Final Reflection

I am very happy because it is the last post of my blog of English. After these three years I have realized that my English has improved. The way of writing in the Batxillerat blog is much better than in the blog of 4th ESO. I am proud for having done this change. Thanks to the writings I have improved my vocabulary and the connectors. I do mistakes but of the mistakes it is learned. The best post are the news because there are the post where you can improve more English. With the news you learn to understand and to be able to sum up. In every post I try to do less mistakes and add new vocabulary.

In the following linkage, you will be able to observe the differences that exist in my first post of this blog compared with the last post that I have published.

First post: http://alextrias.blogspot.com.es/2013/09/my-dream.html

Last post: http://alextrias.blogspot.com.es/2016/05/brazils-senseless-war.html

In the last post you can see the ripeness of composition. Now I don't do so many mistakes and have added new vocabulary. The structure and the presentation are much better compared with the first post. The last post are more lengths and the prayers are better connected between them. It is true, that the more you write more mistakes you do, but the mistakes are good them to learn not to do again. The mistakes that it was doing in the first post were very basic, on the other hand now I think that I do less basic mistakes. The news has helped me to comprise the topic and to be able to do a summary with my own words. This has helped me to improve my writing because I add new vocabulary.

Finally, I think that I can improve much more my English, but effort is needed. The oral presentations are very fine because you improve the fluency and learn to connect the prayers. Along the course we have done several oral presentations, I have worked very much to try to extract good note. But I have failed in a thing and the fact is that I become nervous in front of the class, this makes me not remember any things. In the last oral presentations I have lacked preparation and fluency. Doing the blog you can improve the English level. Thanks to the writings (your-says) I could have spoken on topics that I liked. That's why when towards the writings I liked explaining on this topic and that has done that it was improving my English because I have looked for words to be able to explain it better. When you do many writings, there comes a moment in which you dominate more the language to be able to maintain a conversation with another person. To finish, I have to say that I am proud of my work and also of the help that I have received from the classmates and from the teacher. 

Brazil’s Senseless ‘War’

https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/04/19/brazils-senseless-war

This news published on April 19 explains the history of a police officer. His name was Alda Castilho a police officer of 27 years. On February 2, 2014 he died in a slum of Rio de Janeiro. It was shot by a few drug traffickers. In Brazil there are many murder victims, the majority died by the drug traffickers. In Brazil the production and the distribution of drugs has been growing and the democracy has weakened. The main target that the police officers have is to finish with the drugs and every day they face a new conflict. In Rio de Janeiro there is many corruption and the corrupt police officers commit these murders. At present in Brazil there is more drug than in 1970. The police officers say to us that the struggle operations against the drugs are useless. Many of the best traffickers continue its commerce from the jail.

Finally, they want to solve this problem with the help of the United Nations. The solution will be to legalize the drugs possession but many opponents say that the drugs consumption will increase. In Portugal there worked the decriminalization of the possession of drugs and at present the number of persons dependent on drugs diminished. Some countries are trying to legalize the production, the distribution and the use of the marijuana because it is the most consume illegal drug. If the government of the country decides to legalize the marijuana there will be less profit and there will be less murders. This solution might save many lives every year.

OPINION

In my opinion Brazil is a developed country but it has many problems. Principally that of the corruption and that of the drugs. If the situation is still like that the country is going to be controlled by the traffickers. An example was Pablo Escobar, a trafficker of cocaine that the government and Colombia wanted to control. Brazil is a nice country, with a good beach, good ambience and the good people. The government should use more strict measurements because any more deaths cannot be allowed in vain. The corruption should be eliminated and there should be more police officers in service. This news says that the solution to this problem would be to legalize the drug but I am not very sure. They are right because there will be less profit but also there will be many production. It might be a big problem because the traffickers might transport this drug to other countries. This solution would work if all the countries accept.

Finally, I would like that this problem was solved because the drug is very bad. The people do not realize that the drug is a chemical substance for the body. That's why many people die but also I understand the situation of the slum of Rio de Janeiro. The people of this quarter do all the possible to maintain their family and to be able to live in better conditions.

VOCABULARY

• Shantytown 
• Approach
• Growth 
• Prosecutors
• Strengthening
• Futility 

Formal letter/email of Human Rights

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are writing this letter to complain about the crisis of Syrian refugees because different countries incomplete different articles of the human rights. In particular, the article 1: right to equality. The article 2: freedom for discrimination. The article 3: right to life, liberty and personal security. The article 9: freedom from arbitrary arrest and exile. The article 13: right to free movement in and out of the country. And the article 18: freedom of belief and religion.

Therefore, we ask that something, so that these human rights compliance in the fields of European immigrants so that these immigrant have the same living conditions that any European citizen because they are treated as their country and can perform the same activities without any bureaucratic problem.

To sum up, we think that the best to solve this problem is that all European countries create centers for immigrants in order to accomodate them in optimal conditions and therefore does not violate the human rights of these people. And can be found as in his country. To end the wars in the country the best is send UN troops and managers to solve armed conflicts.

I look forward to your reply,

Yours faithfully,

Àlex Trias and Jordi Bramon

Àlex Trias and Jordi Bramon

1 Alverstone road

London NW2 51S

Mobile: 021-558-9701

E-mail: Alex_Jordi@email.org

Where to live when we are in the university?

In my opinion it’s better to live on campus because it’s closer to the university and is the long run, it’s cheaper... 

Living in a home has its advantages because you have more privacy instead on a campus and we are sharing room. We must also have in mind that if you live in a House and is a few minutes from the university is better because you live much calmer. On campus you have the opportunity to meet new people and make good friends. In your own home you can invite people from the university and have fun. Finally, I believe that the early years is better to live on the campus to meet more people and enjoy your studies.

Do you believe in love at first sight?

To start, I believe in the love at first sight because many people have fallen in love with a person in the first moment who sees it. There is often that you like at first sight a person because it is nice and you like its physicist but later when you already know it you do not like so much how earlier. Frequently this has happened and sincerely it has happened to me. I met a girl in Barcelona, I am overawed because it was very nice and we were speaking a little. I decided to give him my telephone number to stay another day and to meet us a little more. When I spend one week we stay in the Square Catalonia, her name was Eva. I knew it more until I realized of that I already not liked so much like the first time. Finally I decided to speak with her on this and we decide alone to be friends. The love at first sight is something slightly common because a person can impress you but later when you know it for very nice that it should be already it does not impress you so much.

To finish, the love at first sight every time happens more that means that the persons more interest by the physicist and do not know as it is the personality of the person. There will come a moment in which we will fall in love with a person only for the physicist and will not matter to us as it is really. I like the nice girls but also I like knowing it because for me not everything is a physicist.

The human rights

The human rights are rights that the people have, at present 30 human rights exist. The definition of the human rights is this: Human rights are moral principles or norms, which describe certain standards of human behavior, and are regularly protected aslegal rights in municipal and international law. The United Nations created these rights to have peace in the world and they were founded in Paris in 1948. Many articles were created after the Second World war because it was a disaster what I spend.

In my opinion the human rights increasingly are respected less. The main function of the human rights is to protect the people but in many wars these rights are violated. An example might be what it is spending in Syria, a ruined country and where the people have to go away out of fear that they kill him. The solution that they give him to this problem is to shut them up in a field. We cannot keep on violating these rights because they were created so that the humanity was working correctly. Finally, I believe that they should respect more human rights so that the world was better.

Story of the stuff

Over 50% of our federal tax goes to the military.

Is consumed 1/3 of the planet's natural resources.

In the United States there is only less than 4% of native forests.

40% of the waterways is no longer fit for consumption.

The United States has 5% of the planet but use 30% of the planet's resources and generate 30% of the world's waste.

They go to the third world and destroy the place to get your resources.

75% of world fish stocks are exploited to the limit of its capacity or overfished.

80% of native forests in the world has disappeared.

In the Amazon we're losing 2000 trees a minute.

Today they are used in commerce over 100,000 synthetic chemicals.

BFRs are extremely toxic (neurotoxic) toxic to the brain.

Babies given the highest dose of toxic chemicals from drinking breast milk.

200,000 people move daily from places that have sustained them for generations into cities (to seek employment, live in slums).

In the United States the industry recognizes that emits two billion kilograms of toxic chemicals a year.

30% of children in the Congo has left school to work in the coltan mines.

My Opinion

My opinion on this is that I do not agree with many things that makes the government of each country. If we really want to improve we must find solutions. For me destroy forests is a bad deed and that nature must be protected. We must also think about the people who have lived there generations and not have to take home for their own benefit. Not do I agree that children working in the mines and leave their schools. US should improve its economy and produce his first field acting differently. Toxic used to develop each object should be to ban us as we pollute. Fishery resources should descontrol as there is a 75% exploited. Justice would have to stop forest holdings because for every minute 2000 trees are cut. It should be restricted to go to the third world to exploit and profit removed. Breast milk is toxic mothers and babies receive the highest dose. What I think is unfair 50% of our taxes go to the government to stop the military. Many of us can not live on the minimum wage so the government should propose solutions to help people to live life more easily and work using toxic is more controlled and secure for people who have difficulties .

The best song for me

The best song for me is "see you again" because it is a song that expresses many feelings. This song is dedicated to a famous entertainer Paul Walker of film Fast and Furious. He died from a car accident and this song reminds his best. I hear this song and I like to relax by the significance. Paul Walker was a great person on the day of his death was making donations to poor children. A Wiz Khalifa made him very excited to sing that song. It's a song that reminds me that all good things must not forget and you never know what a person is worth until you lose it.

My favourite moment in 2015

My favorite moment this year was the day of my birthday because I would pass very well. Invite all my friends to eat barbecue at home and spend the day by the people. We went to dinner and when we finished we went for a walk. The moment you pass scariest was when a friend of mine hit the door of a house. He left the man to get around town. We had to separate. I went to a bar and hid there playing pool to cover. Later came all my friends and we went to bonrelax to finish the night. We went to the beach to watch the sun. Then in the morning we went to my house and play to playstation 3. For me it was an experience I will always remember because it was the day I ran over.

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My favourite country

My favourite country is Canada because I've always wanted to travel there and learn the language. Canada is a very crowded place and the people are very nice. In Canada there are different ways of living in Spain. My brother also really like Canada so that next summer we'll travel. My parents disagree because there are many flight hours. But once we get there we have my aunt that she taught us everything. We plan to go in June to enjoy the good weather. My aunt is very happy for our decision. When I grow up I'll buy a house in Canada to end my life there. Canada is a dangerous place for criminals but for me there is no problem if you can live in peace.

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My best gift

When I was 12 my parents told me to travel with them to Australia. For me Australia is a very nice place because I love animals. We were all family and went to visit my grandmother. We were at home two weeks and we all had fun. We visited many places especially the exotic side. My father loves animals especially monkeys and my brother's horses. We decided to try to buy a monkey but could not. The monkeys are animals that can not buy and take them to your country because it is forbidden. When just spent 2 weeks we had problems with our bags because we could not take too many clothes. Finally my parents decided to stay a bit longer in Australia and we had to return to Spain.

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Film Review: Trash

The film tells the story of three children from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. The three children working in the garbage every day. One day Raphael found a wallet and decide to share the money with his friend Gardo. Police search for the wallet and offers a reward but not accept. Raphael and Gardo will ask your friend the Rata. Rata tells them it's an important wallet and must find hidden. Finally they found the money and decided to distribute the money to the people who work in the garbage.

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SelfEvaluation - People with disabilities

Norden and I made our presentation on the war. We use the prezi and put a video on the consequences of war. It helps a lot in the prezi explanations and images.

Our hard issue between 10 and 12 minutes. Try to look at all my colleagues but I got a little nervous. I feel safer watching one partner.

Help me a bit of paper because I could not know the dates or the minutes of wars. I move quite ahead of peers.

The organization of our work has been easy. I have not used markers because they do not fit well in our presentation. I have introduced new information to the public and in my opinion our grammar has been a little loose.

We gave many examples of wars and where they were and when they lasted.

Linkers use new vocabulary and sentences but the problem was that we failed a little in pronunciation.

Finally, he spoke very fast and that made follow that understood everything.

Podcast: My favourite animal

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A formal letter

                                                                                                         12 Avinguda d'Empúries

                                                                                                          Sant Pere Pescador

                                                                                                          19th March 2015

Customer Service Manager

Sports Center

17486 Castelló d'Empúries

Girona-Spain

To whom it may concern,

I would like to apply for a job because I want to save money to go on a trip and I think I would be a good sports shop assistant because I really like football and sports. First of all, I think this job fits with my personality because I am interested in some sports and I think I am an easygoing person. I am a hard working, involved with my job and I speak English, Spanish and Catalan fluently. I also speak French and German.

I live in Sant Pere and I have the car licence so, I am able to come to Castelló d'Empúries easily and I don't wind if I have to do extra hours.

Looking forward to hearing from you soon,

Yours faithfully

Àlex Trias Chacón

Description of a place

Dubai is located on the coast of the Persian Gulf. Its capital is Abu Dhabi. The Sheikh of Dubai is Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum since 2006.

Dubai is the richest country in the world that has a lot of oil production. It has many architectures and artificial islands to visit. Dubai is a place where many people will travel. Luxury hotels Burj Al Arab and Burj Khalifa-the highest in the world, with 828 m-tall, artificial port of Mina Rashid and Jebel Ali, and the housing complex of artificial islands The World and The Palm Islands.

The culture and religion of Dubai are very different from other countries because they have a different attitude.

The transport is very useful and effective as they have transportation to visit many different places. It is a country with very developed technology and the buildings are the best because they are manufactured by very good material. Music and dance are very important in the country because they mean a lot to their culture.

Of course, there are many not so luxurious places I have not described in this text but I recommend going to Dubai for a good holiday.

Experiences I have learnt something from

Bye Bye ESO

This photo was taken in 2010. We did in 1st Eso. I was going to 1D and year was fun, it was different from the primary school. I've always gone to the same classes with the same people. I went through difficult times when everything was so different study. This exams are more difficult  but I adapt in the class.

This photo was taken this year.It was the year that has happened faster. I enjoyed it, but I've uncontrolled fun. Now I have changed and I think I'm more responsible. The class is very open and I've done faster with peers. It's been 3 years and would really like to go back to 1st because the last time I have been unforgettable

My world: My favourite song

IMPOSSIBLE

This music who created Shontelle but singing James Arthur and name this music is Impossible. The music has different sentiments towards the people. Shontelle created this music for the persons broken heart  also because you can forget the things of the past and start new. When something is not going well don't follow this that wants to convey the song.

For mi this song is very important because nothing is impossible.

My world: My favourite movie

Rafa is a young Andalusian gentleman who has not had to leave his native Seville ever to get the only thing that matters in life: the fine, the hair gel, Betis and women. Everything changes when he meets a woman who resists her charms: Amaia, a Basque girl. Determined to conquer it, he moved to a town in the Basque country, where is passed through Basque to overcome their resistance. Adopts the name of Antxon and several Basque surnames: Arguiñano, Igartiburu, Erentxun, Gabilondo, Urdangarin, Otegi, Zubizarreta and even Clemente.

I choose this film because it's really funny and the main characters are very good by be spanish.