Sofía's Text on the Bermudas Triangle

THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE

Located in the Atlantic Ocean, the Bermuda Triangle falls between Bermuda, Puerto Rico and Florida. The Bermuda Triangle has long been believed to be the site where a number of mysterious plane and boat incidents have occurred.

While it has become part of popular culture to link the Bermuda Triangle to paranormal activity, most investigations indicate bad weather and human error are the more likely culprits.

Research has suggested that many original reports of strange incidents in the Bermuda Triangle were exaggerated and that the actual number of incidents in the area is similar to that of other parts of the ocean.

While its reputation may scare some people, the Bermuda Triangle is actually part of a regularly sailed shipping lane with cruise ships and other boats also frequently sailing through the area. Aircraft are also common in the Bermuda Triangle with both private and commercial planes commonly flying through the air space.

Stories of unexplained disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle started to reach public awareness around 1950 and have been consistently reported since then. Unverified supernatural explanations for Bermuda Triangle incidents have included references to UFO’s and even the mythical lost continent of Atlantis. Other explanations have included magnetic anomalies, pirates, deliberate sinkings, hurricanes, gas deposits, rough weather, huge waves and human error.

True or false:

a.       The Bermuda triangle is in the Pacific Ocean.

b.      Around 1950 they were published stories of strange disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle.

Open questions:

a.       Where are the vertices of the Bermuda Triangle located?                              

b.      What is the result of the research made on the Bermuda Triangle?

Synonyms:

a.       Strange (paragraph 1): 

b.      Events (paragraph 1): 

c.       Unconfirmed (paragraph 5): 

d.      Frighten (paragraph 4): 

Lucía's Text on Wolves

Living and hunting in packs, wolves are wild dogs that come from the same group as the dingo and coyote.

They can reach speeds of 65 km/h (40 mph) when chasing prey and include a number of species such as the gray wolf (also known as the grey wolf or timber wolf), red wolf, arctic wolf, mexican wolf and white wolf. Read on for more interesting information and enjoy our full list of wolf facts.

Wolves are excellent hunters and have been found to be living in more places in the world than any other mammal except humans.

The wolf is the ancestor of all breeds of domestic dog. It is part of a group of animals called the wild dogs which also includes the dingo and the coyote.

Most wolves weigh about 40 kilograms but the heaviest wolf ever recorded weighed over 80 kilograms!

Adult wolves have large feet. A fully grown wolf would have a paw print nearly 13 centimetres long and 10 centimetres wide.

Wolves live and hunt in groups called a pack. A pack can range from two wolves to as many as 20 wolves depending on such factors as habitat and food supply. Most packs have one breeding pair of wolves, called the alpha pair, who lead the hunt.

Wolf pups are born deaf and blind while weighing around 0.5 kg (1 lb). It takes about 8 months before they are old enough to actively join in wolf pack hunts.

Wolves in the Arctic have to travel much longer distances than wolves in the forest to find food and will sometimes go for several days without eating.

When hunting alone, the wolf catches small animals such as squirrels, hares, chipmunks, raccoons or rabbits. However, a pack of wolves can hunt very large animals like moose, caribou and yaks.

When the pack kills an animal, the alpha pair always eats first. As food supply is often irregular for wolves, they will eat up to 1/5th of their own body weight at a time to make up for days of missed food.

Wolves have two layers of fur, an undercoat and a top coat, which allow them to survive in temperatures as low at minus 40 degrees Celsius! In warmer weather they flatten their fur to keep cool.

A wolf can run at a speed of 65 kilometres per hour during a chase. Wolves have long legs and spend most of their time trotting at a speed of 12-16 kilometres per hour. They can keep up a reasonable pace for hours and have been known to cover distances of 90 kilometres in one night

1 True  or  False . A) Wolves are excellent hunters and have been found to be living in more places in the world than any other mammal except humans.  B) A wolf can run at a speed of 70 kilometres per hour during a chase.  C) Wolves have two layers of fur, an undercoat and a top coat, which allow them to survive in temperatures as low at minus 50 degrees . 2 Answer the Questions A)    What species of wolves are there? B)    how many months must have cubs to hunt? 3 Synonyms A)    Approximately (paragraph 8) B)    Data(paragraph2) C)    Deer(paragraph 9) D)    Couple(paragraph7)

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Hi, guys!

I leave you here some good webpages to practice and improve your English during our beloved Christmas holidays.

PLEASE, if you can listen the music you like, watch your favourite movie, talk with native speakers if you have the chance and behave and have super gorgeous holidays with your friends and family :)

Kisses!! ;))

Use of English:

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/alle_grammar.htm

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/es/grammar-exercises

http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com

Listening: http://www.lyricstraining.com

Reading: http://englishforeveryone.org/Topics/Reading-Comprehension.htm

Speaking: http://www.eslgold.com/speaking/speaking_situations.html

Writing: https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/writing-skills-practice

Diego's Text on Football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sports played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball. It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries, making it the world's most popular sport. The game is played on a rectangular field with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to score by getting the ball into the opposing goal.

The goalkeepers are the only players allowed to touch the ball with their hands or arms while it is in play and then only in their penalty area. Outfield players mostly use their feet to strike or pass the ball, but may use their head or torso to strike the ball instead. The team that scores the most goals by the end of the match wins. If the score is level at the end of the game, either a draw is declared or the game goes into extra time and/or a penalty shootout depending on the format of the competition. The Laws of the Game were originally codified in England by The Football Association in 1863. Association football is governed internationally by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) which organises a World Cup every four years.

True or false

-The name of the association is FEFA

-In the match the team has to play with 11 players

-The goalkeepers are the only people who can take the ball with their hands

-The FIFA makes a World Cup every four years

2 Open questions

-How  many people play football in  all the world?

-In how many countries is football played?

3 Synonyms

Point (paragraph 1):

Keeper (paragraph 2):

Extremity (paragraph 2):

State (paragraph 1):

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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