FINAL REFLECTION 2008- 2010

FINAL REFLECTION

My english progress from 2008-2010

- To compare my first written document and my last composition read my first written document, I read my first composition and I can observe that now I have more ability to write compositions because I write more. In batxillerat one I didn’t have the ability to write because I didn’t practice but in batxillerat 2. I observed that the all the compositions that I wrote, I have more ability and I learn vocabulary, grammar, connectors, language and I think that before in batxillerat 1 I wrote about less mature subjects and now I see that I have changed the subject and I see that I can write about subjects that are more complicated.
- To compare my first oral presentation and last oral presentation, I saw them and I think that I have improve my fluency in English. Apart from that, I improved my subjects about oral presentation. The first oral presentation was about my hobby “the horses and the riding school” and I think that these subjects are very easy because you tell them your hobby and your experiences and the last oral presentation was about my research project that it was easy also because you were supposed to explain your project that you did in 10 months but I observed that the fluency was better than the first oral because I practiced more and I learned more vocabulary. But in batxillerat 2 we can saw that I had to interpret subjects that were more difficult about British humor and others.
In conclusion, I think that I have improved my pronunciation, my body language and the fluency but I think that I can improve more my pronunciation more because it is a little bad.

My English COMPETENCE in 2010

I believe that my best oral presentation was about my research project because I knew a lot this project and I could speak with more ability. I think that when you explain a subject that you prepared a lot you have more fluency to say something.

This year I had written a lot and I can’t say which is the best composition was that I did, but I can say that this year I wrote a lot more than other year and I think that I have more fluency to write and I believe that it’s advantages because it you allow to write something about anything. I suppose that my best writing are last compositions that I wrote because having a good structure, more maturity and rich about vocabulary.

The future
English competence, I think that is very important to have more fluency of English writing and it’s for this reason that all we had to write a lot. Furthermore, the project about the blog helped us to increase our marks so you have more probabilities to increase your mark or pass this subject and it’s a good opportunity. Now, I will continue to learn English because this summer I am going to an English family in England for two weeks and I think that I will improve my pronunciation and fluency to speak English. I believe that this opportunity is perfect to improve my English and I think that it’s an opportunity I have to enjoy a lot.!!

Barraques! '10

Well, today I will talk about “ festes de St Creu” in Figueres. This weekend there is barraques in Figueres. Barrakes consists of a stage with music and afterwards different bars around. There are a lot of people and next to Barrakes there is the fair. On Saturday, we went to Julia’s party at her house and we had dinner and we gave her the presents, it was perfect party!! And afterwards we went to Barrakes. There we found the other people of different places and we were very happy. The other weekend there is Barrakes also but I won’t go because next week, I have a lot of exams and I have to study very hard. We can say that this year, barraques 2010 had been very short. But I prefer to study and afterwards get good results, and I think that now we are at the end of school year and we have to get good marks to improve, for this reason, we have to study hard and we have to deprive ourselves of barraques or other parties, I believe that now we can’t play with our future. So I recommend all students that you study very hard.

NEW HOTEL!

Well, I will talk about a very modern restaurant. The other day I was walking in Hospitalet de Llobregat and I saw that there a hotel with avanguardista style had opened. I observed it and this hotel is especially for people who travel for business. The hotel has different characteristic than other hotels from Barcelona. This hotel has four stars and I think that they renounce other star due to strategy in front of time of crisis.

This hotel is very striking. The function of the hotel is to attract tourism; the hotels improve the numbers of stars to represent more quality. In this case, this new hotel decreases one star to get more people in the hotel. The hotel gives us diversification the offer so it thinks for it will do congress, conference, and because there will be urban tourism. The hotel guarantees the public transport too.

We can observe that the only aim of this hotel is to do different activity in the
same building so this hotel had been build to do all activities. This hotel is very nice and the tourism attracted a lot due to his design and his quality.

BLOG!

When we started first batxillerat, we had to do our own blog and had to write ten posts per term. When we started second batxillerat it was six per term. The blog consisted of your own page that you had to decor and write a letter, discuss essay, opinion essay, description, argumentative text,... the topic is optional, you can let yourself be carried along by your imagination.

On the one hand, I think that to do 6 posts every term is good idea because you practice the fluency. I believe that until I started to write my blog , at first batxillerat from now I improve my fluency because now I can write quickly. Apart from that I think that you learn vocabulary, new words, new ways to do a composition (discuss essay, opinion essay,...), and these are fantastic to improve our writing.

On the other hand, I think that this blog spends a lot of time because you had to do 6 posts every term and it results in a lot of work. So, you had to organize yourself very well so your work doesn’t accumulate the last day.

In conclusion, personally I think that I've improved my writing because I have more fluency to write and I learn a lot of vocabulary. I think that this form you can improve your writing.

DESCRIPTION!

Well, in this composition, I want to describe the main character about Great Expectations: Pip and Joe. The main character is Pip. Pip is an orphan and he lives with his sister and Joe. Pip goes to school and he helps Joe and afterwards he works as blacksmith but his dream is always to learn to be a gentleman also he finds out that he doesn’t enough have money. But one day, Mighwith reward him for his kindness and he gives money to go in London. Pip takes advantage of a moment. Pip falls in love Estella and he suffers a lot because of her.

I describe Joe. Joe is Pip’s brother-in law because he married his sister. Joe works as blacksmith. Joe always behaves very well with Pip, he does the father of Pip and they have a good relationship. Joe teaches Pip as to be a good blacksmith until Pip goes out to London. Joe finds out that he doesn’t give the dream of Pip because he doesn’t have enough money but he tries to make happy him. Joe is a good person and very kind. He always loves Pip.

Great Expectations

The book is about a boy called Pip who is an orphan because their parents had died and he lives with his sister and Joe, his brother- in law. One day, when Pip visits the gravestone of their parents in churchyard, a strange man comes there and he threatens if he cries or says something he will cut his throat and the strange man asks for food and drink.

The next day, Pip returns in the churchyard with the food and the strange man tells him that he escaped the prison-ship. This fact is very important in the story because afterwards the strange man give a reward. His uncle called Pumblechook invites Pip to visit Miss Havisham, who is a very rich woman and she is very sad due to his husband break up with her the day of wedding. Miss Havisham wants Pip to go to play with her and her daughter every day. Pip fall in love of Estella, the daughter, but they never go together. Pip works as blacksmith and he helps Joe who also wants to be a gentlemen, it’s his dream.

Afterwards Ms Jaggers, who is lawyer, tells Pip that there is a benefactor that he wants to pay for his education in London and he goes to London and he begins to learn to be a gentleman. His teacher is Ms Pocket and he meets a lot of people. A day, the man strange visits him he called Magwithc, and he says that he will pay him all to reward his kindness. Pip receives a letter that his sister died and so Orlick, who is a blacksmith working for Joe, wondered her. Pip wants to be a good gentleman to marry with Estela but Estela marries Dummle, who is a friend of Pip. Pip discovers that Estela is daughter with Migwithc and her mother called Molly, who was a waitress at Jagger and afterwards Ms Havisham adopted her. In the end, Pip return in his town and he visits Ms Havisham’s house and he finds Estella that she is widow and they are together.

We can see that the story is a mystery. Because Pip receives a lot of money but he doesn’t know who the person who gives it and why and after in the story we discover who is the person and why. Is Mighwitch , the prison-ship because to reward his kindness.

I recommend this book because it’s an amusing story because it is like a soap opera and if you like it I recommend it to you.

News: Another flat of Carme (Barcelona) has closed due to subsidence

This news is about the atmosphere in Carme Street located in Barcelona. Carme Street is a conflictive neighbourhood in Raval, a neighbourhood neglected in Barcelona. Immigrants lived in this Street and they lived illegally and the other day a boy was stabbed, furthermore was burnt in his flat. The neighbours said that it is impossible to live in this area.
We can observe that the Carme Street is located in a neighbourhood called Raval, which is a neglected area because Raval has narrow street, old flats, level socioeconomic low,...
The city Hall has planned to stop the degradation and the objective is to recover these neighbourhoods. The city Hall gives some money and this means that the neighbourhoods will get improved social assistance.

NEWS: Eleven diabetic already have artificial pancreas

The people who suffer from diabetic disease that the diabetic usually starts when you are small, every day this disease is more controlled. The doctors of Hospital General of Massachusetts (USA) created artificial pancreas that controls the level of glucose in the blood. This method is successful because they have tried these implantations with eleven people and it was successful and they didn’t need the injection of insulin. These eleven people were admitted to the hospital and they ate carbohydrates and they didn’t have hypoglycaemia, this means that they didn’t have a concentration of glucose. And this method is wonderful, very important experiement in medical engineering.

Ruleta- Rihana

Take a Breath
Pren l’aire
Take it deep
profundament
calm yourself,
Calma-te
he says to me
Ell em diu
if you play,
Si jugues
you play for keeps
Juga fins al final
Take the Gun,
Agafa l’arma
and count to three
I conte fins a tres
I’m sweating now..
Ara estic soant
moving slow..
Moute lentament
No time to think,
No hi ha temps per pensar
my turn to go..
El teu torn ja arribat

And You can See
I si tu pots veure
My Heart Beating..
El meu cor bategant
You Can See it through my chest
Tu pots veure’l a través dels meus pits
Said I’m Terrified
Estic espantada
but I’m Not leaving..
Però no marxaré
I know that I must
Jo sé que jo haig de
Pass This test
Passa aquesta prova

SO Just Pull The Trigger
Pertant apretaré el gallet
(trigger, trigger)

Say a Prayer, to yourself
Diré una oració o resaré per tu
he says close your eyes
Ell diu: tanca els teus ulls
sometimes it helps
de vegades ajuda
and then I Get, a Scary thought
I desprès jot inc una idea aterridora
that is here means he is never lost
que el que està aqui el mig ell mai no ho ha perdut
And You can See
I tu pots veure
My Heart Beating
el meu cor bategant
You Can See it through my chest
Tu pots veure’l a través dels meus pits
said I’m Terrified but
estic espantada però
I’m Not leaving
Jo no marxaré o fugiré
know that I must
sé que jo haig
Pass This test
De passa la prova

SO Just Pull The Trigger
Pertant jo apretaré el gallet
And My Life flashes before
I la meva vida parpedejara
my eyes
els meus ulls
I’m wondering Will I ever see
Em pregunto si tornaré a veure
another sunrise?
Sortir el sol ?
so many won’t get the
així que molts no tindran
chance to say goodbye
la sort o l’oportunitat de dir adèu
but it’s too late to pick up
però és massa tard per recollir
the value of my life
el valor de la meva vida

And You can See
I tu pots veure
My Heart Bleeding
El meu cor bategant
You Can See it through my chest
Tu el pots veure’l a través dels meus pits
said I’m Terrified but
estic espantada però
I’m Not leaving
Jo no marxarè o fugiré
I know thai I must
Jo sé que haig de
Pass This test
Passar aquesta prova

MICHAEL JACKSON- HEAL THE WORLD

There's A Place In Your Heart
Hi ha un espai en el teu cor
And I Know That It Is Love
I jo sé que és l’amor
And This Place Could Be Much Brighter Than Tomorrow
I aquest lloc podria ser molt més brillant que demà
And If You Really Try
I si tu tries
You'll Find There's No Need To Cry
Tu trobaràs que no necessites plorar
In This Place You'll Feel
En aquest lloc tu no sentiras
There's No Hurt Or Sorrow
Dolor ni pena.
There Are Ways To Get There
Hi ha camins d’arribar allà
If You Care Enough For The Living
Si et preocupes tan per la vida
Make A Little Space
Feu una mica d’espai
Make A Better Place...
I un lloc millor..
Heal The World
Cuida el món
Make It A Better Place
Fent un lloc millor
For You And For Me
Per tu I per mi
And The Entire Human Race
I per la resta d’humans.
There Are People Dying
Hi ha gent morint
If You Care Enough
Si tu et preocupes tan
For The Living
Per la vida
Make A Better Place
Faràs un lloc millor
For You And For Me
Per tu I per mi

If You Want To Know Why
Si tu vols saber perquè
There's A Love That
Hi ha un amor que
Cannot Lie
És autentic
Love Is Strong
Vol dir que es un amor profund
It Only Cares For
I nomes es preocupa per
Joyful Giving
Entregar l’alegria
If We Try
Si nosatres intentem
We Shall See
Nosaltres veurem
In This Bliss
La felicitat
We Cannot Feel
Nosaltres no podem sentir
Fear Or Dread
la por ni el terror
We Stop Existing And
Nosaltres deixarem d’existir I
Start Living
Començarem a viure

Then It Feels That Always
Se sent com si sempre
Love's Enough For
El amor fós suficient per
Us Growing
Fer-nos creixer
So Make A Better World
Per això farem un món millor
Make A Better World...
Farem un món millor..

And The Dream We Were
I el somni en el que vam seri
Conceived In
Concebuts
Will Reveal A Joyful Face
Mostrarà una cara alegre
And The World We
I el món
Once Believed In
En que una vegada vam creure
Will Shine Again In Grace
Brillarà amb gràcia una altre vegada
Then Why Do We Keep
Per això perquè nosaltres continuarem
Strangling Life
Estrangulant la vida
Wound This Earth
Fent mal el món
Crucify Its Soul
Crucifixant l’esperit
Though It's Plain To See
Encara que esta clar que es pot veure
This World Is Heavenly
Que aquest món es diví
Be God's Glow
Es la llum de Déu

We Could Fly So High
Nosaltres podem volar tan alt
Let Our Spirits Never Die
Que els nostres spirits mai moren
In My Heart I Feel You Are All
En el meu cor jo sento que tots vosaltres
My Brothers Create A World With No Fear
Sou els meus germans crean un món sense por
Together We'll Cry Happy Tears
I junts plorarem llagrimes de felicitat
See The Nations Turn Their Swords Into Plowshares
I veurem que els països faran que les seves espases es converteixen en aros
We Could Really Get There
Nosaltres realment podriem arribar allà
If You Cared Enough
Si tu et preocupes tan
For The Living
Per la vida
Make A Little Space
Crea un poc a poc un espai
To Make A Better Place...
Crea un lloc millor
You And For Me …
Per tu i per mi…

Writing: dialogue

Nowadays there are professions that are dying out for example a shepherd or a farmer. These professions are dying out because nowadays the new generations don't follow the same way as their ancestors and they create new tecnologies that substitute the old ones. Today I am interviewing a shepherd to find out his opinions and to know what he did befroe and what he does now.

N- Hello, I'm Nuri, a journalist. What's your name?

S- Hello everbody!! My name's Peter and I live in Vila Sacra, a small town.

N- What's your profession?

S- I work as a sheperd.

N- and What's your opinion about your profession?

S- Well, my profession is routine, every day you have to do the same things and control your sheep.

N- and Do you think that your profession is dying out?

S- Ooh yes!! I think that nowadays there aren't many shepherds because now the young people want to study and create new tecnology and I believe that these professions that we could call traditional professions are dying out.

N- Okey, thank you for your time.

Writing: Toxic Friend

Dear Paula,

Hi Paula!! How are you? Now I have free time and I am spending it writing a letter. The other day, I found out that you failed six subjects this term. What's happening Paula? At first, I didn't know but after your mum told me that this term you were absent-minded. I think that next term you have to improve and you have to work every hard, remember that this year we have to do the selectivity exams in June. I believe that you have made an effout to improve a lot, I trust you!!

Bye Paula and I wish you good luck

Your Friend Nuri**

Diary of London! Part3

Letter to the editor of a local newspaper!

Divorce rates are increasing in Europe. Does this mean that marriage is in crisis? Are you in favour or against marriage? Write a letter to the editor of a local newspaper explaining your opinion.

Dear New York Time’s editor,

My name is Nuri Galí Bellapart and I read your news about divorce rates which are increasing in Europe and I am writing to you to give you my opinion.
Certainly, the divorce rates are increasing in Europe because couples get married and a few years later they break up their marriage. Nowadays as we can see there are more marriages that end in divorce than before.

In my opinion, I think that the marriage is in crisis because there are a lot of people that now get divorced. I believe that it is because the couples don’t know each enough and afterwards the problems start. I think that when you know a boy or a girl you have to know them very well and you have to be self-confident that you want to get married to him or her before to get married thus there wouldn’t be so many divorces. Because if you aren’t sure about getting married to him or her afterwards is when the couples end their marriage.

Nuri

NEWS: POLONIA CRY FOR YOUR PRESIDENT

This piece of news tells us that the president of Polonia and other people who worked with him died due to accident by plane.
Lech Kaczynski and eighty people who worked with him in the government died because they had a plane accident in Smolensk, Russia. The president, his wife and the other people went in Katyn to commemorate the mass killing of 22.000 soldiers that Stalin ordered. Nobody survived the plane accident.
The people who live in Varsovia were in front of palace presidential with the flowers and candles. It’s very sad!.

News: Botox

These news articles tell us the pros and cons of Botox. Botox is a toxin that paralyzes the muscles and so the frown lines disappear. it says that nowadays there are a lot of demands of this treatment because it’s legal in Spain. Botox doesn’t produce any poisoning because the dose that they use is very small. If they use very big doses the Botox will damage the health of the person. Botox is dangerous because it paralyses the muscles and the doctor affirms that if they touch a muscle incorrectly the Botox, this toxin, can produce diversion in the mouth or in the eyebrow and it can have consequences like to have one eyebrow higher than the other.
The effects of Botox last up to four months and now the problem is that when the effect of Botox is finished the people have the treatment again and they are addicted to this treatment and this over a long time can have consequences.