Marlenne+Vasquez

= INTRODUCING MYSELF =

==== Hello! My full name is Marlenne Viridiana Vasquez Lopez, some people call me Marly for short. I haven't any nickname. I have a brother called Jonathan and another called Daniel. I had a cat named Pantera. ==== ==== I'm nineteen years old. I'm studying administration. I was born in Tlatelolco. My birthday is on January, 16th. My address is 4, on 1º May street in G.A.M. I like reading. I read classic and detective novels. I don't like going to the cinema but there are some movies which I like. I like cats but I haven't one and I love to do exercise because I think it is very important for my health. ====

One of the most important people for me is my younger brother. His name is Gilberto. He loves playing soccer. He is tall and thin. He has short, black and curly hair and his eyes are brown.
==== My family is big. I have three brothers. Two of them are older than me and another is younger. I don't have any relatives that are living in another country. I'm in touch with some them. I lost touch with my grandparents when I was five years old. We are out of touch now. In my family there aren't reunions because everyone is very busy. ====

My ambitions are:

 * ==== Work in a bank as CEO and ====
 * ==== Found my own company. ====

= EVALUATION =

==== I think I'm good at understanding reading texts but I need to learn more words in inglish to expand my vocabulary. I have problems to understand the listening passages and pronouce some words. Therefore, I have to practice more in speaking and I don't have many problems at grammar. ====

= GRAMMAR =

I read some newspapers and megazines in english and I check how to write some words that I don't know.
= SPEAKING PAGE 17 = ==== I'm going to write about a good teacher who taught me. I learned many things in his classes. His name is Ricardo. He's a history teacher at high school. He's forty years old. He has a small family. He is tall and slim and He has short, black and straight hair. ====

= REPORTS =

Report about Ingrid.
==== Ingrid' s family is big. She has a brother and a sister. Both are younger than her. She hasn't any relative in another country. She frequently visits her grandparents. Her family has some reunions, especially when there is a celebration, like birthdays, mother's day, Christmas or New Year. ====

= KITCHEN TIPS =

His favourite drink is seven-up. I like this drink too.


= DISHES = ==== I'm going to write you about chocolate cake. I love to eat it because it's my favourite dessert and I like chocolate. I have never cooked it but my aunt is an expert cook it. She prepares chocolate cake in my birthday or my older brother's birthday. ====

Ingredients are:

 * ==== flour ====
 * ==== 5 eggs ====
 * ==== two cups of sugar. ====
 * ==== 45 gr of cocoa. ====
 * ==== a glass of milk. ====
 * ==== two bars of butter. ====
 * ==== a little of vanilla. ====
 * ==== a little baking powder. ====

5. Finally, pour the blend in a mold and put it in the oven for thirty or fourty-five minutes.


= EATING =

Marlenne: Yes. I eat French fries or vanilla ice-cream.
= INVICTUS =

Mandela is an enthusiastic and good person because he tries to improve his country and help people.
= INSPIRING PEOPLE =

2. He did a helpless land distribution.


= ENERGY REFORM =

Advantages:

 * ==== In the future, people will pay less for the electricity. ====
 * ==== Oil production will increase. ====
 * ==== Imports of gasoline and oil will reduce. ====

Disavantages:

 * ==== Energy reform will bring benefits to long-time. ====
 * ==== PEMEX Privatization. ====

= Reforming PEMEX: Awaking the Mexican Bronco =

In this actitivity everyone had to choose a paragraph and write a summary about it in spanish.
Paragraph six

==== Emerging from eight months of discussion within the Pacto are proposals for energy reform from each of the major parties, the governing PRI, the center-right PAN and the left PRD. All agree that PEMEX and CFE should be reformed to clean out corruption and to lower costs. However, there is no agreement on how PEMEX should be structured to lower its outstanding debt and to operate as a profit making enterprise. ====

Summary:
==== En la discusión que se llevó a cabo en el Pacto, los representantes de los principales partidos políticos estuvieron de acuerdo en que se deben reformar PEMEX y la CFE para poder eliminar la corrupción existente en estas instituciones. Sin embargo, no saben cómo realizar ese cambio. ====

= PRESENT PERFECT AND PERFECT CONTINUOUS =

We're probably talking about their problems.


= EDUCATION REFORM =

Our country need a change but education reform doesn't help us because it attack the symptoms and not the root causes of the education problem.
= A SHORT STORY =

==== As she was looking at the photograph, she was certain she saw the eyes move. She told her family what happened but they didn't believe her. She was looking at the photograph again. Suddenly it started to talk and pronounced her name. She screamed and ran around her house. Days later she was crazy. ====

= USED TO =

I used to play the guitar every day.
= PULQUE =

In the past, people who used to visit pulquerías were elder people, by contrast, today younger people visit them.


= UTOPIA =

We will live in peace with our neighbors.
= VOCABULARY FROM "HUNGER GAMES" =
 * ==== grim: looking or sounding very serious ====

Eg. She has a grim look.

 * ==== stuff: used to refer to a substance, material, group of objects, etc. when you do not know the name, when the name is not important or when it is obvious what you are talking about. ====

Eg. chairs were covered in some sort of plastic stuff.

 * ==== narrow: measuring a short distance from one side to the other, especially in relation to length. ====

Eg. In some cities, there are narrow streets.
= HUNGER GAMES =

A scary scene was when the players started to kill each other.

Katniss: Loyalty, slidarity, intelligence and bravery. Peeta: Love, friendship and protection. Rue: Love, loyalty, friendship and confidence. Gale: Protection Haymitch: Intelligence

12. You could hardly see them because...they were just huddled in balls and had no wood for fires or torches or anything. (p. 39, Marlenne)

13. The awful thing is that if …I can forget they're people, it will be no different at all. (p. 40, Marlenne)

14. But I’ve had a lot of …practice at wiping my faceclean of emotions and I do this now. (p. 40, Marlenne)

15. I immediately wonder …if this will be his strategy in the Games. (p. 40-41, Marlenne)



= REPORT OF PARTNERS =

Marlenne and Luis Tepox.
==== We talked fifteen minutes before English class about some things what we did last weekend. Luis told me that he went with his friends, studied for static exam and he accompained his mother and sister to go shopping. I told him that I visited my aunt, read a interesting book and studied for direction exam. ====

For we this activity was important because we could practice our pronunciation and we learned some new words.
= CELE-CEPE EXCHANGE =

Report about the first session
==== I had a good experience because I could meet foreign people and know a little about their customs. I met Mathew who speaks Spanish very well. He practices spanish every day to communicate with Mexican people. Besides, I learned new words. ====

I learned different expressions like “as cool as cucumber”, “all at sea”, make a storm in a teacup” and other. I talked with Mathew. He told me that:

 * ==== In US, now young people live with their parents because there are many economics problems in his country and He can´t live alone. ====
 * ==== His favorite place in Mexico is Zócalo and he wants meeting different places. Next weekend he’s going to visit Oaxaca with some his friends. ====

For the third session I would like to talk about:

 * ==== How people entertain in their free times in other countries. ====
 * ==== How the educate system is in other countries. ====

What did you learn about Korea?


= E-MAILS FOR PARTNERS =

Hi, Carlos.
==== How are you? I’m writing to you because I want to invite you to go to the cinema. There are many movies that we can choose to see. You decide what day and what cinema we’ll go. Another option, we may go to cineteca which is in Coyoacan, there is an interesting film called “the reasons heart”. ====

Regards
= HEALTH =

Hello César:
==== I'm sorry but I won't be able to go to your birthday party. I have a fever and I can't do some activities. I went to the doctor this morning and he told me that I should stay in bed and take some aspirines. I hope I will be better tomorrow. ====

I go for a check-up with my doctor once a month.


= Writing page 59 =

I love playing sports, unfortunately for different reasons I haven’t been practicing them. I enjoy running in the park because it is very relaxing for me. I’m bad at swimming because I have never learned to swim very well. I used to play soccer, but I haven’t had much time to play it. Now, reading is my favourite leisure. I hate cooking.

QUESTIONS Why do you hate cook? Who cook at your home? What is your favourite Mexican soccer team? Why?

I love playing sports, unfortunately for different reasons I haven’t been practicing them. I enjoy running in the park because it is very relaxing for me. I’m bad at swimming. I have never learned to swim very well. I used to play soccer, but I haven’t had much time to play it. My favourite Mexican soccer team is Tigers because I think it’s a good team and I love tigers. Now, reading is my favourite leisure. I hate cooking because for doing this activity you need to have patience and I’m so impatient. I prefer helping in another activity in my home. My mother usually cooks. I sometimes help her.

= SUPERLATIVES =