GIRONA FC

SUMMARY:

The team Girona FC is been making an amazing, incredible and extraordinary season this year. The team has never been on the first division and now are on the second position.

Girona is one of the teams that have the lower budget and the work of its coach, Pablo Machín is excellent. The team is playing in a good level and the dream of the entire city is near to be part of the real life.

In this part of the season, the supporters of the club are encouraging all the players and they have an important part of the achievement.

PERSONAL OPINION 

In my opinion Girona are doing an excellent job. All this years in second division I went to see Girona a lot of matches and I expect that next year I will see them playing in first division. 

WORDS LEARNT

Racker

Pouncing

Crossbar

http://www.fcbarcelona.com/football/barca-b/detail/article/barca-b-v-girona-fc-defeat-in-catalan-derby-2-4

LA LIGA

SUMMARY:

In La Liga (Spain), Madrid achieved a draw against Valencia yesterday that get away from the first place in the table. Barcelona achieved a win against Real Societat and there are 5 points between the Catalans and Madrid. There are two fixtures yet, but Barça will win one of those matches.

There is an amazing fight for the fourth place and the seventh. There are a lot of teams fighting for the Champions next season and the Europe League.

PERSONAL OPINION:

In my opinion, Barça will win the League title, Madrid will be the second, Atletico the third and Valencia the fourth. Sevilla, Vilareal and Athletic Club will be in Europa League next year. Cordoba, Eibar and Depor will be relegate.

WORDS LEARNT:

Relegate

Overhaul

Frame

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/may/09/real-madrid-valencia-la-liga-match-report

PREMIER LEAGUE

SUMMARY:

Chelsea has won the Premier League title. All the season they demonstrated a big defensive strength. There’s no time since August that it were a better team than Chelsea.

Another reason for the title is that other teams didn’t play at the level that they expected. United and City were irregular.  Arsenal and Liverpool started very bad but they are playing in a top level in the final part of the season.

Chelsea made things good too. Mourinho indentified what the team needs to be better and in summer he signed Costa, Remy and Drogba, strikers. Fabregas and Matic, midfielders. Courtois that he plays as a goalkeeper.

PERSONAL OPINION:

In my opinion Chelsea is the exact winner of Premier League because all the other teams didn’t be at the same level than Chelsea. I excpect thet next year it will be more rivalry.

WORDS LEARNT:

Margin 

Lacking

Slump

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/32570115

Champions League

SUMMARY:

The first round of the Champions League semi-finals has been passed. Last Tuesday, Juventus played against Madrid in his stadium. The result was 2-1 in favour of the Italians. The defensive tactic of Ancelotti was overtaken by all the offensive players of Juventus.

On Wednesday, Barcelona played against Bayern of Munchen in Camp Nou. The match was equalized; Barça put the chances and Bayern the control of the ball. Barça won the match on the last minutes, Messi scored two amainzing goals and Neymar made the third.

PERSONAL OPINION:

In my opinion, Barça is near to the final, but they need to do another extraordinary match in Germany. Madrid I think will pass too. In Bernabeu they will dominate the match.

WORDS LEARNT:

Unfazed

Shrugged

Blasted

http://www1.skysports.com/football/competitions/champions-league

WHO IS MEMPHIS DEPAY?

SUMMARY:

Memphis Depay is one of the youngest talents in Europe. He played for PSV since he has twelve and now he’s age 21. He made his debut when he was seventeen. He plays as a winger and he had scored 38 goals in 88 appearances.  

He had played the last World Cup with Netherlands and he scored a decisive goal against Australia.

Now he had signed a contract for Manchester United for next season.

PERSONAL OPINION:

In my opinion, Memphis is one of the best younger players in the world and I think that United had done the best with this signing. I wish I could watch his talent on the Premier League next year.

WORDS LEARNT:

Winger

Stack up

Thrive

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/32627853

IS THERE TOO MUCH SPORT ON TELEVISION?

In my opinion there is a good balance of sports programmes and none sports programmes on television. To answer this question I have two reasons:

First of all, there are TV channels only dedicated to sports and also others to films, documentaries or information. Here, in Catalunya, we have Esport 3 and they only put sports programmes. But if you want to watch other kind of programmes, you have a lot of channels for having fun and entertainment.

Then, I understand people that think that are too many sport programmes on television because when Barça wins a match, they talk about this too much on the none specialized channels.

To sum up, I want to say that in my opinion there aren’t too many sports on television. My point of view isn’t objective because I love sports programmes...

THE GIANT PLANTS THAT EAT MEAT

SUMMARY:

There are too many plants that look like very attractive and simple but it can eats hundreds of insects and other animals.

Plants have sweet nectar in the cup. When animals arrive there, they start to slide into the “plant stomach”.  There, the plants have digestives juices. This kind of plants can grow to six metres long.

The carnivorous plants are also beneficial for other plants or trees. Their defecations have a big concentration of nitrogen.

PERSONAL OPINION:

I already knew that carnivorous plants exist before but I didn’t realize that they can eat rats or other animals like this. The form that they eat animals is amazing and also is similar to our stomach. I think that if one day I find one of these plants, it will eat me!

WORDS LEARNT:

Lure

Pitcher

Flesh

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150420-the-giant-plants-that-eat-meat

PAUL WALKER, SEE YOU AGAIN

Yesterday I realized how short and strange can be a life. I am not a big fan of Fast & Furious films, I watched one and I felt sleep during these film. But this is not important about this reflection. My girlfriend shows me a song written in remembers of Paul Walker, the main character of these films.

Fast and Furious are different films, all based on illegal street racing. Paul did all the films and never had suffered a big accident doing this. One day he was travelling with Roger Rodas to an event for Walker's charity Reach Out Worldwide for victims of Typhoon Haiyan in Rodas’s car. They shocked with different trees and after the car get into flames. Paul died.

This song is See you again and when I listened for the first time it really affects me. Life is too short and we have to live it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgKAFK5djSk

A LETTER TO FERRAN

Hi Ferran,

This day we are much stressed, we have a lot of exams and a lot of work to do for school. I want to remember that in two weeks we can be in holidays...

But we can meet at the weekend and have relaxed... We can go to the beach, to swim or to play volleyball; we can stay in our homes and watch TV or we can go with our friends...

What is your opinion about this? Have you another opinion or thing to do? Have you got plans for the weekend?

Don’t forget to write me soon,

David.

MY LIFE AT THIS POINT

I am eighteen years old and I think that I am conscious of what I am doing with my life. Now I am doing 2^nd of Btx with hope that the next year I will be doing a degree at University, probably the teacher of primary education.

I am having difficult days in the theme of football because I had an injury and I can’t play with my team. I am working hard and fighting with my muscular strain and I expect that I will be playing soon.

But not all is bad in these days. I am in a good relationship with a girl and she makes my life better. She is always helping me and giving support in my bad moments. I am very happy with her.

I hope that next year I could write another essay like this in the University and without any injuries!

'What Colour Is This Dress?'

SUMMARY:

A woman bought a simple dress for going to her daughter wedding. They had a discussion for the colour of this dress; they put the picture on a website searching more opinions.

After few days, that dress was trending topic on all the social networks. A lot of famous people commented the dress photo saying the colour that they saw.

 This dress has become very popular and also the universities are making studies searching why people see the dress in different colours.

PERSONAL OPINION:

I have been fascinated with the photo of the dress because I see it in different colours in one day. At the morning I see it blue and black and at the evening I saw it white and gold.

WORDS LEARNT:

Prompt

Sparked

Spawing

http://news.sky.com/story/1435434/what-colour-is-this-dress-debate-swamps-web

The Blurred Lines Copyright Verdict is Bad News for Music

SUMMARY:

Marvin Gaye family reported the song of Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke Blurred Lines that is a copy of Got to give it up.

First of all, the Gaye’s family didn’t think that Blurred Lines song was a copy of Got to give it up. The family’s lawyer made the first move and the Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke defended this song saying that they only took a feeling and if the songs are similar is because they’re in the same genre.

After some trials, the judge found that Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke had to pay 7 million dollars.

PERSONAL OPINION:

In my opinion and after searching and listening the two songs I think that are too different and I won’t say that they copy the Gaye’s song. And the fine that they had to pay was too high from the similarity of the songs.

WORDS LEARNT:

Wherewithal

Overbearing

Domain

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/03/blurred-lines-copyright-verdict-bad-news-music

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/03/12/entertainment/blurred-lines-lawyer-billboard-feat/

IRON MAN GIVES BIONIC ARM TO SEVEN-YEAR-OLD BOY

SUMMARY:

The main character of the science-fiction film Iron Man and The Avengers, Robert Downey Jr, paid a biotic arm to a seven-year-old boy. His name is Alex and he has born with a problem in his right arm. His arm has been only partially developed.

The name of the creator and who designed this biotic arm is Alberto Manero. Manero is an engineering student and his project is to create biotic arms for all children around the world with disabilities in the arms.

PERSONAL OPINION:

In my opinion is a good idea to show support for this children that have problems in his arms. I value a lot the project of the student Alberto Manero because I think that is a good way to start helping those kids.

WORDS LEARNT:

Footage

Limb

http://news.sky.com/story/1444080/iron-man-gives-bionic-arm-to-seven-year-old-boy

SARAH BRIGHTMAN WRITING SONG TO SING IN SPACE

SUMMARY:

Sarah Brightman is a soprano Singer from opera and she would like to sing a song composed from her in the space.

The next 1 of September, Sarah would travel to the International Space Station and she wants to sing her own song there. She said that her dream of her childhood is to travel to space. After, she and her husband increased the dream, singing their own song during the travel.

OPINION:

In my opinion it’s amazing that someone could achieve her or his dream of childhood and is fascinating to achieve the goal of Sarah, travel to space and singing a song!

WORDS LEARNT:

Spacecraft

Pivotal

Track

http://news.sky.com/story/1442227/sarah-brightman-writing-song-to-sing-in-space

KANY WEST ON HIS EGO, ART AND REPUTATION

SUMMARY:

The last Monday 2 of March Kanye West, who is a very important rapper of the US, gave a talk at Oxford University. There, he talked about his thoughts, religions, music, art, policy and about his life.

The rapper talked about very interesting topics like what would he do if he couldn’t be a rapper. He said that he would be an artist like Picasso or better, he also criticized the luxury and the prices of some clothes. In the talk, he recognized his Achilles heel, his ego that he said that it’s too big.

OPINION:

When I read this news about the talk of Kanye West I’ve been fascinated, I need a minutes to think about all the topics that he explained and I loved the way of he think. 

WORDS LEARNT:

Weapons

Elitism

Crabs

http://news.sky.com/story/1437126/kanye-west-on-his-ego-art-and-reputation

THE 16 MOST AMAZING NESTS BUILT BY BIRDS

SUMMARY:

It's very difficult to understand how birds can make those wonderful nests. They usually use they own saliva or mud to paste the branch that they can find in the trees or on the floor.

Birds can also create a communitarian nest and work all together for the construction, maintenance and repair for their own palace. This is the case of Sociable Weaver (Philetairus socius).

Other type of birds create their nest with leaves and silk fibers, all this attached to the tree with the spider silk and covered with lichens for camouflage. These birds are the hummingbirds.

OPINION:

Birds are in my life since I born. I have always been living with my grandfather birds and I like this kind of animals a lot. In my opinion this news is fascinating, interesting and enjoyable, I learnt a lot reading how the different birds create their own and original nest. 

WORDS LEARNT:

Staggering

Tiny

Stretchable

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150307-the-16-most-amazing-bird-nests

SUMMER HISTORY

I thought it was going to be an ordinary day, but I was wrong. I woke up and I didn’t remember where I was. I started to walk around the strange house and I quickly remembered I was at a new friend's house. I didn’t recognize it because we arrived late the night before and everything was dark. Some light of the day was coming through the window and I saw my friends sleeping. I waited in the kitchen, my friends started waking up lazily. We felt tired and we had no plans.When all the seven friends finished breakfast, the doorbell rang.  We didn’t expectanyone. All the boys who were in the house went to the door and I opened it. A man started talking and with his words, a smile started to draw on our faces. He gave us all the machines to record our cd. We didn't waste any time and we started to record with the new objects.

It was a good experience, but it wasn’t the same for our parents who had paid all the things.

THE LONGEST YARD

I don’t see many films on TV, but last Friday night I saw a good film. The title of the film is The Longest Yard.

This film is about an old quarterback who is arrested and put into prison. In the prison of Texas he makes a lot of friends and has the idea of the organization of a match, guards vs. prisoners. The match is amazing and thrilling with the final victory of the prisoners.

What I particularly liked about the Longest Yard was the humour parts and the match which is very exciting. The script is very good and all the jokes of the films are funny.

I would recommend this film because I laughed a lot and I couldn’t stop watching it because of its exciting scenes. I had a good moment watching this film. 

CAN T, AN EXTRAORDINARY CAFÉ

This report is about Can T, which I would recommend for the extraordinary service and the atmosphere of the other young people who go here.

This Café have a pool and a table soccer that are very popular in this moment in our country and also have a space to play darts. In Can Serrats usually have ambient music and once a month they have different bands that play very good music. The menu of this café costs about 10€ and it includes two dishes, deserts and café. They also serve sandwiches. The service is fast and efficient.

It’s open every day from 9am to 11pm, except on Mondays. In summer they open till pass midnight.

To sum up, I recommend this café because me and my friends pass a lot of evening there and we don’t have any complaints. 

WHAT SHOULD WE WEAR TO SCHOOL?

My school is relaxed about the clothes we can wear and other kind of accessories.  Since 2009 I am going in Castelló d’Empúries and the rules didn’t change.

All kinds of clothes are available to wear at school for example everything can wear dresses, short skirts, tracksuits, T-shirts, shirts… There are no rules about girl’s make-up, about strange hairstyle or jewellery. The only accessory that is not allowed to wear at our school is a cap or a hat.

If I could make the rules for a school I would be very strict about the clothes of girls or boys. For example they must wear clean and tidy clothes, and they must wear deodorant, I don’t like bad smells. They shouldn’t have strange colours of dying and Mohican is not allowed too. Normal jewellery would be allowed for boys and girls but not too big and not too much make-up for girls.

I usually wear jeans and T-shirt to school and a jacket in winter. I think my clothes are normal to wear at school and appropriate.