REINCARNATION

The other day I was thinking and I asked myself: what is going to happen after my death? I mean, when someone dies the body stays there and sometimes it’s used for science or it’s burned or maybe buried. But what happens to our soul? I do believe we’ve all got a soul and I can’t imagine its shape, but I think it doesn’t disappear. I am sure our soul stays alive and goes from body to body. Or, maybe it stays on earth without being in any body.

Don’t you believe in ghosts? Maybe a ghost is a soul wandering everywhere to see the changes in the world. Maybe your soul has existed for many years; can’t you imagine you being a soldier in the First World War? Or even a dinosaur? Because, if our soul goes from one body to another, we probably were a butterfly in another life, and a dog in the previous one. I think when I wonder I think too much, but, nowadays we have the answer to almost everything, but we really don’t know anything.

I believe souls exist and pass from a dead body to a baby being born. Once I heard that babies are born crying because it’s the only moment when you remember your previous life. I don’t know if this is true, but what is true is that we’ll never know. We’ll never discover that because we don’t have any way to go inside our soul and see its memory.

It’s quite good not to know everything, because if we knew from where our soul is, maybe we would go mad. I mean, to know everything isn’t always an advantage.

So, my conclusion of all those thoughts is that you have to enjoy your life as you can, celebrate your victories and your defeats; every single moment in your life. Try to do your best, and don’t worry about the little things, because time flies! 

DESCRIBING A PICTURE

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NEWS ITEM 3: Nemtsov murder: Two held over killing of opposition politician

LINK: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/mar/06/teacher-banter-pupils-jokes

Russia has experienced the murder of Nemtsov, a veteran liberal politician. Two men have been detained, but the investigation is still going on. They were suspect of being the killers because the FSB found a car with a lot of evidences.

Kremlin was accused by Alexei Navalanyh of ordering the assassination; because of economic problems.

I think they should investigate more to find out the real murderer. I believe the Kremlin part, because if all they were politicians I’m sure that they would have problems, but not to murder anybody. 

VOCABULARY: allegedly, deputy, gathered. 

US PRESENTATION

UNIVERSITY: WITH FRIENDS OR AT HOME?

I have a question to be answered: is it better to live on your own (with friends) or to live with your parents while you are studying at university?

It all depends on where you study, for example; in my case, if I wanted to study in Barcelona it would be better to live there, because it’s a little bit far to return every day. If I wanted to study in Girona, I would have the chance to return every day or to stay there in a flat with friends.

I don’t know where I am going to study; but I’m sure I will live in a flat with friends because I don’t like the idea of returning every day and going there every morning. It probably costs a lot of money to stay there, but if I work this two coming summers and I save the money I earn, I will probably have some money to go there.

OK, returning to the firs question, it really depends on each person and each ones economy. An advantage to live there is that it’s easier to get to the university because you are nearer than if you are at home. It’s true that you have to make your own food and wash your own clothes, but it must be a great experience. You have more intimacy and that’s a big point.

If you live at home while studying, you have the advantage that you don’t have to do housework and you have time to study, but you waste a lot of time going and coming back.

Another important aspect about living in a flat is to choose carefully the people you are going to live with. Sometimes it’s not the friendship but the responsibility to live on your own in a flat. 

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CARNIVAL

Carnival consists in a party or street procession, depending on the country, where people walk and wear costumes to make other people enjoy themselves.

The typical carnival parade that everybody imagines when you talk about carnival is the one in Brazil, I think, because it’s the most popular. It has to be so funny and enjoyable because carnival is a party to enjoy and have fun.

Here in my town, Castelló, and Roses we celebrate carnival. I really enjoy it because carnival here consists in a street procession with people dancing and having fun and then there is a party where you can dance all night. The main feature is that nearly everybody goes there with a costume and it’s so different.

When you go to a party in a pub or a disco you usually have a lot of fun because there are a lot of people, and the music is normally fine, but carnival is special because the fact that everybody wears a costume makes it different and so funny. To see a lot of people with amazing costumes is so exciting!!

Even though I really like it there are some things that make it dangerous or that make you act carefully. These things are people drunk or drugged that make you feel in danger (at least that happens to me) and that’s disgusting because if people learnt how to have fun without going over the limit all these kinds of parties would be better.

Carnival normally lasts for two or three days so you can make the most of your costume. Moreover the parties in the different towns are not always on the same days, so you can go to different towns to celebrate carnival. 

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TDR problems

To choose a topic for the research project is more difficult than I thought. At first, when teachers talk about that project you think that it’s so easy to choose the topic you want to talk about, but it isn’t as easy as it seems.

Now is our turn no start that project and it’s so hard to choose the topic because you know you’re going to be doing that project for a long time and if you decide on something you don’t like, then you have a problem.

That project lasts for nearly seven months if you start in February. It consists in the research of something and going deep into it. Right now I really don’t know what to do, but I have some ideas. I’ve thought of many things but I don’t know how to develop them, because sometimes you find one topic interesting for you but then realize TDR has to be so extensive.

Some people want to do the project of topics that have been done before, and it could be likely that the teachers don’t agree to that topic. Teachers say that if you do a research project you haven’t to explain about new topics that haven’t been done before.

I think that the TDR is important because when people decide to do Batxillerat it’s mostly because they want to go to university, and the last year of it you have to do a type of research project about you career; and it is probably compulsory to get us prepared.