My English Portfolio

About the others oral presentations.

2008-06-04T20:19:00.004+02:00

Name and Topic:
Bernardo Santos and Iñaki Fernandez, Crimes in the United States of America
3 facts I have learn:
- In Russia there are a lot of crimes, secondly position is in USA.
- Black people do more crimes than white people
Ideas for my presentation:
intereseting topic
General impression:
GOOD.

Name and Topic:
Chainez, the famine
3 facts I have learn:
- desastrous famine: famine of 1958 in China.
- the food and agriculture organitzation of USA is WFP
- On the other hand, the famine excist and the ONG didn't.
Ideas for my presentation:
good pronunciation!
General impression:
very good.

Name and Topic:
Laia Saló i Elisenda Lladó, helpless dogs
3 facts I have learn:
- Each year it occurs nearly to 200.000 animal abandonament.
- Nowadays there are solutions about this problem: associations, law...
- conseguences: traffic accidents, germs and diseases...
Ideas for my presentation:
good photos
General impression:
GOOD.

Name and Topic:
Marina Sarquella, natural disasters
3 facts I have learn:
different kinds of disasters:
-floods,
-tsunamis,
-bizzars,
-mudflows,
-volcanic eruptions,
-limnic eruptions...
Ideas for my presentation:
good pronunciation and it's too long.
General impression:
very good.

Name and Topic:
Adrià Alfaro, skinheads.
3 facts I have learn:
- Skinheads started in England and Jamaica
- 1980 in England created a right ideologi
- There are skinheads anti-racistes
- There are a another kind of skinheads like: rash
Ideas for my presentation:
he's not nervous
General impression:
good.

Name and Topic:
Alejandro Peña and Adrià Carmona, the waste
3 facts I have learn:
- materials: plastic bags, condoms, batteries, cigarettes, aluminium, cans...
All of that need a lot of time to descomposed
Ideas for my presentation:
it's too original
General impression:
good

Name and Topic:
Carles Torracabota and Claudia Rosillo, the drugs
3 facts I have learn:
- Cocaina costs 60€ each gram
- Speed costs 26€ each gram
- Heroine costs 65€ each gram
Ideas for my presentation:
They're not nervous and their presentation is too original.
General impression:
very good.

Name and Topic:
Baldiri Gironella, Hooliganism
3 facts I have learn:
- "Green Street Hooligans"
this film tell a story about an american boy who'll be holligan.
Ideas for my presentation:
he speaks calmly
General impression:
good!

Name and Topic:
Oriol Oliva, water
3 facts I have learn:
- Water is essencial for survive
- The earth contains a 97% of salty water
- There are some towns where are in state off emergency
Ideas for my presentation:
he speaks calmly
General impression:
GOOD.

Name and Topic:
Miriam and Anna Genís, poverty & podronage
3 facts I have learn:
act as a god father = apadrinar
patronage = apadrinar
Vicenç Ferrer ONG started 6 years ago
Ideas for my presentation:
intereseting topic
General impression:
GOOD!

Name and Topic:
Ariadna Comes, animals mistreatness
3 facts I have learn:
- every year thousand of animal are used and sacrified to experimental intentions
- There is a: http://www.peta.org/ (it defensed the rist of animals; it was pet up in 1980)
Ideas for my presentation:
good strage
General impression:
too good!

opinion essay.

2008-06-03T08:18:00.003+02:00

Too much importance is given to taking exams at school. Do you agree?

I desagree with the statement that says too much importance is given to taking exxams at school. In my opinion, it's a stupid thing which teachers want to do.

On the one hand, you can have a bad day when you have to do an exam and, because of that, you'll have a bad mark. furthermore, in my experience, sometimes I have studied an exam and, after that, I had a bad mark.

On the other hand , you can have a very good day and have a good mark. All of them arguments want to say the exam's mark doesn't show if you have studied or not.
Moreover, there are some teachers who put a difficult exam so that the pupils don't past it. I met some of them.

Finally, taking exams at school is not good for pupils's live because it cause nerves.

final evaluation of 1th Batxillerat.

2008-05-31T20:01:00.004+02:00

Observing your portfolio, can you see an improvement on your level of Enlish since September 2007? Where, for example? yes, of course! Because If we do this blogger, we have to do a lot of writings and it's good for us. We learn a lot of vocabulary and expresions. But It's a lot of work! I don't find any example, because all (almost all) of thing I have put in my portfolio, the teacher had correct before.
Which activity best shows your level of English? the writings in class, because we can't search a new words in a dictionary and we write all that we know.
Which activities were really useful for you to improve your English? Why? the oral presentations, because we have to search a lot of vocabulary.
Which activities did you not find useful to learn English? Potcast Why not? because I don't learn anything. Only, I have spend time to put it in my portfolio.
Which activities did you enjoy doing and would like to do again next year? Watching films, listening songs, watching oral presentations to the others...

about my 3rd oral presentation

2008-05-31T19:10:00.005+02:00

Well, I didn't like how I did my 3rd oral presentation, because I was very nervous and they could with me.

On the other hand, some of the pupils got on me's nerves; they didn't stop talking.

When I started my oral presenation, I watched a lot of times my paper where said all I have to say (well, the more importants points).

However, in the second part. I wasn't as nervious as the beginning.

But I think I have improved because when I did my first oral presentation about my family I was more and more and more nervous than last day.

;) nothing more!

A dialogue.

2008-05-31T12:25:00.007+02:00

They are in English class. The teacher is speaking about the different kinds of conditionals:
- We use the second conditional to talk about hypothetical (imaginary and improbable) present and future situations. See this example...
- Neus, Neus
- What?
- This's a really shit
- Yes, It's rather boring.
- Well, Neus, I need to tell you an important thing which succeeded me last night.
- Oh, come on, Marina. Let's start you news.
- Looool. No, no, as soon as, we’ll finish school. I'm sure it will make you surprise.
- Ok J
- Let's meet in the party.

tiruriiiii tiruriiiii

Later, Neus and Marina are in a luxurious party.
- Neus, do you see the man who is next to John?
- Yes, I’m seeing him.
- He’s my new boyfriend, Nath. Moreover, he’s a music producer. We have a big surprise for you …or I believe this.
- And... What is the surprise?
- The surprise is... you'll be the new and the best pop start, like Hilary Duff!!
- Are you mad?
- Not is all; I'll be your manager.
- Have you drunk anything?
- Yes, but I'm OK. Come on! I know that I always tell you lies but… strange as it may seem is true.

A few minutes later...
- Are you Neus?
- ¬¬" Yes I'm. Why?
- I'm Nath.
- Nice to meet you, Nath.
- Marina told me about you last night.
- Nath, please. It’s enough.
- What?
- This lie.
- It’s not a lie, Neus. Follow me.

earthquake in China.

2008-05-25T12:59:00.006+02:00

An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale hit SW China in 12th May.

A major earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale hit Wenchuan County (it's is in southwest China's Sichuan Province) at 2:28 p.m. on Monday 12th. However, minutes later, exactly at 2:35 p.m., an earthquake measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale jolted Tongzhou District (it's in east Beijing).

The two earthquakes caused 52000 deads, 24000 missing people and 3700 casualties; Furthermore, the number of thesee results is opened.

NEW EXPRESSIONS:

earthquake - terratrèmol.

3,9 on the Richter scale - el 3,9 de l'escala de Richer.

jolted - impactar.

eurovision.

2008-05-25T11:21:00.005+02:00

http://www.eurovision-spain.com/

Yesterday at night, Eurovision was celebrated in Beograd. There were 26 songs to different countries like: United Kingdom, Portugal, Andorra, France, Russia, Azerbaijan, Greece, Armenia, Germany, Polonia...

The winner was Russia with: Dima Bilan - believe. It was really good and it won 277 points. The singer was wearing a white clothes and he didn't wear shoes. In the blakground, there were two people: a violinist and a person who rollered ice-skate. If you want to watch it click here.

In the second position was Ucrania with: Ani Lorak - Shady Lady. It also was good. It won less than 277 points.

On the other hand, there was Spain with only 55 points! "El baile del chiki chiki" was particularly funny, but it was sang in spanish, and the others countries didn't understand the letter of the song.

We hope win Eurovision the next year! :)

Good Luck Spain.

NEW EXPRESSIONS

I don't learn any new expressions, because I use my vocabulary.

Leviathan

2008-05-23T17:58:00.005+02:00

Leviathan, cap. XVII:
<<De les causes, generació i definició d'un estat>>

"L'únic camí per aixecar un poder comú, capaç de defendre'ns contra la invasió dels estrangers, i contra els danys de cadascú, i d'aquesta manera assegurant semblant classe com la de les seves industries i dels fruits de la seva terra que ells poden alimentar-se i viure satisfets, és donar tots els seus poders i força de cada home, sobre una assemblea d'homes, que poden reduir tota les seves voluntats, amb la popularitat de tots, això és equivalent a dir: qui és tal com s’ha dit, per reconèixer un home, o assembla d'homes per portar les persones; i que cada un sigui propietari i es reconegui i es reconeix-hi a si mateix per ser l'autor de qualsevol cosa que faci que representi la seva persona com hauria de treballar/actuar, causa per ser actuat, en aquelles coses que concerneixin la pau comuna i seguretat; i que a més submeteixen les seves voluntats a la voluntat d'aquell, i les seves sentències/judicis al seu judici/sentència. Això és més que un consentiment o concòrdia; és una unitat real de tot allò en un i la mateixa persona, feta/decidida pel pacte de cada home amb l'home, en una semblant manera com si cada home hauria de parlar per cada home: Autoritzo y transfereixo/deixo la meva justícia per governar-me a mi mateix a aquest home, o a aquesta assemblea d'homes, sobre una condició; que transferiu a ell el nostre i vostre dret, i autoritzeu tots els actes de la mateixa manera. Fet això, la multitud així unida en una persona es anomenada ESTAT; en llatí CIVITAS. Aquesta és la generació de aquell LEVIATÀ, o més ben dit, parlant amb més reverència, de aquell Déu mortal de qui hem de deixar, sota el Déu immortal, la nostra pau i defensa. Per aquesta autoritat, que es dona sota cada home particular de l'Estat ell posseeix la utilització de tant poder i força conferida sobre d'ell, que del mateix terror/temor, ell permet conformar les voluntat de tots ells, per la pau de l'home a casa, i contra el mutu auxili dels seus enemics estrangers. I en ell consta la sentència de l'Estat, que definim així: una persona, qui els seus actes una bona multitud, ha estat instruïda per cada un dels altres, havia fet cada un com un autor, el final ell podia utilitzar la força i els significats d'ells com hauria pensat per la seva pau i la defensa comuna."

In philosophy class, Albert Piñero told about Hobbes. He gave us a paper to a writing about "Leviathan" if we translated it (because it was in english), our mark would increase in the ending of this year. Of course, I translated it.

Oral presentation; diseases

2008-05-20T16:06:00.006+02:00

Slide 1:
Hi guys! Let’s get started. Good morning ladies and gentlemen.
We are Neus and Marina as you know.

Slide 2:
In this oral presentation we are going to talk about different diseases, exactly four: cancer, AIDS, bulimia and anorexia.
Nowadays this illness are very common, the fact is that in our experience we know some people who has suffered this.

Slide 3:
CANCER:
We would focus in breast cancer because few years ago, my mother had it. Well, I’m going to star to explain this disease:
Less than 10% of breast cancer cases are genetically inherited. However, most women diagnosed with breast cancer don’t have a family history of this disease.

You know there are a lot of ONG which are fighting the breast cancer, moreover, there are a lot of web pages where talk about that, like this is: http://www.y-me.org/.
In this page tells about the different kinds of treatment options, like: Chemotherapy, Side Effects, Biological Therapy, Mastectomy, Radiation, Hormonal Therapy...
But, as you know, treatments options are determined based on your individual case.

Slide 4:
AIDS: (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
It’s a set of symptoms and infections resulting from the damage to the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
HIV is transmitted through direct contact of a mucous membrane: such as blood, semen, vaginal fluid, preseminal fluid, breast milk,...

You know that this disease is very popular and common around the world, in particular in Africa there are a lot of people who has got this disease, for example In Kenya, where poverty drives some girls to sleep with older men for money.
On the other hand, teenage girls are seven times more likely to be H.I.V. positive than boys the same age.
Well, I finish talking about AIDS and now…

Slide 5:
…we’d like to say something about food because is very important.
Because, on the one hand there is American people who is typical to eat fast food, and for this, they are fad. And, on the other hand, there is people who doesn’t eat, the fault is the society because it says that when more thin is a girl, she is nicer, and for that, teenage girls want to be beautiful and for this reason they don’t eat.
Also, in Spain, and other countries there are a lot of anorexic and bulimic problems, the girls don’t eat or they put their fingers to bring up, like this, she feels good.
BULIMIA:
First thing first I want to say that many people think that only young females have bulimia, but It’s wrong. It is true that there are many more women than men: in fact, 9 out of 10 people with bulimia are women. But bulimia cans affect other kinds of people like: men, older women…
There are different factors cause bulimias:
· Culture. Women in the U.S. have pressure to be very thin.
· Families. Many people with bulimia have sisters or mothers with bulimia.
· Life changes or stressful events. Traumatic events.
· Psychology.
· Biology.
ANOREXIA:
It is the decreased sensation of appetite, the fault is a psychological problem or mental disorder. Anorexics see a fat person when they look in the mirror. This people don’t see the tremendous physical and emotional damage that they have got, so they continue to diet, and over-exercise/forced exercise.There are many possible causes for a decreased appetite, which of them may be harmful for the person.
- Some people use medicaments, antidepressants for example, to suppress appetite.
- Also they drink a lot of water because like this, they aren’t hungry.
- A lot of teenagers, when they arrive in home, say that they already eat in school, and later they don’t eat to lunch or dinner.
- Etc.

Slide 6:
Now, we’ll read an interesting story about anorexia:

Slide 7:
Maria’s Story
Seventeen-year-old Maria has been on one diet or another since she was in junior high. She recently lost 10 pounds from an already slender frame after becoming a strict vegetarian. Her parents are concerned about the weight loss, but Maria insists that she’s just under stress at school. Meanwhile, her vegetarian diet is becoming stricter by the day.
Maria obsessively counts calories, measures food portions, and weighs herself at least twice a day. She refuses to eat at restaurants, in the school cafeteria, or anywhere else in public, and she lives on salad dressed with vinegar, rice cakes, and sugar-free Jell-O. Maria also has a large stash of fat-free candy in her room. She allows herself to indulge as long as she goes for a run right afterwards.

Slide 8:
Nothing more to say.We hope you like our oral presentation.
If there are any questions we’ll be happy to answer them
Thank you for your attention.

write an opinion essay.

2008-05-11T17:34:00.006+02:00

"We have almost learnt to respect our world. Do you agree?"

[100 words]

My first writing:
Well, our grandparents respected more our world than us. On the one hand they didn't have all the things now we have to contamine, like: cars, TV, motorbike... On the other hand, their factories contamined more than our factories, because they didn't think about the atmosphere.
Nowadays, there are a lot of advertisments in the TV which tell about all the problems wich are in our world; the worst problems is the global warming! It seems like a rather silly thing when you first listen it: -"Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of the Earth's near-surface air and oceans". but it's really wrong. We don't listen all the cientist who know about this topic!
In my opinion, I don't agree with this sentences. It's true that there are more ONG than before like Greenpeace... but I also thing that people aren't cared about that and we contamin like before.
If we had finished with pollution, extinction animals... before, we wouldn't have been thinking about that now.

My second writing:
I disagree with the statement "we have almost learnt to respect our world". In my opinion, our grandparents respected more our world than us. It's true that there are more ONG than before like for example Greenpeace; but I also think that people don't cared about that and we contaminate like before.

It's clear that they didn't have all the things we have now to contaminate like: cars, TV's, motorbikes... On the other hand, their factories contaminated more than our factories, because they didn't think about the atmosphere, because their technology wasn't as good us now. Nowadays, there are a lot of advertisements on TV which tell about all the problems (which are) in our world.

In addition, the worst problem is the global warming. It seems like a rather silly thing when you first listen it: -"Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of the Earth's near-surface air and oceans". but it's really wrong. We don't have to listen to all the scientists who know about this topic!

All in all, if we had finished with pollution, extinction animals... before, we wouldn't have been thinking about that now. In conclusion, I would ask that people listened more to scientists.

Viky Gómez

2008-05-06T08:09:00.006+02:00

She is Viky Gómez and is the winner of FAMA (a TV progamme in "Cuatro"). She dances very well, of course! Because FAMA is a dancer programme.
It seems rather a "typical" programme when I first watch it, because it's like OT (Operación Triunfo).

Moreover, Viky Gómez dances different kind of music, for example: ballet, funky, jazz, hip hop... In my opinion, the best important thing it's she's only 19 years old!

On the other hand, her family is dancer and... well, the dance is in her blood. :) Furthermore, she studies fourth in the "Conservatorio de Dança Clásica". For her only 19 years old, she has really experience.

What's more...
FAMA, in my opinion, is a particularly good programme because it's rather original (It's the first programmer which there are competitions about dance.) The programme is organized:
- In Monday, is when there is a expulsion
- In Tuesday, the competitors fight to get the "immunity", if they have that they aren't going to go out.
- In Wednesday is like Tuesday.
- In Thursday is like Monday and Wednesday.
- In Friday, there are the "nominaciones".
- Finally, in Sunday is when a competitor is to send off.

If you want to watch when she dances click here.

NEW EXPRESSIONS:
competitors - concursants
to send off - expulsat
fight to get the immunity - lluiten per aconseguir la "inmunitat"

a kiss before dying

2008-04-22T20:54:00.004+02:00

1- Can you summarize the book in two minutes?
Well, The story started in the university of Stoddard. There were two people in a small room who are speaking. They were Dorothy and Bud. Dorothy was pregnan and Bud was the baby’s father… but Bud didn’t want this baby! Because he only had that relation ship with her because Dorothy’s father had a lot of money. Bud gave her some pills to lost the baby, but they dind’t work. After that, Bud made a dangerous potion. But Dorothy didn’t eat it. Then, Bud lied Dorothy… He wanted kill her! They went to hight bulding. As soon as, he could, he pushed her into the air shaft. Finally she died. Furthermore, police said that he killed herself.
On the second part of the story, the main characters and Ellen (Dorophy’s sister) and Bud. Ellen didn’t believe that her sister killed herself. And for that reason, she went to the university of Stoddard. Later, she speaked with Dorothy’s professor. He gave him two adress about the men who are blond, tall and handsome like the men who Dorothy speaked about him time ago with Ellen. The two men weren’t the murderer. Ellen went to Powell house (one of the men) because he said to her that time ago he writte in a paper who was Dorothy’s exboyfriend when she died. When Powell was in his bedroom searching his note, Bud went to Powell’s house and he killed Powell and Ellen (because Ellen knew that Bud had killed Powell.)
In the last part of the story, the characters are: Leo (Ellen and Dorothy’s father), Gordon (the second man who Dorothy’s professor said to Ellen), Marion (Ellen and Dorophy’s sister) and Bud. Bud wanted have money when he was a old man, and Marion had money. Bud seduced her and they got married! Gordon knew that Bud met Dorothy and maybe he was the murderer. Gordon went to Leo’s library and he told him what he knew. Gordon and Leo had a plan. They went to a catwalk with Bud and they threatened Bud to confess. Marion was there to and when she listened that bud was the murderer she pushed Bud and he fell on the ground, he died.

2- Is there a mystery sentence or a turning point in the story?
Yes, there is. The turning point, I think, is in the beginning! Because it’s where Bud killed Dorothy. In that point, the story started to be interesting.

3- When and where does the story take places?
The story takes places in a lot of places. First, the main characters are in the university of Stoddard. Finally all the characters are in New York. There is where the story finishes.

4- Who are the main characters in the story? What’s their role?
In this story, there are a lot of important characters, like Dorothy, Ellen, Marion, Bud… but I think that the main character is Bud, Burton Corliss. He has an important character. He’s particularly bad because he killed two womens: Dorothy and Ellen. He’s blond, tall, handsome… Moreover he is rather strong-willed and good actor…

5- Choose your favourite moment in the story
The last part, when I knew that Bud was the murderer, because I acussed Leo, Gordon... a lot of people. I didn’t think that he could be the murderer.

6- What new words or expressions have you learnt reading this story?
Put your hands over your face, brochures (fullet), wonder (sorprendre’s o preguntar-se), belonger (pertànyer), print (imprimir), attorney (jutge), belt (cinta o cinturó), borrow (deixar), stories (pisos)…

7- Provide an alternative ending
Bud Corliss was really inteligent and astute. Bud, Leo and Gordon were in the catwalk to speak about Burton’s secrets. As soon as Marion could, she went there. But Marion didn’t know Burton had a gun. When Bud felt that someone was behind him, he felt a little bit nervoue. When Leo and Gordon was asking some questions, Burton stoped talking and he said:
- Marion please, I love you! I know you are here, I can feel it.
- Bud.. All that is it true? I hate you, you have killed my sisters.
- Yes, I did. Because I didn’t love them. Now, I love you so much.
But.. Marion didn't believe him; in that moment Bud shot Leo, Gordon and Marion.

8- Would you recommend this book? Why?
Yes, I do. I absolutelly like this book, because I love mistery story and that is one example. You don’t know who is the murderer as the ending. I thought Gordon Gant, Powell or Leo were the murderer! I’m naïve because my friends said to me they knew who was the murderer in the page twenty.. but I didn’t think that Bud could be the murderer. Furthermore, the vocabulary was easy to understand and I only searched fifteen words in the disccionary more or less.

Marina and Neus' acrostic

2008-04-15T08:10:00.011+02:00

A kiss before dying
None of them are alive now,

Ursula was particularly under-represented in their relation ship.
Nicolas Black was her boyfriend and he was ungrateful to Ursula.
Choice between who has the reason is very difficult.
An abortive and unlucky person fell in love with Ursula.
Nicolas, in that moment, fell Ursula was the only person who loves him.
Numerous thinks passed in Ursula mend.
Young, abortive and unlucky man was one of Ursula thinks.

Love with this abortive man and Nicolas Black were the two Ursula important worries.”
Over the door and go out far away” it’s her favourite sentence.
Valiant, she says, you have to be valiant, she repeated it herself.
Express and painful criminal was the end of this story: all character died, because the abortive and unlucky man killed Ursula, Nicolas and.. finally he killed himself.

We hope you like it :)

page 39: TRAVELLERS

2008-04-12T10:51:00.008+02:00

Picture A: On the beach we can see somebody playing volleyball. They wear a swimming suit because it's really hot. This place is quite beautiful, furthermore, it makes me be relax. It's a good place for wsimming during hours and moreover you can sunbathing! In the background we can see a windsurf. On the right there is a palm tree, and it's bit crowded.
I absolutely like going there during holidays, because I like a sightseeing holidays and beach holidays, that is to say, I like seeing monuments or the most importants buldings in the city or town; but on the other hand, I like relax.

Picture B: This places is very wild, but rather relaxing. In the middle of the photo we can see two people who are wearing rainceats! It's a rainforest where green colour predomites in this place.

I think that an adventure sports are very interesting because you can learn a lot of things! In my opinion, if I go to East Africa, for example, I'll go to sheet some day.

El canto del loco

2008-04-03T18:33:00.008+02:00

If you want to know more things about this group of music.. click THERE:
This web page is in Spanish... but do you understand Spanish, don't you?

"El Canto del Loco" is a Spanish pop/rock, pop/punk, powerpop band. It's very popular around Spain and others countries. Imagine, in 2005 they won Best Spanish Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards!!
The members of this group of music are:
- Dani Martín (he's the singer)
- David Otero (he plays the guitar and he makes the chorus)
- Chema Ruiz (he plays the bass)
- Jandro Velázquez (he plays the drums)

Why I want to talk about them? Because this week they have done a magnific new CD! I bought it yesterday when I went to Figueres to do my english class in EOI. This CD isn't expensive! It costs 16€, more or less (I don't remember its cost perfectly). Its name is "Personas". This CD have 13 diferent songs:

01.Corazon

02.Acabado en A

03.Eres Tonto

04.Peter Pan

05.La Vida

06.Personas

07.Fin De Semana

08.Eh Tu!!

09.Todo Lo Hago Mal

10.La Suerte De Mi Vida

11.Un Millon De Cicatrices

12.Gigante

13.Gracias

Now, I want to put a little bit about my conversation with Oriol in the "messenger" a day; when we spoke about the concert of ECDL (El Canto Del Loco) on 4th July in Barcelona.

- I know. But niefes, which day it will be? On the weekend? or another day, for example, thursday?
- a Friday! exactly on 4th July.
- friday friday... what time?
- friday at night, I think!
- Okey
- but... I don't know when we'll arribe in Castelló! And It's a problem, because on July we're going to work in somewhere like: supermarket, shop...
- Ok, no problem!
- will you go with me to concert of El canto del loco?
- I don't know yet
- ...bff. If you don't go with me I get unhappy!!!
- So, the easily opcion is that you stay with me in castelló
- whyyyy? but it is the most borring opcion! I want to do something original!
- I know I know; but you said me: if you don't go with me I get unhappy and I will not come. so, if you don't want to be unhappy because I don't stay with you, you will not go to bcn!
- looooooooooooool It's a good opcion, but i want to go in BCN with you!

My European passport

2008-03-20T12:11:00.000+01:00

LISTENING:

I can understand phrases and the highest frequency vocabulary related to areas of most immediate personal relevance (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local area, employment). I can catch the main point in short, clear, simple messages and announcements.

READING:
I can understand texts that consist mainly of high frequency everyday or job-related language. I can understand the description of events, feelings and wishes in personal letters.

SPOKEN INTERACTION:
I can communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar topics and activities. I can handle very short social exchanges, even though I can't usually understand enough to keep the conversation going myself.

SPOKEN PRODUCTION:
I can connect phrases in a simple way in order to describe experiences and events, my dreams, hopes and ambitions. I can briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans. I can narrate a story or relate the plot of a book or film and describe my reactions

WRITTING:
I can write simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest. I can write personal letters describing experiences and impressions.

Marea

2008-03-18T11:30:00.003+01:00

I'll talk about "Marea", one of the best musical groups for the teenagers. It isn't my favorite group of music, but it's really wonderful. It isn't my favorite group because its type isn't like me. Marea is a rock Spanish musical group, and... I approve of this kind of music but I prefer other types like Indras, some Dikers songs...
It has particularly nice songs. The words of its songs are really romantic and sensitive. Look:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH3w4Q0qJJE&feature=related
It's Spanish, because the people who form Marea are Spanish and they don't sing in English.
Last Sunday, Marea went to Badalona (Palau Olimpic) to sing. One of my friends who go there told me there were a lot of people.

expensive brand name.

2008-03-18T10:42:00.004+01:00

Today I want to talk about the brand names. It's very popular for the teenagers and... well, I wear it too. All of my clothes isn't a expensive brand name, but someone or other is well-know around the world, for example: Lois, Mala mujer, Pepe Jeans, Hello Kitty, Protest, Rams 23, Piratas de la calle, Banana moon, Escorpion... All this clothes company is really fashion. Every brand name has its particular kind of clothes. For example;

Hello Kitty: its clothes is casual, not tight-fitting, practical, simple...
http://www.sanrio.com/
Mala mujer: it's more different than Hello Kitty. Its clothes is bright, dark, shocking... It's more sensual than Kitty. (I don't find the web page in English):
http://www.malamujer.es/ss08/
Pepe Jeans: It's very casual, really conservative, rather simple and plain.
http://www.pepejeans.com/

I think the brand names suit us more than the cheap brand names, because you pay the high quality. A lot of expensive clothes companies seize us!
Nothing more to say.
If you want to say something about the expensive brand name, please, you write a commentary.

eurovision 2008

2008-03-17T21:20:00.007+01:00

Today I want to talk about Eurovision. It's celebrated in different places every May; for example last year I think it was in Italia and this year it'll be in Ucrania.
Spain never has a good song for its representation and this year our song is: "el baile del chiki chiki". It's a stupid song but it is particularly funny.
My family always says Eurovision is a politician programme and the best song never wins. Each of countries only votes which is better option for that country; for example when the war between USA and Irak started (for fault of USA) in Eurovision the USA song didn't win and moreover it was a good song; but every country thought about the war and, for that reason, they didn't think about what song was the best. There is no reason to show their feelings about the war; it only was a musical programme. I disagree about the war, of course! But we should stop to influence us about this topic.

This year our song it's not the best song, but my father says Buenafuente wants to teach Spain all this is a sham. If you want to listen it, you must go there:
If you want to listen it, you must go there:

www.youtube.com/v/mGvhnZcTwng&rel=0&hl=en
If you want vote you can go there:

http://www.eurovision-spain.com/iphp/2008.phpp

"El Chiki Chiki is a Reaggetton
Dance in Argentina, Serbia and Oregon
Give el Chiki-Chiki to that little sister with el Chiki-Chiki
She´s gonna like it mister!
Dance it with Alonso, Dance it with Gasol
Dance it with your brothers,
all around the world
Dance it with Bardem Dance it with Banderas
Dance with Almodóvar Dance la Macarena

And chikichiki is danced like this:
One: brikindans
Two: go crusaíto
Three: maiquelyason
Four: Robocop"

FATA

2008-03-16T19:44:00.007+01:00

HOT FATA or FATA MORGANA is, in my opinion, one of the best discos where I have gone. It's located in St. Pere Pescador (Alt Empordà). A lot of people go there every Sunday (FATA only opens on Sunday) My friends and I go there from time to time; exactly, when we can't go there every Sunday because we can't drive and it is up to our relatives. On the other hand, Fata gives some busses to go but... It’s very expensive. I think it costs 12€ like go to Millenium, which other disco in Girona. Millenium is bigger than Fata. It has different rooms, for example: regetton room, "makina" room. These rooms are separate with the music you can listen in each room. I only go there one time (birthday of Mercè and Marina Geli) on December.
Fata has a web page:
http://www.discotecahotfata.net/engnointro.html

love me if you dare.

2008-03-16T18:19:00.005+01:00

www.youtube.com/v/l6dEkbmX7T4
It's the best moment in "love me if you dare", "quiéreme si te atreves" in Spanish or "Jeux d'enfants" in French. I watched it one day during Christmas; when I have started to watch it I can't finish to watch because the true's I absolutely love it. It's really nice, particulary romantic, rather interesting, very sensitive... The most important thing in this film is you'll learn the true-life story about love. I'll not tell you this film because you should to watch it. It's only an advice.
In this movie you can see a different actors like: Guillaume Canet (Julien) and Marion Cotillard (Sophie). They're the main characters! :) It was create in 2003 by Yann Samuell. It's a French movie; When I knew it was French I tought it was boring. Normaly, the French films are more boring that English films. In my opinion English films are the better movies. But, in that case this topic is wrong.
I have looked for information about the main characters. One of them is Guillaume Canet who is a top actor in France. In his youth, Guillaume wanted to be a horse-rider, but he's better actor than horse-rider! Nowadays, he can be one of the greatest actors. On the other hand, you can see Marion Cotillard who won the Best Actress Academy Award. She isn't the only actress in her family because her brother, Jean-Claude Cotillard, is an actor.

If you want to know more things about that film, go there! :)
http://www.paramountvantage.com/loveme/index2.html

Heath Ledger

2008-03-11T08:15:00.004+01:00

Today I'll write a little bit about Heath Ledger. He was my favourit actor! but... He have died few weeks ago. I have read the magazine "Gra Ia". That was a information about him like...
He got married to Michaelle Williams who is the current actor in Dawson's Creek! Moreover he had got a little girl, Matilda Rose who is two years old! Everybody was really unhappy to his death, exactly: his daugther (Matilda Ledger), his other ex (Naomi Watts), nowadays his girlfriend (Gemma Ward), his friend (Helena Christensen) and his confidante (Mary-Kate Olsen).

There's a good bood, which is called "The Good Earth" tells the story of a farmer who struggles with his new-found watlth while his wife cares for their family. It echoes what we now about Heath Ledger:

He was a young actor of immense talent
He struggled to cope with fame to the breakdown of this relationchip

Heath's lifeless body was fount by his massueuse Diana Wolozin who went there because she had to give him a massage.

I'm so sorry for his death.

=)

2008-02-29T19:35:00.004+01:00

Today, I start my portfolio. :)
I hope this trim I have better mark in "the blogger and the portfolio" than the other.
I like doing this renovation and for that reason I hope you like my web page! If you want you can say to me some advice to get better. Now, I'll put a beautiful song which talks about the friendship and the love. It's interesting because it reflects on this topics and I agree with that it says. Please read all the song and translate it, If you can't translate perfectly go to "google" and put the song's title.

Ashlee Simpson - LOVE

beautiful picture.

2008-02-27T21:29:00.007+01:00

I know it isn't a landscape, but in this photo I can describe a lot of feelings like friendship. We're Mercè and I, and well... I’m not kissing her lips¬¬" (I say this because my boyfriends have said to me "you're homosexual" and I'm not.) I agree with homosexuality but well... I don't like that people say this to me. It's nonsense!
I have to talk about the photo, haven't I? Friendship is really nice and very sweet (when it’s pure friendship) I’m lucky about this topic, because I have really good friends like Marina Julià (you know her) this feeling is amusing because it can make you happy. Moreover you have a lot of moments with your friends, and ok… there are some days that you’re angry with them, but there are some other days you’re happy to be with them, for example: when you go to a party, a disco, the cinema, shopping, etc. Furthermore everyone has a special personality that you love it. Marina really understands; Laia Font is very chatty; Mercè is really confidential.

my SECOND oral presentation about California.

2008-02-25T21:49:00.004+01:00

Hi guys! Let’s get started. Good morning ladies and gentlemen. We are Neus and Marina as you know. In this oral presentation we are going to talk about California State, in particular, Los Angeles and San Francisco, futhermore, The Oscars and Hollywood.

Well…we’ll show you a North American’s map because you don’t get lost. It seems an easy thing to understand but...it’s wrong, because in USA there’re a lot of states, and because of that, there’re soo many cities, districts, etc.

How many people here like surfing?
If you want to go to California on holidays we recommend you to go to “Nomadsurfers”, because watching this web made a deep impression on us.
At the end of the class, if you want, we’ll show you this surf web.

In the fifth slide, we’re going to talk about the history of Hollywood, interesting things (precisely: the Oscars and the best films in 2007.) Hollywood is a district in Los Angeles, California, situated west-northwest of Downtown, Los Angeles. "Hollywood" is often used as a

metonym for the cinema of the United States. It’s a famous people’s city. Why is Hollywood important? Well… Hollywood’s important because in the twenty century New York and New Jersey stared their films in Hollywood because there there were longer days. Moreover, they didn’t have electricity so, as a consequence they needed natural light, and for that, Hollywood was the best option to go.

Hollywood places are:

Grauman's Chinese Theatre - In this theatre the most famous traits are the autographed cement blocks that reside in the forecourt.
Hollywood and Highland – Its center includes the Grauman's Chinese Theatre. It is an entertainment, shops and hotels, in short, it will be a commercial center.
Theatre Kodak - This theatre has been the home of the annual Academy Awards Ceremonies, in other words, The Oscars.
Universal Studios - sometimes called Universal Pictures, Universal City Studios and Universal City Pictures, is a major American motion picture company.
Hollywood Bowl , West Hollywood, The Roxy Theatre and East Hollywood.

Do you remember the Academy Awards (The Oscars)? Before, Marina told you about that and now we’re going to give you more information. Popularly known as the Oscars, they are presented annually to recognize excellence of professionals in the

film industry, including directors, actors, and writers.
We have chosen few important films in 2007, like…
o …American Gangster
o The Bourne Ultimatum
o Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
o 28 Weeks Later
o The Oxford murders
o The Simpsons Movie
o I’m a legend

We absolutely loved “I’m a legend”! It’s a really good film.
mmmm.. What more… the main character is Will Smith, who has won two Oscars: the best actor in “The pursuit of happyness” (en busca de la felicidad) and “Ali”. Do you remember “The fresh prince of Bel-Air” or el principe de Bel-Air in Spanish? This serie has been very well-knowm around the world. Will Smith was also the main character of that serie. He performed a good character and besides he has been nominated the best character of “The fresh prince of Bel-Air.”

To finish, we’d like to say something about Chad Michael Murray, because in our opinion he’s the best actor. Nowadays, he is rather valued because he’s good-looking, attractive, sexy, handsome, smart, good actor, intelligent and… don’t forget he’s really muscular! =) well… you can see him in the photo!
So… and for us he’s our platonic love now and ever.
A little bit about his life is that he was born in Buffalo, New York in 1981
In 1999 he went to Hollywood because some brand names (for example: Sketchers, Tomm Hilfiger and Gucci) invited him to be a model.
You can see his filmography in the slide.

Nothing more to say.We hope you like our oral presentation.
If there are any questions we’ll be happy to answer them
Thank you for your attention.

my FIRST oral presentation about ♥my family♥

2008-02-23T19:31:00.005+01:00

Ok, Let’s get started. Good morning everybody. My name’s Neus, I’m a student at IES Castelló d’Empúries, you know. When Elisabeth said us we had to make an “oral presentation” I had a problem, because I didn’t know what I could speak. Last year, when I did my oral presentation I spoke about my friends, exactly my birthday’s party, but this year I didn’t want to speak again about them. Today, I’m going to speak about a different people who I admire. I don’t say you who it’s and you have to imagine that, okay? :) But I say a clue. The people who I admire are there; can be my parents, my relative, my best friends or a famous. Pease when you know who is, you don’t say: “neus, neus, I know”, okay?
Well… I start: everyone has an idol, isn’t it? Today I want to talk to you about my idiols. Their star sign’re Capricorn, Virgo, and Libra. There’re three people who I admire because when I started my oral presentation I wanted to speak about one person, but… After a while I thought that each person has something that is especial or original. For that reason I speak about THREE people.

The first person is her.
She always is glad. It’s very strange that she’s sad or unhappy. She’s amusing, witty… She doesn’t like drinking alcohol and she doesn’t smoke. She’s healthy. She likes going to the gym in Empuriabrava. When I was child I used to stay with her, because my childish was near her. And now I hardly ever stay with her, because she has a boyfriend and she usually stays with him. In addiction she studies chemistry in Girona. She’s my sister, Montserrat

Moreover there’s he
I love bother him when he’s sleeping I go there and I touch his belly, I stretch his hair… After that, he gets upset but… I kiss him and he doesn’t remember anything. He always wants to be serious but… he doesn’t get. Everybody is frightened him, because he’s huge and he has a moustache. The other hand he’s generous, simple, very hard-working, and careful. :) Everyday, when I have a lie-in he TOCAR LA PORTA, then he open it and he say me: “good night my girl”. Later, I go to his bedroom and I bother him again. He’s my father, Joaquim.

Well… Thirdly is she
She’s very intelligent, polite, well-mannered, guilty, careful, smooth… I love when she’s laughing, she makes me be happy. Because when she laughs is funny. She has a particular smile. She helps me when I have a problem in a school, for example when I don’t understand a problem in mats she helps me or… when I don’t understand something in Catalan, Spanish, Geography etcetera… She’s my mother.

In the end I wanted to speak about my family because In my opinion the family’s very important. How many people here like her family? Do you know that before families are stronger that now? However, do you know that now there many students that haven’t any conversation with their father, mother or brothers and sisters?
I put this address because it’s a page in internet that speaks about this topic.
Nothing more to say, If there are any questions I’ll be happy to answer them.
Thank you for your attencion.

My first writing

2008-02-17T10:28:00.004+01:00

Hi teacher!
I'm Neus Pagès Gelabert, I'm only fifteen because my birthday is in November; I'm scorpion like you, isn't it? I hope that I don't do any mistakes in this writing! I'm very talkative. I like speaking with others people because I think that a conversation is "the best thing in the world" :) because you can tell to your friends, your relatives... about different things: your hobbies, your aspiration, your thinking...
My favorite TV program is Hospital Central because I love medicine but I wouldn't like to be doctor because I think doctors have a lot of responsibility. I absolutely like surfing the Internet and I'm very keen on listening music and watching films. I like going to " messenger" because, in my opinion, it's very funny, communicative, and modern (because you can speak with friends who live very far) My hobby's volleyball but I don't play volleyball this year because I go to "escola oficial d'idiomes" and I haven't free time. Maybe, I'll play it the next year.

Best wishes :)
See you next week.

A description of a person

2008-02-16T14:28:00.007+01:00

I'll tell you something about Marta:

1. Marta's characteristics which I admire.
2. My first impression of Marta when I first met her
3. Marta's negative characteristics

Marta's a great friend of mine because she is always there when I need her. We have a good "chemical react", I'll summarize it in a few words, we are very different but on the other hand we have common characteristics. We are hot-hearted, thin-skinned, chatty, a little bit amusing, particularly talkative, rather communicative... I like her psychological personality because Marta is quite strong-willed and I admire it. She can be unhappy but she always smiles. I can't do this because when I'm sad I can't be two-faced (in this aspect). She's sincere; she is not at all two-faced!

Marta looks a bit extroverted when you first meet her and... It isn't wrong.
She isn't perfect like everybody, she has negative characteristics too.

She isn't my best friend and I don't know her perfectly because I only meet her only two or three times a week, for that reason I don't know much about her negative characteristics.
I wanted to speak about Marta, because she goes to "Escola Oficial d'Idiomes" with me. I met her before that but I meet here more often.

A sweet kiss Marta :)
See you on Monday!

Frankenstein.

2008-02-12T08:54:00.003+01:00

There're a lot of differences between the film and the book. I really like watching a film, for this I prefer watch the movie, but... Well, the film's more romantic than the book, but the book is more realistic. Because the film's ending is more tragic, I'll summarise it in a few words; this movie center in love and the book center in Frankenstein's monster, don't it?

- In the film, there's only one Victor Frankenstein's brother (William).
- Victor met Henry Clerval in the university, and in the book, they met more before.
- In the book, Henry died and, in the other hand, in the film he didn’t die.
- Elisabeth has got brown hair, and in the book she is blond and she has blue eyes.
- In the film Felix and Agatha (the wood family) are a marriage and in the book, they are brothers.
- The book says that Frankenstein is 2,5 m hight, but in the film, it's wrong.
- In the book, Victor is accused about the deaths.
- In the film, the deaths are disrupts.
- Moreover, in the film, Victor reconstructs Elisabeth.
(...)

A shivering night

2008-02-12T08:46:00.000+01:00

One year ago we had a terrible night, we were in Neus’ home, because we were celebrating her birthday. We went to the church and there we felt a strange, cold and humid sensation, that ran throught all our body. We got worried and for this reason, we went to Neus’ house.
Alter a while, we turned on the TV and it suddenly was turned off, we don’t know that happened. As we were going up the stairs a black cat was going down.
Neus didn’t have a black cat…
Marina had bad vibrations in Neus’ house, but Neus thought it was a coincidence.
Later,we went to sleep and…

PUUUUUM!!!

Marina: What¨s this?
Neus: What?
Marina: the noise!
Neus: Marina…I think it’s your imagination! I didn’thear the noise.
Marina: Okay…you’ll manage! I go the bathroom.
As Neus was sleeping and Marina was in the bathroom, the noise come back and Neus was frightened because she saw a spirit.
Then, Neus saw that the spirit was her grandmother, and she invited Neus to play cards.
When Marina arrived she looked at them with an amazed face, she didn’t believe that Neus and her grandmother spirit were playing cards!!!
Finally Marina won the card game, neus believe in spirits and the following Halloween we come back to play an other game.

Formal Letter

2008-02-05T18:01:00.000+01:00

107 B, Alberes

Empuriabrava

Girona

17487

16th January, 2008

The Major

Town Hall

4 Plaça de l'Ajuntament

Castelló d'Empúries, 17486

Dear Sir,

We watched a TV programme "l'hora de l'alcalde" and we are writing in reply to the words that you said. The TV programme was interesting, but we don't think that all of your opinions are true.

On the one hand, we agree that the town needs more money to new projects: reparing the pavilion; making summer parties; build public liverpool, etc
On the other hand, we disagree that you can't cancel the carnival and the others parties.

Secontly we don't agree that the students have to wear a uniform in the higth school because it causes diferent conseguences:

- expenses problems: we ofen have to wash up the uniform because the students have to wear it all the days.

- If everybody wears the some clothes, the hght school with be boring.

- Normally, the students don't like the uniform, because it is ofen ugly.

- Not everybody can pay the uniform.

We look forward to heaving from you.

Yours faithfully,

Marina Julià and Neus Pagès

Why can't you do this one little thing for me?

2008-01-15T19:50:00.000+01:00

The break-up

I have to go! After I'll write a small writing about this film, well.. when I'll be in "aula d'idiomes" I'll wrilte more!!

I'm really like watching this film, because I tink it's a natural film because if you watch it you'll can see a lot of problems in a relationship! :)

I'm here after two weeks!! Now, I'm writting a small writting about this film. I don't finish this movie but I'm telling something about it. The film start in a football match when they met their. It was love at first sight and it also was very pretty. They went to live together for months but after that, the problems started! He didn't do nothing for her and she did all for him. One day, she was tired of his stupids things, for example: he didn't do nothing at home, he didn't cook, he only played at Play Station. As soon as she could, she told him how she felt. She break their relationship. Then, she met different men and she invited their in their home (Gari and Brooke's home), he went green about it!
Sorry but.. I didn't watch the ending of the film.

Ohhhhhh! Now Marina was telling me they didn't start again their relationship in the film's ending! :(

My first publication

2007-12-19T18:24:00.000+01:00

Today I start my english portofolio. I hope you like it!* :)
My first publication I'll put a little Spice Girls' dialogue. When I was child I really liked this kind of music and... I've got some catalan and spanish music too. If you like Spice Girls you can go there: http://www.thespicegirls.com

Interviewer, Neus: Neus Pagès

Gery: Laia Saló

Emma: Elisenda Lladó

Victoria: Anna Genis

Merci: Marina Julià

Neus: Good evening. Welcome to MTV!! Today we have four guests, they are “SpiceGirls”, but they are only tour because one of them has died. A round of applause :)
Gery: Hello everybody!
Emma: Hiya!
Victoria: Hi guys!!
Mercy: Hello Snow*
Neus: I’m sorry for your loss, she would be glad you decided to get back together and…
Gery: Thank you for your support, since her dead we feel stronger and united on stage. :)
Emma: It’s nice to be together again, but it isn’t the same four than five.
Victoria: Yes it’s nice but I haven't less time to go shopping and be with my hosband and my sons.
Melcy: Oh Victoria! You’re a posh! One of your best friends has died and you only tink of going shopping!
Victoria: I’m a posh because I can.
Emma: Girls, girls, girls! Peace and love, please :)
Neus: Thanks Emma =) and now... it’s adverstisement time.

Neus: We’re here again! And to finish the show with the girls are going to say some Goodbye songs for Melby’s memory.
Gery: Goodbye, my friend :)
Emma: I know you're gone ;)
Victoria: you said you're gone =)
Melcy: but I can still feel you here. It's not the end :D
Gery: I hope that you come in all our concerts! :P