Personality Adjectives - Translations

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Traducción Adjetivos Personalidad

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LEARNING PERSONALITY ADJECTIVES

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A Biography by Núria Sans

                                                        A Biography: Rigoberta Menchú

Rigoberta Menchú, one of the most influential women in South America, was born on January 9, 1959 in a poor indegenous family of the K'iche'ethnic group in Laj Chimel, Guatemala. Menchú worked as a child in the field like her parents and received a primary-school education in several Catholic boarding. Since childhood she knew injustice, discrimination and exploitation at which Indians of Guatemala, who lived in extreme poverty, were subjected.

Her adolescence was marked by the death of her brother, her father and her mother by the army of the country. After that,she worked as an activist campaigning against human right violations committed by the Guatemalan armed forces during the country's civil war, which lasted from 1960 to 1996. She is algo know for her struggle for the situation od indiginuos women in Latin America. She was exiled in Mexico to escape from repression. Soon afterwards she wrote her first book about her biography, called " Me llamo Rigoberta Menchú y así me nació la conciencia" ( My name is Rigoberta Menchú and this is how my conscience was born)

Actually, she is 56 years old and she lives in Guatemala again. The latest biographical data I want to mention is that she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992 for being the voice of indiegenous people. What I admire most about her is her willpower, her courage and her ability to overcome, and that has even more valuable in a place where the woman is undervalued.

                                                                                                                               Núria Sans Hermoso

A for and against essay by Núria Sans Hermoso

Girls and boys should be taught separately

It seems that nowadays the number of single-sex schools are increasing. Most of them are catholical and they usualy are supported by rights policy. This topic has been a reason of controversy in the world of education. However, there are arguments both for and against it.

One of the main advantatges of the separated school seems to be that firls can develop their habilities and talent more easily, without teh company of men. Another argument in favour of the single-sex schools is that the boys or girls show more effort. Furthermore, some investigations believe that the development of some habilities and the way how boys and girls learn are different. Moreover, pupils are not underpressure because of the sex they are.

On the other hand, those who approve the idea of mixed schools, defend that in this kind of education, students can learn from each other, and then they will be more prepared for a real world were  both sexes live together and cooperate in different situations.

 To sum up, I would say that althought boys and irls have a different learning pace and there are not pressure for the sexy ou are, I feel strongly that girls and boys must be thogether in shools learning together.

                                                                                                                      Núria Sans Hermoso

Complaint letter by Núria Sans Hermoso

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Customer Services Departament
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Dear Sir/ Madam
I am writing to complain about some that I bought last week, specifically, my mobile phone from your Internet site <<Go to start now >>

I bought a mobile phone with the appropriate battery. On the first and second day it worked perfectly, but on the third day it started to go very slow. On the third day the mobile phone couldn't open all the applications that it had, for exemple: the camera. The following day I could only call, but not to all the telephone numbers of my mobile's agenda, just a few ones. This morning, when I wanted to call a friend, I realized that the mobile screen was all black. It looked like it was giving signs but the screen didn't work so at the end, I couldn't do anything with the phone. I thought maybe it was a battery's problem, but when I try to use the telephone again the battery didn't work either! I was schocked because it was very expensive mobile and so you expect the best quality of it.

I would like to express my dissatisfaction about your customer services departament . I called them in order to discuss the situation, but I received no apology for them and I was not offered a refund. To make matters worse, the said I must have broken it myself ! An embarrassin situation that I didn't want to repeat any more.


I would be grateful if you could look into the matter urgently.
Thank you for your help with this matter.
Yours faithfully.

Núris S. H.

Núria Sans Hermoso
                                                 

A biography by Tània Faura

Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi was born, 24 June 1987, in Rosario, Argentina to a working class family.
His father was a factory steel worker, and his mother a cleaner.

He began playing from an early age, and his talent was soon apparent. However, at the age of 11, Messi was diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency (GHD). This was a condition that stunded growth, and required expensive medical treatment, including the use of the drug Human growth hormone.

Local Club, River Plate was interested in signing Messi, but didn't want to pay for his medical treatment. However, Messi was given a trial with Barcelona, and Carles Rexach was impressed-offering Messi a contract which included paying for Messi's treatment in Spain.
Messi moved to Barcelona with his father and became part of the prestigious FC Barcelona youth academy. What I admire most about him is his fighting spirit and his sacrifice to football.

A for and against essay by Guillem Roset

Boarding schools help students achieve better results in education

A recent study by the University of Cambridge, says that the students that course their studies in Boardings Schools achieve better results that the students from the ordinary schools. However, there are both positive and negative aspects of Boarding School.

One of the main advantatges is that in Boarding Schools, the classes are more relaxed and calm than in ordinary schools because the teachers are more strict with their students. Another argument in favour of Boarding Schools is that the students they have a lot of time to dedicate exclusevily to their studies.

Despite this advantatges, the boarding schools there have also disadvantatges. The main disadvantatge is that the students that atend in it, they can miss their families. Another drawback of boarding schools is that the students don't have the liberty to do what they like. It is well known that some students have experienced unhapinnes or even depression as a consequence of staying in that type of schools. 

To conclude, althought Boarding Schools help students achieve better results, this schools can also be a cause of unhappines because the students don't have any social life and any contact with the real world.