viernes, 28 de febrero de 2014

Chapter 1

The story begins in North America. That time North America belonged to Great Britain and France. There was a war between the two armies. The French General Montcalm had a huge army and was a danger for British people. Two brithis girl, called Cora and Alice, were in danger and had to go to Fort William Henry. They would be safe there but the journey was difficult.
A British officer called Duncan, an Indian called Magua and a singing teacher helped the girls in their journey to Fort William Henry. The Indian, Magua, decided to take a secret path to Fort William Henry. However, they met other Indians called Uncas, Chingachgook and Hawk-eye who told them that this path was very dangerous for them.
Magua belonged to a tribe called ``Hurons´´ who were friends of french army.
Therefore, it was a trap for the girls and Magua was an enemy. The Indians tried to stop Magua but he escaped.

VOCABULARY:



Narrow

Noun

Estrecho

A very small distance from one side to the other

The narrow path disappeared into the forest

Join

Verb

Unir, juntar algo

To come or bring together; connect

We join the pieces of the jigsaw

Bush

Noun

Arbustos

A small low tree

Bushes grew down to the water´s edge

Chase

Verb

Perseguir

To follow or run after (person, animal or goal) persistently or quickly

Chased the enemies!

jueves, 20 de febrero de 2014

James Fenimore Cooper

James Fenimore Cooper (September 1789- September 1851) was a popular American writer of the early 19th century.
  His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days create a unique form of American literatura.
He´s  best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Among his most famous works is the romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans (1826).
The Last of the Mohicans is the second book in a series of five adventure stories describing the life of early settlers in America.

James Fenimore Cooper

The Last of the Mohicans

jueves, 2 de enero de 2014

WRITING AN ESSAY

      ``WE CAN LEARN MORE FROM COMPUTERS THAN FROM BOOKS´´


Currently, we usually ask: How can we learn more, from computers or from books?
Personally, I believe that we can learn more from computers. I think so because this type of technology has and provides many benefits to society.

Firstly, Internet is a great source of information. For example, if I have to do my biology´s homework and I don´t get to understand something, I turn to  online pages like Wikipedia. Besides, we can find a lot of interesting things. Programs for download music, books online or videos in a web called ``Youtube´´ are some of them.
Second, computers have a set of programs (Power Point or Word) that help us to work with greater ease and more quickly.
Third, we must mention that computers are helping to facilitate learning in the classroom of schools.

In conclusión, computers have changed our life a lot. They have made everything easy.

lunes, 16 de diciembre de 2013

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.

miércoles, 4 de diciembre de 2013

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.

Secret Diary of Adrian Mole: the cast of the 1985 ITV series

                                                     THE END

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.


                         The Growing Pains Of Adrian Mole - 1987



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