Thursday, 11 June 2015

Us woman Jailed

US woman jailed after McDonald's shooting over bacon-less burger


The story starts on the night of February 10, 2014. When Shaneka Monique Torres, a 30 years old Michigan woman, and a friend oredered bacon cheeseburgers in a Mc Donald's. The meal arrived with no bacon, but a manager apologized and offered them a free meal.

Several hours later, she came back to that Mc Donald's and again recived her hamburger without bacon. Then, she screamed at the waiter and pulled a handgun from her purse, firing at the building. She was arrested 30 minutes later.

Her defense lawyer asure the shooting was an accident and wasn't intentional. 

purse: handbag/walled

Descrive a photo

Descrive a photo podcast



In this picture, we can see a family at the beach. Two children and their dad are building sand castles with blue and red shovels and buckets. The mum is looking at them sitting in a white plastic deck chair under a beach umbrella. The daughter is brown-haired and wear a blue swimming wear with flowers. The son has a blue hat and green swimming trunks. Dad has black hair and black swimming wear. Mum is light-brown haired and wears a bikini. There's no clouds in the sky and they seem to have been having a wonderful day.




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Final Reflection

Looking Back is the Key to Moving Forward

This post is going to be a flashback on my firsts blogs to know if i have improved my English. In my first post, I spoke about my summer experience in 2013.



 Now, in June of 2015, two years later, I think my post is easier to read thanks of images and videos, and the vocabulary and grammar is not as simple as two years ago. 


My best level of English is on listening and reading, I have a good reading comprehension in all languages that I have studied, probably cause I use to read so much and listening in English cause I use to listen to English music and sometimes watch an English film or series.

The most useful activity in these two years to improve English was to read books. If you read something you like, you are not studying, you're just having fun. But you learn at all. This is an activity which makes you improve vocabulary, grammar, and reading comprehension.

On the other side, some grammar classes were useless to learn English cause you can't just memorize a language, you should know where to use things you know. If you learn "first conditional, second,..." you don't even know which one is every one. It's better to know all conditionals and what they mean.

I would like to read another English book, continue with blog (I don't like it, but should accept that It is useful), and some listenings because the people which don't do it at home needs to do it in class.


Could a real dragon ever carry a human?

If dragons were real could you actually ride one?


In this video, Alan Boyle explain us about the largest flying animals that humans know and say that dragons couldn't carry a human because if they were big enough to carry a human, their own weight should be imposible to carry.

He talk about the biggest animal that humans have ever discovered, Quetzalcoatlus, which was a Pterosaur. The largest one we have found had a wingspan of 52 feet.
As you can see, the problem of dragons to carry a human is not to be so little but to be much large

Murderers in New York


Five days ago, two murders scaped the Clinton Correctional Facility in upstate New York. Ther're over 250 officers going door to door, looking into the cars, vans and other vehicles and searching in the forest.


Governamental institutions ofered a reward of 100,000 $ for information about the two murderers. The New York State Police have received over 500 tips about the imvestigation.


I think it's so strange that in this days someone could scape from a prision in USA, they have  a really hight amount of officers and soldiers, Think that the prisioners have run away with someone helping them into the police because if They could do it alone, USA have a really big fail in security and they should improve it.


Upstate: At the north of an state

Monday, 8 June 2015

Opinion essay

Have we made the world a better place?

In the last century, human population has doubled, there were two world wars and we have destroyed near all natural resources in the earth. In Europe and North America, people have cars, computers, food and water. They are the lucky people.

First, there are lots of people, milions in Africa, Asia and south America who can't drink clean water and eat enough food.

Second, in the rich countries, we have everything we need, and what we don't need. But the people happiness hasn't incresed in the last years, We lost a lot of real friendships and most people is selfish.

In conclusion, the world has become a better place for the richest people but not for the poor and medium class people. Every year there is more rich people and more poor people. The medium class, which have cost lots of work in the last generations to be created is disappearing.

Friday, 5 June 2015

Book Review

The Book Thief
This term i'm writting about "The Book Thief" a history book from the second world war. It explains the history of a german child which didn't understand why nazis want to cach jewish people. Her father had a jewish friend which had saved his life in the first world war and when the jewish son came to be hide in their house, Liesel Meminger (the child) starts to speak with him and become her best friend.

Lesel father teach her how to read but nazis didn't let them have books. Then, she goes to the mayor's house where his wife give some her some books. The mayor's wife allways let she go into her library and take any book she likes.


The book finish with an air attack from the allied countries which destroy Liesel's house and kill her, and all her family.


Thursday, 21 May 2015

China jails two 'Fast & Furious' supercar drivers

Real life "Fast & Furious" drivers


In Xina, the Chaoyang District Court in Beijing on thursday found guilty of dangerous driving two young men. Tang Wentian, 21, and Yu Muchun, 20. They were sentenced to up to five month in jail and fined 10 thousand and 8 thousand Yuan each.

The two men had crashed a Lamborghini and a Ferrari in a late-night race through Beigin. The notice become more interesting when the police announced the men were unemployed.


The court said green Lamborghini reached speeds of over 179km/h and red Ferrari went over 165km/h when they were running their race on the 11th of April.



I found this news interesting cause didn't expect to see anyone mad enough to drive so fast through a city. It's just incredible that two men didn't die when they crashed and another extrange thing is about they were unemployed.

Friday, 20 March 2015

Formal letter

43 Rentador Road
Castelló d'empúries
13th March 2015
Human Resources Department
MC Donald's fast food
15 Magic street
London

To whom it may concern,

I would like to apply for a job as a waiter in Mc Donald's for the next year. I like to be a waiter in Mc Donald's to pay my gap year, which I am going to have during this year. First of all, I should say that I am from Spain, but I have a good level of English. I am in England to improve my English level and relax of studies currently living before university starts.

I am eighteen years old and I am pleased to say that I have passed batxillerat in Spain. I worked for the last two summers in a Restaurant in my town called Can Felix. You can ask for references to Mr Jordi  Selva at 972 45 30 21.

Furthermore, I define myself as extroverted, punctual, polite and tidy.
And I would like to work for the full year in Mc  Donald's.

Looking forward to your prompt reply

Yours faithfully,
Pepito Grillo

Sunday, 1 March 2015

Book review

The Idhun's Memories: The resistence


It's the first book of the reiology. The story starts when Jack, a teen from a little town from Denmark arrive home after school and notice his parents are dead. Ther're two murderers still into the house waiting for him and they try to kill Jack. Before they can kill Jack, two man save him and run away to another world. They teach him how to use sword and try to know why the murderers want to kill Jack.

In Limbhad, the world where they run, Jack life and he meet Victoria. Another teenager who had been attacked by the murderers. They're the only two hwo still alive after run from that murderer. They faight with Kirtash, the assasin, lots of times more to try to save more people but they can't save anyone more. After some faights, Alsan, the warrior of the resistence and the best friend of Jack is captured and they try to save him. In the faight, Alsan become a beast cause a magician attack and Shail, the last member of resistence die.

After this, Jack and Victoria go back to limbhad and study more about Idhun, the world from all this assasins and warriors are coming from. They'll discover interesting things about them and their history.

                   

Friday, 13 February 2015

Inside-out Podcast

An Interesting Person to descrive


Hi, now i'm going to descrive a student from IES Castelló d'Empúries. Claudia is one of my partners in this center and she live in Alt Empordà. Her hobbies are going into the disco wearing a short floral dress. Also, she's fond of hiding pencilcases and keen on animals, especially insects. We are going to the some class together and laugh a lot with her jokes.

She's blond long haired and tall. She's light-skinned and green-eyed. Usually she use to wear leggings and a white sinthetic jacket.

Clàudia is a crazy person who doesn't worry about any consequence. She likes joking everybody all time. She's narrow minded, extroverted and she has a good sense of humor.

In my opinion, she is completelly mad. She likes torturing insects. She's definetly a funny and cheerful person.




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Thursday, 15 January 2015

Teenager in handcuffs saves police officer having a heart attack

Footage shows the moment an arrested teenager saves the life of officer Franklin Foulks after he has a heart attack in Fort Lauderdale Police Department booking facility


The Police Officer Franklin Foulks was processing Jamal Rutledge when he had a heart attack. Jamal, began to try to alert officers in the area. When the Sergeant Todd Bunin heard the noise and noticed Officer Foulks was lying on the ground, he went fast to call for help.

One officer made direct radio contact with rescue units. Rescue personal arrived on scene and transported Officer Foulks to Broward Health Medical Center.

Medical staff noted that Rutledge's actions and the quick response of these officers were largely responsible for Officer Foulks surviving this medical episode.


I selected this notice cause we see every day bad news and this is a good once, not really often we see an arrested guy saving the life of a Police Officer. I'm really keen to see this news.

Wednesday, 14 January 2015

What's Your Animal Personality Type?




INTJs are independent types, wildly intelligent and creative — but rather un-interested in what anyone else is doing. They are often considered the most independent of all the personality types, and they work best when given freedom. They are acutely aware of their own intelligence, as well as what they don’t know, and their passion often lies in conceptualizing ideas and processing complex theories.

I aggre with the quiz results. I'm really fond at this quiz. I think it say more than what i'm keen on it. I like to be independent ever and I prefere to be alone than with a large amount of people.

Saturday, 29 November 2014

Black Friday

The day The UK went mad for shopping


Black friday promotions have sparked chaos and violence around the UK stores. Lots of shops opened at midnight with massive discounts. The shoppers described incredible "scenes of carnage" as people scrambled for the best bargains.

Eyewitnesses told the people how "bargain-hunters" and descrive the scene like animals and people going to a "War zone"

Shoppers documented the scenes with social media:



In spain, we haven't scenes like that but I think all will come. Like hallowen and other festivals. All comercial thinks from america come to spain and Europ.

Vocabulary


Eyewitnesses: testimoni ocular


spark: Desencadenar, provocar


Scramble: Barallar-se per aconseguir/fer alguna cosa

Friday, 28 November 2014

Underwater Discus Hotel


Hotel-Discus under the sea


The building company Drydocks World will develop underwater hotels. One of the most incredible is the "Water Discus Hotel" in Dubai. The hotel is designed with 21 rooms, a dive center and a bar, all 32 feet below the surface of the ocean.

Guest will be able to operate miniature vehicles from inside their rooms. All technology is from the company Deep Ocean Technology.

I think that hotel will be amazing but so much expensive. There will go only the most rich persons. It's incredible to be able to build an hotel under the sea. A few years ago, people didn't imagine we can build a building heightest than 4 or 5 floors. Now we can build it under the sea... It's incredible.



New Vocabulary:

Develop: Desarrollar

surface: Superfície

blown-up: Amplifica



Thursday, 27 November 2014

Review

A Song Of Ice and Fire


It's more famous as "A Game of Thrones" what's the title of the first book. In this books, 
George R.R. Martin, write about a new middle age with drakes, magicians and lots of kings.
The story starts with a family called Stark, one of the noble families of the kingdom. They're the most ancient family and they life in at de northest part of the kingdom, where the winter are really cold. Their slogan are "Winter's coming" and when the king die, start a war for the kingdom. There are five noble man who want to be kings.


The house of Stark starts the rebelion but they lose all power on the Red Wedding when the house Frey betray Stark and Tully houses and kill them all at the reception of Lord Edmurne Tully wedding. 


The history is so much long but i did a little summary of the Stark house. It's really as a new midle-age history with lots of families, betrays and lovers.




Rebel song

1.- New Words/ Expressions

To be left out: Ser excluido
To be on the edge: Estar al vorde
To be down: Estar deprimit



2.- A rebel song


                   Eminem: The monster                                                             Eminem: El monstre



I'm friends with the monster------------------------------------------- Soc amiga del monstre

That's under my bed--------------------------------------------------- que està sota el meu llit

Get along with the voices inside of my head----------------- i que es porta bé amb les veus del meu cap

You're trying to save me---------------------------------------------- estàs intentant salvar-me,

Stop holding your breath--------------------------------------------- deixa d'aguantar la respiració

And you think I'm crazy------------------------------------------------ I penses que estic boja

Yeah, you think I'm crazy (crazy)------------------------------------ si, penses que estic boja




I wanted the fame, but not the cover of Newsweek--------------

Volia la fama, però no la portada del Newsweek

Oh well, guess beggers can't be choosey------------------------

oh, bueno, suposo que els sense-sostre no poden ser elegits

Wanted to receive attention for my music------------------------

Volia rebre atenció per la meva música

Wanted to be left alone, public excuse me-----------------------

Volia estar sol, el públic em perdona

Been wanting my cake, I need it too-------------------------------

Estava esperant el meu pastis, també el nescessito

Wanting it both ways------------------------------------------------- Esperava aquestes coses

Fame may be a balloon cause my ego inflated-------------- la fama pot inflar-se com un globo per l'ego

When I blew seep it was confusing-------------------------------- quan vaig bufar, entrar era confus

Cause all I wanted to do is be the Bruce Lee of loose leaf-----------

Perque tot el que volia ser era Bruce Lee de les fulles perdudes

Abused ink, used it as a tool when I blew steam--------------------

Abusava de la tinta, la feia servir com a eina quan treia fum

Hit the lottery (oh wee)---------------------------------------------- em va tocar la loteria (oh wee)

With what I gave up to get was bittersweet----------------------

Considerant el que vaig regalar, conseguir-ho va ser agridolç

It was like winning a huge meet----------------------------------- Va ser com guanyar un gran tall de carn

Ironic 'cause I think I'm getting so big I need a shrink--------

Ironic ja que crec estar-me tornant tant gran que nescessito un encogiment

I'm beginning to lose sleep: one sheep, two sheep-----------

Estic començant a perdre la son: una ovella, dos ovelles,...

Going cucko and cuckier as Kool Keith-------------------------

Tornant-me voig i envogit com en Kool Keith

But I'm actually weirder than you think-------------------------- tot i així, soc més extrany del que creus

Cause I'm...----------------------------------------------------------- perquè jo soc




I'm friends with the monster--------------------------------------- Soc amiga del monstre

That's under my bed----------------------------------------------- que està sota el meu llit

Get along with the voices inside of my head------------------i que es porta bé amb les veus del meu cap

You're trying to save me------------------------------------------ estàs intentant salvar-me,

Stop holding your breath----------------------------------------- deixa d'aguantar la respiració

And you think I'm crazy-------------------------------------------- I penses que estic boja

Yeah, you think I'm crazy------------------------------------------ si, penses que estic boja




Well, that's nothing------------------------------------------------- Molt bé, això no és res

Well, that's nothing------------------------------------------------- Molt bé, això no és res




Now I ain't much of a poet----------------------------------------- ara no es que sigui un poeta

But I know somebody once told me to seize the moment----

Però conec algú que una vegada em va dir aprofita el moment

And don't squander it---------------------------------------------- i no el malgastis

Cause you never know when it could all be over------------- perquè mai saps quan es pot acabar tot

Tomorrow so I keep conjuring------------------------------------ demà, així que segueixo conjurant

Sometimes I wonder where these thoughts spawn from----

A vegades penso d'on surten aquests pensaments

(Yeah, ponder it, do you wonder, there's no wonder ------- si, pensa, et preocupes?, no hi ha problema

You're losing your mind the way you're brought up)---------tu estàs perdent la teva ment tal com la vares comprar

I think you've been wandering off down yonder and stumbled upon Jeff VanVonderen------------

Crec que has estat vagant pels abismes i et vares topar amb en Jeff VanVonderen

Cause I needed an intervention in this to intervene between me and this monster

Perquè necessitava una intervenció, que intervingués entre aquell monstre i jo

And save me from myself and all this conflict------- I em vares salvar de mi mateix i de tot aquest conflicte

Cause the very things that I love is killing me and I can't conquer it-------

Perquè les coses que realment estimo m'estan matant i no puc evitar-ho

My OCD is clonking me in the head---------------------------- El meu OCD m'esta destrossant el cap

Keep knocking, nobody's home, I'm sleepwalking----------

Pica sense parar, no hi ha ningú a casa, estic caminant dormit

I'm just relaying what the voice of my head saying----- Estic repassant el que em diu la veu en el meu cap

Don't shoot the messenger, I'm just friends with the...------ no dispareu al missatger, simplement soc amiga de...




I'm friends with the monster------------------------------------ Soc amiga del monstre

That's under my bed-------------------------------------------- que està sota el meu llit

Get along with the voices inside of my head--------------- i que es porta bé amb les veus del meu cap

You're trying to save me--------------------------------------- estàs intentant salvar-me,

Stop holding your breath-------------------------------------- deixa d'aguantar la respiració

And you think I'm crazy----------------------------------------- I penses que estic boja

Yeah, you think I'm crazy-------------------------------------- si, penses que estic boja




Well, that's nothing--------------------------------------------- Molt bé, això no és res

Well, that's nothing--------------------------------------------- Molt bé, això no és res




Call me crazy, but I had this vision--------------------------- Diguem boig, però vaig tenir aquesta visió:

One day that I'd walk amongst you regular civilians------

Un dia arribaria a caminar al costat dels teus honorables civils

But until then drums get killed I'm coming straight at---- però fins que els tambors morin, recorro als MCS

Emcees, blood get spilled and I----------------------------- La sang comença a caure i jo

Take it back to the days that I get on a Dre track--------torno als dies que vaig aprendre una cançó de Dre

Give every kid who got played gat-------- Els vaig donar armes a tots aquells joves amb qui haviem jugat

Pumped the villian and sh*t that say back----------------- vaig picar al malvat i, merda, digues-l'hi

To the kids who played 'em---------------------------------- als nens amb qui havien jugat

I ain't here to save the f*cking children------------------- Jo no soc aqui per salvar els maleits nens

But if one kid out of a hundred million-------------------- però si un nen entre cent millons

Who are going through a struggle feels and relates that's great-------

Que està passant per un conflicte, viu i se sent identificat amb això, perfecte

It's payback, Russell Wilson falling way back---------- És donar i rebre, Russell Wilson recaurà

In the draft, turn nothing into something, still can make that---------------

En el camí, vaig fer de res tot, encara ho puc fer

Straw in the gold chump I will spend---------------------- Palla en el cap de carbassa gastaré

Rumpelstiltskin in a hay stack------------------------------- Rumpelstitskin en una pila de palla

Maybe I need a straightjacket, face facts-------- Potser necessites una camisa de força, afrontem els fets

I am nuts for real, but I'm okay with that------------------- Estic boig, de veritat, però estic bé amb això

It's nothing, I'm still friends with a...------------------------- no és res, encara soc amic de...




I'm friends with the monster----------------------------------- Soc amiga del monstre

That's under my bed------------------------------------------- que està sota el meu llit

Get along with the voices inside of my head-------------- i que es porta bé amb les veus del meu cap

You're trying to save me-------------------------------------- estàs intentant salvar-me,

Stop holding your breath-------------------------------------- deixa d'aguantar la respiració

And you think I'm crazy--------------------------------------- I penses que estic boja

Yeah, you think I'm crazy---------------------------------------- si, penses que estic boja




I'm friends with the monster------------------------------------ Soc amiga del monstre

That's under my bed--------------------------------------------- que està sota el meu llit

Get along with the voices inside of my head-------------- i que es porta bé amb les veus del meu cap

You're trying to save me-------------------------------------- estàs intentant salvar-me,

Stop holding your breath-------------------------------------- deixa d'aguantar la respiració

And you think I'm crazy----------------------------------------I penses que estic boja

Yeah, you think I'm crazy-------------------------------------- si, penses que estic boja




Well, that's nothing---------------------------------------------- Molt bé, això no és res

Well, that's nothing---------------------------------------------- Molt bé, això no és res


It protest cause he had not oportunities. He was a begger and He must sacrify a lot of things to get famous.

Monday, 24 November 2014

Rite of passage presentation

I think the mark for me is over 5 cause I have a bad prezi (small and not enough images) but I didn't read and I explain the diferent tipes of haka. It was an interesting subject and I think people wasn't borred when we were explaining our theme.



Best Age Podcast

The best age:


The best age is young-adult cause you have not worrys less than study or search for a job. This is the moment to have party, hangout with friends or start a serious relationship. if everything is well and you have enough time and mony, you can leave home and start to live your life.

This's the moment to have a car, drink alcohol and start to work on your first jobs to earn some mony.
You probably go to university and have a grade.



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Friday, 21 November 2014

Fairy Tale

The Princess and the vibrator


Once upon a time a prince called charles, was very handsome and gentleman. Wanted to marry but he didn't know who, he didn't have a girlfriend. His mother met with some princesses to know them. When girls came into the castle, the prince's mother did a test for them.

Emma, the prince's mother, put a vibrator under the blanket of prince's bed. The test objective was to check if they liked to use it. If they didn't use the vibrator, they couldn't pass the test.

A lot of princes didn't use it but one day... a new princess arrived. She was called Devora. When the night arrived,  suddenly all castle listened the princes groan with pleasure.

The mother was happy, finally she found a good girl for her son.

Devora and Charles married next week. They lived happy ever after and they played very often.