Thursday, 24 June 2021

POST 6: How Can Your Major Make the World a Better Place? / Friends

  Today you have two possible topics to choose from.

Possible topic N° 1



  How Can Your Major Make the World a Better Place?

Tell us why and how what you study (your major) can make the world a better place. Include this information:

·         How can your major affect the world?

·         How can you see yourself in this process?

·         What makes your major something that contributes to the world’s benefit?

Upload pictures

Make comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts 

Word Count: 150 words


 Possible topic N° 2: Friends.

Tell us about how you see friendship. Include some of the following information.

1.  What do you value in a friend? What qualities should a friend have? What are friends for? Do you consider yourself a good friend?

2.  Do you make friends easily? Have you ever made any friends over the internet?

3.  Who is your closest friend? What is he/she like? How did you meet?

4.  Do you keep in touch with your childhood or high school friends?

Don't forget to leave a comment on 3 of your classmates' posts.
Finally, how many words?: 150
I hope you get a lot done!

“For good times and bad times 

 I think a friend is someone you can count on when you are in trouble, but also someone who  is around when you feel well and want to share your happiness.  I like people who are fun to be with, so I really value people who are funny, have a good sense of humour and are able to talk about interesting things.

I´m a sort of sociable person and  make friends easily, but I’m afraid I don’t see my friends as regularly as I should, because I tend to spend too much time on my own.  I forget to give my friends a call on a regular basis, so I guess I’m not a very good friend in that regard, but, on the other hand,  I’ve been able to keep long friendships with some people and when we meet it feels as if we had just seen one another the week before.

One of my best friends is Alberto. He is a very lively, intelligent and talkative person (maybe too talkative!!, ha, ha).  He works as an arquitect for the goverment and when we meet he always has lots of new stories to tell. We met  well over 50 years ago when we were neighbours, but we became friends years later when we were adults.

I don’t think I keep in touch with any of my childhood friends, but I’ve met with some of  my ex university classmates four or five times lately these years. We got in touch again thanks to Facebook and now I’m looking forward to our next get together when the pandemic is over.

Friday, 18 June 2021

POST 5: THE STORY BEHIND A PHOTOGRAPH

 Say Cheeeeeeese!
Taking photographs is one of my hobbies and I’m pretty good at it, or so they say. I started to take photos when I was in my twenties with an old analog Zenit camera that someone lent me. That was back in the early 80s, so by now I have around ten albums with old prints, plus the photos I have taken with my digital camera.
Do you enjoy taking photos? Do you have a camera? Do you collect printed photos? Are you an Instagram freak?
This week you are expected to write about a photograph that you like. Make sure to include the following in your post:

·   Who took it
·  What it shows
·  When it was taken
·  Why you like it
Don't hesitate to include any other information you think is important.

Write at least 150 words.
Finally, add comments to at least 3 of your classmates’ blogs

Please, have a look at my sample post below.

Snap Shooting Around London.


I took this photo on my last trip to London, in July 2011, when I went to Camdem Town Market Place, which is a large market where you can find lots of things, such as handcraft, clothes, ethnic food, paintings, jewelry, rugs, antichs, -you name it-, therefore there are lots of things worth  a click.
This photo shows a very eclectic shop there, where, as you can see, they sell vintage clothes and  old pieces of furniture, along with some typical English pastries and beverages, and I took it while I was having a nice cup of tea. So it mixes two things I'm crazy about: antichs and good tea!

I know that this is a rather simple photo, but I like it since it reminds me of the good time that I spent in that city and in that cafe, which is a very special place with a very pleasant atmosphere where they  always play music from the 50s to the 70s, and where sometimes one of the owners plays beautiful tunes in the piano they have there. 

Thursday, 3 June 2021

CA2: A WEEK IN LONDON

A WEEK IN LONDON

You are going to spend a week in London evaluating tourist locations for an end of year study trip. 
Here is a list of things you want to do (ONLY FOR FIVE DAYS)  while you are there.  Follow the links and fill in the table that your teacher will give you.

Half Day Outings     (ONE SPACE EACH, either AM .morning, or  PM -afternoon)
London Eye    (ONE SPACE)
The British Museum  (ONE SPACE)
The Tower of London      (ONE SPACE)
http://www.hrp.org.uk/TowerOfLondon/ (including Crown Jewels)
Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum       (ONE SPACE)
The Natural History Museum       (ONE SPACE)
The Tate Modern Art Gallery        (ONE SPACE)

Full day           (TWO SPACES EACH, ON THE SAME DAY)
Kew Gardens      (TWO SPACES)
Camden Market       (TWO SPACES)


For each location say:

  • What day you will visit
  • How much you will have to pay to get in—TRY TO GET THE LEAST EXPENSIVE ADULT PRICES
  • Which Tube station you will use to get there (ANY STATION NEAR THE LOCATION)



Then, find more locations to visit in or around London. Do your own research online to find them. Add them to the table.

Remember that full day activities occupy the AM and PM spaces.

Half-day activities occupy either an AM or a PM space. You decide how to distribute the activities/sights.

Full-day activities  occupy two spaces


For each location say:
What day you will visit,
How much you will have to pay to get in,
Which Tube station you will travel to 

What will you do on the two other days? Search the web for other things to do in London.
You can organize the two remaining days like this:

Find only two full-day activities
Find one full.day activity  +  two  Half-day activities
Find four half.day activities

Half-day activities might include: a museum, a park, a shopping mall, a stadium, a theatre,etc
Full-day activities might be a funfair.

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50+ Must-See London Attractions

https://www.readersdigest.ca/travel/world/50-must-see-london-attractions/


Day

 

Place

Entrance Fee

Tube Station

Monday

AM

 

 

  £ 30,45 

  30.45pounds

 

 

PM

 

 

 

 

Tuesday

AM

 London Eye

 

  £  

 

 

PM

 

 

 

 

Wednesday

AM

 

 

 

 

 

PM

 

 

 

 

Thursday

AM

 

 

 

 

 

PM

 

 

 

 

Friday

AM

 

 

 

 

 

PM

 

 

 

Saturday

AM

 

 

 

 

 

PM

 

 

 

 

Sunday

AM

 

 Kew Gardens

 

 

 

PM

 

 Kew Gardens

 

 

 




Key words to look for entrance Fee:
entrance   /   admission     /    £    /   tickets   /  prices  /    Free

Key words for Tube station:
Location   / Directions  /  How to find us  / by underground / by  tube / We are here /Getting here   /Plan your visit
Other ways:
Look for a map,  or  the symbol of London underground,    or for: