Dorian Gray composition

"But your beauty won't last forever. When your youth goes, your beauty will go with it. Youth is the only thing that matters"

Is youth necessary? Are beauty and youth the only things that matters?

In my opinion, it's false. My grandmother is so happy with her life. She has a family, lots of friends and she knows that she can live in peace.
Firstly, I need to say that I'm not a pretty woman, but I'm still surviving. People speak a lot, always about others. They try to hurt them. This happens now ans a century ago.
Secondly, you shouldn't depend on something that you know it won't last forever, there are more important things than beauty, like love, in my point of view. Love's the most beautiful thing you could have in life.
In conclusion, your life could change with your point of view, with your mood to see everything. For me, in life, the most important goal is to be happy.

Friendship will never die.

Scenario: Two friends sit in a bank in front of the London eye.
Characters: Lily, Jenna

Lily: So have you made up your mine about doing your boobies?
Jenna: I don't know yet... The operation is so expensive, and you know.. I don't have much money now.
Lily: I don't think it's so important how you look, I love you the way you are.
Jenna: Suuuuuure, you say it because you have BIG boobs, you can't understand me!
Lily: Shut up slut! I love you and I hate this type of operations, you know what I mean.
Jenna: yeah... you're right, of course, you're always right... but.. you know, it's depressing.
Lily: Don't be like that, you've a gooood bottom, I want it and you know!
Jenna: excuses excuses, we aren't speaking about my ass, we're speaking about my SMALL tits.
Lily: Hey, hey, listen to me and shut the fuck up. Stop thinking about surgery and love yourself like I love you. I tell you this as a good friend, you know, if I don't like something about you, I say it.
Jenna: Sure, you don't understand it. Look at THESE.
Lily: What?
Jenna: THESE!
Lily: What's wrong?
Jenna: You know what's the matter!
Lily: I don't, they're beautiful.
Jenna: Yeah, a small beauty.
Lily: Enough.
Jenna: Not, not enough.
Lily: If Duchess of Alba is married, you can.
Jenna: Fuck off.
Lily: Don't be mean I'm just trying to help you.
Jenna: It's not helping at all. Please, Duchess of Alba? REALLY?!
Lily: C'mon, I was just kidding.
Jenna: I can joke too.
Lily: NOW it's enough.
Jenna: ok, ok, you win.
Lily: C'moooon, give me a big hug.
Jenna: Not.
Lily: I'll leave you here...
Jenna: ok, byeee bitch.
Lily: See you later!
Jenna: If you step one more time, I'll kill you.
Lily: Making you angry is a piece of cake! hahaha
Jenna: Oh Lily, stop. Please don't start that all over again.
Lily: Now tell me that you love me.
Jenna: mh... I love you and your sweets, give me one.
Lily: yeeey, you did it!
Jenna: yeah, yeah, I've did it so give me one!
Lily: You'll never change.
Jenna: And you love just the way I am

Dialogue:

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Pope Francis calls for power to move away from Vatican

Changes in the Vatican

5 words I didn't know

devolved away - transferit
bound - explotar
struck - adoptat
rekindle - revifar
outreach - projecció

Summary:

Papa Francis today submitted his own "Apostolic exhortation" where he speaks about do big changes in the system of the Papacy.  He explained his goals and said that the power of the Vatican has to be devolved away. He justifies his reasons saying that if the system remains as the last few years, everything can bound.
For last months during his bunch has struck a new point of view, totally different of the last one.
He's trying to rekindle people souls.  He's doing so good his missionary outreach so he's changing everything.

Opinion:

First of all I need to say ¡WOOW! What a change! Is so great that in the end we have someone who has the same ideas like the bast majority of the society!  Surprisingly he lives in our century!
Now speaking seriously, I think that he could change lots of things and rules, everyone need a big change, we need to rekindle our desire of keep walking, so many times we have our head in the sand, until we can't breathe.
Coming back to the point, I totally support his ideas, get ready..big changes are coming!:)

- Here is one of his speeches, you can see it!

Why even successful women are insecure about their looks

women insecurites

5 words I didn't knew:
retired - jubilat
upset - alterada

in-built - incorporat
scrutinised - examinades

Summary:

This news speaks about women insecurities, especially about Rebecca Adlington a retired Olympic medallist. The news tell us that the society is superficial and insensible, in the media a model were compared with Rebecca and the medallist got upset.  We have the in-built idea about beauty, and it's wrong. Also we have a subtle messages through the media everyday we're scrutinised by some men.

Opinion: 

First of all, I've chose this news because we just end the beauty topic in the college so I think that it could be interesting, and it is!
I think that our society has to change, it couldn't be so long like now. It's bad for lots of women, all of us have a soul, and it can be broken with bitter comments.
We need to change our in-built ideas and begin to assess the worth things. We have to elevate a woman who's a winner.
Girls, smile now and always, you all are better than a silly guy and his words.

Beautiful Disaster

Book review

Beautiful disaster speaks about Abby Abernathy. She was a bad girl called "lucky thirteen" because when she was only thirteen she started to play poker against the best players and she always won. But new she's a new girl beginning a new life, away from home. Abby doesn't drink and doesn't bed and she has a lot of cardigans in her closet.
But it can't be that good, when she starts her first year in the university, she meet Travis Maddox, the bad guy tattooed form head to toe, he fights in illegal university fights to pay his degree and everything becomes too familiar, he reminds her too much of her past, and she can't come back at the same life.
Travis is an exception in the university, he play with all girls, he doesn't want nothing serious with them, until he meets Abby, she's the first girl who doesn't lose his head when he appears, and it's new to him.
He started to speak because America, Abby's best friend, and Shepley, Travis cousin, are dating so they begin to go out together, and Abby starts a friendship with Travis.
They start to live in the same apartment because Abby's university residence hasn't hot water.

What began as a friendship, start to change, they both feel different things, they fell in love but they don't want to accept it, especially Abby, she think they can't be a couple. But with time and lots of share memories between them, they can't denied it more time.

After two months they're in a party and America warns Abby that her father's there. He's outside the house asking for she. He owes a lot of money and she has to go to Las Vegas, with America, Travis and Shepley to get it, but when they come back, everything's different between she and Travis, because he wants to working for Benny, she can't do nothing so she broke up with him.

After Christmas holidays everything has changed and she pass a bad two months because she still love him.

In Saint Valentine's party, she argues with him, but at the end of the night they're together again and they're the happiest couple in the university.
In the last Travis fight, he win it, but they're in an old basement with an old oil lights. With the movement of people one light falls to the ground and everything begin to burn... She can't get away there are too many people, and she's about to faint from smoke, when Travis come back to save her.

Finally... I'm not going to tell the end of the story, I think that it's the worst thing I could do, if you want to know it... so.. you can read the book, or of course, you can ask me!

There are a funny expression that I want to tell. For example in the story Abby calls America "Mare" and when she says good night often says "Night, Mare" joking with nightmares, and America gets angry, this made me laugh.

In my opinion it's a good story, a bit repetitive but It's enjoyable.
If you want to read Travis point of view and know more, you can also read: Walking disaster, it's also a good story!:)

EU warns Spain and Italy over their budget plans

EU warns

5 words I didn't know
has warned - ha advertit
muster - inspecció
tax and spending - despesa i impostos
debt - deute
such leniency - clemència

Summary:
European commission has warned Spain and Italy that their draft budget for 2014 may not comply the rules. It's the first time that the Commission does it.
French and Dutch plans passed the muster, bus Spain an Italy their tax and spending plans need a revise before sent them to the national parliaments.
Italy asked for leniency over its plans, the Commission refused it because their debt is still rising.
There are some countries in the EU at risk of breaking that rules.

Opinion:
Nowadays is hard to do something right in EU economy. It's sinking faster than what we can imagine. Many people have o put their best effort to get at the end of the month. Families with lots of debts and be unemployed. Everything is difficult when you can't get money to pay your meal.
But how people can overcome the crisis if taxes still rising? There are no way to rise our economy. We all have to save our money, and try to do our work better or start a new business, what we want if we can. The most important thing is WANT to do it, to change our luck.

Super-fan 2.0: Why loving One Direction can be hard work

1D fans world

5 words I didn't know
heart-throb - trencacors
relate - relacionar
spread - difondre
idolise - idolatrar
media - mitjans de comunicació

Summary:

The teenager SJ is one of the most famous 1D fans, the heart-throb boy band.  Her twitter account has more than 850.000 followers. She relate it's because she upload a lot of information about one direction and she speak about her followers and they spread her account ( STYLATORARMY ). In our years idolise a band is more than run behind them or scream in their shows. To be a good fan you have to follow their life with the media (twitter, facebook..). Their dream is to get a retweeted message or an answer about their idols.

Personal opinion:

People are getting crazy with this boys. I'm a directioner too, but I could do nothing to get they angry like steal their underwear. They should have a stressful life, lots of mentions on tweeter all day, people who follow them down the street, who scream their name in the middle of a shop. Lies that can broke up the relationship with their girlfriends... It has to be horrible.
I wish they could deal with this life without going crazy. They are amazing and their songs are more than cool. Here you can see the last one They're more than a boy band, they're the dream of  a million girls.

Self evaluation of my oral presentation

Presentation (10%): We used a prezi to support our oral presentation. Into the prezi there were some pictures to show better what we wanted to tell exctly, there also were key words to remember what we had to say.
Body language and eye contact (10%): I tried to look on the face of my audience while I spoke but I vas so nervous.
Structure (10%): We organized our ideas in order and we showed its in our index.  We started to introduction the concept of a stereotype. Secondly we spoke about the beauty myth and the stereotypes of beauty women. To sum up we tried to explain what are the most wanted features in a women for a man,  negative consecuences and, of course our conclusions. I think that our support was rather good, I liked it.
Content (35%): What can I say about that? I think that's a good topic to speak about, because it's so current, it's in all media and  the phisical is overrated.
Language (25%): I think that our language was quite good, we used too many specific words for this specific topic, and the words were a little strange for me. We used phrasal verbs and I think we tried to use some idioms, but I don't remember it. We sincerely tried to use different words because we know that we (especially me) use always the same type of phrases
Pronunciation (10%): I think that Tiziana's pronunciation was truely amazing! And...My pronunciation wasn't bad, I've so much to improve and learn I need to take it ease and go step by step
Final Mark: I think that a good mark for me will be an 8'7

I think I can improve lots of things about my presentation, like my eye contact or my body language but I NEED to improve my self-control and don't get me nervous. Leaving that aside everything was good!:)

Silly joke.

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