Llança's camping

Last June, I and my friends (incluing people of English class) went to Llança for a few days. We stayed in a camping and pass togheter 3 days. These days were awesome days: all day with friends in the beach, without homework or job; at nights, party...

The first day was estrange for me: we met in Llançà on Monday 20 but some people couldn’t go that day. So the majority of us went to Llançà the next day. I arrived by car with my parents on Tuesday 21. When we arrrive to the camping we didn’t see nobody. My parents left and I phoned my friends. Maria told me that they was in Llança’s beach. Llançà’s beach is big, so I lost looking for the others. Finally after more than 1h lost, I found they at 3.00 p.m. I didn’t have lunch and they did. So I had to eat rests of their lunch. Aforunatly, the rest of the day was normal.

When I remeber these days, I feel very good and relaxed so it’s useful think in Llançà camping times in difficult moments. Sometimes, we talk about repeat that experience but with 2^nd Batxillerat, TdR and Selectivitat is impossible do it again (for the moment).

Here are a video did by Clara and some photos took by Sandra. 

Sònia, I know you are the Simon's TdR tutor. I hope you don't change your opinion about him seeing this video. He was young and crazy, now he is mature :-)

New school year!

Hi! I'm here again, now for the 2011-12 school year... I hope you enjoy reading my reflections, tasks, piece of news etc!
I post here my email writed on monday 19 September 2011 to Sònia, my English teacher. It talks about my dreams.


ORIGINAL EMAIL

Hi Sonia, how are going this beginning of school year? I hope you're having a good start.

As you know, I’m sending you this email for explain my dreams. Honestly, I’ve never thought in become a famous sport star (and I don’t know why, all kids wanted be like Ronaldinho or Zidane!)

A real dream I have, since I was 13 aprox., is travel to Brazil. I think that country is amazing: you can go to awesome beaches, go to the most important carnival on the world, visit the Christ the Redeemer... Also you can visit favelas in Sao Paulo, the other Brazil’s face. The lenguage is other thing because I love that country. I don’t know why but I love the portuguese and brazilian accent.

Other dream I have (well, it’s a goal) is finish 2^nd Batxillerat, pass Selectivitat and study an history career. Always I love socials sciences (geography and history) because help us to learn why leave in this world. It’s possible that history career don’t give me a job but for the moment, I don’t think in workplace, only in study my favourite “subject”.

My third dream, and the most utopican, is work for a better world. In the last months, I realized that poltial class is very corrupt. I supose that 15M moviment helped to me for open my eyes and say stop. I know that is very difficult but if the majority people are united, why not?

I hope you enjoyed reading my dreams!

See you tomorrow,

Guillem Mancilla

  

P.D.: It’s 10.40 pm, I know, it’s too late. Sorry

CORRECTED EMAIL  

Hi Sonia, how are going this beginning of school year? I hope you're having a good start.

As you know, I’m sending you this email for explain my dreams. Honestly, I’ve never thought in become a famous sport star (and I don’t know why, all kids wanted be like Ronaldinho or Zidane!)

A real dream I have, since I was 13 aprox., is travel to Brazil. I think that country is amazing: you can go to awesome beaches, go to the most important carnival on the world, visit the Christ the Redeemer... Also you can visit favelas in Sao Paulo, the other Brazil’s face. The lenguage is other thing because I love that country. I don’t know why but I love the portuguese and brazilian accent.

Other dream I have (well, it’s a goal) is finish 2^nd Batxillerat, pass Selectivitat and study an history degree. Always I love socials sciences (geography and history) because help us to learn why leave in this world. It’s possible that history career don’t give me a job but for the moment, I don’t think in workplace, only in study my favourite “subject”.

My third dream, and the most utopican, is work for a better world. In the last months, I realized that poltial class is very corrupt. I supose that 15M moviment helped me open my eyes and say stop. I know that is very difficult but if the majority people are united, why not?

I hope you enjoyed reading my dreams!

See you tomorrow,

Guillem Mancilla

  

P.D.: It’s 10.40 pm, I know, it’s too late. Sorry

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