“THE DAY AGAINST GENDER VIOLENCE”

 

I have always wondered why we celebrate “The day against gender violence” on November 25? The reason why we celebrete this day on November 25 is because on this date in 1960 in Latin America three sisters were murdered by order of the dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo because they were against his dictatorship. Since 1981 Latin America has celebrated this day in their honor and Europe since 1999.

Since ever women have always had to fight for their rights, because they were considered inferior to men. They were not allowed to be educated, to get a job and other things that would be allowed for a man. During years we have moved towards a more egalitarian society, because for example before Christ the society thought that women were a natural defect.

There a lot of women who have fought for their rights like Concepción Arenal, who was born in 1820 in La Coruña, she studied law at the Central University of Madrid when it wasn’t allowed for women to study yet. It was with her when feminism was born in Spain. Another example is Clara Campomar, who was born in Madrid in 1888 and is one of the great figures of the struggle for the equal rights of women. She created the Feminine Republican Union in Spain.

To sum up, we are in the 21st century and, from my point of view, gender violence or other violence should not exist. We should not be used to all theses pieces of news that appear on television such as “This week a man has killed his wife” or “He has beaten his girlfriend to death”.

BRITAIN

BOB DYLAN

Bob Dylan, whose real name is Robert Allen Zimmerman, was born in United States on 24th May 1941. He is a musician, singer and songwriter, who was really influential in the twentieth and twenty-first century. His songs have a variety of social, political, philosophical and literary themes. He is 75 years old now and lives in Malibu.

Some of his most famous songs are “Like a Rolling Stone”, “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door” and “Lay Lady Lay”. During his career, which started in 1959, he has won a lot of awards. Some of his awards are Prince of Asturias Awards, Golden Globe Awards, Grammy Awards and Grammy Hall of Fame.

But the most famous award is the Nobel Prize for Literature this year, which has caused different opinions: the first is that he doesn’t deserve the award because there are a lot of better writers and poets before him, and they only give him the award for publicity; and the second is that he deserves the award for the amazing lyrics of his songs, but sadly for the people who think that he deserves it the director of the Nobel Foundation has stated that he had already arranged some appointments.

From my point of view, only poets and writers should win this award, not songwriters although they have written amazing lyrics.

DUBLIN

Last year in my school there were three travels to choise. One was to Monaco, another to Galicia and Madrid, and the other one to Dublin. Finally I chose to go to Dublin, because in my opinion it was the best of the threee travels. If I had gone to France, I would have had to travel by bus an entire day and it is so uncomfortable. And I didn't choose to go to Galicia and Madrid because I preferred to leave Spain.

The travel to Dublin was amazing! I had a lot of fun! During the week we went to different places, where we could see fantastic things. We had to go to classes some days, too. Also we went to St. Paatrick's parade, where there were a lot of people who were from Dublin and different countries. The majority were dressed in green clothes. After that week we had to come back to Spain.

We arrived at the airport and when we were checking in the luggage a woman told us that our flight had been cancelled. I remember that everybody was like "What ?" "What are we going to do?" and a few persons were crying.

We had to spend an other two days in Dublin in a hotel. But for me it was the best part of the trip. After that we come back to Spain.

MY BEST FRIEND

Today I am going to write about Elena, who is one of my best friends. She has been in the same class as me at school since we were 12 years old. She was the first person that I met there.

Now, she is 16 years old,she is thin and she is the tallest girl in my class. She is taller than some boys. She has got short black hair, but I am sure that in a few months she will have red or purple hair, because she loves dying her hair. She has got big brown eyes and a beautiful smile. She always wears dark clothes, because it is her favourite colour.

She is very smart, cheerful and funny. She is the most friendly girl that I khow! Everybody thinks that she is very generous! She is a little talkative, too. She loves listening to music, and her favourite singer is Adam Levine. A lot of famous songs have been written by him. She loves readind books, too, for example she is reading one called "No culpes al karma de lo que te pasa por gilipollas". It has been written by Laura Norton.

Elena and I are good friends, because we are not very different. Elena is a very good friend. Everyone should have a friend like her!

LÍNEA DEL TIEMPO DE LA FILOSOFÍA ANTIGUA

POKÉMON GO

First, I think that summer is the time that you have to do your hobbies, for example : you can hang out with your friends, read books, do exercise, travel, meet new people , go to the beach… So I think that you can’t waste your time with a game.

In summer, there was a new game called Pokémon Go and it was very popular. Everyone was obsessed with it, I always saw people playing with that game next to a “PokeParada” or next to a “GimnasioPokemon”. I think that it is a great game, because when you are bored you can go out and play and your are doing exercise, too. For example there was a youtuber that lost 3 kg in a week. That's one of the advantages, other advantages are: you can play with your friends, family..., make tourism in and out of the city.... One of the coolest things in the game is that according to the site you are you can find different pokemons.

On the contrary, there are also disadvantages, because some people do dangerous things to capture a Pokémon, drive while they are playing, people walk in the street distracted ...

Nowadays, the game is nos as amazing as before. Almost everyone no longer plays with it and finds it boring, although there are still people obsessed with it.

INFORMAL LETTER

Hello Elena!

How are you? I hope you are well.

This summer I have done a lot of things. Everyday I was with my friends in the beach or in the swimming pool. We used to go shopping once a week, but we hardly ever bought anything.

 I went to the Warner Bros Theme Park in Madrid with my dad and some friends. I had so much fun there. All the rides were amazing! My favourite rides were "Stunt Fall" and "La Fuga", which are roller coasters.

I have had time to do my hobbies like reading books. I love reading books in my free time, because I just think if you read a lot of books you are more interesting and you always have a topic of conversation.

Another hobby I have is listening to music, but that is something that I always do, This summer I wanted to go to Rihanna's concert in Barcelona, but ut was very expensive. I discovered a group of music called "Twenty one pilots" and they have amazing songs. My favourite songs are: Ride, Stressed out and Cancer.

Kisses

Irene

PS: What did you do last summer? What are yout hobbies?

THE PROBLEM OF POLLUTION

PREZI: BRAVEHEART

A FORMAL LETTER

                                                                                                         29 Whitehouse Rd
                                                                                                             Oxford OX6 7JL
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                         14th February 2016
Mr.Peter Bridges
Starlight Café
54 Market St
Oxford OX4 3SD




Dear Mr.Bridges,



I saw your adversitement for part-time staff in the paper and I am writing to apply for a job as a waitress in your café.

I am 16 years old and I study at Mediterranean Sea High School. I am kind, friendly and hard-working. My teachers always say that I am very responsible. I've worked as a waitress in a restaurant and I have been a cashier, so I am used to working with people.

At the moment I am working in a clothes shop. It is big, but very quiet so I am looking for a more interesting job in a busier place. The earliest date that I could start working at Starlight Café is Friday, 26th February.

I am sending you my photo and I look forward to hearing from you.


Yours sinceraly,


Irene Ramón.

SEPARATE LIVES

Orlando Bloom was born in Kent, United Kingdom. Neither his mother nor his father were actors, but he loved films and he wanted to be an actor. Two days after graduating from Guilohall in 1999, he was chosen for its first major role, playing the elf prince Legolas Greenleaf in the triology of "The Lord of the Rings". In 2002, Orlando started going out with Kate Bosworth, bur the couple split up in 2006.

Miranda Kerr was born in 1983 in Sidney, Australia. Neither her mother nor her father were famous. He finished high school, and then she went to study Nutrition and Health Psychology at the Academy Natural Living. She's been very successful since she started working in Victoria's Secret. In 2004 she started dating with Jay Lyon, but they split up in 2006.

Orlando and Miranda have known each other since 2007, whrn they met and fell in love. They got married in July 2010, but the marriage ended in 2013.