Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Michel Angelo













Michel Angelo Buorotti, was an architect, painter, sculptor and poet. He was born the 6 of march in 1476, in a small village called Caprese, near of Arezza. Althougt he was considered in essence as florentine.


His father was florentine oficial, he was to the Médicis’s family service. He maked that his son with was 13 years old, started to work the workshop of the painter Doménico Ghirlandaio, for learning paint. His learning was for 3 month.

Two years later, he started to like the sculpture, he used to go the San Marcos’s garden.
He went to the meetings and gatherings of the Médicis’s family, when he met to other artists. Michel Angelo was 16 years old and he has to make two sculptures with relief: “The combat of the Cápitas and the Centars” and “The virgin of the sthirs” (1489-1492) with them, michel Angelo demostrated his own style.

In 1492, he left Florence and he was in Bologna. Although more late, he came to Rome, when he could study and examine the old sculptures.
Not much time after, he did his dig sculpture “The Baco monument”(1498) and “La Pieta” . He finished it whit 25 years old, It’s the unique sculpture that he has got his name.
“The David” (4,34 m), It’s one of his the most important sculpture, It’s makes of marble.
He was doing sculptures for 10 years.

Also, he did some pictures as: “The Sacred family”,“The creation of Adam” ... one of his work most important is the vault of the Chapel Sixtina.

His activity of architect started in 1519, when he designed “The Facade of the Church of San Lorenzo”, “The Caurenciara library”...
In 1538 he started to decore the chapel Sixtina. In 1538 he started to the acts of the building of “La piazza del Campiduglio” in the Basilica of San Pedro.

He dedicated his life to the art, until he dearth with 89 years old. Although he entrused that his rest of body will have been in peace in Florence, and It is, in the Church Santa Croce, like he wanted.

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Street Dance







Director: Jon M.Chu
Country:USA
Year:2008
Time: 98min
Type: Musical, Drama.
Interpretation: Briana Evigan (Andie West), Robert Hoffman (Chase Collins), Will Kemp (Blake Collins), Adam Sevani (Moose), Cassie Ventura (Sophie), Danielle Polaco (Missy)...


Synopsis:

Andie os the main protagonist, She always like dancing hip=hop, breakdance...her mother always back to her, but after her death, Andie is obliged to go to live with the best friend of her mother.

Andie has got an urban group of dancing, and they are prepared for a competition. She ir very good with her friends, until that her tutor warn her of send her to texas with her aunt, because she doesn´t study.
At the end, they arrive to the agreement of the Andie does to Maryland School of Arts for center in the dancing. There, she has to fight for integrate with the rest without she loses her personality.
When her friends imform that Andie does to dancing academy, expels her.
The next day, in the academy, Chase of the best dancing of the school, convince too her for doing her own group. Together look a goods dancing of the school, and they achieve from a good group. After, they solves some problems, Andie, Chase, Moose, and all of group go to the competition of alternative dancing of Baltimore.
There, they dancing in the street, low the rain, when start all the urban dancing.
After that they do the striking dancing, they get to win the competition.






Credits:

http://www.elsonar.es/descarga/musica-step-up-street-dance.html

http://www.labutaca.net/films/61/street-dance.php

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTC_YPDQKKg

Music


What is the music?

The music can be defined as a collection of sounds tidies of a form and that pass in a fixed time. There are many types of music: classical music, the Roch, teh Jazz... Have got this definition.


The principal elements of the music.

The musical language study all the elements with what you can do music. It a fundamental subject in the conservatory, It help to unterstand all what you listen in a record or you can go to study in an instrument.


There are 3 essencials elements in the music.

Rhythm: a musical piece has got a rhythm characteristic do differents between them. For example: a valtz, a salsa...

Melody: the rhythm combine it a melody, It is a succession of sounds of heights differents (low and treble) for doing melodies you use the musical note: Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Si.

Harmony: the harmony is a serie of rules, these regular as entail the sounds when there are vary notes at the same time.There is music without harmony, like a melody sing by an only person, in this case, only there will be a melody with rhythm but if we add It an accompaniment of piano, we will have the harmony.


These elemnts are used to create a musical work and reproduce It in an score, this is the books where you put the music of writing form.


Types of music:

Although there are a lot of types of music. The music can divide in three big groups.

Classical music: The classical music is composed for being interpretated by instruments that you see in the orchestrate.
Composers:Wolfgang Amadeus Motzart, Ludwin van Bethoven, Claude Debussy...


River Flows In You - Yiruma

Folk music: It can be sung.
ex: Carol Christmas.

Modern Music: During the s.XX and XXI have emerge a lot of forms of music. Styles such as: Pop, Rock, the Electronics music, Rap, Hip Hop, Latino, Jazz...


Viva la Vida - Coldplay


Credits: Microsoft Encarta 2006 Musica.

Thursday, September 04, 2008

Countable and Ucountable nouns

Countables nouns:
The countables nouns has got singular and plural, and they can has got before an article or a number: a cat, four pencils...

Uncountable noun:
The uncountable noun only has got singular and are: liquid, sudstance, meterials and abstract things: soup, coffe, water...

A/An :
we use a/an when we refer to countable nouns in singular.
ex: a ball, an orange...

Some :
we use some when we say countable nouns in plural and uncountable noun. we use some for sentences in positive.
ex: some tree, we have got some coffe...

Any:
We use any when we refer to countable nouns in plural and uncountable noun in singular. we use any only in negative and interrogative sentences.
ex: I haven't got any food, Has he got any money?

A lot of:
We use a lot of with countables nouns in plural and uncountables nouns.
ex: A lot of people watch the olympic Games, I have got a lot of water...

Many:
We use many with countables nouns in plural. we use many in positive sentences.
ex: many students play sport.

Much:
We use much with uncountable noun. Also, we use much in negative and interrogative sentences.
ex: I haven't got much juice, Have you got much cheese?...

A few:
We use a few with the countables nouns in plural.
ex: There are a few medals.

A little:
We use a little with uncountables nouns.
ex: You have got a little bread.

How many is use for countables nouns in interrogative form.
ex: How many books are there? How many medals has she got?

How much is use for uncountables nouns in interrogative form.
ex: How much coke do she drink?, How much is the ice cream?...

There is:
we use there is when we say that there is something. we put a countable noun in singular or uncountable noun.
ex:There is a cat, There is a coffe...

There are:
we use there are when we say that there are two or more things, and only we use it with countables nouns in plural.
ex. There are more books.

· Negative form:
we add not to Is/Are - isn't/aren't
ex: there isn't a cat, there isnt a coffe, there aren't more books...

· Interrogative form:
we start the questions with is/are + there...
ex: Is there a cat?, Is there a coffe?, Are there more books?...

Ecology


The ecology is the study about the relation between the living being and its physican and biological environment.

The physican enviroment has the light and heat or solar radiation, the humidity, the wind, the oxygen, the carbon dioxide, the water and the atmosphere.
The biological enviroment is formed by the living being.


For studing the living being in its natural environment, It is used: the climatology, the hydrology, the physican, the chemistry, the geology. For studing the relation between living being, the ecology uses the science of the animal behavior, the taxonomy, the phuysiology and the mathematics.


Nowadays have a lot of interesting in the theme of the ecology about all to the enviromental problems. Also people usually use the meaning of ecology bad. It is confused with the environmental programs and the environmental sciencie.
The meaning of the ecology is "The study of the environmental problems".


The meaning of ecology was invented by the german biologist Eurust Heinrich Haeckel in 1869.
In certainly manner the modern ecology start with Charles Darwin, when he explained the theory of the evolution.
credits:Microsoft study (Encarta Premium2007 - Ecologia)



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Thursday, August 28, 2008

my Holidays...













This last holidays I went to the beach of canet with my family from 10 to 17 in August.
We were in an apartament very near of the beach.
We went to the beach, restaurants...
Also I was from 20 to 24 of August in Cordoba, in the village of my paternal grandfather; "Castro del Rio". There I was in the house of my uncles. The village has got lots of historic things, the arabic houses... too.
The 23 of August I went to Cordoba city with my parents, my sister, my uncles, my cousin and the more family. There we saw the Fortres of the Christian Kings; It has got a beautiful garden, the Coredora Square, the Synanogue, "la Juderia", the Califhate Baths and "la Mezquita Catedral".
All of the places were beautiful. Also we saw the city, the streets... and we ate in a restaurant called "la cazuela" with the typical food of Cordoba.




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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Will and Be Going To

Will

Definition:
Will is a verbal time of future.

Use:
We use Will when we say to do something in the moment that speak, when do promises, offers and when we say a prediction.
The future with Will is the same form in singular and plural.

Positive form:
Its form is --> subject+Will+ infinitive verb.
ex:
I Will play tennis.
we Will travel to London on holiday.

Negative form:
Its add won't. subject+ Won't+ infinitive verb.
ex:
I won't play tennis.
we won't travel to London on holiday.

Interrogative form:
we put Will ahead of the subject. Will+subject+infinitive verb.
The small answers are with the subject+will or won't, It depends of they are affirmative or negative.
ex:
Will I play tennis? no I won't
Will we travel to London on holiday? yes, we Will


Be Going To

Definition:
Be Going to is a verbal time of future.

Use:
We use Be Going to when we say something plans or intencions of future. For these It is called Intencions's Future. Also we use It, when we say someone prediction and there is something to confirm It.

Positive form:
It form with subject+ To Be in present+ Going to+ infinitive verb.
ex:
I am going to the cinema with my friends this afternoon.
You are going to visit the museum tomorrow.

Negative form:
it add Not to the to Be verb. subject+ To Be+ Not+ Going to+ infinitive verb.
ex:
I am not going to the cinema with my friends this afternoon.
You aren't going to visit the museum tomorrow.

Interrogative form:
In interrogative form, we put the verb To Be ahead of subject. To Be+subject+Going to+ infinitive verb.
In the small answers Its form is with subject+ to be negative or positive.
ex:
Am I going to the cinema with my friends this afternoon? Yes, I am.
Are You going to visit the museum tomorrow? No, I am not.

Credits:
book Challenge for eso2
book English Grammar in use


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Friday, June 13, 2008

Video Games



The video games are computing programs, for entertaining and enjoying. With the video games can play much people.
In the majority of the video games, the player or playeres have to control to their virtual character, with some controls of the console and have to get several objectives.

The video games often are used in: Super Nintendo Entertainiment System, Wii, Play Station, Play station 2, Play station 3, Xbox 360, Xbox... or portable how: Game boy, Nintendo DS, PSP...

Have several rate of video games, are: of venture, Education, Strategy, Fight, Role, Musical, Party Games, Sports and Race.

The education's video games are: Brain Training and inside of the Brain Training has got several rate how: Learn more English, Brain Training Academy...

My favourites games of video games are: Super Mario Bros, Mario Cars, Sing Star, Nintendogs and Brain Training.

Credits:
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desarrollador_de_Juegos_de_Video



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Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Commitee Europe




The Commitee Europe is an exchange between schools of different countries of Europe. Each year, It is celebrated in a country and there are some activities where pupil can do it.This year, It was in Wittmund(Germany) and there were schools of Spain, Portugal, France, Denamark, Netherlands and Creat Britain went to Commitee Europe.
This year It was celled Eurofriends, each pupil went to house of a German and were with him or her for five days.

We came to Commitee for can learn more English and weet to persons of other countries.



The first day, 14th of may, we the pupils of Escuela 2, arrived to the train's station of Wittmund(Germany). Where the welcome's Family waited for us.


The Second day all the schools went and we did a Tour for the area. We were in the north of beach. Where we were eat and we passed the morning. After we come back to the school and we went with our german.


The third day in the school all were with pupils of other countries did workshop of: Soccer, Dance, Cooking and fashion. Each pupil were in their workshop.
At 7 o'clock we went to the school because have a Disco and at 11 o'clock there were fiereworks.


The fourth day all were to the school and after we went to square of Wittmund. There, It started to rain and the fashion sow didn't do, but the dance did.
In the afternoon each one went with us german.


The fifth day, the pupils of Escuela 2, went to the train's station of Wittmund and there we said good bye to the german's family.
After we took several trains up to that arrived to Colonia. There, we went to an accommodate, we liked it very much. More late we went to the chocolate's museum and after the teachers left us some free time and we went to see the city.
After we came to the accommodate for have dinner. we enjoyed very much!!


The last day, 19th of may, we get up early and we went to see the Cathedral of Colonia. When we saw all the Cathedral we had free time for buy our presents.
Mora late al 13:00 p.m. we went to eat (tha majority to Mcdonal's).
After we came to the acoommodate for the suitcase and we took the metre for went go the airport. There, we were waited and we took the aeroplane for return to Valencia.

Credits:http://www.committee-europe.eu/





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Sunday, May 25, 2008

Monsoon Wedding

The name of the film is Monsoon Wedding because it talks the story abaut a wedding that It is celebrated when the monsoon come.
The principal story talks abaut Aditi, she is a young girl. Her father prepared to her a wedding with Hemant that he lives in United States.
At the beginning Aditi isn't in love of Hemant, she is in love of other man. After She knows that she will be happy with Hemant.
Also there are some main characters in the film and all have got them own story. During the film shows the family's secrets that happened in the past.
In the film you can see the Indian's tradicions and as they prepared the wedding.

The director of the film is: Mira Nair






CHUNARI CHUNARI - Monsoon wedding


The diference of Indian's wedding and Spanish's wedding.

In the Indian's wedding the bride wears in the wedding some colours's lives: red, orange... The bride arrives before that the groom and the groom arrives with his family, with musician and he take up an Elephant.
The party starts before of the wedding and all the guests dance Indian tipical songs. In the wedding the groom and the bride eat a cake of indian's tipical between them.
One of the tipical's tradicion in the wedding is that the women paint with "hena" their hands, feet...


In Spain's wedding the bride wears in the wedding a white or light's colour dress. Also the bride has to wears somethig use, something new, something lend and something blue. The bride arrives the last of the wedding and the groom arrives the first.
The wedding can be registry office or religious. In the wedding the bride and the groom have to exchange of rings. The party is after the wedding and the wedding reception.

The tradicions are: the groom can't see to the bride a day before the wedding, also the groom can't see to the bride with the wedding dress before the wedding, the bride and the groom have to have a best man and after the wedding, the bride and groom go to the honeymoon.






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Monday, April 21, 2008


Mira Nair
Mira Nair was born the 9th october in 1957 in Roukela(India).
She went to the university in New Delhi, she studied Sociology and interpretation.
She was 19 years old when she recived one grant for study image amd sound in the University of Harvard.
Nowaday she lives in South Africa.
In 1979 she did her first film called"jama Masjid Street Journal" in the film, she mixing the native Indian culture with the hindu culture.
Nowaday she works as film's directora. Her produnction company is Mirabai Films.

Mira nair was nominated for a Oscar and she has this prize:
Prize of the public in the Canne's Festival By " Salaam Bombay"(1989)
Gold lion in the Mostra of Venecia by" Monsoon Wedding"(2001)

Mira Nair's films.

-El buen hombre(2006)
-The Namesake(2006)
-La feria de las vanidades(2004)
-Vanity Fair(2003)
-Ciegos de Amor(2002)
-Monsoon Wedding(2001)
-The Laughing club of india(1999)
-My own country(1998)
-Kamasutra una historia de amor(1996)
-Cuando Sali de Cuba(1995)
-Missisippi Masala(1991)
-Salaam Bombay(1988)
-Children of a Desired sex(1987)
-India CAbaret(1985)
-So far From India(1982)
-Jama Masjid street journ(1979)

Bollywood
Is the name that recive the films of indian's language, the films are made by a lot of studies filmics in the city in Mumbai.
Bollywood, is a word that it is used since 1970, is a game of words between Bombay and Hollywood.
One of the most important in the Bollywood's films are its musical's escenes.
In each films there is typical singuers and dance of this country.
India is the country that more films make at year in the world.

Indian's films
Monzoon wedding
Mother India
Away akbar Anthony
Bombay
Lagaan
Kabbi Khushi Kabhie Gham

Credits:
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mira_Nair
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollywood




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Easter...


In Spain in Easter is typical for the children eat a "Mona de pascua" with an egg of chocolate and after they go to fly the kite.

In England is typical that the children recive the easter rabbit. It is an egg of chocolate and they are decorated.
In this easter I didn't go to any place. I was in my house.
I have been with my friends. I have gone to the cinema with my father and we saw the film: 10.000.
I have been doing homework and studing for my exams.
I have read the book "Noches de baile en el infierno" there are five stories and they write by different writers.





Easter - Meritxell

Sunday, April 06, 2008

The Fallas


The Fallas is the second international's party of the world.

The fallas durring 5 days.

Firs day: Is " la plantà de la falla". The monument is put in the street.

Second day: all the "falleros" go to collect the monument prize with the typical clothes.

Third day: The falla organize games for children and the night the " falleros" cook paellas.

Fourth day: all the "falleros" wear the typical clothes and they go to the virgen and take flowers.

Fifth day: the "falleros" wear the typical clothes and they go mass of San Jose.
At night the monument are burnd and the fallas finished and everybody is waited for the next year.




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Tuesday, March 04, 2008

India


India is a country of Asia, its official name is Republic of India.

Is teh second country more populate of the world.

Its capital is New Delhi. Its population is 321.883 (2006).

Indiom is Hindi, English and 21 official lenguages.

Its coin is the rupia. Its religion is the Hindims but as well Muslim, Christian etc...

India is the country with more films in the world.

Bollywood is the name of the films in lenguages Hindi.


The agriculture is the base of the economy in India.

The tipical food in India are: the rice, wheat, maize, tea, coffe, sugar cane, tobaco etc...
Credits:


Tuesday, February 26, 2008

past continuous

We use the past continuous to say that something was in progress in a particular past time.

Positive form:
we put were in You, We and They and was in I, He, She and It and the verbs + -ing.Ex: waching, reading...
Ex:
I was waching the TV
You were reading a book


Negative form:
we put were not in You, we and They and was not in I, He, She and It and rhe verbs + -ing.
Ex:
I was not waching TV
You were not reading a book


Interrogative form:
we put were or was subject and the verbs + -ing.
Ex:
Was I Waching the TV?
Were You reading a book?


Friday, February 22, 2008

Egipt


Arab republic of Egipt

جمهوريّة مصرالعربيّة



Egipt is a country of Africa, Its offician name is Arab Republic of Egipt.

Its Capital: The Cairo

Population: 69.530.000

Area: 1.001.450km2

Coin: Libra

The majority of the population live in the cairo or Alexandria.The majority of the surface is the Sahara desert and oasis and a 33 per cent Nile river.

Its climate is very hoy yesterday.

The religion is the Islam and its ofi¡ficial idion is Arabic but as well they speak English and French.

Egipt is a very popular country of Africa by:

The Oiza Pyramid complex, the Great Sphinx and the City os Luxor contais numerous monuments how the Karnak temple and the Valley of the kings.



Tuesday, January 29, 2008

present perfect...

We normally use the present perfect when we are thinking abaut past evens together with their present results.

Positive form:
we put Have in (I,You,We and They) and Has in (He,She and It).
regulars verbs:we put -ed, play-played.
ex: Se has played basketball.

irregulars verbs: we use the participle verbs,swim,swam,swum.
ex:Yu have swum in the pool.


Negative form:
we put have not in (I,You,We and They) and Has not in (He,She and It) and the participle verbs.
ex: You haven't swum in the pool.
She hasn't played basketball.


Interrogative form:
we use Have or Has subjet and the verb in participle.
ex: Have you swum in the pool?
Has she played basketball?


in this tense we can use:
have you ever...? or Has she ever....?, How long...?, just, since or for.

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Past Simple

We use the past Simple when we speaking abaut the past actions.

Positive Form:
-Add -Ed in the Regular verb
Ex: She worked in this office.

-Irregular verb: we use the second column.
Drink-Drank-Drunk
Ex: I drank a coke.


Negative Form: we use Didn't and the verb in infinitive.
Ex: She didn't work in this office.
I didn't drink a coke.


interrogative form: we use Did subjet and the verbs in infinitive.
Ex: Did she work in this office?
Did I drink a coke?

In this past tense we can find the words Yesterday and Last.

Computers Vs Books.


People prefer the computers that the books.

The think that the computers is better for:the internet,games or for look for some information.

Nowadays books don't use as before, the mayority of people find that books are boring and the prefer to buy a computer that a book.

However old people read book in some places as for example: in under ground, in the bus station, or in their education.

but the young people thint that is better a computer that a book.


MY OPINION:
In my opinion I think that is better a book that computer, the book is more education, although the pc are better for look for information.



New year's Eve





Hello I am Meritxell and this is my family.
To day we are celebrating the New year's Eve.
We are eating and finally we will eat the grapes at 12 o'clock.
We wish you a happy new year!