ENGLISH PROJECT 1

ABOUT MY TOWN                                                                                            

Banyoles is a city in Catalonia the north-west of Spain. It’s got a population of about 18,780, and there a lot of tourism here. For tourists there is the Lake, the neolithic park of la Draga, the wall, the Darder museum, and there are a lot of restaurants and hotels.

THE LAKE             

Is the first largest natural lake in Catalonia and the main sign of identity and origin of the town. It measures approximately 2150 m long. At the 1992 there were the Summer Olympic Games in the lake, there were 14 rowing races.

NEOLITHIC PARK OF LA DRAGA 

The neolithic park of La Draga. The site of La Draga was discovered in April 1990 and belongs to the Neolithic, some 7,000 years ago.This is the only prehistoric neolithic park of Banyoles.

DARDER MUSEUM   

Darder Museum is one of the oldest of the region. In 2007 the museum open. Is a place for visit with family an collections of natural history a part dedicated to explaining the the Lake of Banyoles.

SAINT MARTIRIÀ'S DAY     

Every year there’s a big celebration in Banyoles. It’s called St. Martirià’s Day, he is the patron saint. It is in October. On this festival the people go to the fair, see the giants, and go to fireworks…

SAINT GEORGE DAY                                                                                        

Another celebration in Banyoles is St. George, he is the patron saint of Catalonia. Held on April 23^th. On this day, tradition is that boy giving a rose to the girl and the girl the boy a book.

CROSSING 

A year in Lake Banyoles has been made across the pond, which this year celebrated its 68th edicion Has been a total of 2,138 athletes have been thrown into the lake.

MARIA SHARAPOVA

Maria Sharapova full name is Maria Yuryevna Sharapova. She was born on 19^th April 1987 in Nyagan, Russia. She's 1 meter 88 centimeters tall. She's slim and she's got blond long hair and green eyes.

Maria start playing tennis when she was four years old, and he became professional when he was only fourteen years old.

Maria won her fist big trophy, the Wimbledon championship in 2004.

MAKE SUGGESTIONS

Jake     What's the matter, Tina?

Tina      I think we're lost. I can't find the museum on the map.

Jake     Oh, great! What are we going to do?

Tina      Why don't we find a taxi?

Jake     I'm not sure about that.

Tina      Well, let's ask someone.

Jake     Tht's a good idea! Excuse me!

PARIS

Paris is a big city in the north of France. It's the capital of France. It is located on the river Seine. Has 12.089.098 of population and is one of the most populated metropolitan areas in Europe. Paris was the largest city in the Western world for about 1,000 years, prior to the 19th century, and the largest in the entire world between the 16th and 19th centuries. Paris is today one of the world's leading business and cultural centers, and its influences in politics, education, entertainment, media, fashion, science, and the arts.

Paris receives around 28 million tourists per year, the tourists visited museums, monuments, the Eiffel Tower, the Disneyland Paris Park, the Arc of Triumph…

All sites are very interesting and suitable for people of any age.

I visited this city for 5 years ago.

A CARD

Dear Sir Ector,

I want to tell you about my difficulties at Camelot,my ride in the forest and my meeting with Sir Pellinore and what happened.

Problems at Camelot: Some noblemen of my court are causing trouble, because they do not want to obey a young king. Also I have to fight against enemies from other lands. The Saxons are very bad.

Ride in the forest: I like riding my horse in the forest and look for adventures.

Meeting with Sir Pellinore and what happened: One day in the forest when I was riding my horse I saw a fountain. Near the fountain there was Sir Pellinore. I could not go past the fountain, and I had to fight with him. During the fight my sword broke and Merlin appeared and said: I was the king and Sir Pellinore stopped the fight.

This is all for now,

Good bye!

Arthur.

TALK ABOUT PAST EVENTS

Jake       Hi, Laura. Did you have a good weekend?

Laura    It was OK. I bought a new game. I played it all weekend.

Jake       You played a video game all weekend?

Laura    Yeah. What about you? What did you do?

Jake       We went to the match.

Laura    That's cool. Was it good?

Jake       Yeah. Why don't you come with us next time?

Laura    OK. Why not?

TALK ABOUT A TRIP

Jake     Hi, Tina. How was your trip?

Tina     Great, thanks. I visited my uncle and then I travelled to London.

Jake     Really? Wat was London like?

Tina     It was cool. The shops were amazing.

Jake     Only the shops?

Tina     No, there were a lot of thing to do. My favourite place was Covent Garden.

Jake     Well, it's good to see you again.

Tina     Yes, it's good to be back.