Strange weather caused by human activity

Dear ecologists,

I am writing in response to an article I came across on Thursday's edition of the local news. I was disappointed to read the article because we are getting worse since the Industrial Revolution.

Firstly, I know for decades that the Industrial Revolution has solves a lot of problems that were present before, like the communication between different places has become more effective. 

When the steam machine was used, it made a lot of changes in every job and the people of that moment. Now, people don't have to work all day and also they don't get really tired than before.

Next, Industrial Revolution was all about oil and now we are using it every day. The oil is what is changing our planet. But the weather it is not the only thing is changing. It is changing the life of different plants and animals, because they are used to the weather that we used to have. So, oil is the problem.

Finally, in other articles I read that oil is going to finish soon, aproximately, in 2050. So, I think it is time to change our daily routine to change our world if we don't want to get worse.

King regards,

Núria Fusellas.

WRITING A BLOG

Month 1:
I've just joined the Horse Weekend, which one is a group of teenagers that spend the whole weekend, once a month, in horse riding center and are also looking for the animals in the farm. I wished I had heard about this before, it's amazing! The people are really friendly and it seems to be like a family. My fist weekend I spent cleaning all the stables, it  was really tiring but it was worth it, because I was all the time with the animals.

Month  2:
This month we went to do a ride. It was all day going out with my new friends and our horses in the forest. We started doing a little walk in the town but then we went into the forest. We had lunch in there, with a little food we brought. The experience really helped us because we got the chance to get to know each other more, an now I'm feeling more comfortable with them.

Month 3:
This weekend some kids came and we taught them all the horse riding methods to good at this sport. They were so excited about everything so that we also watched a little film about horses and they calm down immediately. I believe that if you teach kids what's about and then you show them in real life, it'd be more succeesful.

LET'S TALK

I think I improved my English through these last years by watching a lot of TV series in American English. I also read a lot of posts on the social media from different magazines, like seventeen or teen vogue (all for teenagers), of from famous people; I listen to music but I understand it too, it's a really fun way to learn more English every day.
Travelling a lot helped me to improve my English too. I've always looked up to my cousins and my brother, they are fantastic English students and when I was younger I wanted to be like them, so while we were travelling I was always listening to their conversations with other people. The last few years, I travelled with my parents and they don't speak English so I had to talk to foreign people to know everything of the different places.

My trip to Italy!

Hi everyone! It's Núria.

So now I'm going to explain to you about my trip to Italy that we did a few weeks ago.

We all met at 5.15a.m. at school so I woke up at 4 o'clock. We took the bus to the Barcelona airport, we were a little bit late because there were so many people on the road, but we made it on time. We took the flight and we were in Milan! There, we took another bus and we went straght to Llac di Garda, Sirmione. There we had lunch, (our first pizza in Italy!) and we visited the whole city. Then we went to Verona, we left our luggage in our rooms and we visited the Arena, Romeo and Juliet's place, and we went for dinner to our restaurant.

The next day, we took the train to go to Venice. We walked through the entire city until we arrive to the Piazza di San Marco. There we entered to the Duomo (Cathedral), it was really big and beautiful! Before lunch, we went to a Burano's glass Museum. We had lunch all together, but then we made two groups. My group went shopping and also we had the chance to go to the San Marco's Campanile. You could see Venice from the air!

On Wednesday, we didn't do many things. We took our luggage because we were moving to Florence. We took two trains until we arrived. Our hotel was amazing, it was in the center of Florence, and from our room we could see the Duomo! We went lunch and we went for a walk around the city. Then we had some free time, but we were so tired that we stayed in the hotel.

The following day, we had to wake up really early because at 9a.m. we were going to visit the museum Ufizzi. We spend half of the morning there, but then we went to climb the Cúpula of Santa Maria del Fiore. After lunch, we went to the Accademia, we only went there to watch the David of Michelangelo, because it's the main sculpture. After that, we went to the Baptistery but we didn't make it to see the Duomo. The main part of our class went to climb the Campanile, it was exhausting! After, all the class went to have some ice cream, it was delicious! Then we had some free time, with my friends, we went to the hotel because we were too tired to go shopping. After dinner, some of us took a last walk around Florence because it was our last night there.

The following morning, we woke up a little bit late compared to the other days. We had breakfast and we took the bus to go the Florence's viewpoint. There we took some photos and we went to Lucca. In Lucca, we had a walk to the square, then we had some free time and Maria and I went shopping. We had lunch in Pisa, and then we visited the Duomo and the Baptistery, finally we took some photos and we went tto the airport to return to Catalonia.

DANCE COMPANY

Training sessions
Anyone who wants to learn any type of dance (hip-hop, lyrical, contemporary, etc.) come and sign in on Monday afternoon at 6p.m. for our first class on Tuesday.

Social events
Next weekend is our 5-year anniversary and we are excited to announce that all members of our studio are invited to our party thins Friday at 9p.m.!

Special class
Next week we are going to promote the acro class! We wanted to do this for so long, and now we have a brand new choreographer and trainer. The class is on Wednesday at 5.30p.m. Hurry up! You only have this week to sign in.

Website
Recently, we are launching a new website where our members can join in and look to new announcements and news. Every member of our Dance Company has their own user.

SLEEPY HOLLOW

In 1799, New York City police constable Ichabod Crane is facing imprisonment for going against traditional methods and favoring forensic investigation techniques, such as autopsies, considered unorthodox and unimportant at the time. Ichabod submits to deployment with his bag of tools to the Westchester Country of Sleepy Hollow, New York, which has been plagued by a series of brutal slaying in which the victims have been found decapitated: Peter Van Garrett, wealthy farmer and landowner; his son Dirk; and the widow Emily Winship, withour their heads. Arriving in Sleepy Hollow, Crane is informed by the town's elders that the killer is not of flesh and blood, but rather an undead headless mercenary from the American Revolutionary War who rides at night on a massive black steed, he goes beheading people in search of his missing head.

MAIN CHARACTERS' DESCRIPTION

Ichabod Crane: ( Johnny Depp) New Yorker detective, scared of the situation that Sleepy Hollow is in , but he decides to stay and solve the mysterious event of the Headless Horseman.

Katrina Van Tassel: (Christina Ricci) Baltus Van Tassel's daughter and the heiress of the Van Tassel's land. She's engaged with Brom Van Brunt, but she develops feeling for Ichabod Crane, just as him

Young Masbath: (Marc Pickering) a little boy that his father was murdered trying to protect the village. He decides to help Ichabod in this strange situation as a revenge for the Headless Horseman.

Baluts Van Tassel: (Michael Gambon) Katrina's father and married with Lady Van Tassel, mayor of Sleepy Hollow after the death of Peter Van Garrett.

What’s a good friend for me:

A good friend for me is someone who’s truthful enough to tell you that you’ve got chocolate in all your face, he/she is supportive when you feel down, dependable, responsible and serious when you need them to be and a little bit crazy, and finally dedicated to your friendship.

One time that I met a new friend:

We were in a summer camp in Mieres and we were playing an English game. After that, the Camp monitors told us what we were going to do. They separated us in 4 groups and I was alone, I didn’t know anyone. Then a girl walked to me, and she asked me if I was 13 years old, she was a little insecure at the beginning, but finally she became a very dependable friend.

Formal letter

21 Agatha Road

Warwick

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A&D Games

267 Dean Street

London

W1D 5RS

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am writing to complain about the product I bought last week in your website. First of all, I bought a CD with a hole album of modern music, in your website says that the purchase will go with a protective box that would keep save the product during the journey, and when I recieved there wasn't any box. Unfourtunately, this description is wrong so it'd be better that you change that in your web.

When I recieved the CD I was really excited for having it but, because of the no-protective box, the CD was damaged and I couldn't listen to any song because there weren't any songs in the CD. Furthermore, I was really shocked about the fact that there wasn't any MP3 player that I bought with the CD.

I've always been really impresed about your store and with your products because your company is the most famous in the world! I hope that it has been a mistake. I have already paid the purchase so I hope that you give me a full refund.

I look forward to hearing from you in a near future

Yours faithfully,

Núria Fusellas

Informal letter

Hi George,

How are you? What have you been doing since I saw you last? I’m doing great; some months ago I went into a volunteer program.

I decided to go to Lourdes this year but I was thinking about it a couple of years ago. Well, I’m glad that I made it because it was really fun and magical. We went there only five days, but we were like two thousands of people in there! It was only for the Girona Hospitality. We went there with the old people that are feeling alone. Basically, we needed to talk and be with them to make them enjoy the journey.

Has that ever happened to you? I mean, being in an activity that make you feel more comfortable and better with yourself? It never happened to me before and I enjoy most of time since then.

Well, I’ve got to go now.

See you

Núria

HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOUTUBE!!

Created in 2005, YouTube celebrates its 10th birthday this year. Why is it so successful?

Youtube has been so succesful because it started as a way to comunicate to your friends, but after that, all the videos were improving their views so, they created the tutorials.

The first YouTube video
23 April 2005
The first YouTube video was called Me at the zoo, made by the three creators of the website, it is not very interesting but it's the beginning of a great success.

Also in YouTube were hired videos of people teaching maths or a way of knitting, now these people have hundreds of subscribers and it's possible to how to find everything.

MY LAST SUMMER

Hi, now I'm going to talk about my last summer. First of all, I'm talking about Lourdes; then about my days in Banyoles and finally about my journey around Europe.

Some days after finishing the school classes, I went to Lourdes for five days with my friends with Girona Hospitality. We needed to take the “sick” people around the city, talking to them and organize some activities.

In July, I stayed in Banyoles resting after we came back from Lourdes. For two weeks, my friend, Maria, and I tried to go kayaking in the lake with the Club. It was so tiring but so funny because there was people training there too. I also met some friends during that month and with my family we went to the beach.

In August my parents and I rent a little van and we went travelling around Europe for a whole week. We went through France, Liechenstein, Switzerland, Austria and Germany, and we turned back to Italy. My favourite places were Austria, Germany and North-Italy because they were peaceful and beautiful places with a lot of mountains and lakes.

The rest of the summer I stayed in Banyoles meeting my friends and my family.

In every way, it was a great summer.

My classmates:
Joan Rigau: He went to Lourdes twice, first with Girona Hospitality and the second one was with an international movement.
Elisenda: She went to an exchange program in USA for one month and she stayed there with a Mexican family. 
Joan Cagigós: He went to Hawaii in middle September. He went there by plane going from Barcelona to Frankfurt and then to Hawaii.
Núria Jaén: She went to a premonitor school in Medinyà the next Monday after school, she went there every day of the week.
Laia: In August she spent two weeks in Palamós going to the beach and walking in the afternoon with her family.
Elisabet: She went to Andorra to celebrate her birthday because she had never been there before.
Maria Serra: She went to Asturias for the Canoing Spain Championship and in September she went to Belgium to do canoing.

My Oral Presentation:

Observation:

In my Oral Presentation, I didn't look to much at the audience, I looked almost all the time to the walls to keep remembering everything. I had a little paper in the table but I didn't read in it, I just had a few looks.
I organized the few ideas I had chronologically, to match them I tried to use some markers to make my presentation more clear.
I check the grammar verbs to make sense for what I was talking about. I also check in the diccionary for new words and how to pronounse them, but it was hard to do it.

I love English: October

Cinema&Music

In this section talks about the different Movies and Singers/Groups that are known for their work. It always talks about the most recently movies and songs or albums, but it also shows a little part to explain the new films on DVD.

• PAN: it's a new film about the origins of Peter Pan, I mean, how did he get into Neverland,... I think that's an interesting movie because we know perfectly the film that appears Wendy and her brothers; but we never know the Peter Pan story. 

• CARLY RAE JEPSEN: She's the author of the 2012's hit Call Me Maybe. Now, Carly is back with a new album called Emotion. It has her usual pop style, but the big question is.. Will they be as succesful as "Call Me Maybe"? 

         This singer is amazing so I think that Emotion will be a new hit of her career.

Asking someone out

Clàudia: Hey Elisabet, it's Claudia.
Elisabet: Hi! How are you?
Clàudia: Find, thank you. I haven't seen you too much this summer. Do you want to meet tomorrow?
Elisabet: I'm sorry, tomorrow I have plans with my family... But do you want to meet on Wednesday?
Clàudia: Yes, sure! I'm free then.
Elisabet: Do you want to meet at that new café?
Clàudia: Hey, I have to go but I'll text you later, OK?
Elisabet: OK, bye.

Shopping Centre

Núria: Hello, can I help you?
Emma: Yes, please. I looking for a present for my nephew.
Núria: Well... what does he like?
Emma: He likes new technologies, but I think his still a little bit younger, his 7 years old.
Núria: OK. You can give him a drone car, they love them.
Emma: Yeah, I think that will like it. So I'll buy this.
Núria: It's 32,50 pounds please.

 

CNN Student News - May 14, 2015

A train derailment near Philadelphia and reports of brutal, "fear politics" in North Korea headline today's edition of CNN Student News. Despite the recent arrival of a tropical storm on the U.S. East Coast, the nation has seen a drought of major hurricanes in recent years. And as doctors warn about the dangers of energy drinks, we're reporting on some healthy alternatives.

Blind pole vaulter Charlotte Brown wins state championships bronze (BBC)

 A blind pole vaulter has realised her dream by winning a bronze medal in the Texas state high school championships.

The Emory Rains student has pursued a medal for the past two years, finishing eighth and then fourth before taking third as a high school senior on Saturday. 

Brown first took up pole vaulting, which is not a Paralympic sport, in seventh grade because she wanted something a little "dangerous and exciting". 

She counts the seven steps of her left foot on her approach, listening for the sound of a faint beeper placed on the mat that tells her when to plant the pole and push up. 

"It took me three years to get on the podium, and I finally did it," added Brown, who is heading to university at Purdue on an academic scholarship. 

"If I could send a message to anybody, it's not about pole vaulting and it's not about track. It's about finding something that makes you happy despite whatever obstacles are in your way." 

Compasses that seek lost smiles

I’d like to recommend a book which I read some time ago, called Compasses that seek lost smiles (Brúixoles que busquen somriures perduts). The author of the book is Albert Espinosa.

The book is a family drama, the main characters are a man called Ekaitz, his father, his two daughters and his sister-in-law.

I liked this book because it has a strong message and in the plot doesn’t explain the main theme but it tells the messages that the book tells in a different way. 

All in all, I really like the novel, although it hasn’t got a happy ending but it’s amazing and I wouldn’t change anything of it. 

 

Romeo and Juliet

The Capulets and the Montagues

1.1. Who wanted peace and who wanted to fight?

Benvolio wanted peace but Tybalt wanted to fight.

1.2. What was considered to be a great insult at that time?

A great insult was "fool"

1.3. When the Prince arrived , what did he decide ?

He decided that if they fight again in the future all will be killed.

2. What was happening to Romeo at the beginning of the play ?  How did he feel? Why?

At the beginning of the story Romeo was in love with Rosaline and he feels bad because Rosaline didn't love him.

3.They discovered that the Capulets were going to celebrate a party.

3.1. How did Romeo find out about it ?

Because in the street Romeo and Benvolio met a servant that he didn't know they were Montagues, they wanted to go there because in the guest's list it was invited Rosaline.

3.3. Why did they decide to wear masks?

Because it was the Capulet's party and they wanted to be dicrete.

4.At the Capulets' house, Lady Capulet was talking to her daughter. What did she tell her?

She was telling to her that she will meet Paris at the party and one day in the future will marry him.

THE GARDEN OF THE CAPULETS  

1. What happened when Romeo saw Juliet for the first time ?

He forgets Rosaline and fell in love with Juliet.

2. Did anyone recognise Romeo at the party?

Yes, Tybalt recongise him for his voice.

3. Did he fight against him? Why?

No, because Tybalt don't wanted to make Lord Capulet angry.

4. What did Romeo and Juliet find out about each other ?

They discovered that they fell in love each other so much.

5. After the party, where did Romeo go ?

He went to Capulet's garden to meet Juliet.

6. What was Juliet doing there?

She was speaking to the night but she didn't know that Romeo was listening.

7. What did they decide to do ?

They decided to marry each other in secret.

Travelling around the world

Hi everybody, my name is Núria Fusellas, and now I’m going to talk about travelling around the world.

Do you like travel? Where do you want to go?

Well, many people want to travel around the world for visit new places and meet their costumes, and also the gastronomy and the most famous places are America, here Europe and probably Asia.

When I was little, I travel around Europe. I visited England, London; Greece, Athens; Slovenia, Ljubljana; etc. I think the best trip I’ve had was when I went to Canary Islands. I was young, about 5 years old so I don’t remember very much. I went there by airplane and now I hate it.

I ever want to travel the world; I would like to travel to Australia because there are many activities to do like diving, surfing. Also you can visit many famous places or visit the famous animals in Australia, the koala and the kangaroo.

Also I want to travel to Canada because is a very peaceful place and it has got many types of animals and plants and I love that, in the winter you can do all the winter sports like snowboarding, skiing, curling,… and in the summer you can go to camping, or kayaking,…

The Smiley

Did you know that the Smiley is more than 50 years old? 

The 1960s
Making people happy

The smiley started life in the USA in 1963. The employees of an incurance company were worried about their jobs, so the boss asked a graphic artist to create an image to make them happy. The artist, Harvey Ball, drew a yellow smiling face in just ten minutes. The company printed thousands of badges with the smiley face. People loved it!

The 1970s
The Smiley goes to France

In 1971, two Amerian brothers pur the smiley on a card with the words "Have a nice day". They also produced T-shirts, mugs and badges.
At the same time, Frenchman Franklin Loufrani used smileys to highlight the good news in a newspaper. He trademarked the smiley and created his "Smiley Company"... which sold Smiley merchandising.