Alice

I suppose the first thing one notices about Alice is her graceful gait and hair that is short, spiky, and black. She has a lovely smile and she generally doesn’t wear much make-up. She’s not very tall, but she is quiet slim. She is bubbly and optimistic.

She loves going shopping, making-overs, and throwing parties. She always looks perfect. What I particularly like about her is the way she thinks carefully about what she says and always makes interesting, intelligent comments. Once you get to know her a little, you realize that she is not as carefree as she seems first time. Although she is adopted, she cares about her family a lot because for her they are the most important people that she has.

The most distinctive thing about her is her smile. She is actually a very cheerful person and she has a very optimistic view of the word.

Now, do you know who am I talking about?

A clue: her really name is Ashley Greene.

NEWS

Zac Vawter will use 'bionic leg' controlled by his thoughts to climb Chicago skyscraper

It is amazing how science develops day-to-day. A good example is Zac Vawter’s case: a young man who lost his right leg in an accident and now helps to test a trailblazing prosthetic leg that is controlled by his thoughts.

Others artificial legs are passive and don’t respond to the electrical impulses caused by thought. That is the great innovation that looks like a science fiction movie.

A team of scientists have work a lot of time to arrive at this moment and now they can prove their effort, thanks to Vawter who, from the first day, was involved in this scientific research.

The ultimate test will be the heroic deed that consists to climb up 103 flights to the top of one skyscraper. What will be so complicate.

I’m surprised for the bravery and the effort that Vawter has and I think we have to learn one’s lesson: don’t give up because everything can change for the best.

 

 

 

A BOX in which parents can leave their babies anonymously without any legal risk has opened in a town in northwestern Russia - part of an effort that activists hope will save many young lives.

It’s a pity that our society needs that kind of things, but if we think that it is necessary, and it is, we have to do it! We are talking about a new invention that it consists in a box where parents can leave their babies anonymously without any legal risk.

Every year too many babies are abandoned from their parents and this box allows that, instead of leaving the babies in the street or inside a box in the middle of the rubbish, they can leave the child in a box that its door closes and a nurse gets alerted by a signal. Given that there are no security cameras, parents can leave their babies anonymously.

Some people think that it infringes on the right of mothers and children but I thing that box will save a lot of babies.

 

MATILDA Ballinger is more comfortable studying in a cabin than a classroom.

Matilda, her family and her unusual lifestyle are difficult to understand for the majority of people, but it is very respectable.

In this case, Matilda and her brothers, have done their studies like other young people. But the difference is that they have are traveling around the word at the same time that they are studying. They love sailing so I think they enjoy they lives, but I wouldn’t like to do it because I need my friends around me. I’m sure that it is not exactly the same living one day have  and another  day in another place buit on the other hand they are meeting different cultures which in my opinion it is an incredible experience which they will never forget.

She thinks that normal life is boring, I don’t agree because I have a normal live and I’m not bored. But is her opinion and not everyone has to think the same.

In the future I would like to sail around the word, it’s one of my dreams but not for a long time, just for month

 

Thirteen & Adrian Mole

This term we had to read Adrian Mole is book and watch the film Thirteen. Both show us that the pas from childhood to adulthood isn’t easy.

The two main characters have problems like eating disorders, drugs, sex, petty crime, bad influences, addictions, popularity, divorce, adolescent relationship with parents…

A is normal to have some problems with your identity and your family in the adolescence but if you have an unstructured family like Adrian or Tracy it is more complicated because in their case, their families don’t show them how much they love them.

In the adolescence most of us change but Tracy has a radical change, she seems another person. This change happened because she was so influenced by others, exactly by Eve. When she met Eve she thought that everything will be better but finally it wasn’t like she has thought. Yes, she was popular but at what price?

Instead, Adrian isn’t especially popular. He is a good boy, he help an old men, Bert and he cares for his parents when they don’t feel well. But he had a problem, Barry. This guy beat him to get money. Lucky his grandmother went to see Barry and told him to stop hitting Adrian. He always had his heard in the clouds because he thought all the time about Pandora. His friend, Nigel, fail him because he had a relationship with Pan. But after Adrian forgave him.

After seeing and reading both we realize how important our friends and family are. We need to be able to differentiate who are our real friends, those who stand by in any situation.

 

Sweet16!

Few days ago it was my birthday and I had my sweet16 day.

I’ve been waiting for that day during all the year.  I wished to be sixteen like all my friends because I am the youngest just for a few months.

I was born on the thirteenth and by chance this year I celebrate my birthday on Tuesday thirteenth, the day of bad luck for the some Spanish people. But for me it wasn’t a bad day. That day I had the English oral presentation and I was very nervous although in the morning I was worried, it was a great day.

After school we went to buy some ingredients to make a cake then we went to a friend’s house and all of us made a chocolate cake together. If I am honest, the cake looked like it had been made by a professional cook.

I am very grateful for all the gifts that my friends and my family gave to me. The thing that I really liked most were the notes that my best friends wrote to me, they are so lovely. Thank you so much!

My sweet 16 wasn’t a big celebration like in North America but it was so fine because I spent “my day” with the most important people for me in these moments.

Admirable

Like her, there are many celebrities who have given donations to countries or poor people’s associations. I think that their decisions are so good because they can afford to give a part of their money to help other people without resources. They do it with their best of intentions.

Earlier this year, Miley Cyrus traveled to Haiti with the Starkey Hearing Foundation in order to deliver much-needed supplies to deaf children. Her goal was to help the organization distribute and fit hearing aids to more than 400 Haitians.

However, that is not all. On July 24, Miley performed at Starkey Hearing Foundations’s 11th annual ‘So the World May Hear Gala’ in St. Paul, Minnesota. Impressively, the event raised $7.2 million that will go toward helping the Haitian victims.

In my opinion she had an excellent idea which she could safe and improve the lives of many children. So I think this determination is admirable.

In this picture we can see Miley Cyrus shares a tender moment with a child in Haiti.

Interview

Hi, sorry, can you help me? I’ve just missed the bus and I need to catch the next train to London. Do you know where the train station is.

Yes, but it’s so far and you have to go there by bus or car. I can take you there.

 Really? Are you sure of that?

Of course, I have to go to train station too. But before I need to go to the supermarket to get some food.

Ok, I want to buy something too to eat during the travel.

So, it’s fantastic. Let’s go to the supermarket.

Thanks a lot for all. By the way, I’m Jane, nice to meet you.

Oh sorry, I’m Amy, nice to meet you too.



the audio is on lidia's blog
 

Dear Sonia

This year is the first that you are my English teacher because last year it was Lourdes. My name is Tura Puig and I live in Empuriabrava. I like listening to music, meeting my friends and rowing.

I have always lived in Empuriabrava and when I was three years old I started school in Castelló d’Empúries. I’m lucky because most of my friends got to the same high school as me.

At school this year I have chosen some new subjects: economy, business, maths and history. I don’t know which career I want to study but I’m sure that I would like to go to university.

I love rowing, it’s my favorite sport. I practice it with my friends Marina and Lidia who go to the same English class as me.

Anyway during the course of the year I will tell you more things about me. See you on Monday.