COMMENT 7

 Mario Bros is one of the games that I played the most when I was a kid. When I was five years old my parents gave me a Nintendo DS with Mario Games, I loved playing although with age I have been playing other games.

Mario Bros is known as the most famous plumber in the world. His games are about rescuing Princess Peach, who is kidnapped by Bowser. It seems like an easy game but it isn´t because it has so many phases and they are getting more and more complicated.

This games is close to its 40th birthday and is still one of the most played games in the world. It´s so famous that it has an international day which is 10th March.

COMMENT 6

I was on the desert with my friends, it was a sunny and hot day.

Suddenly, one of my friends says that we hadn´t got any water. Imnediately some friends were screaming. I was very nervous because we haven´t any water.

Fortunately, one friend told me the idea of calling a rescue helicopter. While I was calling the rescue helicopter, my friend searched the location and we told them about it.

Finally, the rescue helicopter came and we were safe. 

WRITING 05

 A DIFFICULT PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

One summer afternoon I was with my family in the small boat that we have, we normally sail to La Herradura, but that day my father decided to go further.

We were sailing when my father realized that something was happening to the engine and we decided to turn around.

Suddenly the boat stopped and there was smoke in the engine, my mother started crying and I was very scared.

My father had to call the emergency, we were all very nervous because we didn´t know if the ship could sink.

It hadn´t been a long time since we called the emergency when the recue boat arrived. We get on, I was helping my father to get things.

Since then we have decided not to go that far.

WRITING 04

 TALKING ABOUT A  DIFFICULT SITUATION

John: Hi Mary! What are you doing?

Mary: I think I have lost my maths work, I had it on my pendrive and I can´t find it.

John: How about looking in your bag and your pencilcase?

Mary: That´s a great idea!

John: If we can´t find it, how about going to your room to look for it?

Mary: I can´t because now I have to go to private maths classes.

John: What about looking there?

Mary: Fantastic! We will go.

John: If it isn´t there, then talk to the teacher and explain what happened to you.

Mary: I can´t, I´m afraid that he will fail me.

John: Don´t worry I can go with you.

Mary: Great. I´d love to.

COMMENT 5

 Technology is very important in our lives. Can it be used to stop climate change?

Climate change is a threat to our planet, but we´re in time to stop it with different methods.

Solar energy and wind energy could be used to control emissions from power plants. Here in Spain we have many hours of sunshine that can be used.

Yerterday I heard on television about the possibility of placing photovoltaic panels in houses and in this way they could be self-sufficient with electricity without resorting to large companies. That´s a great idea.

Technology is helping us to have more electric cars and in a few years the car as we know it today will disappear.

This is just a small contribution from technology for sure there will be more in the future.

COMMENT 4

 Water is the most important natural resource on our planet. Due to climate change there are more and more droughts in different parts of the planet.

Here in Spain it rains less and the reservoirs or dams are capacity.

This water shortage can lead to illness because people drink contamined water. Our seas and rivers are also polluted due to garbage. I know a person who does scuba diving and he has told me that the seabed of our coast is full of waste. Sometimes he organizes groups to clean the seabed.

If we don´t remedy all this, the water will be increasingly scarce and a time will come when we don´t have water for our basic needs. We must all help.

COMMENT 3

 I believe that Pau Gasol is the best Spanish basketball player in history. At just 21 years old he was chosen to play for the Memphis Grizzlies. This was historic because since Fernando Martin left in 1985, no Spanish had ever played in the NBA.

He has had a successful NBA career winning two rings. With the Spanish team he has won a World Cup, several medals at the Olympic Games and three European Championships. An impressive record.

But what I like the most about Pau Gasol is his way of being, he is a caring, humble and hard-working person. With his retirement a new stage begins.

WRITING 03

 EMAIL

Hi Emil,

I haven´t heard from you for a long time. Good to read you again.

I live in a village in the south of Spain, called Salobreña. The good thing about my village is that the temperature is good all year round. There is a beach and during the summer you can do different activities, we have  tropical foods such as mango and avocado. We also have an Arabe Castle that you can visit all year round. The bad thing about this village is that there isn´t much work.

During the winter I like walking and in the summer I like going the beach because I love diving.

The weather in winter is pleasant because it is mild and it hardly ever rains. In the summer it´s hot but the temperatures aren´t high. My favorite season is winter.

An interenting site is the Arab Castle which is a 13th century fortress.

I hope to hear from you!

See you soon!

Alejandro

WRITING 02

DIALOGUE

Alejandro: Where do you live, Álvaro?

Álvaro: In a village twenty four kilometres far from here. It´s called La Herradura. Have you ever been there? 

Alejandro: So does my sister. I´ve been near  the beach on my boat. It´s an incredible beach.

Álvaro: Yes, I agree. Althrouhg before it was quieter and there were fewer people.

Alejandro: Yes, the same happens in Salobreña that it´s impossible to go to its beaches at the weekend.

Álvaro: I don´t like going to Salobreña beach because you can´t do water sports.

Alejandro: I don´t agree with you because you can do many activities such as: paddle surfing, kayaking, windsurfing or dinghy sailing.

Álvaro: Perhaps it´s entertaining to live in Salobreña during the summer.