SHAKESPEARE

William Shakespeare was born on Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564, and he died in 1616. He was a poet and a playwright and he's considerate the greatest writer in the english language. His work consists of 38 plays, 154 sonets and some poems.

He married Anne Hathaway when he was 18 and he had 3 children with her. Then, he went to London to work as an actor and a writer. In the Globe Theatre, built in 1599, Shakespeare performed his firsts plays. In 1613 the theatre was destroyed, and in 1997 was built another one similar to the fisrt one.

Shakespeare’s work is still popular today because of these fantastic and quite simply action-packed stories that Shakespeare wrote.

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE:
This is the story of Antonio, who have to return money to a man, and, if he don't return it, he will lose a piece of his body.

HAMLET:

The story is about the dead of Hamlet's father, who is murdered by the man who will marries his mother. Also, everyone wants to see Hamlet dead. He wants to take the revenge.

AS YOU LIKE IT:
A romantic love story about a battle between two evil brothers and 2 good brothers.

HENRY V:
This play is about a famous English king and a famous battle (Agincourt).

NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS

- Learn languages. This summer I will not get on a job (because I'll be 16 on 16th of August, so I will be too young to work in the firsts months of summer), so I want to improve my english and french by my own.




- Go to the United Kingdom to learn english. This resolution is basically into the first one, because it's basically the same. But, go to the United Kingdom one or two weeks to learn will be so cool and I want to do it. I think it's a very nice experience to see how the english people really are, how they life and improve the english. 

- Getting my motorbike license. I want to do it because, for me, it will mean a lot. I want to do it in summer, because it's when I have free time to study and practice.






- Learn how to cook. I know how to cook basic things, but I want to learn more. This resolution also I want to do it in summer, because my mom doesn't work in summer, and she can teach me how to cook.





- Spend more time with my friends. I see my friends in the high school and, some of them, I often meet them. But I want to spend more time with them, like, all together, because this is the last grade that we'll do together, and I don't want to distance with my friends.





- Be happier. I considerate me a happy person, but I think that all of us can be happier, and that's a thing that it's very important to improve;)

BEST MOMENT OF MY HOLIDAYS

This christmas was full of homework. Specially, we had a lot of group projects, so we've got to meet all together, and it was so difficult. Also the group projects took me a lot of time to do my single homework and study for the exams and, in some moments, I've been very stressed.

But, obviously, I had a really good time with my family and friends. The present I liked the most was a new mobile phone. But, for me, the really important thing of Christmas is be with your family and enjoy it;) 

I think that the best moment of my holidays was when I went to celebrate the end of the year with my friends in Sant Pere. I had dinner on Mar's house, because my parents were with their friends and they couldn't bring me to the party. I had a great time with her and her family, specially when we ate the grapes and we celebrate all together the new year; and when Mar and me prepared ourselves for the party (like putting our dresses, putting on make up...)

The party was so great! Because a lot of people of the high school came to the party. That day everyone was so nice and we all were like friends, I felt so close to everyone, it was so pleasant. Also, the music was so good because the DJ put new songs and old songs that were so popular when I was little and that gave me a lot of memories. But, the most of the time the DJ was putting actual songs.

I chose that moment like the best moment of my holidays because it was diferent. I obviously had a great time with my family these days but the party was so cool, with a lot friends, and I think that it's when I enjoyed the most, just dancing with friends, celebrating the new year!

XMAS SPECIAL

HARD SELL AND SOFT SELL:


HARD SELL: is an advertisement or campaign that uses a more direct, forceful, and overt sales message. A hard sell is designed to get a consumer to purchase a good or service in the short-term, rather than evaluate his or her options and potentially decide to wait on the purchase.

SOFT SELL: is an advertisement or campaign that uses a more subtle, casual, or friendly sales message. A soft sell is designed to avoid angering potential customers and pushing them away. Because soft selling is a low-pressure sales technique, it may not result in a sale the first time a product is presented.

MY WORLD

This summer I went to a cruise on the Baltic Sea. I visited so many countries: Estonia, Russia, Finland, Sweden and Germany.

Estonia: I didn't visit a lot of Estonia (only a few places of the capital, Tallinn) because it was the first day and my family and I were so tired (because we had to take a plane on Barcelona and we had to woke up so early). But I have to say that the estonian cuisine (for me) is horrible! I think I didn't like it because it's very different from the mediterranean food. 


Russia: We arrived at Russia the next day and we stayed here for 2 days. We visited St Petersburg. People think that russians are serious people; and yes, it's true. Russian people are very different than Spanish people. For example, I didn't saw anyone laughing, shouting... All the people were serious. And, also, a lot of buildings were grey, a very sad colour. Our guide said that the last year the city council appointed a law that says that no one could build another gray (big) building. A part from this, we visited a very beautiful church, The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, also called the Church on Spilt Blood.




Finland: We visited the capital, Helsinki. It's a very beautiful city! It's small compared to Madrid or Barcelona. People on Finland are so nice and kind, but the prices on Finland are very high! My father bought a coffee and it costed 5,50€. So expensive! In Finland we didn't visit monuments, we just walked arround the city. It was so relaxing.




Sweden: We visited Stockholm. Sweden it's very similar to Finland. The people are also nice and gentile, the products so expensive too... We took a tourist bus and we saw the city. 


Germany: We visited Lübeck, a city in northen Germany. We visited St. Mary's Church and the Holsten Gate and we took a lot of photos! We spend the rest of the day visiting the city.


A part from all the beautiful places we visit, I did some friends on this cruise: Martí, Arnau, Víctor and Marta (Martí and Arnau are brothers and Víctor and Marta are brothers too). Marta and I became very close friends and we still in contact through social networks. She lives in Barcelona. Also, in summer, she came in my house to spend a few days and then I went to Barcelona in her house. We want to do it again next summer and also, this winter we want to go ski together. This were the best hollidays ever!

MY WORLD

LITTLE MODELS

Hi everyone! So, this is my second "My World" and, this time, I'm going to talk you about one thing that I saw few days ago on the Internet.

Well, I was on Facebook and I saw a picture of a pretty 9 years old girl. That girl is a model, and she's very famous. Her name is Kristina Pímenova. I had seen pictures of her before and I already knew her but this time she appeared on Facebook because it was declared the most beautiful girl in the world.

Yes, with only 3 years old, her mother signed up in a model agency, and she administrates her accounts on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter (those accounts have like thousand of followers). Now, with only 9 years old she has worked with fashion brands like Dolce & Gabbana, Roberto Cavalli, Giorgio Armani, Benetton and Vogue.


But it's that normal? I mean, can a 9 years old girl wear make-up, heels, jewelry and pose for famous magazines? I don't think so. This little girl is acting like an adult, and that makes her childhood disappears. And the worst of all is that this is not the only case; there are more girls (under 10 years old) posing for fashion magazines like they're adults.

Okay, when I was little I also dreamed of becoming a model, but now I see this girl and I know that she doesn't do the things that she should do at her age (like spend all Saturday with friends playing with dolls). I'm sure that a part of her want to have a normal life, away from the photo shoots and catwalk lights.

I think this had to stop. Modeling should be for adults only, and if a child do that, it has to be only to promote any product or any brand of clothing once or twice. Bringing these things to the extreme is never good, because, basically, these children can't decide what they want to do (their parents are who decided it), and that makes children do not have the childhood that they should have.

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR STORY

1. What is the story of tell-tale heart about?
This story is about a man who lived with an old man who had an eye that reminded eye of a vulture and that made him nervous. One day he decided to kill him. After murdering the old man, he broke it into pieces and hid him under some floorboards.
After that, three policeman knocked on the door because a neighbor had reported hearing a scream. The man invited them to where he had hidden the old man. At first he was quiet but gradually he became more and more nervous, and his heart began to beat. The man thought he was the heart of old man that is still beating and that police were listening too. Finally, the man confess his crime.

2. Who wrote the tell-heart and invented the first macabre stories?
Edgar Allan Poe wrote the tell-heart and he also invented the first macabre stories.

3. What was the first P.H.S?
The first Psychological horror story was The tell-tale heart.

4. When was it first published?
It was first published in 1843.

5. What other story types did the author also invent?
He also invented the modern detective story and he was the pioneer of science fiction.