Yangtze river dolphin's demise!

The long-threatened Yangtze river dolphin in China is probably extinct, according to an international team of researchers. They say this marks the first whale or dolphin to be wiped out because of human activity.

Is expected that the Yangtze river dolphin is extinct, according to the Zoological Society of London. The society participated in an international survey which examined over 1,500 kilometres of the river last year and failed to find a single baiji dolphin. In the 1990s they found thirteen live dolphins. In the 1950s they were thousands.

China's rapid modernisation is blamed for the dolphin's demise. Industrial pollution, heavy river traffic... are thought to have killed so many poor dolphins.
However, the World Conservation Union says that an animal can only be declared extinct if it hasn't been found in the wild for fifty years. So we hope that this nice animal don't desapeere. But even if a number of the dolphins have survived, they and other freshwater animals, like the Yangtze finless porpoise, are in serious danger of disappearing forever because our fault.





BBC NEWS



In my opinion, this is so sad; the world is desappearing because of us, so if we cause the trouble, we have to stop it.





NEW VOCABULARY



* An international survey: a study or report written by people from different countries
* Failed to find a single: didn't find even one

* Demise: end, extinction

ORAL PRESENTATION.

Carles Torracabota and Clàudia Rosillo – different kinds of weddings.

This oral presentation was so difficult, I mean, that we searched a lot of information because we didn’t know anything about the topic, consequently, the vocabulary of the text was really complicated, and there were a lot of new things for us.
We wanted to do a really good work, so maybe we did an oral which wasn’t of our level, it was higher than our level and because of it I was a little bit nervous.
However, I think that the most important points to do a good oral were good, for instance, we looked at our audience all the time, and I didn’t read from my notes.
I did gestures to hold the attention of my partners, as you know I always move all my body, maybe a so much! Muahaha!
Another think that I think that I’ve done well, is that we used connectors and useful expressions to make the oral easier, and fluent.
About the language, we really had checked our grammar before than did the oral, and I think that we didn’t do a bad work.
This oral presentation was a rept to us, we really worked on it, and I’m not so convinced about the result, I want to say thanks to all my partners who said us that we did a good work! :D
Moreover I have to say that each presentation helps me to learn English, and above all, to learn how to talk in front of partners, and teachers.

COMPUTERS

Computers are part of our every day life, they seem a necessity in the society we live in. But not every body lives in "our" society, so a lot of inhabitants of the world, don't even know what a computer is. We are in the fortunate position, to look at both, the positive as well as the negative, aspects of this topic.

Looking at it from a more critical point of view, there are also negative aspects. Human beings don't think as much as before, because computers do it for us. In spite of that, for scientists the computer is an important tool for their work, because it saves them time to think about other matters.

An other reason to lead to the conclusion that a computer is a negative thing, are the newspapers, that publish every day articles about domestic violence from children to their parents, school masacres caused by some video games. The problem is that nowadays there are more and more children who are always at home entertaining themselves with agressive video games, instead of playing outside.

On the other hand, concentrating on more positive aspects, the first that comes to mind is the help that computers give us in our work, because they permit us to do the things quicker, and to get all the information we need, in no time and from a very compresed informative background.

Moreover PC's play a very important part in a teenagers life, because they are an essential tool for keeping in touch with your friends, whenever and wherever you are.

What's more, looking at the connection between computers an our enviroment, they are a good because we can save paper, and with this trees.

After having stated some pros and cons, I want to include my point of view, which is that pc's are not a necessity. Why? well, because it depends on the definition of the word necessity, for me, necessity means something necessary to survive, like food, water... and computers are not in this group.

If I had to choose amongst all the arguments I would go for the computer being a tool which makes my life easier, but isn't a necessity.

climate, and our world.

Under the Kyoto protocol belongs of reducing carbon emissions falls on the industrialised world. Developing countries don't follow the law, as it was felt reductions would hinder development and add to the existing burden of debt. However as developing countries improve their technology, get more vehicles and power stations for example, their emissions are also going to increase, fuelling climate change.

BBC NEWS.

Claudia says: This could be a really hard problem next years, now we are really happy with all of our new technologies, but maybe in some years we won't cant use it, because we will be dead. :(

VOCABULARY.

* hinder: to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in

* burden: responsabilty of

WHAT TO WEAR

One of the biggest shocks when you arrive in a new country can be the clothes. Maybe you look fashionable at home, but when you are in another country you find that you are behind the times. Let's take a look at teenage fashion girls in the UK.
These days in London isn't enough to wear rings in you ears, you will see so many teenagers with rings in their nose, their lip... or even in their button!
Some girls go for a "glam" look. They wear trousers, usally blue or blach with a simple t-shirt, the look is finished off with metallic bags and shoes and arms full of bracalets.
An alternative is the "rocker" look. Normally they wear a t-shirt of their favourite band and tigh jeans. Jewellery tends to be large and metallic, and they add colour with a scarf, because normally the rest things are black.
If neither of these is for you, why not go 'sporty'? T-shirts are usually tie-dyed in hot colours. Wear long shorts, short jeans or a denim skirt. And on their feet they wear trainers!

It's important to remember to wear clothes and choose a look that you feel comfortable with. Don't just be one of the crowd – be yourself!

Opinion: The look which I prefer is the "glam" one. I have to say, that this summer I always wear full of bracalets on my arm because I copy from english famous!

vocabulary:

behind the times: unfashionable

BBC NEWS

NOTTING HILL

One day, Anna Scott, a really famous actress, coincidentaly enters the travelers bookshop of William. She bought a travel book and left the shop. Later in the street, Willian unintentionally threw a drink over . With this excuse he invited her home to clean her clothes and she accepted. After changing her clothes she left, but one minute later, someone rang the bell, it was Anna who came to give him a kiss. He promised not to say say anything about that, and with melancholy and love he remembered her until she rang him up to have a date. The curious thing is that this "date" was when the actress had some interviews with journalists to talk about her latest film and William had to pass there as a journalist, a really nice and funny moment. This is when they decided to have a normal date, which is the birthday of Wlliam's sister.Anna had a very busy life as an actress and even though they started a romanced there was no hope for a normall relation ship in a future, but after a lot of ups and downs, the story finishes in a happy end.
It's a tipicall Holliwood production!
I want to ask the teachers something: would it be possible to give us two days for watching films? because we didn't have time and we have to finish films at home.

By the way, I spend a really funny time watching the film

HOMOUR!

DIFFERENT JOKES:

What is the difference between a cat and a dog, Dogs think: Humans are benevolent, they feed me, and take care of me, so they must be Gods; cats instead think: HUmans are benevolent, they feed me, and take care of me, so I must be God.

- What happens in the African jungle from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. everyday, even on Sundays?- Two hours.

is humor necessary to survive?

Presumably there are a lot of people who don’t laugh, but to lead a happy life you should do it because as Erma Louise Bombeck said, “If you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it”.
Nowadays people seem to have a lot more problems than some years ago, problems that didn’t matter then are becoming more and more important, for instance, the high level stress, the economical circumstances, work pressure… if the problems get over your head and you can solve them, take a break, step back and laugh, because “if you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it”.
I’m sure that nobody ever died of laughter, but so many people must have died because of tears, maybe those unfortunate people didn’t know how, and what about laughing. Because of this reason a handful of people created the therapy of laughing, a place where you can let our all your frustrations. What’s more, you don’t only relieve your frustrations, but you’re giving your mind a little holiday from all your worries.
In conclusion, and from my point of view, if you can’t solve the problem at least try to find some humor in it.

ABBA- honey honey

ABBA-HONEY HONEY!
1- FILL THE GAPS
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Oh, you make me dizzy

Honey honey, let me feel it, ah-hah,
honey honey Honey honey, don't conceal it, ah-hah,
honey honey The way that you kiss ------
The way that you hold me tight
I ---- like I wanna sing when you do your thing yeah
I don't wanna hurt you, -----,
I don't wanna see you ----

So stay on the ground, girl, you better not get too high
But I'm gonna stick to you, boy,
you'll never get rid of me
There's no other place in this world where I rather would be

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Honey honey, hold me, baby, ah-hah, honey honey
You look like a -------- star
But I know just who you are
And, honey, to say the least, you're a doggone beast
So stay on the ground, girl, you better not get too high
There's no other ------ in this world where I rather would

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Honey honey, nearly kill me, ah-hah, honey honey
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