GLOBAL WARMING - TDS

GLOBAL WARMING. PANIC OR REALITY?

Global warming is already under way. The evidence is vast and the urgency of taking action becomes clearer with every new scientific study. Some of the most obvious signs are visible in the Arctic, where rising temperatures and melting ice are dramatically changing the region’s unique landscapes and wildlife—as well as people’s lives and livelihoods. Across the globe, other early warning signs include melting glaciers, shifting ranges of plants and animals, and the earlier onset of spring.

VISIT THE LINKS TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS:

1. What is global warming?

Global warming is the rise in the average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans since the late 19th century. The temperature of Earth's has increased by about 0.8ºC. The scientists are more than 90% certain that it's primarily caused by the concentrations of greenhouse gases produced by human activities and the pollution.

2. What is the process involved in the greenhouse effect?

The greenhouse effect is a process by which thermal radiation from a planetary surface is absorbed by atmospheric greenhouse gases, and is re-radiated in all directions. Since part of this radiation is back to the space and a part of it enters in the atmosphere of the Earth, it cause an important elevation of the average surface temperature.  

3. What signs warn us about global warmming?

The signs are:

            -The temperature rise of the Earth.

            -More fire
            -Contamination
            -Warmer summers
            -Melting of the poles

4. Can you quote another term for global warming?

Another term could be: global temperature rise.

5. Watch the video and explain this idea: Global warming: panic or reality?

 I think that is a reality because we can see is starting to affect our planet. And because the people are destroying our world, with pollution of the cities, burning the rests of fosiles and anothers bad things and mistakes. It produces the temperature rise of the Earth and the melting of the poles... I could think I've realized that we need to change the world because is in danger!

 

6.What can we do to stop global warming? Suggest five ideas.

1.Use solar plants.

2.Use wind and sea turbines.

3.Buy electric cars.

4.Using renewable energy

5.Use bicycles or public transport

VOCABULARY:

Rise - Pujar

Average - Mitjana

Melting - Fusió

Greeenhouse - Efecte Hivernacle

VIDEO

AUDIO

SPEAKING: DIALOGUE UNIT 9

ORGANIZE AN EVENT

Callum     Hey, guys. What's going on here?
Leah        We're trying to organize a barbecue. We want to make some money for the youth club.
Callum    Cool! Can I do anything?
Shaun      Yes. There's a lot to do.We need some food and drink.
Leah        Yeah, my dad's helping with that.
Shaun      And I think we should make some invitations.
Callum     I can do that, if you want.
Shaun      OK. Thanks, Callum.
Leah        Then all we need is some music.
Callum     You should phone Beth - she's in a band.
Shaun      OK. Great.

WRITING UNIT 9

WRITE AN EMAIL TO AN INTERNET FORUM

Hi 

My name's Eva Tarrés and I live in Banyoles in Catalonia. I like the area where I live because is a pacific place, so I want to improve it.

In my opinion there aren't many parks, cinemas, theme parks and open spaces in the area. As a result a lot of young people don't go out because there's a lot of noise and traffic.

I think the council should do something about this. I'm sure they must have some land which local people can use for a park or city garden project.

WRITING UNIT 7

A FORMAL LETTER

31 Països Catalans, Banyoles, Girona

12th March

Dear Sir or Madam 

I am the trainer of the skating club in Pla de l'Estany, Girona. The name of the clubs is Skating club Cornellà del Terri. I am writing to you because we are planning a competition and we are looking for sponsors.

The competition will take place in November. Clubs, teams and fans from all around Spain are going to be in Banyoles for this event, and I think that it will be good publicity for your company.

Please contact me if you are interested in sponsoring us or if you need any more information. Phone me at: 667 929 864. I look forward to hearing from you. 

Yours faithfully

Eva Tarrés Comas 









Trainer

MAGAZINE

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUPERMAN

Superman, the first comic book "superhero", is 75 years old this month. There's a lot of competition from other superheroes, but Superman is still number one...

AN AMERICAN HERO

In 1938, Superman appeared in the first issue of Actiion Comics. At the time, the economy was bad in the USA and Americans needed heroes to give them hope. Superman was perfect: he fought coruption and poverty in Metropolis. Superman was also an immigrant, just like many Americans at the time. Like them, he wanted to succeed in the USA... so he had lots in common with them!

SUPERMAN FILMS

Superman moved from comic books to other media. He became a daily newspaper comic strip, a radio series and an animated cartoon. Then, in 1978, Superman conquered the world with actor Christopher Reeve. The most recent TV series is Smallville about young Clark Kent before he became superman. In 2013, there will be two new Superman films.

MAGAZINE

CLEAN NOSE

If you push this nose, shower gel will come out of a nostril! The gel exists in many different colours but we think green is the best one!

MAGAZINE

THE HOST

This is the film of a book by Stephenie Meyer, the author of the Twilight series. There are no vampires this time - Earth has been infiltrated by parasitic aliens called "souls", which possess  humans. There's a love story, of course, between a boy and a "soul". Twilight fans will be happy!

MAGAZINE

CRAZY CHAPLIN

This sculpture of Charlie Chaplin was made by Scottish artist David Mach. But he doesn't use normal materials... he uses matches. It takes a lot of patience to make a sculpture. And when an exhibition opens, the artist sets his work on fire to make new art!

WRITING UNIT 8

Marta Laura, Laura! Can you hear me? I need some help!

Laura Marta? Where are you? What happened?

Marta I'm in the sea. I was sailing near the coast and the tide pushed me into the deep. I hit with the rocks and there's a hole in the boat and it is sinking.

Laura Are you OK? Can you move?

Marta No, I think I've injured my foot when I hit the rock. I can't move it and it really hurts. What   am I going to do?

Laura Don't panic! Let's phone the coastguards.

Marta OK, but hurry up! I don't know how long I can stand here.

Laura OK, OK, hang on! I'm sure that someone will come soon.

Marta Laura!

Laura Now what's happening?

Marta The boat is sinking!!!

 

SPEAKING: DIALOGUE UNIT 7

TEACHER           James, wath's happened? Are you OK?
JAMES                No, I've sprain my foot.
TEACHER           How did that happen?
JAMES                It was an accident. I fell when I was playing football.
TEACHER           Oh, right. Hve you cleaned it?
JAMES                Yes, I have, but it hurts.
TEACHER           Do you need help?
JAMES                Yes, I think I will see a doctor.
TEACHER           Mmm. Mybe you need to go to the hospital.

SPEKING: DIALOGUE UNIT 8

Marta          Laura, Laura! Can you hear me? I need some help!

Laura          Marta? Where are you? What happened?

Marta         I'm in the sea. I was sailing near the coast and the tide pushed me into the deep. I hit with the                   rocks and there's a hole in the boat and it is sinking.

Laura          Are you OK? Can you move?

Marta         No, I think I've injured my foot when I hit the rock. I can't move it and it really hurts. What am I  going to do?

Laura          Don't panic! Let's phone the coastguards.

Marta         OK, but hurry up! I don't know how long I can stand here.

Laura          OK, OK, hang on! I'm sure that someone will come soon.

Marta          Laura!

Laura          Now what's happening?

Marta          The boat is sinking!    

BIOGRAPHY- POWERPOINT

Biography from evatarrescomas

ORAL PRESENTATION

First condicional from evatarrescomas

WRITING UNIT 5.2

A BIOGRAPHY: TAYLOR SWIFT

 

Taylor Swift is an American singer and songwriter. She was born in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania in 1989. She moved to New York and finally she moved to Tennessee.

 

Taylor became interested in musical theatre at the age of nine. She performed in many Breks Youth Theatre Academy productions and travelled regularly to New York for vocal and acting lessons in 1998. After that, she stayed in Tennessee at the age of fourteen to pursue a career in country music in 2003.

 

She did a lot of music albums. Three of his most famous CDs are: Red, Fearless and Speak now. Her new album 2012 is called "Red".

 

Eva Tarrés Comas



WRITING UNIT 4

Writing Unit 4: A BRAVE RESCUE

The rescue happened while we were on a trip in La Molina, Catalonia, last January. It was relly amazing and I was lucky to get a photo of it.

I was with my friends of the sports center. We were skiing throught the mountains when we saw two men and two women. They were shouting and the girls crying. A sliding of snow was coming from the big mountains behind them. A lifeguard on a helicopter was also watching, and as soon as he saw the problem, he went to the people inmediately.

The helicopter rescue the people and they carried them to the hotel. The best thing is that nobody was hurt. The lifeguard was very brave because the mountain was dangerous.

Eva Tarrés Comas 2n d'ESO Casa Nostra Anglès

 

WRITING UNIT 6

A SURVEY ABOUT ACTIVITES AFTER SCHOOL
 

The topic of the survey was “Your opinions and answers about activities after school”. A group of twenty-two people in the class did the survey and in general they did a lot of extra activities. These are the results:

There are a lot of different activities, buy I ask about: extra lessons and sport.

Most people in the class did these things, exactly eighteen people. And some people, six, they didn't do anything after classes. In the group of people who said yes, there are half of nine people who did only sport. There are four people who did only extra lessons and some people, exactly five people that did both extra lessons and sport.

I asked about the opinions too. Everybody thinks that do extra activities is good. For example: A lot of people said that do sport is good for healthy and extra lessons are important to learn more. In conclusions: do extra activities after school! Are really good!

The result:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANSWERS FOR THE SURVEY

ANSWERS	YES	NO
1.Do you do extra activities after school?	18	4
3.Do you think that is important do extra activities after school?	22	0

ANSWERS	SPORT	EXTRA LESSONS	SPORT AND EXTRA LESSONS
2.What extra activities do you do?	9	4	5

EVA TARRÉS COMAS 2n d'ESO

WRITING UNIT 5

JOAQUÍN CORTÉS, DANCER

Joaquín Cortés was a Spanish dancer. He was born in Cordoba, Spain in 1969. He moved to Madrid in 1981, when he was twelve and in New York in 1999, when he was thirty-one years old. 

Joaquín started studying dance when he was twelve years old and in total he went ot the Spanish National Ballet academy when he was fifteen years old.

He did a lot of musicals. Three of his most famous shows are: Pasión Gitana, Soul and Live. He did shows which were explosive, original and athletic.

Eva Tarrés Comas

ABOUT THE AUTOR

JULES VERNE

Jules Verne was born in 1828 in France. When he was a boy in 1847 her father sent him to Paris to study law. After in the 1852 he wrote a book about how man could travel across Africa in a hot-air balloon. One publisher suggested that he wrote and adventure story, using the same ideas. 

Jules became a stockbroker and married Honorine a year later in 1857. Then in 1873 he wrote the book Around the World in Eighty Days, her mos famous book. Finally he died in 1905 in Amiens, France.

Eva Tarrés Comas

MUSIC

GREASE

One of the most famous American musicals is back in cinemas to celebrate its 35th anniversary. It's the story of two teenagers, Sandy and Danny, who fall in love during the summer holidays. They soon discover they are at the same High School. But how can cool guy like Danny date a nice, sensible girl like Sandy?

So you think you can dance? Watch him!

FILM

LOS MISÉRABLES

Victor Hugo's Les Misérables is one of the most popular novels of all time. Now you can see the new musical film. An innocent man, Jean Valjean, escapes from prison and wants to start a new life. But Police Inspector Javert is lookig for him. Anne Hathaway also stars in the film as Fantine. And the best thing is...she's a fantastic singer!

MAGAZINE

MUSIC

Lady Gaga's Music

Lady Gaga's look is original, but did Gaga copy Madonna's music? Gaga's song "Born This Way" is similar to "Express Yourself" by Madonna. But Gaga says the melody is hers.

Ladi Gaga's Style

Lady Gaga style alien: she loves science fiction and 1970s glam rock. She has copied some of Madonna's looks and likes to shock, but her style is darker bizarre and more extreme...

STRANGE BUT TRUE

WOULD YOU EAT THIS?

English woman Francesca Pitcher made this snake cake for her daughter's birthday. She was inspired by a real albino python that she had seen at London Zoo. The problem was that nobody at the birthday party wanted to eat it. It looked too much like a snake... and not enough like a cake!

Strange but trueeeee!!!

MUSIC AND PEOPLE

PSY

A "GANGNAM STYLE" SINGER

People love to laugh at Psy's "Gangnam Style" video. But in his home country, South Korea, Psy is a national hero.

Go to YouTube and look for "Gangnam Style"... you'll see that more than 999 million people have watched the video by singer Psy. But a lot of them can't understand the lycris: Psy sings in Korean.

There is nobody like Psy. Psy's musical style is 100% original. It is ofteen called "K-pop". The video mixes rap and martial arts with dance moves that look like Psy is on a horse!

Psy grew up in Gangnam District, a rich district in Seoul. After leaving school he went  to the USA to study business administration.

But he soon realized that he preferred the music world to the business world. He used the monney for his business education to buy musical quipment and started studyin music instead.

SPEAKING: DIALOGUE UNIT 6

SPEAK ABOUT PROBABILITY AND THE FUTURE

Paula          Anna, can I ask you a question? I'm doing a survey.

Anna           Yes, if you like.

Paula          Right, the question is, Do you think that English will be a  the most famous lenguage around the world?

Anna           Let me think... No, definitely not. I think there are a lot of more lenguages around the world. What about you?

Paula           I agree with you!

Anna           Ok. What's the next question?

Paula           The next question is...

SPEAKING: DIALOGUE UNIT 5

COMPARE IDEAS FOR A PRESENT

Laura          How long will you be, Marta? Can we go now?

Marta           Not yet. I'm looking for a paint for my cousin. He's into art.

Laura          Can I see?

Marta           Yes. What do you think of this?

Laura          It's OK. Who's it by?

Marta          This one's by Dali. It's called the CLOCKS.

Laura          That one's better.

Marta           Do you think so?

Laura          Yes, it's more beautiful. The other one's a bit boring.

Marta           Yes, I think you're right. Thanks

SPEAKING: DIALOGUE UNIT 4

EXPRESS INTEREST

Laia          That's amazing! Is that your photo, Eva?

Eva           Yes, do you like it?

Laia          Yeah. Where were you when you saw that?

Eva           I was on holiday in Madrid. These people were doing tricks on their skateboards.

Laia          Really? Why were they doing that?

Eva           It was a show.

Laia          Did you try it?

Eva           You're kidding! I can't skateboard.

Laia          Yeah, well it's a great photo. Well done!

EXAM ENGLISH PROJECT 2

1.Where's English spoken as an official lenguage?

USA, UK, South Africa, New Zeland, Bahames, Guayana, Canadà, Australia and many of the Caribbean Islands.

2.What currency would you use if you were living in London?

The pound.

3.Can you name THREE traditional British dishes?

Fish and chips, Apple cake, Eggs and meat, hamburgers and sandwiches.

4.Can you name TWO important British traditions and festivals?

Snt. Andrews day, and Halloween, Christmas day.

THE UK/ GREAT BRITAIN/ BRITISH ISLES

What is the difference between UK, England, Great Britain and British Isles?

The UK is made up of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Wales, Scotland and England, together from Great Britain. Therefore Great Britain and Ireland form UK. England is a country in the UK. The British Isles are occupied by two nations: Northern Ireland and Great Britain.

What do you know about the Royal Family?

The British Royal Family:

The queen Elisabeth IV and the King George IV, were the parents of the queen Elisabeth, she is the queen of Britain now, her husband was Philip of Edinburgh and they have four sons. Wich are: Anne, Chals and two others. The governament was oppened by the Queen Mary Stuart I. The governament was a monarchy. He's situated near the river Thames in London.

MUSIC

AVRIL LAVINGE

The American singer's new album, The Best Damn Thing, includes the hit song "Girlfriend" in eight different languages, for her fans all over the world. The mood on this album is light and happy. "I had a dark phase... But I grew out of that," she says.

This is the video of her hit (music): SMILE

I LOVE ENGLISH

APPLE

Apple has been making computers for 40 years. From the iMac to the iPod and the iPhone, here is the story...

THE LOGO 

Everyone knows the Apple logo. It is probably a reference to Isaac Newton's discovery of gravity. Apple's first slogan was "Byte into an Apple".

THE FIRST APPLE

Apple was founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. Their first product was the Apple I computer, then the Apple II came in 1977. The company quickly realized the importance of publicity. They gave one Apple II computer to every school in California. Parents started to buy computers for their kids to have at home!

 THE IPHONE

 

This is Apple's new success story. Its functions include those of a camera phone and an iPod plus text messaging (SMS) and visual voicemail. The iPhone was launched in the USA in 2007. 270,000 were sold in the first 30 hours!

LOOK!

THE GRAND CANYON SKYWALK

The Grand Canyon was created by the Colorado River over a period of 6 million years. It is famous because it is immense and extremely beautiful. The colorful rocks in the walls of the canyon record the geological history of the North American continent.

The Grand Canyon has the Skywalk. This is 1200 metres above the floor of the Grand Canyon, is a glass walkway suspended above the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA. It opened in March 2007. It recives 3000 courageous visitors per day!

DVD

AVATAR

If you are on of the few people who still haven't seen the most successful film in cinema history, you can now visit the planet Pandora without leaving home. You are sure to enjoy watching this incredible three dimensional science fiction adventure that takes us to the alien paradise of Pandora, whose inhabitants are fighting to save their world from the destructibe invasion of human begins.

MUSIC

CARLY RAE JEPSEN

Carly Rae Jepsen's first hit, "Call Me Maybe", was called "the song of summer 2012". It was Number One in her home country Canada, and many other countries such as the UK and the USA. Carly wrote it as a folk song, but then it was made into a pop song. It is on Carly's first album Curiosity, which includes five of her own songs.

COW JUMPING

 

This is 15-year-old German girl, Regina Mayer and her cow, Luna. Regina loves horses but her parents did not have the money to buy her one. So she decided to train her cow to jump! Now Luna understands the command "go", "stand" and "gallop". Regina still wants a horse, but she loves her cow. "She'll stay my darling, " Regina says. Watch Regina and Luna here: