1. My English progress from 2009-2011

I have been studying English since First of Primary School, but the last two years is when I have learnt more.

In First of Batxillerat my first written work was an email to the teacher, where I introduced myself. In this presentation I think that I didn’t have spelling mistakes, but my language wasn’t so well expressed and I used very few connectors. All this, I have improved in my last writings, now I express myself better and use more connectors. I still think that I must improve when I conjugate verbs, because I make mistakes and it is very hard to do.

As for oral presentations, last years it was about snowboarding, where I talked about its history, characteristics, where it is practiced … It was my first oral presentation I was very nervous and this meant that sometimes I read, which was the opposite of my last one when I presented my research project, in addition my pronunciation in the first was not very good and I must still improve. The language of my first presentation wasn’t fluid but now it is correct. However I think that the most important when doing an oral presentation is not to get nervous and I am still like this.

2. My English competence in 2010

If I choose my best oral presentation I would say it was the last oral presentation, when I talked about my research project, called analysis of Garcia de Pou, I chose this because it’s a project that needed a lot of work and it is a subject that I love and I hope to do in the future. In addition in this presentation I think that I had good control my movements and in other presentations. I didn’t the most important thing in the oral presentation was that I spoke very well.

With reference to my best writing I don’t know what to choose because all of them are very similar and there isn’t one that stands out about the others. Despite this I think that I would choose last three news items because I think that the topics that I have chosen are very good.

In conclusion, I recognize that my level of English is fair; I think that it is my fault and also part of the blame is the kind of education system we have.

On the one hand it is my fault because it is very difficult for me to learn languages, and as always, in everything you should try harder. However, on the other hand I think that the education system of English isn’t well organized because we do few hours; I think that in primary school there should be some subjects in English and in this way the level in English of each pupil would be very high and we wouldn’t have problems now.

Sergi - The death penalty

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Sergi - The death penalty

Maria - Summer work and crisis

My friend's father was a bee keeper. He worked in Castelló d'Empúries and a long time ago this job was good. However because of the crisis now he doesn't work, because bee keeping is a job that is dying out and now they earn less money.

A- Hi Joan, how long have you been working as a bee keeper?

B- Since I was twenty.

A- Why did you decide to be a bee keeper?

B- Because, my father was a bee keeper. When I was child, I used to help him while he was working?

A- Yes I understand.

A- Dou you think, that this kind of job he changed a lot during the years?

B- Yes, before there were more bees than now because of the climatic change and this has affected the production and also the benefits.

A- Do you think that the crisis has affected your job, because is affects every kind of jobs, doesn't it?

B- Yes, but in addition because of global warming.

A- What a shame, but it is true, isn't it?

B- Yes.

A- Is there anybody in your family who wants to continue with this style of life?

B- Nowadays all the young people in my family want to do other jobs.

A- Okay, thank you for your time. I hope that things will be better for you in the future.

B- I hope so.

Al Qaeda confirms death of Bin Laden and heralds revenge

On May 2, President Obama announced that a Special Forces command had shot the leader of Al Qaeda in a town near Pakistan's capital.

But, after a few days Al Qaeda said in a statement “The blood was mixed with tears”, “ The holy war continue”, “we are going have a few days to celebrate and then resume the war” and "We do not want operations here and there as revenge, we want quality operations".

I'm glad that Osama Bin Laden is dead, but I think that Al Qaeda will avenge the death of their leader.

Also I think that there is something strange about his death because Osama Bin Laden has live in his mansion for 10 years, this was located near Pakistan´s army and this is an ally of the United States.

I hope that Al Qaeda is not selling the death of their leader, because the consequences could be disastrous. I think that United States do something before another terrorist attack.

In our country, we have a similar case with ETA, it is a terrorist group that is struggling for the independence of the Basque country, and when there are terrorist attacks you don't feel safe.

I hope someday terrorism will end.

The world 100 years from now

Nowadays, our society is undergoing constant changes. The main reason is that men want to improve day by day in order to have a better life. However, sometimes they do not think about the consequences of these human lives. I imagine the world in the next 100 years with positive and negative changes.
On the one hand, I think that there will be positive changes, such as an increase in medicine, in social care, in the scientific field. Besides, the advance in technology will allow people to be more informed, the use of mobile phones and the Internet will help people to be permanently connected with each other.

On the other hand, I imagine that the world in the next 100 years will have negative changes. Much more work will be done by machines, leading to high unemployment, so there will be a small number of hardworking rich and a vast majority of poor. Furthermore, with inventions like cell phones it is more and more difficult to escape from work.

In conclusion, I think that we live busier and much more conflicted lives than people did 30, 40 or 50 years ago. However, we should take into account the use of this progress since if people do not take care of it, the world in the next 100 years will be a complete disaster.

Fast & Furious 5

Since Brian O'Conner and Mia Toretto got Dom Toretto out of prison they have been forced to flee to the United States to avoid the police. Caught in Rio de Janeiro once again they have to take flight if they want to remain free.

Although, they know that the only way to escape is to confront a Brazilian drug cartel, who wants to kill them

In the end, with the help of some friend they manage to escape and in addition with a lot of money.

I loved this movie because there are very good action scenes, like other movies of Fast & Furious. But also there are some scenes that are too false.

However, I think the weak point is the script because sometimes the things that happen are a little inconsistent. It is a movie that you enjoy seeing without getting bored.

One of the things that I think that they have been very successful with cars, because in film they use legendary cars, for example Ford Mustang 67 shelby or Nissan Skyline gtr.

The film also stars from Vin Diesel, one of my favorite actors. Especially in this film, he has a good job.

In my opinion 1 to 10, I think it deserves a 9.

The first car

Now I am 17 years old, but I won't be 18, for 7 months. I think that the first car is special, because you have been waiting for this moment a long time.

At first it’s dangerous, because you think you know everything, but you lack experience. Until you have open the first years driving, you don’t have experience. Apart from this alcohol and drugs, this sounds the main causes of traffic accidents in young people.

Everybody wants the first car to be a good car, and many times the problem is not buying it, but keeping it, because usually a good cars use so much petrol. Moreover safe, for the new drivers is more expensive than for a person under 30 years and this is due to the experience.

Come here girl I can give you life
I can give it to you everything, they need me every night
and they ask me where we go, why you wanna know
listen to the record while you drop it on the floor

I can take you where you wanna go, anywhere you wanna go, take you where you wanna go, wanna go *hey*
I can take you where you wanna go, anywhere you wanna go,
we can go around the globe, 'round the globe *hey*

Around the world, yeah I can take you there,
I got you girl, do it like you don't care,
and if you with it, I got it right here baby, come and get it
Come here girl I can give you life
I can give it to you everything, they need me every night
and they ask me where we go, why you wanna know
listen to the record, drop it on the floor

I can take you where you wanna go, anywhere you wanna go, take you where you wanna go, wanna go *hey*
I can take you where you wanna go, anywhere you wanna go,
we can go around the globe, 'round the globe *hey*
I can take you where you wanna go, anywhere you wanna go, take you where you wanna go, wanna go *hey*
I can take you where you wanna go, anywhere you wanna go,
we can go around the globe, 'round the globe *hey*

Mischa Daniels feat. J-Son - Where You Wanna Go

Mischa Daniels is a singers that together with J-Son made this topic six months ago. I chose this song because it is short for summer and this song reminds me of this time. Although I will work, I will enjoy summer, because this year has been very hard.

On the other hand I choose this song, because it is a Dance song, the style of music I like.

Barça more than ever

Madrid, must have indigestion caused by Messi, because almost every time the argentine steps into the Bernabéu there are problems. In fact, he has marked on the white stage in the last four matches that he has played there. The last two goals, last Wednesday in the semifinals of the Champions League, have been around the world.
This season he has already scored 52 goals for the Blaugrana, most of them decisive to Barça of Pep is about to win his third consecutive league,  to reach the Cup final, and be one step from the Wembley final.

I think that Barça have the best player in the world, but Barça as a team is different from others, both the different way of doing the things, how to play unique on the world, the philosophy of the quarry…

And the most surprising I'm not the only one who things this, a lot of coaches also they say, for example: Sir Alex Ferguson (Manchester United), Ancellotti (Chelsea), Arsène Wenger (Arsenal)…

Lorca's earthquake left nearly 40,000 affected who could spend months away from home

The earthquake on Wednesday swept the town of Lorca, of 5.1 magnitude and at the moment has caused the death of nine people dead and over 300 injured,  leaving between 35,000 and 40,000 affected, according to preliminary figures from the City Council.

After Japan's earthquake, I never thought that in Spain such a thing could happen. I cannot imagine what I would do if I were homeless. I think that it's going to be very bad, for these people during these times of crisis I don’t know how the people of that locality will forward town will go on.

I would say this is the second largest catastrophe that Spain has suffered since I was born.

There are possibilities of an earthquake in Catalonia, but I don't think on such a large scale.

In 50 years, in single lifetime, the earth has been more radically changed than by a previous generation of humanity.

By 1800, in Britain and the rest of continental Europe after, there was an industrial revolution, a set of transformations which caused the true turning point in evolution. And here is where the causes of what is happening now.

So it is true that in 1950, after the second world war, started capitalism begins to be established worldwide, and this entails that each country cannot make war on their own, but to act together. Moreover until 1950 it was believed that a developed country  was one that had many industries, but from these years there was a very important change of mentality, from now, developed countries will be those that don’t  industries in his territory, so developed countries moved the industries in to underdeveloped countries. For this reason the bosses of these companies contaminate without control, there are fines for those who pass a limit.

All this affects the world, for example the problem with dusts, each year the surface decrease and this will cause the extinction of polar bears.

Another thing that is happening is that each year that passes the number of forests reduces.

I think what has happened so far cannot be fixed, for this reason we cannot regret what is done but what we have to do is change the consumer mindset.

The fall

The story takes place in Berlin in April 1945, at the end of World War II. On the streets of Berlin there is a great battle, while Hitler and his followers are in a bunker. Although Berlin can no longer resist, Hitler refuses to leave the city, accompanied by his wife he prepares his end.

In my opinion this film is spectacular, because it is capable of projecting the last days of Hitler’s regime. And shows the attitude very well he had, even Hitler knew the war was lost, he tried to fight to the end, but this inability cannot do anything it only causes that Hitler to go crazy and commit suicide.

I think that, only someone who has lived a war can imagine, because after such an event, you have psychological aftermaths.

This movie is one of my favourites, and I have seen more than once.

Moreover, it has been nominated for an Oscar and a Goya.