computer games

Nowadays many teenagers play daily computer video games, even more when the game allows you to play on-line with your friends.

And that's the main disadvantage, when you are playing with the computer, you are so concentarated that is like all around you disappear. Who has never heard his mum sohuting: "what I tell you goes in one ear and out the other when you are in the computer!"

Morevover, I think it is a great way to get distracted after a hard eveningin studiyng, but is easy to be the whole day in fornt of a computer screen and lose your time.

connectors

Los conectores o conjunciones son palabras que usamos para unir dos o más frases o dos palabras dentro de la misma oración.

ADDITION

• In addition -Además - It’s really cold here. In addition, there are many clouds in the sky.

• Also -También - We played basketball, but we also played football.

• As well as - Así como - She has a lovely personality, as well as a great sense of humor.

• Furthermore - Además - He speaks loudly. Furthermore, he tells terrible jokes.

• Moreover - Por otra parte

CONTRAST

• Despite - A pesar de - He likes his new job despite the low pay.
• Although - Aunque   
• In spite of (+ing/noun) - A pesar de à I felt cold in spite of wearing a coat. 
• However - Sin embargo - That girl is playing football, however, she prefers basketball. 
• Even though - Aunque / aún cuando - It’s going to rain this evening, even though there aren’t clouds right now. 
• But - Pero 
• Nevertheless - sin embargo / no obstante - I didn’t do the homework, nevertheless the teacher forgave me.

• On the one hand/on the other hand

 CAUSE

• As a result - A consecuencia

• As a result of - Como resultado de

• Because of (+noun) - Debido a

• Due to - Debido a - Due to the accident, I went to the hospital.

• As - De

• Since - Ya que

RESULT

• Consequently - En consecuencia

• For this reason - Por esta razón - I didn’t study hard, for this reason, I failed the exam.

• So - Por tanto

• Therefore -Por lo tanto - I’ve trained for the Olimpyc Games, therefore, I’m ready to go.

PURPOSE

• So as to - Para - I will date that boy so as to know him better.

• So that - Para que - I’m going out with my friends, so that we are having fun.

• In order to - Para que / a fin de que - I wake him up in order to arrive in time.

SEQUENCE

• At first - Al principio

• During -Durante

• Then - Entonces

• Finally - Finalment

Xmas Card

The inequalities of the world will not desappear with money, politicians or religions, only with love.
That is Christmas! Christmas is the time of giving and sharing.
I truly wish you a very merry Christmas, and a happy new year.

GREEN STREET HOOLIGANS

Fisrt of all, I want to explain the meaning of this unusual world: "Hooligans"; it's the name of the extremist fans of British football teams who usually have a destructive behavior such as rioting, bullying, and vandalism, I mean, football fanatics that go over the edge.

Knowing this, we can get an idea of the level of violence that this movie has. This kind of fights are usual in this country, something I had no idea about until I saw the film. As it appears in the movie, this group of pelople don't really care about the football match, but the fight that takes place after it.

Apart from this dark side of the film, there is a teaching that all of us should learn: the importance of friendship. They fight together, no matter if the opponent double them in number. "Stand your ground", as they say. I think that's a great value which I admire.

UNIT 2

23 C/ Calzadas

Burgos, España

18th November 2012

High School Department 

Coordinator of issues of high school students

Dear Mr Martin,

I am writing to express my complaint regarding the lack of motivation that teachers convey to the students that will be in the university soon. This year, they will have to study really hard in order to have good marks and go to the university they like, so I think the best way to encourage the students is to pay them for their incredible effort.

First of all, they go every single day to school at 8.00 am, and they come home at 2.20 pm, but it doesn't finish here, they have to do the homework and study for all the subjects they had in the morning. It must be added the pressure of exams too. 

In conclusion, they work more than 8 hours, the average of a normal employee, so they deserve a material reward.

I look forward to your reply.

Yours faithfully, 

Ana Martínez

Education and celebrities

Would you like your kids to have a education based on a celebrity as a role model? I wouldn't.

In the first place, most of them are spoilt and rude people whose behavior is embarrassing. They usually get drunk when they go to parties and some of them abuse of drugs. Although they have no real talent, they have a fortune just for doing nothing. For instance, Paris Hilton is an heiress to the Hilton Hotels.

I think the values that celebrities transmit to their public are superficial and the perfect roles models for a kid are his parents.

This is a funny picture that shows some students in a class. Most of them are slept because we can see in the backgruond that it is in the morning and they probably have just arrived to school. There is only one person whose eyes are opened.

One of the student seems to have a headache. I would say that last night they went partying and that's the reason why they are so tired.

 I imagine they are waiting for the teacher to star the class, and when he will appeare, he will be surprised of the scene.