AN OPINION ESSAY- THE TEENAGE YEARS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT YEARS OF YOUR LIFE

From my point of view, the teenage years are the most decisive years of our life.

Firstly, when you are teenager, you have to make the most important decision of your studies. This decision  of your studies affects your future forever.
Second, it is essential to point out the fact that when you are a teenager, you choose your friends . This fact affects the tipe of life you want to lead.
Third, we must consider that our personality is shapped in teenage years. This step will determine the type of person in the future.

In conclusion, the decisions and actions we take in these years will influence our life. It is important to avoid mistakes and to think in the consequences of what we do.

IMPRESSIONS ABOUT THE BOOK

In my opinion, these book is very amusing because of his ironic character.
I had never read before a book like that and I´m sure that I´ll read a book like ``The secret diary of Adrian Mole´´
Besides, I had never read a diary in English. I like a lot the book.
The vocabulary is easy so the book can be read by facility. I could have learned ner vocabulary and new gramatical structures.



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CHAPER 12- IN AND OUT OF LOVE

Bert and Queenie got married and they celebrate their honeymoon in the old people´s home. They moved to another new house.
Mr Lucas sent a letter to Adrian´s mother because it was San Valentine´s day, but her mother didn´t care about it. Adrian received a Valentine´s card from Pandora. He was very excited.
Adrian´s father got a job. He had to clear rubbish near the river. The family was happy.
Adrian met a pretty girl called Barbara Bayer. He fell in love with her. Adrian told Nigel about  his love towards Barbara and Nigel told the secret at school.
Pandora get angry and left Adrian. However, Pandora loved Adrian so much that she forgave him.
 
Vocabulary:

Unbearable	Adjective	Insoportable	Insupportable/ Intolerable	My parents were unbearable this morning
Stick out	Verb	Sobresalir	Something that highlights or calls the attention	She was sticking out over the rest
Blame	Verb	Culpar	to attribute responsibility to; accuse	I don´t blame her. The fact happened this way.

                        



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CHAPTER 11- MY MOTHER IS HOME

Adrian´s mother returned home with Adrian and his father. Everybody was very happy because of this fact. The mother left Mr Lucas because Lucas´attitude was not good.
Adrian invited Bert and his girlfriend called Queenie. to have lunch with his family on Christmas day. The lunch was not perfect because the turkey wasn´t defrost so they had to wait for a long time and Adrian´s father got drunk.
The last day of the year, Adrian explained his New Year´s resolutions.
Bert Baxter and Queenie announced their wedding. Adrian was surprised because Bert and Queenie were very old.


Vocabulary:

Rehearsal	Noun	Ensayo	a session of practising a play, concert, etc., in preparation for public performance	We has several rehearsals to prepare the play
Defrost	Verb	Descongelarse	to make or become free of frost or ice	The food hadn´t been defrosted when I arrived at home
Faithful	Adjective	Fiel	Loyal	I promised her to be faithful
One -parent child	Noun	Hijo que solo convive con padre/ madre	a household consisting of at least one dependent child and the mother or father, the other parent being dead or permanently absent	I´ve been a one- parent child for a long time

CHAPTER 10- IN HOSPITAL- BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH

Adrian is going to have his tonsils removed in hospital. He is very worried about this operation. Pandora and Adrian´s mother went to visit him. The operation went right but Adrian had terrible pain on his throat.
The pone was cut off because Adrian burned the phone bill in the bonfire night.
Finally, Adrian received an strange telegram from his mother. He couldn´t understand it. He was a bit worried.


Vocabulary:

Youth	Noun	Juventud	Condition of being young, immature or inexperienced	My youth was wonderful
Bleed to death	Expression	Morir desangrado	To die because of be bleeding	She bled to death on the operating table in the hospital
Cut off	Verb	Cortar	If you get cut off when you are on the telephone, the line is suddenly disconnected and you can no longer speak to the other person.	They cut off the telephone because I don´t pay the invoice of the light

CHAPTER 9- MORE IN LOVE THAN EVER

During the summer, Pandora went to Tunissia to spend her holidays there. Adrian missed her a lot.
After the holidays, school started again.He thought that this fact was terrible, and besides, he hadn´t yet his uniform.
The 14th of september was the birthday of Adrian´s mother. He phoned her but he couldn´t speak with her.
The indian family (Adrian´s neighbours)  sent Bert Baxter to an old people´s home where he could have the house for single because of the death of his partner.
In addition, Adrian was worried about his father because he still didn´t find a job. Adrian thought his father felt depressed.


Vocabulary:
 

Shed	Verb	Derramar	When a tree sheds its leaves, its leaves fall off in the autumn	Some animals were already beginning to shed their hair
Avoid	Verb	Evitar	Not to want to do anything or not to want to be to anybody	She was avoiding to see her
Tear	Noun	Lágrima	A drop of the lacrimal glands	After the bad news, the tears skipped him

CHAPTER 8- GRANDMA FRIGHTENS BARRY KENT

Adrian and his father are going to live with their grandma until the electricity was again in their house. Adrian´s grand-mother paid the bill. Besides, she also frightened Barry Kent who gave back the money to Adrian. Adrian felt proud of his grand-mother.
In addition, Adrian started to go out with Pandora. He was very happy because he loved her a lot.
Doreen and her son spent a night in Adrian´s house .
An indian family has moved into Luca´s house. They are a bit odd.
Bert Baxter was ill and when he felt better, he dediced to live with the indian family.



Vocabulary of the chapter:
 

Proof	Noun	Prueba	An evidence that proves the truth	I have the proof of the truth
Bruise	Noun	Cardenal	Black and blue mark in the skin that you have after a hit	He had a bruise after the fight
Hangover	Noun	Resaca	Short period of time characterized by headache	I had hangover the whole morning

CHAPTER 7- NO ELECTRICITY!

Adrian decided to visit his mother in Sheffield. He spent the weekend there. He missed his mother a lot. Adrian didn´t like Mr Lucas as Mr Lucas was all the time kissing his mother.
Adrian´s father had a relationship with a woman called Doreen Slater.
Adrian´s mother came to visit Adrian and Adrian´s father  bought her a lot od flowers. However, Adrian´s mother wasn´t alone. Mr Lucas was with her. Mr Mole felt sad.
Adrian found Bert´s false teeth in the kennel and Bert was happy with him.
The electricity in Adrian´s house was turned off because Adrian´s father owed a lot of money. Adrian felt ashamed because of this fact. They had to use candles at home.

Vocabulary:
 

Ashamed	Adjective	Avergonzado	If someone is ashamed, they fell embarrassed because of something they do or they have done	I felt incredibly ashamed of myself
Kennel	Noun	Caseta	A dog´s house	The dog was resting in his kennel

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CHAPTER 6- MY MOTHER LEAVES WITH MR LUCAS

Adrian´s mother decided to move to another town with Mr Lucas. Adrian´s father got very angry. Mr Lucas and Mr Mole fought in the front garden and all neighbours saw this fact. Adrian and his father didn´t know abouth the relationship of Mr Lucas and Adrian´s mother.
Adrian thought that his father felt miserable and he wanted to help him.
Adrian decided to spend a night in Nigel´s house. Nigel was alone in his house and had a very good time together. Adrian drank some whisky offered by Nigel but it wasn´t a good idea because he felt terrible.


VOCABULARY OF THE CHAPTER:
 

To have an affair with someone	Verbal expression	Tener una aventura con alguien	To go out with someone in secret	I think that my mum  have an affair with the neighbour
Shaving razor	Noun	Cuchilla de afeitar	An object that you use to clean your beard	When I was shaving, I cut with the shaving razor
Telly	Noun	Televisión	It´s a television	After a hard day´s work most people want to relax in front of the telly