English class

Trolls 3: Band together

Do you like animated movies that are for parents and children? Do you like musicals that make you remember your childhood or just make you dance as soon as the music starts? Well, let me tell you about a movie that combines all these aspects. The movie that I’m going to talk about is Trolls 3: Band together

This movie was produced by DreamWorks and premiered in November 2023. The movie follows the story of the trolls Poppy and Branch who were contacted by Branch’s oldest brother to rescue their bother named Floid who was kidnapped by the siblings Velvet and Veneer. The film’s voice cast is amazing as it has great actors and singers like Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, Camila Cabello, Kenan Thompson, among others. And even though you can’t see their faces (as it’s an animated movie) you can notice their emotions and feelings through their voice. For instance, when they feel sad, frustrated, angry, jubilant, etc.

I must say that one of the things that I enjoyed and love about this movie was the musical part. Why did I love and enjoy it? Because not only songs from the 70s’ and 80’s were sung, but also there were original songs for the movie. And these songs make you want to dance, sing and at the same time, make you remember your childhood (in the case of the parents). However, one of the drawbacks of the movie were the jokes. Although the film was created for children, some jokes were especially for the parents, so the children don’t laugh as they do not understand them.

Having said that, I strongly encourage you to watch this movie with your family, friends or even by yourself if you want to. I’m telling you, you will not regret it even if you don’t like musicals or animated movies or both.

 

 

 

Task:
Record a 90-second audio talking about your family relationships.

 

In this homework I had to answer the following questions:n this homework I had to answer the following questions:

1. What advantages might there be in living with a grandparent?
2. Do you think it might be easier to live with someone older or
someone younger than you? Why?
3. Is it better to live in a large family or a small family? Why?/Why not?

Language learning report

Introduction

The principal purpose of this report is to provide a description of my experience of learning languages by mentioning the language I know and how I learnt them, which my strengths and weaknesses are and my intention with them in the future. Moreover, at the end of this report, there will be some recommendations on how to continue learning a language.

 

Languages learnt and Methodology

I have been learning since I was a child. The first language that I learnt was Spanish, the second one was English and currently, I am learning French. I have to say that these three have something in common and that is the method that I used to study them. For instance, with music, some TV shows and books (for the writing skill).

 

Strengths and weaknesses

Through my experience, I have realized that my strengths are speaking, and listening since it is easy for me to understand the language by listening to people talking and by having conversations with them. Nevertheless, my weaknesses are reading and writing. In both cases, they are difficult as I tend to read to fast and sometimes I forget how to write the words.

Uses for the future

As far as I am concerned, I am going to use my Spanish to talk with the people who are around me due to the fact that I live in Chile. For English, I am going to teach it in the classroom. And for French, I am going to use it to communicate with French people while I am visiting the county.

Recommendations

Taking all the factors mentioned before, I strongly recommend you to learn a language since having a good command of the language will help you in the future. Moreover, I suggest you start by watching TV shows, listening to music, reading books, and so forth. And try to practice it with a partner so you receive feedback.

 

 

In this homework I had to answer the following questions:

1. Why do think people enjoy taking part in competitive sports?
2. Do you think that is a good idea for people to support a particular team? Why?/Why not?
3. What is the differences between watching sport on Tv and watching it in live in a stadium?
4. Do you think that major international sporting events have any real value?
5. Do you agree that bussiness is too involved in sport?
6. Should children be encouraged to take part in competitive sport? Why?/Why not?

Instructions:

You have received a letter from an English-speaking friend:

My new job is great, and next month, my company is sending me to do a three-week language course – guess where – in your town! I’ll be free four evenings and one weekend, so I’d like your advice please on where to go, what to do and the best way to practise my language while I’m there.

My informal letter:

Hi Rodrigo!

Long time, no see! I’m really sorry not to being in touch for so long. I’ve been up to my eyes preparing myself for my final exams at the university.

First of all, I’m so glad about your new job! I’m so pleased for you! And I’m jubilant that your boss chose to do your three-week language course here in Viña del Mar. Really excited that you are coming here, I can’t wait to meet you again. It’s been ages since we last met. Let me know the specific day so I can pick you up and then we can take a cup of coffee.

Places to go? Well, there are a lot of places to visit and to practice during the evenings. For example, one place that comes to my mind is the cinema. I really recommend you go the Cinemark, especially for the weekends, because you can choose a movie in Spanish and practice the language. Additionally, if you go, you will improve you listening skills since you will probably learn new vocabulary and some idioms.

But the best way to practice Spanish is the “Palacio Rioja,” located in Quillota 214 street, Viña del Mar, It has green areas in which you can sit and relish the nature. Plus, in the same place you can practice your Spanish because there is a mini cafeteria which is called Carmela Gourmet, so you can practice how to order food in my language.

Well, I hope you find these suggestions useful.

See you around!

Love

Fernanda

 

(Photo of the Palacio Rioja, Viña del Mar)

Hello everybody,

With my classmate Fernanda Vargas, we created this video dialogue talking about one of the stories of the book “The Illustrated Man” written by Ray Bradbury. The story is “The Rocket Man”.

Video link: https://www.canva.com/design/DAGIDrI0wRw/CZDyqfI2L5SPdetTBXgvVw/edit?utm_content=DAGIDrI0wRw&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton

Love’s Dark Betrayal

I had always believed in the kind of love that movies and books promised, like fairy tales romance straight out of storybooks. However, this changed on a cloudy day in early winter of 2015 when I met Agustin, who he looked like an angel too me.

We started to know each other deeply and I found myself falling for him. Every moment with him was like a dream. We were able to talk about everything—our hopes, our fears, even our plans. So, one day he asked me to be his girlfriend, and I said “Yes”.

Month passed and things started to change. He started to ghost me for no reason. He didn’t respond my calls and my messages. I tried to ignore this bad feeling by convincing myself that he was just busy with his studies at university. So, one day, I decided to visit him. As I was walking up to his place, I saw him through the window, kissing a woman who I’d never seen before.

My heart was broken. I knocked on his door and, when he opened it, his face was paled. The betrayal in his eyes was undeniable. I didn’t let him talk, I said to him “We are done”. Afterwards, I ran to my house, and I cried the whole night.

In the end, I learned that love is not romantic, but it also has its dark side. Therefore, that day I ended the story about us, realizing that some chapters are meant to be left unfinished.

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One of the most exciting days of my life was my eleventh birthday in one of the sunniest days of July. All this happened on an island to the north of Scotland where, every summer, my father would take a group of students on an archaeological dig on the site of a ruined medieval church. As soon as we arrived at the island, it felt mysterious because of its ruins.

I remember waking up early with the sea breeze on my face. I had breakfast with my group of friends, and while we were walking to the dig site, our excitement to find some ruin or even a fossil increased with every step.

Suddenly one of the students called out in excitement. “I found something, and really interesting!”, he said. Instantly, all of us, went to see what had been discovered. I have to say, what he had found was unusual. I believe it might have been a claw of an animal that hadn’t been discovered before.

The group spent all day carefully unearthing a hoard of old silver bowls and brooches. My father was proud of us for everything we’d done. Two days later I even had my name in the local newspaper. When I saw my name printed, I felt very excited and made me really happy.

Well, I must say that specific birthday I discovered my love for archaeology and the stories behind the fossils, ruins, etc.