Durant aquesta setmana el vostre professor d’ anglès acompanya els alumnes de 4t que fan el viatge de fi de curs a Cantàbria. Per a tots els que us quedeu “a terra”, us recomano que feu els exercicis de REVISION que surten al final de les següents unitats:

• UNITAT 3
• UNITAT6
• UNITAT 9

Us ajudaran a preparar l’ examen de final de curs.

FINS AVIAT!

• ‘Barcelona’s peerless midfield pair of Andres Iniesta and Xavi ruled midfield with a display of passing perfection, starving United of further opportunities to strike at a defence weakened by injuries and suspension’. (BBC) L’ extraordinària parella de centrals del Barça Andrés Iniesta i Xavi van dominar el mig del camp amb una exhibició de perfecció en la passada, escanyant les oportunitats del Manchester per atacar una defensa afeblida per les lesions i suspensions.
• ‘The feathery touch of Barcelona left Manchester United bruised and beaten. It is as well that the victors’ good taste extended to winning by a modest margin. The holders were relieved of the European Cup and must take what comfort there is in the appreciation that there is no shame in being outclassed. They could barely engage with Pep Guardiola’s side, let alone menace them.’ (The Guardian) El toc delicat del Barça va deixar el Manchester tocat i enfonsat. Encara gràcies que el bon gust dels guanyadors va acabar amb una victòria sense golejada. Els que fins ara eren campions de la Copa d’ Europa han de conformar-se que no s’ han de sentir avergonyints per que els hagin passat per davant en classe. Gaire bé no van poder entrar en el joc de l’ equip d’ en Pep Guardiola, ja no diguem plantar’ls-hi cara.

• The Championes chant which echoed around this Roman stadium last night belonged to the followers of a different side. “Campions” is the Catalan spelling and Barcelona are unarguably the masters of the Continent. (The Independent) Els càntics de Campeones que resonaven als voltants de l’ estadi olímpic de Roma d’ aquesta nit provenien de l’ altre equip. “Campions” és com s’ escriu en català, i els del Barça són, sense cap mena de dubte, els amos d’ Europa.
• So strong and constrictive on most nights, the Manchester United defense was unable to subdue the organized and creative Barcelona attack, which flowed with the inevitability of water through any available crease.  (The New York Times) La defensa del Manchester, tan forta i contructiva en altres nits, va ser incapaç de doblegar l’ atac organitzat i creatiu del Barça, que, com si fos aigua, fluïa per cada forat que trobava.

The BBC is celebrating their poetry season and is broadcasting some very interesting programmes, but we are not the BBC and at the end of the year it becomes difficult to change routines. Nevertheless, today 4th ESO A, B and C have been told about Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

If you want to read more, check the wikipedia, and if you’re interested in reading the text click here. If you want to know how it sounds, click here (there are seven parts).

The poem inspired Iron Maiden to make a song in the early 1980s. The text is here and the song can be listened to below.

Many UK MPs (equivalent to ‘diputats’) have claimed money back for some of their expenses. If these expenses are related to their job, it is considered to be OK. However, some of those MPs wanted to use public money for things like a swimming pool in the garden or a washing machine(!?).

If you want to know WHO they are and WHAT they claimed for, click on this link.

Martin Rowson’s cartoon from the Guardian

I thought this might interest you:

‘Si rebeu un correu electrònic al Gmail en un idioma que no entengueu, ja no cal que el copieu i el traduïu en qualsevol servei web, ara ho podeu fer amb un sol clic. Abans però, heu d’activar aquest servei a la pestanya ‘labs’ de l’apartat ‘configuració’. Quan ho hàgiu fet, tots els correus que rebeu en un idioma que no sigui el que teniu configurat els podreu traduir amb un clic a l’enllaç que apareixerà tot just sota de la capçalera del missatge.’

From vilaweb.cat

They say that this is the best Barça ever, that it plays the finest football. The team coached by Josep Guardiola is receiving praise from all quarters, even though it has still not won a single title. However, this week it stands the chance of winning two: Copa (Cup) and the Spanish League (La Liga); and then in two weeks, the most prized of all, the Champions League.

(from Vilaweb’s Diari d’ Escola)

Contingut per la matèria de projecte de recerca:

· Com escriure un currículum.

· Quina foto no posar en un currículum.

If you want to know about the recent flu pandemic, I recommed this BBC article. It includes a map with all the confirmed cases around the world.

Dear students, this is the list I am going to examine you about. It contains the 80 irregular verbs that we have studied this year. As you were told at the beginning of September, students who fail to know their irregular verbs will not pass English language, jeorpardising their chances to finish the ESO.

Verbs irregulars, els 80

(This little toad has written a song to remember the irregular verbs!)

La setmana passada vam tenir un problema tècnic per accedir a la plana web on podiem sentir els consells. Aquesta setmana ja estarà solucionat. Per baixar-se la transcripció de les entrevistes en català, fés click aquí.