jueves, 9 de junio de 2016

FINAL REFLECTION

1.  Can you see an improvement on your level of English in the past year/s?  Where, for example?

Yes! I think that I improve a lot, specially in the writings and in the listening. Nowadays I have more facility to understand all that the teacher says than at the beginning of the course.

2. Which activity best shows your level of English?

For me the activity that shows my level english are the writings, because I really like to write in English, and you know, when you do a thing that you like it, you make it better.

3. Which activities were really USEFUL for you to improve your English? Why?

In my opinion, I think that the best way to learn another language, like English or French for example, is make oral  activities or writings because if you go to England the most important thing that you need to know, is how to talk with the people and how to write. There are a lot of people that when they do grammar are an experts, but when they try to do a writing they don’t know how to do it well.

4. Which activities did you NOT find useful to learn English? Why not?

Maybe the activity that I didn’t find useful is read the book that it’s called “the best of times”, because It’s the worst book I ever read.  Maybe is better to change this book and read another one with a more interesting topic, because if you read a book that you don’t like it, you will not learn anything.

5. Which activities would like to do again next year to keep on improving your English?

For me, I missed to do a discussion once a month. For example, every thursday of the second week of the month, one student should bring an interesting topic and the rest of the class  should discuss about the topic during 30 minutes or something like this. I think that this is a form to improve our level of English, because we need to improvise all that we said, and it’s different as an oral presentation that all are prepared.  With this activity you simulate a situation like if you are in England.

domingo, 22 de mayo de 2016

You dummies! Red faces at manchester United as it emerges bomb scare was caused by dummy device left in toilet by mistake after terror training exercice.

SUMMARY

The security alert that caused the abandonment of manchester United's Premier League clash with Bournemouth, was caused by a dummy device apparently left in the stadium by mistake on the training exercice, sportsmail has learned.

Bomb experts were sent to the Manchester stadium to investigate what was thought to be a suspect mobile phone device and wiring which was found in a toilet cubicle in the ground.

Then the police confirmed that the bomb was left at the stadium in error in the days leading up to the game on the final weekend of the Premier League season.

In my opinion this is very ridiculous, but at the same time I think that all the people can make some errors, because we are humans, but this is a very big error!

VOCABULARY


LINK

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-3591435/Manchester-United-kick-delayed-45-minutes-Stretford-End-Sir-Alex-Ferguson-stand-Old-Trafford-evacuated.html

Are aliens living just 40 light-years away? Astronomers 'hit the jackpot' by finding three Earth-sized habitable worlds bathed in 'eerie red light' around a nearby star.


Trappist-1 is much cooler and redder than the sun and barely larger than Jupiter. Such stars are common in the Milky Way but this is the first time planets have been found around one. The trio of exoplanets is up to 100 times closer to their star than the Earth is to the sun (illustrated) and all three could be habitable



SUMMARY                                                                                                                               The astronomers believe all three may be habitable, and they are now concentrating more technology on these new worlds to find out more.                                                                    The astronomers have discovered three Earth-sized planets orbiting a dwarf star.  This miniature planetary sistem that the astronomers have noticed is just 40 light-years away from Earth, and at least one of these worlds may be not too hot, not too cold, but 'just right'.                                                                                                                                               According to Michaël Gillon of the University of Liège, Belgium, the planets are 20 to 100 times closer to their star than Earth is to the sun. This is more similar to the system of Jupiter's moons than the solar system.                                                                                                                                                                                                                               VOCABULARY                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Dwarf       
Jackpot 
Naked             

LINK      

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3566047/Are-aliens-living-just-40-light-years-away-Astronomers-hit-jackpot-finding-THREE-Earth-sized-habitable-worlds-nearby-star.html                                                                                                                      





sábado, 21 de mayo de 2016

As crisp packets are found in the countryside looking nearly new after 33 years... How long does litter take to rot?


In my opinion, we need to recycle more than ever, because now a days we are using a lot of plastic elements that could last a lot of years to fully desintegrate. If we don't do anything we will have a problem, because we will haven't got enough space to throw the litter.
A lot of anti-litter campaigners recently found 33 year old discarded crisp packets. All the plastic bags and bottles could last hundreds, thousands or millions of years without decomposing, according to scientists.


During a clean-up along the A48 in the Forest of Dean, campaigners found these crisp packets (pictured) that were 33 years old, which meant they had been thrown out of car windows some 1,716 weeks agoIt's not just man-made items, even banana skins can hang around for more than a month, while orange peel can take up to two years to fully desintegrate.

With the fruit juice cartoons, the descomposition time will vary depending on the thickness of the carton, but is around two or three months.

Many plastic bottles are made from polyethylene terephalate, which is almost impossible to break down within any reasonable length of time.

If I win the lottery, the first thing I will buy will be...



If I win the lottery, I think that now a days, the first thing I will buy, will be the pioneer cdj 2000 nexus. The reason is really simple, some people love cars, some people love motorcycle, and I love electronic music, so as the people who loves cars want to buy a car, I want to buy this cdj. This is the best cdj in the world, and is very expensive, I think that the price are around 7500€, so is to difficult to buy it if you don't win the lottery.  And for this reason, the pioneer cdj 2000 nexus will be the first thing I will buy if I win the lottery. 

Fairs & me



Since I was a child, I was a real coward for the fairs. I remember two or three years ago when I went to fairs with my friends, my only function was to take all their stuff, this was very boring. Before and now I like to went to fairs because there are a lot of people and I like the places with people.
Actually, I changed a little bit and I get on  some attractions, only the ones that are not really dangerous. Because these attractions are assembled in one week, and I think that these attractions are not safe!

How long could you survive without modern technology?


All the adults tell to the young people that we have bad habits because we are too used to using modern technology, they say that we don't know how to survive without technology. I don't agree, as it is easier to communicate than with a post card or easier to find something than in an encyclopedia. We don't use encyclopedias, post cards, etc... Because we don't know how to survive without technology, we just find it easier to use computers, phones...

Maybe, we don't know how to have fun without technology, because we are acostumed to play with all the technological instruments and games. Technology gives to us a lot of virtual experiences, that maybe in the place we live, we can't do it.


In my opinion, I think I can survive a lot of time without technology, but this time will be really boring.