ORAL PRESENTATION

Hi I’m Laia. Mercè and I would like to talk about the differences between dating and asking someone to marry you, in this century and in the XIX century.

I will concentrate on where we meet our partners, and Mercè will talk about the difference in the clothes, and in the finally we talk about wedding.
In the nineteenth century the places to meed your partner were balls.
They were very formal events, often organised when a woman “come of age”, this means when she turned 18. The aim of the balls was for the woman to meed her future husband. Obviously these balls were expensive and were for the middle to upper classes.
Now the girls go to discos, a much less formal event. They go at an earlier age; they go without their parents; and they dance in a very different way, actually touching bodies!

Hello I’m Mercè, Laia has explianed where we meed our partners, I would like to talk to you about the differences in dress code.

The nineteenth century was a romantic age, women wore expensive, formal dresses. The dresses were always long, to the floor, they were corsets and added details, like rubbons to look their best, accessories were simple, and a niquelase or jewels in their hair. The colours of the dresses were pale, beige, light blue etc. The men also dressed elegantly: jacket, long trousers and a short with a cravat. Normally the suit was black.
Now the style is very different! The girls wear what is in fashion, mini skirts, trousers, jumper or a dress. They are much less formal and of a variety of colours. The less clothes, or the shorter the skirt, the better! Accessories are much more obvious.
The boys style is now very casual, again depending on the latest fashions. The boys also wear fashion accessories, even ear rinigs!

asking someone to marry you in the 19th century was also very formal. The man had to ask the father of the woman if the could marry her. They could only marry within their social class. Money and reputation was very important often marriages were organised by the parents, it was not important if the man and woman loved each other!

Now we normally marry for love, choosing our own partners. Money and reputation are not so important.

In conclusion: In a short thime a lot has changed. Todays society is much less formal that in the nineteenth century. THis is much more confortable for us but we must be careful not become too informal.

about others oral presentations

Pascal - Charles Chaplin
Àngels i Dani - Sitcous in America and in Spain
Laura - Comparation of the romanticism about a XVIII and XXI.
I like her pronuntation.
David i Màrius - Mens of pride and Perjudice
Jordi i Güell - Elisabeth Bennet
They haven't much preperated but thay don't were nervous
Núria, Marina i Alba - Bennet sisters
My favourite was Núria because almost she don't read the paper

The rest of oral presentation I couldn't comment because I was sick.

opinion!

I haven't much to comment about my oral presentationt, for me this have been the worse oral presentation of my live!I passed a very horrible moment!I think that it happened because I had a lot of preparated and I thought that I know it well and when I arrived in front of my friends I began to tremble and everything began to go wrong.
makes a lot of anger!!

I hope that on my 2nd oral presentation I could to controling my nervious

ORAL PRESENTATION

2nd Film!

THE TERMINAL!

One of the best I've ever seen. Tom Hanks played great! He represented a confused man who had just arrived from Krakozia. He didn't know the language, and was not able to leave the airport. A Civil War had broken out in his Nation. So he was a man from nowhere! He coulnd't get a passport, so he had to stay in the terminal until the war finishes.
He made himself comfortable, he had his way to earn money, and moreover, he worked there as a constructor!
And one day, he met an impressive woman, however, she was already promised but agreed to some dinners with the poor man.

Vocabulary:

In general, more formal words to describe all the terms an aiport has. But I could understand it well, and there was nor really a special and interesting word to learn. Oh yes, I remember one: arrest.

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HUMOUR: NECESSARY TO SURVIVE?

What is humour? Humour is a message with the power to evoke laughter, and in my opinion humour is vitaly in everyday life. Our lifes are full of stress, problems, anxiety and crisis. Without humour all we have is the depressing things in life.

First of all, a person who perhaps in life has bad luck and has few material posessions, for exemple money, cars..., if they have a “good sense of homour” they are often happier than those people who are wealthy. Money does not buy happiness.

Secondly I will quote a famous English saying: “It is better to laugh than to cry” when everything in life seems terrible, what can you do? You can feel miserable and pity yourself but does this achieve anything? No, you have to feel positive, you have to laugh at the situation, not cry, being positive and happier will help to survive these problems. For example, you go on holiday to Hawaii and it rains every day, be positive and laugh at your bad luck. Being positive will help you to think of other things to do than going to the beach, possibility more interesting things!

To sum up, if more people could laugh at life and could look at problems with humour, then, in general living a happier life the world must be a happier place? Obviously there are limits, there are things in life that need to be approached with a serious attitude, for example famine, wars and natural disasters.

It is clear that the alternative to a life with humour is the alternative is a life of misery, pessimism and self pity. In conclusion I ask you, which life would you prefer?

Computer have made the world a better place

Over the last years there have been major developments concerning computers. Now almost everyone uses computers. There are positive and negative resluts of this.

On one hand computers have improved and increased efficiency in a lot of Industries, such as the engineering industry. What is more we need less paper, less space, all information can be stored on computer or discs.
In addition, through computers, communication, local or world wide, is easier.
Another reasun is students can look up informationm, organise and present their projects and even study for diplomas and certificates on the computer.
Finally, our lives are easier people can bank and shop on-line and it is another option to watching TV and fill in time.

On the other hand children fill in time on the computer instead of studying or using their imagination to invent games. Moreover, children and students are losing the skills to research information in encyclopedias, dictionaries and libraries.
Students copy the information from the computer instead of writing their own work.
Alhough industry has been improved by computers a lot of workers lose their work when computers take over the world.
We have access to a lot of inapropriate information, and in addition, our privacy is invaded, banks, employers, etc can look on about us.
Lastly, every year we get lazier, we do not need to move from the computer.

I understand there are reasons for and against computers improving our lives, but as I am a student I am for computers because it makes it easier for me to complete my studies and projects. We have so much work to do we do not have time to go to libraries, look in encyclopedies for research and then to handwrite it all.

A JOKE!! :D

A man goes on a 2-month business trip to Europe and leaves his cat with his brother. Three days before his return he calls his brother.

Brother 1: So how is my cat doing?

Brother 2: He's Dead

Brother 1: He's Dead! What do you mean He's Dead! I loved that cat. Couldn't you think of a nicer way to tell me! I'm leaving in 3 days. You could of broke me to the news easier. You could of told me today that she got out of the house or something. Then when I called before I left you could of told me, Well, we found her but she is up on the roof and we're having trouble getting her down. Then when I call you from the airport you could of told me, The Fire Department was there and scared her off the roof and the cat died when it hit the ground.

Brother 2: I'm sorry...you're right...that was insensitive I won't let it happen again.

Brother 1: Alright, alright, forget about it. Anyway, how is Mom doing?

Brother 2: She's up on the roof and we're having trouble getting her down.

podcast 2

Dialoge

- Hello, good night everybody! today we have a very famous person that I know that you meet hm.

- Hi Guardiola, how are you?

- Good night everybody! Well, I'm fine and very happy that I'm here! his is a great program, and I love it.

- lol. Thanks you are very polite, aah...well, now, that you have a excellent team with greater players. Did you feel luky?

- Mmm, well, yes yes. The true it's that Laporta went to me and said that if I want to be the coach of F.C.B I'm to amaze.

- I hope you see very differences like F.C.Athletic?

- So, yes, it's normal especially with pressure of the aficionats, you know, you meet this world.

- Oh, yes yes it's true. I remember my firts days of work. But this isn't the interview about me, you know, it's about you.

- Yes I know it. I think that is time for leave because tomorrow I have a training on moning with my players.

- OK, OK amh I understand you! Good luck for the match of this weekend.

- Thanks, see you!

- Bye bye! and good night spectator see you tomorrow at this time with oter famous!

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The film!

I think that the film is fantastic and all actors act very well. When I finally the film I wanted to dance and sing.
The film is very nice. Jhon Travolta interprets a woman; she is the mother of the protagonist, Tracy.
Tracy, an overweight high-school student who only dream is to be on a local Baltimore teen dance program. While her father tells her to follow her dreams, her mother Edna reminds her that she doesn't look like the girls on that show. After Tracy earns a coveted spot on the program, but when she becomes a popular addition, she earns the rabies of the prettiest girl in school a girl whose mother just happens to operate the local television station. Tracy is visit to detention hall opens her eyes to the racial tension on the show, as does the relationship between her best friend and a boy, Tracy attempts to integrate the races on her favourite program. Perry Seibert.
This is all

I recommend this film!

e-mail

Dear Patricia

How are you? I’m fine.
My name is Laia Font Duñach, Màrius is my cousin. I’m 17 years old but in February I will be 18. I live in Castelló d’Empúries, between Figueres and Roses with my family, my brother Ssergi, my mother and my father Roser and Josep and my grandmother Roser. I have a boyfriend and he’s name is David who live in Barcelona. Now he has 20 years old but whern I started to leave with he was 17 and I 14.
I play violin, piano and “flabiol” in music school of my town, also I dance dances of new creation. 3 years ago I left the volleyball but also I had played handball when I was little. My hoby is got shopping and go out with my friends.
My favourite colour is orange because is beautiful and fun. I love smile.
I hope that this year you pass very well to our side.


See you soon

Kisses*

LAIA

2nd of Batxillerat!

FINAL COURSE!!

Can you see an improvement on your level of English since September 2007? Where, for exemple?

I see an impprovement on my level of English with my oral presentation, because the first oral presentation I was very nervous and my pronuntation was bad because I pronounced a lot of bad words for exemple: because! I said [bicaus] and now I has understood that this word is said [bicos].

Also, in my opinion I has improved on writing, now I have better expresioned because we have practised a lot and we have worked a lot! With work everybody imporves.

Finally, I think that now I have better flouency.

Wich activity best shows your level of English?

The activity that best shows my level of English are the oral presentations.

Which activities were really USEFUL for on to improve your English? Why?

Speak in class and do the portfolio, because it's the way that we demostrate all we have understood.

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

The activities that I think that I don't learn English is the potdcast because it's a waste of time.

Which activities did you enjoy doing and would like to do again next year?

The activities that I like are watching films and doing the blogspot.

The films are good because it helps to learn new words, and the blogspot are good because we learn writing.

Too much importance is given to exam at school. Do you agree?

I disagre with the sistem of the school because I think that also there is a lot of things for avaluation, because I’m working more than other friends with homeworks and other things, but finally the teachers only avaluate the exams and this is not fair.

It is clear than the students work a lot but for exemple if one boy does the exams very well but always speak in class and never listen the teacher, and an other hand I listen a lot in class but the exam is bad for me, he will have better final mark!

In addition, I think that we work hard at home with the homeworks. For exemple, in english, with the portfolio and with the blogspot but the difference is that in English subject is only subject that avaluate a lot the work that we do at home.

In conclusion, and after this fanthastic arguments I think that the batxillerat wourld be a lot of bad.
I hope that the next year the things changes and also this forms for study.

Observation

OBSERVATION OF MY ORAL PRESENTATION

NAME & TOPIC: Education

PRESENTATION
We use a power point with pictures of graphics about Spain and Catalonia level Education.
I think that people liked our oral presentation because it was very interesting.

BODY LANGUAGE AND EYE CONTACT
I looked my friends continually, I was connecting with them a lot and I didn’t brought notes.

STRUCTURE
We organizated correctly because we separate paragraphs correctly.

CONTENT
This was the last oral presentation of the term, and I think that our oral presentation was completed.
We talked about the level, the PISA and the problems that the students have when they have chose their futur life.

LANGUAGE
I admit that my english is bad because I left lose, and now I repent a lot. For this I studing for improve.
I swear you that next oral presentation, in next year, you seen a big change.

PRONUNCIATION & INTONATION
I think that my intantion is very good and my prounciation it has improved a lot!

SELF-EVALUATION
I think that my correct mark is 7-8 because we have put a lot of effort.

Leviathan

TEXT 3 : Leviathan, cap. XVII: “Of the causes, generation and definition of a Cammon wealth” (primer de la segona mart: “Of Commonwealth”)
The only way to erect such a common power, as may be able to defend them from the invasion of foreigners, and the injuries of one another, and thereby to secure them in such sort as that by their own industry and by the fruits of the earth they may nourish themselves and live contetedly, is to confer all their power and strength upon one man, or upon one assembly of men, that may reduce all their wills, by plurality of voices, unto one will: which is as much as to say, to appoint one man, or assembly of men, to bear their person; and every one to own and acknowledge himself to be author of whatsoever he that so beareth their person shall act, or cause to be acted, in those things which concern the common peace and safety; and therein to submit their wills, every one to his will, and their judgements to his judgement. This is more than consent, or concord; it is a real unity of them all in one and the same person, made by convenant of every man with every man, in such manner as if every man should say to every man: I authorise and give up my right of governing myself to this man, or to this assembly of men on this condition; that thou give up, thy right to him, and authotise all his actions in like manner. This done, the multitude so united in one person is called a COMMONWEALTH; in Latin, CIVITAS. This is the generation of that great LEVIATHAN, or rather, to speak more reverently, of that mortal god to which we owe, under the immortal God, our peace and defence. For by this authotity, given him by every particular man in the Commonwealth, he hath the use of so much power and strength conferred on him that, by terror thereof, he is enabled to from the wills of them all, to peace at home, and mutual aid against their enemies abroad. And in him consisteth the essence of the Commonwealth; which, to define it, is: one person, of whose acts a great multitude, by mutual covenants one with another, have made themselves every one the author, to the end he may use the strength and means of them all as he shall think expedient for their peace and common defence.

This is a philosopher text that we did in class

informal dialog

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Informal dialog

Tania: What are you doing here?
Polly: Oh..I was walking here and I thought that I could visit you
Tania: But, didn't you say that you left on holidays?
Polly: Oh...yes, yes
Tania: So?
Polly: Look Tania, we have to tell you something
Tania: What? Now you will tell me that you are together...hahaha
Polly: Mmmm...look, the other day we went to the party and we kissed
Tania: What??? Fuck you!!
(she closes the door angry and she leaves)

Invent!!

THE PIANO



In my opinion, the best invention is the piano because if this instruments hasn’t been invented, what would I do?

Well, the piano was invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori in 1690 aproximatly, when it was created he called his instrument gravicembalo col piano e forte.

The piano is a musical string instrument with 88 keyboards that is played with the ten fingers of hands and with the pedals that we have presioned with our foods. The keyboards accione a mecanisme of hammers that hits the strings, and these vibrations are transmit a sound that amplifies them.
There are many manufecturers of pianos as Roland, Yamaha, and others, and also there are many types of pianos, the grand piano, Upright piano and digital piano.

This instrument is used to play musical pieces lonely, with company or for composing.

This invention is important for humanity because if it hadn’t been invented many people wouldn’t have existed be even exist
As Johann Sebastian Bach, Mozart, Beethoven...etc, and surely, now the music wouldn’t be anything because this is the main instrument to compose great songs.

Finally, I think that the music is the way to express our feelings.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano