Thursday, November 17, 2011

Unit 1: The decade 2000 - 2010


The decade 2000 to 2010 was a period where different types of events took place. There were positive ones: it was a time of Internet and new technologies, the change in 2000 of “pesetas” to “euros”, Obama was elected as the new U.S. President and the first black president in this country...

Although there were tragic events like: the impact of the Twin Towers in 11 of September of 2001, one year later the terrorist group ETA's band puts a car bomb in Bilbao, the war in Irak, the crisis of the last years... The truth is that it has been marked by war and terrorism.

By the end of the decade, there was a huge increase in illegal immigration from Africa which people needed to come for work and food.

On the topic of music, there were a lot of pop artists so the pop music predominates.
Lady Gaga appeared in 2008 and now she is a very extravagant singer and very famous.
Also others such as Britney Spears, Beyonce, Shakira, David Guetta, Jason Derülo ...
In the world of films, the actress most notable were: Nicole Kidman, Angelina Jolie, Cameron Diaz, Penelope Cruz... But a fact that shocked was the death of the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, in 2009.

In the world of films, the actress most notable were: Nicole Kidman, Angelina Jolie, Cameron Diaz, Penelope Cruz ...
And the most famous movies in this decade have been:
Memento (2000), Amélie (2001), the saga of Lord of the Rings, City of God (2002), The Lives of Others (2006), Slumdog Millionaire (2008) the Dark Knight (2008), The Others, the saga of Pirates of the Caribbean, Avatar (2009) and "Three meters Above the Sky" (2010).

In the decade, the fashion has become like what we had in the past, like the sunglasses: Rayban. The broken pants, the large t-shirts and torn are fashion too.

As I said, the technologies are advancing every day. New inventions like laptops, mp4, pendrive... And With The mark of Apple: Ipod, Iphone, Iphone, the Mac ..


Times are changing and along with the people, the world and our way of looking at life are also changing.

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