viernes, 10 de junio de 2011

Final reflection

In my blog I can see that I'm much better in grammar and I know more vocabulary. For exemple I learned how to do a good sentence and my writtings are much better than at first and It's because I know more vocabulary.

I think that the activity which show better my level is the writting or maybe my exams, but more the writtings because I can't think and writte in english more easy, but my oral level is poor.

In my opinion the Oral presentation was so dificult but my oral english know is a little bit better because I practised how pronounce the words for not say it wrong.

I think that the english book is not important for improve your english because a lot of things that I did was not important to me because I learned to do the activities in the class, for improve your english the other activities are better.

Well, do this blog was dificult because I had another things to do but I thing that the next year I would to do it again.

Informal letter


C/ d'Empuries
Snt. Martí d'Empúries
Girona
7 June 2011

Dear Meriem,

Is everithing OK? I'm missing you so much!. My grandparents are amaized with my brother, they spend a lot of time playing with him and he's so happy for the attention.

All of us spent the time at the beach. It is really relaxing here, Snt. Martí d'Epúries is so good! we go to the beach in the morning when there are no people and we can play a lot, the water is good, the sea is blue and there are a  few fishes around.

In the evening we come back again to the beach only a few hours. In beetwen we can only stay at home or go shopping to the stores around. 

In the morning we come back again to the beach only a few hours. In beetwen we can only stay at home or go shopping to the stores around. The streets are narrow but it's ok and the stores have a lot of things that I want to buy but I can't! (I bought something for you! It's a surprise, so you can't ask what it is!).
I'm going to writte to you more frequently. I promise you!.

Take care!
With Love
Aura Julieth


domingo, 5 de junio de 2011

Podcast



Transcription

Jamie: (Speaking on the phone) Yes, yes, great party, wasn't it? ( Sound of doorbell) Listen, Polly, I've to go. There's someone at the door. Come here this evening? Yeah, Why not? I haven't got any plans. Ok, see you later. Bye, Polly. Bye (Sound of doorbell again). OK. OK. I'm coming! (Opens door) Oh, hi, Tania. How are the things? I wasn't....I wasn't expecting you.
Tania: Well, aren't you going to invite me in?
Jamie: I.....Yes, of course. Come in. (He sits in front of the TV looking worried)
Tania: Jamie, can you turn that thing off?
Jamie: Hang on a second, can I just watch this?
Tania: No, you can't. Jamie, I need to speak to you. This is important.
Jamie: I'm listening, i'm listening.
Tania: You aren't. You never listen. (Turns off the TV).
Jamie: Why did you do that?
Tania: Jamie, it's over.
Jamie: What do you mean? What's over?
Tania: I mean You and me. Us. It's over.
Jamie: Oh, come on, Tania. Let's not start thet again.
Tania: A friend told me you were out on Friday night. Is that true?
Jamie: Someone invited me to a partu, OK?
Tania: OK for you, maybe, but you didn't want to ask me, did you?
Jamie: Idid. It isn't that simple.
Tania: Well, my friend was there and she said that things were very simple for you. (Doorbell rings again.
Jamie: Hang on a second, Tania. I'm sure we can sort this out. (Jamie opens door. Polly is there smiling.) Polly. How did you....?
Polly: I was just around the corner when I called you, so I thought..... (Polly sees Tania.) Oh, sorry, I dind't realize...
Jamie: (Jamie sees Tania and then turns to Polly) Oh, don’t worry, can you go up to my room? In a moment I go.
Tania: (Who was listening) No!, you gone with her to the party last Friday and now you say her to go to your room? And I?
Jamie: (seeing Tania) Well, we only have to talk one moment and....
Tania: Oh, I understant, you want to talk with me quickly for go with this...(pointing Polly and turning red for anger) girl...
Jamie: Don’t be angry for one thing like this, I only said to her to wait me for talk with you. (seeing Polly) Please, Polly go to my room and wait a moment for me. (Polly go to his room)
Tania: Oh, so you are saying that you want to talk to me first and then, you want me to go? I don’t understand!
Jamie: well, what do you want to do later? And... I’ve arranged to meet her today and I can’t say to her to get away now.
Tania: Well, if you prefer to stay with her, our relationship is over, goodbye!
Jamie: But...
Tania: (Opening the door) I don’t want to listen to you! ( close the door so angry)
Polly: (So worried, Polly downstairs slowly) Jamie...
Jamie: (sees Polly) don’t worry, it doesn’t matter.
Polly: Whatever, i’m sorry.
Jamie: Don’t think more about it. (Polly and Jamie upstairs and go to Jame’s room and star to play with the play station but few minutes later, Jamie sees on picture of Tania and stars to cry)
Polly: I’m sorry...(goes to hug Jamie)
A few minutes later Jamie stoped to cry... Polly and Jamie looked each other at the eyes and then, so slowly, they kissed.
 

sábado, 4 de junio de 2011

NADA ( Book review)

Book written by Janne Teller.

Sinopsis:

Anton Pierre leaves the school the day he discovers that life is meaningless. He raised up a plum tree and recites aloud the reasons that nothing matters in life. Demoralizes his classmates who decide pile up objects essential for them to show that there are things that give meaning to who we are. In their search will risk a part of themselves and will discover that only after lose the stack of meaning, is that the stack of meaning is important. But it may be too late. 


I like so much this book! Is striking because this kids do a lot of things that are so wrong. They are very extremist!

I remember the book that I read last year, the road, is like this, things that are so striking and show the way we are in situations that are out of our control.
Is the type of book that you can't stop to reading because you want to know what they will do later.. maybe for people that don't like dark things and all have to be happy won't like this book.

Rugrats

Today I saw Rugrats, a TV serie that I didn't see since I was little and I remembered why I always saw them! It's so funny and, then, searching by internet, I found an article where says that there are a new chapters where the babys are older.

These days I'm searching and remembering series that I saw when I was little to see them again. I'm also listening old music that I was listening when I was little. But... I can't remember very well titles of series and groups of music!

Well I hope find all these older songs and videos (series or films) for see them again.

The woman in white (book review)

The woman in white is a novel written by Wilkie Collins in 1859 and published in 1860. 

Synopsis:

The woman in white first appears at night on a lonely heath near London and is next seen at a grave-side in Cumberland and talk with Walter Hartright that thanks to Professor Pesca will work like drawing teacher in Limmeridge House where will meet with Laura Fairlie and will fell in love with she and meet with Marian Halcombe, Laura's half-sister.

Laura have to marry with Sir Percival Glyde and her marriage life isn't good. Marian have to help she when she can and she maintains de contact with Walter. Sir Percival Glyde marries with Laura only for her money, but Anne Catherick is the way to know the secret of Sir Percival and separated him from Laura.

Opinion: 

I like this book because have a lot of  mystery and the end is not like you imagine. Is a book wich if don't put atention you will be lost and won't understand nothing.

I read this book in english so was a little bit difficult but I understood all and I liked it.

Now I hear that there is a film about this book and I will see it this summer if I find it.

miércoles, 1 de junio de 2011

Oral presentation



Transcription of presentation

Hello everybody, we are Aura and Meriem and we going to talk about genere violence.
First of all I going to tell you the definition of genere violence because it can be confused with the domestic violence but is totally different.
The genere violence are all act by wich the woman is discrimated, ignored and subordinated in the diferents aspects of her existence. It's all material and symbolic attack that affects their freedom, dignity, security, intimity and moral or physical integrity.

Now Meriem goes to tell you about the tipes of genere violence.

The tipes of violence. 
There are two tipes of violence; the physical violence and the psychology violence. 

The physical violence is one type of violence that can be objectively perceived by others. The victims that suffered this violence have external marks. This external marks are caused by hand, any object or a weapon.
This violence is more visible.


The psycology violence appears when the prepretrator control psycology and abuse it. The psycology violence include the threts, insults, humilliation and content for the woman persives. In this category there are two types of psycology violence: the economic violence and the social violence.


The economy violence the prepeter control any money for the victim and the social violence the prepeter control any contacts for the victim.


And now Aura talk the cicle of violence.


Well, the cicle begins with the first phase of the voltage buildup in which the victim perceives clearly how the offender is becoming more susceptible, agresive and find sources of conflict all the time. The second phase involves the outbreak of the voltage wich finaly explodes violence leading to agrassion. The thirt phase called honeymoon or repentence the agressor try to show his repentence by gifts and excuses and all the time is showing his repentence. That can explain because the woman continues with the relationship, because the offender maintains the ilusion of change all the time. 
Well, this repence will becoming more shorter and eventually it dissapear.
The treatmen

Some of the most important common and basic treatmen for the gender violence are the information of gender violence, reduction of activation and anxiety and promotion of autonomy and finally Aura goes to tell you about the prevention of gender violence.
Well, for prevent the agression and stop the violence the woman have to detect the tempering of the man, unsolicited aproaches, wary of promises that make no sense at a time of relationship and she has to be clear to say 'no' to something. In addition she have to value her ideas about love and the couple, the role of woman in the relationship, what they should to resign for love... etc.

Summary:


Topic & Person Things I have learned General impression
Acoustic pollution // Clara/Quim 1990: Spain was the country with most pollution Clara didn't read and had good pronuntation. Quim read and his protuntation was regular.
Hungry // Africa Probrety: 6 billions of people suffering of probrety She not had power point but her presentation was so good.
All about the pollution // Manel ------- It was good, his pronuntation and his powerpoint.
Child Soldiers // Aleix/Juan Carlos the soldier child have to take out  the eyes, tall feats... It was good, but Aleix was a little bit better.
Teenegers // Natàlia ------- All was good.
Drugs // Dominik Spain: 50000 people die in a year because of the tabacco. It was good and now he don't say 'yes' all the time.
The world // Sebas ------- I that this was the best presentation, it was fast and all what he said was so clearly.

Self-evaluation

Last term I said that in this presentation would be better, but ins't it because I didn't have time to prepare it and my grammar expresion was not good because I was nervious and I was nervious because I didn't prepare it well before. I have to improve my pronutation bacause is bad. I dind't stop to moving! Well, if the last presentation was a disaster, this was worse.