Thursday 28 April 2016

The artist who "paints" with explosives (Unit 7)

Dear Editor,

I am writing in response to the article you wrote in Thursday's edition of your newspaper. As soon as I read it, I got shook of the information it told. I was disappointed to read comments saying that art is not expressive, not important and artists don't have to create more. As a student of secondary, who is doing art as a subject, I would like to point out the benefits of creating art and the original idea of that Chinese artist painting with a dangerous thing.

Firstly, there is a big advantage of creating art: artists around the world want to communicate, express or claim something who disagree with. Art is the perfect way to do it. Lots of people of all ages when see a painting which is simple, most of them say they can do it even better. That's not the point. I think that when you are an artist and you create a painting or anything else, is a way to express people the message you want to know them. So, painting with explosives is an original idea, is an innovation!

Next, studies have shown that lots of artists claim his ideas, his points of view, his freedom of speech, etc. by doing interesting and original art. Banksy or Pavel 183 are some of them, people who express his ideas by doing street art; or Boltanski by expressing the consequences of the war he lived.

Lastly, I am due to set off on a trip to Prado Museum, Madrid to appreciate the paintings there. I also want to state that painting with explosives is an original way to do a work of art which I think communicates that is a dangerous thing and that we are talking about a really big danger. I therefore suggest you keep printing such type of comments as we can be informed of these great people.

Kind regards,


Clàudia Vallmajó

An important announcement (Unit 5)

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM...

the ski club!

TRAINING SESSIONS
Who wants to learn to ski? We are holding training sessions for new members to practise this wonderful sport. It will take place on Saturday and Sunday mornings at the skiing resort “La Molina”. Meet in the bar at 10 a.m.

SOCIAL EVENTS
We're excited to announce that the club is organizing a ski event which will consists going down some slopes but wearing a costume. This event will be next Sunday at 10 a.m in La Molina. The idea is to get old and new members interact between them and get the result of a friendship, which would be so interesting if you want to be pleasant while skiing.

VISIT FROM KILIAN JORNET!
Kilian Jornet is visiting us these days! We all have the opportunity to meet him if you're interested. He will talk about his experience on the Mount Kilimanjaro and what is being a professional mountaineer and skier. He also will teach us how to get improve our technique while skiing and we'll watch his documentary called “Summits of my life”. Join us this Saturday in our club at 7 p.m.

KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE CLUB
We have launched a new website recently to inform members the latest news and events of the club. You just have to register and then log on to connect with other members and receive regular updates. Don't forget to do it!



Writing a blog (Unit 4)

Day 1: Sunday 6th December

I've just joined Camprodon Ski Club, a group of people in different ages who meet every Sunday at VallTer 2000 (a ski resort situated at the Pyrenees) to ski and improve this wonderful sport. The people there are really friendly and nice, so we pass a great time together. I spent the first day going down the easy slopes (which they're in colours: green and blue). Every child went with an adult and they taught how to improve one another. There was a great weather so we could take great photos together!

Day 2: Sunday 13th December

This time, I went with a group of teenagers of about 16 years old who also joined this Ski Club. We started going down the easy slopes but then we changed, and we tried to go down another level which are red and black slopes. We all knew how to ski so we decided to go to the terrain park to perform tricks and jumps. The experience really helped us to open up and enjoy ourselves a lot. Well, if I continue practising some tricks, I'll be a professional jumper soon! Just kidding...

Day 3: Sunday 20th December


This day wasn't as good as we expected. We had a very bad weather with some fog and snow wind at the top of the mountains, so we were very cold. But, this didn't impede the thing we wanted to do: snowboarding. Yes, exactly what you see! We're a group who want to try new experiences related to ski so we decided to do this. It's a great sport that you've to try one day. You'll have lots of fun and laughs! After this three days, I believe that if you are confident, you'll do lots of things that you wouldn't do if you weren't.

The installation of solar panels at your school (Unit 3)

A formal letter (Unit 2)

21A Baker Street
 Westminster
CV6 3XS

Big Mouthful Restaurant
241 Birth Street
London
W1D 8TZ

Dear Sir or Madam,
I am writing to complain about the staff of your restaurant in Birth Street, London. I went there last weekend and we left very deceived from there.

I booked a table for at 9 o'clock to celebrate one year of my relationship with my boyfriend. First of all, when we arrived, our book wasn't done. Because of that, we had to wait for about 15 minutes for a free table. It was such a bad proposal. Secondly, when we already had our table, one waiter came for us in a very bad attitude. Every thing we asked for was too much for him, he seemed really tired of writing just a few words. I think that one person who stays the all time with people, has to be nice and cheerful to them, therefore the restaurant will receive positive points.

Furthermore, we were shocked to see that the food which the waiter brought to us was totally burned. Its taste was extremely bad, it was completely unacceptable, so we decided to pay and leave that place. We couldn't wait for much more.

Until now, I had always think this restaurant had good expectations but focusing at what has happened to us, my thoughts has changed all at once. Under the circumstances, I would be grateful if you could change some of the aspects I've been talking about. Therefore, more people are gonna come and leave satisfied from here.
I look forward to hearing from you in the near future.

Yours faithfully,

Clàudia Vallmajó

Thursday 7 April 2016

My trip to Italy

Italy is known by its famous pizza and pasta, but monuments are also important in this country. Santa Maria di Fiore or the Pisa Tower are some of them. It is located in the heart of the Mediterranian Sea and its capital is Rome, famous for the Vaticane. It has lots of ancient cities but, in my opinion, the most beautiful are Florence, Venice and Verona. We've gone there and it has been a wonderful experience. That's the reason why I'm going to explain and share this trip with all of you. 

Firstly, we met at 5.15h at the school and we took the bus to El Prat airport to fly to Milan-Malpensa airport. A bus was waiting there to take us to the first place we visited: Sirmione Sur Garda. There, we had a tasty pizza for lunch and then we visited the Lago di Garda which was very surprising. Later, we left Sirmione and we went to Verona, the city where the story of Romeo and Juliet took place. We were sleeping there so we left our luggage in Albergo Arena and we walked around the city. The Arena was one of the places we visited in Verona. It was like a Coliseum but not in Rome. We took lots of photos there and then, we had dinner. 

 We spent the second day in Venice, a wonderful city. There, we visited La Piazza di San Marco and its church; the Bridge Rialto and the place where Murano glasses are made. We had free-time in the afternoon so we could go in gondola together. We could go among “the Venice canal” with a great gondolier who explained us all the places we were passing through. Later, we came up the tower of the Piazza di San Marco and we could see all the city of Venice from there. Finally, we took the Vaporetto which carried us to the train station. Then, we took the train to come back to Verona. 

As soon as we finished to breakfast, we took a train to go to Florence. We spent there two days, the last one we left to Pisa. On Wednesday we visited the city, we had dinner and we went to Ponte Vecchio, a beautiful bridge with wonderful sights. We were all tired and we had to rest, so we went to sleep early. On Thursday morning we visited The Uffizi Gallery where there were amazing paintings like The birth of Venus or The Allegory of Spring. Then, we walked to The Cathedral of Santa Maria di Fiore where we went to the top of it (cupola of Brunelleschi) and we could see the city of Florence from there (including the Bell Tower of Giotto). After that, the people who wanted to, could go up to the Bell Tower (lot of stairs!) and we saw the cupola from there. In the afternoon, we visited The Academy where David of Michelangelo was exposed. That sculpture was very surprising because nobody of us thought it would be as big as it is! Then, we had free-time in the afternoon so we went shopping (souvenirs, pasta, etc.) 

We left Florence in the early morning to go to Lucca, an amazing ancient city near Pisa. There, we saw the tower and we relaxed in the big square of the city. Finally, we took the bus again to go to Pisa where we had lunch. We were all very hungry! In the afternoon, we had the opportunity to visit the Cathedral and the famous tower. We had free-time so we took a lot of photos with the tower. After that, a city train took us to the Galilei International Airport and, although our flight delayed for two hours, this has been an unforgettable trip. 

This trip will always be in our memories. We had a wonderful time together and we didn't want to come back home! No one could believe this trip was already ended!


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