El passat mes de novembre, més de mil policies mexicans van participar en la detenció de més de 100 persones als pobles de Texcoco i San Salvador de Atenco. Durant l’acció policial, diverses dones van patir abusos sexuals, incloent diverses violacions.
The piece of news says that last November lots of people which were expressing their opinions were punished by the police, and lots of women were also sexually attacked and even more were violated.
The first human right which is violated is number 21, which says that all the people have the right to freedom of opinion and expression, this right includes not being punished because your own opinions, and in this case the government punished lots of people that were demanding a better way of life, because the government was taking their homes.
The other problem is that during the police repression, lots of women were violated and sexually attacked, so the police, which is the organization that should take care that Humar Rights are obeyed, was who make that women lost their right of having protection from other people.
This is a film of teenagers from the 60’s more or lees, when to be popular and the most beautiful of the school were the most important things.
The film tell the story of a fat girl who takes part in a competition of Miss Hairspray, this is the most watched programe of the city, in that program you must know dance and have a great voice, and of course, you must be slim. But one day the most popular boy of the program (and also from the school) saw how Tracy Turnblad (the fat girl) is dancing and singing, for this he invites her to go to the program. She becomes famous, because it’s strange that a person like her wins a program like that, for thiat reason the girl who was the champion before the fat girl was become jealous about her. When arrives the day that the audience choose Miss Hairspray Tracy doesn’t win, whereas a black girl wins. The audience choose a black girl, but this is also strange because in the 60’s black people are seen as a poor class, and thanks to Tracy black people are mixed with normal people.
I chose this film because I love musical :P, yes, although it doesn't seem I like musicals a lot, and in this one appeared John Travolta as Tracy, the fat girl, who also worked in Greace, so I thought it could be great, is not as good as Greace, but it's also great:)
Some scientist said in the newspaper: Occupational and Environmental Medicine. That the people who hasn’t sleep can do the same physics and mental problems than the excess of alcohol. The time of reaction, precision, and coordination of the people who only sleep 5 or 6 hours are the same or worse than the people who have a 0,55% of alcohol in the blood.
Oragn Donor Scheme:
Spain has a very high number of organ donors, more than other European countries. It is dues to the fact that there are people that work on liaise the people and also, because you are always able to change your opinion if you said that you wanted it. In Spain the views of relatives are respected, in Austria they ignore it and in Britain you must carry a card to indicate your desire to donate. In UK, to be a donor you have to register with the NHS Organ donor register that have a database shared between European countries. In Spain you can sing up with the ONT, but this only informe relatives of your wishes.
An article of Lilly Allen:
In the Newspaper called Catalonia Today I red an article about Lilly Allen, a singer.
Sumary: Before have an album out, Lilly Allen uploaded her songs in myspace (a social networking site) and had been played close to half million times. Her music is influenced by ska, reggae and calypso. qhen she did a concert in Barcelona people could see she is a rash and confident young woman.
Questions for preparing Martin Luther King’s text: 1. What rights did black people have in the USA in the 1960’s? They haven't any rights.
2. What was “segregation”? The separation between black and white people.
3. What did states as Georgia, Mississippi or Alabama have in common in the 1960’s? That they were the states where the racism was more pronounced.
4. Who were the “Pilgrims”? A pilgrim is one who undertakes a pilgrimage (long journey or search of great moral significance).
4. What is a “spiritual”? This word comes from the word: Spirit, which means the soul, the natural part of being and it's identificate with the mind or the brain.
Vocabulary
Rooted: arrelat. Rise up: aixacar. Creed: ideologia. Hold: celebrar/aguantar. Swelter: cansar-se. Heat: calor. Rough: aspre. Crooked: tort. Straight: recte. Flesh: carn. Despair: desesperació. Hope: esperança. Swelter: cansar-se pel sol i no poder fer res per remediar-ho.
Questions for preparing Barack Obama’s text: 1. When did women get the right to vote in the United States? (par. 2) In 1920.
2. What was the “New Deal”? (par. 5) The state encouraged people to buy things.
3. Paragraph 6 refers to “the bombs” falling on “our harbor”. Which bombs and which harbor is B. Obama referring to? (par. 6) He refears to Pearl Harbor.
4. What was the “Montgomery bus boycott”? (par. 7) It was a political and social protest campaign started in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, intended to oppose the city's policy of racial segregation.
7. What happened in the Edmund Pettus Bridge, outside Selma, in 1965? There, the voting rights marchers were violently confronted by law enforcement personnel on March 7, 1965. The day became known as Bloody Sunday.
Vocabulary to look up: Ballot: vot. Cast a ballot: emetre un vot. Slavery: esclavitud. Creed: credo. Despair: desesperar. Conquer: conquerir. Witness: testimoni. Preacher: predicador. Sum up: resumir.
Okay, in this Oral Presentation I’m going to talk about a famous sitcom you’ve surely seen one time in your life minimum... The Simpsons! I’m going to talk about this sitcom because I’ve been watching them on TV all my life, and I’ve laughed a lot, so I think it’s related with the topic of humour.
HISTORY:
Well, first of all I’m going to talk about its history. The Simpsons, which were created by Matt Groening, began being emitted as a part of The Tracy Ullman Show, but the emission of the family shorts became so popular that Fox TV Channel developed in a half-hour prime time show, which supposed the first Fox Series to land in the TOP 30 of most watched emissions in USA.
The Simpsons is a satirical parody of the middle class American lifestyle.
Since the sitcom began 20 seasons have been emitted and 1 film has been realised.
MAIN CHARACTERS:
-Homer: He’s the father of the family, but the most irresponsible member. He’s very stupid, an alcoholic, lazy… but although it seems it can’t be true he works as the Safety Inspector of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. It’s so stupid that he’s the only person who suffers the Syndrome of Homer.
-Marge: She’s homer’s wife, but also the opposite of her husband. She’s clever, responsible and it’s shown as the Stereotypical American Housewife.
-Bart: He’s 10 years old and a great troublemaker, he’s always in problems. It’s like his father, so he’s an irresponsible.
-Lisa: She’s 8 years old and the opposite of Bart. She’s very intelligent and an activist: she’s always defending the nature.
-Maggie: She’s 1 year old. Apart from the film she has only said one word in all the 20 seasons: “Daddy”. And she loves guns.
SECONDARY GUNS:
As there’re approximately 200 secondary characters I’m only going to talk about my favourite ones.
-Abraham Simpson: He’s Homer’s farther, and he’s always explaining ridiculous stories from the Second World War.
-Barney Gamble: He’s Homer’s best friend and also an alcoholic. He’s always belching.
-Lenny & Carl: They’re Homer job colleagues. Homer never knows who the black is and who the “white” is. To me they’re in love each one of each other but they don’t admit.
-Moe: He’s the owner of Moe’s Tavern, which is the bar where Homer goes to drink, and also the victim of Bart & Lisa telephone jokes.
SPRINGFIELD:
Springfield is the town where the great part of the episodes takes place. Matt Groening chose this name because is the one which is most repeated between the different towns in USA. There’s a Springfield minimum in every state of USA. But recently Matt Groening told that’s inspired in his natal city: Portland, Oregon.
CURIOSITIES:
-The major part of the characters are yellow, and all the characters, it doesn’t matter if they’re yellow, black…, have only four fingers in each hand.
-The major part of the characters have an own sentence:
-Homer: “Dough!”
-Bart: “Ay caramba”
-Lisa: “If someone needs me will find me in my bedroom”
-Mr. Burns: “Excellent”
-Nelson Muntz: “Ha, haaa!”
-Apu: “Thank you for your purchase, come back another time”
-etcetera
-Every season begins with a Halloween Special Episode, which are formed by three short stories each one, which try to be frightening but they finally are very funny.
-The Simpsons are known as “The Most Famous Family of America”.
HOMER FUNNIEST MOMENTS:
And finally I’m going to show you a video I found it where appear some of the best moments of Homer who is my favourite character. You’ll see that is really stupid.
