Is text messaging making our kids illiterate?

SELECTIVITAT WRITING 3: French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry said that the best things people have made [the airplane, the telephone...] are all things that bring people together. Discuss this statement and say what are to your mind, the best things people have made. Would you say that internet makes our social life richer or poorer?

Human beings have crated many incredible things during the last two millenniums. Year by year, inventions are, in general, more complex and more advanced, but this fact does not always mean that they will keep people together.

It is true that new technologies like internet have allowed people to, for example, communicate like they had not done before, very fast, throughout the world, with distant relatives or with new people that, otherwise, they would not have met. But, as it happens with many relationships, they can become a problem because sometimes to have an argument is unavoidable.

Vehicles are another example. They are very useful to move from one point to another one, but there are many accidents every year, with a high number of deceases.

In my opinion, things made by people are not perfect and they can bring people closer but they can also separate them for ever. Even so, they always give us a richer social life.

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Sweet as sugar

SELECTIVITAT WRITING: Think of a profession that is dying out, for example a shepherd or a farmer. Write a dialogue with one of the last shepherds / farmers in your country. Talk about their way of life now and before.

Josep lives in the small village of Vilasacra and he is a farmer. Today we are going to talk with him in order to know some of the characteristics of his job.

- Good morning Josep.
- Hello.
- Why have you chosen to be a farmer?
- Well, I think it’s a matter of family. My father is a farmer, my grandpa was a farmer and also his father.
- Then, do you believe your son will continue the tradition?
- I don’t think so! He is only worried about cars and computers and he doesn’t want to know anything about the farm, like most of the teenagers.
- And why do you think this is happening?
- Probably because it’s a hard job, it needs a lot of hours and you work far from the city and people. It’s difficult to bear it if you aren’t used to that lifestyle.
- Thank you very much for your attention, Josep. Good bye.
- You are welcome. Bye.

MISTAKES:

Never use personal information in Selectivitat Exams.

Wellcome - Welcome

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Toxic friends

SELECTIVITAT WRITING: 1- Write about the influence of psychologists on our society. Are they well considered? Could they be the answer to our psychological necessities?

Psychologists play a very important role in our society. Their job is very helpful for persons who need somebody to advise them or a listener for their problems, but therapies don’t solve all of the psychological necessities.

On the one hand, psychologists are highly useful to give support to persons who have had a bad experience like the death of a relative or a rape.

On the other hand, there are some situations where the psychologist decides something which could be good for the person, but he could also be wrong and destroy one life. On example of this case happens when a marriage wants to improve the relationship but the story finishes with a divorce.

Because of these reasons, psychologists are very important in many situations, but sometimes they can’t do anything to help others.

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Sarah's presentation

Sarah is from Scotland. She came to Spain four years ago in order to improve her language and her culture. She stayed some time in Catalunya, in Empuriabrava, and she had been our teacher for some time. Now, she has come here some days and she has visited us, making a “presentation” of one hour in class, explaining some of her experiences in Scotland and in Spain, giving us some advices. In fact, it has been a listening of an English native during one hour.

First of all, Sarah has introduced herself. She was born in a small family and she is the only child. Some of her hobbies are to travel or to ski (she is still a beginner), and she is an ex-football player (she stopped playing because she injured herself).

After that, she has asked if we knew some things about the UK, like the countries (Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland) and the main capitals (Edinburgh, London, Cardiff and Belfast). We told her that we had visited London and she said that it is an international city and we should try to visit other places like Scotland, which would be a very different experience. More than five million persons live in Scotland and most of the places are country sides, there aren’t many large cities. Some of the most famous Scottish important figures are Sean Connery, Alex Fergusson or Andy Murray. Gaelic is one of the languages which are spoken in Scotland, although it isn’t taught in schools. There, the weather is very cold, rainy. It rains in July an In August (she has said that here we have an amazing summer).

About her personal experience, Sarah came here because it was part of her university course, it’s compulsory go to study abroad. During her stay in Spain, Sarah worked in a hotel in Empuriabrava and, after that, she returned to Glasgow to finish her degree.

Then, she came here again and she got a job in Murcia as a language assistant. Now she is working in a private academy called Shamrock and her boss is from Ireland. She is very happy because this job gives her free time in weekends. According to her opinion, to be a teacher is not easy, but it has some advantages.

As an advice to finish her visit, she has recommended us to visit a country, to participate in an Erasmus, to stay with native persons and to have a very good time.

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, published in 1948 by the United Nations, is a text, a set of articles which try to promote respect and freedom between humans, defending individual rights to achieve a world in peace. It consists of 30 articles, each one related to a specific topic. Many fields of life are dealt with, like freedom, privacy, law protection, equality, marriage, thought, religion, work or education.

One of the questions that can come up after reading the Declaration is: Why have Human Rights being created?

It's a fact that there are differences between persons. The world is the home of a mixture of a great variety of beings. Since the Stone Age, human being has done and has suffered many actions against freedom and life. Millions of persons have died because of differences of thought or many conflicts. Murders, executions, wars, etc. show that something goes wrong. And these aren't all of the signs of the problem: repression, discomfort poverty or hate are also an evidence. Now, these actions have got a more precise name: racism, bullying, rape, gender violence, etc.

If nothing is done to change the situation, the problem persists. But another characteristic of mankind is that, year after year, century after century, some persons have always tried to find a better life for those who suffer. Recently, many laws have been enacted to help the disadvantaged people. And one of the most important facts, probably the most one, is the Declaration of Human Rights.

The rights which are promoted in this document aren't respected in most of the countries of the world, but several nations have added to the list of the protectors of the human rights, and the counter is still working. Campaigns in favour of this reason are more and more important, but there's still a long way to go if we want to live in a world ruled by equality and respect.

Maybe the Declaration doesn't contain all of the rights that could be mentioned, but after some discussions in class it seems to be true that all of the articles are necessary and needed. Maybe the next stage is to give rights to the animals, because some species are in danger and they suffer a lot because of humans.

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Discussion Essay

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF USING COMPUTERS

It’s an undeniable fact that, in a short period of time, computers have flooded our homes, our schools and our jobs. The arrival of the World Wide Web has been a turning point in the humanity’s history. But computers aren’t perfect and we can find loads of arguments supporting or against them.

On the one hand, computers are one of the symbols of the progress. They have created thousands of new trades and some companies live repairing computers, selling in the internet, advertising or charging money for sharing their information. Furthermore, computers have changed the meaning of the word “communication”, giving the opportunity of talking with people in the other side of the world instantaneously. You can talk with your family or your friends wherever they are, you only need a computer connected to the web. They have also made a new way of teaching and learning, with the biggest amount of information ever seen.

But, on the other hand, there’s the dark side of computers. All of this technology needs a lot of energy and resources, which aren’t obtained in a safe way for the environment. Computers become obsolete in less than five years and there’s no chance to use them again, generating a lot of rubbish. Moreover, most of the information in the internet isn’t true and loads of web pages aren’t reliable. Then, information becomes disinformation and the users must be very careful to recognize it. Another problem is that some persons become addicted to the computers, they are stuck to the screen and they need a treatment to live without their gadget.

In conclusion, there are good points and bad points about computers, but I think that nowadays there are more bad arguments than good ones. In my opinion, the idea of computers is good but, in practice, it isn’t well carried out. Otherwise, most of the problems are possible to solve and I hope that, in the future, computer will be one of the man’s best friends.

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Activity about Martin Luther King, Jr. : "I have a dream"

After 1876, blacks lost most of their rights, and they tried to get them with the American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968). African Americans were discriminated and oppressed by whites. They couldn’t vote, they didn’t have part in the justice system, there was racial segregation (Public facilities, government services like education were different depending on the colour of the skin of the persons. Blacks and whites were separated in most of the activities in the daily life. For example, they couldn’t go to the same restaurants.). Sometimes, blacks were exploited because they didn’t have the same job opportunities and they suffered violence by the police and the whites. This situation was different in the North than in the South (it was “better” to live in the south). Georgia, Mississippi or Alabama were the worst places for black people. The Pilgrims were the European settlers who celebrated the Thanksgiving Day, a very important American holiday, with American natives. The spirituals are songs made by African slaves in America. The word “spiritual” comes from “spiritual song” and it’s related with religion. Vocabulary:

Rooted - arrelat
Rise up - aixecar-se, revoltar-se
Creed - credo
Hold - agafar, mantenir
Sweltering - sufocant
Heat - calor, escalfor
Rough - agrest
Crooked - torçat
Straight - dret, recte
Flesh - carn , (In the flesh - en persona)
Despair - desesperació
Hope - esperança



Martin Luther King, Jr. (English / Català)

“I have a Dream”

(Tinc un Somni (una il•lusió))

delivered 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.



And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

(I doncs, encara que ens enfrontem a problemes d’avui i de demà, encara tinc un somni. És un somni profundament arrelat dins el somni americà.)

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."

(Tinc la il•lusió que, algun dia, aquesta nació s’aixecarà i viurà el veritable significat del seu credo. “Sostenim aquestes veritats per posar de manifest que tots els homes han estat creats amb les mateixes igualtats”)

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

(Tinc la il•lusió que un dia, sobre les muntanyes vermelles de Georgia, els fills dels antics esclaus i dels propietaris d’aquests esclaus seran capaços de seure junts a la taula de la germanor.)

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

(Tinc la il•lusió que un dia, fins i tot l’estat de Mississippi, un estat sufocant de bullent injustícia, sufocant amb la calor de l’opressió, serà transformat en un oasis de llibertat i justícia.)

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character.

I have a dream today!

(Tinc la il•lusió que els meus quatre petits fills algun dia viuran en una nació on no seran jutjats pel color de la seva pell sinó pel contingut de la seva personalitat.

Ara tinc un somni!)

I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of "interposition" and "nullification" -- one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today!

( Tinc la il•lusió que un dia, fins arribar a Alabama, amb els seus viciosos racistes, amb el seu governador que té els llavis impregnats de les paraules “interposició” i “anul•lació”, un dia, allà a Alabama, petits nois negres i noies negres podran ajuntar les mans amb petits nois blancs i noies blanques, com a germanes i germans.

Tinc un somni avui!)

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; "and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together."

( Tinc la il•lusió que un dia cada vall podrà ser elevada, i cada cim i muntanya es podrà rebaixar, els indrets agrests es faran plans i els llocs torçats s’aixecaran, “i la glòria del Senyor podrà ser revelada i les persones ho podran veure juntes”.)

This is our hope, and this is the faith that I go back to the South with.

( Aquesta és la nostra esperança, i aquesta és la fe amb la qual me’n vaig cap al Sud.)

With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.

( Amb aquesta fe, podrem extreure de la muntanya de la desesperació una pedra d’esperança. Amb aquesta fe, podrem transformar les sorolloses discòrdies de la nostra nació en meravelloses simfonies de germanor. Amb aquesta fe, podrem treballar junts, pregar junts, lluitar junts, que ens empresonin junts, aixecar-nos per la llibertat junts, sabent que un dia serem lliures. )

And this will be the day -- this will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning:

(I aquest serà el dia, aquest serà el dia quan tots els fills de Déu podran cantar amb un nou propòsit.)

My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing.

(El meu país (It is of you) és vostre, dolça terra de llibertat, per vosaltres canto.)

Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrim's pride,

(Terra on els meus pares van morir, terra del l’orgull dels peregrins.)

From every mountainside, let freedom ring!

(Des de cada racó de la muntanya, deixem que la llibertat soni!)

And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true.

(I si Amèrica serà una gran nació, això haurà de ser cert.)

And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.

(I doncs, deixem que la llibertat soni des dels prodigiosos cims de New Hampshire.)

Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York.

(Deixem que la llibertat soni des de les poderoses muntanyes de Nova York.)

Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania.

(Deixem que la llibertat soni des dels immensos Alleghenies de Pennsylvania.)

Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado.

(Deixem que la llibertat soni des dels Rockies de Colorado coberts de neu.)

Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California.

(Deixem que la llibertat soni des de les curvilínies pendents de California.)

But not only that:

(Però no només això:)

Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia.

(Deixem que la llibertat soni des de la Stone Mountain de Georgia.)

Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee.

(Deixem que la llibertat soni des de la Lookout Mountain de Tennessee.)

Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi.

(Deixem que la llibertat soni des de cada cim i cada monticle de Mississippi.)

From every mountainside, let freedom ring.

(Des de cada indret de muntanya, deixem que la llibertat soni.)

And when this happens, when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual:

Free at last! Free at last!

Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!

(I quan això passi, quan permetem que la llibertat soni, quan deixem que soni des de cada poble i cada llogaret, des de cada estat i cada ciutat, serem capaços de fer anar més de pressa el dia que tots els infants de Déu, homes negres i homes blancs, jueus i no cristians, protestants i catòlics, seran capaços d’ajuntar les mans i cantar les paraules de l’antiga cançó espiritual negra:

Lliures finalment! Lliures finalment!
Gràcies Déu totpoderós, som lliures finalment!)

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Opinion Essay

IS HUMOUR NECESSARY TO SURVIVE?

Humour is present in lots of situations in the daily life. We can find it in the TV programs, in the newspapers or in the people who surround us. This fact raises a question: Do we really need it? In my opinion, humour is one of the most important things in our lives. Maybe it isn’t always necessary, but sometimes it is essential.

On the one hand, it depends on the type of humour. If we talk about silly humour or annoying humour, it’s not necessary. Maybe it makes some people laugh, but perhaps somebody becomes angry or sad, and we could dispense with this humour. There’s also a witty humour. I believe that’s a good humour because it gives a reason to laugh. If it’s harmless and doesn’t want to offend people, it is thousands of times better than cruel humour. If I had to mention some quotations, Albert Einstein’s words "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. ", or Bill Vaughan’s quote "We learn something every day, and lots of times it's that what we learned the day before was wrong." would be good examples of witty humour.

On the other hand, the situation determines the humour. Not all the types of humour can be used all the circumstances. For example, you can tell this joke: " A nursery school pupil told his teacher he’d found a cat, but it was dead. “How do you know that the cat was dead?” she asked her pupil. “Because I pissed in its ear and it didn’t move,” answered the child innocently. “You did WHAT?” the teacher exclaimed in surprise. “You know,” explained the boy, “I leaned over and went ‘Pssst’ and it didn’t move” ". Surely some people will laugh, but maybe, if your little sister’s cat has just died, it isn’t the best moment to tell her this joke. Otherwise, if a person is always in a hospital and a clown visits him and makes him laugh, surely he’ll get better faster.

Finally, the personality of each person is different, some people take life with more humour than others who don’t understand humour or it’s difficult to make them laugh. I think it’s better to talk with somebody who is cheerful than to have a conversation with a very serious person because the joy spreads easily. There’s a quotation from Elbert Hubbard (an American writer) in favor of humour: "Don't take life too seriously; you'll never get out of it alive". I think that’s a vital truth.

In conclusion, humour is very important and it’s hard to imagine a life without humour, without something very simple which, provided in small doses, can be very important to survive and make life more pleasant.


MISTAKES:

Humor (American English) - Humour (British English)
People who surrounds (plural noun) - People who surround us
will be better - will get better
In one hand - On the one hand

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Hi Lourdes!

My name is Adrià, I’m seventeen years old and this year I’m going to study 2nd of Batxillerat. If I pass it I want to study Mechanical Engineering at the University of Girona because I love cars. I’ll probably go to Girona because it’s closer than Barcelona and I don’t need a high access mark (a 5.00). After that, If I get the degree (and my time and my money let me do it), maybe I get specialized in Environmental Engineering because I am very interested in this topic. But now I need to concentrate on Batxillerat.

I live in Vila-Sacra. It’s a small town between Figueres and Castelló d’Empúries. It’s a peaceful place but sometimes it’s very boring. One of the things which I like most is that you can go anywhere with a bike, but I hate that to go to Figueres or Castelló there is only a bus per hour (two in summer) and sometimes buses don’t come because they think the bus stop will be empty and they jump it. Despite it, I catch the bus every day.

As for my personality, I think I have changed quite a lot lately. I’m very shy but, if it’s necessary, I forget that. If I’m nervous or uncomfortable I take my nose or my eyes. I’m complicated to understand, but easy to please. Maybe sometimes I’m too much insensitive because I watch some things from a different viewpoint.
I am very active. I play in the Esplais handball team in Castelló d’Empúries. I hope this year we will win some matches (the last year hadn’t been very good). I usually play in the bad position (well, for me it’s normal because I’m left-handed) and I wear the number eight. This year I want to start swimming two hours every week because it’s one of the best sports for the body.
I like watching films and, in my free time, I play with my Playstation. Another of my hobbies is taking photos. I became interested in photography in second of ESO, but now I have stopped a little bit because my camera isn’t very good and it needs a lot of time.

This summer has been very short. I’ve been working as a lifeguard at the beach in Empuriabrava. Maybe it’s not related with what I want to study but I like it because it’s a very gratifying job. Luckily, this year we haven’t got deceases and that’s good because it’s hard to live it.
I’ve also got the theoretical part of the driving license and I only need to pass the practical exam. I’ve always wanted to drive and, if I can, I want to take the exam the week of my birthday.

Well, this is a short summary of me.
Good bye!

Adrià

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Opinion essay: Exams importance

I agree with the idea that too much importance is given to taking exams at school.

In one side, I think that we work a lot of hours at school and the exams are only a small part of the work that we do, but the final marks only show our results in the exams and this isn’t fair.
On the other side, I also believe that, when we do the exams, we tend to be nervous and we can’t do the exercises as much well as we could do them at home without pressure.
In addition, we haven’t got enough time to complete the exams and each person works at his rhythm. Then, if we can’t finish the exam we can’t show what have we learnt.

In conclusion, I think that exams aren’t useful to evaluate our knowledge and we give too much importance to taking exams.
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Opinion essay: The respect to our world

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

I disagree with the opinion that we have almost learnt to respect our world. In my opinion, we know that we must respect our planet, but we don’t act accordingly, it’s quite the opposite.

In one side, we generate loads of rubbish every day, we are destroying the forests to satisfy our wishes, the ice in the poles is melting and the animals are dying out, the global warming and the greenhouse effect are increasing, etc.
While these things are happening, most of the people are buying not useful objects, living their dreams without being aware of how important their help can be.
On the other side, I think it’s nice to think about the problems of the world and how to solve them, but only a small part of the population is working on it, recycling, saving the world for the newcomer generations.

In conclusion, we still need to learn how to respect our world, we need to act and we can do it, and that our small help is essential.
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Acrostic

The story involves a princess, a fierce dragon and a brave horseman.
He was George, patron saint of England and Catalonia amongst others.
Every year we celebrate his deed on the 23rd of April.

Long time ago an enormous creature asked for offerings in a realm.
Eventually, the princess was going to be eaten by the dragon.
George came on a white horse, with a shield and a sword.
Evading the fire he slew the dragon and rescued the princess.
Nobody ever knew anything about him.
Drops of blood became rosebushes.
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Description of a person

Her face is like an old scenery. Under the wide forehead there are two bright and wise, alive and eager eyes, protected by thin eyebrows.
An aquiline nose grows imposing, giving a bit of majesty.
The mouth, with thin and soft colored lips, when she smiles, shows the white and perfect teeth. Her chin is moderately stand out, a little bit sharp.
The time and the weather have left wrinkles all over the face. Each expression is followed by a skin movement that creates lots of small mountain chains separated by deep faults. She has short hair because she says that the age of long hair has passed for her. The definitive grey has invaded it with some white streaks.
She walks a bit hunched, taking the years on her back, but she doesn’t need any help: With her skinny hands and thin legs, she moves wherever she wants.
Her character is very strong and it’s hard to change her mind.
Now she wants to travel. It’s her thrill. Problems and duties have gone away and her husband isn’t here. Her children have given her some grandchildren.
With peace and happiness she faces the last years of her life. “I’ll sleep when I’ll be dead” she says. That’s my grandmother, an 83 years young woman.
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Description of a landscape

It’s a sunny day in February. It’s half past two and I’m sitting on a bench, in a small park surrounded by a road in front of me and on my left side. It separates the park from the town. On my back there are three houses in building process and a hole with space for another one. Finally, on my right hand there is an uninhabited field, maybe it’s waiting for its turn to be occupied by new buildings and families.

The sky is cloudless, with light sky blue color and a blazing sun. The park is all covered by an irregular layer of grass, touched by the breeze, except for a square of sand in the middle.

The grass spreads over the ground with green and light brown areas because of the night frost. Trees are naked and some daisies have grown together announcing the coming spring.

In the square of sand there are some swings made of wood and tires.

Twelve benches are shared around the park and there are some fungus living there, creating a cover with yellow, white and brown stains.

Streetlights now are switched off, waiting for the night, when they will open their eyes.

Small birds are singing loudly, but sometimes their song is lost by the sound of cars and the noises of the trowels.

If I look beyond the road, first of all, I can see some new houses and workshops of the town, an old town that was built on a little hill thousands of years ago. Beyond those houses, there is the town centre with a half Gothic and half Romanesque cathedral on the peak of the land, showing the power that, once, had made this town become one of the most important villages of the region.

Far away, weakly shaped, there are some mountains, hidden under the white snow that, in a few weeks, will start to thaw giving way to the new season.

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Formal letter (by Marina Sarquella and Adrià Carmona)

8, Migdia Street
Vilasacra
Girona
17485
17th April 2008

The Major
Vilasacra
17485
Town Hall
28, Castelló Street


Dear madam,

We are writing to you because this is our 6th year in this village and we have some ideas to improve the welfare state of Vilasacra.
First of all we think that the public transport is not so good and it’s necessary to give a better service by increasing the number of buses.
Secondly, we have seen that in Summer there aren’t enough activities to do and a public swimming pool could be a perfect idea for children and adults.
In our opinion , the village is quite comfortable and well coming, but maybe it needs to be lively by organising some weekend activities.

Thank you for your attention , and we hope that you think about our ideas.

Yours faithtfully,

MARINA SARQUELLA & ADRIÀ CARMONA

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Horror Story

SEEN

- What?

His eyes were starting to get used to the darkness.

- Where am I?

Finally, he knew: he was in a dark room. It seemed to be an old classroom, with old-wood desks full of writings and scratched by uncareful students. The walls were decorated with lots of maps, Science tables and handicrafts. But there was something unusual; the door, at first made of wood, had been changed by a hard metal door with a mechanism and... Something was ticking.

Suddenly a lighting object appeared near the blackboard. It was surely a television. The screen stood out from the dark room lit by a few candles. Then the background of the screen changed and a frightening puppet appeared.

"Matt, you’ve always been a despicable person. Inside the not very sociable neighbour, the shy teacher, there is a man that only lives for money and doesn’t appreciate his own life. But now, if you really want to live, you should overcome the pain and avoid death.
I want to play a game. Rules are simple. The price to break them: death.
The door has got a meter. When the clock marks five o’clock, the door will be closed for ever. You should find the key and I’ll give you a clue: it’s inside one of the desks. It’s your chance. "

What could he do? It was three o’clock. It shouldn’t be so difficult: five hours and ten desks. Who was behind this nasty joke? Maybe one of the teachers but... he didn’t remember that classroom.

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DESCRIPTION

Hi! My name is Adrià and I’m sixteen years old. I’m going to study 1st of Batxillerat and if I pass it I want to study Mechanical Engineering because I love everything related with cars.

This summer I’ve been working as a lifeguard at the beach in Ampuriabrava but during the winter there isn’t work to do there and now I want to be a volunteer at the Red Cross.

I live in Vila-Sacra, a small town between Figueres and Castelló d’Empúries. It’s a peaceful but boring place.

I think I am a very simple person because I don’t like to worry about small things and it’s easy to make me happy. I’m also very shy, but too extrovert (I know, that’s contradictory, but I think that it’s very difficult to describe my nature because I can change a lot depending on the situation.), maybe because I’m Gemini, although I don’t believe in the horoscope.

My hobbies are playing handball, watching horror and cartoon films and playing with the playstation. I also love drawing.

I play in the Esplais handball team in Castelló d’Empúries, my number is the eight and my position is at the bad extreme because I am left-handed.

I watch a lot of films, but my favorite films are “SAW” and “Ice Age”.

When I don’t know what to do I play with my playstation. My favorite types of games are driving simulators like “Gran Turismo” or “Midnight Club” and platform games.

And finally, my favorite hobby: drawing. I’ve made a lot of drawings and it’s the first that I do when I get a piece of paper and a pen.

Well, that’s me. Good bye!

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