miércoles, 28 de noviembre de 2012

One way to travel abroad.


The exchanges are a way to travel cheaply. But that isn't the best, the main thing is learn other languages easily. Because, when you learn a language in your country with a teacher you only learn the base of the language, the grammar and vocabulary most correct. And if you learn the language in other country, you learn the coloquial and formal form to speak, to express you,... and when you will want express in this language with other person will be easier. Other good thing is that you know a lot of people and make many friends. Although these friends don't see them regularly, you can always stay in touch and then return to meet with them.
Exanges consist in change your home with a foreigner for a time. You go to his house, know a little his culture, his way of life and his language while he does the same in your house. 
This year, the french teacher has organized a exange with a french high school. We are all very interested, because it is a new experience and a great opportunity to master the languaje. We are already talking a year with our correspondents through email to know them better and gain a little confidence, and now comes the best part of the exchange. Now is when we have to travel and know his country. The exchange is programmed in such way that both correspondents and we are in the same conditions.
Our exchange begins in April, which is when the correspondents come to Spain, they will spend a week in which they will enjoy some trips by the area and know a little our customs. And it ends when we go to France the following month. Like them, we will spend a week there and we will go to visit some of the landmarks in his area. Let us know his language in a new and funny way, and I think that is the important thing: learn and enjoy!


                                                        Carmen Vera Torres.

domingo, 25 de noviembre de 2012

“Born a Woman in China”, 15 real biographies picked by Xinxan Xue.


When the journalist Xinran decided to include a new section in her radio programme about Chinese women stories, she has never thought how shocking can these be. One of these stories is Hongxue’s diary, a girl treated as an object without importance. Here’s a summary of this testimony, in my opinion, the hardest and the most emotional.


The girl who has a fly as a pet

The New Year’s day of the year she’ll be 11, Hongxue woke up with her bed stained of blood. Her first reaction was feeling scared, but suddenly her mum told her that she has just become a woman, and then she felt very happy.
Two months later, her father came back of his military base. First, he congratulated her, but it wasn’t sufficient, he wanted to check it. He started to undress and taught her, warning to tell nothing to mum. It was her first feminine experience, and then, she felt sickness. Every time her mum went out, the same scene was repeated and each time Hongxue felt much more fear of his “love”. After a short while, her father was moved to other military base and because of her mum’s job, she and her little brother must go with dad. One more step to hell.
Every day, it didn’t mind if it was in the morning or in the night, her father got into her bed like a snake and started to repeat the same, even leading worse situations. Once, she decided to tell everything, but her hopes fell down when her mum’s only advice was: “You have to support it; we cannot live without your dad’s money”.
Hongxue’s body matured too quickly, her fear grew and her tiredness increased, so she got seriously sick. She went to the hospital and there, she discovered a comfortable place to stay, without dad’s abuses. Because of that, she did everything she can to stay there, even she injured herself, whatever not to come back home.
One day, when Hongxue was having a rest peacefully in the hospital, a little fly alight on her hand. Normally, her first reaction would have been killing it, flies are disgusting, but after so much time without feel a sweet caress, she decided to breed a fly. It was difficult because she knew no one would help her and besides, she should hide it, but finally she could. Her intentions finished when someone put accidentally a book on the night table and killed her pet. It was a very hard knock, but, anyway, she decided to keep it inside a chocolate.
After a short while, the doctor communicated Hongxue she was improving, so she would come back home in a few days. No, not again to hell! Come back home was not an option, so she decided to fell ill again. Once, a nurse had told her that flies are big carriers of diseases. The only living being that had made a smile on her face was showing her an exit now; she decided to rub one on a recent cut that hasn’t scar over yet. She didn’t care the death; everything was better than come back home. A week ago, she was moved to another hospital; fever had increased seriously. Good, the plan was going on.
The 11th September of 1975, Hongxue died of septicemia.

Hongxue, the silenced voice of a Chinese girl, as many other women in China.


María Cabezas González.

viernes, 23 de noviembre de 2012

Best Friends.



We all are differents but at the time we are similar, and  because of this we are friends. If someone laught, everyone laught, if someone cry, everyone cry, we are as different mother's sisters. But this is not important, the best of all is that we are always there to support us, to get smiles in difficult moments and to enjoy the good moments. It's not necesary that someone says how she feels, because only with a look, a word, a smile.... we know it, and we are there to help her. 
I 










In four years, we have lived a lot of moments together, some bad moment, but mostly goods. Every day which passes, the bond that unites us becomes stronger. We cannot imagine a life in which someone of us isn't here, because a life if we are not together, directly is not a life.Because the friendship is the greatest thing that there is and will always be. Every second that we are together, it is unique, unparalleled. Every moment is an award, because we learn from the other. We learn that although we are different, real friends, will always stay together. We cannot let any nonsense to spoil this friendship in which we all have colaborated. Because when we´re lost and we´re tired, when we´re broken in two, let´s our love take us higher. Because we are the only thing that we got right now, and one day when the sky is falling, we'll be standing right next to you, nothing will ever come between us. We are sure that we are going to stay together for a long time, and in the future all will be as pretty as today. We will be little adults who sharee best smiles like we were young.
Finally, we have to thanks all the moments lived and say that we love you so much. 




                                                                             
                                                                                  Carmen Vera y Patricia López.

THE VOICE.



The Voice,is to choose from a group of contestants who excel in their vocal qualities without his image´s influence the jury's decision, made by famous artists who later will direct.

The aim of this format is to try to find the best voice of our country.
Moreover, the jury of four professionals from the music,will hear the candidates back, hearing only your voice. If they like, they will turn to their seats.

When more than two jurors fight for a contestant,the contestant it shall be the judge who decides how to stay. Finally, the public will decide the winner on the live galas.




On Wednesday was the first gala broadcast live.

David Bisbal's team was the first team live gala. The first to sing was Lola, after Paco Arrojo and finally Yanela. After the performances, the audience decided to save Paco with their votes and David prefered to stay with Yanela, leaving Lola outside the program.


Melendi's team was second to act. The first to sing was Paula, after Claritzel and finally Maika. The audience decided to save Maika with their votes and Melendi decided to save Paula, leaving Claritzel outside the program.



Rosario´s team was third to act. The first to sing was Anabella,after Monica and finally Jorge.First, the audience saved Jorge. Rosario, soon after, Anabella. Monica was therefore the first ejected Rosario´s team.


Malú´s team was the last team live gala. The first contestant was Hector, followed by Nuria and Pique Pau. The three artists were able to excite the public and put it up on several occasions, but only two of them could continue. The public, with their votes, decided to save Pau, while Malu, after much thought, decided that Nuria should continue in the program, leaving Hector outside the program.


Personally I prefer to Melendi.

Of the contestants I like Paula.




                                                        VANESSA LÓPEZ MARTÍNEZ.


miércoles, 21 de noviembre de 2012


Pitbull:

     I´m going to talk  about one of the music producers in the world.
Armando Christian Pérez, born in Miami (Florida) on January 15, 1981, better known as Pitbull, is a Cuban-music producer in his early career he began with genres like reggaeton and hip hop. Then he specialized in genres more electro house and dance pop, passing also by many others, as it is one of the most requested artists for collaborations with various singers such as Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, Ne-Yo, Marc Anthony, Enrique Iglesias, Usher, Fergie, Havana Brown, Chris Brown, and others. He grew up in Little Havana section of Miami known for its large population of Cuban population.
     Among his hits are the singles "ass" “Dance again”, “On the floor”, “Maldito Alcohol” “I Know You Want Me”, “Hotel Room Service”, “Give Me Everything”, “Rain Over Me”,”International Love”, “Back In Time” and Get It Started with Shakira.



His inceptions:

     He made his official debut in music in 2002 with an album of Lil Jon. Conducted several mixtapes and finally to identify his style, hip-hop mixed with reggaeton. In 2004, Pitbull released his debut album "MIAMI"
Pitbull, since then, he has released five albums.
     The singer attended the College of Engineering and in those years he did freestyle, however, I knew I had to do something to stand out and decided to take the rap seriously, he began writing songs and began searching for a name. A person, listening his style, he said that when rapping style was a pitbull and was at that time that he decided to choose that name.
     His beginnings in the music started in the late decade of the 90`s, when Pitbull had the opportunity to record the hit song "Lollipop" with singer Luke of 2 Live Crew and it was through this cooperation that he learned the secrets of this business.
- In my opinion he is one of the best music producers that currently exist and their songs I love.
Here I leave one:


ÁLVARO JARA MOLINA.

lunes, 19 de noviembre de 2012

WANTED: 2012 F1 World Champion

Last weekend, Austin's Formula 1 race took place; a race in which Lewis Hamilton crossed the finish line in 1st position, Sebastian Vettel was 2nd and after him, Fernando Alonso in 3rd place. This race has been one of the most interesting races because Vettel could have become the world champion, but that didn't happen.

Sebastian Vettel was 10 points ahead Alonso before the race and he needed to earn 15 points more than him to become the world champion, and it looked it was going to be that way when Sebastian came 1st in the qualification and Fernando came 9th. But as Alonso predicted, the championship wasn't going to finish after that race and now I'm going to tell you why.

Alonso climbed 2 positions in the grid because Romain Grosjean and Felipe Massa (Alonso's team mate), who qualified better than him, dropped 5 places because of unscheduled changes in their cars. So Vettel would start from the 1st position, Hamilton from the 2nd one, Mark Webber (Vettel's team mate) from the 3rd one, and Alonso from the 7th one. Every one thought that Vettel was going to win the race and Alonso couldn't do anything, but that was until the race started.

At the start, Hamilton lost his position with Webber and from behind, Alonso climbed to 4th position. Everything was normal until suddenly Webber broke his alternator and his car stopped working. Workers in Red Bull Racing Team were afraid of this kind of problem to happen because they had had it all over the year and it was important to do not retire because that way Alonso gets more points and closer to Vettel. Then, Sebastian was 1st, Lewis was 2nd and Fernando was 3rd.

When this happened, Hamilton started getting closer to Vettel and he had some chances to overtake him. Meanwhile, Alonso did a pit stop, but there was a problem: a tyre got stuck and the mechanics couldn't get it out of the car! They lost too much time and everyone thought that the driver behind him, Kimi Raikkonen, was going to exit the pit in front of him. But when he did it he had exactly the same problem with the same tyre and he lost the same time Alonso did! So, luckly for him, Fernando was still 3rd.

Hamilton now was less than 1 second behind Vettel and, when there were 14 laps to go, Lewis overtook him. But Vettel thought that the race wasn't finished and kept trying to be again in the 1st position, but, at last, he couldn't do it. So the race finished and Hamilton was the winner, Vettel was 2nd and Alonso, far away from him, finished 3rd.


Now, Vettel is the leader of the championship with 273 points and Alonso is 2nd, 13 points behind. There is only one race left and if Alonso wants to be the world champion he has to get 1st to the finish line if Vettel finishes 5th or worse, 2nd if Vettel gets 8th or worse, or 3rd if Sebastian gets 10th or worse. If Vettel gets 4th or better, no matter what Fernando Alonso does, he will be the 2012 Formula 1 World Champion.

David Pender Villalvilla

sábado, 17 de noviembre de 2012

PSY


Park Jae-sang born December 31, 1977, better known by his stage name PSY, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, rapper, dancer, and record producer. He is well known for his humorous videos and stage performances, and for his hit single "Gangnam Style". PSY has appeared on numerous television programs, including The Ellen DeGeneres ShowExtraGood Sunday: X-Man,The Golden FisheryThe Today ShowSaturday Night LiveSunrise, and The X-Factor
On October 23, 2012, PSY met U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the United Nations Headquarters where Ban expressed his desire to work with the singer because of his "unlimited global reach".

 "Gangnam Style" and international success

In July 2012, PSY released his sixth album PSY 6 (Six Rules), Part 1 and the song "Gangnam Style" appeared in broadcasting networks and newspapers outside Asia.On August 14, "Gangnam Style" ranked first on YouTube's 'Most Viewed Videos' monthly chart;[37] it has received over 700 million views on YouTube as of November 11, 2012. On August 21, 2012, "Gangnam Style" officially charted #1 on the iTunes Music Video Charts, overtaking Justin Bieber's "As Long as You Love Me" and Katy Perry's "Wide Awake".
He says:
"When I realized that some top stars like have imagined or tweeted about me, I thought, 'That’s joking. That’s not gonna happen...' I never expect things like this, not because they are top stars, but because this is the biggest market in the universe for pop music, right, so everybody’s dreaming about having appearance in the U.S. so I’m still saying, 'What going on here? This is beautiful.



                                                           GANGNAM STYLE






                                                                                           Realised by: Encarna Collados


One of the best tv programs!


     The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The serie is a satirical parody of the middle American class lifestyle epitomized by a family of the same name, which consists of HomerMargeBartLisa and Maggie. The show is set in the fictional town of Springfield and parodies American culturesociety, television and many aspects of the human condition.

     Since its debut on December 17, 1989, the show has broadcast 512 episodes and the twenty-fourth season started airing on September 30, 2012.The Simpsons is the longest-running American sitcom, the longest-running American animated program, and in 2009 it surpassed Gunsmoke as the longest-running American primetime, scripted television series. The Simpsons Movie, a feature-length film, was released in theaters worldwide on July 26 and July 27, 2007, and grossed over $527 million.



The Simpsons has won dozens of awards since it debuted as a serial, including 27 Primetime Emmy Awards, 30 Annie Awards and a Peabody AwardTime magazine's December 31, 1999 issue named it the 20th century's best television series, and on January 14, 2000 the Simpson family was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Homer's exclamatory catchphrase "D'oh!" has been adopted into the English language, whileThe Simpsons has influenced many adult-oriented animated sitcoms.



   The best moments in the simpsons:






                                                                                            Made by: Encarna Collados

miércoles, 14 de noviembre de 2012

How I met your mother


Nowadays the TV programs like reality shows, serials, news or sports programs, are turning into boring things  and with the same characteristics, so it’s difficult to find out a program which is funny and interesting, but that is not impossible. I am talking about How I met your mother.

How I met your mother is an American situation comedy based in the experiences of Ted Mosby and his group of friends that reports how our protagonist met the mother of his children.


The action is situated in the city of Manhattan and the program is being emitted since September 2005. There are eight seasons and more or less  12 millions of viewers only  in the USA.  The actors and the serial have  won several awards and nominations from the Emmy Awards to  the Best TV Comedy.

The main characters are:



Ted Mosby.   He is teacher of Architecture and the main character of the serial. He is the more reasonable person in the group who has got a lot of cultural interests. Along the seasons, he is telling to his children how he met their mother.



Lily Aldrin. She is a kindergarten teacher and Marshall's wife. She is the group moderator who is always ready  to resolve a conflict and a shoulder to cry on it.



Marshall Eriksen. He is a lawyer and Ted's best friend. He is married to Lily whom  has been in love with since college, and they serve as an inspiration for Ted to find his true love.



 Barney Stinson.  He works in a bank  and he is Ted's "bro" He  is a serial playboy who uses his sex appeal abilities to carry women to bed with, of course,  no intentions of engaging in a relationship.




Robin Scherbatsky.  She is a T.V news reporter and Ted's ex-girlfriend. Robin comes from Canada to get a job in a News Station and  she met Ted in Manhattan. She smokes cigars and drinks scotch, causing Barney to fall in love with her.







Future Ted Mosby (voice only).  Ted's future self telling the story in the year 2030 of how he met their children´s mother. His face is never shown.








Eduardo Espinosa Celdrán.


miércoles, 7 de noviembre de 2012

Supersonic Man



                                                                            Supersonic Man






     Felix baunmgartner was born on 20 April 1969 in Salzburg, Austria. When he was a child, he wanted to be a skydriver and one of his heroes was William Kittinger.
     He usually went the airport to see the Airlines pilots. But he had to wait just age 16 when he did the first jump in parachute.The method to do a lot of jumps was to join in the Austrian army and this helped him to develop skills around the skydiving.

     When he was 20 years, he made his first base jumping. Then he broke two records with the base jumping: In 1999 he made the highest jump from Petronas Towers and the lowest jump from an arm of Cristo del Corcovado 

Ascension

Felix in Roswell rise with an hellium ballon whose plastic measure 0,002 cm of thickness and can endure temperatures less 70ºC.
The highest point be in 36.576 metres when he jumped and to arrive 90 minutes.

The Records
  1. He is the first human go as speed as sound in 40 seconds with 1.342,8 km/h.
  2. The highest free fall 39,068 metres. The last record was in 31,333 metres.
  3. The most away fly with ballon.
  4. The longest free fall but this record he couldn't be broken
Álvaro Romero Martínez