A known drunkards meeting, represented by:
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Amy Winehouse (Marina Sarquella)
Barney Gumble (Alex)
John Hancock (Me)
domingo, 19 de octubre de 2008
Dialogue: Problems with alcohol
sábado, 18 de octubre de 2008
"The business of books"
The next 8th of October starts the annual book fair of Barcelona. It’s the 26th edition of this event and, there, there are the most important companies of this industry. Catalonia represents more than the 50% of the Spain’s publishing industry. In the fair there will be stands with roundtable talks, workshops, new titles, distributors, etc. The guest of honor of this year is Quebec.
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The last day of the fair is the 10th of October, and it’s a good thing to do if there aren’t more plans.
New words learnt:
Boast - presumir
Roundable - taula rodona (discussió)
Descending - baixada
Fair - fira
Article from Catalonia Today (Thursday 2nd of October 2008), written by Joseph Wilson
"Just plug in and drive"
General Motors is going to launch a new car called Volt. It’s made as an answer to Toyota’s Prius. The car works with electrical batteries (the name of the car comes from this quality) and it charges the energy in about three hours.
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This fact is very important for the company, which has just celebrated its 100th birthday and last year lost the first place as the world’s most important automobile maker, because Toyota got the first place.
The company expects to launch the Volt in the last term of 2010, and there are already about forty thousand unofficial buyers. I think the car is a bit expensive (€40.000).
New words learnt:
Ace up - as
Sleeve - màniga
Scheduled - Previst
Article (story of the week)from Catalonia Today (Thursday 2nd of October, 2008)written by Joseph Wilson
"Have a flutter"
The Butterfly Park, in Empuriabrava, is a place with plenty of butterflies, moths and, more recently, tropical birds. There you can see different species, all of them amazing. Some can travel through oceans and some of them live only one day after mate. In the park, you can also see some iguanas, abandoned because they had grown too much.
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In the Butterfly Park, animals and plants live in perfect harmony like in a tropical forest.
New words learnt:
Leak (to) - degotar
Stripped-pine - parquet
Odds - probabilitats
Plight - mala situació
Moth - papallona nocturna / arna
Painstakingly weaving - laboriosament teixit
Cocoon - capoll
Mate (to) - aparellar-se
Utterly - absolutament
Starvation - fam
Somewhat of a - una espècia de / una mena de
Entrepreneur - empresari
Onerous - pesat
Spooky - “espeluznante”
Nettle - ortiga
The article is from RESIDENT, September 2008, and it's written by Simon Newman
Joke
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A man receives a phone call from his doctor.
The doctor says, "I have some good news and some bad news."
The man says, "OK, give me the good news first."
The doctor says, "The good news is, you have 24 hours to live."
The man replies, "Oh no! If that's the good news, then what's the bad news?"
The doctor says, "The bad news is, I forgot to call you yesterday."
Presentation e-mail
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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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
domingo, 8 de junio de 2008
Final evaluation of 1st Batxillerat
Well, I’ve finished my portfolio and I’ll say my opinion about it:
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I think that I have improved my level of English since September 2007. In one side, for example, there is a difference between the first oral presentation and the last one. I feel more comfortable talking in English than at first. On the other side, I’ve learned how to make a formal letter or an opinion essay.
Maybe, the activity which best shows my level of English is the oral presentation.
I think that the most useful activities are the oral presentations and the books. I’ve learnt a lot reading the books.
One of the activities that I didn’t find useful is the writing of a formal letter. It’s useful but I think that it would be more useful to learn how to write a good e-mail because now we prefer to send an e-mail before doing a letter because it’s cheaper, faster and more flexible, but we tend to write like in a mobile phone.
Finally, I think that most of the activities we have done are good for next year.
Third Oral Presentation
PRESENTATION: We had got a PowerPoint to show our presentation, with photos of rubbish dumps. We also had got a box with different objects made with different materials.
BODY LANGUAGE AND EYE CONTACT: I was more relaxed than in the first presentation but a bit more nervous than in the second one. I looked to the audience or to the screen, changing depending on the content of the information.
CONTENT: We introduced new information to the audience. We looked for information about the problem of the waist, and what can we do with it.
LANGUAGE: We checked the grammar in the dictionary and we looked for expressions and words related to the world of waist (rubbish, trash, etc.). I used a lot “as you can see” or “also”.
PRONUNCIATION & ENTONATION: I didn’t extend the words but I left some spaces between the sentences. Another thing that I think it was better than in the other presentations is that, when I was thinking what I needed to say, I didn’t make sounds like “mmmm...”. 
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