SAYING

Meaning: People tend to tell this tipe of news quickly

Origin: Is an expression dating from 1600s and is considered one of the most commonly used American idioms. It implies that word of trouble travels much faster than news about good fortune. An American might say “I heard about you losing your job Jeffrey: It seems that bad news travels fast”.

DIVERGENT

Hi! The Wednesday 30 of April I went to Yelmo's cinema with my friends Lucia, Yoli, Sara, Juana, Silvia and Marina to saw Divergent a film taht is based in a book write by Veronica Roth. 

The Wednesday 30 of April was the firts day the we can saw the film in the cinema.

Before i watch the film i read the book and my personal opinion is that the book is quite better than the movie but the movie is also well done.

The film and the book are about a girl that her name is Beatrice, the actress is Shailene Woodley is living in Abnegation because her parents are from this place and now she have to choose one faccion of the five: Abnegation, Candor, Amity, Erudite, Dauntless. Because she have 16 years old and when you have this age you do something like an exam that will tell you for what factions you have aptitude, but then you can choose other although the test don't say you that you have aptitude.

This are the five facctions: 

Abnegation: the selfles people

Candor: the honest people 

Erudite: the inteligent people

Dauntless: the brave people

Amity: the peaceful peole

And she choose Dauntless and when she is in Dauntless she knows a boy that his name is Four, the actor is Theo James and they fall in love.

I enjoy a lot this day and although I like more the book than the film I recomended a lot!

Amnesty International reports “abuse” in sanctions against street protestors

Fines are already acting a deterrent against further demonstrations says human rights grou

The report concludes that “abusive use” of administrative and penal sanctions against protesters has already begun to put off citizens from taking to the streets.

“We have found clear evidence that the sanctions imposed on people for participating in acts of protest maybe deterring others from joining public demonstrations,” said the authors of “El derecho a protestar, amenazado” (or, The right to protest, under threat).

“Some people who have been especially active in these protests have been targeted on several occasions, to such an extent that they have run up debts or their own lawyers have recommended that they reduce their visibility in public activities,” reads the report.

The study also underscores “abusive use of force” by law enforcement officers, “degrading treatment” and attacks against journalists, as well as a lack of transparency in internal investigations. “Violations of human rights have been committed by members of law enforcement,” says the report.

Critics say that the legislation seems tailor-made for the Popular Party (PP) government to quell public displays of citizen discontent over its handling of the economic crisis and the corruption cases that have been surfacing regularly in the news.

EXCHANGE WITH FRANCE

This is a project that is done in my school every year with the third course of the ESO, Is a exchange with France specifically with Normandie, we go one week and then they come to Spain other week. This project works to know other cultures, in this case the French because it is the country where we travel. We travel all students of this course together but everyone go to one house, sometimes there are people that goes at the same house, or have two french like me, and everyone have a French girl/boy.

We have a book trip or something like that, there are two parts, when your are preparing the travel, that you have to write what are you going to go, what do you put in the baggage... and the second part is when you are in France that you put photos of your french girl/boy, of the french people that made your friends, of the family, of the school, of the house...and you write about the french culture, the food, the timetable,thing about the school, the place...  

her home.

We take the plane in the airport of Manises, when we arrive at Paris we take the bus to go to Trouville Sur-Mer, when we arrive we stop at the school and and there were all our French, to each one his French picked it up and brought him/

The days go so fast because we enjoy a lot and the french people was very friendly and we get so good with they, We go to parties and to the bowling alley, we had a really good time with the french people and now we miss they a lot!

My french girls are Louise Lebey and Capucine Boinet, I stay 3 days in one house and other 3 in the other house, first I stay in Louise's house and I dont like the house because it was very small and old house and the floor creak, but the food was very good. And the other house was all opposite but the food was very good too because they used a lot of cheese and I love it!About my french girls I get better with Capucine because she talks to me about things not only the necesary and Louise only spak me to say me the necesary but I dont get bad with she because she welcomed me into their home and she attend me good.

This is a video of my christmas.

GINGERBREAD COOKIES

One day of my christmas I made gingerbread cookies with my cousin Maria, I like a lot when we made cookies or candys like these because its funny and then we can eat. I enjoy a lot this moment beacause I like to spend time with my cousin Maria.

The process was this:

This is whe we are doing the dough.





This is when the cookies are cut but not baked

This is when the cookies are baked.











And this when the cookies are decorated.

INGREDIENTS

4 cups flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
2 teaspoons ground ginger
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1 cup butter at room temperature
1 cup brown sugar
1 large egg
1/2 cup honey or molasses

PREPARATION

1.MIx the flour, ginger, baking powder, cinnamon and cloves.

2.Beat the butter, which is at room temperature, with the sugar until it dissolves completely.

3.Incorporate honey or molasses and egg, and finally incorporate the flour mixture with spices. Mix well the two doughs.

4.Place the dough into a sealable plastic bag or in an airtight plastic container. Book in a cool place, but not in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours and up to 6 hours.

5.Stretch the dough and cut cookies using molds.

6.Bake at 180 degrees for 15 minutes.

7.Decorate to taste.

CHRISTMAS DAY

This day is other very important day. This day consists when you get up you have to have presents of Santa Claus in Spain“Papá Noel”.

I don't have any presents because my parents only give in the tree wise man.

This day I went to my grandmother's house at 1 pm to preparate the lunch and have lunch, of corse!

I was with my mother, my cousins, my ucles and my grandmother, I enjoy a lot this day because I stay with my family all together and it was nice.

The lunch was very good and I like a lot, but especially the first plate that was meat with baked potatoes and the dessert I love it!

Firts in the table was the starters and the table was like this photo

When we finish the starters, we ate the first plate that was meat with baked potatoes, it was really good.

And to finally the dessert was a puff pastry cake with nutella and buterfat ice cream inside, I love it!

When we finish the lunch my grandmother gave money to all, she give me to me this.

THE THREE WISE MAN

In Spain we celebrate this day, because is when the kings came to Spain. In all Spain has a ride with carriages, the people who are in the carriages, launch sweets, balls, games… For all the children’s that are there.

This day in Spain is always celebrated on 6 January that is when presents are given, but my mother this year celebrated on 5 at nigth and I did different this year, as my mother had hidden the presents at home so, I had to look for gifts that were hidden and when and when I found them could open it.

I'm very happy because I have really enjoyed all the gifts

HAPPY NEW YEAR'S EVE!

This day is very special in Spain and in the all world because the people changed the year, people before and people after, depends on the time zone. In Spain we celebrate this day about 00:00 o’clock eating 12 grapes. This day my friends of the school and I we decided to celebrate it celebrate all together.We went to Juana's house. We were 13 girls and we dinner in Juana's house, we buy a lot of pizzas for everyone and the party was in Juana's house, when we finish the dinner we take some photos. We ate the grapes and we made a toast to celebrate the arrival of the new year,we celebrated a lot!  After that we dance, sing and we did crazy things. Then we stay at the home talking about our stuff. After talking we went to sleep. I had a really good time with them. And I hope the next year be like this or better.

PRETTY LITTLE LIARS

Pretty Little Liars is my favorite serie, is addictive and I'm super hooked. I known the serie because a friend loves and taught me. There are four main characters, Hanna, Aria, Spencer and Emily.Pretty Little Liars tells the story of four teenage friends found a year after Alison, the leader of the group, disappeared mysteriously. All of them begin to receive signed by one "A" with secrets that only Alison knew, so they think their friend is playing with them, the problem comes when after finding his murdered body, the messages keep coming, it is clear that "a" is playing with them, she is willing to do anything for they do not know who is. The main characters are:   

Hanna Marin (Ashley Benson)

Aria Montgomery (Lucy Hale)

Emily Fields (Shay Mitchell

) 

Spencer Hastings (Troian Bellisario) 

Alison DiLaurentis (Sasha Pieterse) ) 

Here is a page where you can see all the series---> http://www.seriesyonkis.com/serie/pretty-little-liars

Here is a fan web page-----> http://prettylittleliarsfan.com/