comosition on youth

It’s true that everyone thinks that youth and beauty are perfectly related. But I not agree. In my opinion beauty is important but it isn't the main quality of someone. There are also other qualities as important as the beauty or even more.

In my view, beauty isn’t just the appearance; it is the combination of the appearance and the character. Moreover, the business world is interested in selling the perfect beauty image because they could sell their products to become richer. They control us and make us think that we not as good as we can be, so we have to change our image to be perfect.

Of course young people are prettier than the old ones but that is what life consists (we grow older). I don’t understand why people change completely their body just to pretend to be “perfect". Nobody is perfect and we have to learn to live with our appearances.

Oral Presentation

Marina, Lidia and I talked to you about the humour. We decided this topic because we though that could be funnier than the other topics.

Like some classmates we used the Prezzi to do our presentation. The structure of our presentation it was clear and you can follow all the different parts of our project and we didn’t use very difficult words. Also we explained you new information and we think that we chose good information.

Moreover we included videos and jokes to entertain the audience, we hope they enjoyed them.

In my case, I have to speak louder and try not to be nervous to improve my body language, eye contact and my pronunciation.

Final mark: 6.8

nip-tuck dialogue

Blair: do you hear about the lately trend? 

Amy: no, I haven’t a clue. What are you talking about?

Blair: about the surgeon!

Amy: what’s up?

Blair:I can correct my imperfections

Amy: really? are you kidding me?

Blair: Why, what’s wrong?

amy: I think that is not necessary

Blair: why? if I could be perfect...

Amy: perfect? nobody's perfect, Blair!

Blair: but with the surgeon you could be!

Amy: hold on! what do you want to correct about yourself?

blair: my nose, my boobs... all the things that I can.

Amy:absolutely  nonsense.

Blair: Nowadays the image is the most important thing, isn’t it?

AMY: I don’t agree.

Blair: if you have a good image you can get a better job, a better partner…

Amy: But the beauty isn’t as important as personality!

Blair: during all my life my appearance harms me. Now i have the possibility to change it. so, i will do it.

Amy: Ok, it’s your life

Blair: yeah,

Amy: you can do whatever you like...

email to teacher

hi Sònia, I'm Tura.

First of all, I’m going to start by mentioning some of my short term goals which I’m sure that I have to face. My main objective to this year is earning good grades. For that I have to struggle with my studies, organize my homework and don’t give up on myself.  Also, I would like to meet my challenges in the future because now I don’t have any idea of what I want to be.

In addition, my long term goals are getting a scholarship, travelling around Europe by the interail with my friends, working one summer in New York doing whatever and finally I would like to live in different cities during a time to know well others countries.

Most of people have dreams and specially the young ones need to be advised to meet their goals. And that’s what Obama does. He has goes the high schools around America to talk about the benefits of education. In his speech he tells to the students that every single one of them has something to offer and they have the responsibility to discover what it is. That means that everyone has some good quality and we have to find them. To get that, we have to don’t give up to become good at things through hard work. 

This activity could be difficult to write for some of the students. In my case, talking about my dreams create confusion in myself. Maybe because I’m quite insecure to make decisions and the truth is that I’m really scared for the future. But I have one thing crystal clear: I’m going to put my best effort to get into university. And then I will see. All in all, I have to keep going.

tura.

Thep pianist

The Pianist is a film which explains the life of a Polish-Jewish pianist in the Second World War. The pianist is called Władysław Szpilman and he plays on the radio in Warsaw. The film starts when the Nazi Germany's invade Poland. Szpilman go to his house with his family and there they listen to the radio that Britain and France have declared war on Germany. However, the Nazis enter to Warsaw very quickly. As a result, the lives of the Jews get worse and worse. The Nazis use them like machines and objects to work in their businesses. At first, the Nazis force them to wear blue Star of David armbands to recognize them faster.

Furthermore, Szpilman and his family have been forced to leave their home and move into the overcrowded Warsaw Ghetto where conditions only get worse. There, people live in terrible conditions.  

One year later, all the family is deported to an extermination camp, but he survives as a consequence of an intervention from a friend in the Jewish Ghetto Police.  Then Szpilman becomes a slave labourer. But he decides to escape and he takes refuge from one non-Jewish friend of his. This friend hides him on an apartment but a neighbor discovers him. So he has to find another place to live.

Some months later, the city is destroyed and he moves to an abandoned house.  But one Nazi officer, Wilm Hosenfeld, discover him.  Szpilman doesn’t know what to do, he thinks that the Nazi will kill him even though, the Nazi asks him to play the piano. Listening how Szpilman plays, he gets moved and he allows Szpilman to hide in the attic house where he regularly brings him food.

After that, the Germans are forced to retreat due to the advance of the Red Army. So Wilm meets Szpilman for the last time and promises he will listen to him on Polish Radio after the war. He gives Szpilman his greatcoat to keep warm and then, he leaves. When the Red Army arrives and sees Szpilman with a Nazi coat and they thing that he is an enemy. Then he explains to the army what he has been doing here.  At the end of the war, all Jewish are free and the Nazi officers are jailed. 

News

Predatory 'king of gore' dinosaur discovered

A new predator dinosaur has been discovered in southern Utah. These dinosaurs had lived 80 million years ago and they were closely related to Tyrannosaurus rex. the new predator is the largest living land predator of its time.

It grew about 9 meters long and it has been named Lythronax argestes which means "king of gore".

Lythronax had a short and narrow snout, forward slanting eyes and head full of sharp teeth. Also, like T. rex, it was able to look forward because it had binocular vision.

with this new discovery, the experts could uncover what the climate was like towards the end of the age of dinosaurs.

In my view, that discovery highlights once more that the age of discovery is far from over.   I find that interesting news because it shows that there are lots of things which had been living in the past that we don't know their existence. 

Overlap

Binocular 

Gore

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Highlights

News

Are children given too many toys?

Nowadays, children have too many toys and the experts believe children don't need a vast panoply of toys.

Moreover, the traditional toys like dolls and building blocks have retained a consistent popularity because it allows children to use their imagination. However the modern toys offer limited possibilities for fun. And if their toys offer a limited repertoire, this process is eroded."

Also, more toys could actually make them more selfish because children don't have to share them.

I completely agree with that because when children have too many toys, they not even know which they have. So they just play with their favorites ones. Despite, their parents spending a lot of money buying toys for nothing, and also if they give their children everything they want, they become spoilt and they don’t appreciate what they have. 

Retained

Bricks

Repertoire

Sweet 17!

Last week it was my birthday and I decided to celebrate it with my friends in two weeks time as soon as we have finished all the exams.  Even though on Saturday night the girls phoned me to watch a film. The truth is that I didn’t want to go because I had lots of homework to do however they convinced me. Finally I went thinking that we would watch a film but when I entered at the room, I saw all my friends there! I didn’t expect to see them. I was moved and I couldn’t say anything, for a long time after my legs were still wobbling and my heart was beating like crazy.

They prepared the dinner and the cake. Furthermore they gave me pictures of all of us since we were little. I just can say that they are incredible people and they make me happy. Love you guys!

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Taylor Swift 'no Victoria's Secret Angel' says australian model Jessica Hart

Swift performed during the opening and close of the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in New York.

The Australian model Jessica Hart was interviewed at a party after the show, and she criticized Taylor Swift's participation in the show. She said that in her opinion Taylor Swift couldn't be a Victoria's Secret Angel because Taylor didn't fit with the rest of the models because of her young age. She said that Taylor was inexperienced for the role.

Although, the Australian model thinks that she's the coolest young girl, she's a great role model, and she loves her music.

I’m not a model and I don’t know the exact qualities which a model would have but in my opinion, Taylor Swift did a great job in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. She seemed a real model in the catwalk and she did  an excellent performance.

Role: purpose, set of tasks

News

On Beauty | Bare is beautiful

A face without makeup looks wholesome and shows confidence but to obtain that it is necessary to take care of the skin.

In our culture it is usual or even necessary to makeup before leaving the house.  Although on the spring 2014 runways, the models didn’t wear too much makeup to symbolize confident girls. They pretended to have a smooth face with perfect canvas that has been protected from the sun and hydrated to seem natural and wholesome.

Meanwhile, the skin cares in different countries are not the same, for example in the United States is usually to improve your skin by laser and in Asia they spend far more money on skin care than with makeup.

I have enjoyed reading this article because I realized that there are more people who think like me. I agree in using makeup to improve the image and hide the imperfections but not abuse prettying up.

Bare: nu, en aquest cas sense maquillatge

Wholesome: sa

Smooth: fina i suau

News

What climate change means for children in kiribati

The head of UNICEF’s office in the Pacific island nation of Kiribati, Nuzhat Shahzadi, was in the UK recently.

She talked about what the future looks like for the children in Kiribati because of the climate change. Due to climate change, the children who she works with are having a uncertain future because the food sources disappear, water becomes contaminated and disease spreads.

Also she shares how children are getting involved in climate discussions as you can see in the video.

And in the meeting she is urging the UK to stand beside the children of Kiribati to help them.

In my opinion, Shahzadi had a good idea making this video because it transmits exactly the problems that they have and also she is showing the world the situation which these children are in.

Urging: rogar

Spreads: extanció

Sources: font  

News

US man Vernon Maynard marks 100th birthday with skydive

Maynard, who hails from Nebraska, lives in Palm Desert and he is a retired car dealer. He decided to celebrate his 100 years old jumping from a plane with a parachute.

This man said he wished that so his friends took him to Los Angeles and there he jumped with his two nephews.

Before making the jump, Maynard obtained a doctor's note to confirm he was physically prepared.

In my opinion, Maynard have had a really good idea because jumping from a plane with a parachute is an incredible experience that I think everyone should do it once in life. Also, this man shows to all of us that the age doesn’t matter to do what you want to do. All in all, Maynard celebrated his 100 years old fulfill one of his wishes and he has to be proud of himself for doing it. 

Hails:  ser de  

Dealer: distribuïdor/concessionari 

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From: Tura

Sent: 23th July 2008

Subject: Getting fit

Jennie, nice to hear from you. I ‘m glad you moved to England. As you know, I ‘m a bit lazy too but I really would like to join you running in the mornings but I can’t because I start school at 8 and for me it’s too early. If you want we can go running in the evening or at the weekends. Also, if you prefer we can go to a gym.

Some days ago, walking along the street I saw a new gym next to our house. We could go there together! It’s cheap and as well we can do different types of exercises and chose the days that we want to go and if we didn’t have any homework it would be perfect.

Moreover, I could teach you how to swim well. You have just to say when and where, I’m totally prepared.

I’m so excited to start our exercise routine. I think that these would be good for us because we could disconnect for a while from school and we’ll get fit.

See you soon

Love,

Tura.

Write your story

As soon as Roy opened the door, he knew something was wrong. Some hours before Amelia, Roy’s girlfriend, had phoned him to arrange to meet. But Roy’s parents went on vacations to New York and told him that he had to care for his little brother, Jake. Roy didn’t know what to do however he thought that nothing could happen if he left Jake alone for two hours. So he decided to go to the cinema with Amelia. Both entered to the cinema and switched off their phones.

When the film had finished, Roy switched on his phone and he saw twenty one call phones from Jake. Roy phoned him but he didn’t answer. Roy went to his house and opened the door.  What has happened here? He thought. Where is Jake? Everything was untidy and there were things missing. He didn’t understand anything. He looked for Jake all around the house but Jake wasn’t there. He was in a shocking state. Someone kidnapped his brother! He thought. Meanwhile Amelia phoned the police. Suddenly, someone knock the door. He opened the door and there were his parents and Jake. He was shocked and astonished. Then his parents asked him what happened at the house.

What happened was that Jake went to meet his parents at the airport with the neighbor and he tried to phone Roy to warn him. While he was at the airport, some thieves entered to their house and steal many things. 

Humour is necessary?

Homour is the ability to find things funny, the way in which peaople see that some things are funny, or the quality of being funny. Why does the humor moves the world? Why the humour is like a medicine? Humour lightens your burdens, inspires hopes, connects you to others, and keeps you grounded, focused, and alert…

To begin, laugther takes physical health benefits like: relaxes the whole body, boosts the immune system, triggers the release of endrohins and finally, protects the heart. As you can see, laughter is a powerful anticode to stress, pain, and confict. Besides people who have sense of humour has a high pysical health benefits so these people live better and more than people who doesn’t have it.

Secondly, laughter and humour help you stay emotionally healthy. It means that there dissolves distressing emotions, if you’re laughing you can’t think with all things that make you anxious, angry, or sad. So when you laugh your “chip” changes. Also laughter helps you relax. In fact, when you are studying you can do a break for laugh because it enabling you to stay focus. A little solution for earn better grades. Moreover, humour change perspective, help you to see situations in a more realistic vision.

Thirdly, humour and laughter take social benefits because laughing with others is more powerful than laughing alone. If you use humour and laugher in your life, these allows you to be more spontaneous, let go of defensiveness, release inhibitions and espress your true feelings. Consequently, having sense of humour isn’t harmful.

All in all, we think that humour is necessary of our lives. Everyone needs it to enjoy all the moments and have a good time with those who are next to you. Also, if you really want to laugh but you don’t know how, you can create opportunities to laugh like go to a comedy club, read funny pages and go to a “laughter yoga” class. These could be usefull for everyone. It is important to laught because it improves mood, attracts others to us, eases anxiety and fear and lowers stress hormones. And the last but not least, if you laught you feel better and aslo you seem prettier. Having humour brings to you lots of benefits so now it’s up to you.

The surprise

Last weekend my cousin from Barcelona came to visit us. Some days before, she had warned that she had a surprise which maybe we don’t like. My sister and I thought that she was talking about a new pet because our little cousin loves unusual animals. So we decided to bet. I bet for a big rabbit and my sister said she bet for a snake.

We were right that the surprise was a pet but, we were both wrong about the type of animal.  Finally, she arrived at our house and we could see what it was. She opened her hand and… it was a chameleon!  We were so surprised!

It was tiny with a large tail. Furthermore with his big eyes seemed that it was watching you all the time.  Moreover, my cousin told us it fed itself with live crickets and when it is thirsty, she has to give it running water.

Although, it doesn’t need too much attention because it just needs sunshine and a plant to stay. 

Life isnt't a bed of roses

Everyone knows that life is complicated and your decisions could go wrong in the majority of the cases. But that isn’t an excuse to give up looking for happiness.

As the statistics says, there is a high percentage of the population which are unhappy with their lives. Most of them have economic or familiar problems. I know that is hard to make ends meet but that doesn’t means that you are unhappy. You could be happy with few things. We just have to remember there is someone out there that is happier with less than what you have.

Your life could have a turn for the worse every single day but, also there are second chances to start again. We have to face our challenges to succeed and leave behind the failures.

All in all, life isn’t a bed of roses and for that we have to put our best efforts to overcome the problems and look for happiness. 

Daily routine

People, especially those who have been living in the same place for a long time, get bored with their lives. I think that everyone has this sensation at one time or another because of the routine.

When you talk about routines most of people think about the adults. Maybe because when you are older it’s difficult change completely your life, especially if you have children because you need to take care of them.  Although you can change some of your habits to get away from routine and have enjoyable experiences.

But, nobody or just a few people think about teenagers. We also do the same every day: get up, go to school, come back at home, do the homework and go to sleep. Except at the weekends, when we can do what we want if we haven’t got any homework. For that, we have to take advantage of the weekend and on holidays not to get bored. Moreover, it’s important to find out things which we enjoy doing.

Extra film review

HOME

The truth is when the teacher told us that we’ll see a documentary I felt like saying: what are you talking about? But the idea got worse when she said that the documentary talked about the climate change.  I just thought, another documentary of this theme?, no please, I have been watching lots of videos about the same topic.  Now, after watching it, I have to stop speaking about it because my idea of the documentary was wrong.

 

Home is an interesting and astonishing documentary through which you really realise that we are doing something wrong with our planet and we have to take conscience on how to improve the Earth.  Home is very emotional because it gives us a message to think about it. This message is associated with the problems of the climate change and the consequences that it brings.

Also, the video shows us how the world was and how it is now. This difference is so huge and it impacted me because we are responsible for what is happenning right now.

In conclusion, I liked watching it but I think it was too long and most of the things that it says we knew before. Although I enjoyed it and made me think about all the things we do wrong.

Extra your-say

In this post I want to talk about my birthday present. My birthday was in November but I’m going to enjoy it now because of the weather. Some of my parents’ friends gave me that present eight months ago. You might ask what kind of gift is it, so I am going to answer you your question right now. This week I’m going to jump in parachute in Empuriabrava.  I’m so excited.

I will enjoy it with my friends Ona and Irene who also have the same opportunity as me.  We will celebrate the end of the scho
ol together. It will be fantastic. I’m counting the days left for the jump.

 

Extra news

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Arguably one of the most heated debates in science, Alla Katsnelson explores the many issues behind efforts to reduce the number of animals used in studies.

One of the most contentious issues in science is the use of animals in research. Because are many people against the use of animals in research but they are necessary to investigate new treatments. Scientists experiment on animals for a host of different reasons, including basic research to explore how organisms function, investigating potential treatments for human disease, and safety and quality control testing of drugs, devices and other products. There is a long list of medical advances made possible with the help of animal research. Opponents believe it is cruel and meaningless, as observations in animals often do not translate directly to humans.

The truth is that around 29 million animals per year are currently used in experiments in the US and European Union countries. The 80% of these animals are Rats and mice.  

Some believe technological advances will one day make animal studies unnecessary, while others argue that “non-living” models will never be capable of reliably replicating all of the uses of laboratory mice and other creatures.

Capable: capaç

Meaningles: sense sentit

 

Nowadays this issue is very problematic and is delicate because there are people against and also in favor, so it causes a dispute. The main issue is that the humans use animals to do experiments and that's not fair because we hurt them just to improve our life. Moreover we take away their freedom for then killing them.

But the truth is that we need them to explore how organisms function, investigating potential treatments for human disease, and safety and quality control testing of drugs, devices and other products. So they are necessary to us but in my opinion we use the animal for our benefit and we don’t respect them as they deserve.

 

 

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Final evaluation

In these two last years I have improved my English, especially this year in batxillerat. The best activity which shows our level of English is the oral presentation. In my opinion the oral presentation is more useful than the other activities because we can improve our pronunciation. Moreover, this year we have learnt a lot of new vocabulary in the language room.

For the next year, I would like to do again the blog, the oral presentations, some listening and writings in class.

 All in all, I want to say that I really like the English class because we have fun, I enjoy it, it isn’t stressful and of course is useful learning English at school for our future.

Dialoge

-      Marcus  (speaking on the phone) Sweety, I have something to tell you… Yes, it’s important, can we meet now? It’s about the last party when you were ill at home.. Ok, see you. I love you…

-     Juliet (opening the door with a worried face) What it’s going on, baby? (She gets close to kiss him, but he turns down. Well, come in…

(They sit down on the sofa, but without any word) (Marcus decides to start).

-      Marcus I’m so sorry, I didn’t want to do it. I was drunk…

-     Juliet (she stands up and she invites him to get out home painting the door) Stop. Don’t talk anymore. I know what’s going on. You said you loved me. Didn’t you? I’m not going to belive in you again. I’m freaking out (shouting at him).

-     Marcus (Tears in his eyes) Give me a second chance. I love you, I’ve loved you since I met you, and I know I will love you forever. I’m not proud of what I did… F_ _K! It’s not fair, I was drunk, I love you…

-     Juliet Bye.

(He leaves home. She closes the door. She starts to cry).

Opinion essay

We have almost learnt to respect the Word

Nowadays we live in a world where the pollution rises every day. The problem began when the human built all the industry and destroyed the forests. All depends on us. We have almost learnt to respect the world. I agree with the sentence in the earth so we have to respect it.

Firstly, we have to consider that we, humans, are the ones who destroy the world. It is important to accept that because there are people who think that they haven’t done anything to destroy our world and they are wrong.

Secondly, we have to reduce, reuse and recycle in our house and at the school because it is also important. We have to do little things to improve the situation of the world.

In conclusion, we have to cut down the pollution if we want to live in nice conditions in the future. Also is important that every person in the world help to do it. The children have to be educated to fight against the pollution because they are the future of the world. Moreover, we have to support all the organizations because they act for good causes. It all depends on us.

My friends

 

It’s the end of the term and I want to dedicate my last post for my friends because probably they are the only people who knows me exactly how I am. Although they know that I am not perfect, my friends accept me as I am. They are too important for me, they are a huge part of my life and I feel comfortable and complete with them. They get the best part of me.


 

I really need them, they are people who make me smile every day. I think that we have a tight relationship because we have known each other since the nursery school and we have grown up together, so we have lived the good and bad moments together. They just make me happy.

They are one of the best things that I have and they never going to be substituted for anyone else.