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I would like to talk about my trip to Madrid.

I traveled with my schoolmates and we went to Madrid by coach.

The journey lasted about eight hours and we arrived at the youth hostel.

After unpacking our bages, we went for a walk around the centre of Madrid.

The next day, in the morning, we went to the Prado museum. This museum is full of classical paintings by artists like; El Greco, Velázquez...

We spent all morning in the museum and then we had lunch. One hour later, we got the coach again and we went to Bilbao.

In Bilbao we stay in hotel. At night we went all class to a pub and after we went to sleep. In the morning we visited the Guggenhein museum. I think that it's the best museum that I have never ever seen.

During the next two days, we went to Burgos, but we didn't have time to see anything. And the last day, in the morning we visited an archaeological sites in Atapuerca, which was a little boring.

(The photo is too big...I will try to post in a few days...)

Adam Smith was born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland.

He was the post humour son of Adam Smith and Margaret Douglass.

When he was 3 years old, Smith was kidnapped by tinker, but was recovered by his uncle.

Several years later, he went to Glasgow University and he studied moral philosophy until 1740 he went to Balliol College.

At the age of 23, Adam Smith left Oxford and returned to Kirkcaldy.

Two years later, he was invented to lecture on belle-letters and juries prudence in Edinburgh. After that, he met David Horne, and they were good friends.

In 1751, Adam Smith was elected for "Professor", of logic at Glasgow University. Several years later, Smith published this Theory of Moral Sentiments.

When he was 41 years old, Smith left Glasgow to become tutor on the young Duke of Bioleach on the Grand Tour of Europe, he met Voltaire, Quesnay and Franklin. And other prominent intellectuals too.

Two years later, Adam Smith returned from the Grand Tour, he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society, and began work on the Wealth of Nations.

At the age of 50, he moved to Condon and met Enlightenment figures such as Reynolds, Gerick and Johnson.Next he published The Walth of Nations.

Few years later A. Smith became a founding member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

In the end, in 1790 A. Smith died after painful illness, and was buried in the Carrongate cemetery in Edinburgh's Royal Mile.

Jordi

Nowadays, many countries invest a lot of money on space exploration. But some people think that the governments shouldn't spent money on space exploration, but this is good for all to improve life on Earth.

However, in my opinion spending money on space is a good thing. First of all, one day the Earth will be finish and we won't have anything to live. And so, I think that it's very important to discover new places for human life. In addition, possibly scientists will find a new energy method because we are destroying Earth.

In conclusion, I think that money should be spent on trying to help the Earth and finding new places to live. Investing on space exploration is the important thing to improve the life.

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1.Look at the front cover and observe it. How do you relate the title to the picture?

One couple they are in love.

2.Most of the story takes place in Tredonald, Wales. Find information about this coal mining village.
With the Industrial Revolution ( 17th and 18th c ) , coal mining, a tiny industry in the 15th century, became a national and international industry. Thus, the 19th century was a century of massive expansion for the coal industry in Wales. But the end of the 20th century brought almost universe closure. Find information about 1984 miners' strike

The miners strike is an important action that happened in 1984. The miners revolutionized in the mine but finally they lost, and they didn’t get anything.

3.Chapter 1: Two young lives

-" Life was not easy for the Thomas family." Why ? ( 3 lines )
Life isn’t easy for the Thomas family because the father doesn’t work and only comes home occasionally with a little money for food, and the father drink. The rest of the family has to hide the money for food.

- Richard Thomas had been killed while fighting in North Africa in 1943. Which war was it ?

It was the Second World War

- In chapter 1 we know that Megan and Huw are good friends. Describe the moment

They used to sit together at school, and out of school they spent a lot of time together.

4. Chapter 2 : The friendship continues

-In this chapter Megan and Huw take a decision about their relationship. Explain it. Why do they take it?
They decide to become boyfriend and girlfriend. They take decision because their feelings for each other have changed.

5. Chapter 3: Romance grows

-"This Saturday was going to be a night to remember." ( page 15 ) Why?

It was going to be a night to remember because they were away from the village and they could hold hands and kiss in the cinema.

6. Chapter 4: Death at the mine / Leaving Tredonald

-After the first four chapters, how would you define the relationship between Huw and his brother?

The relationship between the brothers was very close because the brothers had to depend on each other and work hard.

7. Chapter 6: A surprise find

-Megan finds the letters Huw had sent her 50 years before, in 1946 and 1947. Imagine Meg's father was still alive and that you are Meg. What would you tell him?

- Dad, why did you do it?

- I wanted to protect you. He wasn’t good enough for you.

-Dad, you broke my heart and destroyed my life!.

In the first letter Meg asks Huw: " Do you think he wanted me to find them when it was to late?". What dou you think?

I think that he did it because then Megan wouldn’t have.

8. Chapter 7: Time to decide

-Before leaving Tredonald, Huw told Megan : "in a year ...I'll come back here and we'll get married..." ( pag.23 ); but things turned out to be completely different. Why ?

Things turned out differently because Meg never wrote back to Huw and he thought that she didn’t love him and eventually he married another woman.

9. Chapter 8: Telling Beth

-Find some information about Cardiff ( 3 lines ) and post a picture

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Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most popular county in Wales. Nowadays, it’s a big city and we know about it because it’s very important in the world of the tv. The most popular visitor destination in the country and the seat of Welsh Assembly Government

10. Chapter 10: Writing back

-Meg is about to get married. In spite of that, she lets Huw visit her and her daughter. Why does she act that way? Do you think she does it for Beth or for herself?

I think she still loves him and she wants to see him for herself.

11. Chapter 11 : A new star

-What's Meg's present job? She’s a tour guide down the mine.

-Why does Huw tell her " you always were a fighter, weren't you?" ? ( pag.48 ) Because she had always been strong and determined when they were young.

-Do you think two people can still be in love after 50 years without seeing each other? No, I don’t because people change after a love time.

12. Chapter 17 : Time to go

-Imagine the conversation between Paul and Megan the moment she tells him that she is still in love with Huw. Write it down

(M)- Darling, I’m so sorry but I don’t feel the same when we started to be a couple.

- All of this, is for Huw? I don’t care!!!

- Obviously, yes. I can’t forget him. I have never forgotten him.

- Ok, you choose. Good bye for ever.

13. Did you like the book? Why ? What did you learn by reading it?

I don't like the book very much, because I have never really enjoyed the love stories, and I think this love is impossible.

The book helped me to know and learn more vocabulary and more expressions that I didn’t know before.

1.Read the newspaper article. What is it about?

talk to Sant Narcís party. This Party is the most famous party in Girona. Sant Narcís was a pattern to Girona. And the article talk to activities which you can see and participate.

2.Which events / activities did you take part in ? ( October 2008 )

I went to "Barraques" every weekend. I went with my best friends and we enjoy every moment!

a.Who was Serrallonga?

Is a Joan Sala i Ferrer (Serrallonga). He born in 1594 in Viladrau. He is a popular catalan figure, is a "bandoler". The bandoler was who robbed from the rich and battled royalist forces. Serrallonga was eventually captured and executed in 1634 in Barcelona.

c.What things did they have in common?

They are a popular figures, and they are make a better for the humanity!

Hi Paula,