WE HAVE ALMOST LEARNT TO RESPECT THE WORLD. DO YOU AGREE?

People aren't respecting the world at all, they aren't doing anything to help the environment. In my opinion we continue to destroy the planet.

Every day it is going worst, especially with hunger, deforestation and with pollution. The population knows that the world is in bad conditions but they don't want to believe it. Because they are scared; they don't want to think about those things, they can't imagine that one day, all will be finished.

Secondly, we don't have enough water for all our needs and we continue to waste it. Every day we are cutting down lots of trees without thinking about the day there will be no more trees to help us to live. We, and the planet need those trees. But not destroying them.

A man once said: "When we have eaten the last fish and cut the last tree, the man will realize that we can't eat money." With that phrase I want to conclude this topic. And don't forget that to respect the world, first we need to progress and respect each other.

SAND WATER

In the picture you can see sand. But it is not sand. It's water, water of sand. How can that be? ........

This photo was taken in Greenland. I couldn't say the name of the nearest village but what I know is that it is located to the South-East.

It is said that if you bathe in this water, it's like you've bathed in mud. The sand of this water will hydrate the body and returns color to your skin.

Some believe that you can cure certain diseases and some claim to have done it. Though I admit, is something hard to believe.

So I leave you to reflect on this, on this history and also about all the others that I have told you. I hope you liked my circus, and I thanks you have been present at this show.

FORREST GUMP

Forrest Gump is a movie about the life of a man who has some problems. First, he had problems for walk, when he was younger, and then, when he talks, he talks like a little boy.

But, it's a movie that conveys a lot of love, compassion and joy. It's a film that makes you want to go outside and run and run and never stop, don't think about your life, just run and seize.

The first time I saw this film I didn't understand at all because I only had about eight years. But a few years ago, I looked it again and since then, I look at everything differently. I finished the movie crying, thinking about what to do with my life, and what would happen if ...

So I went out, I went for a walk, and I thought.

This film deserves to be seen by every single citizen of this planet, I think that without this film you can't understand the meaning of life.

THE MAN OF THE MOON

Now, I will tell a story that maybe children will like more. Do you know why the moon is lit each night? Well, I will explain what I discovered on an incredible journey to Argentina.

Argentina is a big country, with good views and good company. There we met Dani, a young boy who insisted on being our guide the rest of our trip. He taught us the most beautiful parts of Argentina and also he told us this incredible story.

Andrew is a giant man who lives hidden, nobody knows where. It is said that every night when the bells of the churches of all villages at a time, he rises and walks over the moon. There, no one knows how, he lights the moon.

And when it is time to rise the sun, he turns off the moon.

Dani told us that sometimes, at night, you can see his shadow with the reflection of the moonlight.

THE 4 FANTASTICS

Mexico is a beautiful country but also quite dangerous. There are not many people who are trusted,  all of them don't like talking to strangers. The only thing that fascinates them is the legend of the country, that of the Fantastic Four.

Val, Kan, Alan and Anthon are four young men who lived in Mexico long ago. Val was originally from Ukraine, Kan was Spanish, Alan was from Mexico and Anthon from Sicily. They met in Mexico for unknown reasons.

It is said that Val could become invisible, Kan could create a tsunami, Alan could wake the volcanoes and Anthon was the man of the woods, he could do that all the trees move.

The legend says that together they created Mexico, expelling all the invaders who came to their territory.

They died of unknown causes.

A MIGHTY MOUNTAIN

The Canary Islands is a very beautiful place and the people there are very welcoming. In December we went there because we really wanted to surf. So we spent the first three days surfing endlessly, until we decided to visit the island.

On the fifth day we went to walk around the volcanoes of Fuerteventura, until we find something supernatural.

On the top of the mountain, things happen that I can't explain. It was as if the air was magical, as if your feet don't want to touch the ground.

Suddenly, when you stop walking, you feel lightness. We all looked at each other until one of us began to rise, he began to stop touching the ground. He was flying.
And then, we all fly too.

The only thing I can assure is that we didn't understand the reason for what it happened.

HOPE, THE COW

The cow that you can see in the photo looks like a cow as either: horns, ears, four legs and a tail. But no. Appearances can be deceiving, you should already know it.

We met this lovely animal in Norway. A friend invited my circus to visit that wonderful country. And this friend introduced us to Hope.

The cow doesn't have much extraordinary when you look outside only. But when you know her better, you realize that she's much more than a mere animal.

Every time you get lost, every time you need help, every time you feel like you're mourn or scared, she appears.

She appears to stay by your side until things are settled.

Even they said that once somebody saw her in two places at once.

FLOWER OF LIFE

One of my most mysterious is the Malaysian travel. When my circus and I were there on holiday, we felt very uncomfortable. There was something, but we didn't know what. It was as if the whole day someone was watching us.

Three days later, a woman approached me in the street trying to sell me fruits of the country. I agreed to try it. Within two hours of having eaten the fruit, I felt as if all the blood in my body was freezing, as if my eyes were forced to close.

I had been poisoned.

The village doctor came right away and with him he brought a flower. I didn't know what he pretended to do with that, but I didn't said nothing. I just wanted to heal me. The man picked up a petal of the flower and from this petal  he took a juice that he put directly in my mouth.
I fainted.
At 3 hours, I awoke, it was like if I reborn.

SHOOTING AT MOTHER'S DAY

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22506029

Nineteen people have been wounded in a shooting at a Mother's Day parade in the US city of New Orleans, police say.

At Mother's Day 10 men, 7 women and 2 children were wounded by guns. The police said that after the gunfire, three men escaped from there. At this moment there was more than 200 people in the area of the shot.

People said that New Orleans is an area were there's many guns crime. The scene was situaded in a poor neighbourhood.

A woman said she saw a man with a shot in his arm so, they were all terrified. Luckely, nobody dies.

FBI spokeswoman Mary Beth Romig said they had "no reason to believe it was an act of terror, just street violence".

I' ve chosen this topic because I was really interested in reading it and when I've already done it, I thought it was a great topic for my blog.

NEW WORDS: wounded (ferits), gunfire (tiroteo), impromptu (improvitzat).

ADVANTADGES & DISAVANTADGES OF A GAP YEAR

  A gap year is a year when people who were studying their whole life take a year to make a trip in another place. They can be volunteers in an ONG or they can decide to make a trip paying all the costs just to learn.

  On the one hand a gap year can be very positive for your life because it gives you a lot of knowledge and a lot of different experiences, like speak another language. In addition with a gap year you can learn a lot of things about life and other traditions, culture and other ways of life.

  On the other hand with a gap year you can forget a little of what you studied and it will be more difficult to study again when you return to your country. Also you have to know well where you want to go, because all places can be dangerous.

  My conclusion is that a gap year is more positive than negative. I want to take a gap year because I want to learn a lot about other ways of life. I think all people have to do it one time, for their experiences.

BOKO HARAM RELEASES HOSTAGE

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22510765

Nigeria's militant Islamist group Boko Haram has abducted women and children in response to the arrest of its members' wives and children, it says.

The Nigerian Boko Haram has done is first taken hostage. He has released a first video of women and children being hostage.

"We kidnapped some women and children, including teenage girls," he said.

He has admitted that he has caused a series of attacks in different cities, causing a huge number of victims.
A confidential person said that Boko Haram was paid a lot (more than $3m) to free hostage.

He is trying to create an Islamic state in Nigeria.

I've chosen this topic because I think that it's a bit unfair by Boko Haram. I think there are different and better ways to create a religion or anything else.

NEW WORDS: hostage (retenidos), retaliating (represalias).

BANGLADESH FACTORY

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22476774

"The death toll from Bangladesh's worst industrial accident has passed 1,000 as recovery teams continue to find more bodies in the wreckage." BBC

On 24 April the Rana Plaza factory building has collapsed with about 2,500 people in it. From now, 2,437 people had been rescued but most of them were decomposed. Most of them were women.
Now, bodies are being taken to a nearby school.

Lot of families are there trying to find their parents,children,brothers or more.
Officials said the recovery operation will finish on Friday.

They said that aproximately, 650 bodies were recognized by their family. Authorities are taken DNA from all the victims to identify more people.

"We have found a huge number of bodies in the stairwell and under the staircases. When the building started to collapse, workers thought they would be safe under the staircases." Brigadier-General Siddiqul Alam
"Each time we moved a slab of concrete, we found a stack of bodies." Brigadier-General Siddiqul Alam

I've choosen this topic because the history of this misfortune has seemed a very "interesting" topic to post it on this blog.
To these misfortunes we can't do anything to avoid them, these things happen, whether by destiny, by a responsible person or something else.

NEW WORDS: wreckage (destrucció), stairwell (hueco de escalera), slabe of concrete (hormigón).

IRELAND

In this post, I'm going to talk about a wonderful place called Ireland.
Ireland is an island located in the north-west of continental Europe. It's the twentieth largest island in the world. It population is approximately 6.4 million.

Ireland's geography has a lot of mountains surrounding a central plain with some rivers, too. The island has lush vegetation because climate is a little extreme.. There, it rain a lot.

The Common Agricultural Policy has subsidies some requirements to preserve the agriculture. The forest covers about 12.6% of the country.

Ireland has made a large contribution to world literature in all its branches. Poetry in Irish is the oldest poetry in Europe. Irish traditional music and dance is the Riverdance.

I have choosen this place to describe because in September I will go there for a week with a friend. I really love the history of the country and all the mountains and vegetation too. I think Irish people are really good persons and their look is so different that I have the curiosity to learn more of them. I think it's a very good experience to do!

THE GUARDIAN

In Northern Ireland, there is a valley called Lagan. This valley is well known and very big too. We went there a couple of weeks. We hired a tour guide named Bobby. He made us visit some of the most beautiful parts of Northern Ireland. But he always talked about a site and its guardian.
At first we didn't understand exactly what he wanted to say but one day we ask him to visit that site.
We walked through a forest where the trees are taller than the buildings, where the sounds of the animals don't scare you. The forest conveys peace.
Then we arrived to an old bridge. We crossed. On the other hand, there was a trail. Then, in the middle of the path there was the guardian.
We expected to find a huge guardian with weapons and violent. But no.
This guardian is called Laika. It's a golden-retriever dog who appears to be about four years. But, do you know what Bobby told us?

"Laika é bás a fháil. Níos mó ná céad bliain ó shin go gcoinníonn sí an sliabh."

"Laika is immortal. It's been more than one hundred years ago that she keeps this mountain."

THE INDEPENDENT

Congo is a very special place. Although people are poor, everyone smiles. They are known to all and are happy with who they are and what they have. Clearly they would like to have more, but they don't ask for it. They simply take advantage of a new day.

There, we were welcomed great, everyone was very pleased with our visit. We decided to make a show to thank them and they loved it!

A young boy named Kami  made us visit some unexpected places. One is a valley called "Opportunity". In the middle of the valley there is a small house made ​​of wood and next to it, there's a mini skateparc. We were so surprised that we couldn't move for long minutes.

The young man who lives in this wonderful place is called Lebo. Everyone knows him more as "the independent".

They told us that he is never seen around town, he stays at home because he doesn't want to see the world as it is. We come and we could talk to him.

Lebo dreams of being recognized the best skater in the Congo but in this site, almost everything is impossible, resources are too scarce. Lebo has used the same skateboard all his life. It is in very bad shape, but he use it.

We had the opportunity to do a photo shoot and, in return, I decided to give him my only skateboard.

MORALITY OF LIFE

Now, viewers, I'll teach you how to live life. Thanks to all of our trips, all those people that we know, we understand the true meaning of living life.

Gentlemen ...

Dance as if others were blind.
Sing as if they were all deaf.
Love them as if we were all more than just brothers.

In life you can't always be happy never,, nor entirely. Therefore, you must learn to forget the bitterness, fear and pride.

We spend our lives waiting for something, or everything. We always think that everything will come to us, we will find what we were looking for.
What we can't understand is that while we wait, all that happens is life. We just need to close our eyes, start dreaming and enjoy while we can.

Because while we wait, time passes, life goes on and never stops.

THE REVOLUTIONARY LEGEND

Ethiopia is a wonderful place, I always wanted to go there. And finally, my circus let me.
We went there, and every day we were visiting a different place. But what surprised us most, is that everywhere there was a legendary doll. This doll is made of stone. Or so it seems. Here, people of Etipia says they are not just stones.

Legend related that the stone is actually tears of Ethiopian revolutionaries who fought for this land, a magical place.

We wanted to check the words, so we went to the right place for this. Abyssinia's library is a library that saves all the original manuscripts of the legends of the country.

We went there and ...

"The revolutionary legend tells the story of a group of young people struggling with their lives every day to free their country from the devil. The doll puts his hands to his mouth, as if unwilling to speak. This gesture represents the denial of free of expression. ironically because they demanded that freedom. "

She made ​​us touch the stone. And, ladies and gentlemen, the stone was wet.

127 HOURS

The film which I am going to talk you is called 127 hours and is based on a true story.

Aron Ralston is a young guy who only thinks on discover new landscapes. His problem is that he never tell anyone where he's going.
One day he is caught between a rock, his arm is crushed between a rock and the wall. Aron has a  little of water and no food.
He has a camera and recorded every day saying goodbye to the people he want, because for him, it is certain that he will die there.

Two days after he begins to hallucinate. He has tried everything to get his arm out of there, but he can't. So if Aron didn't want to die there, he has only one option: to cut his arm.

This film tells a true story, showing the desire to live of that person, and never give up.

Whitney Houston

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17039208

Whitney Houston leaves us with only forty-eight years.

It's sad to know that this voices will leave us with no more words and no more songs.
Voices that make us cry, smile and even be strong or weak.

This news talk about the great art that she had to pronounce that "I" of her famous song I will Always Love You.

This art is called Melisma and according to the news, was already used for others singers before her

The news talk about this style, but this is just the excuse to give homage to this queen of Pop.

Colombia’s valley of the palms

In Colombias cocora valley palms are very thin and very high. They can reach 60 m of height. It is a beautiful place that attracts you just get there. On this site, there are only three buildings: one is a restaurant.

At 1,800 m in elevation, low clouds often fill the valley like a lid, the palms scratching their wispy underbellies. Then periods of sunlight inevitably continue, giving the valley to tropical radiance. Even in the afternoon sun though, a short walk can easily lead you into perennial mist forest and over the trickle of a mountain stream.

11 Km from there, there is a town called Salento.

When you reach a fork in the path, follow it to the right for a kilometre to Acaime book (57-2-893-3052), a nature reserve with a rustic wooden hikers' sanctuary serving cheese, chocolate and brown sugar, hot water heart-warming drink made from hardened sugar cane.

Art experts find possible Leonardo Da Vinci fresco.

I was interested when I read this news....
The truth is that the first thing that I thought was: 

How can a person be able to paint over a masterpiece?
Or without being a masterpiece.....
How can someone paint over the work of another person?I understand that were other times, and of course performers hadn't enough material to paint their works.
But I think that there is an unbreakable and essencial rule to all this:
Do not destroy the work of another person.

And now, we have got two masterpieces in one:
Giorgio Vasari and Leonardo da Vinci.Two italian Renaissance artists that revolutionized the culture:

Vasari is considered creator of the ideological foundation of the art-historical writing.
Da Vinci, one of the greatest painters of all tine and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived. A genius.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17337752

SELF EVALUATION

First of all I'm sorry but I don't have the video of my oral presentation so, I'm gonna do my self evaluation.

Well, Odei and I we've done our oral presentation about New Zealand. I think it was a good presentation because there was a lot of good information. We really enjoyed doing this presentation.

I know some words weren't good pronunciated but... I've done what I can. It was a really shit do my presentation with my illness.

And finally, I would say that in my future presentation, I will do it better!

FORMAL LETTER

My address

Empuriabrava

17487

11th January 2013

Mrs Lluïsa Pintó

INS Castelló d'Empúries

(address)

17486 Castelló d'Empúries

Dear Principal,

     I'm a student of first Batxillerat B and I'm writing for give you some ideas for a best way of studing.

    In first I would tell you that the fact of not doing any excursion is a really stupid idea. And if you think that it's the right way to protest, you are totally wrong. But it's your decision so, thank you for give us a most difficult future.

    But in the other hand the idea of bringing a famous person, like a writer, is a really good idea. I think it's the better idea you had.

   I'll be happy if this letter makes you think a little.

    Yours faithfully

    Emma Marley

UNION OF TWO SKIES.

When we went to Madagascar, the first night we went to eat in a typical restaurant. They served us very well. When we left the restaurant with a full belly, we decided to take a walk through the city, until an old man approached us. First he asked us what we were doing there and then he began to talk about something, but we didn't understand anything he said. The only thing we understood was the word "Ambohitra". The problem is that we didn't know what "Ambohitra" meant.

We continue with our trip, without paying much attention to the words of the man. We visited many places in the country, until one day, we came to a very small village a bit poor. There we met Lise, a woman who has spent her entire life in the village selling vegetables. She told us that Madagascar had a magical place to which we hadn't gone yet. She told us we had to go to the top of a mountain when the sun sets. The mountain is called Ambohitra. She told us, that if we remained silent, we would see our lifes.


The next day we went there and we waited several hours, until the sun went down. And then we saw them. We saw our lifes.

We saw two skies come together, we saw how small we are, we saw the beauty of nature, we saw our lifes reflected in an immense sky.

THE FLYING MAN

Good morning everyone, ladies and gentlemen, little women and little men. Some long years ago, I had an incredible story that I haven't told you yet. Today, I thought it would be a very good day to do it, so get comfortable because this story leaves you "in the ass!"

Some long years ago, as I've told you we were on holiday in New Zealand. All our trips were always memorable but this particular trip,was my lover in particular.

One day we went to climb a mountain called Cook. Everything was great! When we went back down the mountain road a "bird" passed us. We were all surprised. It was too big to be a true bird.
When we reach the end of the road, we saw it was a young man with a helmet, wearing a longboard. A longboard is a type of skate. We stopped to talk to him.
The boy called August Livingstone. He practices longboard since 5 years old.

I can assure you, viewers, that whenever August climbed above the table, it was as if he were flying. When he did tricks, time stopped. Every time he moved up on the table, he was flying, and he made ​​all of us flying with him.