I am writing to
complain about your new sport cam, which I purchased
online last month as a birthday present for my brother.
As advertisements for
the mini-camera had been broadcast between sports programs, I thought that the product would appeal to
them. The advertisements also made the camera look very resistant and
impermeable, which is why I decided to buy it. However, my brother and I think
the cam has very bad quality, because the day ,that my brother was it released it in the water, the cam was broken.
Furthermore, we were
shocked to see that with the camera carries no supplement to put it in the
head, or in the helmet,...While the advertisements, confirmed that yes.
Until now, I had
always been really impressed with your company and associated your products
with sports. It is very sad that you are promoting such material. Under the
circumstances, I would be grateful if you could give me a full refund. Please
find the receipt attached.
I look forward to
hearing from you in the near future.
The first video uploaded on You Tube is called Me at the Zoo. It was posted in 2005 by Jawed Karim, one of the three creatores of de website, and it shows him at San Diego zoo. The video is not beginning of a great succsses story: Internet users suddenly had a plataform to share their own videos! With 300 houers of content uploaded evry minute, you will always find what you are looking for. You decide what you want to watch on you own "tube", a slang word for "TV"
In 1799, New York City police constable Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) is facing imprisonment for going against traditional methods and favoring forensic investigation techniques, such as autopsies, considered unorthodox and unimportant at the time. Ichabod submits to deployment with his bag of tools to the Westchester County of Sleepy Hollow, New York, which has been plagued by a series of brutal slayings in which the victims have been found decapitated: Peter Van Garrett , wealthy farmer and landowner; his son Dirk; and the widow Emily Winship. Arriving in Sleepy Hollow, Crane is informed by the town's elders that the killer is not of flesh and blood, but rather an undead headlessmercenary from the American Revolutionary War who rides at night on a massive black steed in search of his missing head.
A good
friend is supportive when you feel down, doesn't get bitter when
you've fallen out, always says sorry if they were wrong. Also, he or
she is responsiable and serious you need them to be, but just a
little bit crazy when you need that too.
Describe
a Time When You Made a New Friends
I met my
friend Buba one year ago while I was stating in the hospital in the
same room. He broke the leg and 3 fingers and I broke two arms. The
second day that we were staying there, Buba ask me if I can help to
put a sweater on but I couldn't, he said sorry. Then, we laughed
and... we ended up being friends.
How
are you? What have you been doing since I saw you last? You won’t
believe it, but I’ve been getting involved in the theatre school of
Barcelona.
I
used to think the theatre was a waste of time, but I decided to go to
the first class anyway. Well, I’m glad I did it because it made a
real impression on me! We meet once week to prepare the shwws which
will make a difference from the other theatre schools. Yesterday
we’ve just finished my first actuation and it's been a big success,
so I’m really pleased. Basically, theatre people do things to
entertain the elderly people, the adults and young children.
Has
that ever happened to you? I mean, have you had an opinion about
something but then got involved in it and changed your mind? It’s
never happened to me before! I feel much more outgoing and confident
now
Anyway,
I’ve got to go now, otherwise I’ll be late for our next class.
Keep in touch!
Hi,
today I’m going to talk about my summer holidays. First of all, I’m
going to talk about mytrip to Lourdes, second I’m going to talk
about 3 weeks in Ipswich, then, I'm going to talk about St Antoni de
Calonge and finally, I’m going to talk about my last days of my
summer.
Well,
in June I went to Lourdes with Hospitalitat de Girona to help
different patients. In the morning, I got up at 5:45, I had
breakfast and I went to wake up the pacients by singing them a song.
Then, I did 091, that consisted to help the diferents services, for
example, bring the pacients in the acts, look for the pacients during
the act so I'm there if they need something, etc.. This experience
was very beautifull because I’m helps the elderly people and the
boys or girls with physical or mental problems and I made new friends
around Catalonia.
Then,
I returned to Banyoles and one week later, I took a plane to go to
Ipswich for 3 weeks to study English with my friends and the other
people. I was in one home with 3 Italian girls students, and my host
family, it was a elderly couple from Italy and they were generous
people. In Ipswich I got up at 7:00 o’clock, I had a shower and I
went to have breakfast. At 8:20 I took a bus to go to school. The
lessons started at nine o’clock, and finished at one o’clock.
Then, I had lunch the packed lunch. In the afternoon I had funny
activities and sometimes, in the night, I had a activity. On the
first Saturday we went to London and the second Saturday, we went to
Cambridge, it was beautiful because the day that we went, it was a
graduation day of universcity of Cambridge. Sundays it was a family
day.
I
had a great time and I made many friends from around to the world.
In
August, I went to my family’s apartments in St Antoni to relax. I
was there on the beach in the morning, and in the afternoon, I made
different activities. It was the best time of summer.
In
September, I went to the Casa Nostra’s camp to make premonitory in
the mornings.
Well,
this it was been my summer. In general, I liked because I made was in
diferent places, specially Lourdes and England.
Xènia
T: She went to Vall d'Aran, Lloret de Mar and Belgium to made a
competition of kaiak
Clàudia
V. She went to France, Valencia, Lloret de Mar with Xènia and
Belgium to made a competition of kaiak.
Xènia
S. She went to the beach in Begú. In June, she went Lourdes
with Hospitalitat de Girona to help different patients. In july, she
went to Andorra with her parents, then she retorned to Banyoles and
she went to the Casa Nostra’s camp to make premonitory in the
mornings.
Cèlia:
She went to France two times, and in July, she went to England with
one friend.
Maria
P. In June, she went Lourdes with Hospitalitat de
Girona to help different patients. Then she went to Avinyonet with
her father. In August, she went to Cap Roij with her frends.
Mariona:
During all summer, she study japanese. In June, she went to Estartit
with her father, and then she went to Mallorca
Clàuda G: She went to Lleida and then, she went to Platja d'Aro with Gorgina
OBSERVATION
OF YOUR ORAL PRESENTATION
Watch
your presentation and answer the following questions:
Name:
Quim TarradasTITLE: MY LAST
SUMMER
PRESENTATION
Did
you use any resources? No
Were
the resources relevant and attractive?
Did you
show/talk about the photos to the audience? No
BODY LANGUAGE AND EYE
CONTACT
Did
you look at your audience most of the time? Sometimes
Did
you read from your notes? Yes, sometimes
Did you do
any gestures/movement to hold the attention of your audience?
No
STRUCTURE
Did
you organize your ideas in order of importance? No
Did
you use discourse markers to make your ideas more clear? Yes
(First,
then, secondly, on the one hand, on the other hand, finally..)
Which ones?
First, then, secondly, finally,...
CONTENT
Did
you introduce interessting iformation to your audience?No
Did
you look up information/facts/ideas in the internet/ books..? No
(Specify)
Was your
information more superficial or more detailed and original? Yes
LANGUAGE
Did
you check your grammar?(verbs, word order...)
Did
you use rich/new vocabulary looking up the dictionary? No
(synonyms/new
words/expressions..) Which ones?
Did
you use sentence linkers?(and, but,
moreover,also,furthermore,although,however...) Yes
Did you use
fillers? (well,you know, for example, one second, repeating a
word...) Yes
PRONOUNCIATION
& INTONATION
Did
you know how to pronounce all your words? Yes, but sometimes, I
dificultly
Did
you check the pronounciation with a dictionary, a classmate or the
teacher?
Did
you change your tone of voice or use a monotone all the time?
Did
you speed in a fluid continuum or with breaks and interruptions?
SELF-EVALUATION
You
are your teacher! What mark did you get? ;-) 5
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