7. ABOUT AN EXPERIENCE

This last year, I have been it in Australia. On the first days It was very difficult to adapt there because i didn't understand a lot of people and I didn't mix with them  people. But after some time, I met girls and boys at the shopping centres or to the cinema. We have had a very good time.

One day, In my free time, I was chosen to be a tennis player in a competition. I accepted but I was frightened because there was a lot of competitivity among the players.

I found a job as a waitress in a restaurant although. I was not sure they would give me the job but they took me up. I worked there for three weeks and I learn new things.

These days, I feel much happier and I think this has been an incredible year, because I have learn the language and I have made new friends. I've worked and I've had new experiences.

10.GLADIATOR

In Gladiator, victorious general Maximus has been named keeper of Rome and its empire by dying emperor Marcus Aurelius, so that rule might pass from the Caesars back to the people and Senate.
Marcus neglected and power-hungry son, Commodus, has other ideas. Maximous manages to escape his own execution by Praetorians and races back to his home in Spain, but he finds him wife and son already dead.

Maximous is capture and taken and to a man, Proximo, who uses him as a Bladiator.
The time soon comes when Proximo troupe is called to Rome to participate in a marathon of gladiator games, Commodus.

Once in Rome, Maximus wastes no time in making his presence known, and is soon involved in a plot to overthrow the emperor with his former-love Lucilla, Commodus sister, after whom he lusts, and also the widowed mother of Lucius, heir to the empire his uncle.

And finally, Maximous is forced to fiht of his superior skill. 

1. SUMMER HOLIDAYS

Hello, my name's in Júlia and today I'm going to explain my last summer. First I'm talking about Banyoles, second about l'Escala and finally about to the cruise.

Ok, let's start!

First I stayed in Banyoles. In there, I went to the parties and meeting friends.

We went to the swimming pool, we went shopping in Girona, in the evenings we went to eat in restaurants too. 

It was fun!

Second I went to l'Escala with my parents and sometimes with my friends too. I swam in the sea, I jumped from the top of the very high rock to the sea.

And then, at nights we went to the restaurants and we played games. It was incredible.

And finally I went to the cruise with my parents. First we take the plane from Barcelona to Holland. In there we take the ship and we started the cruise. We went to the different capitals of important countries, for example: Berlín, Estocolm, Helsinki, St. Peatersburg, etc.

In the free time, we relaxed in the jacuzzi and we played table-tennis.

It was fantastic!!

Thank's for listening

Bye, bye: )

9. TRIP TO ITALY

My trip to Italy…

Hello my name's Júlia and I'm going to talk about travelling to Italy. I went to this trip with my class and 3 teachers.
First we went to Pisa, second we went to Florence and finally we went to Rome.

Okay, in Pisa we visited the tower of Pisa, the Cathedral and other monuments in that place. After that we went to have dinner in a local restaurant.

Once we finished our dinner we took the bus and we went to Florence. We stayed for two nights. On the first day we went to the Uffizzi Gallery and to Ponte Vecchio. In the evening we returned to Ponte Vecchio because we wanted to see the lights.

On the second day we visited the statue of David in the exhibition. The next day we took the train and we went to the capital of Italy, Rome. We stayed for two nights too.

On the first day we visited the town and we went to the Pantheon, Capitoline Hill, the St Paul's Basilica, the Trevi Fountain and we threw a coin and made a desire and we saw Trajan's Colum too. The next day we visited the Vatican and the statue of Moises. On our last day we went to visit the Colosseum.

My opinion about this trip is that we had to walk a lot but it was worth it.
It was an interesting travel and I am very happy as it was very amusing. I would like to go back! It was a very good experience.

6. AN OPINION ESSAY

The government plans to introduce school on Saturday mornings. My opinion is against because I think there are five days in the week and students go to school eight hours a day. A lot of students go out with their families or use this time for homework, buying clothes...

I believe that it is unfair because the students will not have time to be with their family and they won't prepare exams, they won't go to the competitions and there will not be any free time for any students.

If the aim of this government is to improve the level to education, I think they must give a lot of money for necessary materials, for example, to improve the blackboards. Because they don't work very well and the books could be better. On the other hand the school menu should change with less quantity and more quality.

5. ABOUT ME AND MY VIEW OF THE WORLD

My name is Júlia and I'm a student in Banyoles in Spain. I'm interested in dancing and sport. Some of my friends are into sports too. The thing that I like best is going to the shopping center for a whole day.

I don't think that the world is boring, because I like some places.

A lot of days, I meet my friends and go to the cinema. After that there aren't many things that I don't like, but we eat sandwiches and fizzy-drinks.

As for as the future, I think it is similar to the past, because I like my past. My friends are the best.

And something else I would like to travel to New York with my friends.

CINEMA

Saving Mr. Banks

This is a movie about the making of a movie but it doesn't matter if you've never seen the film in question, Disney's Mary Poppins from 1964. It was an adaptation of a children's novel by a British author, P.L. Travers, who for 20 years had refused to sell Walt Disney the film rights. When money problems forced her to compromise, she went out to Hollywood determined to stop Disney turning her book into something sugary and American. 

She failed, of course, but the story of her campaign gives Emma Thompson a great comic role as the difficult, sharp-tongued author. The real Walt Disney was not so relaxed and kindly as Tom Hanks' interpretation, however. But that's the problem with the movie as a whole-it's a Disney version on Disney history, too sweet and sentimental. Poor P.L Travers would no doubt be horrified to see what they've done with her life.FM

VOCABULARY

Sugary: ensucrat

Sharp-tongued: llengua afilada

The Monuments Men

Perfect timing? Just as George Clooney stars in (and directs) a film about the hunt for art stolen by the Nazis during the Second World War, the newspapers reveal theat an elderly German citizen has been hiding one billion dolars of masterpieces in his apartment. Sadly, critics report that Clooney's film lacks dramatic tension-for once, reality is more exciting that ficition, it seems...RM

VOCABULARY

Directs: dirigeix

Citizen: ciutadà

Hiding: ocultació

Masterpiece: obres maestres