Italy

The last march 25th, the ESO 4 class went to Italy. We visited Barcelona, Pisa, Rome, "Venezia" and "Firenze". Our boat landed at 10 o'clock, but it was delayed, and we went to Italy at 2 a.m. of the next day. The boat was really good, but it was moving all the time, and all of us were feeling bad. The first day in Italy, we visited Rome (the coliseum, the Trevi fountain, and a lot of important places of Rome). That night we sleept on the bus. The next day we went to "Venezia", in "Venezia" we took an "espresso" and a "Gondola", we visited Saint Marco's square, rhe Rialto's bridge and all the city, "Venezia" was exciting, and I love the venice mask's. At seven o'clock in the afternoon we went to Firenze, and we slept ina nice hotel. We stayed two days in the hotel and in Firenze, but it was raining a lot, and we couldn't visit many things. That night we went to a little disco near the hotel. The following day, early the morning, we went to visit Pisa, we espected that Pisa was bigger than it really was but it was nice too. That night we took the boat to come back to spain. On the boay we had problems with a group of Italian guys. Our last travel in Escuela 2 has been fantastic.

We will always remember the "cinquecento", Canfauli, and all things we did there, and specialy the teachers and class mades.

Credits: Italy, Pisa, Firenze, Venezia, Rome.

On-Line Games

The On-Line games, are a type of video games played with an other people on Internet. The most important "On-Line" games actually are:

World of Warcraft (WoW): World of Warcraft it's a "MMORPG" (massively multiplayer online role-playing games), in World of Warcraft, you control a character of the differentes races, at the start of the game, you choose a race (Humans, Gnomes, Night Elves, Dwarves, Draeneis, Orcs, Taurens, Trolls, Not-Dead, Blood Elves) and a class (Warrior, Hunter, Rogue, Paladin, Druid, Mage, Shaman, Priest, Warlock, Death Knight). Also this, you can choose a profession.

After selecting this, you can fight with monsters (controlled by the computer) or with other persons, you can get objects, sell, buy, work etc.

The best of this game is the interaction with the other characters.

StarCraft (SC): Starcraft it's a "strategy" game, this game is different of the others, because you don't controll a character (you controll a group of soldiers, a buildings, tanks etc.).

You can choose one of three races, and you have to defeat the other players (controlled buy computer or by people) or complete an objective, the strategy to win depends of the race:

Zerg: The zerg are aliens similars to a insects, they haven'got technology, but have a very good production.

Protoss: Protos are aliens but more developed than the Zergs, and with aspect very futurist. They have the best technology of the game, and the worse production.

Terran: The Terran are humans of the space, and have a good technology and quick production.

Second Life (SL): Second Life is a On-Line game based on the "avatars", the avatars are a recreations of the people in the virtual space, each avatar haves the name, aspect, clothes, style etc. similars to he real representation. With your avatar, you can speak and communicate with others avatars. Also you can do the activities and the tasks that you do in the real live. For example: Work, run, eat, speak, buy a house, buy a car, take a taxi, have sex with other avatars, etc.

Second Life haves his own money, the "Linden ($L)". With this money you can buy new clothes or bulidings, food etc.

Second Life it's one of the most importants "virtual spaces" in the world, and have replications of politics, companies, musics etc.

Counter-Strike (CS): Counter Strike is a "First Action Game", in this game you control a terroris or a counter terroris. If you are a Counter Terrorist you'll have to kill the terrorist, rescue the hostages or desactivate the bomb (depends of the mision), and if you are a terrorist, you'll have to kill the counter-terrorists, put and protect the bomb or avoid the rescue of the hostages. Counter Strike is the onte of the most popular on-line games in the world. And is the most played, because you can play only a game, in te others when you play more, you have the best character, the best objects etc. Not in Counter-Strike.

Vladimir Ilich Uliànov (Lenin)

Vladimir Ilich Ulianov "Lenin" was born in April 22 of 1870 in Russia, and he was died in January 21of 1924. He was an russian communist politician and a revolutionary. Was created a theory based on "Marxism" of Karl Marx. He put these theories in practice during the October Revolution.

When Lenin were young, he's brother Aleksander was captured and killed by the soldiers of Russian Zar. At this moment, Lenin starts to adopted revolutionary thinks, this year Lenin was captured by the same soldiers of Aleksander, and was placed under policial surveillance. Lenin starts write about political, economic and social situation, and develops his theory about the Marxism. Because of this, is exiled to Switzerland. When the first world war started, the fame of Lenin increase.

In 1917 Lenin causes the October Revolution. In the first part, the "Bolcheviques" and "Mencheviques" overthrowing the Russian Zar, and in the second part, the "Bolcheviques" and Lenin cause armed insurrection a takes the power of the government, and creates a new communist (Marxist-Leninist) govern, and a new group of different states, the USSR. This government was during until 1991.

The principal symbol of this ideology was fallen in 1991 (the USSR), but the original idea of Lenin stills survive in a differents political parties.

Credits: Lenin, USSR, October Revolution

WILLIAM OCKHAM

William the Ockham was a franciscan friar and philosopher. Was born in 1280/1288 and was died in 1349. He dead from black plague.

Ockham developeds a complicated philosophical thought, this brought him into conflict with catholicism in occasions.

Also developing thinks in politics and religion.

Occams Razor

The Occams Razor is a theroy created by William Ockham, the theroy explains this: "es entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem" (In the same conditions, the simplest solution is probably the correct), this theory is aplicated to: economy, theology, linguistics, informatics and in any problem of the normal life.

For these things, William of Ockham is considered one of the most important characters of the Middle Ages.

Credits: William of Occam.

GERMANY

Germany is a country of central Europe, his capital is Berlin, it's a member of the European Union, NATO, G-8, G-4 and United Nations. It's the third most rich country in the world and is the most populated country in Europe.

History

The most recent history of Germany, is a black history, because from 1914 until 1918, Germany fights in the first wold war, and lose the war, and forced him to sign a treaty that gave his fortune. After this, from 1933 until 1945, Adolf Hitler governs Germany, and make a nacional socialist and racial dictatorship. All the Jjws in Germany were killed or expelled, and Hitler starts the Second World War,

Germany again, loses this war, and it's dividied in two pieces: BRD (Federal Republic of Germany) and DDR (German Democratic Republic). The first is captured by american soldiers, and takes the Capitalist system. The second belongs to soviet soldiers, and takes the Communist system. The two sides are separated by a wall. On the 9 October of 1989 fall down the Berlin wall, and the two pieces of Germany makes only one again.

Germnay are one of the most important countries in the world, because have the most important sciencist of the world, and have a good economy, climate and environment.

Credits : Germany, Nato, Berlin, Hitler, Second World War.

Michael Phelps

Michael Fred Phelps (born 30 June, 1985) in Baltimore, Maryland.

When he was young, was diagnosed with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorderntion. He start to swimming at seven years old, because a solution for outlet his energy.

He was debuted with 15 years old in an Olympic Games (Sydney, 2000), but he wasn't won any.

Five months after the Sydney Olympics, Phelps broke the world record in the 200 m butterfly to become, at 15 years and 9 months, the youngest man ever to set a swimming world record.

He brokes another time his own record at the 2002 Summer Nationals in Fort Laudale

In 2003, Phelps broke a new record, and broke another time his own record.

In the year 2004, Phelps was playing the Olympic Games of Atenas, he won six gold medls and two bronze medals.

At the 2007 World Championship , Phelps won seven gold medals, tying the record, and broke five world records. The 4x100 m medley relay team.

But his best performance was in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Michael won eight gold medals, he becomes the best swimmer and atlet of the Olympic Games History with 14 gold medals and 2 bronze medals.

Michael Phelps have the perfect phyisical to swim, because he's long and due his hyperactivity he can swim without tire.

Credits: Michael Phelps Official Website, Michael Phelps Web Site, Michael Phelps Wikipedia

Mallorca

This summer i was in Mallorca with Edu, Mallorca have the bests beachs of Europe and mountains. I like this, because you had the beach stuck on the mountain, and you could go to the two sites. The beaches had water completely transparent and were well cared, were also of different types: rock, sand etc.

We were in a camp, we had a vantage point from which hearings were wonderful (photo). -->

<-- This photo is the beach of Mallorca at the night.

This photo is the same beach of mallorca in the morning-->

In my opinion, Mallorca is a beautiful lanscape, because have mountain and beach, and is very clean.

Credits: Mallorca

Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920-April 6, 1992) was born in Petrovichi (Russia) but at 1923 he and his family emigrate to New York, he grow in Brooklyn. He starts to read at the 5 yeras old. Asimov studied biochemistry in 1939 at the University of Columbia. In 1942 he works at Philadelphia shipyards for the Second World War. He starts to write in 1939.

Isaac Asimov was a great writer of Science Fiction, is considered the best Science Fiction writer of the XX century. Also Science Fiction, Asimov write about: Science, history, mistery, fantasy and poethry.

My Favourite Books of Isaac Asimov:

Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation: It's a saga based on a scientist who has been able to anticipate everything that will happen in the next thousand years.

Lucky Star: It's another saga based in a ranger of the space, consists of: David Starr, Space Ranger, Lucky Starr and the pirates of astheroids, Lucky Starr and the oceans of venus, Lucky Starr and the big sun of Mercury, Lucky Starr and the moons of Jupiter and Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn.

The Naked Sun: It's a police history based in an investigator and a robot. They travel to a world where people have never had contact with other people.

The End of the Ethernity: It's a novel based in travels around the time.

The God Themeselves: For me is the best novel of Isaac Asmimov, in this history, a group of sciencists exchange energy with an other universe, but gradually the world was dying.

Credits: Isaac Asimov

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE + CONTINUOUS

We use the Present Perfect to say that an action happened at an unspecified time before now. The exact time is not important.

You can use the Present Perfect to describe your experience.

Example:

I have been to France (This sentence means that you have had the experience of being in France. Maybe you have been there once, or several times).

I have been to France three times (You can add the number of times at the end of the sentence).

I have never been to France (This sentence means that you have not had the experience of going to France).

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS:

We use the Present Perfect Continuous to show that something started in the past and has continued up until now. "For five minutes," "for two weeks," and "since Tuesday" are all durations which can be used with the Present Perfect Continuous.

Examples:

We have been runing along the street for the last hour.
She has been playing at this game for three years.
What have you been doing for the last 30 minutes?.
Danny has been working at the super market since May.

WILL + GOING TO

Simple Future has two different forms in English: "will" and "be going to".

"Will" and "be going to" refer a specific time in the future.

"Will" often suggests that a speaker will do something voluntarily. A voluntary action is one the speaker offers to do for someone else.

Examples:

You will help him later.

Will you help him later?

You will not help him later.

"Going to" expresses that something is a plan. It expresses the idea that a person intends to do something in the future. It does not matter whether the plan is realistic or not.

Examples:

You are going to watch a film today.

Are you going to watch a film today?

You are not going to watch a film today.

PAST SIMPLE + CONTINUOUS

Use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past.

Affirmative:

I played tennis.

You played tennis.

He/She/It played tennis.

We played tennis.

You played tennis.

They played tennis.

Negative:

I didn't play tennis.

You didn't play tennis.

He/She/It didn't play tennis.

We didn't play tennis.

You didn't play tennis.

They didn't play tennis.

Interrogative:

Did I play tennis?

Did you play tennis?

Did he/she/it play tennis?

Did we play tennis?

Did you play tennis?

Did they play tennis?

PAST CONTINUOUS:

Affirmative:

I was playing tennis.

You were playing tennis.

He/She/It was playing tennis.

We were playing tennis.

You were playing tennis.

They were playing tennis.

Negative:

I wasn't playing tennis.

You weren't playing tennis.

He/She/It wasn't playing tennis.

We weren't playing tennis.

You weren't playing tennis.

They weren't playing tennis.

Interrogative:

Was I playing tennis?

Were you playing tennis?

Was he/she/it playing tennis?

Were we playing tennis?

Were you playing tennis?

Were they playing tennis?

PRESENT SIMPLE + CONTINUOUS

Use the Simple Present to express the idea that an action is repeated or usual. The action can be a habit, a hobby, a daily event, facts, generalizations etc.

PRESENT SIMPLE:

Affirmative:

I play tennis.

You play tennis.

He/She/It play tennis.

We play tennis.

You play tennis.

They play tennis.

Negative:

I don't play tennis.

You don't play tennis.

He/She/It don’t play tennis.

We don’t play tennis.

You don’t play tennis.

They don’t play tennis.

Interrogative:

Do I play tennis?

Do you play tennis?

Does he/she/it play tennis?

Do we play tennis?

Do you play tennis?

Do they play tennis?

PRESENT CONTINUOUS:

Use the Present Continuous with Normal Verbs to express the idea that something is happening now, at this very moment.

Affirmative:

I am playing tennis.

You are playing tennis

He/She/It is playing tennis.

We are playing tennis.

You are playing tennis.

They are playing tennis.

Negative:

I am not playing tennis.

You are not playing tennis.

He/She/It isn't playing tennis.

We are not playing tennis.

You aren't playing tennis.

They are not playing tennis.

Interrogative:

Am I playing tennis?

Are you playing tennis?

Is she/he/it playing tennis?

Are we playing tennis?

Are you playing tennis?

Are they playing tennis?

FALLAS

Fallas it's a typical Valencian celebration/tradition in which burning monuments of paperboard and wood, Fallas are an escultures made and painted by hands.

A part of last Fallas i went to my village (Requena) to visit my grandmother, my uncles and my cousins. In Requena i met the friends of my cousins.

An other part i stay at Valencia with mi friends.

In Fallas i eated "friters" with chocolate, launched firecrackers, and a lot of more things...

The last day i can't saw burn any "Falla" because i don't like Fallas, i like the holidays of Fallas!

Like every year, the best Falla wins a prize, this year the winner was Nou Campanar, because is the most expensive Falla of all.

This year i don't saw many Fallas, because i don't stay at Valencia enough.

In my opinion i like the Fallas because in Fallas i have holidays, but, i don't like the tradition because the monument and the "ninots" are more pollulants (and this contributes to Greenhouse Effect) and are more expensive.

Links: Fallas, Wikipedia and me.

PAST CONTINOUS

It's formed by the verb to be in past + the verb ending in -ing.



Affirmative:

I was playing

You were playing

He/she was playing

It was playing

We were playing

You were playing

They were playing



Negative:

I not/wasn't jumping

You weren't jumping

He/she wasn't jumping

It wasn't jumping

We weren't jumping

You weren't jumping

They weren't jumping



Interrogative:

Was I eating?

Were you eating?

Was He/she/ it eating?

Were we eating?

Were you eating?

Were they eating?



Answer:

Yes, I was eating

No, you wasn't eating

Yes, he/she/it was eating

No, we/you/they weren't eating

PAST SIMPLE

The Past Simple is formed adding "ed" to infinitive. The Negative and Interrogative are form with the auxiliar "did"

Afirmative:

I
You
He/She
It eated in a restaurant.
We
You
They

Negative:

I
You
He/She
It Didn't eat in a restaurant
We
You
They

Interroagtive:

I
You
He/She
Did It eat in a restaurant?
We
You
They

GOOD MOMENTS AT CHRISTMAS

Christmas Night: I was in the Christmas night in my grandmother house, here we reuned all family. And we eat, drink and speak every night. This moment was the best moment of the christmas, because it’s the first time that we are together.

New Year Night: In the New Year night i am again in my grandmother house, but in this occasion the night was very borried, because were not my cousins and only are a small part of my family.

6 of January: I was open the gifts last night at twelwe o’clock.

These and the moments with my friends in Valencia, are my personal Good Moments at Christmas.

OUR PLANET

Greenhouse Effect: The earth heats, because a small part of solar energy is absorbed, another is returned to space, and the last part arrive to earth and heats the surface.

Ozone Layer: The ozone layer protect the world for the ultraviolet ray. The layer is affected for the Chlorofluorocarbons.

Radiation: Nuclear plants produce a small pieces of waste. But the pricipal danger is a nuclear accident, Chernobyl 1986.

Credits: Wikipedia , Greenhouse effect.