Elena's Text on Volleyball

Volleyball is a sport where two teams of six players in each field face on a smooth playing field separated by a central network, trying to pass the ball over the net to the ground the attacking half. The ball can be touched or driven with clean shots, but can´t be stopped, or fastened together. Each team has three hits for returning the ball to the opposite field. Usually the ball is hit with hands and arms, but also with any body part. One of the most unique characteristics of this sport is that players must be rotated each time point win.

A match consists of three, four or five sets, matches are best of five. A team wins a set when it reaches or exceeds 25 points with a two point lead. The contact of the players with the ground is continuous, typically using protection on knees.

Point is earned when:

   The Ball touches the ground, the ball goes to the team touched the ball last time.

   When the three are exceeded or touches a player touches the ball twice in a row

   When the other team's rotation is incorrect

   When playing the ball is incorrect

   When a player touches or kicks the network

1. True or False

a) Players do not usually touch the ground.

    

b) The ball can be hit with any part of the body.

      

2. Synonyms

a) Competitors (paragraph 2)  

b) Games (paragraph 2)  

c) Territory (paragraph 1)  

d) Scored (paragraph 3)   

3.Open questions

a)  How many points you need to win for win a set?

     

b) How many players are on the field?

      

  

Jaime's Text on Las Rozas

Las Rozas de Madrid (or simply, Las Rozas) is one of the larger townships and municipalities in the autonomous community of Madrid, Spain, with an area of between 58.8 and 59.14 km² [1]. It is located some 17 – 20 km northwest of the city of Madrid itself, on the A-6 freeway to A Coruña. Las
Rozas is the beginning of this freeway, near the fork road M-505 to El Escorial, which marks the southern boundary of this 'comarca' or rural district (although it is no longer rural).

The municipality is served by four RENFE railway stations– Las Rozas, Las Matas, El Pinar and El Tejar. A fifth stop, at Peñascales was closed. The municipality shares borders with Torrelodones to the north, Villanueva del Pardillo and Galapagar to the west, the national park of Monte del Pardo (Madrid) in the east and Majadahonda (south).

Las Rozas has one of the highest average per capita incomes in the Community of Madrid. During the final decades of the 20th century the town has experienced a vigorous building program, mostly as a dormitory town for Madrid, with a correspondingly strong population growth, which more than doubled between 1991 and 2005 (from 35,137 to 76,246 inhabitants).

The provisioning for local services (such as schools and new dwellings) has at times been outpaced by the locality's high birth and immigration rates. However by 2010 the community was well served in all health, education and social sectors.


QUESTIONS

1. TRUE or FALSE .
- Las Rozas is one of the smaller townships in the Autonomous Community of Madrid.

- Las Rozas hasn´t got train station because it has an airport

- In 1991 the population in Las Rozas was 76.426 inhabitans


2. Synonyms .
- Ten years (paragraph 3) :
- Highway (paragraph 1) :
- Housing (paragraph 5) :
- Habitants (paragraph 4) :

3. Answer the questions .
- How many kilometres are there between Las Rozas and Madrid ?

- Which is the area of Las Rozas ?

Lucia Espliego's text on Jules Verne

JULES VERNE

Jules Gabriel Verne was a French novelist, poet, and playwright best known for his adventure novels and his profound influence on the literary genre of science fiction.

Verne was born to bourgeois parents in the seaport of Nantes, where he was trained to follow in his father’s footsteps as a lawyer, but quit the profession early in the life to write for magazines and the stage. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages Extraudinaries,  a widely popular series of scrupulously researched adventure novels including Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and Around the World in eighty Days.

Verne is generally considered a major literary author in France and most of Europe, where he has had a wide influence on the literary avant-grade and on surrealism. His reputation is markedly different in Anglophone regions, where he has often been labeled a writer of genre fiction of children’s books, not least because of the highly abridged and altered translations in which his novels are often reprinted.

Verne has been the second most-translated author in the world since 1979, between the English-language writers Agatha Christie and William Shakespeare, and probably was the most-translated during the 1960s and 1970s. He is one of the authors sometimes called “The Father of Science Fiction”, as are H.G. Wells and Hugo Gernsback.

1.Are the following statements TRUE or FALSE? Copy the evidence from the text. No marks are given for only TRUE or FALSE.

a) Jules Gabriel Verne was an English novelist.

b) Jules Verne wrote Journey to the Center of the Earth.

2.In your own words and based on the ideas in the text, answer the following questions. Do not copy from the text.

a) Why is he best known for his adventure novels?

b) Why is Verne generally considered a major literary author in the most of Europe? 

3.Find the words in the text that mean.

a) Stories (paragraph 1):

b) Dad (paragraph 2):

c) Kids (paragraph 3): 

d) Possibly (paragraph 4): 

Álvaro Domínguez's text on Tomorrowland

Tomorrowland

It is an electronic music festival and one of the largest festivals in Europe. Its unique psychedelic carnival atmosphere is complemented by its electronic and dance music line-up that also features other similar sub-genres such as trance, house and rave music.

In 2014 the festival announced that in honor of its 10th anniversary, it would be held over two weekends (). Dates are: Thursday 17/07 – Monday 21/07 and Thursday 24/07 – Monday 28/07. Both weekends will be basically the same, but with double the amount of time, more people will be able to attend.

Tomorrowland 2015 will take place in three locations: Brazil, Belgium and USA. This is a little list of the artists that go to this festival:

·        
Armin van Buuren

·         Carl Cox

·         Nervo

·         David Guetta

·         Dillon Francis

·         Blend

·         RedFoo

·         Axwell

·         MarkusSchulz

·         Diplo

A photo of Tomorrowland 2014

TAKE A LOOK OF THE AFTER MOVIE:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUhPA5qIxDQ

QUESTIONS:

1. Are these following statements TRUE or FALSE? Copy the evidence from the text.

A)Tomorrowland is an electronic and house music festival. 

B)Tomorrowland 2015 will take place in China, Belgium and Canada. 

2. Answer the following questions with your own words.

A) What days is Tomorrowland celebrated?

B) Why  are there  more days of festival this year?

3. Find the words in the text that mean:

Advertised (2)                                                                         Place (2) 

Be enacted (3)                                                                         Largest (1) 

Pablo Catín's text on London

 

London — containing the City of London — is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England and is recognised as one of the key "world cities".

With over seven million inhabitants (Londoners) in Greater London, it is the second-most populous conurbation in Europe, after Moscow.

Founded as Londinium, the capital of the Roman province of Britannia, it later rose to become the centre of the British Empire.

Today it generates over 17% of the GDP of the UK's economy, the world's fourth largest, and is a major financial centre along with New York and Tokyo.

For several centuries, London has been one of the most influential powers in politics, finance, arts and fashion and remains so today.

1.TRUE OR FALSE

a. London is the capital of United Kingdom.

b. London is the first-most populous conurbation in Europe.

c. Today it generates over 8% of the GDP of the UK’s economy.

d. London has been one of the most influential powers in politics.

2. OPEN QUESTIONS

a. What is the capital of the United Kingdom?

b. What is the capital of the Roman province of Britannia?

3. SYNONYMS

a. People (paragraph 2): 

b. Leftovers (paragraph 4):

c. Greatest (paragraph 3): 

Jon's Text on Soccer

Soccer is a very popular sports game. In this game you have two opposing teams trying to score a goal for their team by hitting the ball into the other side’s soccer goal. While this can be a fun game both to watch and play there are a few basic rules of soccer that need to be followed. These are mainly ways to keep the game from turning rowdy and very dangerous.

There should be 11 people on the field who are going to play the game. The rest of the team should be out and the players shouldn’tn’t tackle the goal keeper. Doing a move like this will only earn your team a foul. This is a penalty which will let your opponents have a free turn at trying to score a goal sitting or waiting on the sidelines only. They must stay there unless they are needed to go on the field.

1.TRUE OR FALSE.

 a) There must be 15 players on each team. 

b) Soccer is a very popular sport .

c) You can tackle the goal  keeper. 

d) You have two opposing teams .

2.Search 4 synonyms in the text.

1.PLAYER:

2.DANGEROUS:

3.OPPOSING:

4. GAME: 

3.ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.

a) How many people should be on the field?

b) Is it a fun game to watch?

Álvaro Aguado's text on Real Madrid

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (Spanish pronunciation: [reˈal maˈðɾið ˈkluβ ðe ˈfuðβol]; Royal Madrid Football Club), commonly known as Real Madrid, or simply as Real, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain.

Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the team has traditionally worn a white home kit since then. The word real is Spanish for royal and was bestowed to the club by King Alfonso XIII in 1920 together with the royal crown in the emblem. The team has played its home matches in the 81,044-capacity Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in downtown Madrid since 1947. Unlike most European football clubs, Real Madrid's members (socios) have owned and operated the club since its inception.

The club is the world's richest football club in terms of revenue, with an annual turnover of €604 million, and the world's most valuable sports team, worth €2.4 billion ($3.3 billion).Real Madrid is one of three founding members of the Primera División which has never been relegated from the top division, along with Athletic Bilbao and FC Barcelona. The club holds many long-standing rivalries, most notably El Clásico with FC Barcelona and the Madrid derby with Atlético Madrid.

Real Madrid established itself as a major force in both Spanish and European football during the 1950s. Domestically, Real Madrid has won a record 32 National Leagues titles, 19 Cups of the King,  9 Spain´s Supercups, 1 Eva Duarte Cup and 1 Cup of the League.  Internationally it has won a record of ten European Cup/UEFA Champions League titles and a joint record three Intercontinental Cups, as well as two UEFA Cups, and two UEFA Super Cups.

Questions

1.-TRUE or FALSE

- Real Madrid was created in 1904.

- The first name of the team is Madrid Football Club.

- Real Madrid won 37 La Liga championships.

2.- Synonyms.

Supporters (paragraph 2) – 

Championship (paragraph 4) – 

Domestically (Paragraph 4) –

Club (paragraph 3) - 

3.- Answer the questions.

- How many European Cup / Champions League does Real Madrid have?

-        -  What is the name of the king who gave the title “real” to Madrid Football Club?

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