Koke says Atletico Madrid still have faith in their own ability

Atletico de Madrid was a club that nobody think about they can be in February battling for the league with Real Madrid and Barcelona. But the truth is they have been doing an extraordinary campaign and they deserve their feelings of win. In the first round their win Madrid in the Santiago Bernabeu but now the situation has changed because Madrid is like a road roller because they don’t lose until December more or less and Atletico de Madrid had been losing the last three matches in Spanish league.

They don’t have to worry about this fact because every big team happen the same situation every year because of the physical effort. They have to stay strong and this Sunday they have to fight against Real Madrid to recover mentality forces and stay at the top of the league.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11835/9190523/primera-liga-koke-says-atletico-madrid-still-have-faith-in-their-own-ability

VOCABULARY:

Aware: conscient.

Faith: certeza.

Straight: recta.

Collins enters game as NBA's first openly gay player

The last week appeared in NBA news that Jason Collins had recognised his homosexuality. Everybody was so shocking because this was the first time in NBA history that happens, but we are in the XXI century and I think this has to be an irrelevant thing. In the atmosphere of the NBA was trending topic and everyone talks about this fact. Even there were some people thinking about the possibility that he can’t play this sport or intolerant things like that.

He said he only thinks about playing basketball and learn more things to be a better player, and that’s the character because a lot of rumours affect to the professionals. Maybe the globalization of information has affected a lot of professionals, and not only in this case of homosexuality.

NEW VOCABULARY

Coverage: “cobertura” tactical aspect of basketball.

Scheduled: “programat”.

Court: “pista de bàsquet”.

http://www.nba.com/2014/news/02/23/collins-makes-history.ap/ 

SELF-EVALUATION

TOPIC: In my opinion, my topic could be so boring for the students who don’t like history, but in my view, this was an interesting topic that’s why I have chosen this. 7%

PRESENTATION: In the TDR I used the Power Point but in the English class I have chosen the Prezi to change and to adapt me to some different programs. Bu in the two cases the presentation was so clear and structured. 7%

BODY LANGUAGE AND EYE CONTACT: I think I have to improve quite things, maybe look more the public and less the teacher. I have said this in all my English presentations but I think I have improved it. 7%

STRUCTURE: The structure was so clear. 10%

CONTENT: Like all my classmates, I have reduced all my TDR in two minutes and that’s so difficult because you only have to put the most important parts. But I think I have done it well. 32%

LANGUAGE: Enrich and improve my presentation with new vocabulary. I used connectors but I think I have to use new vocabulary, to improve my English and of course my presentation. Doing this I have known more technical vocabulary about my topic, and that’s so important. 17%

PRONUNCIATION: Every year and every presentation I think I have improved my pronuntation. The reason of this thing is I try to find the pronuntation on the Internet and then, practise a lot of time in front of a mirror. 8%

FINAL MARK: 8.8

Thinking about my future!!

The last week we had gone to Girona to see and visit the UdG. This university has different establishments in some different places of this city. Specifically I had visited the Economic and Business faculty. In this installation you could visit some different talks, and in my case I went to the ADE talk. They explain to us the prices, the subjects, how many years and some different things. But thy said an important thing for me: the next year they will introduce a new degree (ADE + LAW).

Since 2014 you can only study this career in Barcelona, but next year the UdG give to us an opportunity. But there is a big problem; there will be only 10 vacancies. I want to enter to this career because in only five years and a half I will have two degrees, so it’s a great opportunity.

Until selectivitat, I have to work hard to have sufficient mark and try to have more or less a 12 of 14 points. If I can’t go in this career, I will do only ADE.

Mothers feel guilt and lack of support on returning to work

Boing back to work after the maternity is a different feeling about some different mothers because of their way to think. A recent poll says more than three quarters of women felt guilty about going back to work after maternity for two clear reasons: the first one is because employers can be discriminatory with them entrusting them with less responsibilities and with fewer big or important projects, and the other one I because they felt guilty and at the same time mistrust because they think their children won’t be less good if they will stay with their mothers. This is a poll undertaken for The Work and Family Show.

In my way to think if a girl was a good employer the boss have to have the same trust with her although they have been mothers. But I know in this society, like in the XVIII century, have prejudices and judge people before knowing them, so I understand the opinion of these mothers, so they have to battle about their women rights.

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/career/article3986995.ece

VOCABULARY:

Guilty: Culpable.

Hold down: mantenir.

Work-life balance: Equilibri entre la vida laboral i la vida familiar o social.

Students more worried about jobs than debt

In a crisis’ moment everybody are so worried about finding Jobs or pay their debts. The situation is really bad and all the countries perceive the crisis, nobody can escape, because we are in a globalization world and indirectly everyone observe this situation. According to an English poll the teenagers between 14 and 17, these are more worried about finding jobs than paying their debts. For these teenagers the reason is so clear, and these are the stereotypes of the companies about teenagers.

Well I respect this kind of way to see the world but I am totally disagree about this. They are teenagers and they have all the life and the situation can change, because the economy can overcome but if somebody have debts, these have to be paid by someone, nobody can escape from these. So I respect their opinion but I want to throw a message from these boys and girls. You have to study and be preparing about the future, but the situation have to change for the better someday, but the debts will be there always if you don’t pay it.

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/education/article4009762.ece 

VOCABULARY:

Held: “retenir”.

Debt: “deuda”

Overwhelming majority: “aplastanta mayoría”.

Corruption in football

Football was only a sport, but since the last sixty years has become more than a sport, an important business. I say an important business because of the magnitude that has had in the last twenty years. Football has involved banks and had used money of the citizens. Maybe we don’t see this fact, but they request credits to pay the establishments and the signings. But the worst thing isn’t this because all the companies ask for credits in banks, the worst thing is there are a lot of clubs that have debts about 500 millions of euros.

The last case of corruption takes place in Barcelona, specifically in FCB. For Barça Neymar had cost 57 million of euros but have left some news about the real cost of this player and this circumstances have affect the job of Sandro Rosell, because they say there aren’t any irregularities in Neymar’s signing.

I don’t know what the reality is, but I know that football in the future, if the clubs do the same politic, will became only a business and not a show or sport.