ORAL PRESENTATION

FINAL EVALUATION

I think that this year I have learnt a lot of things, but I believe that I could learn more, because this course we do a lot of writing in blogs and portfolios, but we don't do much grammar. For this reason, I tink that I have improved a lot my writing but my grammar can improve so much.
I believe that this project is well because you can do a lot of writing and learn things about computers, because you will need it in the future, but is possible that the teachers look more at the colours and other things of the blog and not the composition.
In conclusion, I think that we have to change the way to learn english because we can learn more and practise more activities like speaking or listening, because we don't do nothing of that.

"The price of the houses decrease"

This summer, the price of rent a house will be lower than the last year. The great reason of that is the crisier, because the price of the money also is lower than the last year.
The other reason is that the people have not too money for spend, and think that is not rentable go to Costa Brava
3 new words:
- lower: més poc
- crisi: crisier
- tenant: lloga

Costa brava resident

Grease

The story talks about Sandy and Danny, who meet in summer, and when they return to the high school in September, they are in the same school. At first, Danny, who is a cocky, tell to his friends that is a very good girl and they were inlove... and Sandy say that Danny was very romantic, and a good lover.
When they are with their friends, don't talk, but when they are alone, they talk a lot. One day, Sandy decides to change himself because he wants that Danny fall inlove with her another time,...
and we finished the film in this situation...

"Pau Gasol wants to be in the NBA finals"

The catalan star from Sant Boi, is playing this season for LA Lakers, the best team of the american NBA, and he wants to win the trophy and remake himself of the last final, that lost against Boston Celtics.
He has trust in the great star of the team, Kobe Briant, who is the best scorer of the league.
3 new words learnt:
- remake: refer-se
- trust: confiança
- scorer: anotador

Catalonia today

"Obama reaches out to Muslim world"

Barack Obama, the new usa president, thinks that america has to improve the relations with Muslim world, because the last president, George W. Bush worsened the relations with both worlds.
Obama starts another time the relations with they, speaking about that with Egipt president in the white house.
3 new words learnt:
- worsen: empitjorar
- counselor: coseller
- ambassador: ambaixador

bbc news.

PODCAST

In the class

Tania: Jamie, where were you yesterday at night?
Jamie: I went to a party with my friends.
Tania: Oh... I didn't know that.
Jamie: I'm sorry but at the party there weren't girls.

At breaktime

Tania: How was the wekkend?
Polly: Oh very well!! I had a good time!! I was at a party!
Tania: Who did you go with to a party?

Jamie Arrive.
Kiss Tania

Polly: What are you doing with Tania?
Jamie: She is my girlfriend.
Polly: You didn't say taht the other day!

Polly Run

Tania: Tell me, every thing right now.
Jamie: Ok last weekent I was with Polly at the party but I didn't want to, it was a mistake.

Tania: I don't want ton see you anymore!
Polly: Oh I'm sorry I didn't know that Jamie was you boyfriend.
Tania: I don't want to speak to, you anymore!
Polly: This situation is unfair because I didn't know anything about your relationship

INFORMAL LETTER

10 Vilabertran Road
Castelló d'Empúries
17486
3rd May
Hi John,
How is the life in Manchester? I hope it's better than life in Castelló because there's a lot of stress because of the exams, fot this reason I can't write more letters for you, but in 2 months, when the exams finish, I will send a lot of letters to you.
Now, I'm looking for a job for these holidays, and I think that I will work in a campingsite and I will have free the last 2 weeks of August, I thought that you can spend these days in Castelló, in my house.
I was looking for flights from Manchester to Girona and the prices aren't too expensive. In summer, there are a lot of people on the beach, there are a lot of pubs and the athmosphere is very good.
I hope you want to come here and your parents give you the opportunity of coming.
Yours faithfully,
Guillem

P.S. I'll write in Catalan next time!

OPINION ESSAY

Pollution is one of the most important problems of the world, because it causes that the enviroment disapper and that a lot of species of animals also disappear, and it's very bad for us because a world of pollution is very sad.
In the first place, I have to say that pollution is caused by the big companyies, whose factories make a lot of toxic gases which can destroy the plants and the animals from around the world,and if the pollution increases, life in the world will be more difficult and sad for the people.
Secondly we must stop pollution because the differences of the animals and plants of the world can disapear, and the world will be the same in Spain than in Hawaii, without plants and animals.
In conclusion, we must stop the pollution now, because if we don't do anything, it can be too late and the enviroment will desappear.

CAMP NOU

Camp Nou is the stadium of F.C. Barcelona, is in Barcelona. Is one of the best stadiums in Europe and the stadium that have more capacity, 98.772 people. It was built in 1957, and it have changed during the history for become what is now. Is a very big stadium where have played the best players of the world, as ronaldo, rivaldo, messi, ronaldinho, zidane, cruyff,... During the history a lot of emotional and special nights have happened there, the match agains Atlético de Madrid (4-3)or the 5-0 against R.Madrid, there was played the best Champions League final, Man.Utd 2- 1 Bayern Munich, in 1999.
In the future, the stadium will change with the Norman Foster's project, who plans to make the stadium more colourfull and with more capacity than now.
In conlusion, this is one of the bests stadiums in the world, and it will be the best after of the Norman Foster's project.

DISCUSSION ESSAY (2)

At the present, there are a lot of people who wants to be famous, because normal people see famous people on TV that have fantastic houses, jewels, dresses,... but there are bad things about being famous.
On the one hand, if you are a famous person, you can have a lot of good things, know important people and be an example for a lot of teenagers.
On the other hand, there are a lot of people who wants to met you because of your money, and the teenagers are all the time looking for your photo,...
In conclusion, I believe that if you are a balanced person you can be famous, but if you aren't is possible that you fall in the world of drugs, alcohol,...

DISCUSSION ESSAY

In the past there weren't rules to defend the students who were punisheds by the teachers, and the teachers can do what they want, but now it's different.
At present teachers can't do strict punishments because there are a lot of rules to defend the students who behave bad, but there aren't rules to deffend the teachers from the bad students who hit teachers.
On the one hand, is good to have a lot of rules to defend the students against the bad teachers, because in the past, students were victims of the teachers who make too stricter punishments.
On the other hand, I also think that it's bad the fact only exist rules to defend the students and don't exist ones to defend the teachers, because there are bad students and bad teachers. i also believe that now, there are some teachers who work with fear because they can think that students will denunce him for anything.
In conclusion, I think that if this bad people don't exist, won't be necesary to make rules, but that is impossible. For this reason according to my own opinion is necessary to make more rules to defend the teachers.

DESCRIPTION

He has red short hair, he sometimes wears glasses but one day Pau broke it. His face is little and a little big red.
He's short, and is like a dog. His back is crooked, I think that's the right part, it's possible that for this reason he's smaller than a lot of people.
He's sympathetic and friendly, he isn't bad with anybody. In class, David, Pau and me often laugh at stupid things, and we copy the most famous expressions on TV.
Wherever he's vith his friends, he's laughing and talking a lot, I can't remember any moment that he's irritated with anybody.
I think that he's very demanding, because he always says that the great majority of the girls are very ugly, and aren't for him.

TRANSCRIPTION

WHERE THE PEOPLE SPEAK ENGLISH?
In all the places of England, the inhabitants speak english.
The english language come from England
London is the place where there is more people that speaks other languages, for example chinese.
HOW MANY PEOPLE SPEAK ENGLISH?
In the U.K. aprox. 60.000.000 persons, 98%
In England all the people speak english
GEOGRAPHY
England is in the greatest british island, near Scotland and Wales. It’s comunicated with Europe by a tunnel.
Has a temperate climate and a lot of precipitations.
The zone with more inhabitants is London, the capital.
NATIONAL SYMBOLS
The St. George's Cross is a red cross on a white background and is the flag of England. It is believed to have been adopted for the uniform of English soldiers during the Crusades.
The coat of arms of England. The earliest surviving record of their use was by Richard I ("Richard the Lionheart") in the late 12th century. Actually is used by football national team.
The Tudor rose is the national floral emblem of England, and was adopted as a national emblem of England around the time of the Wars of the Roses. Actually is used by rugby national team.
THINGS TO VISITE
One of the most famous prehistoric sites in the world, Stonehenge is composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones.
Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the British monarch, the palace is a setting for state occasions and royal entertaining, and a major tourist attraction.
London eye is the biggest Ferris wheel in Europe, and has become the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom.
Big Ben is the nickname for the great bell of the clock at the north-eastern end of the Palace of Westminster in London, It celebrates its 150th birthday in 2009, during which celebratory events are planne.


FOOD AND DRINK
During the history the english food and drink have been different than european.
With the arrive of asiatic people who influenced the food and drink have changed.
Fish and chips: Tipical english food of take-away.
Tea: Tipical drink from Asia.
MUSIC
The english compositors didn’t have so importance during the history.
The popular music had more importance with bands like the beatles, Queen or Rolling Stones.
In England have appeared new music styles, for example Heavy metal or Punk Rock.
TIPICAL SPORTS
Rugby: The national team is one of the bests teams of the world, and compete in the 6 nations, the greatest competition in the middle north of the world.
Football: Only won one world cup, in 1966, in England, also organized the Eurocup ’96. The most popular player is David Beckham.
-Wembley: Is the stadium where play the national teams of football and rugby.
Tennis: England has the most important tennis tournament that is in Wimbledon, and is played on lawn.

"FIFTY YEARS OF FERGIE IN FOOTBALL"

The text talks about the Manchester United's coatch, Alex Ferguson, who celebrates his 50 years in the english football winning his match with United against stoke city (5-0). It also say that Ferguson stars in football with 16 years for Queens Park Rangers, and explain the great number of titles that he has.
- runner, corredor
- rapport, compenetració
- rank, categoria

DIFFERENCES BOOK AND FILM: FRANKESTEIN

We read the book Frankestein, and then, we also watched the film, comparing both versions, there are many differences.
At the beginning of the film, the creature isn't moving on a sledge, and in the book he's on foot.
In the film, Victor has only got one little brother, William, who dies, but in the text appears another one, Ernest.
Apart from that, Victor's mother dies in different ways: in the book it's because of an illness and in the film giving birth to William.
Victor's relationship with Henry Clerval is different because in the book they've been friends since they were in school, and in the film they don't meet until university. In the book, Victor's laboratory is far from the university to keep the secret, but in the film, a lot of people can enter the laboratory, for example Elizabeth, who visits Victor because she's very worried.
In the film, the monster collects vegetables from the family that lives next to them, but in the book, it helps the family by cutting firewood during the night.
After Justine was accused of killin William, in the film she is hanged, and in the book she was in prison and she dies here.
In the film, the monster kills Elisabeth on her honeymoon by pulling out her heart and then, it wants the body or Elisabeth for its wife; in the book, it strangles her. Frankestein can give life to Elisabeth, but she burns herself.
Finally, the end of the story is different, because in the book the monster dies alone, walking on the ice, but in the film, there is a more emotional ending, because the monster dies next to Victor's Frankestein.
In my opinion, it is good to read the book and agterward watch the film, because if you do not understand something of the book, is easy to understand it by watching the film. I also think that is difficult to make a composition with the differences of both, because there's a lot of differences, for this reason, there aren't all teh differences in the composition.

"TRAINING CRISIS"

The text talks about the crisis and her consequences in UK, that there are a lot of good workers that have not work because of the crisis, and the good workers who have work, have a low salary and the companies freeze their salaries.
Finally it talks about the teachers, that the schools have not teachers and can't open.

- reject, rebutjar
- prowl, rondar
- overdue, endarrerit

Think in english n28

Having seen his father killed in a major gang fight in New York, young Amsterdam Vallon is spirited away for his own safety. Some years later, he returns to the scene of his father's death, the Five Points district in New York. It's 1863 and lower Manhattan is run by gangs, the most powerful of which is the Natives, headed by Bill "The Butcher" Cutting. He believes that America should belong to native-born Americans and opposes the waves of immigrants, mostly Irish, entering the city. It's also the time of the Civil War and forced conscription leads to the worst riots in US history. Amid the violence and corruption, young Vallon tries to establish himself in the area and also seek revenge over his father's death. For do that he enter in the natives group and win the confidence of the head, Bill "The Butcher", he also know a girl who works for Bill, they fall in love and plan to go out, to San Francisco, during that, in the theatre, one person shoot to Bill, but Amsterdam stop him.

We can't watch more because we don't have more classroom hours for finish the film.


Now, the trailer of the film

"CATALAN FUTSAL WOMEN CLAIM WORLD CROWN"

In the first edition of a internationally championship woman's futsal CAtalunya won 4-0 over Galicia, Catalunya team lifted the new throphy winning against Russia and Australia. This is the last internationally recognised Catalan national team to win a world title in recent years, following in the footsteps of the roller hockey, bowling,...
I hope other Catalan sports can compete internationally.

- held, aguantar
- lift, aixecar
- ensure, assegurar

Catalonia today