WRITING-UNIT 6

Environmental affects of bicycles

Today, I'm gonna talk about the positive and negative facts that use a bicycle has.

According with "UK government statistics", cycling is 25% more popular than 10 years ago so, there is a quite less pollution. Also, 6% fewer cars on road thanks of cycling. It's better because there is less noise,pollution...shorter journeys.

But, there are more negative facts: only for make an adult's bike we need 15kg of aluminium. It's difficult to recycle some parts of them, for example, the rubber tyres. Also, lots of bikes are buried in landfill sities.

As my opinion, it's better to use bicycles, you do some sport while you are moving to another place! 

WRITING-UNIT 5

Mugged at the supermarket

All happened one Friday afternoon. I was shopping food at the supermarket, it was the 8:45 p.m and the supermarket was going to close when suddendly... a car crushed into the glass door and all busrt in small pieces. There were few people (me and the shops assistants) but enough to start a bustle. 

I started to run at the back of the shop to call the police but someone catch me and I couldn't do nothing. The robber tied myself with a string while her partner was pointing the shops assistants with a gun for gave them all the money. After a few minutes, the police arrived at the supermarket and the robbers were surrounded. 

I don't know how the police knew that they were mugging the supermarket, I think that someone saw it from outside and called the police. Luckily nobody were hurt but I was very frightened!

SELF-ASSESMENT

2nd Term

What can I do now that I couldn't do before?

Now, I can watch series in English much better than before.

What do I like most?

The activities that I enjoy most are the oral ones.

What do I do well?

Well, I've got a good pronunciation.

What am I confused about?

I'm confused with some listenings.

What do I need help with?

I need help with the listenings.

What do I do in English outside the class?

I don't go to any classes, but I watch some series in English with subtittles.

What do I need to improve?

I need to improve the writing part, because I fail in stupid things

What did I learn about culture?

This term, I know more about differents authors.

VOCABULARY UNIT 4

Upsetting: causing unhappiness, disappointment, or worry
Annoying: causing irritation or annoyance
Misunderstanding: a failure to understand something correctly
Nod/Shake your head: a movement to indicate confirm or negation
Browse: an act of casual looking or reading
Stream: transmit or receive
Scroll: move displayed text or graphics in a particular direction on a computer screen in order to view different parts of them
Squeeze: an act of squeezing something

VOCABULARY UNIT 3

Bargain: an agreement between two or more people or groups as to what each will do for the other
Waste: use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose
Brand: a type of product manufactured by a particular company under a particular name
Afford: have enough money to pay for

Phrasal verbs:
Save up: collect money by spending less than you get, usually in order to buy something that you want
Join in: to do an activity with people who are already doing it
Fill up: an instance of filling something, especially the fuel tank of a car
Turn up: be found, especially by chance, after being lost

SHAKESPEARE

William Shakespeare, also called the England's national poet is considerated the greatest dramatist that appear in the Renaissance. His works are loved of all around the world.

BORN

The birth of Shakespeare isn't clear because it doesn't exist birth records. It's know that he was baptized on April,26 1564, so we think that he was born near on April,23 1564.

EDUCATION

In his childhood, William Shakespeare studied reading, writing and the classics.

FAMILY

Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway when he was 18. He had 3 children: one girl and twins.

KING'S MEN 

In the 1590, documents confirm that Shakespeare was a partner of King's Men (the most important acting company in London). He stayed there for most of his carrer.

THE LOST YEARS

After the twins birth, Shakespeare disappear for 7 years (in 1585), there are lots of teories about his disappearance.

PLAYS

• Comedies: - The Two Knights of Verona (1591)

                            - The comedy of mistakes (1591)

• Tragedies: - Romeo and Juliet (1596)

                            - Hamlet (1600)

                            

                            - Macbeth (1606)

• Dramas:    -Henry VI (1592)

                           - Richard II (1597)

DEAD

He died on April,23 1616 in England with 52 years old, cause of a brief illness.

READING BOOK: THE CANTERVILLE GHOST

CHAPTERS 1-2

- Ambassador: representative sent by a country to a foreing country.
- Appeared: when someone/something comes inmediatly.
- Carriage: type of transport.
- Pray: religious act for God.
- Stain: a dirty mark in a place that is difficult to clear.

CHAPTERS 3-4

- Remove: quit something
- Chains: a continuation of metal rings
- Footsteps: each movement of your foot when you are walking
- Cupboard: a furniture for keep clothes
- Wild: salvaje

CHAPTERS 5-6

- Lubricator: oily substance that is applied to the parts of a gear so that the friction is less or softer.
- Career: a preparation for a profession 
- Recovered: when you get something again
- Peashooter: an instrumment to throw small pieces

CHAPTERS 7-8

-Weak: not strong
-Dagger: a short knife with a pointed and edged blade, used as a weapon.
-Stab: push a knife into a person
-Corridor: a long passage in a building from which doors lead into rooms
-Sheet: piece of cloth used on the bed
-Speeches: formal talks given to an audience
-Humiliation: an act that leaves you in an embarrassing situation.

CHAPTERS 9-10

-Meadow: field
-Take care of...: attend to
-Disturb: interrupt
-Gate: doors in a fence or a wall
-Sins: inmortal acts
-Hell: terrible place where bad people go after death (according to some religions)

CHAPTERS 11-12

-Hope: expectation
-Tapestry: a piece of thick textile fabric with pictures or designs formed by weaving coloured 
-Coffin: wooden box for putting a dead body in strings
-Shone: was reflected
-Torches: burning pieces of wood used to give light