martes, 20 de diciembre de 2011
sábado, 17 de diciembre de 2011
A DISCONSOLATE POEM FOR OUR TEACHER
A proposal of making up a poem
Our English teacher has asked us to do
And here we are like a commitment solemn
Doing our best in something completely new.
What will be the next
In this fascinating adventurous course?
A speech, a writing, or maybe a text
At least it is in English, and not in the Old Norse.
Our English teacher has asked us to do
And here we are like a commitment solemn
Doing our best in something completely new.
What will be the next
In this fascinating adventurous course?
A speech, a writing, or maybe a text
At least it is in English, and not in the Old Norse.
ADVICES FOR TOURISTS BEFORE ARRIVING TO A CITY.
In fact everything has to do with getting the right information, so about INFORMATION, things like:
- Try to bring with you a guidebook in order to know in advance and afterwards in situ what you can see and visit in that city: places like main squares, interesting parks, museums and their timetables, main streets, important buildings, how to arrive from one place to another (public transportation), map of the city, etc.
- Your first visit should be to the tourist information to know if, apart from the typical visits, there is something new happening on that moment in the city. For example, if you are interested in theatre (plays, street theatre, puppet theatre, etc); in operas house; in a travelling exhibition being showed at that moment; conferences that you could be interested in; etc.
- Accommodation.- In order to choose the right hotel, search on internet a hotel which is close to the center or at least a good connection between city center and the hotel. Depending on how big the city is, you may go walking which is the best means of transportation! I am not very in favour of this touristic buses, which shows you the city in a couple of hours, but if you don´t have much time it can be a possibility. But the point sometimes is how can I choose a good hotel in the sense of being acceptable and not very expensive? Of course by internet there is a lot of information, some comments of users, but are they trustworthy? We thought it would be a good idea, a good business, to create a website with information about the quality of the hotels. A website independent from the hotel´s website so that every tourist can leave his/her comments on it. This information would be very useful in countries like Italy where tourism is older than here in Spain and for example a three stars hotel does not correspond with a three stars hotel in Spain. Here it is a good one but in Italy is almost sure that it is inferior. People get quiet disappointed about it.
- Language.- The best thing is to know the local language as Sir Richard Francis Burton used to learn in his travellings. When you don´t speak the language of the locals you lose information, knowledge, the local culture and also the feeling of being a part of the city. So try to make yourself understood by using a dictionary or these books made for tourists with useful expressions of the daily routine and even with the pronunciation. Don´t feel ashamed to make mistakes when you talk to people. They will help you for sure. On the other hand, a good proposal for the city council would be to place signs and pictures which tell you how far a location is and their directions.
- Transport.- Be informed about the different public transportation the city has such as trains, buses, underground, etc, and if there is an unique ticket to be used for all of them. You will save time and money!
- Try to bring with you a guidebook in order to know in advance and afterwards in situ what you can see and visit in that city: places like main squares, interesting parks, museums and their timetables, main streets, important buildings, how to arrive from one place to another (public transportation), map of the city, etc.
- Your first visit should be to the tourist information to know if, apart from the typical visits, there is something new happening on that moment in the city. For example, if you are interested in theatre (plays, street theatre, puppet theatre, etc); in operas house; in a travelling exhibition being showed at that moment; conferences that you could be interested in; etc.
- Accommodation.- In order to choose the right hotel, search on internet a hotel which is close to the center or at least a good connection between city center and the hotel. Depending on how big the city is, you may go walking which is the best means of transportation! I am not very in favour of this touristic buses, which shows you the city in a couple of hours, but if you don´t have much time it can be a possibility. But the point sometimes is how can I choose a good hotel in the sense of being acceptable and not very expensive? Of course by internet there is a lot of information, some comments of users, but are they trustworthy? We thought it would be a good idea, a good business, to create a website with information about the quality of the hotels. A website independent from the hotel´s website so that every tourist can leave his/her comments on it. This information would be very useful in countries like Italy where tourism is older than here in Spain and for example a three stars hotel does not correspond with a three stars hotel in Spain. Here it is a good one but in Italy is almost sure that it is inferior. People get quiet disappointed about it.
- Language.- The best thing is to know the local language as Sir Richard Francis Burton used to learn in his travellings. When you don´t speak the language of the locals you lose information, knowledge, the local culture and also the feeling of being a part of the city. So try to make yourself understood by using a dictionary or these books made for tourists with useful expressions of the daily routine and even with the pronunciation. Don´t feel ashamed to make mistakes when you talk to people. They will help you for sure. On the other hand, a good proposal for the city council would be to place signs and pictures which tell you how far a location is and their directions.
- Transport.- Be informed about the different public transportation the city has such as trains, buses, underground, etc, and if there is an unique ticket to be used for all of them. You will save time and money!
viernes, 16 de diciembre de 2011
WE ARE ALL ONE (Subtitulado Español)
Wonderful video which tells us that we are a part of the nature but we behave as if we didn´t. This video summarizes in a way the whole subject of global issue we have studied in the last weeks. Enjoy it!
jueves, 8 de diciembre de 2011
Our visit to the exhibition...
The painting I chose in the exhibition is a Pop-art painting, modern art. It is a canvas and depicts the main square of a city. It is a contemporary painting, it belongs to the present time, and also narrative art, represents elements of everyday sort. Although the background of the painting is grey, the author makes use of different colors and different tones. And to do this he or she enhances some of the objects by using darker colors. For example people´s hair colors or people´s hat colors.
What the author wants to express is the daily routine of a specific day and a moment of that day: Sunday morning. I came to this conclusion because they are very well dressed and are in the picture, apparently, in a very relaxing way. He/she draws the people quiet crowed together, in fact, all the persons who has painted are in the space which goes from the center of the painting to the bottom. They are physically very close but emotionally they are not paying attention among themselves. Some of them are reading the newspaper, having a coffee, walking, etc. It seems it is a big city and that is the reason why they don´t know. They look at us like if they want to step out of the canvas. It looks like if painter´s wish is to connect us with them psychologically or intellectually..
What the author wants to express is the daily routine of a specific day and a moment of that day: Sunday morning. I came to this conclusion because they are very well dressed and are in the picture, apparently, in a very relaxing way. He/she draws the people quiet crowed together, in fact, all the persons who has painted are in the space which goes from the center of the painting to the bottom. They are physically very close but emotionally they are not paying attention among themselves. Some of them are reading the newspaper, having a coffee, walking, etc. It seems it is a big city and that is the reason why they don´t know. They look at us like if they want to step out of the canvas. It looks like if painter´s wish is to connect us with them psychologically or intellectually..
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