Hi. I’m Nicole. I’ve been living in Barcelona for about 8 years. I’m 14 years old. My parents are Marcelo and Gina and my sister is Melanie, and my pet’s called Luna. I study at school IES Sant Andreu and I am in 2nd of ESO. My hobbies are making up and hairdressing. I love pink colour, because it is perfect to suit with everything.

The Evil painting

One day the mother buys a new picture and hangs it in the living room. At that moment the woman started to do strange things. Her daughter discovers her and begins to look into with the help of her brother and discovers the painting was of a person who was damned and soon he appeared besides the river. Then the children thought that the way to destroy the painting was to throw it into the river, and that was what they did. Then everything was normal.

My opinion: At the beginning of the story, it  was interesting but at the end, it became a little boring.

Survive!

Title: SURVIVE!

Author:  Helen Brooke

Publishers:  Oxford

Summary: You can use this book to survive in case of a plane crash in the Rocky Mountains. It also explains you complicated situations in which you have to make a decision very quickly, otherwise you could die. At the end of the book there are a few activities. This book does not have a fixed story, but it changes according to the choices you make. It always starts the same way: you're on a plane and you crash.

Opinion: In my opinion this book is very complicated, but you can use it to survive a plane crash.

Cristóbal Bistuer Talavera

Title: England

Author: John Escott

Publishers: Oxford Bookworms Factfiles

Summary: About twenty-five million people visit England every year. They come from all over the world. Nearly all of them start in London, and some never go out of that great city. But there are many more exciting and interesting places to see. Many of these tell you about England and the English people. There are the beautiful university cities of Oxford and Cambridge, the wonderful Dorset coast, the lake District, Stonehenge and Windsor Castle. Visit an English pub. Watch a game of cricket, or see a Shakespeare play Stratford upon- Avon. There are lots of different things to do. England is a beautiful country.

Opinion: In my opinion this book is very interesting and I would recommend it to anyone who wants to visit England.

Catalunya next estate in Europe

Catalonia next Estate of Europe.

1. Independence of Catalonia

On September 11th 2012,1.5 million people participated in the largest demonstration even organised in Barcelona. People were asking for Catalonia’s independence of Spain.

2. ACN

Assemblea Nacional Catalana organized the demonstration off 11-S in Barcelona,Catalonia.

ANC is an organization than aims at regaining the political independence of Catalonia thought the establishment of a free and democratic state, them president is Carme Forcadell.

They initiated different campaigns such as the “Marxa per l’independència” or demonstration off 11-S under the slogan “Catalunya nou estat d’Europa.

3.The political parties

The political parties which we’re going to talk about are in favour people’s right to decide.

This is the cause,why elections were anticipate.

CIU-Is a centre right electoral alliance in Catalonia, it is currently led by Artur Mas, who is the current President of the Catalan government.

CUP-They are a radical left-wing Catalan political party for independence  running in what they define as the “Catalan Countries”. In 2012,the CUP decided for the first time to run for Catalan parliament elections.

ICV-Is a political party in Catalonia. Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds call themselves an “ecosocialist” party and there members are therefore, the “ecosocialists”.

ERC-Is a left wing Catalan independentist political party. It is a political party that is supports the independence of the Països Catalans(Catalans Countries).

4. “For a country for all, education in Catalan”

On December 10^th,there were organized demonstrations throughout Catalonia the Spanish Goverment Minister of  Education wants to relegate the Catalan language. The demonstrations werw organised by the civil society plataform “Som escola.cat” under the slogan “ Per un país de tots l’escola en català”. The demonstrations considered the Spanish Executive’s reform to be “an attack” to the Catalan language,as it would no longer be a “core subject” at school.

5. Keep Calm and Speak Catalan

Keep calm and speak Catalan, is inspired by the Keep calm and Carry on was a propaganda poster produced by British government in 1939 during the beginning of the Second World War.

New York

Title: New York
Author: John Escott
Publishers: Oxford University Press
1-The Big Apple:  The people often call New York “The Big Apple”. Why? In the 1920s and 1930s, jazz musicians all wanted to work in New York.  Manhattan -animated 21.5 Kilometers long and 3.7 kilometers wide But New York City has five “brought”: - Manhattan - Brooklyn - The Bronx – Queens -Staten Island.
2-In the Beginning: By 1647, about 500 people lived in New Amsterdam In 1790, about 33.000 people lived in New York and the Brooklyn Bridge opened on 24 May, 1883 and thousands of New Yorkers came to see it.
3-Some places to go: Some places we can visit in New York in Manhattan are: Chinatown, Little Italy, Greenwich Village and Central Park, Brooklyn and Coney Island.
4-Shopping and eating: There are 17,000 or more restaurants, cafes, “fast food” shops and food stands in New York and you can find food stalls like: Delicatessen, Food stands, Pretzel, Hamburger, Hot god and Wonderful sandwiches.
5-Entertainment: And what can you do after dinner in the evening? Go to the theatre, or the ballet, or perhaps listen to some music. Americans love to watch an exciting game of baseball teams: The Mets and the Yankees.
6-We love a parade: In New York they celebrate holidays like St Patrick's Day parade, A street party in Ninth Avenue and in Third Avenue, Independence Day fireworks and New Year's Eve in Times Square.
Opinion: In my opinion this book is interesting because it gives a lot of information about New York.