Summer

Do you have plans for this summer? I have no doubt about it, I mean you must have plans for sure. I think that when you finish the school you want to enjoy the three months that you have free working to have money for the next year, going to the beach and meeting your friends.

Summer is one of the most expected time for me. This year it's going to start very well. When I finish the selectivitat, I'm going to Sevilla with the class and I think that this trip is going to be very exciting and funny. It's very interesting to go to somewhere with your friends and without your parents because I think that we're going to have lots of fun.

Well, this is my last post of this blog so now I can say that I hope that this term the blog is better than the past because I have spent some more time making it, so I hope you to enjoy it.

Take care;)

My English COMPETENCE in 2010

I have chosen these because I think that they are my last compositions and maybe the english level used making them has improved a bit. Personally, I think that the most important thing to make good compositions is the motivation and that you like the topic. I mean, if you like the topic you will talk without problems lots of time about it and you'll have some arguments and different options to comment about it. It's also important to know the structures of the different writings and to have rich vocabulary to make the composition softer and better.

My best evidence: http://www.divshare.com/download/11301024-d0b

My best composition is: "Close to the end".

My English progress form 2008-2010

If I compare the email that I sent to my teacher the last year and the discussion essay about minority languages I can see lots of differences which shows my developement. In the email I didn't use so much vocabulary and the estructure of my writtings was not so good. The discussion essay I did the last day in class is a bit different. The estructure has improved so much, I've learnt some new ways to start the compositions but the vocabulary it seems that hasn't improved. I don't undersant what do you mean with the linguistic arguments, but I only can say that I'm conscious that my english is not excellent, but I think that when I go out of Spain I can understand the rest of people without any problems and they can do the same as me.

I think that my oral presentations hasn't changed so much, I'm not so fluent talking and my pronunciation is, well maybe the best adjective is "català". I cannot stop feeling a bit nervous when I do a presentation. The structure and the content are so well, but the pronunciation and the fluency could be so much better. Maybe in my final presentation I felt better and I was more fluent because I was in London and there it was different, but the presentations are not my best.

Barraques

Did you go to barraques the last weekend? Well as you can imagine, I went because I love this kind of parties and it was a great opportunity to disconect of the school.




In barraques I always find my friends and classmates, and we can go out togheter to enjoy the time. During barraques you can also listen to groups of music whose don't make concerts near here. This year I went to barraques on friday and saturday. On friday there wasn't so much people, but I had a lot of fun with my firends and I got on some atractions. Some teachers and some of my classmates advised me about not to going out during last weeks because we had lots of exams and we had to study, but in my opinion if you don't drink so much, it's not bad to enjoy the time and to disconect from the studies.




Finally I would like to say that I hope that this was my last year in barraques without driving license so the next year I'll be able to go there driving.



Take care ;)

Plant and animal extinctions 'on increase' says UN

Because of the over fishing and the pollution, there are some species of fishes who are decreasing it's population. The UN says that the sea is even more in danger due to the industry CO2 pollution. It's very difficult to prevent the destruction of the nature due to abuse in construction and contamination of the enviroment. Instead of allowing the nature services to continue and protect them, we're destroying it and thus the humans will become poorer.

I agree with this report because I think that we should be careful with the nature because we are being so irrisponsible and in a few years we won't have animals in this planet if don't stop.

Boss Carlo Ancelotti plans to establish Chelsea as the leading force in English football after winning the Premier League in his first season

This piece of news is about Carlo Ancelotti and his team Chealsea. The team from London won the Premier league the last sunday winning Wigan 8-0. Ancelotti is so satisfied with this trophy and he hopes that his team will be able to win also the Carling Cup. He is conscious that Mourinho did an exellent job with this team the last years, and he expects to do the same.

In my opinion nowadays Chealse has a vey good team with exellent players, so it's not difficult to anticipate that this team is going to do nice things. Anyway, I confide in Barcelona, who also have a very complete team and their football is maybe the best. So I like Chealse but I don't think that this team will be able to win Barcelona.








http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/8671863.stm

Oral Presentation: London trip

Close to the end

When I started the primary school I only wanted to make friends and to enjoy my time learning some useful things. After that, I started the ESO which was a little bit different. I mean, during the ESO I started to study and to make homework in a soft way. Some subjects were new for me but it wasn't so difficult to pass the ESO.

But then the Batxillerat arrived. Everybody, including my sister, who was studying at the university, advised me that Batxillerat would be a very high step of my life and they said that during Batxillerat you can't go out with your friends as well as you want and that I should spend lots of time studying. It made that when I started the first course I was feeling so frightened because I couldn't imagine how difficult was it going to be.

Now I'm finishing the second course and I can say that what my sister and her friends told to me was not absolutely right. It's true that Batxillerat is difficult from ESO and that you have to work harder, but in my case it has not been the stressful time they advised to me. My marks could be better if I had decided to enjoy some more time studying, but I feel satisfied. The next week will be for sure the worst in my student life. I have 6 exams and 5 of them are very long and difficult. But I cannot stop thinking that after this week this course will be finished. Even the selectivitat is in June, I'll feel very happy because the next three months I won't have to think about maths, chemistry and history. This last course I've enjoyed lots of experiences with my friends and I have gone out more than during the rest of my life, so I think that this is impossible to repeat.

The next step which is waiting for me is the University. I'm not sure about if it will be good for me to have liberty, but what I know for sure is that this next four or five years will be very exciting and I will make plenty of friends.

Description of a place:

To descrive a place you need lots of adjectives and comparations. Nouns are also very important in the description, and the best way to improve your descriptions is to imagine that you are in the place you are descriving, and to think about how do you feel or what you can see there.

Important adjetives you can use to descrive places: attractive, interesting, peaceful, fun, clean...
It's also important to use some feelings to explain the emotions that this place produces to you.

The distribution of the information is easy: in the paragraph 1 you should explain the situation of the place and to express your opinion about it; in the paragraph 2, the intention is to descrive the place in a general way using some adjectives; in the paragraph 3 you must descrive the details of the place; and it the paragraph 4 you have to make a conclusion explaining which is the best thing of the place.

Biography:

To explain the life of one person it's important to start from the birth, continue with the most important things he has done during live and to finish with his death or his present if he is still alive. It could be interesting to make a biography of someone you know well.

There must be some adjectives as famous, popular or intelligent in a biography., and it should include some of the conectors you can use : at first, firstly, secondly, after, then, finally, in the end...
The structure is simple: in the paragraph 1 you should talk about the birth ( the place where it was, when it was...) and about why may we have heard about him. In the paragraph 2 it's important to tell the most important things and actions that he has done during life, to talk about his health, family... Finally, in the last paragraph you have to make a conclusion explaining the end of the life of the person and why is he famous.

First new: Volcanic ash cloud forces postponement of Japan MotoGP

As you should know last wednesday 14th of April the Icelandic volcanic eruption created a very big cloud of volcanic ash which extended very fast in the main part of Europe and Asia. Because of that the organization of the Moto GP of Motegi, in Japan, decided to postpone the Grand prix because the cloud has made that the main part of the flights in Europe become cancelled. This makes very difficult to carry the material and the personal of the teams to Motegi and this GP will celebrate before the GP of Malaysia.

In my opinion the decision of the manager of the airlines to decide to cancell the main part of the flights in Europe only for this cloud maybe is too exorbitant. I mean some airline companies decided to do some testing flights to evaluate the conditions of the atmosphere because of the cloud, and they said that it wasn't dangerous to fly. But I also have to say that it's a very big responsibility to make this decision because the lives of lots of people depend on you. I guess that the posture of the manager is responsible and far-sighted.










http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/motorbikes/8628316.stm

Composition

Dear mum and dad,

since I arrived here I've realized what life is like here, I mean it's different from Spain. Here water is very scarce and there isn't enough food for everybody. Cameroon is one of the poorest countries in Africa, and when I left Spain I knew it, but now I feel surprised anyway.


You don't need to worry because I'm eating good and I am healthy. I uderstand it sounds strange, but the organization where I'm helping feed us very well. Some time ago I thought that it would be difficult to find out any house to sleep, but people here are so polite and they share with you all they can.




Well mum, I've writen to you only to tell you I'm feeling well and that I'm enjoying this experience in the way I can. I'm learning lots of things about survival. I hope you are fine there and I think I'll be able to visit you this summer.



Your loving son,


Nil

Easter holidays

Easter holidays are one of the best we have. I mean, to have some days to stop of studding and to relax after the second term which is the longest, is very grateful. During this week I have slept so much and I have done my homework. I have used these days to go out with my friends because the next term will be very short and we won't have any time to go out.

The last weekend of these holidays I went to Banyoles because there was a horse-ball championship and I wanted to watch it and to meet my friends. The championship was international but they only played girls. The weather was a little bit strange because some days rained and some days were very hot, but the championship advanced well.

Well I have enjoyed these holidays without school in a big way but now I have to return to school to finish this course. This course it's moving so fast and there's a little bit more than a month missing so I need to make a last effort.

My trip to London

Hi there,

well we have returned from London and I would like to talk a little bit about this exciting trip. I must say that I enjoyed the trip in a big way. We visited some famous places as Buckingham Palace or the Trafalgar square, which were beautiful to see. But we also have been in important museums as the National Gallery or the British museum.

The last day we watched a musical which was very exciting and I liked it so much. We stayed all the days in the Royal National Hotel which was very good. In the hotel and in the street people was very polite, I mean England is so different from Spain, people is more attentive with you and they try to help you in any way.

In London we also went out in the night, and the pubs and discos are so different as here, but it was very good. But maybe the most annoying thing is that they have dinner very early and some days we weren't hungry.

In a general way, the trip has been very exciting and we have amused it as well. People was very polite and the city was clean and beautiful. So I recommend to visit this city if you can;)

Second new

Cern nuclear team restarts Large Hadron Collider

My opinion about this topic is very positive. I mean, it's very important for chemicals and for all of us to know which is the procedence of the universe. The task that it's doing this investigation center it's going to help us knowing more about matter and researching about new particles which chemicals has expected to find.

It's a good notice that the LHC works again because lots of countries have spent lots of money in this project and I wish that they weren't wasting it.




http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/feb/28/large-hadron-collider-restarts

First new

Fernando Alonso test run puts Michael Schumacher and Jenson Button in shade

Fernando Alonso decided the last summer to go to Ferrari to try to get back his trophies and his good feelings. The last two years weren't so good for the spanish driver, and I think that this can be a great opportunity for him. It's obvious that nowadays the Ferrari team is one of the best teams in Formula 1, and now with two great drivers as Alonso and his team partner Massa they are very important candidates to get the World Championship.

In the first test of the season Alonso got the first position of the classification times and he is only trying to fell confortable with his new car. So I guess that this will be a great season for Alonso and for Ferrari, and since he starts to know his car he is going to fly.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/formula_1/article7014009.ece

FC Barcelona 2 - CF Málaga 1

Hi there,

well as you know I like football and as I have shown in previous posts I like to talk about his matches. The last Saturday FC Barcelona played against Malaga in the Camp Nou. Barça had won the last three matches but they didn't play as they know. Guardiola said that it was a good opportunity to get back the good play's level.

Barcelona won 2-1 but it wasn't a very good match. In the first time the team played so good and they had some opportunities to score, but they couldn't. The team played very well and the feelings were so good. But the second half was a little bit different. The control of the match was not all for Barcelona and Málaga started to attack. The final result was 2-1 for Barcelona, but the team didn't recover his level at all.

Maybe this is a complicated part of the season and it's not possible to have a excellent level during two years. But I have trust in this team and I'm sure that they will recover their level. The good notice is that Barcelona won, because it's very important that the team continues winning or the Real Madrid, which is very strong at this moment, will catch the first place of the league.

Angola 'arrests' after Togo football team attack

Well, I feel better now when the responsible of the attack are going to be arrested. Personally I think that is very sad to see how a football championship, which should be a very special celebration where people could have fun watching their national teams playing football, becomes a victim of a terrorist attack. I mean, sometimes people don't act in a respectful way and this is a clear example. Africa is a developing continent and there are sectors of people which only acts thinking in their interests and I think that this is their biggest problem. Because of this attack the National team of Togo isn't going to play in the African cup, which started the last Sunday and I think that this will only damages the image of the football.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8451356.stm

3 New Resolutions for the New Year

Well, I think that this 2010 will be an important year for me and for lots of my friends.

First of all, during this year if all goes well I will pass the batxillerat and the Selectivitat Exam, so I'll be able to go to University. After two months I'll be eighteen, and you can be sure that I will make a big party to celebrate that I'll have the age to have driving license.

Now I'm going to talk about some of my resolutions for this New Year. As I said before, one of my expectations is to pass the batxillerat and the Selectivitat exam. But there are also some other things, for example this 2010, if I have money this Summer, I would like to do a small trip with my friends to celebrate all the things that have happened to us since we met the first day. I have also some personal challenges. As you know, I play horseball and one of my challenges is to get a place in the Spanish team which is going to participate in the next World Championship. I know that this is too difficult maybe, but I'm sure that this will make me work a lot and if I don't get it, I'll be able to say that I tried it. Well, as everybody I wish that this year brings me lots of happiness and health, and if it's not asking too much, I would like to meet some girls xD.

And what about you? Which are your New Year resolutions? Apart of learning lots of English, of course. ;)