Things I hate (My world)

I hate many things but this are the top :

 -Spiders: I don't like spiders because I allways think they are going to bite me. This terrifies me. 

 -Dark: Since I was little I hate the dark, because many things can happen, and this...just scares me. When I was little mostly I slept with a light on, currently I don't do this. 

 -Lose my holidays: The true is that the truth is that the vacation are my great addiction therefore I can not lose! After much work that is the best thing can happen. (Except workaholics).

 -The black chocolate: I know it is very healthy, but is bitter! Leaves a very bad taste in the mouth...

- Study hard and not get a good mark: I don't know if that's because I get so nervous in exams and then receive bad note, or because it's too difficult. The strange thing is: if I don't study hard I receive better mark ... strange mind!

My best friend (My world)

She's name is Ana. And she is 16 years like me, also is from Romania, the place where we meet. Only had 4 years old when we met, but thereafter we became great friends. We used to play all day in the park in front of my house. There we play with our dolls or with the sand. We loved. We also liked walks and preparing food (inedible of course). For us this it was the best childhood. Then we grew up and changed the way to have fun. Now we prefer go to the party (like all teenagers), listen love songs and laugh for any simple thing. Of course we also like to do stupid things, when we're together we become crazy and some times the people turns to look us. We love doing this.

My favorite movie (My world)

Always "The notebook" has been my favorite movie. I like because is a romantic film (one of my favourite kinds). The film is about two lovers Allie and Noah. The girl is from a good family, rich and important. But the guy is a poor worker. After meeting the two fall deeply in love. But problems arise when Allie's mother intervenes between the two and not let them be together. She takes her in another town. But after a few years though she's married with a good man, revisits the village where she had met Noah and finds him. From here adventure begins. 
In my opinion, even though I liked it, I think the end would have to be otherwise, maybe not so sad. But in general in fine, a good film. 

A beautiful place (My world)

Today I visited a wonderful village in Alt Empordà: Sant Llorenç de la Muga. I loved. It is a medieval village built in the XII-XIII century, has stunning homes, each of which has a small bridge that joins with the garden. In general is peaceful, harmonious and very pleasant. People are friendly and they like to have tourists. There are also artisanal shops and restaurants (well.. prices are a little high). The whole village is decorated with flowers, therefore smells are abundant. Before returning home my parents and I we walk up in to a tower where we could saw all the town and environments. A spectacular view. I hope to return soon and stay lifetime. 

Easter holidays

This week I was at home with my parents, I din't visited Berlin. But I enjoyed being at home, and read a good book, go at the partys, be stretched in bed the all day, or sleep. I needed after a long timp.
The first and second day I spend my timp with my friends, I was the whole day at the beach or on the terrace of my house, we were talking, laughing, and watching funny videos. After, at the night we went in the city to eat ice cream and watch a film in the cinema. 
The last days my friends returned to their cities, so I was helping my mother with the preparations. 
In Romania, the Easter is a very important celebration. My mum was prepared the all tradicional food, and she was decorating the house. I liked this environment, and the holidays in general.

NEWS

Big baby in Massachusetts

On 22nd April, a strange thing happened: A big baby borned!
Carisa Ruscak borned in Massachusetts hospital and she's a second biggest baby in the world. The baby weight 6,6 kilograms and she was 56 centimetres. For her parents the happened was not a surprise, because the girl have an other sister also big baby. The two were born via c-section in the same hospital.

New words:

--> c-section

Wow! I have never listen something like this! In my life I saw big babies, but not like Carisa (who have 6,6 kg) I'm surprised.

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My world: Summer time come, please! (My world)

What is summer time for a teenager? Everything. Why? Because in summer whole is possible, you can stay with your friends all day and have fun for little things and laught so much. You can travell around the world (if you have money) and go to the bitch, mountain... everything is allow. If you are so lazy, no problem! Is afford wake up at 10 o 'clock or 11... go to school is not a obligation. Well if you work.. it's a real problem because the boss can make you out.
Of course in summer there are disadvantages: usually is so hot, they are many insects... but, that's nothing compared to the benefits: day become longer and therefore you can do more activities or just lay over all day and drink a good tonic.

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Describe a photo

In this photo I can see a girl with painted face. The picture only shows what is in the middle. I think on the left and on the right are people celebrating the painting festival (typical from India). In her head there is a specific decorative with many colors for women. Her face,besides being very handsome , is painted green with some blue stains. Above the eyebrows  has also small decorative stones and  in the middle of the forehead there is a dot in the form of sun. It has elongated but fine lips and a large nose. The eyes are dark but very expressive.
I think the girl is having fun.
In general the picture is colorful but especially peaceful.


-->Vocaroo Voice Message

NEWS

Doctors help a gorilla: 

The new is talk about a gorilla baby who born in a zoo in California. The baby is beautiful but have a problem (with her lung). The workers asked for help at doctors. The doctors are specialize in helping chilldrens, but they did very well with the little gorilla, at de moment the mother and the baby are ok, and soon the baby will be with the family in the zoo.

Words I learnt:

-->  delivery

--> lung

--> however

My opinion: So cute, I adore the babies, and gorillas!

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Tourists interviews

When I arrived in Barcelona (a very nice city) a was touched because it's a big city, the persons were pollite, the streets were full of tourists, there was a beutiful day with sunshine a day of spring.
The first thing what I do was go to visit shoops of corse, it's Barcelona! and the next was go to talk with tourists, I met people from USA, England, Singapore, Switzerland and other places, it was fantastic, I was really enjoying.

The tourist interviews:
I was talking with a couple from Singapore. They came in Barcelona with a plane and they were four days, it was the first time that they were in Spain, for holidays and they liked all of the buildings and shoops, they was nothing that they dislike, they love Barcelona1 so far! There was the first day in Barcelona and for the moment they didn't visit nothing, except the cathedral (I found there). They bought a present for the family and friends and they said prices were acceptable.
When I asked them with who are in the city they said that we are a future family and after they smiled. I think there were so cute! And they come back again.

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Differences between the film and the book

Question 1: SETTING: The first fight in the book take place the street and in the film take place in the petrol station. In the book Mercutio died in the street and in the film Mercutio died in the beach. In the book Tybalt died in the street and in the film he died in a fountain. When Romeo and Juliet talk for the first time in the book they were in balcony and in the film they were in the swimming pool.

Question 2: IMAGINARY: The water means love, happy moments, intimacy but the rain means that something bad already happened.  The fire means tragedy, fights, problems...

Question 3: LANGUAGE: Romeo talks in verse and the other characters talks in prose. Tybalt has a violent language. The narrator is the Friar.

Question 4: THE FANCY DRESS PARTY: Juliet were an angel dress and it means that she is beautiful, innocence, … Her mother were a Cleopatra dress and it means power and the beauty. Juliet’s father were a Roman emperor dress and it means that he has the power and everybody have to respect him. Tybalt were a devil dress because he was very evil and always want to fight. Romeo were a knight because he was gentleman and a beautiful boy.
Question 5: ELEMENTS: In the book fight with swords and in the film with guns and the book the characters rode horses and in the film drove cars.

NEWS

Soldier shoots people

The news talk about a soldier who fought in Iraq, and afther that he began crazy. He worked in a army base in Texas and there he killed three people and injures sixteen. But this is not the first time, in 2009 there was a terrible shooting and he kills thirteen people and injures thyrty two, also he drives to two towns and finally he finally kill himeself .                                                                                                                                    

--> injures

--> shooting My opinion:Well... I think the people is crazy, amazes me more every day. Maybe he done this because after fight and stay in the army suffered some disorder, but is not an excuse!

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My favorite flower: Tulips ( My world )

Tulips are my favorite flowers, because their colors are cheerful, intense… but also because their bloom in the spring and makes a beautiful landscape.

The other reason is emotional; my father gave me a tulip when I was little, the first flower that I knew in these moment, was a very important moment for me, and I can’t forget the smell, the powerful color (pink) and these innocent smile.

Tulips also outlined in some cultures like Turkish and Netherland. “During the Ottoman Empire, the tulip was seen as a symbol of abundance and indulgence. In the Netherlands it represented the briefness of life”

Vocabulary: 
--> bloom: florir
-->lanscape: paisatge 
-->poweful: potent
--> outlined: destacar
--> indulgence: indulgència

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Japanese garden ( My world )

"Japanese gardens  are traditional gardens that create miniature idealized landscapes, often in a highly abstract and stylized way. The gardens of the Emperors and nobles were designed for recreation and aesthetic pleasure, while the gardens of Buddish temples were designed for contemplation and meditation."

I think there places are the most relaxing and beautiful. Being there must be a unique experience, being surrounded by wonderful plants, with the sound of water, all flowered, the spectacular Japanese buildings... Who would not like to visit there places? Japanese culture fascinates me, traditions, food, lifestyle ... everything is wonderful but what stands out are the beautiful gardens. If Japan were two hours away, I would be the happiest girl in the world.

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Asian Elephant ( My world )

The Asian elephant  is the only living species of the genus elephas and is distributed in Southeast Asia from India in the west to Borneo in the east. Three subspecies are recognized
 -->Elephas maximus maximus from Sri Lanka
 --> The Indian elephant from mainland Asia 
-->Elephant maximus sumatranus from the island of Sumatra 

Characteristics:
In general, the Asian elephant is smaller than the African elephant and has the highest body point on the head. The back is convex or level. The ears are small with dorsal borders folded laterally. It has up to 20 pairs of ribs and 34 caudal vertebrae. The feet have more nail-like structures than those of African elephants.

Parts of the body:

--> Trunk: The distinctive trunk is an elongation of the nose and upper lip combined; the nostrils are at its tip, which has a one finger-like process. The trunk contains as many as 60,000 muscles, which consist of longitudinal and radiating sets. The longitudinals are mostly superficial and subdivided into anterior, lateral and posterior. The trunk can hold about four litres of water. Elephants will playfully wrestle with each other using their trunks, but generally use their trunks only for gesturing when fighting




--> Tusks: Serve to dig for water, salt, and rocks, to debark trees, as levers for maneuvering fallen trees and branches, for work, for display, for marking trees, as weapon for offense and defense, as trunk-rests, as protection for the trunk. 

--> Skin: Skin color is usually gray, and may be masked by soil because of dusting and wallowing. Their wrinkled skin is movable and contains many nerve centers. It is smoother than of African elephants, and may be depigmented on the trunk, ears, or neck.






Intelligence:

Asian elephants are highly intelligent and self-aware. They have a very large and highly convoluted neocortex. They have the greatest volume of cerebral cortex available for cognitive processing of all existing land animals. Elephants have a volume of cerebral cortex available for cognitive processing that exceeds that of any primate species, and extensive studies place elephants in the category of great apeas in terms of cognitive abilities for tool use and tool making. Elephants are reported to go to safer ground during natural disasters like tsunamis and earthquakes, although there have been no scientific records of this since it is hard to recreate or predict natural disasters.

The habitat:

Asian elephants inhabit grasslands, tropical avergreen forests, semi-evergreen forests, moist deciduous forests, dry deciduous forests and dry thorn forests, in addition to cultivated and secondary forests and scrublands. Over this range of habitat types elephants are seen from sea level to over 3,000m.


Reproduction:

Bulls will fight one another to get access to estrous females. Strong fights over access to females are extremely rare. Bulls reach sexual maturity around the age of 12–15. Between the age of 10 and 20 years, bulls undergo an annual phenomenon known as "musth". This is a period where the testosterone level is up to 100 times greater than nonmusth periods, and they become extremely aggressive.

The gestation period is 18–22 months, and the female gives birth to one calf, only occasionally twins. The calf is fully developed by the 19th month, but stays in the womb to grow so that it can reach its mother to feed. At birth, the calf weighs about 100 kg,and is suckled for up to three years. Once a female gives birth, she usually does not breed again until the first calf is weaned, resulting in a 4-to 5-year birth interval. Females stay on with the herd, but mature males are chased away.



Domestication:

Elephants have been captured from the wild and tamed for use by humans. Their ability to work under instruction makes them particularly useful for carrying heavy objects. They have been used particularly for timber-carrying in jungle areas. Other than their work use, they have been used in war, in ceremonies, and for carriage. They have been used for their ability to travel over difficult terrain by hunters, for whom they served as mobile hunting platforms. The same purpose is met in safaris in modern times.


In my opinion the Asian elephant are the best. Because it's strong, courageous, warm, obedient, shy and a big help for the humans. 

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet is a famous novel who talk about two lovers; Romeo a Montague young man and Juliet a pretty young Capulet. The main problem is taht her family hates his family, is a big rivality amoung the two. But the love is too big and the two teenagers fight for be together.
All starts when Romeo meet the beautiful lady in Verona, he be in love immediatly, in the same way that Juliet. But as they can not be together the young man visits in secret Juliet every night. At the beginning in general no happen nothing special, the "action" start when the parents of Juliet get ready her marriage with another man: Paris. Of course she is not agree with this desition and try to explain to her father that she loves Romeo, not Paris. Afther that, Juliet make a plan with Friar Laurence to escape but the things didn't go well.

The ring

I was glad when my phone started to ring, in this moment my heart speed up, and my lips smiled. I don't know why... maybe because I was waiting for this call for three days! After the meeting with Milan I had the sad feeling that he woved never call me again. But when I heard this beautiful melody on the phone, I knew that he is the perfect boy for me. After speaking two hours, we decided to start a relationship. And I guess, we like the some things, and when  he is with me I become the happinest girl of the world.ç

Valentine's day!

Vocabulary what I learnt :
- topycal
- card
- candlelight
- bouquet

--> http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/vocabulary/holidays_valentines1.html

I learn about origins of Valentin's day. There was two theories:
-The ancient Roman feast of Lupercalia, a pagan fertility celebration honoring Juno, the queen of Roman gods and goddesses and the goddess of women and marriage, was held on Feb. 14. During the festival, women would write love letters and leave them in a large urn. The men of Rome would draw a note from the urn and the chase was on.
-  Medieval Europeans believed that birds began to mate on Feb. 14 and that made it the perfect day to send a love letter.
In my opinion the second theory is the most cute... because the migration of birds is related with the liberation of feelings.

The story of Valentin's day:
Legend holds that one of the Valentines performed secret marriages against direct orders from Emperor Claudius II (who believed single men were more likely to join his army) and that he sent a friend (or possibly his jailer’s daughter) a note signed “from your Valentine” before he was executed on Feb. 14, 270.

Early Christians preferred a holiday honoring the saint of romantic causes to one recognizing a pagan festival, and in 496, Pope Gelasius named Feb. 14 in honor of St. Valentine, the patron saint of lovers. But don’t look for it on the official list of saints’ days. In 1969, Pope Paul VI dropped it from the calendar.

Vocabulary:
- Patron
- Marriages
- Jailer
- Recognizing
- Pagan
- Dropped
- Join

Shakespeare life's

He was born in Stratford on Avon near to London in 1564 on the 23 April. His father (Johnn Shakespeare) was a glovermaker, shop keeper, land owner and bailiff of stratford. His maother Mary Arden was inherited land  witch was bequeathed to William, he had 7 btrotherts and sisters. His education: he probably attended the free grammar school until 15, mainly studying latin, read much mythology, ovid...
He married with Anne Hataway (she was 8 years older than him) and they had 3 children:  Susanna, Hamnet and Judith.
By 1592, he was recognized as a successful actor on the of a repertory group Chamberlain's men.
He wrote at least 38 plays, as well as sonnets and other poems. He revolutionized the English stange with his dramatic and poetic genius. He retired from the theatre to his native stratfordsometime between 1611 and 1613 having bought a large house called "New Place
He lived in London most of his life and had little to do with Stratford, although he become it's thired largest landowner, and eventually retired there.
He died on his 52nd birthday (april 23 1616) in Stratford and was buried in the chancel of the Church of Holy Trinity. 

Heart attack

Puttin’ my defences up   
‘Cause I don’t wanna fall in love
If I ever did that
I think I’d have a heart attack

Never put my love out on the line
Never said yes to the right guy
Never had trouble getting what I want
But when it comes to you, I’m never good enough
When I don’t care
I can play ‘em like a Ken doll
Won’t wash my hair
Then make 'em bounce like a basketball

But you make me wanna act like a girl
Paint my nails and wear high heels
Yea you, make me so nervous
That I just can’t hold your hand


You make me glow, but I cover up
Won’t let it show, so I’m
Puttin’ my defences up
Cause I don’t wanna fall in love
If I ever did that
I think I’d have a heart attack (x3)

Never break a sweat for the other guys
When you come around, I get paralyzed
And everytime I try to be myself
It comes out wrong like a cry for help
It’s just not fair
Pain’s more trouble than love is worth
I gasp for air
It feels so good, but you know it hurts

But you make me wanna act like a girl
Paint my nails and wear perfume
For you, make me so nervous
That I just can’t hold your hand

You make me glow, but I cover up
Won’t let it show, so I’m
Puttin’ my defences up
Cause I don’t wanna fall in love
If I ever did that
I think I’d have a heart attack (x3)

The feelings got lost in my lungs
They’re burning, I’d rather be numb
And there’s no one else to blame
So scared I take off and I run
I’m flying too close to the sun
And I burst into flames

You make me glow, but I cover up
Won’t let it show, so I’m
Puttin’ my defences up
‘Cause I don’t wanna fall in love
If I ever did that
I think I'd have a heart attack (x2)
I think I'd have a heart attack
I think I'd have a heart attack (x2)

 Estic posant-me a la defensiva,

perqué no vull enamorar-me

si aixó pasés cred que tindría un atac de cor.

Mai vaig posar el meu amor en evidència

Mai vaig dir que si al noi correcte

Mai he tingut problemes per obtenir problemes per conseguir el que vull

Però quan es tracta de tu, no soc suficientment bona

Quan no m'importa

Puc jugar amb tu com un nino Ken

No em rento el cabell

Després els faig botar com una pilota de basket

Peró tu em fas comportar com una noia

Em pinto les ungles i porto sabates de tacó

Si tu, em poses nerviosa que

Simplement no et puc agafar-te de la mà

Em fas brillar, pero ho amago

No deixaré que es vegi

Estic posant-me a la defensiva

Perqué no em vull enamorar

Si aixó pasés

Crec que tindría un atac de cor (x3)

Mai vaig suar ni una gota per altres nois

Pero quan tu estás a prop em paralitzo

I sempre que intento ser jo mateixa,
surt malament, com un crit d'ajuda,
simplement no es just,
el dolor es unun problema massa gran de lo que val l'amor
respiro buscant l'aire
aixó em fa sentir bé, peró saps que fa mal

Peró tu em fas comportar com una noia 
em pinto les ungles i porto sabates de tacó
Sí, em poses tant nerviosa que 
simplement no puc agafar-te de la mà.

Em fas brillar, peró ho amago no deixo que es vegi,
així que estic posant-me a la defensiva
perqué no em vull enamorar.
Si alguna vagada pasés, crec que tindría un atac de cor.
Crec que tindría un atac de cor.
Crec que tindría un atac de cor. 

Les sensasions es perden el els meus pulmons,
s'están cremant, preferiría estar adormida,
y ho hi ha ningú a qui culpar
tan espantada que començo una carrera, 
estic volant massa a prop del sol,
i exploto en flames.

Em fas brillar, peró em cubreixo, no vull que es vegi 
així que estic posant-me a la defensiva,
perqué no em vull enamorar.
Si aixó passés crec que tindría un atc de cor,
crec que tindría un atac de cor,
crec que tindría un atac de cor.

Crec que tindría un atac de cor,
Crec que tindría un atac de cor. 

(The song talks about a girl who does not want to fall in love because she's afraid. She just wants to play with boys. Although there is a special guy who makes her feel good, shines as she says.)