My English competece in 2009

For choosing my best oral evidnce I have some problems becase I think the majority are so good. These last podcasts I choose two. The frist is the one that talks about Palestina and Israel. And the second is the one that talks about Pepe Bottle and Napo Bonaparte. I think that there are really serious and funny.
I think that in the blog all the entries are good. But I think that those that talks about sport, specially basketball, are better than the others.
The podcasts: http://ariii9110portfolio.blogspot.com/2009/04/podcast.html
http://ariii9110portfolio.blogspot.com/2009/01/israel-vs-palestina.html
The written evidences: http://ariadna11.blogspot.com/2009/05/final-four-berlin-2009.html
http://ariadna11.blogspot.com/2009/03/barca-and-tau-in-quarters-of-euroleague.html

I choose these written evidences because I know the sports novelties very well so I can explain more things about that than another person. And I choose these podcasts because I like them a lot, one because it talks about a very important war in the world, and in the second because I think it's really funny.
I think that all of this works are really good because I did them with all I learn in the classes. I use imagination, new words and expressions, fluency in the recorders and work in group.

My English 2007-2009

It's true that I learn English a lot: readings, listening, writings etc.
In my last descrpition to the teacher I explain more things about me and about what I'm doing these year. The first one was short and very easy to understand.
Comparing my first oral presentation with the last one, I have to say that there are a lot of difference. Now the orals have more maturity and more length. The fluency has improved a lot, I'm not so much nervous like before. Definitively, I talk with more calm and better.
I have to say that this year is the most intensive one. Because of that, it's in which I learnt more.
I know that for me learning English is difficult but the oral presentations I done these two years of batxillerat I learn a lot for pass the selectivitat and for my life.

Writing

French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry said that "the best things people have made are all things that bring people together". Discuss this statement and say what are your mind, the best things people have made. Would you say that Internet make our social life richer or poorer?

At first, I have to say that Saint-Exupéry is right. Some of the things that we invented are for bring people together. Most of them but not all.
For example, the aireplane I agree with him. It's an invention which bring people together because it allows you going to everywhere you want. It's a very useful thing.
Also the telephone is very important for everybody. It brings all together, because it allows you talking with you family or your friends everywhere you are.
But, in the other hand I think that there are other inventions which are less useful. For example: Internet. I agree that Internet is useful to know people from around the world. It's true that you can find information in the net but it isn't the same that being there. The airplane can bring you there, Internet only nears you in that place.
In conclusion, I have to recognizing that most of the inventions of humans are useful, but some more than the other.

News 3: The swine flue

The swine flue is spreading around the world. This flue is made of three other different flues: the first one belongs to humans, the second one to the pigs and the third one to the chikens. These kind of flues are mixed inside the pigs. Everybody becomes infected for respiratory way, so we have to take a mask.
The flue begins in Mèxic and iy spread first in USA, where are 85 cases , in New Zeland, where are 4 cases, and in Canada, where are 85 cases.
Right now, in Spain there are 40 cases, but no one have died because of swine flue. The first one appeared in Bilbao and two more in Girona.
But also there are some other countries around the world which are infected people: Germany, Israel, UK, France, Austria, Denmark, Colombia, Hong Kong and others.
I think that all countries have to take measures for preventing the flue. Only there was deaths in Mèxic and USA, but everybody is worried about this flue.

Toxic friends

Claire Honey
London Street 1432
Liverpool
30th october 2009

Dear Daisy,
I have to talk to you about some issues. You don't pick up the phone so that's why I'm writting to you this letter.
At first, I have to say that I have other friends a part from you. I know that we had a very good friendship, but now I can't stand it. I spent all my time with you, and my boyfriend is angry with me and also with you. You are a very good person, but it's unbearable.
I want you to continue being my friend, because I know you since we were children, and I love you so much. We can be friends, but no like now. I want to spend my time also with Charles, because I love him too.
We can talk on the phone but not for two hours like before, I have other things to do like studying.
I'm sure you will understand what I mean with his letter, if not so we can continue being friends, but not with the same confidence.
Surely you'll understand because you know what our friendship represents to me.
I love you so much.
XXXO
Claire Honey

A letter to my friend about a concert

Kelly Taylor
London Street, 2078
Manchester
12th october 2009

Hello Kate!
How are you? I'm writing to you this letter to talk about Lax'n'busto. As you know, I went to their concert in Barcelona, so I want to explain to you how I feel there.
I arrived too early because I knew that there would be a lot of people doing queue. I buy the entry and I have been waiting for four hours, more or less. It was horrible, but you've already known what I can do for this group.
The waiting was worthwhile, because it was very huge, and fantastic. After one more hour, the establishment was plenum of people. I met known people: Mark and Lisa, and Charles.
The sound was really good, and the stage too.
And, the concert begins everybody also begin to shout. The majority of the fans knew all the songs. Others showed their banners. The atmospher was spectacular.
It has been one of the best concerts I've gone.
If you have the opportunity to go to one of their concets, do it. Surely you'll like it a lot.
Now it's time to say goodbye. See you early!
XXXOO
Kelly Taylor

The podcast!

Napoleon and Joseph I are fighting. Both are in love with the same woman: a spanish country girl. Who has the right to get her? Who is more powerful? And who will succes in the game of love...

Ferran VII: Mm... what a good night... hehe
Maria Cristina: Mmm...yes.. but it could have been better...
Ferran VII: What?!
Maria Cristina:(in the bed after a farfilled night) did you know about the discussion between Pepe and Napo?
F.VII: No I didn't know about i, I didn't hear a word! Tell me my dear, what has happened in far away France?
M.C: I don't know nothing but gossip and rumors we should investigate this!

Maria Cristina and Ferran VII arrive a the palace in Paris. Napo and Pepe are fighting with swords against each other. The price is the heart of a country girl.

Napoleon:(shouting) She's mine! I'm the emperor of the world!
Joseph I: Bahh! I'm the king of Spain!
Napo: For my sake!
Pepe: If you wantt her, fight like a man! (piks Napo with the sowrd) Ha!
Napo: Autsch(shout like a girl) That hurts! Bastard of a brother! (piks him on the arm) Only known as Pepe The Bottle!
Pepe: Au(shout like a girl) What a borther you are!

After two-three minutes fighting a servent passes by ad both look after her.

Napo and Pepe: wooow!
Napo: I'm the Emperor of Europe, I have engaged the French Revolution! Oh dear brother of mine! What did you do? Answer me!?
Pepe: I...I...I... I am the king of Spain!
Napo: You always say the same dear brother... remember I gave you the country like a brithday present...
Pepe: What a present!? Didn't find something more ancient and old in time and space!?
Napo: The only thing you know and know well as how to drink!
Pepe: something you never learned as a good french!
Napo: WHAT!(like a girl) I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! COME ON! Let's go to the tavern!

Both go out to a tavern called The Two Drinkers. Maria Cristina and Ferran VII come with them.

Napo: Come on Pepe! You only have drunk five!
Pepe: Look at me! The seventh!
Napo:(drinking more) Six!
Pepe:(drinking six more) Thirteen!
Napo: Poor drunnk of a brother!
Pepe: Don't tell me this...I'm your brother! I love you! (crying) Don't say me this...
Napo: Don't cry brother! (starting to cry too) I also love you!
Maria the country girl: come on boys, stop crying ans share the bottles!

They look at her with astonishment. Ferran VII enters to the tavern followed by Maria Cristina.

F.VII: Who gets the girl in the end?
M.C: (looking Maria with lovely eyes) Me!

Everybody looks Maria Cristina and Maria surprised. Maria Cristina and the country girl left the bar together.

THE END
FERRAN VII married with a country girl of France called Crisitne and they come to Spain to reigne.
NAPO went to Napoly and there he invented the famous "napolitanes". After two years he died of overweight.
PEPE BOTTLE died in the pub The Two Drinkers being in coma because of the alcohol he drank that night after loosing his spanish throne.

News 2: Champions League

F.C. Barcelona won on Wednesday a match versus Bayern Munich. Everybody thought that this match would be very adjusted, but it wasn't like this. Barcelona scored the first goal at the minute 9, by Leo Messi(some people says that he's the best football player in the world). The second goal was score by Eto'o at minute 12. Leo Messi scored the third goal at minute 38, and Henry at minute 43.
Barcelona played a very nice and wonderful play, and the tore Bayern de Munich. The Germans never controlled the ball, so Barcelona was superior.
The supporters from Barça celebrated every goal as if were the first. Nou Camp was a really big party.
On the second time there no were goals but Barcelona showed a splendid game. Everybody was happy by this result.
Now, some of the specialists in football think that Barça is in the semi-finals of Champions League. But they still have to go to Munich to play the second match, but surely they'll win it.

Traduction of a song

I'm just a kid_SIMPLE PLAN

I woke up it was 7
I waited till 11
to figure out that no one would call
I think I got a lot of friends but I don't hear from them
What's another night all alone?
When your spending everyday on your own
And here it goes

[Chorus:]
I'm just a kid and life is a nightmare
I'm just a kid, I know that its not fair
Nobody cares cause I'm alone and the world is
Having more fun than me
Tonight...

And maybe when the night is dead, I'll crawl into my bed
Staring at these 4 walls again
I'll try to think about the last time, I had a good time
Everyone's got somewhere to go
And they're gonna leave me here on my own and here it goes

I'm just a kid and life is a nightmare
I'm just a kid, I know that its not fair
Nobody cares, cause I'm alone and the world is
Having more fun than me

What the hell is wrong with me?
Don't fit in with anybody
How did this happen to me?
Wide awake I'm bored and I can't fall asleep
And every night is the worst night ever

I'm just a kid [repeat x5]

I'm just a kid and life is a nightmare
I'm just a kid, I know that its not fair
Nobody cares, cause I'm alone and the world is
Nobody wants to be alone in the world.

I'm all alone tonight
Nobody cares tonight
Cause I'm just a kid tonight
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TRADUCTION
Em despertava a les 7
esperava fins les 11
imaginar que ningú em cridaria
Pensava que tenia molts amics però no en sentia cap
Què és una altra nit sol?
I tu gastant cada dia per tu
I aquí s'en va...

Només sóc un nen i la vida és un malson
Només sóc un nen i sé que no és just
Ningú es preocupa per mi perquè estic sol i el món
es comença a divertir més que jo
aquesta nit...

I potser quan la nit és morta m'arrossegaré al meu llit
fitant aquestes quatre parets altre cop
Intentaré pensar en aquell temps passat, era un bon temps
Tothom té un lloc on anar
I ells s'en van per deixar-me aquí, amb mi mateix. I aquí s'en va...

Només sóc un nen i la vida és un malson
Només sóc un nen i sé que no és just
Ningú es preocupa per mi perquè estic sol i el món
es comença a divertir més que jo
aquesta nit...

Perquè l'infern està malament amb mi?
No encaixava amb ningú
Com em pot passar això a mi?
Quan em desperto sóc avorrit i no em puc adormir
i cada nit és la pitjor nit

Només sóc un nen i la vida és un malson
Només sóc un nen i sé que no és just
Ningú es preocupa per mi perquè estic sol i el món és
Ningú vol estar sol al món

Estic tot sol aquesta nit
Ningú es preocupa aquesta nit
Perquè jo sóc un nen aquesta nit

A film I watched...

CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC
Yesterday I saw this film.
It talked about a woman that always was buying clothes. She said that she bought because like this she fall better, but she was shopping adiction. But, slowly, she kept on becoming indebted. Afterwards, to retrieve the money, she entered to work into a magazaine of finances. She fall in love with her boss, and together they go to a dance. But, after appears an other woman, more beautiful than the protagonist. The collector pursued her because she had to pay her debts. And, when, she go to a TV programme, the collector appears in the public and told to everybody everything about her(because she became famous with her columns in the magazine).
To be able to retrieve the love between her and her boss, she sold all her cloth.
And finally, she learnt that money it's important and that she can't waste the money which she need. The film finished with a kiss between she and her boss.

The protagnist is Isla Fisher who interprets Rebecca Bloomwood. The boss is Hugh Dancy who interprets Luke Brandom. This film is an adaptation of a novels by Sophie Kinsella.
It's a really funny film, I really like it. So I recommend you to see it on the cinema. I hope you like it.
kisses*

News 1: Euroleague !!

Hello!
Today I'm going to talk to you about the match that Real Madrid and Olympiakos played yesterday, and also about the match between Panathinaikos and Montepaski. It was the quarters of Eruoleague. The winner will play the Final Four in Berlín.
Real Madrid 75 - Olympiakos 78
This is the result of the final match. The Greek team had alreaday won two other matches. Because of that, they will go to Berlin to play the Final Four. This, it was a match very difficult, the scoreboard was ajusted all the time. And finally, the Greeks ended up imposing.

Montepaski 84 - Panathinaikos 91
An other Greek team won yesterday. They also will go to Berlin, next to Olympiakos, CSKA and TAU or Berça. Panathinaikos won by 84-91. It was a very difficult match but the Greeks play better than italians players, and because of that they won.

Now, there three teams that are in the Final Four CSKA Moscu, Olympiakos and Panathinaikos. The other team are Barça or TAU, but they have to play an other match next Thursday because of the draw(2-2).
I'm very happy because the two Greek teams are in the final, I think that they are the best in Europe. Also I will be very happy if Barça win TAU, but if is not, I also be happy because it will be a spanish team in Berlin(1-3 May).
[In the picture we can see Dimitris Diamantidis, a very good player from Olympiakos. I put his photo because I like his play.]

An interview to a farmer

Interview to Jim, a farmer.
Ari: Hello Jim! How are you?
Jim: Hello Ari! I'm fine thanks.
Ari: Can I ask you some questions about you and your way of life?
Jim: Yes of course!
Ari: OK. So, waht is your profession?
Jim: I'm a farmer, one of a few that there are nowadays.
Ari: And, do you love your job?
Jim: Yes, my father was a farmer, my grandfather was a farmer and I'm a farmer, and I love it.
Ari: That's great! So, what do you do as a farmer?
Jim: I grow the land: tomatoes, carrots, potatoes etc. Also I look the cows, the pigs and the hens. And I graze the sheeps.
Ari: And when do you get up for doing all these things?
Jim: At six o'clock.
Ari: Wow! It is really early, isn't it?
Jim: Yes it's true, but a farmer always has a lot of work, and in this way we can do more work.
Ari: Yes, I undertand. And when do you have holidays?
Jim: Jaja, never. A farmer never has holidays, because always there are work.
Ari: Oh! If it's true, I think it can be really difficult to do this job.
Jim: Yes. At night, when I arrive at home, and so tired by the work I did during all the day.
Ari: I can imagine it! Uff... And, if a person offers to you another job in which you can win more money, would you accept it?
Jim: No, of course no. I love this job and I wouldn't change it.
Ari: Thank for you information Jim.
Jim: Thank you to you :)

Orals Presentations

Chanez and Fiona: they talked about universities of U.K.(the famous ones and the the others that aren't so famous). For example: University of Cambrdige, university of Oxford, Imperial College of London, university of Newcastle etc.

Alex Peña: He talked about his research project work: Pacfren.

Adrià Alfaro: He talked about his research project: Fantastic Spanish literature: history, carachteristics etc.

Bernardo: He talked about the immigration of the city of London. The immigration has made London one of the most important cities on Earth 300 languages spoken in London.

Marina Sarquella: She talked about her research project: Presence of English on TV advertising.

Jordi Lleixà and Adrià Carmona: they made a diary about our trip to London with a video of all places we visited.

Claudia and Carles: They talked about our trip to London with some picture about all places we visited there.

Anna and Miriam: they asked to some londoners about London. They made questions like: waht means London to you? or What future you wanted for London?

Laia Salo and Elisenda Llado: they made a summary about the trip in London: Globe Theatre, Tower Bridge, London Eye etc.

Oriol Oliva: he talked about his trip to London with his friends. they wento to visit a football stadium and last day they were shopping.

Marina Julià and Neus: They talked about some places of London: Buckingham Palace etc.

Baldiri and Iñaki: they talked about Picadilly Circus, British Museum, London Eye, Big Ben, Buckongham Palace.

Oral Presentation 2

Hello! I’m in front of British Museum, in London.
British Museum is a museum of human history and culture. Their collection is more than 7 million objects. It was established in 1753. The museum first opened to the public on 15 January 1759. Since 2001 the director of the museum has been Neil MacGregor.
It has a lot of different departments:
- Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan: the museum has the largest and comprehensive collection of Egyptian antiques. It includes objects of all periods and 140 mommies approximately. Example: Colossal bust of Ramesses II “the Younger Memnon” (1250aC).
- Department of Greek and Roman antiquities. It’s the largest collection from Classical art, with more than 100.000 objects. Example: a piece of the Parthenon on Athens.
- Department of the Middle East: it has 330.000 objects more or less. British Museum has the greatest collection of Mesopotamian culture. Example: the North-West Palace of Ashurnasirpal II.
- Department of Prints and Drawings: it’s the one of the most important collections about prints. It was funded in 1808. There are magnificent groups of drawings by Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo. Example: Study for the Phrygian Sibyl, Raphael.
- Department of Asia: it has over than 75.000 objects from all Asia. It covers the material and visual culture of Asia. Example: collection of Chinese Antiquities.
- Department of Africa, Oceania and Americas. It collections from African, Oceanian and American art and culture is over 350.000 objects about indigenous people. Example: Hoa Hakananai’a from Easter Island.
- Department of Coins and Medals: it has one of the most important numismatic collections, comprising about a million of objects.
- Department of Prehistory and Europe: The prehistoric collections cover Europe, Africa and Asia, the earliest African artefacts. Example: the Battersea Shield.
- Department of Conversation and Documentation and Science: it was created in 1920. Conversation has six areas: ceramics, metals, organic material, stone, wall paintings and mosaics. Science department has and continues analyse and identify materials. Example: Portland Vase.
- Libraries and Archives: it covers all levels of education. It has more than 350.000 books.

The youthful face of poverty

Almost a quarter of a milion children in Catalonia are living in poverty, a recent study reports. Study says that 1,3 million people are living below the poverty line. Of that number,240,000, are young people under the age of 16. This estadistic put Spain on the bottom of the list of the 15 original members of the European Union. A lot of immigrants that come from outside the E.U. are living in poverty.
The study is of the director Carme Gómez-Granell said taht:"Spain has made an effort to improve the situation of the elderly".
In conclusion, we have to reduce this numbers,

Baby's dead

A man found yesterday a babay's dead body next to a bin in Madrid. The baby still had the umbilical cord. The police went there five minuts later, but the man said when he found the body, it was already "purple" and he also said that the baby was into a plastic bag.

It breaks the Article 3 of the Declaration of Human Rights that says that everybody has de right of life, liberty and security of person.

Israel vs. Palestina

ISRAEL vs. PALESTINA

tv host: Hello everybody !!!! :):):)
In Middle East there are problems, and one of the most importants is the war between Israel and Paslestina. Today, here, tere is an israelian who will explain us what happen and how she defend her religion and her land. Hello Sarah!
Sarah: Hello Tim! Yes, it's true, we have a lot of problems but I think we are right. All our lives we had been discriminated and mistreated. Hitler and nazis began a genocide and the survivors had no place to go. I don't think that Israel has the militar power to kick the palestinans out of our land.
Tim: Ok. This is an israelians opinion about this issue. Now, we'll gonna hear a palestinian one!
Shiva: Hello Tim! Yes that's true, but we have the same problems that they have. Genocide is alsi familiar for us. Anyway, I undestand that you are angry that we are in Jerusalem too. But for both it represents our country, our promissed land and religious influences both sides. Both see Jerusalem like a holy place and everyone wants to defend what's for them . But I am sure that there us an alternative to resche the conflict.
Sarah: I agree with you that there's an alternative. But I think that Jewish people don't have any other place to go. We went to Europe and they killed all that they could. And because of that we decided to return to our promissed land and now palestinians wants to kich us out. And they have a lot of islamic countries to go, whereas we can't leave elsewhere.
Shiva: Yes that's true, but we were raced. We were born here it's also ower home!
Sarah: I do eather. But you also have to understand us. Yet you believe in the Coran so do we in the Torah. And it says that Yahvé promissed us a land and that was Jerusalem, and it still is.
Shiva: But Mahoma, when he ran away from Mecca he also talked about this our Jerusalem. Mecca is a place where we go for devotion, but Jerusalem is our home, a holy place for us eather.
Sarah: I know what you mean, of course. And you say it now, you have two or more holy places to go and we only have Jerusalem:our place and the one of our ancestores.
Shiva: But being your holy country and our's too. Don't you think it's possbile to live together in peace there? Respecting each other beliefs. In the end, Torah, Coran and Bible talk and predicts about respecting each other.
Sarah: I think that we can't live together in the same place. This isn't the solution for the problem. But I'm sure that we can find a solution but it will be really difficult because we are fighting for our believe, and the religious fights are very difficult to resolve.
Tim: And now the time is over. That was a really interesting discussion. Next week we'll continue . . .

A film I watched, 21 Black Jack

21 BLACK JACK
It's a film that talks about a group of young people who are experts counting carts. They play in Las Vegas. The protagonist of the film is Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess), a shy and brilliant student from the MIT. He can't pay the registration of the university, and because of that the decides to play with his friends the casinos. Their teatcher of Maths, Micky Rosa, is their teatcher of this "extra school activity" that brings them every weekend to Las Vegas. But Ben starts to go too far of the line. But he and his friends have to be careful with the security guard Cole Williams.
Ben will have problems with the policieman and the teatcher...
but I won't explain it to you because I want you to watch the film.
I really like this film, I don't know why, perhaps because this can happen to everybody, and I can identify with him. And also, I really like the protagonist, Jim Sturgess (L)(L) xDDDD

The Tales of Beedle the Bard

J.K. Rowling has written a new book which's called The Tales of Beedle the Bard.
This book is a collection of fives fables mentioned in Rowling's saga, after Dumbeldore's dead.
The expectations of the new book are really high. Before it publication the book was ranked the Number 1 on Amazon's British and U.S Web sites.
Also J.K.Rowling was launching the book with a tea party for a local of children in Edinburgh, in Scotland, where she lives.
The book is published on behalf of the charity by Harry Potter's traditional publishers. Rowling has said she hopes the book will "not only be a welcome present to Harry Potter fans, but an opportunity to give these abandoned children a voice."
J.K. Rowling has written the Harry Potter books and has sold 400 million copies and been translated into 67 languages.
I have read all the books of Harry Potter and I have seen all the films and it is fantastic. I really like J.K. Rowling and I want to read this book too. I think it will be also fantastic than the others!! :)