BON JOVI - HAPPY NOW

Bon Jovi is one of my favorites bands. I'm happy because on 27th July I'll go there with Aura, Varela and Pau. It will be legendary! I prefer the old songs than the new, but well. Moreover, Jon Bon Jovi was so hot with long hair!!! ♥ In my opinion he has to let his hair grow up again... It would be great.


Now I'm going to translate only one of their songs, because otherwise I would die. But I think that all them are incredible, I love them!


It's hard to choose a song... but finally I'm going to translate "Happy Now". This song is very special for me. It reflects very well my thoughts... Pau show to me this song, because I didn't listen it before, so thank you my little racoon! 

What would you say to me, // Que em diries 
If I told you I had a dream, // Si et digués que vaig tenir un somni
If I told you everything, // Si t'ho digués tot
Would you tell me to go back to sleep. // Em diries que me'n torni a dormir?
Take a look in these tired eyes, // Fixa't en aquests ulls cansats
They're coming back to life, // Estan tornant a la vida
I know I can change, // Sé que puc canviar
Got hope in my veins, // Tinc esperança dins les meves venes,
I tell you I ain't going back to the pain. // Et dic que no estic tornant al dolor.

Can I be happy now?, // Puc ser feliç ara?
Can I let my breath out?, // Puc deixar fora el meu respir?
Let me believe, // Deixa'm creure
I'm building a dream, // que estic construint un somni
Don't try to drag me down. // No intentis arrossegar-me cap a baix...
I just wanna scream out loud, // Només vull cridar fort
Can I be happy now?, // Puc ser feliç ara?
Went down on my knees, // Em vaig agenollar
I learned how to bleed, // Vaig apendre a sangrar
I'm turning my world around. // Estic girant el meu món al voltant
Can I be happy now?, // Puc ser feliç ara? 
Can I break free somehow?, // Puc alliberar-me d'alguna manera?
I just wanna live again, // Només vull viure de nou
Love again, // Estimar de nou
Take my pride off off of the ground. // Agafar el meu orgull del terra
Im ready to pick a fight, // Estic preparat per entrar en acció
Crawl out of the dark to shine a light, // Per gatejar fora de la foscor per il·luminar una llum
 I ain't throwing stones, // No estic llançant pedres




Got sins of my own, // Tinc pecats per el meu compte
And everybody just trying to find their way home. // I tothom està intentant trobar el seu camí cap a casa

Can I be happy now?, // Puc ser feliç ara?
Can I let my breath out?, // Puc deixar fora el meu respir?
Let me believe, // Deixa'm creure
I'm building a dream, // que estic construint un somni
Don't try to drag me down. // No intentis arrossegar-me cap a baix...
I just wanna scream out loud, // Només vull cridar fort
Can I be happy now?, // Puc ser feliç ara?
Went down on my knees, // Em vaig agenollar
I learned how to bleed, // Vaig apendre a sangrar
I'm turning my world around. // Estic girant el meu món al voltant


You're born and you die, and it's gone in a minute, // Tu neixes tu mors, i tot se'n va en un minut

I ain't looking back, // No miro enrere

'cause I don't wanna miss it, // Perquè no m'ho vull perdre

You better live now, // Millor viu ara,
Cause no one's gonna get out alive, alive. // Perquè ningú en sortirà viu
Can I be happy now?, // Puc ser feliç ara?
Can I let my breath out?, // Puc deixar fora el meu respir?
Let me believe, // Deixa'm creure
I'm building a dream, // que estic construint un somni
Don't try to drag me down. // No intentis arrossegar-me cap a baix..
I just wanna scream out loud, // Només vull cridar fort
Can I be happy now?, // Puc ser feliç ara?
Went down on my knees, // Em vaig agenollar
I learned how to bleed, // Vaig apendre a sangrar
I'm turning my world around. // Estic girant el meu món al voltant
Can I be happy now?, // Puc ser feliç ara?
I'm turning my world around. // Estic girant el meu món al voltant

In my opinion, everyone of us have asked this question: can we be happy now? 

ORAL PRESENTATION: NEW ZEALAND

We have bad luck. In the oral presentation, the camera stopped to record, and now we have had some problems with the audacity to record our voices as you've said... So sorry, but we only put the powerpoint and the transcription, because there isn't more time, and because we are stressed with all this. 

POWERPOINT:

HERE

TRANSCRIPTION: 

Hello everybody, we are Natàlia and Brian and we're going to talk about New Zealand, a country that we love.

In this oral presentation we'll talk about the the interesting places to visit there, and after we'll talk about the wildlife and vegetation of New Zealand.

- The interesting places to visit are:

Auckland:  It's in the North Island, and it concentrates the main economic and commercial activity in the country. It's an excellent destination for lovers of sailing and of the waters. 

His most significant building is the Sky Tower, with 328 meters tall. You can see great paronamic views in the top.

It has numerous parks as Auckland Domain, located in the heart of the city. You can also taking a ferry to visit Waitakere Ranges Regional Park. where you can do a lot of activities in the nature.

Wellington: It's the capital of New Zealand. There are a lot of historics buildings, and for the nature lovers, they can visit the Johnsonville Park and the Botanic Garden, famous for his beautiful water-lily pond.

In Carter Observatory, you can see the stars and galaxies from an old telescope, it must be incredible!

There's the Civic Square, that is a social and cultural center where there are a lot of outdoor cafes.

Christchurch: Is a city that have got a great and important Anglican cathedral in the center.In the center, you can also go shopping, visit the cathedral, or enjoy the beautiful parks and gardens. 

It has got a great views of the mountains, and it's a great place to relax.

Now I'm going to talk about the national parks. New Zealand has got 14 national parks, but I'll talk about the most importants.

Tongariro National Park: Is one of the most interesting places in New Zealand. Is an active volcano's park, and there are the ski resorts in the center of North Island.

The journey on foot from the park is 8 hours, and it has an incredible blue lake in the middle, and it's known because it appears in the movie The Lord of the Rings as Mórdor.

Paparoa National Park:  Is located in the northwest of the South Island. It's a cave that is open to the public, and his exploration takes hour and a half.

The rocks that are inside, have been sculptured with interesting forms by nature.

Fiordland National Park: Is the most turistic destiny. The park has got the fame of be considerated the most beautiful hiking of the world.

Finally, Matamata: In my opinion, that's very special for the fans of The Lord of the Rings, because there are the scaled version of the village of the Hobbits. The site, used and decorated for the film, became in a turistic destiny. 

Hobbits houses are open to the public, but there aren't any decoration inside. Also, there are an hotel as a Hobbit's house, where you can accomodate.

There are some tourist routes of The Lord of the Rings in New Zealand, where you can see the most famous landscapes and places that appears in the movie.

After the interesting places that Brian has said, now I'm going to talk about the wild life and vegetation of New Zealand.

One characteristic of the wildlife in New Zealand is that there are animals that only lives there, so now we'll talk of them.

Kiwi: It's a bird that doesn't fly, because they almost haven't got wings.They have got big and strong legs, so they can walk and run through the vegetation without problems.

The main predators of the Kiwis are birds such as eagles and falcons, but the Kiwi can hides very well in the woods. Moreover they are nocturnal animals, so they can't be seen for the predators. 

One curiosity is that their name was the inspiration for the fruit, for the hairy skin.

Tuatara: Is a reptil cold blooded that only lives in New Zealand, in the small islands around the country.They live about 100 years, and their descent is of the time of the dinosaurs, and for that they are considered a "living fossil". However, they are protected because they are at risk of extinction.

One curiosity is that Tuatara breeding have got a third eye on his forehead, between the other two. When they grow up, this eye is covered.

Kakapo: Because of the absence of terrestrial predators, they lost the ability of fly, so they are the only parrot that can't fly in the world, and also the largest parrots.

They are at risk of extinction, with only ninety-one specimens in the world.

Yellow-eyed Penguin: They only live in the South Island, and they are considered one of the world's rarest penguin species.

The current status of this penguin is endangered, with a population of four thousand (4000)

One characteristic of New Zealand is the vegetation. There are a lot of plants, and for me it's interesting to talk about them. 

Kauri trees: They are totally protected in New Zealand. Kauri Trees are one of the largest trees in the world, reaching over 50 meters tall, and the diameter of the trunk has 16 meters.

In the North Island, you can see Kauri Trees about thousand five hundred (1500) years old. The antecedents of the kauri appeared during the Jurassic period.

Potuhukawa Tree: It flowers from November in New Zealand. 

They have got red flowers around Christmas time, and for this reason, they are known as Christmas Tree.

One curiosity is that Maoris used their nectar to do medicinal remedies.

Finally, Potuhukawa Tree lives around thousand (1000) years.

Ferns: There are a lot of forests of them in New Zealand. The more famous is Silver Fern, whose leafs are silver gray. The Silver Fern is a symbol of New Zealand, and it appears in the official shirt of the selection of Rugby, All Blacks.

There are Koru, that is another kind of Fern. It's a spiral, and it symbolizes new life, peace and growth.

Finally, the Actinidia Chinensis; It came from China, but it was introduced in New Zealand because it produces edible food, the kiwi, which all we know.

Well, and this is our oral presentation about New Zealand. There are any questions?




SELF-AVALUATION
I was nervous, as always, because I hate do oral presentations. It's horrible. But in my opinion, it was better than expected. I suppose that's because I know all these things about New Zealand, and so it was more easy for me. 

The return of Sopa de Cabra

The catalan rock group, Sopa de Cabra, will be re-united to give a concert on September 9 at the Palau Sant Jordi, in Barcelona. The date will use to commemorate two anniversaries of the so-called Catalan rock: 10 years of the last concert of the group, and 20 of the historic concert in 1991, also at the Palay Sant Jordi with Sangtraït, Sau and Els Pets.

The members of the group, headed by Gerard Quintana, have said that his goal is to fill the Palau Sant Jordi and when the concert will have finished, everyone will continue with their individual careers. 

Gerard Quintana has said that they are very happy to be front the public again, and he said too that his songs "still alive".

For me, that's a great new. I love Sopa de Cabra, and I agree with this project. It's a great thing that they get together again to do this concert. It's a great new for all their fans! I would like to go there, but I can't...

The secret of life on Mars is in New Zealand

> The Superior Council of Investigations Scientific will begin next week in the areas of Parakiri and Rotorua of New Zealand, a project to analyze if "martians" areas of the Earth can reveal traces of life on Mars. So, a team of researchers will move to New Zealand to analyze these two regions with deposits of silica. 

The scientific institution has added that on Earth there are five locations - one of them in Spain - that presents "a similar end feature of the planet"

The project leader has explained that the integration of selected regions - which have different common features of these primitive environments - "is one that provides a vision of the Martian environment." He also was optimistic and he has said that "if someday it was life on Mars, we'll find it sooner or later." <

http://www.noticias.com/el-secreto-de-la-vida-en-marte-esta-en-nueva-zelanda.967048

I don't know how they will can discover it. But it seems very interesting... the martians have always fascinated me. I think that if there is life on Earth, why not the other planets can have life? It seems logical. 

So now, I only can wait about new news about it. I hope that they will can discover it, and I hope too that there's life on Mars, it would be so interesting and incredible!

PODCAST: DESCRIPTION OF MY BROTHER

A wonderful and mysterious Opera

The Phantom of the Opera (2004) it's a wonderful musical which was directed by Joel Schumacher, with the collaboration of Andrew Lloyd Webber. It's an adaptation of the book wrote by Gastón Leroux.

The Opera of Paris prepares the premiere of his spectacle, but a mystery is hiding behind the scenes: the Phantom. No one knows who he is, but their appearances are more frequents and that sows panic among the public. Only Christine, a young dancer, can approach to him: the Phantom is his singing teacher. He's deeply in love with her, but she don't know it.

Is an espectacular movie. The effects, music, setting... It has an important paper in the movie. The music is awesome. It's striking and peaceful at the same time. 

The setting of the Opera is well fitted, it seems 100% the authentic Opera of Paris. 

In my opinion, the greates scenes of the movie is at the begginig, when the Opera returns at his original state, and when the big chandelier fall down. In this scenes, there are a spectacular music and effects.

I must add the work of the actors. They have a lot of energy in this movie, or it seems. Gerard Butler (the Phantom), has a lot of potential when he sings. He puts into his character 100%, and he expresses their feelings very good. 

Another great thing, are the costumes. There is a scene when they sing a song called: "Masquerade", that's incredible. All they wear beautiful costumes and masks. In general, all the costumes that appear in the movie are fascinating.  

What I didn't like is a great question: I can't find the answer! When I saw this movie, fascinated me in all respects. The characters, the music, the setting, the planes of the camera... 

Maybe I'm disappoint with the character of Christine Daaé. I think that she's very insecure, I mean, she never know what she wants. I hate that she doesn't have clear ideas. 

In summarize, I think that's a movie that all who loves music and cinema have to see it, because it's a masterpiece.

TRAILER: 

Formal Letter

Natàlia Sellés

C/Olot num.1

Sant Pere Pescador

13th January 2011

Mrs. Pintó                                       

IES CASTELLÓ D'EMPÚRIES

Castelló d'Empúries

Dear Mrs.Pintó,

I want to talk about some aspects of the high school, IES Castelló d'Empúries. 

First of all, I have to say that I agree with the projects that the high school does, like the journey to Italy and London, the activities of the music's departement, the Playback of 4th... I agree and I'm pleased too, with all the classrooms with projectors and computers, and apart from that, with the decoration of the school in general.

But on the oter hand, I disagree about some aspects of the excursions. I mean, that if we are not 60% of the people that want to go to one excursion, it will not be done. 

Another thing is that the "Batxillerat" students do not have free transport or do not have free lunch in the high school. But in my opinion, I totally disagree that the students of Empuriabrava have to pay the bus and the lunch. I wonder why they have to pay, if Empuriabrava is a part of Castelló, it's the same village.

That's all I have to tell the departement and you about the high school.

I look forward to hearing about it. Thank you!

Yours faithfully,

Natàlia Sellés.