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· The party's secret ·

(Sally and Kate are in a café)

Kate: Wow! The party was great.

Sally: Oh, yes, I think so! It was fantastic.

Kelly: Hi girls! What are you talking about?

Sally: About nothing, nothing...why?

Kelly: Because I thought you were talking about a party or something like that.

Kate: Really? I think you are wrong Kelly, we were talking about last weekend.

Kelly: I already know this because I've just seen some photos on Internet and you seem really happy.

Sally: You're right Kelly. We went to the party last weekend. But you weren't invite.

Kate: We don't want you to think that it's our fault because we went to talk with Jimmy.

Kelly: Who is Jimmy?

Sally: Jimmy is the boy who organized the party.

Kate: We tried to convince him but he didn't accept.

Kelly: You're making up excuses.

Sally: You have to belive us. He said that he didn't know you.

Kelly: OK girls, I think you're telling me the truth.

Kate: So, are we making up?

Kelly: Yes, we are.

Sally: Oh, look there. This is Jimmy.

Kate: Oh, oh, Kelly is going to break down.

Kelly: Girls I know Jimmy for years. I didn't realise that you were talking about this Jimmy. Let me speak with him a moment.

Sally: Look he's coming.

Jimmy: Hi girls!

Kelly, Sally and Kate: Get away!!!

THE INFORMAL LETTER

Street Sant Pere Pescador 4

Castelló d'Empúries

Spain
26th March 2010

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Dear Kieron,

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Thanks for yout letter. It's good to recieve news from you. When I read your letter I became happier!

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Well, I'm from Castelló d'Em´púries, a small village situated in the nort-est area of Spain.

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Now, I want to tell you about another village, called Portbou, which is near from Castelló. I spend a lot of time there and I know every place and every corner of this village.

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In my opinion it's a very pretty place with a very relaxed atmosphere. If you go there, sure you will know a lot of people from different countries, as France or Germany.

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There, you can go to different beaches, and if you like the mountain, you can go to France walking, because it's quite near.

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There are lots of small beaches where you can relax with the sun and with the noise of the waves.

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If you want to do sport, you can also play paddle or tennis, bacause there is a paddle camp in Colera, another place very near from Portbou.

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There aren't many places to go sightseeing, but if you want to relax, it's the perfect place!

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If you want to come, you have only to bring aummer clothes and swimsuit.

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Thanks, for read it!

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Helena xxx

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PS: I hope we will meet soon!

Free writing 4 - Sant Joan night

Sant Joan night!

Sant Joan night is a festival celebrated principally in Spain, in English this festival, or a festival that is similar, is called Midsummer. The day when this festival is celebrated is on the 23rd of June and the 24th.
This festival symbolizes the summer arrival, and the 23rd night is the shortest night of the year.
The most important thing in this Spanish -and principally Catalan- festival is to have dinner with the family, maybe in the beach and if possible ignite a bonfire; and also eat a kind of cake called Coca de Sant Joan, which is very typical of Catalonia.
This is a night related with the fire, and because of it, this festival is also called the fire’s night.

I celebrate this festival with my friends in the Empuriabrava’s beach, where there are a lot of people, and all of our friends go there on Sant Joan. Then, there are also fireworks, which are very amazing and completely fantastic.
I think that Empuriabrava is a very nice place to celebrate Sant Joan, because the beach, which is very big, it’s full of people that want to enjoy with the sea, and also swim on the sea. Last year, my friends and I swam, the water was too cold (it was three o’clock of the dawn) but we think that it wasn’t important and we entered in the water.
Last year it was very good, and I enjoyed a lot, I look forward the next Sant Joan night, and I hope that it’ll be as last year, or if possible, better!

OPTICAL ILLUSIONS

THE MOST IMPACTANT OPTICAL ILLUSIONS

Concentrate on the four small dots in the middle of the picture for 30 or 40 seconds. Then look at any smooth single coloured surface near yoy (wall, paper,...). You will see a circle of light developing. Now blink your eyes a lot of times and you will see an image emerging. Don you recognize the image?!

How many legs has this elephant got?!

Look at the blue dot, in the middle of the image, for ten seconds approximately, then you will see the windmill moving!

Is this image moving?!

NEW - The smallest girl in the world

THE SMALLEST GIRL

Yes, it's incredible, but I've founded the smallest girl in the world. She's a teenager, she's fourteen and she is shorter than the average two-year-old child. This girl, whose name is Jyoti Amge, weights only five kilos.

She has a form of dwarfism called achondroplasia and won't grow any taller than her current height.
Jyoti has to have clothes and jewellery made for her. She sleeps in a tiny bed and uses special plates and cutlery to eat because normal-sized utensils are too big and heavy for her.

She said:

'I am proud of being small. I love all the attention I get. I'm not scared of being small and I don't regret it.

'I'm just the same as other people. I eat like you, dream like you. I don't feel any different.

FORMAL LETTER

A formal letter to Ms Lluïsa Pintó

4 Sant Pere Pescador Street
Castelló d’Empúries
15th January 2010

The headmistress
IES Castelló d’Empúries
Castelló d’Empúries

Dear Ms Lluïsa Pintó

I am a student of first batxillerat in this high school, and I give this letter to you to tell you about the new school calendar, because I would like to you know the good and bad points of it.

First of all I think that it is good the batxillerat students could have most of the eves to study, and I understand that we have to start classes at eight o’clock, but I think that the ESO students disagree with that, because it had never been as now.

In my experience, it is difficult to get up at seven o’clock when you used to get up at eight o’clock at primary school.

I know that you will not change the school calendar, but thanks for read my letter.

Yours faithfully,

Helena Sánchez Cano

FILM REVIEW

DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE MORGANS?

FILM REVIEW:

Meryl and Paul are the main characters of this film. They are getting divorce, but Paul, is still in love with Meryl. They have been witnesses of a murder in New York. They are in danger and the police suggest them to go to the witnesses’ protection programme.
They have to go on a mess situated in Wyoming. They are accustomed to de city life, and for both, is difficult to adapt at the situation.
In Wyoming they have to coexist together though they want to forget each other.
In the mess where they are staying, there are a woman and a men who are in love; they want to help the New York pair because they now that they are still in love.
Meryl and Paul have to ride horses, participate on rodeos… and these things make them laugh and be happy with each other.
At the end of the film, the police find the murderer, and Paul and Meryl can go back to New York, but now, they start to live together again, and Meryl is pregnant, which make them happier.

MY OPINION:

This is a film I saw last month in the cinema, with my friends. I enjoyed a lot because Hugh Grant (Paul) is a very funny actor and Sarah Jessica Parker (Meryl) too. This is a very funny film, and also is a romantic film which explains that the love can come back if you are really in love.
In my opinion this kind of films are better than the typical romantic films, because a humorous movie is always better than a movie that is just romantic.
I think that this two actors are the appropriated for this kind of movies, because they are funny and they have got a lot of humour felt.

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