dilluns, 24 de febrer del 2014

WRITING 5: ABOUT ME AND MY VIEW OF THE WORLD

My name is Laia and I'm studient in Banyoles, Catalonia. I'm interested in music and horses. Some of my friends are into hores too. The people who spend most time with are my friend Laia Gan. The thing wich I like best is going outside with the horses on a sunny day.

I don't think that the world is a bad place, although I think we could improve it if we share things more with each other. There aren't many things that make me angry, but one thing that annoys me is when people are stupid or ignorant.


As far as the future is concerned, it sometimes worries me that we won't have peace. I find it a bit frightening that there's always a war somewhere in the world. I'm fairly optimistic about my own future though. In a few years' time, I see myself travelling around the world on a horse with my best friends.

 
WRITING 4: HISTORY OF A PRODUCT 

In 1973 the empresary of denim parma hired Nitin Shantilal Shah, who worked at a gas station, to sell jeans. Shah knew well the world of fashion. 
Nitin started his own way, and with the help of his brother Arun and Milan opened its first store: Sholemay Ltd, Pepe Jeans.They called it "Pepe" because it was a short name and its easy to remember. 

In 80 years, the company gained popularity in Europe. The song "Heart and Soul" by T'Pau and How Soon is Now? The Smiths were used to promote the brand in 1987 and 1988.

The current logo of the company dates back to 1992. The company is controlled by the group Torroeal investment group of Spanish entrepreneur Juan Abelló Gallo. The company owns the brand all over the world except the United States, wich belongs to the founders. 




WRITING 3: PLANS FOR A VISIT 


Hi, Judit

I'm just writing to check that everything's OK for your visit.

I think you'll like Barcelona. On Sunday morning, we're doing a bus tour with my grandparents because they really want to show you the city. We'll be free in the afternoon, so we'll probably meet some of my friends, and we could either walk around the town or go to a museum. It's up to you. I expect we'll end up in one of the cafés in the shopping centre.

On Monday, we could get a bus or train somewhere. There are some typical Catalan villages around here, like Santa Coloma de Gramenet and Roca del Vallès. We can do a lot of things there. I'll get some photos and you can have a look.

We're going to meet you at the Flaça's station tomorrow, so can you remind me what time does your train get in?

Looking foward to seeing you.



ASK FOR ADVICE ABOUT A RELATIONSHIP 

Hi Marc

We've been on holiday here in Portugal for a week now and I've just met this guy, Mateu. He's absolutely gorgeous, but I'm not sure how I feel about him. I need your advice.

I met him on the skate park and he invited me to play tennis. Both of us were having a real laugh and then Mateu invited me to a café with his friends. When we were there, he basically ignored me and started flirting with a Portugal girl. But when I said goodbye, he walked to the train station with me and neither of us could stop talking.
I've been thinking about things a lot since then. I'll probably see him later, but I'm not sure what to do if he asks me out. He seems very different when he's with friends. What do you reckon?

WRITING UNIT 2: ACCOUNT OF A DECADE

The 2000s was a decade wich people will remember for many reasons. Specially for the new music, a lot of good things happened in football, and unfortunately, for many important disasters, too.

In the world of music, there were a lot of pop artists in the charts, for example Avril Lavigne, Michael Jackson, Shakira, Beyoncé...About the sports there were a lot of important wins. For example FC Barcelona won six titles in the same season, including his firs Intercontinental Cup. The three most popular films in the decade of 2000 were: The Lord of the Kings, Gladiator and The Dark Knight. 

On fashion women prefer fresh fashion but with a modern twist, little makeup, natural hair but combining structured hairstyles fashion little 1960 and the mans more adventurous and fun.

And finally, a lot of disasters happened. In 2003 earthquake in Iran, in 2005 attack on the London underground, in 2004 Tsunami in the Indian Ocean, in 2006 the war crisis between Israel and Lebanon...