Final Reflection

I think I improve a little in this year especially vocabulary and use of realtive pronouns. I think that now I know how use relative pronouns in English. Also I leared more vocabulary reading books and doing exercices in class (for example: barking, enviroment, waste...) However, I don't know why (probably for the "stress" of Batxillerat) my English marks are worst than other years.
In my opinion, Grammar Exercices show my real level English because with Grammar Excercies you demostrate that you have understand English. Probably, readings also show the level English because are essential for understand English lenguage.
It seems that readings are really useful for me to improve my level English because in readings you learn vocabulary and how structure sentences.
I don't see useful do activites as play games. It's true that English games are fun (I'm not disargee play games) but I think that isn't useful. They are more or less imporants for do diferent things but talking about use, I don't think that games are useful.
I enjoyed doing activites as see English films o listenings because are fun but also you learn different things.

Oral Presentation and Podscat

I got problems to upload videos and podscats so I can't post these tasks. In this post I can valorate my oral presentation and upload our Powerpoint.
I think our oral presentation wasn't good because we didn't prepare good (we don't get time) and I was very nervious, so I think our mark is a correct mark.

V for Vendetta

The last film that I have seen is V for Vendetta. This film is based on a book which calls at the same name ass the film. The film director is James McTeigue, who was born in Australia. The actors are Nataile Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Fry and others.

The plot of the film is based in the V's history. V (Hugo Weaving) is a mysterious man who always wear a mask. This man live in London, England. The political system isn't a demoracy but is a dictatorship whose leader is Adam Sutler. V wants destroy the dicatorship for be free. V found a young girl, called Evey Hammond (Nataile Portman), who is attacked for the police. V wants change the society and shows to Evey what can he do. In the first part of the film, Evey lives with V in his home and sometimes V go out (probably to kill people realtionship with Sutler). In the second part Evey is tried of V and leaves from his house. Now, Evey lives with a fellow worker. In his house she is captured and must think how escape from jawl.
I think V for Vendetta is an excellent film: good scenes, great actors and surprsing end! In our time I think that is a fantastic film because talk about change and new society. Also I think that we should learn about V's speech. I recomend this film for people who are disagree with our system.

Angela Merkel to seek EU help for wronged spanish farmers

This pize of news talks about the health crisis in Germany. A misterious bacteria, called E coli, has arrived to Germany and some people said that the cause was spanish vegetables. Some investigations have said that's not true.
That pize of news explain that German Chancellor, Angela Merkel is agree to help farmers in spain because the lost has been high. Also, the pize of news talks about how is E coli and says that this bacteria is highly contagious from human to human.
I agree with Angela Merkel's idea becuase spainsh farmers have lost a lot of money and they must recover it. Also I don't understand why people said that cause of E coli was spanish vegetables.  

Translating a song: Obrint Pas - La Flama

"No et limites a contemplar  / Don't limit yourself to see
aquestes hores que ara vénen, / these hours which now are coming
baixa al carrer i participa. / go to street and take part
No podran res davant d´un poble / They can't do nothing in front people
unit, alegre i combatiu" / united, happy and combative
Amb l’espurna de la història / With spark of the history
i avançant a pas valent, / and advancing with bold step
hem encès dins la memòria / we have lit into memory
la flama d’un sentiment. / a flame of a sense.

Viure sempre corrent, / To live always running
avançant amb la gent, / advancing with people
rellevant contra el vent, / reliving against wind
transportant sentiments. / carrying senses.
Viure mantenint viva / To live keeping alive
la flama a través dels temps, / the flame into times
la flama de tot un poble / the flame of a people
en moviment. / moving

Amb columnes de paraules / With words colummns
i travessant la llarga nit, / and acrossing long night
hem fet de valls, mars i muntanyes, / we have done of valeys, seas and mountains
vells escenaris d’un nou crit. / old places of a shout

Viure sempre corrent, / To live always running 
avançant amb la gent, /  advancing with people
rellevant contra el vent, / reliving against wind
transportant sentiments. / carrying senses.
Viure mantenint viva  / To live keeping alive
la flama a través dels temps, /  the flame into times
la flama de tot un poble / the flame of a people

en moviment./ moving

FCBarcelona - RMadrid

Last two weeks Futbol Club Barcelona and Real Madrid have played four times between them! They played three competitions: Spanish League (the first match), King's Cup (the second match) and UEFA Champions League (the third and fourth matches).
The first match was very adjusted: Barça get the possetion of ball but Madrid defended very good. Unfortunatly for Jose Mourinho, Madrid coach, in the 51th minute Raul Albiol (Madrid) comete penalty. The referee showed red card to Albiol and Lionel Messi (Barça) scored the penalty. After twenty minutes Dani Alves (Barça) did penalty and Cristiano Ronaldo (Madrid) scored. Finally, the first match finished 1-1. This match was the less important because in Spanish League, Barça get 8 points more than Madrid.
The second match was more important because the team who win the match, win the King's Cup. In the first half Madrid get more oportunites for score but the players didn't score. In the second part was very different, Barça get the ball again and the oportunites. The 90 minutes finished 0-0, so they had to play the extra time. In these time both teams were tried but in the 102 minute, Cristiano Ronaldo scored and obligated Barça score for go to penalties round. Barça didn't scored and Madrid won the first cup in two years.
The third match was the most contrversial of four matches. This match was the 1st leg and was played in Santiago Bernabeu (Madrid's field). Mourinho proposed a defensive match (for finish 0-0 and score some goal in Barcelona) but in minute 60 Pepe (Madrid) saw red-card. This provoced the anger of Mourinho who also saw red-card. Since these moment Barça attack a lot for score and get adventatge for the 2nd leg. The match finished 0-2 with two scores of Lionel Messi.
After the match, Mourinho said: "Today has been shown that at Barcelona you have no chance. For UEFA does not leave any of the other teams play against them and I don't understand why."
The last match (the 2nd leg of the Champions Semifinals) was so intense. Madrid wanted score at the beginning for go back. Barça controled the match and arrived at 2nd half 0-0. In the 2nd half Madrid atacked more but was Barça who scored first (Pedro). Madrid didn't lose the hope and score  (Marcelo). The match finished, Barça arrived to Wembley's final and the four "clássics" in two weeks finished.

My dog

My dog is called Kiro and he's 4 years ago. The history of why his name is very curious: The first syllabe, KI-, comes from Kimi Raikkonen, a finnish driver Formula1, and the second syllabe, -RO, comes from Valentino Rossi, an italian rider MotoGP.
My family and I adopted Kiro in Figueres on May 2006, when I was in 1st of E.S.O. In these time, Kiro was four or five months ago and he was so little. I rembember Kiro's first day in my house: he was very afraid! Also I rembember that he was shaking. Now,  Kiro is very different.
My dog is a little bit crazy because when he wants to do a ride he bark until somebody do the ride with him. He is a little bit nuisance too: when he want eat human food, he chase you until you become angry or until you give some food for him.
However, I love Kiro because when I feel bad or agry he gives my company. I think Kiro can brighten your day because he is a cheerful dog.

A day of my life

In this text I will talk about how is a day of my life. I wake up at 6.55 a.m. After, I get shower during 10 or 15 minutes. When I finish to get shower I dress. I have breakfast at 7.15 a.m. aproximatly. After that I prepare the school bag and I clean my teeth. At 7.45 a.m., I go to highschool with my mum. Before to go to highschool, we go to Manel's house and he and his sister go with us to highschool. At 7.50 a.m. we arrive to IES Castelló d'Empúries and we in to the classroom. I'm in highschool since 8.00 a.m. to 2.25 p.m. except on Monday (since 8.00 a.m. to 4.25 p.m) and on Wednesday (since 8.00 a.m. to 1.25 p.m.)
When I finish highschool I return to my house with Manel's mum. I have lunch there (except Monday when I have lunch in Punt de Trobada) and I do homework. On Wednesday and Friday I go to train children (I'm coach) and I go to train.
So I go to CEIP Joana d'Empúries, where I train with children, at 5.00 p.m. The children's training finishes at 6.45 p.m. and my training begins at 7.00 p.m. so I must go quickly to Castello's pavailon for train. I finish my training at 8.45 p.m. After finish my training I return to home where I have dinner and I see TV. I go to bed at 11.00 p.m. aproximatly.

Giro d'Italia 2011 and Alberto Contador

Giro d'Italia is a cyclist race celebrated in May of every year. This race, with Tour de France and Vuelta a España, is one of the more important of the year. Also, Giro is the first because Tour is in July and Vuelta in September.
I think that this year, Giro is very hard because only five stages are completly plain! The rest of stages are time trial (three), hard mountain (eight) or easy mountain (five). For this, in my opinion, this Giro is for climber cyclists like for example Alberto Contador, who's my favourite cyclist. I think that he will win this Giro because he's the stronger.

As I said, Contador is my favourite cyclist. This is because he is the best climber of all the world. The first time that I saw Alberto Contador cycling on TV was amazing! It was in Vuelta 2008 in Angliru mountain (in Asturias). He was fighting for the first place of classification. Contador climbed up to Angliru's mountain great and won the stage and the first place on classification. Next day, the Vuelta climbed up to Fuentes de Invierno and also was amazing: Contador won again and sentenced Vuelta 2008. After Vuelta 2008, I saw Tour 2009 and again Contador won in Paris. For this I think he is the best climbing.

Iceland Volcano erupts (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_iceland_volcano)

These pice of a news explain the eruption of a Iceland Volcano. The volcano name is Grimsvötn and began to erupt in 21 May 2011. Last year, in Iceland also a vulcano began to erupt (called Eyjafjallajökull). The Eyjafjallajökull eruption caused the close of air space for a week. This provoced the suspension of a lot of things like a MotoGP race in Japan. Also provocate that Barça went to Milano by bus for play the semi-final of Champions League. Other thing that 2010 eruption provocate were that in some places in Europe arrive the ash from Volcano. Some european people breath the toxic ash but that didn't cause any problem. 
The 2011 Iceland eruption, has not caused nothing yet. But it's possible, that ash arrive early to Europe. Experts says that next days ash will arrive to London. At the moment the eruption is more little than 2010 eruption.
I think that Grimsvötn eruption won't be more problematic than Eyjafjallajökull eruption but early we'll can't travel to places like London or Dublin.   

Twitter and Facebook

Last times, the social networks's importance have increased considerably. The two principal social networks are Twitter and Facebook and they are very different but both are very popular in the people of today. 
Twitter consists in explain what happens or what are you doing in 120 characters. The first idea of Twitter is try that people explain to world (using hadstags) what are they doing. This has been very useful because Twitter provocate things like Egypt revolution or Spanish revolution. Also this social network allow the participation in TV or radio programs. Twitter is similar to a SMS: you send it for someone, it's short and little and it's instant (and the most important it's free!) In Twitter you can follow the 'twitts' of somebody and somebody can follow you.
Facebook is a little bit different than Twitter. Facebook is more complex than Twitter. In Facebook you got a friends, no followers. Also, you can say no to be friends. If you are friend of somebody, you can see his wall, the palce where you write your 'status'. In the wall appears the groups or pages that you are fan. The first idea of Facebook was create a social network in Cambridge but this has been globalized. On Facebook you can upload videos, photos and links about news, music... 
The unique social network I use is Facebook. I don't use Twitter but I tryed in but I don't like it. For my Facebook is very utlity beacuse I can chat with my friends or class mates for ask about homework, for example. Sometimes I upload photos I took in travels or old photos that I found in my house. In Facebook also I can chat with friends that I don't see since months or years. It's is very important for keep the friendship (altrhough in distance)

RAC1

My favourite radio transmitter is RAC1. RAC1 is a catalan radio that began the emissions in May 2000 and belongs to Grup Godó. People like Toni Soler, Toni Clapés, Jordi Basté, Ramón Pellicer, Albert Om or Manel Fuentes have worked in this radio. The principal programs of this radio talk about actuality (or news), sports and humor. Last year RAC1 increase the numbers of audience. Now, this radio is the most listened in Catalunya.
I listen RAC1 since 2006 aproximatly. In these times my favourite programs were Minoria Absoluta directed by Toni Soler, Queco Novell and Manel Lucas and Tu Diràs directed by Jordi Basté.  
Minoria absoluta was a humor program similar to Polonia (TV program in TV3). In fact, Polonia is based in Minoria Absoluta and the actors are the same. Minoria Absoluta program disappered in 2009.
Tu Diràs is a sports program. When I began to listen this program, Tu Dirás was presented by Jordi Basté but in 2008 Basté went to other program and Joan Maria Pou began to direct Tu Diràs.
In 2009 I began to listen other programs of RAC1 like La Competència (subsitute of Minoria Absoluta), Primer Toc or Versió RAC1.
La Competència began on the radio in 2009 and it's directed by Òscar Andreu and Òscar Dalmau. This program it's very fun because they don't imite politicians like Minoria Absoluta, they invent characters as for example Mohamed Jordi or Jean Paul Desgraves. In my opinion, La Competència is the best program on RAC1 now.
Primer toc is very similiar to Tu Diràs but on the afternoon. Tu Diràs is bradcast on night. Primer Toc, directed by Raül Llimós, give us sport news but sometimes are strange or freaky news so is a different sports program. Also they talk about habitual topics on sports programs.
Versió RAC1 is a talk show directed by Toni Clapés. This program is very varied: they do humor, talk about actuality and sports, they do interviews... In my opinion it's an interesing program to listen beacuse you learn a lot and also is fun.

Spanish revolution

In May 2011, a lot of Spanish people has taken the streets to prostest against the system. These people are tried with all politicans of around Spain. Also they think that spanish people should vote for little parties and no vote for the biggest parties (PSOE and PP). They principal argument against spanish politicans is the corruption. PSOE and PP included corrupt politicans in lists. Other argument is the inefficiency against the economic crisis.
In my opinon this spanish revolution is good for our system because the situation in the country is bad. I think that people must show the indignation on the elections. People must go to vote for show to all politicans that they aren't good for us.

There are people of many ideologies in favor of the revolution but they have something in common: the change. Some poltical parties (mainly left parties) have wanted support the revolution but people has said that this revolution is against all currents spanish politicans.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/spanish-revolution-thousands-gather-in-madrids-puerta-del-sol-square/2011/05/18/AFLzpZ6G_blog.html

Aznar and ecologism

Today I read a surpise new for me: The Ex President of Spain, Jose María Aznar, says now that all spainsh would be a good ecologist. When he was in Moncloa (1996 - 2004) he didn't do any ecoligist politcal. When he was in Moncloa he said that the climatic change is an utopia. Now he's a memeber (honorific president) of an ecologist plataform and he would say that all people would be ecologist. In my opinion, this shows that Mr. Aznar is a false person because depending of the charge that he occupies he is for the ecoligism or no. Also, now he says that everytime he knowed that Iraq didn't have destruction massive guns. But when he was in Moncloa, he attack this country only because Bush said: 'They got a destruciton massive guns!" and Aznar like a dog did the same as Bush.

Thirteen vs Adrian Mole

Between thirteen and Adrian Mole have got a lot of diferences and similties here are the most importants:

The similiarites are that both principal characters are teens (13 years old). Both have got school problems and families problems (the fathers are divorciaded). In the book, a lot of things that Adrian do, he is obligaded to do. In the film the prinicpal charater too. For example she drinks and tries differents drugs. Other similarity is that the friends of principal characters do something first than Adrian or Tracy.

The diferencies are that Tracy got a terrible problems with she (she start to drinks and try drugs..) and Adrian no got this several promblems.

Expo Oral

  

Hi I'm Guillem Mancilla and my oral presentation is about handball. I wanna talk about handball in general, next time I will talk about handball positions. After of other types of handball. Next time I will talk about counties of handball practise and then Catalonia and Girona. Finally me and handball.

Handball is a sport played in pavalion. It's seven players for team. And you can do... other seven... (here I was very nervious!!! I forgeted the word 'changes')em.. in the match you can do changes and the IHF is the federation of reguls handball rules. And the main rules of handball are the follows: when you do a foult you can resived three possibilty penalites: yeallow cards, when the foul is hard but the aren't an obvious goal accion, exclusion the offender goes 2 minutes when it became in a obvious goal accion and exclusion hard, several and obvious goal accion. He goes out of the game. And this is the handball court. This is the area you can't go on area only the goalkeeper. And this is the court. 

Now the hanball positions: Goalkeeper he defends the portery and try that other team no goal.

2 sides that they are in the extrem, in the corner. They try score goals for the corner. 2 sides: they try through of the defence next to the central and tries to goal. The sides are people tall and strong. The pivot is the... is in the defence but he attacks, is attacking and he is strong and fat. He got a good shoot

The central is he, and he directs the attack. He is between the two sides.

The other type of handball are mini handball is the handball of the little children until 12 years old and beach handball pracisted in beach normally in summer. You can't vote because with the sand is impossible.

Well, now handball tradition: for nations internationaly are Germany, Croatia, France and Irland. The actual world champion is France, the European France too and the Olyimpic champion France too. So France is triple king. 

The best clubs are in Spain, Cuidad Real and Barça, Germany, Kiel, and France, Montpellier.

In Catalonia the best club is Barça, the seccion of the football club, Granollers, this is their symbol is the oldest club n Sapin and is in Catalonia and Sarria de Ter is in Girona.

In Girona, only one club in Alt Empordàis the Esplais. And in Banyoles and Fornells there are other handball teams.

I play handball since 2003 but in 2007 I leave because I can't play because any other players have in the club but I back in 2008 because the club reorganizaded and I beagan to play handball of all the court. Since September of this year I'm coach of children of 8 9 years old and they play a league of schools.

Before to the end I wanna show a goal of Juanin Garcia player of Barça.

Question: No in the Emporda in Girona have Banyoles, Fornells, GEIEG... but in all Emporda only Esplais. 

What waht? Question? A well, in Barcelona, Lloret, Parets.... Thank you for you attention

PP videogame

This week, Partido Popular, a catalan politcal partit put on their web a videogame of their candidate, Alicia Sanchez-Camacho. In this videogame, (called Alicia Croft) the user contol Sanchez-Camacho. She, in the vdeogame, was flying in a seagull (PP's logo) and she was eliminating immigrants and catalans independents. Now, the rest of political parites say that PP has cometed an errror. Also, PP eliminate this game of their web.
In my opinion PP has cometied an enourmus error because with this videogame they are saying that their are xenofogs and hate everybody that is diferent that they. Alicia in the videogame kill independece people and lot of polical partits thinks this. So PP want eliminate people who is another "race" and another ideology.
I think that the other politcal partits shouldn't do elecotral publicity of this but yes say to the votants because they choose the next president.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/17/peoples-party-catalonia-video

Fairy tale (correction)

A 21 century princes                                          

Not so long ago and in a kingdom no too distant a princess called Elizabeth was preparing to ascend to throne. Elizabeth's father was very ill so soon she would be the new queen. The education of the princess was focused to make she a good queen.

Unfortunately for Elizabeth’s parents, when she was an adolecent she met people who thought that the king is bad for the country. At the beggining the princess didn’t share this opinion but with time, finally, she thought this too.

For the anti king ideas of the princess, she was thinking not become queen but to be a broken in wall street.

When Elizabeth told her puroposes to his father, the king died instant for a heart attack. A doctor went to the royal palace for see the cause of the death. He said that his heart was weak but with the words of her daughter the heart said stop and killed the king.

‘I will be an excellent broker’ said Elizabeth to her mother. ‘But the kingdom is without king!’ said the queen. Elizabeth said to her mother that in her opinion the kingdom was bad for the people of the country. With this thoughts the new queen, Elizabeth, dissolved the kingdom and funded a new country with democracy.

Elizabeth left the country and went to the United States to be a broker. She didn’t have education for be broker but she got illussion.

In wall street the situation was very bad: the world was inmersed in an enormus economic crisis. For this, only the best brokers could work. As we said, Elizabeth didn’t have any education to be a broker so she couldn't find work. She was forced to go back to her country.

In her country everything was good: everybody got a good wage, the new president (called Montgomery, known as Monty) was very efficent... When Elizabeth arrived to the country she went to talk to Monty become queen. When Monty and Elizabeth met they fell in love. The president was divorced so he could marry.

After six months of relationship they married and were happy forever.

Fairy tale

A 21 century princes                                             

Not so long ago and in a kingdom no too distant a princess called Elizabeth was preparing to ascend to throne. Elizabeth father’s very ill so soon she will be the new queen. The education of the princess was focused to be a good queen.

Unfortunately for the Elizabeth’s parents, when she was adolecent she met with people who thinks that the king it’s bad for the country. At the beggining the princess didn’t share this opinion but with time, finally, the thinks this too.

For the ideeas anti king of the princess, she was thinking in not be queen but to be broken in wall street.

When Elizabeth told her puroposes to his father, the king dies in the instant for an attack in his heart. A doctor went to royal palace for see the cause of the death. He said that his heart was weak but with the words of her daughter the heart said stop and kill the king.

‘I will be an execllent broker’ said Elizabeth to her mother. ‘But the kingdom is wihout king!’ said the queen. Elizabeth said to her mother that in her opinion the kingdom was bad for the people of the field. With this thoughts the new queen, Elizabeth, dissovled the kingdom and funded a new country with democracy.

Elizabeth left the country and went to United States for be broker. She didn’t have education for be broker but she got ilussion.

In wall street the situation was very bad: the world was inmersed in a enormus economic crisis. For this, only the bests brokers could work. As we said, Elizabeth didn’t have any education for be borker so she can find work. She was forced to go back to the country.

In the country all was good: everybody got a good wage, the new president (called Montgomery, known as Monty) was very eficent... When Elizabeth arrvied to the country she want talk with Monty for claim for be queen. When Monty and Elizabeth met they fall in love. The president was divorced so he could marry.

After six months of relationship they married and were happy forever.

The Ceasefire of ETA

Everybody in Spain are very skepitcal about the ceasefire of ETA. This is a logic thing because ETA done other ceasefire in the past (1998, with PP in the governancy and 2006 with PSOE) and never was the definitve stop. But, in my opinion, this time is different for some reasons.
In the others ceasefires the politicans wanted talk with ETA but now no, so this ceasefire wasn't asked for the governancy. Other reasons are the detencions and the little support that Left Abertzale give to them. The lastest months, a lot of ETA membres are arrested and ETA is hurt.
However we must be careful and not to realy at 100% terrorists. This isn't the last step for the peace in Spain and in Euskadi but I think that is better than nothing.
People close to terrorists said that Catalonia in peace has logged more than Eusakdi with ETA. I think that is a good thought because with guns never will get nothing, only they can get rejection of spanish society and only generates conflict between the euskadi society and the rest of Spain.