Monthly Archives: April 2008

Peace in Northern Ireland

The Good Friday agreement marked the beginning of the peace process in Northern Ireland. The BBC offers THIS VIDEO on the 10th anniversary of this historical date.

The Good Friday agreement has stopped bomb attacks and killings and has allowed two opposed political parties, the Unionists and the Sinn Fein, to rule together the country. 10 years ago this was completely unimaginable, just as much as a government with Herri Batasuna and PP in the Basque Country.

L’Acord de Belfast (o Acord del Divendres Sant). Va ser firmat a Belfast el 10 d’abril de 1998 entre els governs irlandès i britànic i diferents partits polítics (entre ells el Sinn Fein). Per aprovar-lo es va fer un referèndum tant a Irlanda del Nord com a la República d’Irlanda. Entre els punts més importants de l’Acord hi ha:

  • El reconeixement del gaèlic a Irlanda del Nord
  • El desarmament dels grups paramilitars.
  • La creació del Consell Britànic-irlandès amb representants de totes les parts de les Illes Britàniques
  • La creació d’una Assemblea Legislativa a la Irlanda del Nord
  • Un compromís de pau dels partits polítics de la regió
  • L’alliberament dels presos que pertanyin a organitzacions que acordin l’alto al foc
  • La intenció de que el futur constitucional a la Irlanda del Nord serà determinat pel desig democràtic de la població

L’acord ha significat que l’IRA provisional abandoni les seves activitats armades. L’IRA Autèntic, l’Oficial i l’IRA de la Continuïtat no han firmat aquest acord.”

From vikipedia.

Gerunds and infinitives list

English page has got a very interesting tutorial divided in three parts on the use of gerunds and infinitives in English. It is so complete that it becomes too confusing sometimes, especially because we are only studying a few aspects of their use. Nevertheless, it can be very useful for those of you who want some extra practice.

The list of verbs together with a Catalan translation can be downloaded HERE.

Gerunds, infinitives and other animals

This is a list of exercises that you can use to practise the list of verbs that must be followed by either gerund or infinitive.

However, your Take Note 2 coursebook gives you only a short number of verbs, but the list is actually quite larger. This means that you won’t be able to find an answer for every sentence in the exercises.

But don’t worry. Tomorrow, I will post the complete list with Catalan translation here. Meanwhile, the list (with no translation) is here: gerunds, infinitives.

The three most common verbs in English are: 1. to say; 2. to get; 3. to go, which means that only two people got the right combination:

  1. Jean de León (2n batx B)
  2. Cristian Barros (3r ESO C)

As already announced, in case of a tie I will use a random number generator to decide the person who will take the prize home.

And the winner is…  NUMBER ONE!!

JEAN CARLOS DE LEÓN

Congratulations! See you on tuesday!

The three most common verbs in English are: 1. to say; 2. to get; 3. to go, which means that only two people got the right combination:

  1. Jean de León (2n batx B)
  2. Cristian Barros (3r ESO C)

As already announced, in case of a tie I will use a random number generator to decide the person who will take the prize home.

And the winner is…  NUMBER ONE!!

JEAN CARLOS DE LEÓN

Congratulations! See you on tuesday!