THE FLY

The voice in the night

1. Can you summarize the book in two minutes?

Everything starts in the Pacific Ocean, everything is calm and everybody is sleeping in the ship. The main characters are Will, George and the old man (John)
In the dark, George listen a strange voice and he started to ask who was and where it was? The light of George knocked on the deck and Will wake up. Will started to speak with the old man but the old man is always in the darkness. The old man said that he can’t approach and this is the big mystery. After some time talking to the light the old man say that he only wants food for him and his lady. Will accept to give everything that he wants.
Three hours later, the old man return to the ship and he start to explain what king of horror they suffered.
They are in Albatross their ship. They caught in a terrible storm and Albatross masts were broken. The sailors took the small boats leaving the lady. The ship was very low in the water. Some days later they can see the ship another time but it appear a grey fungus. In the ship there was nobody. They spent a lot of hours cleaning the strange fungus but in some hours the fungus grew up another time. They found a place that fungus didn’t appear and they live in there with tents. The fungus grew bigger. One day the lady eat some fungus and it was ok.
They didn’t have food but they can fish and finally they eat fungus but finally the fungus appeared in the bodies of these poor people

2. Is there a mystery sentence or a turning point in the story?

Yes, in all the story there are a lot of point of mystery but the most important moment is when John was appear in front of George because the reader doesn’t know what happen with this person but sincerely you can imagine when he started to talk about his poor story.

3. When and where does the story take place?In the Pacific Ocean aboard a ship.

4. Who are the main characters in the story? What’s their role?
Will: He is the friend that during the story is talking to John. He shows security and firmness.
George: During the story they don’t have an important role but I consider that he is important because he discover the strange voice.
John (the old man). This is the really main character, he try to show terror when he explain the story.
5. Choose one character (main or secondary) and describe him/her.
Will: He is the friend of George and when everything is happen to George, he is sleeping. After some minutes due the noise he is wake up. He also listens to the strange voice. During the all story Will shows us tranquillity in front of a horror. I think that he has very strong personality. About the physical I believe that he’s thin and tall and good looking

6. Can you identify with any character? Why?
Well, this is a difficult question because I consider that this story is not long and I can’t know the personality of all but if I have to choose somebody maybe I said George because with a terror situation I can’t speak because I’m very frightening.

7. Choose your favourite moment in the story
My favourite moment in the story is when the old man starts to explain the poor story. In this moment you can let fly your imagination and I like it.

8. Which new key words have you learnt to understand the story? Deck- coberta oars- rem dipping- immersió misty- boirós sinking-enfonsament ladder- escala smooth- llis odd- senar
9. Provide an alternative ending.
When John finished the story maybe it would be interesting that John left forever and the same that happen to John and the lady steps to Will and George. Some years later Will and George appear in another ship explaining their horror story.
10. Would you recommend this book? Why?
The story that I read was interesting and entertaining and for this reason it would be good if you read it.


Laura
1- Can you summarize the book in two minutes?
The story starts when Laura said to Amanda that she is going to die. They started to talk about the reincarnate and Laura said that she will reincarnated in some animal and she is going to chase chickens and ran all over the flowers of Egbert, the husband of Amanda. Laura said that after being an animal she’ll become a boy. Laura died on Monday. Amanda was talking to Lulworth (husband uncle) about Laura.
Before the funeral, Egbert said that he is very unhappy because some creature eat his chickens and Egbert kill this creature. Amanda was worry about everything. Aurora Burret the neighbour of Amanda said about the news of day’s sport, and she said that she found the otter in the garden and they kill them. Amanda was more worried. Egbert took Amanda and they went to Cairo for forget everything. When they stay in the Cairo hotel, it was appear a Nubian boy that Egbert was angry with him.

2. Is there a mystery sentence or a turning point in the story?
Yes, at the moment that Laura die everything is a mystery because we don’t know what happen to the reincarnation that Laura said before to die.

3. Who are the main characters in the story? What’s their role?
Laura: is the main character and she give a mystery role. She appear like a otter and a boy. Laura kill some chickens of Egbert
Amanda: she’s the friend of Laura and during the story she was very worried about the death of Laura.
Egbert: He’s the husband of Amanda and he is the victim of Laura. During the story he is unhappy and angry.

4- When and where does the story take place?
Maybe in a town where Laura and Amanda live and also in Cairo. The story didn’t say when the story happens.

5.Choose one character (main or secondary) and describe him/her
Laura: She’s very pessimistic girl but at the same time realistic. She tries to laugh to the people. She believe on the reincarnation. I think that Laura is very happy girl and knowing that she’ll died she tries to smile.

6. Can you identify with any character? Why?
Maybe with Amanda because she’s very worried about everybody and she is attend to everything. And I’m worried to everything and everybody all time.

7. Choose your favourite moment in the story
When Laura started to talk about the reincarnation and what she is going to do. I think that it’s a funny moment.

8. Which new key words have you learnt to understand the story?
Colly-fredor shed- cobert seeds-llavors otter- lludriga stream-corrent

9. Provide an alternative ending.
Maybe when Laura dies everything finish but this is a boring ending. After some months of Laura death Amanda have a girl called Laura and after some years Amanda discover that behaves like her friend and she believes that is her friend Laura.

10. Would you recommend this book? Why? The story is very short, but I enjoy to read the for this reason I’ll recommend the book.

Before writing my final reflection I would like to write my last post in my space.
Though we don't have time to browse the Internet I try to do what I can. I can look for an interesting piece of news but I prefer to do my little reflection
about batxillerat, exams... I know that I have to write my final refection but today is time to day of write about everything.
In fact we are in our last week of Batxillerat, undoubtedly I'm happy to hear this, but it is time to suffer stress,nerves... on the one hand we have been with this stress but now it is different, you know, selectivity exams,marks to get into university.
I suffer a lot with Catalan because is a practical part and for me it's a little bit difficult. Also with chemistry, I can do it all but the exams are a disaster...
And now my worry is Maths because we'll do only ONE exam!
Sincerely I'll miss a lot my class because we have been friends since I was a child... and now it is time to separate from each other because our life starts now, with the university, new friends..
I think that I'll come every day to my home, because the first year is everything new and maybe I will behomesick...
I hope that I can study nursing because I love it and if I can it will perfect in the univeristy of Girona

HEY SOUL SISTER

Heeey heeeey heeeeey

Your ______ stains on the front _____ of my left side _____
I knew I ______ forget you
And so I went and let you _____ my mind
Your _________
The_____of you in every______dream I dream
I knew when we _____you're the one I have decided
Who's one of my kind

Hey soul sister, ain't that mister mister on the radio, stereo
The ____you move ain't ____ you know
Hey soul sister, I don't wanna miss a _____ thing you do tonight

Heeey heeeey heeeey

________, I'm so glad you have a one _____mind le me
You gave my life _____
A game show love connection, we can't _____
I'm so _______
My heart is _____to beat right out my _______ chest
I believe in you, like _______ you're Madonna
And I'm always gonna wanna _____your mind

Hey soul sister, ain't that mister mister on the radio, stereo
The _____you move ain't _____you know
Hey soul sister, I don't wanna miss a single thing you do tonight

Well you can cut a _____
Watching you is the only _______ I need
So ______ I'm so thug
You're the only one I'm dreaming of
You see I can be ______now finally
In fact there's nothing I can't be
I want the world to see you'll be with me

Hey soul sister, ain't that mister mister on the radio, stereo
The way you _____ain't ____you know
Hey soul sister, I don't wanna miss a single thing you do tonight
Hey soul sister, I don't wanna miss a single thing you do tonight
Heeey heeeey heeeeey (tonight)
Heeey heeeey heeeeey (tonight)

The Beatles- Yesterday

Yesterday, Ahir
All my troubles seemed so far away, tots els meus problemes semblaven tant lluny
Now it looks as though they're here to stay Ara sembla que estiguin aquí per sempre
Oh I believe in yesterday Oh, jo crec en l'ahir

Suddenly, De sobte
I'm not half the man I used to be No soc ni la meitat de l'home que era abans
There's a shadow hanging over me Hi ha una sombra que cerneix sobre mi
Oh yesterday came suddenly Oh, de sobte va arribar l'ahir
Why she had to go Perque va haver de marxar
I don't know, she wouldn't say Jo no ho se, no m'ho va voler dir
I said something wrong Vaig dir alguna cosa que no tenia que dir
now I'm long for yesterday Ara esta mes lluny l'ahir

Yesterday,Ahir
Love was such an easy game to play L'amor era com un joc fàcil
Now I need a place to hide away Ara necessito un lloc on amargar-me
Oh I believe in yesterday Oh, jo crec en l'ahir

Why she had to go Perque ha tingut que marxar
I don't know, she wouldn't say jo no ho se, ella no m'ho va dir
I said something wrong Jo vaig dir alguna cosa que no tenia que dir
now I'm long for yesterday Ara esta mes lluny l'ahir

Yesterday,Ahir
Love was such an easy game to play L'amor era com un joc fàcil
Now I need a place to hide away Ara necessito un lloc on amargar-me
Oh I believe in yesterday Oh, jo crec en l'ahir

KID ROCK--> ALL SUMMER LONG

It was _____, my _______were ______ my hair was long
Caught somewhere between a boy and man
She was seventeen and she was far _____in-______
It was __________ in Northern Michigan
Ahh Ahh Ahh
Ahh Ahh Ahh

_______ through the sand bar
Talking by the ______
It's the simple things in life, like _____ and _____
We didn't have no _____
But man I never will forget
The way the ______ shined ______ her hair

[Chorus:]
And we were trying different things
We were smoking funny things
Making ________ by the lake to our favorite song
________ whiskey out the bottle, not thinking 'bout tomorrow
Singing Sweet home Alabama ______________
Singing Sweet home Alabama _______________

______ Walleye from the ______
Watching the waves ______the rocks
She'll forever hold a spot _____ my soul
We'd blister in the sun
We couldn't wait for night to come
To hit that ______and play some ___________

While we were trying different things
And we were smoking funny things
Making __________by the lake to our favorite song
_____whiskey out the bottle, not thinking 'bout tomorrow
Singing Sweet Home Alabama____________
Singing Sweet Home Alabama ____________

Now_______ seems as strange as when the leaves ______to change
Or how we ______ those days would never end
Sometimes I'll hear that song and I'll start to ___________
And _____man I'd love to see that girl again

[Repeat Chorus x2]

Singing Sweet Home Alabama _________________
Singing Sweet Home Alabama _________________
Singing Sweet Home Alabama _________________
Singing Sweet Home Alabama _________________

All my loving- The Beatles

Close your eyes and I'll kiss you Tenca els teus ulls i et donaré un petò
Tomorrow I'll miss you Demà et trobarè a faltar
Remember I'll always be true Recorda que sempre et sere fidel
And then while I'm away I quan estigui lluny
I'll write home every day Jo t'escriuré a casa cada dia.
And I'll send all my loving to you I t'enviaré tot el meu amor

I'll pretend that I'm kissing Imaginaré que t'estic donant un petò
The lips I am missing Els llavis que trobo a faltar
And hope that my dreams will come true I espero que els meus somnis es facin realitat
And then while I'm away I quan estigui lluny
I'll write home every day Jo t'escriuré a casa cada dia
And I'll send all my loving to you I t'enviaré tot el meu amor

All my loving I will send to you T'enviaré tot el meu amor
All my loving, darling I'll be true Tot el meu amor, carinyo, et serè fidel


Close your eyes and I'll kiss you Tenca els teus ulls i et donaré un petò
Tomorrow I'll miss you Demà et trobarè a faltar
Remember I'll always be true Recorda que sempre et sere fidel
And then while I'm away I quan estigui lluny
I'll write home every day Jo t'escriuré a casa cada dia.
And I'll send all my loving to you I t'enviaré tot el meu amor

All my loving I will send to you Tot el meu amor t'enviaré
All my loving, darling I'll be true Tot el meu amor, carinyo, et serè fidel
All my loving, all my loving ooh Tot el meu amor, tot el meu amor
All my loving I will send to you Tot el meu amor t'enviare

Basshunter – Every Morning

There is one girl in my life that makes me love again/ Hi ha una noia a la meva vida que m'ha tornat a enamoar
As pretty as a girl could be/ Com una nena bonica com pot ser
So beautiful./ Tan bonica
Every morning she makes me a cup of coffee/ Cada matí ella em prepara una tasa de cafè
With a smile on her face I´m a man in love/ Amb un somriure a la seva cara, jo sóc un home enamorat
And she´s glorious./ I ella es gloriosa.


There is one girl in my life that makes me love again/ Hi ha una noia a la meva vida que m'he tornat a enamorar
As pretty as a girl could be / Es tant bonica com pot ser
So beautiful./ Tan bonica
Every morning I wake up and I think of you / Cada em matí m'aixeco i penso en tu
With a smile on my face I´m a man in love / Amb un somriure a la cara, sóc un home enamorat.
And she´s glorious. / I ella es gloriosa.


Oh baby I want you to stay in my life./ Oh nena, vull que et quedis a la meva vida
Never say goodbye even if you cry i'm still by your side./ Mai diguis adeu, si plores jo seguiré al teu costat
Oh baby I want you to stay in my life/ Oh nena, vull que et quedis a la meva vida
Never say goodbye even if you cry i'm still by your side. / Mai diguis adeu, si plores jo seguiré al teu costat.


There is one girl in my life that makes me love again/ Hi ha una noia a la meva vida que m'ha tornat a enamoar
As pretty as a girl could be/ Com una nena bonica com pot ser
So beautiful./ Tan bonica
Every morning she makes me a cup of coffee/ Cada matí ella em prepara una tasa de cafè
With a smile on her face I´m a man in love/ Amb un somriure a la seva cara, jo sóc un home enamorat
And she´s glorious./ I ella es gloriosa.


There is one girl in my life that makes me love again/ Hi ha una noia a la meva vida que m'he tornat a enamorar
As pretty as a girl could be / Es tant bonica com pot ser
So beautiful./ Tan bonica
Every morning I wake up and I think of you / Cada em matí m'aixeco i penso en tu
With a smile on my face I´m a man in love / Amb un somriure a la cara, sóc un home enamorat.
And she´s glorious. / I ella es gloriosa.

Daniel Powter- Bad day

Where is the moment when we need it the most On està el moment quan més el necessites
You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost Aixeques les fulles I la màgia es perd
They tell me your blue sky's faded to grey Ells m’expliquen que el cel blau s’ha destenyit a gris.
They tell me your passion's gone away Ells m’expliquen que les teves passions s’han escapat
And I don't need no carrying on I no necessito no continuar

Stand in the line just ahead of the law De peu sobre la línia tan sols a prop de la llei
You're faking a smile with the coffee you go Estas fingint un somriure amb cafè i tu te’n vas
You tell me your life's been way off line Tu em dius que la vida ha estat apagada
You're falling to pieces every time Tu t’estàs fent trossets tot el temps
And I don't need no carrying on I no necessito no continuar


Cause you had a bad day Perque tu has tingut un mal dia
You're taking one down Tu estas tinguent un”baixón”
You sing a sad song just to turn it around Tu cantes una cançó trista només per donar-li la volta
You say you don't know Dius que no ho saps
You tell me don't lie Diga’m que no em menteixes
You work at a smile and you go for a ride Tu treballes un somriure i te’n vas a fer un passeig
You had a bad day Tu has tingut un mal dia
The camera don't lie La càmera no menteix
You're coming back down and you really don't mind tu t’estàs venint a baix I no t’importa realment
You had a bad day Tu has tingut un mal dia
You had a bad day Tu has tingut un mal dia


Well you need a blue sky holiday Bé, tu necessites unes vacances de blau cel
The point is they laugh at what you say El punt es ells, rient-se del que dius
And I don't need no carrying on I tu no necessites no continuar

You had a bad day Tu has tingut un mal dia
You're taking one down Tu estas tinguent un “baixón”
You sing a sad song just to turn it around Tu cantes una cançó trista només per donar-li la volta
You say you don't know Dius que no ho saps
You tell me don't lie Diga’m que no em menteixes
You work at a smile and you go for a ride Tu treballes un somriure i te’n vas a fer un passeig
You had a bad day tu has tingut un mal dia
The camera don't lie La càmera no enganya
You're coming back down and you really don't mind Tu t’estàs enfonsant i no t’importa realment
You had a bad day Tu has tingut un mal dia
You had a bad day Tu has tingut un mal dia


Sometimes the system goes on the blink and the whole thing it turns out
Wrong De vegades, el sistema és obrir i tancar i tota cosa resulta errònia
You might not make it back and you know that you could be well oh that
Strong Tu hauries de tornar a fer-ho I saber que tu pots estar be, OH que la força
Well I'm not wrong Bé, no estic equivocat

Imaginary description

Ray is 33 and for the past four years he has worked in a private clinic in Girona. About his appearance, he’s peculiar because his appearance is very strange. He isn’t good-looking but he isn’t either ugly. In brief he’s plain. Ray is thin but in summer he is suddenly fat, particularly I think that he’s this problem because in summer Ray is at home all the time and he always goes to buy food, because if he doesn’t buy now Ray should die.

Moreover his way to dress is very unusual however for work he dresses like other doctors. When people go to the clinic they feel strange because he has a peculiar personality. But when you know Ray he’s a marvellous person. One of the best people that I have never met.
He likes heavy and metal music. He has long black hair. His face is a little bit white and he doesn’t have a beard, he can’t because his girlfriend is the opposite of Ray, she’s elegant. And she doesn’t want Ray to have a beard.

Ray hates the routine. His appearance is a symbol of rebelling a little against the world of the work and routine. He would like to experiment with his long hair, because he could do a lot of styles.
Ray believes that all pictures all in your mind and the appearance are deceiving.

JASON MARZ - LUCKY

Do you hear me, M’escoltes
I'm talking to you t’estic parlant
Across the water across the deep blue ocean a través de l’aigua a través del profund oceà blau
Under the open sky, oh my, baby I'm trying Sota el cel obert, oh bebè, ho estic intentant
Boy I hear you in my dreams noi t’escolto en els meus somnis
I feel your whisper across the sea sento el teu xiuxiueig a través del mar
I keep you with me in my heart Et mantinc a tu en el meu cor
You make it easier when life gets hard Tu ho fas fàcil quan la vida es posa difícil.

I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend Afortunadament estic enamorat del meu millor amic
Lucky to have been where I have been Afortunat d’estar on he estat
Lucky to be coming home again Afortunat de tornar a casa una altra vegada


They don't know how long it takes No saben quant de temps serà
Waiting for a love like this esperant un amor com aquest
Every time we say goodbye Cada vegada et dic adéu
I wish we had one more kiss Desitjo que tinguem un petó més
I'll wait for you I promise you, I will Jo t’esperaré, t’ho prometo, ho faré

I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend Afortunadament estic enamorat del meu millor amic
Lucky to have been where I have been Afortunat d’estar on he estat
Lucky to be coming home again Afortunat de tornar a casa
Lucky we're in love every way Afortunadament hem estat enamorats de totes les maneres
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed Afortunat de quedar-me on m’he quedat
Lucky to be coming home someday Afortunat d’anar a casa algun dia.

And so I'm sailing through the sea Llavors, quan estic navegant per el mar
To an island where we'll meet a una illa on ens coneixerem
You'll hear the music fill the air esoltaras la musica en l’aire
I'll put a flower in your hair Posaré una flor en el teu cabell
Though the breezes through trees encara que la boira passi a través dels arbres
Move so pretty you're all I see es moguin tan bonics, tu ets tot el que veig
As the world keeps spinning round mentres que el món segueix girant
You hold me right here right now tu em sostens aquí ara

I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend Afortunadament, estic enamorat del meu millor amic
Lucky to have been where I have been Afortunat d’estar on he estat
Lucky to be coming home again Afortunat de tornar a casa
I'm lucky we're in love every way Afortunadament hem estat enamorats de totes les maneres
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed Afortunat de quedar-me on m’he quedat
Lucky to be coming home someday Afortunat d’anar a casa algun dia

Music and the mind

Do you have problems with maths? Do you like music? If the answer is yes to both questions, you will be interested to know that, according to several recent experiments, musical training can help your brain understand maths better. Thought these findings are not conclusive, it is clear that both listening to and learning music have beneficial effects on our brain.

The findings of this research have physical base. Children are born with 100 billions unconnected or loosely connected neurons, or nerve cells. Each experience a child has, like seeing people smile or hearing them talk, helps the brain to link the cells.
Music may have an influence on the way the neurons connect, stimulating the development of spatial-temporal reasoning skills, which aid in understanding proportion, geometry and other mathematical and scientific concepts.
What did the reserch show? An experiment conducted on rats showed that those which had been expose to Mozart ran through a maze faster and made fewer mistakes than those which hadn't. Other experiments, done with pre-school children who were given keyboard lessons, showed how their spatial-temporal skills improved.
These findings were supported by a publication in the journal Nature, in May 1996. A group of students were taught music and played musical games involving rhythm and pitch. When compared with students who hadn't received specific music instruction, they not only had better reading skills, but also showed a significant improvement in their maths skills

Though we still don't know exactly how music affects our brains, it is certain that somehow music helps the shape our minds.



FROM A BOOK ( EXAM PRACTISE, UNIT 4)

Write a summary of the text, Use 50 words.
Music and the mind talk about recent experiments that are interested in how the music can help our brain. They prove hat listening to and learning music have postive effects. The reason has a physical basis. They would like to study what it shows and for that they did some experiments with rats and pre-schools children. In all the experiments is that there is a good improvment they prove that music helps our brinds.

The Early November- Ever so sweet

The Beatles- In my life