FINAL REFLECTION

1ST POST


This year we made just two presentations. But if I compare my first presentation with the second, I could say that I've improved a lot.
First of all, the pronouncement of words, and my accent were not very good, but as I was practicing, I think that now, my accent is more better.
Then the vocabulary, I have learned a lot of new words this year, now I do not use a simple vocabulary like before.
After this school year , I don not have problems to talk and interact with people in English.
And finally, it notes that I've always had problems with verb conjugation when  I spoke, because I did not know which verbal form I had to use, and now, I have improved a little bit with this problem.

2ND POST

If I had to send my best written evidence would be this:

16 Carrer del Mar

Castelló d'Empúries

Girona 17486

13th April 2015

Mariano Rajoy
Complejo de la Moncloa
Avda.Puerta del Hierro
28071 Madrid

Dear President Rajoy,

I am writing to inform you of how important the crisis is currently in Spain. People disagree with taxes and cuts that you have established in this coutry.

The problems began in 2010, when the civil servants had to work more hours for the same wages. Moreover, for the cuts of the public expenditure, the University rates, which have risen 50%.
And finally the increase of the taxes of tabacco, light, gas, water,and many things more...
For these reasons now we are in crisis.
I would like to ask you to take urgently the necesssary measurements to overcome these problems, in order to be able to live in a worthy way, with work, with house, and also with food.

A lot of people in this country do not have these necessities nowadays, due to the changes you have made.

Yours faithfully,

I think this is the best writing I've done because I show a good level of English, using the right words for this context.
After being out all year by writing, I think that this formal letter, is one of the best essays than I've done.

Microsoft to stop producing Windows versions

SUMMARY 

This news is about the famous brand, distributor of  computer software "Microsoft Windows". They say that Microsofot Windows 10, will be the latest revision of the operating system. This Windows will be much more innovative and will have permanent updates. Therefore, Microsoft will have to spend too much money on marketing to convince people to buy this new product. But even so, Windows says that it is a good progress with the system, but there is always some risk.

OPINION

In my opinion, I think the technology is advancing very quickly. Two years ago everyone had Windows 7, now almost everyone has Windows 8, and in a few months is expected Windows 10.
We can say that prices are becoming more high, and there are people who can not afford to buy a computer of latest features because they don't have enough money. 
In conclusion, technology advances, and costs increase.

WORDS LEARNT

Desktop - Escritori


Echoed - Es va fer ressò

Instalments - Quotes

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-32658340

Russia stages massive WW2 parade despite Western boycott

SUMMARY

Yesterday, May 9, Russia celebrated the 70 years since the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.
It all began with a speech by current Russian President Vladimir Putin, who thanked the Soviet troops who were present in Second World War and also thanked the USA, France and UK to help them beat Germany.
At 10:00, it started the parade of Russian soldiers marched through Red Square in Moscow, and Chinese troops also marched in Moscow for the first time.
The spectacle of aircraft, which flew over Red Square was very beatiful.

OPINION

When I lived in Russia, on May 9 with my family, we always went to the parade of soldiers. 
But the most important parade is in the Red Square,  Moscow. I have the desire to go there someday.

In conclusion, the May 9 is celebrated in Russia as it was Christmas, it is a historic and memorable event for this country.
It should be noted that, once the parade is over, the families gather with others to eat together and celebrate the victory.

WORDS LEARNT

Reinforced - Reforçat

Crew - Tripulació 
Foreign dignitaries- Dignataris Estrangers

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32668511

Sad News

Last friday, our handball coach gave us a very bad news. He explaned that for work, he was forced to leave the club because he was going to live in Badajoz.  

This news has shocked the whole team. He already told me that he would go but it was not entirely sure and did not know when it would be. 

This coach has been the best I've had in my time as a player. He is a very demanding and tough person, but he does so in order to improve our performance. 

It was he who made us Champions of Catalan League of Handball two consecutive years.

This year, due to the multitude of players who have left the team, he did not expect these results,with young players, from an average of 18 years, winning all matches in the competition.

In conclusion, give him thanks for everything.

I hope to see him soon.

Jews, Muslims face increasing French discrimination, racism – Council of Europe- Human Rights News

SUMMARY

This news talks about France, a  country that discriminates  minority groups such as now the Gypsies, Muslims and Jews.
In France, Jewish and Muslims cemeteries are destroyed. For this reason, the  French President Francois Hollande  says that in this country is increasing a lot racism, and the nation will be destroyed because of this. 
Also note that there are other factors that trigger acts of discrimination in France, for example sexual orientation of an individual.

OPINION

This news makes reference to one of the most common problems that we find in the world, the discrimination, which is a human right that may not be violated.
Therefore,  belongs to the Human Right number 2, which says that everyone has the right and freedoms, without any kind of distiction ,like color, sex, language, religion ..

And I agree with this, because everybody should have equal rights and live in equality, after all we are all equal.


WORDS LEARNT

Warned- Previngut
Skull cap- Barret 
Trigger- Desencadenar

http://rt.com/news/234019-france-racism-jews-muslims/

Biggest fall in April jobless for two decades

SUMMARY 

In April, Spain suffered the biggest drop in the number of people who are unemployed in the last 20 years.
The only sectors that offer jobs are industrialists, but they always looking for qualified personnel. And a lot of  people who are unemployed now, wait until summer to find work in hotels or restaurants, to get some money.

The percentage of unemployed is 23.78, which means that approximately a quarter part  of the population does not work.

OPINION

I think that unemployment is a serious social problem, since people acquire goods and services to meet their needs from the money they receive for their work... and if they do not have this money, they cannot meet these needs. 

A lot of people, when they lose their jobs , feel frustrated and failed to see that they cannot support their family.

For this reason, I hope that this country's economic situation will improve soon.

WORDS LEARNT

Drop- Deixar caure, caiguda

Seekers- Sol·licitants

Forecast- Pronòstic

http://www.thelocal.es/20150505/biggest-fall-in-april-jobless-claims-in-almost-20-years

Nepal earthquake: UK agencies warn of serious disease after disaster

SUMMARY 

The earthquake that occurred in Nepal, was 7.8 degrees of magnitude,  7,500 people have died and 14,500 people are injured.
Because of this catastrophe, many people have been left homeless.
Contaminated water and poor sanitation could lead to cholera, dysentery and other waterborne diseases.
For this reason, the DEC agencies have organized shelters and have provided them with clean water, soap, blankets and mattresses.
Currently, most countries of the world are helping Nepal.

OPINION

Natural disasters are inevitable. In my opinion I think that the country has been  morally and economically destroyed. Now they have to invest a lot of money to get reform.
People don't know where live and for this reason  in the world there have been several campaigns of donation of money.
This, I consider it a good fact  because we are showing that cooperation between countries exists.

WORDS LEARNT

Shelter- Refugi
Unprecedented- Sense precedents
Pledges- Promeses

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-32583422

Floyd Mayweather beats Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas.

SUMMARY

This weekend has been the fight of the century, the most anticipated and highest grossing in the history of boxing.
The fight took place in Las Vegas, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. The fight was between the two best fighters in the world, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao.
The first four rounds were very equalled, but from 5th assault, combat already got more interesting and Pacquiao was who attacked. But in the 9th round, Mayweather changed radically and finally won the fight by unanimous decision.

OPINION

I have not seen the combat because they did it at 5 o'clock in the morning, but as I have been reading and listening  the opinion of the people, Manny Pacquiao was the one who deserved to win. 
As everyone knows, the fight took place in USA, so people say that there were tricks, and for this reason  Mayweather won.
Pacquiao, also thinks the same, and even he said that he deserved to win the match.

WORDS LEARNT

Cemented - Fonamentat
Booed - Escridassat
Flurries - Ràfegues

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/boxing/32571743

Formal Letter

16 Carrer del Mar

Castelló d'Empúries

Girona 17486

13th April 2015

Mariano Rajoy
Complejo de la Moncloa
Avda.Puerta del Hierro
28071 Madrid

Dear President Rajoy,

I am writing to inform you of how important the crisis is currently in Spain. People disagree with taxes and cuts that you have established in this coutry.

The problems began in 2010, when the civil servants had to work more hours for the same wages. Moreover, for the cuts of the public expenditure, the University rates, which have risen 50%.
And finally the increase of the taxes of tabacco, light, gas, water,and many things more...
For these reasons now we are in crisis.
I would like to ask you to take urgently the necesssary measurements to overcome these problems, in order to be able to live in a worthy way, with work, with house, and also with food.

A lot of people in this country do not have these necessities nowadays, due to the changes you have made.

Yours faithfully,

Human Rights

Human Rights are principles or rules describing the way in which you have to incur a human.
They based on the respect for people. Its premise is that every human being must be treated with dignity.
Their name is Human Rights because they are universal and also because they are rights to which everyone is entitled.
In 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration 
of Human Rights, which represents a common standard to be attained by all peoples and nations.

In total there are 30 Human Rights.

For me, the best Human Right is number 4 (No slavery).

It's about the slavery of human persons. Currently, in least developed countries there are a lot of young children who are under the power of others.  And this doesn't have to be because we live in a free world, we must all live our lives.
This video makes us reflect on how bad people become.
In conclusion, no one deserves this.
For this, the sentence of Human Rights number 4, has a very direct message:
Shall one not be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade Shall Be Their prohibited in all form.

DESCRIPTION OF A PERSON

Isaac, my best friend, is 19. He has got brown short hair, fair eyes and a little nose like a potato.
He has got well built complexion. He is quite tall and looks really atractive when we go out with girls.
Currently , he is studying English in London and in summer he comes back to Spain and works as an assistant chef in a kitchen of a Restaurant or Bar.
He likes playing football a lot, when he was 15 ,he played with a FC.Girona Team , and he also was in the Catalan Selection .
But when he started smoking , he left everythins and after he broke his leg ,and he never a played football again.
Isaac is a very good friend , he always helps me when I have got bad moments and also because he has got a big sense of humour.
He doesn´t care where we are, it doesn`t matter if we are in the Police Station or we are in a Supermarket.
He is hiperaclive, he is never quiet. Isaac is also an intelligent man, but he doesn`t live studying, for this reason his mother sent him to England.
I admire him because he is very energetic and also because I know him since 2005, and he has always been here, and when we have any problem, our parents know that we are together.

FAST AND THE FURIOUS 7

Yesterday I went to see the movie Fast and The Furious 7 to the cinema.
This saga is one of my favorites. At the beginning I believed that they not recorded the seventh part of the movie because the main actor, Paul Walker, died in a car accident.
But in the end, on April 2015, they announced its release in cinemas, so I decided to go see it.
This part deals with death in Tokyo of Han, friend of Toretto.
The federal agent Hobbs also was attacked by the same person and he tells that to Dominic Toretto, and these two decide to take revenge on the antagonist together.
It takes a long time to find him, but finally, with the help of a Hacker,they find him.
Dominic Toretto begins to fight against him and  finally he kills him.
I liked especially the end of the movie, because they do a tribute to Paul Walker, an actor who has been a role model, person who created the Reach Out WorldWide (ROWW) association, which helps victims of various natural disasters .
In conclusion, a person who did not deserve this end, life is very unfair.

We are the Champions !

This Saturday we had our last match of handball.
As I said in a previous post, we had to win this game. At that time we occupied the second position, but if Palautordera  lost his match against La Salle Montcada we would become Champions of the League.
And we did it, in the final minutes, Suria made 3 consecutive mistakes, and we took an advantage of three goals, thanks to that we won the match.
Also, Palautordera, was not so lucky, they lost by 7 goals against La Salle Montcada Team.
I think  we deserved this title because this year we have done a good job.
Our team is very young, we only have 3 persons who pass the twenty years, and the other teams did not believe that, because they have more experience but this has not been an obstacle for us, because we have trained a lot, we always give the maximum and for this reason we have our reward.

My Final Post

This year the group of English which has touched me have got  a high level. 
I think that I've adapted well and I would like to say that throughout the year, I had a very good time with them and I hope to continue enjoying the language with them next year. 
What I liked this year were the presentations that we have done because we have practiced and improved expression in English.
What I didn't like much were the essays that we have delivered, that's because almost every week we had to deliver a drafting and finally I just tired. 
Furthermore, I also liked doing the blog, I have shared many things in this blog and I have greatly improved the writing. 
In conclusion, what I would improve it wouldn't do so many essays and read more books, to see if we understand the language and history of the book.

Bullying

Of course, it's horrible on the victims self estreem.
But,I think that the "bully" also need care too.They are picking on someone and making that victim feel bad.
Bu
t usually, kids who bully are also being bullied somewhere else.Older sinlings,abusive parents.
What I mean is that something has got to be wrong if someone were to act so violent towards others.

So, I think that victims are victims...but bullies also are victims.I don't agree with shaming or punishing the bully, because they must be going through something tough as well. They may be showcasing it in a violent way,but they need help just as much as the victim.
I also think that victims need to understand how to react when being bullied. Telling a teacher or even just learning to ignore the bully.
I think schools and parents need to be more involved in a positive way. Promoting tolerance of color, religion,gender,sexuality,etc...
In my experience, most bullying cases have been solved with a slap on the wrist.

SPAIN VS BOLIVIA

This Friday Spain kicked off their World Cup warm-up plans in earnest  with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Bolivia, providing South American opposition ahead of a group-stage duel with Chile in Brazil next months.

Fernando Torres and Andres Iniesta scored the second-half goals in a match Spain dominated throughout, with a number of chances narrowly missing or hitting the woodwork, while Pepe Reina was entirely untested at the other end. 

With none of the Real or Atletico Madrid players involved following their Champions League exertions, manager Vicente del Bosque opted to field four attackers from the start who had not always enjoyed the best of 2013-14 seasons, challenging them, perhaps, to win their World Cup squad places.

Finally, it has been a very well made and played match  by Spain .

We hope and trust that this national team going to win the Cup this summer.

Music, my life !

In my life music is too important for me, it change my thoughts, my character; it change everything. It change my life. 
When I'm depressed, I listen sad music, or romantic songs. I don't know why I do it, but I can't control it...
But when I'm happy, I listen good music, moved songs, house, pop or reggaeton. When I do it, I feel too better.
When I go out, or go to the disco, or in a private party, I forget my problems and start dance with my friends, and everyone have a good time!
Musics is the best medicine for me, when I'm too stressed or too sad... I take my headphones, music at maximum, and I can disconnect from everything, problems, tasks...I can disconnect from my life!

The Last Effort

This week and the next one are going to be terrible for me. There comes all the exams, so that it means: study, study and study... I don't think I'm going to be an excellent from every subject, but i'll try to get the best mark as I can, because I'm going to study a few days before. 
I don't have many time on the afternoons, because I'm always busy doing things, but I always can study a bit, enough to have a good mark. There are some subjects that are more difficult for me than many others but I have to strive myself with it.

2014 UEFA Champions League Final

My favorite team has won the champions league 2014, I  had been waiting for this moment for 12 years, but after all Real Madrid has finished with his luck and finally won this long-awaited trophy.

The match took place at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal, between Spanish sides Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid. It was the fifth tournament final to feature two teams from the same association, the second all-Spanish final and the first between teams from the same city.

Real Madrid won the match 4–1 after extra time, with goals from Gareth Bale, Marcelo and Cristiano Ronaldo following a 93rd-minute header by Sergio Ramos, which cancelled out Diego Godín's first-half goal.

 In doing so, Real Madrid secured a record 10th title in the competition, 12 years after their ninth victory.

I have nothing more to say, proud of this team, and I hope that it continues winning and fighting for all the possible titles.

Film Review !

Below I will explain a movie I've seen since it is one of my favorites and sometimes when you have nothing to do, you decide to see this movie, that you like and never get tired of it.

21 tells the story of a young, brilliant MIT student who turns to counting cards in blackjack in Vegas with his lecturer and a group of fellow students to pay for his future in Harvard Medical School. Naturally, things turn sour, and our hero loses everything, including his friends and MIT degree and must fight to regain them.

Don’t take my opening comment the wrong way, 21 is not a bad film – it’s got a decent plot, a decent cast  who do a decent job and decent direction. But it’s also not a great film, because all of those things are decent, and not much more. It does make more of an effort to have a twist in the tail than I thought it might, which surprised me, but it does feel just a little overly-long at points in the middle.

All in all, 21 is worth the watch, but suffers from the same flaw that a lot of similar films suffer from – if the card counting system is made to look simple enough that you think you could do it yourself, it loses just a little of its pizzazz. On the whole, it’s probably worth the watch, but not essential