Usain Bolt

Was born on August 21, 1986 in Trelawng, Jamaica. Nicknamed "The Lighting" is a specialist in speed races, specifically in the 100 and 200 meters flat. Highlight of the other athletes for his physical with a heigh of 1´69 m and weighing 76 kg which gives it a more slender than the other athletes. Currently holds the other world record in the 100 meters flat, wich a time of 9´69 s, archived on August 16, 2008 at the Olympic Games in Beijing, China. It is the faster man ever at this time.

Chritsmas

Christmas is coming. Let´s sing a carol.

Jingle Bells

Dashing through the snow, in a one-horse open sleigh,
Over the fields we go, laughing all the way.
Bells on bob-tails ring, making spirits bright,
What fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight.

Chorus
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way!
O what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh.
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way!
O what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh.

A day or two ago, I thought I'd take a ride
And soon Miss Fanny Bright, was seated by my side;
The horse was lean and lank, misfortune seemed his lot;
He got into a drifted bank and we got upsot

(Chorus)

A day or two ago, the story I must tell
I went out on the snow, and on my back I fell;
A gent was riding by, in a one-horse open sleigh
He laughed as there I sprawling lie but quickly drove away

(Chorus)

Now the ground is white, go it while you're young
Take the girls tonight, and sing this sleighing song;
Just get a bob-tailed bay, two-forty as his speed
Hitch him to an open sleigh and crack! you'll take the lead

(Chorus)

Loreena McKennitt . Live in Concert 2008

Hello
how are you all ?
The summer is long and interesting in everiday events in music for example.
Take Loreena Mckennitt, who is from Canada, who came to Madrid for a concert and she is visiting different countries in Europe.

http://www.google.es/search?hl=es&q=Loreeena+Mckennitt&btnG=Buscar+con+Google&meta=



Enjoy it
Have a good summer
PedroJesus

How to learn a lenguage

MP3 para aprender lenguas. Video
Versión para imprimir

Maitena Susperregui y Antoine Bidegain nos resaltan los aspectos mas importantes de la experiencia de uso del MP3 para la enseñanza de las lenguas.
Fuente: Zibereskol
9 mayo 2007
http://www.aulaintercultural.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=15

Making friends

Hello every body
I wish you are doing well during this summer.
For those who think there is nothig else to do I would suggest this blog address
- http://wwwenglishinbrunete.blogspot.com/
www.learningenglishinbrunete.
I hope you find it useful. Enjoy it !

Kind regards
PedroJesus

Sorry you cannot have direct access. You have to type the address again

Here in summer

Summer is full of free time,
try Robert Frost and his poems


The Road Not Taken
American poet Robert Frost (1874-1963) reads "The Road Not Taken,"
Set in rural New England, Frost's poetry uses ordinary events and objects from his life in New England as metaphors for complex ideas and feelings.
"The Road Not Taken" presents the classic choice of a moment and a lifetime, Frost, who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1924, 1931, 1937, and 1943, described a poem as "a momentary stay against confusion".

The Road Not Taken
by Robert Frost


Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/192
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15717

Star Wars The New Hope

Star Wars the New Hope is one of the best science fiction films of history conceived by George Lucas in 1977.

Mark Hamill plays the part of Luke Skywalker; a farmer.

The story takes place in a Galaxy.

The film is about a robot who possesses a few planes stolen from a station of combat.

The acting in general is excellent. Harrison Ford is totally convincing as Han Solo and Carry Fisher makes a brillant Princes Leia.

The plot is a little difficult to follow and the dialogue is awful.

Another thing that I enjoyed was the soundtrack which is really great. This film is amazing. It made me think a lot.

I recommend to go and see it now!

Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton ( 4th January, 1643 - 31th March, 1727)

Was a scientist, physicist, philosopher, alchemist and an English mathematician. He´s the author of the " Principia ", where he describes the law of Universal Gravitation and he wrote basic ideas of Classic Mechanics.

Newton was the first that demostrated the natural laws that guide movement in the Earth and the one that guides the movement of celestial bodies is the same.

He is respected a the best scientist all the time and his work is the perfection of the scientific Revolution.

Among his scientific work stands up his discoveries that the spectre of colour can be seen when the white light goes through a prism. It is due to the light developed in a thermal conduction law He studies about sound speed in the air and his theory about the origin of the starts.

Something of my life, my area and my school

My name is Mario, I´m 18 years old and I like sport above all swimming and mountain bike.
I live in Madrid (capital of Spain), in Aluche area, althoug I lived in Carabanchel, both are beautiful districts. Aluche has got a great park, it has got nearly a forest its name is "Casa de Campo", interesting to practise sport.
My school is "Mariano José de Larra" (the name of a very important Spanish writer).
My timetable at school starts at 18:30 and finishes late at night about 22:30, we are just a few students in my class, but very friendly and with a very good sense of humour.
In the morning I have to work as a lifeguard in a swimming-pool, and I start at 10:30 a.m. and I finish 20:30.

Kind regards to all of you

My Summer

I want to do well in all my exams.
I´m going to Cadiz this summer, I´m so tired because of the exams and I need to rest and go to the beach .
I want to finish my classes and I want to enjoy myselft but I am sad because I will not come back to Larra School, and I will miss all my friends here, as I have spent four years in this school
I hope everybody will have fun during this summer!!


by: Eva Monleon

mariangeles

This year I had had a very stressful life, because it is the last year and I have to do well in all my exams. Sometimes I don't sleep well because I have to study and preparae all my exams.
I don't like studying Latin ... and I prefer to meet my friends and have a good time. But I can't always have a good time, I'm so busy.

I have met new people here and my class is very friendly.
Next year, I'm studying Bachillerato, it will be more dificult than the School, I guess.
So we have to enjoy this summer and then be ready for the next term.

So, bye bye





by: Mariangeles Sosa El Ashkar

Summer festival

The summer festival is usually held on holiday. So many people want to have a wonderful journey.

In my opinion, I do hope you can go to Japan. It is a country smaller than Spain and of course it is near the sea.It does have some beautiful sights, such as the maple trees and the hills.

I went to Japan with my family during the summer festival. I felt really excited watching the country from the plane. When we got to Japan the landscape was so beautiful. All of the maple trees in the park, -it was so beautiful-, that the leaves floated in the sky. It was amazing. The hill of Fushi is very famous and popular in the world. It´s very high and the top of moutain is covered with snow.What´s more, the flowers in February floated as snowflakes.This is the most beautiful of all.

If you go to Japan, you must go shopping in the malls, also you will see some interesting buildings. If you cannot go there, that would be a pity. Why not to go there?

If you are hungry, you can eat noodles in the small bars.That´s enjoyable.The soup is more delicious than noodles.You can try it.

If you are very tired with life, if you are sad with life, if you are busy with life, make a trip, you will enjoy your life, you will have a beautiful life. Not only you will have a good experience, but also you will increase your knowledge.That´s good to open your eyes in your life.

My Holliday

There are a lot of hollidays along the year. But the best I like is the summer. It is the season when the weather is hot, perfect to go to the montain wih my family or friends, and it is the longest, of course.
This summer I would like to go to Poland to see my family. I love to be there, in the montain, in the South walking under the tress all around me. The weather is not very hot there, but at least it is not cold, very different from the summer in Madrid.
I will go there with my family, but I want to spend some time with my friends too. It would be nice to go to the beach with them and stay under the sun, in the North in the Baltic sea.
But I can´t forget the place where I lived, wich is in the North, Kolobrzeg. In summer it is very quiet and it is perfect to stay with very few people who come from Germany, Spain, England...
Really I don´t know how is it going to be during the summer. The onley thing I want is to have a nice holliday with all my family.
Bye
By: Agnieszka

Madrid

El Pardo is
a very famous Palace in Madrid, its origin is a village. Later it began as a hunting area for Kings around the sixteenth century. Then they began to build houses which turned into a Royal Palace.

It was not until the nineteenth century when El Pardo became a place to be ocupied by common people and in 1950 it joined the city of Madrid.

The village contains a number of residential areas and royal gardens and several monasteries and chapels. His church is a sober and elegant classical style. Between 1940 and 1975, El Pardo Palace was the residence of the head of state Francisco Franco, but now it is a currently hosting palace for foreign heads of state visiting Spain.

The Retiro Park

It is a popular park located in the centre of the city. At the beginning it was a palace built by Philip IV and an area for the Royal family to enjoy. Now it belongs to everybody, especially on Sundays

Rubén Feito

My name is Rubén Feito, I´m Spanish and I was born in Madrid.
My everyday life is very simple. I wake up and have breakfast, then I go to the gym, becuase I want to become a professional training teacher. I usually study hard to prepare my exams. Then I have lunch at 3:00 p.m. And then I have to study harder before I go to school for the evening classes. I come back home at 10:30. Later I have supper and I have to study until I go to bed at 3:00 a.m approximatly. In my free time I´m a musician and I go out with my friends.
I have a lot of hobbies but music, and new technologies are my favourite.

ESTOPA

Estopa is a popular Spaish rock/rumba group from Cornellá, Spain. The band consists of two brothers, José and David Muñoz, who sing thinking about many kind of music including rock, rumba, and flamenco.
David Muñoz is the older brother, born in 1976. He is the leader singer and also plays sometime the guitar. He is married and has got a soon.
José Muñoz is the youngueest brother born in 1978. He plays the guitar and is the soloist.

His new single is
Cuerpo Triste

Saliste tú una mañana buscando tu colocón, a ver si caen por la cara unos cubatas de ron.
Y te encuentras tan solito, la gente te da de lao, yo te digo compadrito que te tienen colocao.
Y por contar tantas trolas eres famoso en el barrio, contando tantas milongas generas mil comentarios...
¿Dónde vas cuerpo triste?, por donde entraste saliste, ¿Dónde vas cuerpo triste...?
Ayer te vi colocado no me lo puedes negar (Ese Jose), no se quien te habrá fiado, alguien nuevo en el lugar.
Yo se que tú le pusiste tu mejor cara de actor, yo te digo cuerpo triste que no tienes salvación.
Y por contar tantas trolas eres famoso en el barrio, contando tantas milongas generas mil comentarios...
¿Dónde vas cuerpo triste?, por donde entraste saliste, ¿Dónde vas cuerpo triste...?¿Dónde vas cuerpo triste?, por donde entraste saliste, ¿Dónde vas cuerpo triste...?
Y ahora te andan buscando por beber más de la cuenta, vinieron dos preguntando mejor será que no vengas.
Vente cuando quieras pa' mi casa que yo te doy gloria, yo siempre te abro la puerta, que te has quedao en la parra.
Vente cuando quieras pa' mi casa, te estoy esperando, yo siempre te abro la puerta, yo se que tienes buen corazón... Cuerpo triste, ¿de dónde saliste?
Cuerpo triste, Cuerpo triste... Cuerpo triste, Cuerpo triste... Cuerpo triste... Cuerpo triste, ¿de dónde saliste? Cuerpo triste... ¿Dónde, dónde, dónde...?¿Dónde vas?

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=petLGu1teKc

Enjoy it.
Kind regards

Sonia

Madrid a multicultural city

Madrid Is a city where you can visit different places and museums, monasterios, and stadiums. One of the museums more visited is the the Prado Museum, that besides the Museum Thyssen-Bornemisza and the Museum Reina Sofía form the Triangle of the Art, meca of numerous tourists of all the world. Among the most important Abbeys are:

• Monasterio del Escorial.

• Monasterio de El Paular.

• Convento de Cabrera.

But if you ara interested about football you have to go to the Stadiums of Real Madrid and the Athletico as they are the most important football teams in Madrid. Do come to visit Madrid, it is a lovely city that you will certainly enjoy.

Jaime

MADRID

This is the Town Hall and Cibeles fountain is the most popular 'Plaza'

Madrid is the capital of Spain where you can visit many interesting places, like the Retiro Park, where everybody goes on Sundays, museums like that of Reina Sofia or The Prado Museum, where you can see lots of tourists and very interesting paintings. like those of Goya.
Madrid at night is very beautiful, where you can go out with your friends and have a nice time until late in the early morning.
There are plenty of Avenues, Paseos and Glorietas and main squares, like Plaza Mayor where every body meets to listen to modern and classical music. Madrid is all vitality and full of 'joy de vivre'.

Bye bye this time
Yuriy

Pros and cons of living in a big capital

Living in a big city has many pros and cons, but I think everything depends on each person.

From my point of view, I believe that the pros of living in a big city are, for example, that you have a lot of places where you can buy a lot of things, for example at H&M, Stradiarius, Bershka...

In a city like Madrid there are too a lot of schools and universities, and you don't have to travel to other towns to study. But the cons are that there is a lot of pollution and you can't enjoy the Nature.

In conclusion, for me is better to live in a big city, because there are more facilities.

Bye, till tomorroy

Festivities

In May and June it takes place a grat festivity in Aluche. There is a fun-faire and at night there are lot of concerts: for example Antonio Orozco who came to our district and is extraordinary. I ike his music a lot .
I usually go at 22:00 p.m. and I have dinner in the fair and later I go dancing with my freinds until early morning.
I love this time of the year because I meet my friends and it is summer.

Bye, bye from
Eva

is cycling a good sport for young people? (Marta)

Alcohol and sports are historically closely linked in Australia. Most major sporting competitions and team promote and advertise alcohol consumption and many sports clubs have a tradiction of heavy drinking. A large number of clubs depend on revenue from alcohol to finance club actuvities.
The good sports program is an initiative of the Australian Drug Foundation (ADF) to develop safer and healthier communities.
Evidence is growing which demostrates that community- based sports club contribute to alcohol problems by accepting and promoting excessive drinking and providing inappropriate role models for young people.

THE SCHOOL ( Paola)

My School is big, painted red and gray.
In the hall there is a picture of Mariano Jose de Larra. The name of my School comes from him. Next year we will celebrate the aniversary.
In the play ground there are football pitches, basketball and volleyball.
In my class most students are girls except four boys, all the students in general get on very well witch each other.

PAOLA

My city is Madrid

Madrid is a big city where you can see a lot of museums, scultures, and paintings... You can also visit villages and towns around Madrid. If you like football, you should visit all the stadiums.

You can enjoy your free time in pubs at night. This city, is a multicultural town. Et night you can walk along beatufil streets in Madrid.There are a lot of fountains like Neptuno, Cibeles where Real Madrid celebrate all its victoriesand football cups. There are lots monuments and monasterios too. In my opinion, Madrid is one of the most beautiful and friendly citis in the world.

My life

My name is Jaime. I am 17 years old and my birthday is on 25 on December. I am tall and thin. I have got brown eyes and brown hair. I have got a young brother and an older brother. My young brother is 9 years old and his name is Javier and my older brother is 22 years old and his name is Adrian. I like playing football and basketball. I don´t like dancing. Every day I go to school at 8:30 and I leave at 2:20. Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday and Thursday I practise football in my school. My hobby is reading stories and adventure books because I want to enjoy them. I want to speak with different people. Good bye.
Jaime

SaNdRa

Living in a Madrid is very interesting as you can see different places the Retiro Park, is in the centre of the town, the Museum Reina Sofia, is in Atocha, the Prado Museum, Cibeles fountain...where the Real Madrid football team meats every time they win a afootball cup. There are also lots of restaurants Casa Paco, Montaditos.., if you come to Madrid, don't miss it. There are supermarkets, and popular shopping centers, El Corte Inglés, Tres Aguas... I go there very frequently.
If you live in a big town, it is easier to find a job in the important sectors that operate in here. But it also has its disadvantages. There are a lot of pollution, because of the trafic jams, there is also violence, sometimes..., despite of that Madrid is very quiet and friendly city.
If you live in your home town, life is more quiet because there isn´t so much traffic jams or pollution, but if you want a job you have to come into town. The food is natural and healthy, and houses ara cheaper in the country.
But, in my opinion, I prefer living in a city because there are more opportunities to get a job soon here.

Bye, till next week

Sandra

DANIEL

I don´t like very much studying ; but I am a very hard working person and I try to do my best.

I am glad to study in this school because I like the teachers and the classmates.

This school is in the area of Aluche in Madrid . Near the school there is a big park and its name is Arias Navarro, known as ' parque Aluche' which has a lot of exotic trees and an artificial lake.

Marta

I live in Madrid, in Aluche. I'm going to Larra School from 8:30 a.m. until 14:20 p.m
On Fridays, I have an English class with Pedro Jesús.
Before, most of us did examinations on Friday, until now we have had exams in two different days.
Other times, we will use the site www. ego4u.com in the computer to practise or we keep on writing on the web address http://ieslarrascorner. blogspot.com .This is our blog.


Marta.

DAVID

I am David.I was born in Madrid, and I am eighteen years old. My hobbies are football, cars and music. My soccer team is Real Madrid, and in formula 1 I always see to Fernando Alonso. My school is big, it has got a parking for the cars and a court with tracks to play football, basketball or volleyball, and beatuful gardens. The School has three different floors and there are ten classes on each, eight big ones and two small. We have also a Computers Lab that I like very much.

My neighbourghood is quite big. It has an artificial lake that crosses the whole park of Aluche. The park of Aluche is very big and divides the district in two. In the park you can see plentyof people because there is a river, many trees and plants, and also basketball and football pitches full of young people playing sports.
Next day, I will tell you other aspects of our district.
Bye, bye for now
David

Autobiography to be continued.... (Sara)

- My mice Arya and Nymeria are dead : ( they were only two 2 years old..).

- I adopted another mouse "Imala" is a white mouse

- The other day I had two black kitten "Grian and Láidir" they have to be fed from a feeding bottle because their mother lost the milk.

To be continued....

SPORTS AND VIOLENCE (BY SANDRA PALOMERO)

At present the violence in sport is very frecuent in our society. First, the increase of violence causes the children to be accustomed to it and they become violent. Second, the violence in competitive sports with aggressive tactics causes aggressiviness both by athlets and spectators.
On the other hand, some sports need aggressiviness, but without expecting to be as violent, as rugby, football or basketball or hurting players and spectators.
Finally, violence in sport is bad because it also causes violence, and hurt other people.

SANDRA PALOMERO

Paola

Hello my name is Paola. I am 15 years old and I live in Madrid in the neighbourghood of Aluche. In Madrid I can see very interesting things like parks, his museums like the museum of Reina Sofia or The Prado where you can see pictures very interesting like the Cubistas or the famous picture of the Guernica. In Madrid at night it is the best when you go out with your friends to have a drink and you have a good time. Well I hope you have a good time reading my blog.

Ciao

Miriam (my English class)

In our English class I sit for a test every Fryday. Our teacher brings us exercises to be done in the blackboard, or in a photocopy. Sometimes we go to the Computers Lab and do grammar exercises, in the web page www. ego4u.com It is great to work there.
Simple exercises:
Present simple and Present continuos:
I live in Madrid
I´m travelling by coach.
Comparatives and superlatives
My house is smaller than yours.
In the class I keep come vocabulary from the book.
The parts of the body, and the computer

Marta and Lucia

My name is Marta. I'm 15 years old. I have got a sister, and her name is Lucia. I have lived in Madrid since I was born.
I have been in Larra's school sice 3ºE.S.O. Prevoiusly, I had been to another school, where my sister is going now. My favorite subjects are sometimes maths.
To tell the truth I haven't got a favorite subject.
I like meeting my friends, dancing, listening to music...
I'm looking forward to the summer to go on holidays.
The best thing is to do well in all the subjects.


Marta.

Fanny Larra

Hi!My name is Fanny and I´m 17.I live in Madrid, where is my institute Mariano José de Larra. I love my city, in my opinion is really beautiful and fantastic and there are a lot of things to see and do. In my free time I like listening to music, specially flamenco, watching the Real Madrid on TV, meeting my friends...
Well I wait your answer! Bye!

My hobbies.

Helo !

My name is Yuriy. I am from Ukraine but I live in Madrid. I am 16 years old. I am studying History, Mathematics, English. I like playing football, basketball and listening to music. I don´t like reading. My hobby is playing in my Play Station and sometimes I go out.

Congratulations

I am really glad to see your participation in our School blog. That way other students from different nationalities know about you. This is the best way to use your English language, to let them know about your interests and plans.
It is really interesting how well you cooperate with our school proyects. I do hope you will be on it till the end of the term.

Good luck in your final examns
PedroJesus

Desirée IES Larra

Hi! My name is Desirée and I´m fifteen.I´m from Spain and I live in Madrid. I really love my city! Is so beautiful and there are a lot of things to see and do. There are a lot of monuments, like The Cibeles and many museums like The Reina Sofía or El Prado, where you can learn a lot. If you want to go out with your friends there are a lot of pubs too. I´m studying at Mariano José de Larra institute which is in Aluche.In my free time I like to play the piano, watch TV and meet my friends and go to the downtown with them.

Best wishes!!

Desirée.

Adriana ieslarra

My name is Adriana, I'm fifteen. I'm from Spain and I live in Madrid, it's a fantastic city because ther're a lot of monuments, for example, the Cibeles, the royal Palace, the Main Square...There're also a lot of universities, shcools...I'm studying at Mariano José de Larra, it's in Aluche. I'm in the fourth course, to my piont of view it's a good School, I like it!. In my free time I like going to Aluche park and the downtown, there're beautiful places, too!



Best wishes,



Adriana

avila

Hello!!!My name is Alberto, I am sixteen, and I am tall and thin. I live in Madrid and I go to school in Aluche. I play in a football team and I love it. The weekends I go to my village in Avila. My hobby is practice karting. When I go to my village, I go out with my friends at night and I have a motorbike in my village. I like listening techno music.

Hello! My name is Sonia. I am eighteen years old, and I am from Spain, Madrid.
I am studying in Mariano José de Larra. My favourite subjects are Maths, Music and Art.
My hobbies are listening to music (Estopa, Jere, El canto del loco, and many more), watching tv and going out with my friends.

My Life

My name is Sandra.
I live in Madrid since 1991.
I live in the distrit of Aluche.
I go to Larra's school.
I have got a sister. Her name is Gemma. My sister goes to Larras school too.
I like meeting my friends, listening to music (Boikot, Reincidentes, El último ke zierre, Los muertos de cristo...).
In July I will go to a concert...then I will go on holiday.

May the 20th

Dear fellow students,

Have a chance to write those who want to know about you. Try to be kind to them and discover together new adventures. Travelling to Poland, making new friends in the North of Europe, then England, Bulgaria... inviting them to share your hopes and experiences, opening the frontiers to a new world.
Then other friends will share your hobbies, your taste of music, reading, cinema and languages. Don't stay at home just watching TV. Create new liks of friendship with those students who are similar to you, opening your mind to new languages and, in the near future, travelling all over Europe, enjoying new landscapes, sharing new thoughts and ... hopes.

It is up to you.
Kind regards
PedroJesus

The 18th of May.

Hello everybody,
after this long staying at school, it is time we keep our Blog running.
We have to write as a homework 1. something personal about ourselves, 2. about our school and 3. about our district.
So please, encourage your selves to make friends through your blog and send some messages to other students who are waiting for you and your e-mails in Poland, Germany, Bulgaria, and England.
We all want to know about your interesting experiences.
Kind regards
PedroJesus