Self evaluation





Arià Canadell: Global warming
Presentation (10%)
Do you use any resources? Are the resources relevant and attractive and focused on the topic? Do they support your presentation? Is the timing 5-7 minutes?
The presentation was correct in my opinion because it supported the content of the explanation and it had photos of all the causes-effects we explained.
10
Body language and eye contact (10%)
Are you looking at your audience most of the time? Are you reading occasionally from your notes? Are you doing any gestures / movement to hold the attention of the audience?
I'm always trying it but while I'm nervous I can't control my eyes at all. Then I read at last a pair of sentences that I think is very normal.
10
Structure (10%)
Do you organize your ideas in order of importance? Do you use discourse markers to make your ideas more clear?
Well, instead of organize the ideas in order of importance we had organized them in causes and effects of the global warming. 
10
Content (40%)
Do you introduce interesting, NEW information to your audience? Is your information detailed and clear? Do you give / show examples? Is your information copied from a source or is it original? Did you look up information/facts/ideas in the Internet/books…?
We didn't introduce new information because a week before other group explain the global warming so we repeat much information. We addapted internet's information but we only could make a little summary without a lot informtion, it didn't contain any examples because we couldn't find them....
20
Language (20%)
Is your grammar correct, complex? Is your vocabulary rich and varied? Do you use sentence linkers? Do you use pause fillers?
The grammar was easy to understand and to memorize, the sentences were good stuctured but I don't know if I changed some sentences during the presentation to the class.

10
Pronunciation and intonation (10%)
Do you know how to pronounce all your words? Did you check the pronunciation with a dictionary, a classmate or the teacher? Do you change your tone of voice or use a monotone tone all the time? Did you speed in a fluid continuum or with breaks and interruptions?
I check difficult words in the dicctionary and other ones that I asked to Christian. My pronunciation in the explanation wasn't perfect of course but I try to pronunce all the "complex" words good. 
5
65/100





Oral presentation
The right definition of “global warming” is, as you probably know, the rise in the average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans since 19th century and it will rise more and more if we do nothing.
Scientists have spent decades looking for what is causing global warming. They've looked at the natural cycles and events that are known to influence climate. The only way to explain this rise of temperature is including the effect of greenhouse gases emitted by humans. We produce too much carbon dioxide, the vegetation can’t transform all the carbon dioxide so the gases are being kept in the atmosphere. How you can see in the second photo less re-radiated heats escapes into space. So the energy is not escaping well from the earth and we keep temperature. Our greenhouse effect that usually protect us, now are raising energy levels, but it’s our fault. 
How you can see in this graphic the temperature is rising very slowly.  But this little change supposes big effects. Now Marc will explain some of the most important global warming’s effects on the earth.
All in all we have to say that our presentation was a bit similar to Ana’s and Xantal’s presentation because the topics were very related. Maybe we can say that humans are killing the earth with our pollution, in my opinion now we can do nothing because we are young and is very difficult that a simple person could make sense to a big company that they have to change. But we can give support to a NGO, working for them or giving money to them.   
Finally we will show a you little video related with the effects of global warming 



Global warming quiz

Firstly I have to say that the quiz was so strange, there were different types of questions: obvious ones (that almost everybody must know), logic questions (that maybe you don't know but after thinking them for a minute you can get the correct answer) and finally some questions that I answered luckily. 
I have passed the global warming quiz but I have failed two questions. The third one asked me which planet was the most pollution by the runaway atmosphere gases, the chances were Mars, Earth, Venus and Jupiter. I put the earth because I thought that it was the only planet which have its own atmosphere, but that was wrong, the correct answer was Venus. Then the eleventh question "Hybrid cars get better gas mileage than cars with standard engines" was very confusing in my opinion. The correct answer was "sometimes" but I put always because I didn't know the answer.

Informal dialogue



Gap year

Gap year

The gap year is a period of time between the high school and the university. It's a good ocasion to get experience in the futures jobs. A lot of people try to do volunteer job because it's a very good chance to improve the CV.
On the one hand gap year students need a little break between two important stages of their lives. So they approach this year to keep positive energy and start the new course as good as posible. Many people who do this type of trips are more sociable and they are more preparate because they have take care of themselves during a year.
On the other hand, students can relax too much during this year and in this case is a lost year. In some places you must pay for the food and the house and not always the family can afford it. Also maybe the students reduce the capacity of studying during this time.
All in all it's a good experience for everybody if you take it as a work year, but if we take it as a holidays year we will have spend a good chance to improve like persons and we will have lost a valuable time.

Opinion essay

We have almost learnt to respect the world.

Nowadays we are emitting gases and waste without taking care of our planet. However, there are more campaigns against the big companies than decades ago.
Firstly, I can't say that we emite toxic products to the sea because I haven't seen it, but I have heard it. That's terrible because we are not only wiping out forests' specis but we are also killing shellfish. 
Secondly, wherever you go we can see pollution and desforestation produced be humans. But while some people try to go green other people are earning money and pollute the earth.
Thirdly, instead of being responsible nowadays we will live in a dirty world because  yhe rubbish lasts a large period of time on the planet.
All in all we are being more responsible than years ago but we must keep improving if we want to live in a world with animals and vegetation.

 

Informal dialogue

Informal dialogue

Jamie (Speaking on the phone.) Yes, yes, great party, wasn't it? (Sound of doorbell.) Listen, Polly, I've got to go. There's someone at the door. Come here this evening? Yeah, why not? I haven't got any plans. OK, see you later. Bye, Polly. Bye. (Sound of doorbell again.) OK.OK. I'm coming! (Opens door.) Oh, hi, Tania. How are things? I wasn't... I wasn't expecting you.

Tania Well, aren't you going to invite me in?

Jamie I... Yes, of course. Come in. (He sits in front of the TV looking worried.)

Tania Jamie, can you turn that thing off?

Jamie Hang on a second, can I just watch this?

Tania No, you can't. Jamie, I need to speak to you. This is important.

Jamie I'm listening, I'm listening.

Tania You aren't. You never listen. (Turns off the TV.)

Jamie Why did you do that?

Tania Jamie, it's over.

Jamie What do you mean? What's over?

Tania I mean you and me. Us. It's over

Jamie Oh, come on, Tania. Let's not start that again.

Tania A friend told me you were out on Friday night. Is that true?

Jamie Someone invited me to a party, OK?

Tania Ok for you, maybe, but you didn't want to ask me, did you?

Jamie I did. It isn't that simple.

Tania Well, my friend was there and she said that things were very simple for you. (Doorbell rings again.)

Jamie Hang on a second, Tania. I'm sure we can sort this out. (Jamie opens the door. Polly is there, smiling.) Polly. How did you...?

Polly I was just around the corner when I called you, so I thought... (Polly sees Tania.) Oh, sorry, I didn't realize....
...................................................................................................................................................................
Jamie (Nervous.) Tania, it's not what it seems! Let me explain, we...

Tania I don't want to hear your stupid explanations, you asshole!

Jamie But, Tania, listen....

Tania You were lying to me the whole time, weren't you?

Polly Maybe I should come again later...

Tania (Shouting.) You shut up!

Jamie Tania, don't talk to her like that! I'm sorry, Polly...

Tania What? Now you're even on her side? Are you fucking kidding me?

Jamie Tania, relax! She only asked me to...

Tania (Crying.) How... how could do this to me with that fucking... slut?

(Sound of footsteps)

Derek Hi Polly! (Derek kisses Polly) Er... What's going on here?

Polly Tania... This is Derek, my boyfriend.

Jamie You see Tania. I came across Polly, on the party and she asked to help her with her homework today...

Tania Oh my god... I'm so sorry...

Police to target drinks drivers with summers enforcements


Police to target drinks drivers with summers enforcements

"As the national summer drink drive campaign launches today, Cheshire Police will be supporting with a series of anti-drink and drug driving initiatives to both raise public awareness and provide locally driven enforcement activity.

The intelligence led operation, which will be driven by the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), will focus on drivers aged under 30, but also daytime drinkers who may drive to 'alcohol fuelled' events and take the risk of driving home.

Although drink driving enforcement is an all year around activity for Cheshire Police, road safety messages will be delivered through targeted enforcements involving roadside breath tests and field impairment tests.

ACPO's enforcement campaign will target well-intentioned drivers who do not think they are breaking the law but who may be over the legal limit by the time they get into their cars to drive home. Those found to be over the limit will face prosecution, which can lead to a jail sentence."

This type of campaigns are very necessary to avoid accidents killing innocent persons.


Police from Cheshire do breath tests checking the alchool in blood and also if drugs substancies are taken. This is very good to young people and also adullt ones to avoid accidents. Drivers must be more concious of the danger that represents to drive drunk or  whith less reflexes, it can kills an innocent person and themselves too. For this reason if they are caught having drunk they can be brougt to the jail. Here in Spain is a little bit the same but instead of going to jail they have to stop the car waiting for hours untill the alchool levels in blood are normal, and also the driver loses points of his driving licence and can be ran out of circulation for months.



I think these controls are a very good acction from the police to keep ourselves safe. So people who must drive have in perfect conditions to drive a vehicle. In a group of young people going out they can agree that the driver being a different one every time but the most important thing: choosing a non drinking driver to go home.



Impairment: to reduce or weaken in strength, quality. (Reducció de..)
Prosecution: he institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a person. (processament)
Fuelled: any substance burned as a source of heat or power, such as coal or petrol. (alimentat)



Harry potter



Harry potter

The last film  I have seen is the last film of Harry potter, it has been published months ago, I'm a fan of their films. I think that they are very imaginative and emotional at the same time. I own all his films. I started watching it when I was just a child. All the characters in the film have changed a lot, like me, so I am always watching guys a bit older than me (we have grown together), for that reason I think it's a good film for our generation, we feel a bit identifiied with them despite of being (maggles). My family is also a fan of them, when we can we put together at the living room and we see it. We have other favorite films, the important thing is that we can relax for one day in the week. 
In the last film is when harry's history finishes with the dead of his enemy. It's the best film of his seven ones, because it contains action and we can solve some mysteries that the director gave to us in the other films. 
If the make another film I will see it in the cinema as all the others ones but I think that Harry has ran out of the screen.

First exam

First exam

Yesterday I did the first certificate exam in Figueres. I go twice a week to private classes with a few friends. One month ago they told to us if we would take the exam, but we thought that it was too much early and we weren't enough prepared, so we decided that we wouldn't take the exam. But when I arrived at home my mother said that she had resgistered me in the exam. I explained her what has happened but it was too late to change our decision. So yesterday I went alone to the exam, I have to say that I was a bit nervous. The first test I had to do was the reading one, it wasn't difficult but in the last part I hadn't time to finish it well so I put some answers without thought them enought. The second test was the writing's one, I had to compose an e-mail and a formal letter. The second term letter's classes were very useful. The third control I had to pass was "use of english". There was a difficult text that you had to complete with some words they gave to you, then the other parts of the control were easy I think. The listening was the last writen part and it was very confusing. My worst test was the speaking one because I put myself very nervous and I couldn't think and speak very well until we had to describe photos,  then I could speak without looking the interviewer's face and I got more relax.

They will give my mark on July so I hope that I have get more than a sixty per cent... 

Miami

Miami

A journey which I always being thinking on is to go to Miami. Since I was a boy I heart good thinks about it. My parents  had shown  me their  honey   moon travel. They went to Miami and others cities. But it was their favorite one. They had explained me how wonderful and powerful it was. To walk on  the streets in the middle  of  the  huge skyscrapers, the  impression  they  caused, and also  the  feeling  of inferiority  walking  among  them.  The  typical  American  movie, with funny people you could directly saw there. They also  explain  me  so  many good experiences they had.



I also want to travel there  because  I want enjoy   with their  peaceful  beaches,  a  place  like  Hawaii but not as popular as this one, for example Miami. If I have the oppurtunity I would like   to go there without my family. I  think it will be very interesting go there with my friends without any control, but I think that it will very difficuld and expensive at the same time.


Achievements of this year

Achievements of this year

This month of may has been very good for our tennis club. I play "aerodrom's tennis club". This year we arrived to the absolute province final in the category of gold and after a very emoting final we won. We played five individual matches and two doubles against Banyoles' team, after being winners against Lloret and Girona. 

We won two individual ones and they three, so we needed two doubles to win. After being playing during all the morning we won one double. I was playing with my coach. We played in the last match, it was decisive. We were winning 6/2 but we lost the second set 4/6 and then we became nervous but thanks our supporters we won the thirst set 6/3 after playing during almost three hours. Our tennis friends jumped to the court congratulating us. It was very emotive. We were very happy because we played in their court so there were more rivals supporters shouting but we could be the province championship. Finally one friend put me into the bath and I finish very wet, but it didn't matter, we had win the final.

This year I have won the single junior provincial too. It was more difficult and important than the team's one but it wasn't as funny as with my tennis friends. 

Twin tower

Twin tower

I remember perfectly that day, it was a Sunday I think. I was just five years old and I was in the cinema with my parents. I saw it in the television that it was in front of me, I said it to my parents but the didn't realized me, they just said " jaja, it is a film, it can't be possible". But then they turned their heads and the saw that it wasn't a film, it was happening. I felt very bad for that fact. Then I was too little to think about the damaged New Yorker's life but it caused me a bad feeling see most of the people on the television crying. The news was in it for several weeks, explaining all the facts and effects.

Nowadays I can be conscious how important it was, and how many people died that day doing nothing wrong. My parents had been there only two years ago the towers fallen down. They have explained to me that it was the highest thing they had seen, and, I can remember very well, that they had promised to me that if I was good student they would have brought me to see them


Travelling nowadays

Travelling nowadays

At present is easy and cheap to travell anywhere. Prices have been reduced in last years. The fight between companies have advantatged customers. Fly by low cost is ver practical for us. Now is posible to pay a visit to any european capital for weekends or few days. Years ago there were less travels but they least longer because the flies were more expensive than nowadays. But it was only able for few people because normal people couldn't affort it. Nowadays is very useful to desconect from the rutine and visit some city or relax in hotel. 

Rayanair was the first flying company to introduce low cost flights. You could visit London or any other city nearly for the price of a meal. The same opportunity for foreign people, then tourism came to Spain, it was easy to arrive at Barcelona and Girona for few money. This was a great thing to increase benefits for hotels, restaurants and shops. 

Now perhaps there are less people travelling because of the crisis, but the people still traveling. Almost to spend free time with the family.


Healthy life

Healthy life


Nowadays people try to get a healthy life, we are more concious about our health and what bad habits can cause. We practice sport regularly for example riding a bike, running or going on foot to the places. Also we eat nonfat meals and we try to avoid fast food restaurants. We try to buy healthier food at the supermarkets too. The education begins when we are very young, at school they explain to us how to eat an how to have a healthy life. Mothers use to prepare sandwiches rather than biscuits or greasy thinks. A study explain that mothers who works, they managed to prepare more healthy meals (breakfast for school) than other ones who doesn't. I think it's very important to practice sport, in my case tennis, because you socialize and you get fit. I also try to eat all the meals trying to change the sort of foot I eat. However the eat and the sport are not all the things that determinates a healthy life because there are smokers that they cause themselves healthy problems and drinkers that they put their life at the limit. 
But in the other side now is more difficult to eat vegetables and fruits than thirty or forty years ago baecause all we eat is more manipulated (less natural). The best option are ecological products but at the moment they are too much expensive.


Chinese hakers accessed F-35 designs after breaking into U.S system.


Chinese hakers accessed F-35 designs after breaking into U.S system.


A pre-production model of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.



"Chinese hackers have accessed designs for dozens of advanced U.S. weapons and stolen plans for Australia’s new spy headquarters, according to two separate reports from opposite sides of the globe.




China has dismissed both reports.


The Washington Post reported Monday that cyber-thieves broke into American systems and accessed the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the U.S. Navy’s Aegis ballistic missile defence systems, the Patriot missile system and the Black Hawk helicopter.


The Defense Science Board report the Washington Post cited didn’t comment on the extent of the cyber-theft or whether government computer networks had been involved, that cyber-thieves broke into American systems and accessed the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the U.S. Navy’s Aegis ballistic missile defence systems, the Patriot missile system and the Black Hawk helicopter.


The Defense Science Board report the Washington Post cited didn’t comment on the extent of the cyber-theft or whether government computer networks had been involved.
China, which is pursuing a comprehensive long-term strategy to modernize its military, is investing in ways to overcome the U.S. military advantage"




In my opinion this news is very shoking because nowadays hackers are the most important soldiers in the armies. Informatic world is very powerful and this is a very good example. Probably if the chinese hackers would kill lots of people they could do it. Also they could start a new world war with U.S in the focus. The countries must improve security systems because hackers are improving their power in the XXI century. Informatics have accessed the F-35 and it costs milons of euros, it isn't just a killing toy. Nowadays' weapons have a huge capacity of destruction, and we have to take care of them if we would live in a "peaceful" world. 
I thought that was imposible that a group of people in a computer room could access in a hight secret system from the other part of the world as they did. But now I have seen that it is posible and I'm more afraid than before because our weapons don't stop improving, when will it finish?.

Hauk: any of numerous birds of prey of the family Accipitridae, havinga short, hooked beak, broad wings, and curved talons, oftenseen circling or swooping at low altitudes. (Falcó)



Headquarters: a center of operations, as of the police or a business, from which orders are issued; the chief administrative office of an organization. ( Seu d'organització)

Pursuing: to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase. (Persegir)



Denmark's Noma loses world restaurant crown after outbreak



Denmark's Noma loses world restaurant crown after outbreak




"Spain's El Celler de Can Roca seized the title of the world's best restaurant from Denmark's Noma on Monday, one month after dozens of people came down with about of food poisoning from the Copenhagen eatery.
The restaurant in Girona, run by three brothers and known for its dishes based on perfumes, had spent two years as runner-up on the World's 50 Best Restaurants list compiled for a 12th year by more than 900 international experts for Britain's Restaurant magazine.
It swapped places with Noma, the two Michelin-starred Danish restaurant which spent three years at the top but which apologised in March after it left 63 customers suffering from vomiting and diarrhoea over a five-day period.
The magazine said that El Celler de Can Roca "gained global acclaim for its combination of Catalan dishes and cutting edge techniques and the passion that they share for hospitality".
I'm very happy because the world's best restaurant is in our province, and that type of titles attracts tourits from other countries to visit our gastronomy and our culture. El Celler de Can Roca has won the title of best restaurant of the world after being working harly for years. The pation for inovation of the three brothers has brought them to the top. Catalonia is reconaised for its gastronomy and good restaurants. Ferran Adrià whith  the restaurant el Bulli has also promotionated catalan way of cooking achiving also this distinction for its modern way on innovation in cooking. People appreciates a lot the work on preparing dishes, the vanguardia's cooking is nowdays very attracting for gourmets. My father uses to celebrate its meals of enterprise at christmas and summer vacancies there. He always says that El Celler the Can Roca is fantastic.



Swapped: an exchange. (Intercanvi)
Acclaim: to acknowledge publicly the excellence of (a person, act, etc). (Aclamar)
Acknowledge: to recognize or admit the existence, truth, or reality of something. (Reconèixer)

Animal in you

 Elephant
Genus and species:
Loxodonta africana

Collective Term:
A herd of elephants
Careers and Hobbies
Manager
Judge
Musician
Business Exec
Politician
Leader
Singing
Family
Art appreciation
Famous Elephants
Indira Ghandi
Golda Meir
Pavoratti






An elephant personality is a person whose deliberate movements exude confidence and calm in all aspects of his or her life. While maybe not the king of the animal world, it is surely a member of the royal family. With an imposing physical presence and kind, spiritual demeanor, it moves easily through life where few barriers can hold it back.
There's a touch of cool in the stoic elephant that's appealing and reassuring. In all probability this composure stems from the knowledge that they have no natural enemies; even the lion and crocodile personalities pay homage by giving them a respectful berth. Only the unpredictable tiger has been known to trigger any semblance of anxiety in this otherwise fearless animal.
Slow to anger, they can sometimes exhibit a violent temper and use their powerful personality to humble and drive off unwanted intruders. Active during day and night, elephants take naps whenever the urge strikes.
When elephants set their minds to something, they don't waver in their commitment until the task is complete. Their intelligence, combined with a formidable personality, gives them a terrific advantage in business and social affairs while their communication skills make them first-rate leaders. Trustworthy and honest, they always let others know where they stand with regard to their feelings.
In business, elephants are usually found in leadership roles as executives or company presidents and, although highly paid, are never ostentatious with their wealth. In the top echelons of political office, elephant personalities are far more likely to be female. Male elephants are not as predictable as their counterparts, and females are more likely to maintain an even temper. 

Like much predictions, they are general and they say most of humans' characteristics, they remark some humans qualities, so it's very difficult that they can be completely right and completly wrong too. I would like to say that I agree with their prediction because they usually say good qualities (" elephants are usually found in leadership roles as executives or company presidents"). That's for example one of my worst qualities, this year I was chosen in my class like our delegate but I dindn't enjoy it at all. My "deputy mayor" didn't let me a hand during the course so I had to work myself for the class, I didn't want responsabilities so I said Lourdes that I didn't want be the responable of our class.

They usually use your answers in the test to complet the text, they change the words and they add some examples  "Trustworthy and honest, they always let others know where they stand with regard to their feelings." That's an answer that I gave to them in their online test.

The jobs they have recommended to me are completly wrong, I will work in another way. They say some famous elephants.... but, am I like Pavarotti?