Spooky story

London in the moonlight is something that many people have to see. But it changes when is the night of Halloween, every 31th of October.
One day, I was returning to my home (Okay, it was not a normal day, it was halloween) When I crossed a corner, in front of me appeared a new house. It was new in the neighborhood, I'm sure of it. The house looked old and in ruins, but I didn't mind and I continued walking. I was near my house when I heard a female scream, I took a look behind me but I only saw shadows and foggy. I walked faster but suddenly I heard another mysterious sound. That gave me the creeps. I heard steps and whispers. A cold wind surrounded me and I saw like a ghost. I took a look again to the house and I understood that it was haunted. I was nervous and I started running. Another shriek. And another. And another one...but it was louder.

I entered in a alley, sh*t. I was lost. 
Someone said me ''you look as if you've seen a ghost'' but it was what I saw.

That's my story. what's yours?

Glossary Unit I

-Scare the living daylights out of: make someone scared
-Gave up the ghost: stopped working
-Scared stiff: very white, pale
-As if you've seen a ghost: you look scared
-Scaredy-cat: coward
-Gives me the creeps: uncomfortable
-Come back to haunt you: be a mistake
-A ghost town:deserted
-Hood: short of neighborhood
-Pale: very white
-Dude: You
-Alrightly: Okay
-What's up?: What's going on? How are you?
-That's hecka cool!: hecka would mean the same as very
-Yo, let's bail!: Yo is short of you, it means you leave
-That burrito is so bomb:that burrito is very good
-Bro, why you putting me on blast?: to embarrass someone in public
-Give away: you give away things that you don't need
-Give up: something that you stop doing
-Give out: you give out something, several people will get it
-Give back: something that doesn't belong to you
-Give in: you admit that you cannot do something
-Get around: Travel
-Get on: to mount
-Get off: to dismount
-Get ahead: advance
-Get back: To return
-On time: puntually
-In time: eventually
-Meet: to come together
-Know: to recognize (be familiar with...)
-Bustting: crowded
-Sightseeing: tourist attraction

New York or London, that's the question

I really love New York, but I really love London at the same time. But I have to choose only one so I'll choose the American one: New York.

I have chosen this because it's like a city of dreams. I mean, is a big city in which you'll find many things to buy and to do. There are many cultures and a lot of different religions, and you can learn many things.

I want to discover the rich part of the city and I want to see the famous neighborhood called ''The Bronx'' I want to eat in Chinatown and I'd like to be at the top of the Empire State holding a camera.

I would like to take a video about the thousands of people that daily go to the big apple and drink coffee in a Starbucks. I just want to discover why many people fall in love with New York. Because like Frank Sinatra said in his song called ''New York'': I wanna wake up in a city that doesn't sleep...

And that's what I want.

Different cultures

Hello mates!
We started a new year with an interesting activity about the differences cultures around the world.
Here's the link of a page about the different forms of celebrate christmas.
Hope you like it and see you on Monday!

http://www.whychristmas.com/cultures/spain.shtml

Volleyball

General warm up:

First of all you will run for one minute. In the race you can include some exercises like swimming.

Then you will stretch from bottom to top. This means that you will start from the ankles and you will end with the fingers.

The first step is to make circles with the ankles, 30 seconds per ankle. Then you continue up and stop the knees. You put them together and, as with the other exercise, you make circles. First to one side and then to the other side.

The third step is doing the same but with the waist and with the wrists. And then you move your fingers.

These are called articular movements.

In terms of muscular exercises, you will start stretching your calves. You put your foot behind the other.

Then you cross your legs and put one hand on your knee.

And you will continue by stretching  your arms and shoulders.

These ones are muscular streching and articular movements.

Then it’s the time for playing! (Specific warm up)

In pairs you will take a ball and start with the exercises. They consist of passing the ball doing the different types of hits, trying to combine different hits and not always doing the same hit. It will be perfect if, while you are doing this, you and your partner try to move along  the court. After 10-15 minutes doing this, you will make groups of 4 and, with a net, you will play two against two (remember that you must use the hits)

For the cool down, you will do the same as you did in the general warm up.

Geography (Unit X)

-Cereals: Grasses grown for the edible components to their grain.
-Mortgage: A loan to finance the purchase of private residential or commercial property.
-Speculation: Investment in stocks, property or other assets in the hope of gain, but with the risk of loss.
-Crop: A cultvated plant to be harvested as food, animal fodder, fuel or for any other economic purpose.
-Cultural heritage: The things, places and practices that define who we are as individuals.
-Domestic tourism: Tourism in which tourists do not leave their own country.
-Large-scale tourism:  Travel and accommodatio offered to large groups at affordable prices by tour operators.
-Tour operators: A company that combines tour and travel components to cater for large-scale tourism.
-High-speed rail: A type of rai transport involving high-speed trains.
-Recession: A business cycle contractio a general slowdown in economic activity.

Geography (Unit IX)

-Freight: Goods or produce transported by ship, aricraft, train, lorry or van.
-Flow: the movement of goods or money.
-Exports: goods or services that are sold outside the country where they are produced.
-Imports: goods or services that are brought into a country from abroad for sale.
-Balance of trade: the difference between the monetary value of the exports and the imports of a country.
-Retail: A type of trade in which businesses, such as shops, sell small quantities of goods directly to consumers.
-Wholesale: Trade in which buyers purchase large quantities of goods and sell them, in smalles quantities, to other companies. Individual consumers do not have access to these markets.
-Trade bloc: A group of coutries that join together to form an area with special trade regulations.
-Transport network: The connection of roads, railway lines, ports or airports that facilitate the transport of goods and/or people.
-Market: The meeting of buyers and sellers of goods and services. Markets can be tangible or abstract.
-Infrastructure: The basic physical and organisational structures needed for an economy to function.
-Trade: The buying and selling of goods to meet the needs of the population.
-Tourism: A sector dedicated to travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes.
-Public services: Services that cover the basic needs of the population and contribute to its well-being, such as education and healthcare.
-Private services: Services that are offered and managed by private companies.