I don't know what SAT is....Can you explain it to me? I think that you study a lot, so whatever it's you passed it!!!!
I'm sure that you and your band will win the "Battle of the Bands".....
Have you got any passion???? I'm very fond of cars and motors...In Italy a few people have got hummer(very beautiful car)...How many hummer are there in Jericho?
My favourites cars are bmw ( x5, series 3 and 5...) mercedes (cls, clk...) porche( carrera, cayenne) lamborghini(murcielago)and other......
Fortunatly it is the time to have dinner.....
Kisses
Simona

[Matt Sonnenfeld]

Hi Simona

How have you been? I've been well here. I'm very excited because I only have one more week before spring vacation! I will be traveling to look at many colleges!

The SAT's are a major test that almost every person in the United States takes. It stands for the "Scholactic Aptitude Test" and tests math and english skills. It takes four hours to take and colleges take the scores very seriously when considdering your admission. Because of this, we must studya lot for a very long time. I know some people who started studying over the summer . Luckily, we can take it again if we don't do well but they charge you $50 every time you take it. Do you have any tests like that?

It's very cool that your passion is cars! In Jericho there are A LOT of Hummers, BMW X5, 3 Series and 5 series and a lot of Mercedes! The only problem with the Hummers is that they get horrible gas mileage and the price of gas is so expensive

My biggest passion is the guitar. I own four of them and I play them all the time. I'm in two bands where I play lead guitar and i sing! I can't wait for Battle of the Bands! My other passion is filmmaking. I love to get together with my friends and write a script and film a movie. It's so much fun for all of us and we learn a lot. One day I hope to be a famous director. That's definately going to be hard though. I might also want to be a journalist though. I haven't fully decided yet. Both jobs would be great for me. What do you want to do when you grow up?

Speak to you soon,
Matt

[prof. Luciana Vellucci]

Hi Matt,
I've just read your wonderful message....you know Simona and all the other students of her class are away for their school trip, so they can't answer you these days. I've seen your e-mail, i've read about your passions and I'd like to know something else about your battle of the bands and your love for music. Besides, please,Talk about your passion as filmmaking. Have you already written any film script? If yes, what about?
Bye cya Prof. Vellucci

[simona_spa]

Ciao matt,
come va?A me tutto bene... è passato molto tempo dall'ultimo messaggio che ti ho inviato...
Hai avuto i risultati del tuo esame di SAT? In questi ultimi giorni di scuola ho molto da studiare, ma la voglia non è molta dato che il bel tempo mi invita ad andare al mare!!!
Hai programmi per quest'estate? Io forse lavorerò in una profumeria, ma non è sicuro!!!
Come va con la tua band? Avete vinto la "battle of the bands"? Spero di si...
Devo andare
Scrivimi appena puoi...
Con affetto
Simona

[Matt Sonnenfeld]

Hi Simona!

I'm sorry that it took me so long to respond to you. I have been very busy. Everything is good here. How is your summer going? How is your boyfriend and your family? I am working as lifeguard at four different pools. I have a lot of fun and I am very tan now Do you like your summer job? My band is doing very well. We recently organized a benefit concert with two other student bands for the genocide in Darfur Sudan. With my summer money I will buying a new guitar which is very exciting!
http://www.fender.com/customshop/instruments/search.php?partno=1500310880
It is a custom guitar and will take 3 months to make If I order it now I should be able to have it by October haha!

I heard that your class may be coming to America to visit next year. If you do, I can't wait to meet you!

I'll speak to you soon,
BACI Matt

[simona_spa]

Ciao Matt,
anche io ti chiedo scusa se non ti ho risposto ma ero in vacanza in Toscana!!!Sono andata a trovare i parenti di mia madre che è originaria di un paesino etrusco, è costruito interamente su una piccola collina di tufo...



Voglio farti i miei complimenti per il concerto di beneficenza, è davvero un bel pensiero e soprattutto un aiuto concreto per gente più bisognosa!!!

Anche un mio amico suona la chitarra e da poco ne ha una elettrica....a me piace molto ascoltarlo quando suona!!!!

A presto
Con affetto
Simona

P.S.: Sarei molto contenta di poter venire in America per conoscerti!!!!!Spero che l'anno prossimo avrò la possibilità di venire lì a Jericho!!!

[Matt Sonnenfeld]

Simona!!

Mi dispiace per non rispondo Sono sempre molto occupato ma Io prometto rispondere più adesso

Io sono ritornato a scuolo la settimana scorsa. Io desidero che sia stato l'estate!!!!!!!!

Fortunatamente, i miei insegnanti sono molto bene. I ho sentito che lei ha un insegnante nuovo. Mi dispiace

Durante il prossimo tre mesi, Io applicherò a molte università. Io sono molto accentuato e nervoso

Io sono molto allegro per sentire che hai avuto una grande vacanza nella toscana! Io ho volgia di andare a toscana molto!

Parlo a presto !
Matteo