domingo, 5 de junio de 2011

THE ROYAL WEDDING

The Royal Family of the United Kingdom participate every year in hundreds of public events and provides work and money to Britain. In fact, the British Monarchy is the richest in the world. A difference between the English royal family and Spain royal family is that a lot of English are supporting their royalty.

The Wedding was 29th April of this year and is the wedding of the year which cost 23 million dollars. It’s curious that the wedding cake cost over 500.000 pounds
They married in the Abbey of Westminster and 1 million people were on the streets of London following the main characters of this special day England. However, not only Britain celebrates this event, many people around the world were watching the wedding on TV



PRINCE WILLIAM
Prince William 2nd in line to the British throne was born on 21st June 1982 at StwilliamMary’s hospital, London. He was the first child of Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales and was born to intense media interest, an interest that has followed him through his life. As a grandchild to the queen is official title is His Royal Highness Prince William of Wales. If his father was to predecease Queen Elizabeth II it is likely he would be given the same title as his father Prince of Wales. He has a younger brother Harry and two step siblings; Tom Parker Bowles and Laura Bowles from his father’s second wife Camilla Parker Bowles.

Prince William Education

He was educated at various private schools in London and Berkshire before moving to the prestigious Eton college at the age of 11. It was hoped such a school would provide a safer environment, relatively protected from the intrusions of the media. By and large the media did respect the Palace’s request to “leave William alone until he was 18”. As a way of thanking the media, in his last year TV cameras were given a rare insight into the Prince at Eton, showing him enjoying various activities such as cooking and sport. Since leaving school relationship with the media have been less cordial, especially with regard to interest over his girlfriend Kate Middleton.

KATE MIDDLETON
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Catherine Elizabeth "Kate" Middleton (born 9 January 1982) married to Prince William of Wales, elder son of Prince Charles, and the late Diana, Princess of Wales.
After her marriage, the official title of Miss Catherine Middleton is - Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge.

QUEEN ELIZABETH
She was born April 21, 1926, London, England. Queen of the United Kingdom from 1952. She became heir presumptive when her uncle, Edward VIII, abdicated and her father became king as George VI. In 1947 she married her distant cousin Philip, duke of Edinburgh, with whom she had four children, including Charles, prince of Wales. She became queen on her father's death in 1952. Increasingly aware of the modern role of the monarchy, she favoured simplicity in court life and took an informed interest in government business. In the 1990s the monarchy was troubled by the highly publicized marital difficulties of two of the queen's sons and the death of Diana, princess of Wales. In 2002 the queen's mother and sister died within two months of each other.


martes, 31 de mayo de 2011

CRAZY BRITISH FESTIVALS

The British are eccentric. In summer they organize some very silly festivals.


GRAVY WRESTLING
In Britain, people have a great sense of humour.
So they organize crazy festivals and silly sports!
One of the most popular is gravy wrestling.
Participants wrestle for two minutes in a pool 
of sauce called "gravy". Around 2,000 litres of
the sauce are prepared for the championships
and people wear fancy dress.
They will probably never eat gravy again!


BOG SNORKELLING
The first World Championship was in 1985.
More than 200 people participate each year.
They complete two legths of a 55-metre bog in 
the shortest time possible.
They swim using their flippers.


WORM CHARMING
These people are looking for worms.
They make vibrations in the soil and use water 
to encourage worms to come to the surface.
They use music too. Worm charming began 
in 1980 in Cheshire, England.
Ten-year-old Sophie Smith "charmed" 567 
worms in 2009. That's a world record.


CHEESE ROLLING
It looks funny, but these people are running
after cheese.
The competition started in England 
200 years ago. A round cheese is rolled from 
the top of the hill and participants try to catcch 
it. The cheese travels at 110 km/hour, and it can 
be very dangerous!


SNAIL RACING
These people love snail racing. 
Snails start at the centre of a table and move
30 cm to the perimeter. Each snail has a number 
on it to make sure there's no cheating.
In 2010, a snail called Sidney won in three minutes 
and 41 seconds. Fans must be very patient.


TOE WRESTLING
Toe wrestling is like arm wrestling... with your 
feet! Players sit down and join toes. They try to
pin the other player's foot for three seconds.
The Toe Wrestling Championships started
in 1970s in Derbyshire, England.
The best player in the wora is Nash.

APOLOGIZE FOR A MISUNDERSTANDING


Adrià: Excuse me. Can I hace a word with you?
Eloi: Yes. Is there a problem?
Adrià: I'm afraid so. Did you know that this is private property?
Eloi: No, I didn't.
Adrià: Didnt' you see the sign?
Eloi: No, I'm afraid not.
Adrià: Have you been here before to skateboard?
Eloi: No, I live out of town.
Adrià: Well, if I were you, I'd look for a different place.
Eloi: OK. Sorry about that. I didn't realize.
Adrià: That's OK. Remember for next time.


Key Phrases:



Can I Have a word with you?
I'm afraid so / not.
If I were you, I'd...
Sorry about that.
I didn't realize

WRITE ABOUT AN EXPERIENCE

The first few days, I felt a bit alone, but I know in other
people who helped me a lot and I became his friend.
It was difficult for the language and culture over there.
When he spend time as I get used to new life and I was more.

The people I was not the case. She always went alone because
he was from somewhere else.
I felt bad and paragraph people.
Gradually I was getting more confident with people and I was
more comfortable.
The people made me more and if I make friends.

This past there has been perfect since I've met many people
and the experience has been very good.
I learned new things that helped me grow as a person.
I want to repeat again.

martes, 17 de mayo de 2011

THE ROYAL WEDDING

MY HOLIDAY WEEK

During one week 4th ESO students were in Italy, 
I rested every day and did homework in peace.
I also leave a little partys for a different places.
Every day I get up late and did not care the time.
I spend the whole entire week at home in Melianta.
On Saturday I went to play footbal and work at night.
I also stayed with my neighbor, because he was party in the afternoon.
I was also at Eduard Camps house, my classmate and friend.
We also stayed with some friends playing poker. 
They were very funny and entretaining.
When this holiday week ended, I stick with Easter.
Another week of celebration followed.