Four weddings and a funeral

The first wedding is that of Angus and Laura, at which Charles is the best man. At the wedding, Charles meets Carrie for the first time and spends the night with her. She then goes back home to America, thinking that they may have missed an opportunity.

The second wedding is that of Bernard and Lydia, who had met at the first wedding. Charles is happy because he see that Carrie is attending at the wedding, but she introduces him to her fiancé, Hamish Banks. Suddently, they go to have dinner and he discover that he is with a several ex-girlfriends who explain embarrassing stories about the relationship that they had in the past.

At the evening, Carrie leave in a taxi with Hamish and Charles observes all that is happening. Then, he have a conversation with Henrieta, who confronts him about that he is afraidof letting anyone get too close to him. When they finished the talk, Charles runs into Carrie and they spend another night together.

A few months later, in a free Saturday Charles receives an invitation to Carrie's wedding and while he is shopping for a present for them in London, he meet Carrie in a shop. After that, Carrie wants that Charles help her to select her wedding dress. Then, they go to have dinner together and in there Carrie confession him all the boyfriends that she have had. Also, she said that Charles is the 32.

The third wedding is that of Carrie and Hamish in Scotland. Charles attends a little bit sad because he is depressed at the prospect of Carrie marrying Hamish. Then is the dance and after that, Scarlett meets a tall, attractive American named Chester. As Charles watches Carrie and Hamish dance as husband and wife, Fiona deduces his feelings about Carrie. Suddenly, Fiona confesses taht she has always loved Charles since they first met years ago, but he doesn't requite her love.

Gareth, Matthew's boyfriend, dies suddenly of a heart attack.

The funeral is that of Gareth. In there, Matthew recites a poem ating his relationship with Gareth.

The fourth wedding takes place ten months later, and is that of Charles and Henrietta. But moments before the ceremony Carrie arrives at the church and explain to Charles that she and hamish aren't together. When Charles listen that, he start thinking that probably he's doing a wrong think marrying with Henrietta, so he “no” when the Father ask if he want to marry with Henrietta. Because his brother, David does and intervention.

Finally, Carrie visits Charles and he confesses that he loves her, so he realised that for the first time in his life he totally loved one person. And at the end, they said a phrases that it seem to be very romantic: Charles say: “Do you think not being married to me might maybe be something you could consider doing for the rest of your life?” Carrie responds by saying, “I do”.

My stay at school

Hello and welcome to my oral presentation. My name's Elisabet and I'm 16.

I started at Casa Nostra school when I was three, in P3. At first I didn't know the people but we quickly become friends. The next two years where very important for me because we got on well with all my classmates, so we become like a big family.

It comes to my mind a thing that happened in P5, something that I won't never forget: Fabi broken my foot playing in the break time, and it did me a lot of damage! The worst was that my foot had to be plastered 6 months!

The next stage was primary. I remember the first day, when my friend Sara was our new classmate and she didn't know if she had to dinner in the school or go to her home, so she started to cry. Then, Fabi and I said to Angelina what was happening to “the new girl” who we didn't know the name.

And how about all the trips we've done a long this 6 years in primary? Over all the day-trips in “La muntanyeta” where we had a very good time there playing, doing competitions and wars with cabins.

The years were going on and we were growing together while our friendship was going grow too.

The most important year in primary was the 6th because when we were in the end of the course, the last day, we all started crying because we thought that everything will change and that it will never be the same again. We were so upset because there were classmates that had to go to another schools, we had to separate.

The next year we started 1st of ESO and we got frightened with the main talk of Jordi Mossoll at the first hour. We met all the teachers and the way to taught of them. Along these years, somethings changed, like teachers or classmates, but we have always been united.

So now we are at the end of 4th of ESO and we will have to separate to go to different ways, different high schools... But I'm sure that all we've lived together neither of us will forget it.

A lot of things to remember, a lot of years that we had been together: a big frienship.

Toilet food

Would you like to eat from a toilet? Well, now you can: in a restaurant in Beijing, China. The chairs are toilets and the food is served in mini toilet bowls and bidets. Yuck! It's a popular and cheap restaurant. But would you go?

City globe

You can dream of being in London or New York with one of globe lamps beside your bed. Other models include Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Sydney.

www.globee.co.uk

Penguin jealousy

The penguins at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland are jealous of two giant pandas. The pandas, who arrived at the zoo recently, are getting a lot of visitors. The penguins, who live above the panda's enclosure, are not happy. They have been pooing on visitors waiting to see the pandas! Oops.

Crazy races

50,000 people watched this crazy cart race in Bogota Colombia. 64 teams raced their carts on a series of slopes until the finish line. The carts, or "balineras", wighed less than 100 kg and had no engine. One of the team members said it was "a spectacular race". But who won? The fish team, of course!

Titanic

Titanic, the 1997 film by James Cameron, is out in 3D. The story is about Jack (leonardo DiCaprio) and Rose (Kate Winslet), two passengers from different social classes who meet on the Titanic's first voyage. Rose is a first-class passenger and she shouldn't speak to Jack, who is in third-class. But then they fall in love. It's an emotional film with a tragic ending.

Unit 8: A happy ending

All started a few months ago, in winter. I met with my best friend Clàudia for go to walk arround the lake. Before that, I bought four chocolate donuts, so I gave two to Clàudia. When we were very full up, we started to talk about everything and we had a lot of fun. All the way arround the lake we were laughing for stupid things.

Everything changed for us when we saw a dog in a half way arround.

Clàudia said to me: “Don't say nothing to this big dog, please!”

But what I did was the opposite, I shouted it's name.

Suddently, the dog started walking to us. Then, Clàudia quickly went behind me because she was frightened.

I stroked the dog and it resoulted to be a girl. She was very friendly and sweet, but she has got lost.

What I did was made a leash with a reed. We called the dog “Cari” and we decided to bring her to the vet. There, we explained all the story to the doctor and then he said that Cari was a young breed dog.

After that, he looked if Cari had a “xip” and she had one in her neck!

Finally, the vet did a phone call to the kennel because in there they could contact with the owners of lost dogs. So the doctor said to us that in a few hours Cari would be with her family again.

This is the happy ending about our honesty with a dog.

Unit 7: Write an opinion essay

The government plans to introduce a new law which will mean that all the children and teenagers go to the school on Saturday mornings. Only our government is going to do that in order to improve the level of education. In my point of view, this would have positive and negative consequences.

The point is that school is too boring for us, teenagers, every day of the five days that we have to go there, so, we won't be agree with this new law. This is the negative consequence because students who are a bit older than the others will organize protests and all which will be possible for that new law won't be approved. So if this law is introduced, I've no doubt that it will be unfair for the students because when you are young, what you are thinking along the week, is on Friday, the last day of the week for finish the school.

A positive consequence is that the education is going to improve above all the country, Catalonia.

I believe that a method to achieve the government's aims is that teachers prepare better the students in class, but I don't think that if the country is not good with education it means a problem caused by the students. This probably be fault of the government .

It seems to me that there's a better alternative: if government not spent more time thinking another way to improve education, teenagers and a lot of people won't be agree with school on Saturday.

Unit 6: Write about yourself and your view of the world

My name is Elisabet Planas and I'm 15. I'm a student in Casa Nostra School in Banyoles, Girona. The most important for me in my life is the music and skiing. I've been practising both hobbies since I was three or four years old and I love it! Some of my friends are interested in music too, but they play different instruments than mine, the piano. The thing which I like best is going to sleepover at friends house or meet with my best friends.

People don' think that the world is a bad place, although we have to take care of it. We don't have to waste water, we have to be careful with the enviroment for the global warming, so we must recycle all always we can. The things that annoy me are the stubborn people, when my brother makes me angry with his jokes and I don't like that people make another face that they are.

In this moment I'm worried about a lot of things and happenings that will happen in the future, like cancer. I hope and I wish that one day can be a illness which will have cure.

I find a bit frightening that problems don't be solved. Really, I don't see myself with clarity in the future, because I don't know what I will do or work with. But I'm sure that the job which I'll chose, will be something which I will help people. Also, I see myself travelling and doing things everywhere.

Unit 5: The story of converse

When Marquis Mills Converse started his shoe manufacturing business called the Converse Rubber Shoe Company in 1908, little did he know that the company would see such astounding success. Continuing success over the decades since the company was formed has catapulted Converse Shoes into a major brand in the footwear industry. Thanks to its endorsement by to basketball players in the country, they have become synonymous with this sport.

But Converse Shoes' road to accomplishment has hardly been easy. Situated in Malden, Massachusetts, the Converse Rubber Shoe Company was doing lukewarm business till basketball player Chuck Taylor came along. The NBA star Chuck Taylor often complained of pain in his feet while playing basketball. Converse Rubber Shoe Company, in the year 1917, introduced its most famous brand, the Converse All Star Basketball Shoe. This footwear invention became a rage in the world, and it continues to be one of the most sought-after sports shoes in the world even today.

During the 1980s, the company Converse Rubber Shoe Company was bought by Nike, but the brand Converse All Star continued to live.

In the present times, Converse shoes are worn not just by sports persons, but are also a huge favorite of the common man. Kids often wear them to school. While these shoes were available only in black and white color initially, but later the color swatch of Converse All Star Shoes was expanded to include seven additional colors.

Unit 4: Best Friends

Last year at the first day of school I was surprised to see a new girl downstairs from a class less than me. I though that it will be a good idea to talk with her. So after lunch, I were with her and we started to speak. Since this day, we have been very friends. Clàudia is tall, blond-haired and she has a beautiful brown eyes. We got on well together and soon became best friends.

One day in the summer, when we were in England we went to buy some chocolate cookies a few kilometers than our homes there. We were talking and laughing all the way to the supermarket, so when we had to turn back, we didn't know how was the way to return. Clàudia and I become very nervous but we continued by asking the people.

When we went walking, we though that everytime we were more farder than we were before. Another problem was that it was getting dark!

Finally we could recognize an other way to arrive at the village of our houses. We started to laugh for the bad experience and now, we always explain this surprising story.

Unit 7: Console and encourage

Berta: Hey Elisabet! You look a bit down. What's the matter?


Elisabet: Oh, I've just heard that my sister has got a job in Manchester and she's moving away.


Berta: Oh, right... Sorry to hear that. It isn't the end of the world though.


Elisabet: I know, but I'm really going to miss her.


Berta: Don't take it too badly, at least she won't be very far away and you can visit her. Manchester's a really cool city.


Elisabet: That's true, I suppose.


Berta: Look at it this way, if she hadn't got that job, she'd have been really disappointed.


Elisabet: Yeah, maybe you're right.


Berta: Cheer up! Come on! Let's go to a café or something.


Elisabet: Ok. Thanks, Berta. I feel a bit better now. 

Unit 6: Apologize for a misunderstanding

Berta: Excuse me. Can I have a word with you?

Elisabet: ...Yes, Is there a problem?

Berta: I'm afraid so. Did you know that this is private property?

Elisabet: No, I didn't.

Berta: Didn't you see the sign?

Elisabet: I'm afraid not.

Berta: Have you been here before to play football?

Elisabet: No, I live out of town.

Berta: Well, if I were you, I'd look for a different place.

Elisabet: OK. Sorry about that. I didn't realize.

Berta: That's OK. Remember for next time.

Unit 5: Change something in a shop

Berta: Hello. Are you OK there?

Eli: Yes, hi. I was given these jeans as a present but they're too small. Is it OK if I change them?

Berta: That should be OK. Have you got the receipt?

Eli: Yes, here you are.

Berta: OK. Well actually, we've sold out of those jeans, I'm afraid. You can choose something else if you like.

Eli: Oh, right. Can I try these things on?

Berta: Yes, sure. The changing rooms are over there.

...

Eli: What do you think of this coat? It isn't too long, is it?

Berta: No, I don't think so. It's really funky.

Eli: Ok. I'll take it then. Thanks.

Unit 4: Ask for and give information

Berta: Hello, there. Can I help you?

Elisabet: Yes, I'm staying in Barcelona with a friend next week and we were wondering if there's anything to see around there. Have you got any information?

Berta: Yes, there are Ballon Flights if you're interested. I'll get you a leaflet.

Elisabet: That sounds good. What time do the trips leave?

Berta: Oh, they're fairly regular – they go every day except Tuesday at 8 a.m. and 3 p.m.

Elisabet: OK. And how much is the trip? We've got student cards.

Berta: Let's see... Well, in that case it's 40 pounds per person. The full price is 50 pounds.

Elisabet: That's fine! We'll go on Monday, then. Do we need to book it?

Berta: I'll book it for you if you like. Can I take your names?

Sleepy Hollow

SUMMARY:

Once upon a time, there was a detective from New York, called Ichabod Crane who was sent to a city. This village was called Sleepy Hollow and the people from there needed help because they wanted to discover who the killer was. The victims were decapitated. So Ichabod pretended to find the killer.

Early he discovered that this person wasn't of flesh and blood, he was the Headless horseman.

Later, during these days, he also knew that all the people who died was from the Van Tassel family and someone was saying to the horseman he person who to kill.

One day, when he arrived at his room, he found Katrina there and first though that she was the killer; some days later, he tough that this person was her father so he wanted to leave out of this city.

Finally, when Ichabod was coming back to his city, he was thinking about all of the murders and the people who were involved and he returned back to Sleepy Hollow because he finally realized who the killer was: Katrina's step mother! In the end, Crane could save Katrina and return the head to the horseman. Then, they were happy and stayed together forever more.

Unit 3: Write a discussion essay

Are you for or against using animals for medical research?

At the moment, scientists use animals for research a cure for different types of illness. If they couldn't do it, a lot of medicines may be wouldn't exist. Although some people don't agree with this idea, because animals suffer a lot for own benefit.

On the one hand, using this kind of living creatures, as I said; is a profit for all the humanity, because if scientists don't experiment, we will never be able to find cures. In addition, in the future we will be able to save patients with difficult illness, I hope, especially cancer.

On the other hand, there is a moral problem, the fact that the life of animals is in danger, the way in which living creatures suffer without nature. Also, some people say that we shouldn't allow to do that, but the person who is against, is because he or she hasn't ever thought about it; the real reasons for doing it. All the modern medicines cme from the experiments with animals.

All in all, I am in favor using animals for medical research, although I don't want that animals to suffer. But in fact, I agree with that because when you have a person who you love and who has a dangerous illness, like cancer, you only want one thing: that this person can live eating the illness.

French kiss

THE PLOT: WRITE A SUMMARY.
ADD NEW WORDS.

Kate is an American woman who is married with a buissnes man. Charlie calls her to say that the engagement is off because he's met a beautiful French woman named Juliette, and he's fallen in love. Determined to win Charlie back, Kate confronts her fears and hops on board the next flight to Paris.

Kate is desperately afraid of flying, so when her fiancée Charlie flies to Paris on business, she must stay behind. In the plane, she finds herself seated next to Luc Teyssier, a French thief who stashes some valuable jewelry in her baggage hoping to avoid capture.

While Luc simply wants to get his jewels back, he pretends to be willing to help Kate find Charlie and win him back in order to keep her luggage out of harm's way, but to his surprise (as well as Kate's), the two become infatuated as they make their way through the City of Lights.

Leading lady also served as co-producer for this film. Finally, Kate discovers that Paris truly is the city of love.

THE CHARACTERS:

KATE/LUC/CHARLIE/JULIETTE

Write a description of every character.

Compare the characters Kate-Juliette and Charlie-Luc.

- Kate: (Meg Ryan) She is an intelligent woman who is always planning her future and who is in love with Charlie. She goes to France overcome her fears to be with him again.

- Charlie: (Timonthy Hutton) He is a Canadian man who goes to France for buisness and he fall in love with Juliette.

- Juliette: (Susan Anbeh) She is a beautiful French woman who met Charlie and then she become his girlfriend.

- Luc Teyssier: (Kevin Kline) He is a French man who wants money, so he stole an expensive necklace that goes into the bag of Kate.

PLOT:

writing

IMAGINE YOU'RE ONE OF THE CHARACTERS.

EXPLAIN WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOU.

USE THE PAST SIMPLE/CONTINUOUS

PODCAST IT!

speaking

IN GROUPS: CAMERA.....ACTION!

ROLEPLAY!!

CHOOSE ONE/two SCENE/s

COPY THE SCRIPT in notebooks

PRACTISE THE PRONOUNCIATION/intonation

ROLEPLAY IT and record in the language room

Unit 3: Exchange opinions

Elisabet: Hi, Berta! Have you seen these?

Berta: No... What are they?

Elisabet: They're posters for anti-drugs campaign. All the people of this high school have to choose which one's the best and explain why.

Berta: Let me see it... Mmm... What do you think?

Elisabet: I'm not sure, I can't really decide. I suppose that the one on the left has got a clearer message. Do you agree with that?

Berta: Well... yes and no. It's very clear, it's truth, although it isn't very effective.

Elisabet: Why do you think that?

Berta: Because I reckon you should be positive. For me, the one on the left is trying to be scary.

Elisabet: Yes. You might be right there...