CARDINAL KEITH O'BRIEN SORRY FOR SEXUAL MISCONDUCT

Keith O'Brien, the leader of the Catholic curch in Scotland, has admitted his sexual conduct that he had some times. He apologises for his bad behaviour to the Church and the people of Scotland, and they ask to all the people ho had injured to forgive him.

I think that a cardinal can't have this behavioiur because he goes against the church laws. It's from an hipocryt person to preach to all the people to do not have sex conducts but he does it. He goes against the curh and against himself.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21649475

PAKISTAN BOMB: KARACHI STANDSTILL AFTER SHIAS ATTACKED

A powerful bomb ripped in Karachi.the bomb killed approximately 45 persons. Schools and busines were closed during the strike to protest against the attack in Abbas Town. anyone says who put the bomb there but Pakistan's Shia minority are a group that always attac by sunni militians. The explosion destroyed buildings and by the time there were 150 wounded.

I think that those thinks nowadays should not happen. But in my opinion Pakistan is like another world inside the earth. This terrorist atack had injured a lot of people, but I think that all the population in Pakistan are heart injured because they are living a continuated "war".


VOCABULARY

Wounded
Ripped
Strike


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21651956

SKIN CANCER "ABLE TO FIGHT OFF BODY'S IMMUNE SYSTEM"

A deadly form of skin cancer is able to fend off the body's immune system, Uk researchers have found. analysis of tumour and lood samples shows that melanoma knocks out the body's best immune defence. by mimicking the conditions created by melanomas, they showed that in the presence of tumour cells, the immune system sent out IgG4 antibodies, but when faced with healthy cells it functioned as expected with IgG1 circulating. In additional tests in 33 patients, they found that those with higher levels of the weak antibody IgG4 had a less favourable prognosis compared with those with levels nearer to normal.

In my opinion this discovery will help a lot in the skin cancer researches, I think that many people will be glad to know that there are some people that are looking for skinc cancer treatmens and how de bad cells afect the body.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21635697

VOCAULARY

Samples

Launching

Mimicking

NICO ROSBERG & FERNANDO ALONSO SET FAST TIMES ON FINAL DAY OF TESTING

Nico Rosberg, the Mercedes driver, set the fastest time of the winter on the last day of the final pre-season test. The German followed up team-mate Lewis Hamilton's impressive performance on Saturday by lopping more than 0.4 seconds off the Englishman's time.

Mercedes and Ferrari look in good shape ahead of the new season, which starts in Australia in two weeks' time, and it is believed that Lotus and Red Bull will both also be competing right at the front at the start of the season in Australia in two weeks' time.

In my opinion, I think that this year F1 races will be quite similar one from the other because each team has improved a lot their engines so they will have to work hard to stand out one from the other.

VOCABULARY

data

in good shape

stand out

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/21648155

QUEEN IN HOSPITAL WITH STOMACH BUG, BUCKINGHAN PALACE SAYS

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21649494

Queen, Elisabeth the second, had been hospitalized because of a gastroenteritis. Because of this, all official engagements for this week had been cancelled or postponed. This hospitalitzation has been just a precautionary measure.The Queen will remain in hospital under observation for about two days. After those days she will retake her oficial agenda.

I hink that the Queen is quite strong and in two days she will retake his agenda with normality, but morover I think that the queen is old and she will have to think about her retirement.

VOCBULARY

Assessed
Gathered
Unwillingly

SELF EVALUATION

Since I started first of ESO I've done at least one oral presentation each year, but I still getting nervous in front of the class. The one I've done this second term I think that it has been the worst presentation I've ever done during all those years.

I don't know why, I got blocked, and all the specific vocabulary I had to use, I forgot it and I used poor words with and awful vocabulary.

To improve my orals I just have to breath heavily before starting te presentation to calm my nerves. Another thing that I can do is practice with my family before doing it in front of the class.

I will take all my selfs evaluations from all those years and I will put in on practice next year at the University.

PS: I can't post the video because of his weight!

MY HOBBY: COOKING

When I was a child my dream was to be a cook. As I grew up, I've changed my way of thinking but my old dream stills being on my mind. Nowadays I caught my old dream and I make it a hobby. During my free time I like cooking desrts and appetizers. My best cake is the 3 chocolat cake. The first time I did this cake it was a complete desaster, I forogt to add yeast and it didn't grew up. Now I'm an expert doing this cake. Morover other cakes that I love cooking too are: muffins, birthday cakes, cookies...The appetizers that I cook are: quiches, potatoes omeletes, crackers...

This yera for Genís 16th birthday my mother and I cooked for 50 persons. I did all the appetizers and the birtday cake. Unfortunately I haven't got any photos of the appetizers and the birthday cakes!!

Currently, when it's the birthday of some of my friends I'm in charge of maiking their cake. I always ask what they want but they always let me choose what I want.

PD: I can't find more photos of all the cakes I've done.

A SATURDAY NIGHT WITH "THE FAMILY"

Yesterday (Saturday the 2nd), our friends group had a dinner at Nil's house. We spend a great time there. Like always I was late and everybody was waiting for me. But I was late for a good reason, I was cooking some potatoes omelets so when I get there we start eating the omelets, some "pa amb tomata", and grilled meat. After the dinner we spend a great time dancing in the living room. Finally when it was midnight we went to Waikiki (a disco in Empuriabrava).

Our group of friends is like a family so we call ourselves "la family". This family is composed by Artur, Carlos, Albert, Kevin, Nil, Emanuel, Bala, Mali, Eva Marina, Homa, Fato and I.

I hope to spend a lot of years more next to them, because we spend really cool moments all together.

PURY-CONSTY HOLIDAYS

Each year since 2000 our friend's group during the "purissima" holidays we go to a a rural house during about four days. We are five families with four members in each family so we are 20 in a house. The first five years we went to Vilallonga de Ter, next year we went to Can Toni Gros and since 2006 we spend those holidays in Sant Joan de les Abadesses. 

The house we have in Sant Joan de les Abadesses is divided in three floors. In the first floor there is an enormous garge, a room where we have the washing mashine and another big room where we have a "futbolin", a pool table and a pingpong table. In the second floor there is a tolet and a bathroom, the kitchen, the hall where we play table games, the living room, and the dining room. Finally in the third floor there are two bathrooms and 8 rooms, there is a room for each couple, a room for the boys, another for the girls and the last one for the ones who just come one or two days.

The first day we spend there we divide all the house chores. The boys and fathers are in charge of cleaning all the first floor and they are in charge of recollecting wood for the heater and the girls and mothers are in charge of cleaning the second floor and we are in charge of cooking too. The ones who doesen't want to do those things are in charge of setting the table. 

I hope to spend more years going there because now we are like a big family and I don't want to lose everithing we have done there such as excursions in Ripoll or in Camprodon.

DESCRIPTION OF A PERSON

GENÍS

Genís is my brother and he is a year younger than me. He was born on the 11th november 1996 so now he is 16. We live in Vilamacolum with our parents and our two dogs Socks and Brisa. Currently he is studying CAFEMN in Illa de Rodes (Roses). This June he is going to take a horse riding exam and if he passes it he will go to study in Manresa a profetional training on horses.

He has brown hair, green eyes and he is darck-skined. He is quite tall and thin but I'm smarter than him. I think he is fairly stubborned and bossy but he is quiet cheerful and amusing. He is nice to other people and he always try to help them if they are in a trouble.

During his free time he likes to go horseriding with our neighbour, listen to music, hang out with his friends and play football. Every Friday evening Genís and I go to our playstation room and we spend like one hour and a half playing FIFA!! He usually wins but some times i win too.

I just want to say that Genís is the besth brother I could ever had!!

DOES INTERNET EMPOWERS PEOPLE TO MAKE A BETTER WORL?

It is of important relevance to know that internet has made a big change in our lives. Since internet appeared, the whole world changed immediately; it was a brakethrough for the humanity.

Firstly, imagine that you had gone on holidays and you had met people from a place that is very far from where you live;

DESCRIPTION OF A PERSON

Genís is my brother and he is 15 years old. He is tall and thin and he has brown hair and eyes too. He is very friendly but with the people he doesn’t know is very unpleasant. He is hard-working and very kind with his family and friends. He is a great flirtatious with the girls. He loves riding horses and bikes. At the moment he is saving money to buy a motorbike. In his free time he do athletics and he goes to extra enlgish classes. He is very good at athletics and he is very competitive but he is afraid of disappoint his team or his friends so he doesn’t want to go to the copetitions. When he was a child he wanted to be a horse but nowadays he is thinking of being a policeman.

In conclusion he is my brother and I don’t want to change him for nothing.

COSTA CONCORDIA

The Costa Concordia cruiser ran aground on 13th January with more than 4000 passengers on it. By the time, sea rescuers have only found 17 bodies, but they believe that it could be more people inside the ship. All this happened the night of the 13th of January, when most of the passangers were in the dinning room. Suddenly, a loud noise accompained by a sharp blow, made off alarms.

Finally, the cruiser lurched to one side, and then toward the other. Slowly, the water started to came in and the panic started to increase in the passangers.

In the end, almost all the people survived and they could arrived at Giglio Porto, where they recieve medical attention.

In the end, the capitain was arrested as he was the person who decided to diverted to another route.

ORAL PRESENTATION AND SELF EVALUATION

INTRODUCTION:

Canada is a country in the northern part of North America, bordered by the United States of America to both the south & to the west (Alaska). By area, Canada is the second largest country in the world in land area, after Russia. It has the longest border with water (coastline) of any country in the world. It is next to the Pacific, Arctic, and Atlantic Oceans.

Around 34.8 million people live in Canada's ten provinces and three territories, with the majority living in the southern sections of Canada. This is almost the same number as in the US State of California.

Canada has six time zones.

Canada Day on July 1: This is an opportunity to gather in our communities, from coast to coast, and to proudly celebrate all we have in common and to celebrate our achievements, which were born in the audacious vision and shared values of our ancestors, and which are voiced in nearly all of the languages of the world through the contribution of new Canadians.

Canada Day is a time to celebrate the heritage passed down to us through the works of our authors, poets, artists and performers. It is a time to rejoice in the discoveries of our scientific researchers, in the success of our entrepreneurs, and to commemorate our history.

FOOD AND DRINK:

Canadians eat a lot of beef and chicken, less pork then and some lamb. Other speciality meats such as bison (buffalo) is fairly easy to find. Canadians seem reluctant to eat other animals. Horse meat and goat aren't very typical.

Canada specialities:

Maple syrup: Canada is famous for maple syrup and maple syrup products. Canada makes about 80 percent of the world's maple syrup and the majority comes from the region of Quebec.

Poutine: Poutine, although originating in Quebec, is now found across Canada and is considered a typically Canadian dish. It is basically potato chips topped with curd cheese and gravy. Poutine varies across the regions, with some of the Maritime provinces adding meat to the dish, while other provinces use different types of cheeses.

Barbecue: Canadians love to barbecue. You will find barbecues in almost every yard (garden) and on many decks and balconies. Even a small balcony that is only large enough to hold perhaps two chairs will also have a barbecue. Most barbecues are gas and covered so they are easy to light up all year round. It is normal for Canadian families to barbecue in the middle of the winter when it is below zero with snow on the ground.

THINGS TO VISIT:

• CN Tower
  A visit to Toronto is never complete without visiting the world's tallest building, the CN tower. It's at 553m above the ground the views of Toronto and Lake Ontario are unbeatable.
  Toronto, Ontario
• Rocky Mountains (snow train to Jasper)
  The Rocky Mountains are an icon of Canada and an unparalleled sight that is impressive in every way.
  Jasper, Alberta
• Banff National Park and Lake Louise
  In the heart of the Canadian Rockies is Banff National Park, a World Heritage Site designated by the UN.
  Banff, Alberta
• Stanley Park
  A pride of Vancouver and the biggest park in the city. Stanely Park is over 1,000 acres in size. Surrounded by the Seawall, a walking, rollerblading and bicycle route that stretches 8km around the park, through original rainforest and past sandy beaches.
  Vancouver, British Columbia
• Watch Polar Bears at Churchill
  Every year around September the northern Manitoba town of Churchill on the edge of Hudson's Bay welcomes its furry white visitors - Polar Bears. The bears move between the ice and the land during this time and pass by the town making polar bear watching tours possible.
  Churchill, Manitoba
• Canada's Parliament buildings
  Loosely modelled after the British houses of Parliament, the Parliament Hill in Ottawa is the centre of Canada's federal government. Centre Block (the main parliament building) is free to visitors and it is possible to see the Commons and Senate.
  Ottawa, Ontario
• Niagara falls
  The Niagara Falls, located on the Niagara River draining Lake Erie into Lake Ontario, is the collective name for the Horseshoe Falls and the adjacent American Falls along with the comparatively small Bridal Veil Falls, which combined form the highest flow rate of any waterfall in the world and has a vertical drop of more than 165 feet (50m). Horseshoe Falls is the most powerful waterfall (vertical height along with flow rate) in North America.

CONCLUSION

We chose this place because Joana went to Ottawa last summer. We think it's an amazing place with a lot of things to visit. Canada is beautiful and it has a wonderful history.

We hope you enjoyed it. =)

Thank you for listening to our oral presentation.

Have you got any questions??

In my opinion, our oral presentation was quite good. We did an amazing powerpoint with a lot of pictures and without many things written on it. Next time I'll try to not read the paper, i'll try to be more confident with myself. I tink that my pronunciation was quite good so this is the ony thing that i have to improve the less. For the next oral presentation i'll try to explain it with my own words.

A LITTLE HISTORY

It was three o'cock in the afternoon when the phone rang. I answered and it was Lluís telling me that Pere's dog, Bobby, had desapeared. He explained to me that Pere lended him the dog while he was on holidays so then he told me that I had to help him to find Bobby.

I told to Lluís when was the last time he had seen the dog and he answered that he had seen him like two hours before. I imediately went to Lluís house to start to look for the dog. We ran all over the town trying to find the dog, but it wasn't anywhere.

When we finished to look in every place in the town, we went back to Lluís house to wait if the dog appeared.

While we were in the house we started to hear some noises, we run up the stairs and we heard that the noise came from the guest's room, we opened the door and it was Bobby. Then Lluís remembered that he put Bobby in that room because the dog was making some noise and he couldn't hear the TV.

THE OSCARS 2012

The oscars are a award bestowed by the AMerican of Motion Picture and Sciendes to recognize proffesionals in the film industry, including directors, actors and writers. The categories of awards are: The best actor and actress in a leadingRole, best actor ad actress in a supporting Role, best animated film and animated short film, best art direction, best cinematography, best director, best documentary...

This year the best film has been "The artist" a french film. It has won 5 oscars: the best director, the best film, the best actor in a leadin Role, the best original score and the best costume design.

In my opinion "the artist" is a good film, but I think that there are other films that my be they colud won the oscar for the best film, lie "Moneyball".

This year ceremony was a litle bit ridiculous and the star's dresses were very ugly compared with other years dresses.

I WENT ON A TV SHOW (invented story)

I have been on a TV show called Dance 4 all and it was the best experience i've ever had.

Before it started I was feeling very nervous, and the other contestants too. Then the presenter, Pepa Evans, came in and told us that we had not to worry.

When I went out on stage, everyone was clapping. I've never felt so excited and nervous. Before the music started playing, I began to wonder if I had done well to participate on thet contest. When I finished everyone clapped and cheered me. It was the most eciing experience I've ever had.

I won the contest, so I won 10000euros and a grant to study dance in the best school of arts in the world.

In the future, I wolud like to go to another TV Show.

SCHOOLS CANNOT ALLOW STEALING (invented essay)

There is no dubt that school cannot allow stealing. However, if a student is caught stealing at school, this should be immediately and permanently excluded.

In the one hand, school should exclud permanently if the robbery is big, for example, setaling a mobilephone or stealing money from other students. As a result, when the thief leaves school, he will continue stealing, first something small and then it will became bigger and bigger.

On the other hand, schools shouldn't exclud permanently because there are some other punishments like a fine or school service, for example, cleaning the playground or helping in the kitchen. Moreover the thief learns from their mistake.

In conclusion, I believe that permanently explusion isn't the best for the students. I think that some punishments are a better way.

THE END OF A SERIES?

Whith three wins apiece, Cyril Despres and Marc Coma ate tied in te roll of honour of the Dakar. But it is not a done deal that one of the twoo champions wil forge ahead of the other in 2012; the Aprilia, Yamaha, Husqvarna and Honda pilots, as well as their KTM teammates, are ready to overtake them without the silghtest hesitation.

Cyril Despres and Marc Coma have spent the last six years taking turns at winning the rally and do not seem to feel the burden of the years weighing on their shoulders. The two stars of this sport may very well end up crossing swords again, racing on identical KTM 450 motorcycles and with the same lieutenants as last year: Ruben Faria and Juan Pedrero, respectively. Racing in the same colours and being based in the same truck in the bivouac has provided an opportunity for the two Dakar favourites to smooth ruffled feathers. "We have toned things down a bit", explains Despres. Coma adds that "there is no need for sparks to fly between two sporting rivals". Although a quick glance at the rally's palmarès reveals that KTM's stars have the best shot at victory, their performances so far this year have exposed chinks in their armour which their rivals could exploit. Despres won the Rally dos Sertões but was later forced to abandon his last race in Australia, one of the few times in his career that he had to withdraw from a rally. Coma triumphed in the Pharaons Rally, the Rally di Sardegna and the Dubai Rally, but mechanical issues prevented him from finishing higher than 10th in the Morocco Rally, his last test before defending his title in South America.

I choose this piece of neew because I love the Dakar since I was a child. It's amazing how they can overcome all the obstacles that they find during the race so I decided to dedicate this piece of my blog to all the Dakar participants.

THE SMURFS

The festival of the Blue Moon is about to begin, and things are going smoothly for the smurfs, but Papa Smurf sees a vision of the future that is quite disturbing. The vision begins to play out in real life, as Clumsy Smurf inadvertently leads the evil wizard Gargamel to the smurfs' secret village. As they scramble to get away from the bumbling wizard, Clumsy goes the wrong way. Papa, Smurfette, Brainy, Gutsy, and Grouchy follow after him, and they all stumble upon a mysterious portal that sucks them away to a different realm Central Park, New York City. In a strange new "village" with Gargamel and his menacing cat Azrael hot on their heels, the Smurfs struggle just to survive. That is, until they find themselves in the cozy apartment of young married couple Patrick and Grace Winslow. Patrick is a clean cut marketing executive for the New York City based cosmetics company Anjelou, and kind and optimistic Grace is pregnant with their first child. When they find that they have some little blue visitors, Patrick and Grace, well more so Grace, accept the Smurfs and even befriend them. Despite the fact that Patrick's life is turned upside down and his big chance to succeed at work is put in grave jeopardy, he can't turn his back on his new, true blue friends. He does his best to help them escape Gargamel and get the tools and potions they need to open a portal back home, but in the end, it may be that the smurfs have helped him even more than he helped them.

I will recomend this film to all the families, from the younges to the oldest. It's a fantastic film to see with your family on a saturday afternoon with a popcorn can.