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3st. Oral presentation by Pep Esteve Calvo

Oral presentation by Pep Esteve Calvo

WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE CULTURE?

I have chosen this topic because I have been thinking about it for a long time.

My father is an intellectual and he told me about this type of problems.

For this reason I’m going to tell you my point of view about what happens to the culture.

BEFORE WHAT HAPPENED?

Centuries ago people felt the culture around them. They loved the culture.

They went to the libraries, also studies, read, wrote in their houses, and went to the theatre to listen to classic music. Sometimes they read and wrote poetry, they were artists.

For this reasons the society was smarter, remember the famous gentlemen and the people walking in the famous parks.

On other hand there were the dresses, hats, skirts and beautiful clothes that show us their intellect.

I admire the people of the centuries ago, most of all the society at the end of the 19^th century and the beginning of the 20^th century.

People like Frank Lloyd Wright, who was an architect from USA, build the famous “Falling Water”. His houses were very useful and smart because he used wood and light, AMAZING!!!!!!!!!

NOWADAYS WHAT HAPPEN? and WHY?

Nowadays the feeling of the people with the culture is very strange, because I think that there are a lot of people who flee from culture. There are people who hate reading, writing and listening to classical music.

You are a freak if you do these things and also if you play an instrument, listen to classical music or read poetry and novels only for pleasure.

What happen with this? My hypothesis is that nowadays people don’t have willpower for anything, and we can see it every day in the jobs.

For this reason I think that I can triumph in life, I have the willpower.

And also the worst thing at the moment is that people don’t mind falling into the mediocre.

If before there was Frank Lloyd Wright, actually there are Lord Norman Foster and the best Santiago Calatrava, on other hand there is Zaha Hadid, she is recent but her stye is futurist.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF THE PEOPLE DON’T REACT?

If the people don’t change their mind a lot of bad things will happen.

The society will fall into decline, because there will were problems with people that don’t have intellectual hobbies.

There are people who never do these things and only smoke and drink alcohol.

The inculture causes violence, remember the skinheads, marrocan people, killos, etc.

If people don’t study there will be people who will control all the industries and this will be a problem.

CONCLUTION

We need to love the culture, please try to study arts, like the people of centuries ago.

END

NEEW 9 - “Torre dels Vents”

WIND TOWER (Catalonia Today / Thusday, April 26 – 2007)

In Trragona, Antoni Mas is the artist and specifically this work “Torre dels Vents” is situated in one of Tarragone’s prominent locations in Rambla Nova and Plaça de les Corts Catalanes.

At night there are 48 projectors to light.

It’s a big sculpture, but at the end of the “Torre dels Vents”. This sculpture was built in 1889 dedicated to Josep-Pau Virgili i Santromà, the name is “Aci Virgili”.

And also in 1954 a big fountain was built for the centery with 250 figures representing typical “castells”. Finally there is a sculpture of “Lluis Companys” from 2005.

Well, It’s really an artistic square.

NEXT YEAR

The best thing to do to learn in my opinion is to read a book, because I can learn to structure the sentences and learn new words and expressions. Another opinion is to listen, read and write news.

But by the middle of the third term we should be able to speak a lot, because when I have the grammar the following step is to use it.

Each one needs to talk because the biggest problem is the shyness. If we talk a lot more calmly we can learn more and travel around the world freely.

NEEW 10 - LIBRARYS

Thursday, April 3 , 2008 nº 279

Barcelona puts on cultural weight

Libraries against the clock:

The piece of news talks about the new library in Barcelona, it’s name will be Can Saladrigues in Poblenou.

This library will substitute an old factor, with 1200 square meters of reading space on the street “Carrer Ramón Llull”.

Also another library will be re-opened this ye¡ar, thanks to the “La Fraternitat of Barcelona”.

In Nou Barris from Sagrera two new libraries will be opened in 2009.

This plane for libraries was passed in 1995 and it foresees by 2010 some 39 libraries, with the Can Soladrigues it was be 33.

And also in the progect there is the Biblioteca Provincial from Ciutadella.

In the new library “Mercat del Born” there was discovered the roman ruins in 2001 and the building was stopped, now the project has started again.

A MATTER OF CHANCE – Book

1- Can you summarize the book in two minutes?

First a man and his wife go to live in Italy, in Como, in these village horrible things happen. Jacky dies because a roof-tile falls on her head.

A month later Poul met Sandra, a beautiful Italian girl at work. She is chemist and works for her parents.

One day Sandra invites Poul to travel around Europe, and this will be an incredible adventure.

Poul discovers a lot of strange things about Sandra and her family, he thinks that they use him for traffic or…

As the trip continuous he discovered neew things and finally she tells him all the truth.

Her family does an illegal business with luxurious false furniture.

And at the end he discovers that the foult of the operation is Andrea a member of the company. He is very dangerous and he compels Poul to follow these cars to England, but Poul escapes with Sandra by car.

On the motorway there is a big persecution that ends with an incredible crash, Andrea dies and all the problems finished. Poul and Sandra get married in and one year later he goes back to Como with the memory of his wife.

2- Is there a mystery sentence or a turning point in the story?

The most exiting part of the story is when Poul sees Sandra talking to a strange man in Italian, and he also sees the silver Mercedes. With this car will be a lot of problems and adventures.

3- When and where does the story take place?

The story happens in different countries; Italy, French, England and Switzerland. It takes places now.

4- Who are the main characters in the story? What’s their role?

The main characters are Poul (the most important), Sandra (lives the adventures with Poul) and Andrea (the bad man of the story).

5- Choose one character and describe him/her.

Andrea: He is the typical shark of the company, with his Mercedes and a very smart man.

He is 25 more ales, but he is a dangerous man, the bad man with a terrible laugh.

6- Can you identify with any character? Why?

No, because my life is calmer and this story is too exiting to happen in real life.

7- Choose your favorite moment of the story.

For me the best moment of the story is when Poul at the end thinks about everything that has happened and he thinks about the “Matter of Change”. And everything has finished.

8- What new words or expressions have you learnt reading this story?

- roof-tile fell / la teula del taulat a caigut

- together / junts

- way / camí o manera

- tiny / minúscul

- go toward / anar cap a …

- engaged / promès (casament)

- seemed / semblava

- guilty / culpable

- stood up / aixecar

- wonder / pregunta, meravella o miracle

- got back / trobar

- downstairs / baix de les escales

- replied / va contestar

- will be able / podrà

- successful / exitós

- business / negoci

- disappointed / decepció

- below / sota

- ness / desordre

- motorway / autopista

- lorry / camió

- A matter of chance / a passat per casualitat

9- Provide an alternative ending.

Well, Poul and Sandra get married and they are together for the rest of their lives and they live a calm life together far away from people like Andrea.

10- Would you recommend this book? Why?

Yes, of course. Because it’s the firs book of the mystery and adventures that I have read, I was happy while I was reading this book. It’s like a drug.

FUTURE PERFECT

I
You
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Will (I, you, he, …) have + PARTICIPE

We use this verbal-time (future perfect) when…

Quan una acció que es dirà en el futur resultarà ser passada en aquell moment.

Ex: I will have decided my university à Hauré decidit la meva universitat.

Quan volem dir un interval de temps a partir d’un temps passat en concret.

Ex: I will have bee here for a week in August à A l’agost farà que estic aquí una setmana.

MILION DÓLAR BABY

The film starts in a ring in the middle of a boxing fight and in a corner we can see the coach. Days later coach talks to a girl in his Gym and this girl needs somebody to train her but the coach never trains girls.

Some months later he accepts the girl as a boxer, but before she needs to work a lot and we can see her life in the café where she works, she never spends any money because she’s saving her money to buy some boxing gloves.

At the end of the training she is ready to fight but the coach lets her go to? Another trainer who prepares her for the fight.

Finally she fight, but in the middle of the fight the old coach take the responsibility and she wins the fight.

NEws 8: CADAQUÉS PROTECTS ITS CHARM

"Catalonia today"

"Council puts restrictuions on old town center"

Cadaqués has decided to restrict the center parkkcing, because in the summer there are too people and cars and it's a problem. For this reason the mayor says that " this will help us harmonize the area, the termining what is possible in terms of guilding hight, color and materials".
All these rules will be a nice thing for this beautyful village. And now will be better.

SONG " I WILL BE WAITING"

He broke your hart

He took your soul

You’re hurt inside

‘cause there is a hole

You need some time

to be alone

then you will find

what you’ve always known

I’m the one who really loves you baby

I’ve been waiting at your door

As long as I’m living, I will be waiting

As long as I’m breathing, I’ll be there

Whenever you call me, I will be waiting

When you need me, I’ll be there

I’ve seen you cry

Into the light

I feel your pain

Can I make it right

I realized there’s no end inside

Yet still I’ll wait

For you to see the light

I’m the one who really loves you baby

I can’t take it anymore

You are my only I’ve ever known

That makes me feel this way

Couldn’t on my own

I want to be with you please we’re old

You have the love you need

right in front of you

Please come home

T’estaré esperant

Ell trenca el teu cor

Ell toca la teva anima

Tu tens mal a dins

Perquè hi ha un forat

Tu necessites temps

per estar sola

després tu trobaràs

el que sempre has sabut

Jo sóc el que realment t’estima nena

Jo he estat esperant a la teva porta

Mentres visqui, t’estaré esperant

Mentres respiro, estaré allà

No importa quan truquis, t’estaré esperant

Quan em necessitis, jo estaré allà

Te vist plorar

A la nit

Sento el teu dolor

Puc fer algú per arreglar-ho?

Em vaig adonar de que no hi ha fi a dins

Jo t’esperaré

Fins que vegis la llum

Jo sóc el que realment t’estima nena

Jo he estat esperant a la teva porta

Ets la única que he conegut

Això em fa sentir així

No podia tot sol

Vull estar amb tu si us plau quan siguis gran

Tu tens l’amor que necessites

Just davant teu

Si us plau torna a casa

Language and scripture

I know that the best invention of the humanity is the language and the scripture (words and numbers). Because it’s true that there are a lot of incredible invents in the world, like the plane, the penicillin, TV, internet, etc. but without the language never wouldn’t exist because the people wouldn’t pass the information and the culture necessary for make all these incredible invents.

With the language was started our culture, the history of the humanity.

Thinking a little bit, if you need learn or teach some information you need the language or the scripture, because if you try to explain a thing without words is impossible.

The expert community thinks that the language was invented 6000 ago, because the firs table of scripture was ride in 3000 BC, and it was found 70 yeas ago in a mountain from a desert of Arabian country.

In conclusion, I think and know that the most important invent of the history is the language and the scripture.

NEEW 7: Olympic torch Tibet protest

LINK
3/3/2008

A lot of people protest and disagree with the politics of China in Tibet, for this reason they protest.

While the Olympic flame goes on it’s way, a lot of people were arrested.

The flame was transferred to China and now all these problems have caused that Beigin has more security in the streets.

The flame will travel around the world, in twenty different countries and last weekend in London the flame was attacked.

Now the flame is travelling to the Olympic dream.

HORROR STORY

Halloween story

That was a dark summer night, where the stars were shinning and the moon was full.

As soon as they finished with the dinner, Bob and Lucy went to the beach to enjoy the night. They were talking to each other, and soon the love grew in them. They were so distract so they didn’t realise that someone or something was following them. But after a while Bob somehow figured out that there was something wrong, and he said:

Lucy: What’s going on? Are we going to fast?

Bob: No, don’t mind, is just that I felt something on my feet.

Lucy: Ok but you are scare to death.

Bob: Take it easy, was nothing, believe me.

So they started kissing one each other again until Lucy felt into the ground because there was some kind of an aquatic monster pulling Lucy’s feet. That was such a ugly monster, he looked like a human fish or a sort of triton.

The triton said: Let the princess Venus go to the deepest part of the ocean.

Lucy started crying without stop, Bob tried to help her, but the monster punched him knocking Bob out. So Bon couldn’t do anything to help when the monster took Lucy with him to the ocean.

Since then, every summer night it’s possible to see Bob’s phantom crying on the beach

NEW 6: MINIMALISM CLASHES WITH ANCIENT ROME

This new tells us about a build of Sir Norman Foster and what he thinks about this beautiful project. This build is in the middle of the old Romanic buildings. The most important thing for Foster is made a building that doesn’t show up, for this reason Foster use simple materials like steel and glass. Foster think all time about the Romanic art. He wants to combination old and new. This building is a big Library for 362.000 books, this library cost 70$ millions.
In this project we can see the minimalist mine of Sir. Norman Foster.

RESTAURANT “L’ESTURRADET”

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P: Hello sir, welcome to my new restaurant. My name is Petorvolusian.

G: Hello, good morning. I’m Gullermopski.

P: You are the first customer of this restaurant!!!

G: really? Im so happy!. I thought that there weren’t many people here because this restaurant was too expensive.

P: Oh! No no no, there aren’t any people here because it’s new. And our prices are accessible to all kinds of people.

G: well! Please, give me the menu.

P: OK…………………..for you sir.

G: Thanks!

N: two minutes later the Guillermopski asks for the food.

G: Sorry waiter. ……………mmmmm……………. First snails, and next I want a big steak with a lot of spicy sauce.

P: spicy?

G: yes, I love the spicy food because I am from India.

P: ok and to drink?

G: mmmmmmmm………….Vodka because my mum is from Russia.

P: Ok sir, thanks.

G: you’re welcome.

N: Guillermopski love the food here and I will eat it all!

g: Thanks for everything sir Petorvolusian.

p: thanks to you sir Guillermopski.

N: Now today this restaurant is the best in Europe and Guillermopski works there.

ORALS PRESENTATIONS (MY OPINION)

1) Guillem and Jordi:
Scotland
3 Facts: How start this nation and when, Music and instruments (bagpipe, violin, harp, etc.), Literature (Robert Burns, James, etc.), Sports (football and rugbi), Skid (tipical)
Ideas: Use paper and the viose of Guillem is boring, they talk about simple things, I don’t lern anything and also they have a nice Power Point and I understand all.
Note: B-N

2) Jake:
Australia
3 Facts: Situation of the country in a world map, history of they flag, the history of Australia, sports (rugby and criket), Ululu is the biggest roc of the world (rather famous) and the native people.
Ideas: Nice pronunciation, good organization, there are a lot of information.
Note: E

3) David:
American car vs. British car
3 Facts: American: made cars for the young people, for to be different of they parents.
British: all is bigger, are smarter, there are new cars that combine the twice stiles.
Ideas: Good structure of cars and the ideas are really clear.
Her topic is not correct because only talk about cars and this Oral Presentation was about a cultural topic, no only cars.
Note: B (incorrect topic)

4) Juaquim:
Republic of South Africa
3 Facts: Country of the Commonwealth, where is this country, Nelson Mandela was the first president, rugby.
Ideas: Nice Power Poin.
Note: B-N

5) Angels and Estela:
Las Vegas
3 Facts: History of the city, the most important streets, hotels and casinos.
Ideas: They read the paper, nice photos, and important things only.
Note: B

6) Marina and Alba:
Sydney
3 Facts: Auditorium, gardens, museums, the beach, is an incredible city.
Ideas: Concrete information and they are very nervous.
Note: B

7) Laia and Merce:
Jamaica
3 Facts: Music, Rastafarian and how are the people.
Note: B-N
8) Nuria:
South Africa
3 Facts: Culture, language and Capeagulhas.
Note: B-N

9) Laura:
Genocide of Ruanda
3 Facts: The conflict, what happened in this war, the film, what happened in 1994?
Ideas: Very perpetrated, she don’t need Power Point, the video is very chocking like the photos, nice topic.
Note: N

10) Eduard:
England
3 Facts: Introduction about the presentation!!! Nice idea, conquest ions and history, Oxford, spa of Romans, Manchester United F.C.
Ideas: Incredible type of Oral Presentation is like a travel by plane, good information, and bad body language.
Note: N-E

11) Pep and Màrius:
Jamaica
3 Facts: Culture, people, music, history, party, etc.
Ideas: Nice Power Point, a lot of information and details, nice pronunciation, good feeling and also have a funny things.
Note: E

NEW VOCABULARY

Provided details ... Donar detalls
Sweetly ... Dolçament
Steel ... Acer
Arches ... Arcades
Clock ... Rellotge
Restored ... Restaurar
See-through ... Veure a través de ...
Overriding ... Sempre en ment
Flew ... Va volar
A decade ago ... Una dècada enrere
Stone ... Pedra
Patch ... Apedaçar
Pavings ... Paviment
Thick ... Gruixut
Focuses ... Enfocar
Tier ... Pisos de ... (escalonat)
Furniture ... Mobles
Aware ... Conscient
Avalanches ... Allauts
Steep ... Empinat
Cliff ... Precipici
Slope ... Costera
Below ... A baix
Massive ... Massiu / Voluminós
Landscape ... Paisatge
Mars ... Mart

NEW 5: RED PLANET

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/03/03/mars.avalanche.ap/index.html

This new show us the most new project of NASA on Mars, we can see a lot of photos of active avalanches near the planet’s North Pole.
There is a photo about an avalanche, with a steep cliff.
The scientists of NASA explore the red planet, and if they find thing for study.
I think that there are a lot of things for find in this planet and the people of NASA work very hart.
Is vary important study this planet because in the future is possible that we need him.

NEW 4: CNN ridicules microsaft zune

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=bukaqRGSFA

They talk about the new product of microsoft, a Ipot with video and songs. There isn't email. Cost the same than the first Ipot.
The woman has an other Ipot and the man say that she don't has video. But the disain is not better is a boring disain.
I thing that this compains sold too products, because the most important thing for them is the money.

NEW 3: NEW YORK (AP)

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/getaways/03/03/nyc.buildings.ap/index.html

We know that New York is a beautiful and modern city and for this reason in New York there are a lot of buildings, and there is a great architecture. These type of article help the tourism in the city. For example I will summarize some buildings:

1- Condé Naste Building: This building is enviromentally correct, it has an energy conservation system.
2- Brooklyn Museum: It's between a pavillion and square, It's an incredible art museum, there are two special things. One hand there is the steel structure inusual because all the museum is circular and on the other hand there is the use of a lot of glass and the people feel well seeing the art.
3- Grand Center Terminal: This centreal is situated in the middle of Manhattan and is very famous because it has cathedral windows, arches, constelations ceiling and big clock. I remember this terminal in a lot of films. It was restored in 1998.
4- Hearst Tower: Near 56th Street, Manhattan. The architect was the famous Sir. Norman Foster in 2004, you casn see the people inside the building thanks to the glass panels and the most incredible thing of this building is that ther aren't vertical supporting columns. Incredible!!!

NEW 2: DINOSAUR GRAVEYARD AS TOURIST DRAW

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/science/04dino.html?ref=science

In this article of the New York Times there is the work of Mr.Calvo, a archeologist who found a lot of dinosaurs and funded a museum for the people from his country, Argentina.
The article talk about a lot of projects and people who help Mr. Calvo to find more dinosaurs and also tell us about the best ares for work, this area is in Argentina, in the Patagonia region.
Mr.Calvo worked very hard for his investigations and he quiokly found things.

NEW 1: A VIRTUAL TRAVEL AGENT WITH ALL THE ANSWERS

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/bussiness704road.html?ref=technology

Alaska Airlines has introduced in his Web (Alaskaair.com) a "virtual assistant named Jenn.
Jenn can help you to choose your holidays and also talk to you. Like in all computer programmes, Microsoft has improved the programme and now Jenn speak better and also choose the best type of voice.
First, the people want to know what it can make, and people have been impressed and now the Web is better and famous.
Jenn also has a difficult job, Jenn provides details about dangerous things and craches.
Finally, Jenn is an incredible computing thing and it can help the company Alaska Airlines to be more attractive to people who want to travel.

EUROPASS LANGUAGE PASSPORT

Surname(s) First name(s)	Esteve Calvo Josep (Pep)
Date of birth (*)	02/08/1991
Mother tongue(s)	Catalan
Other language(s)	English Spanish

	English
Self-assessment of language skills (**)
	Understanding				Speaking				Writing
	Listening		Reading		Spoken interaction		Spoken production
	A2	Basic User	A2	Basic User	A2	Basic User	A2	Basic User	A2	Basic User

	Spanish
Self-assessment of language skills (**)
	Understanding				Speaking				Writing
	Listening		Reading		Spoken interaction		Spoken production
	C1	Proficient user	C1	Proficient user	C1	Proficient user	C1	Proficient user	C1	Proficient user

(*) Headings marked with an asterisk are optional. (**) See self-assessment grid on reverse. (***) Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level if specified on the original certificate or diploma.