Mariana+R.

Mariana Reyes

Corrected by: Tania Hi! My name is Mariana Reyes. I am 19 years old. I am studying Biology. I spend my time reading, going out with my friends, and listening to music. I live one hour from CU. I don´t have boyfriend. I speak Spanish and a little English, therefore I am studying in CELE because I think that language is one of the keys of the success in laboral and personal life.
 * Introducing my self **



My favorite person is my little sister Fernanda. She is 17 years old, and she is studying the high-school in Prepa 8. She is slim and short, her skin is fair, her hair is brown, long and straight, her eyes are brown, her eyebrows are long and her mouth is big. She has features like a small spot in her nose, and always people says that she looks younger than her age.
 * Favorite person **



Adalberto has a big family. He has 4 brothers. He doesn´t have family in another country, only in Mexico. He lives near his family, therefore he is in touch frecuently with them and has family reunions once a month.
 * Family and friends **

One day, when Samara and her friends were in high school, they went t a mall and decide to take a coffee in Starbucks. While they were having a good time, the looked the deam ok UNAM: Jose Narro, so they asked to him if he wanted to be in their photo; the deam accepted and they were excited.
 * Experience of Samara **

My favorite dish is spaghetti a la bolgnesa. My sister and my uncle prepare it on important days like family reunions, birthdays, Christmas and New Year.The ingredients that they use are: slices of onios, a piece of garlic, tomatoe sauce, spaghetti, meat, parmesano or manchego cheese and spices.I like it since I was a child because I am a cheese fan and I love the cheese flavor mixed with the sauce and meat.
 * Favorite dish **

Don´t use metal containers to mix the salads. You have to use crystal, glass, wooe, plastico or porcelain containers. This action will prevent the oxidation of vegetables.
 * Kitchen Tip **


 * Sentences of frecuency adverbs **
 * Always: Rebeca always take a shower at 5 am.
 * Often: Pilar is often in touch with her parents
 * Never: Bob never smoke infront of his parents.
 * Sometimes: John sometimes go for a drink with friends
 * Usually: Lorena usually wears formal, except on Fridays.

Why did the president change the flag? What´s the meaning of the uniform team´s colors?
 * Invictus movie ** :

I learned the meaning of words, like: lamb (a kind of meat, from a young sheep) and tin (similar of can) and the pronunciation of others. I liked meeting new people from other countries, know their traditions like the number of meals, one of the traditional dishes and how to prepare it. I suggest having more dynamic activities, establishing a defined time for introducing ourselves and changing the teams. Mariana R.
 * CEPE´S session: **


 * Thanks, Mariana, for your suggestions. Emma **

One of the traditional beverages in Mexico is: Pozol.The origin is Mayan, and in our days it is consumed in the southeastern of Mexico.This drink is made from mass of corn and cacao.If you want to prepare it, boil the grains of corns with cal (producing the nixtamal). Then grind them and shaping in balls using banana leaves. The recommendation is let the balls of mass for 1 to 5 days to fermentation and finally dissolving them in water. For people it is common to add cacao. It tastes really good!
 * Descripction of a drink.**

I think I am quite good at grammar, but my vocabulary is a little poor, so I have to read a little more and do many writing exercises. It is necessary for me get more practice at speaking because when I try to express my thoughts in class or in social situations, I get nervous and my tongue twists. I find difficult listening, because when I do exercises I get lost in it, but reading texts is easier for me. I think my pronunciation is quite good and I like it.
 * Letter: **

On my vacations, the last friday, I went to Coyoacan with a friend to taking a coffee, talking, and watching a movie teather. Then, on Wednesday my family and I went to Hidalgo state for camping. We visited: San Miguel Regla, Prismas basálticos, Presa de San Antonio, and some “Pueblos Magicos”, like: Huasca and Real del Monte. I really enjoyed all places, but specially Real del Monte because It had a lot of activities, shows like “ Voladores de Papantla”, plays, museums, with a warm, funny, folkloric, and familiar atmosphere.
 * Vacations **

The most important object to my family is a photo album. We have it since 1920 and come from Oaxaca.It is important for us because the photos are one of the ways to know our ancestors, traditions, indumentary, and places, in the other way, our history. **Concert**Three years ago I went to a concert given by Coldplay with a nice friend. Coldplay is one of the most famous England pop rock stars. The concert took place at Foro Sol, there were many people there, kike 10,000 people, so when we arrived, we couldn´t find our seats. The concert started at 9 pm, an other England group opened the concert, so Coldplay plays at 10 pm. When Coldplay sang, everybody, including me; shouted and sang with they all songs, from the leasted know to the most know like "The scientist", "Viva la Vida" and " Yellow"; my favortite. When the concert finished at 12:30 am, the organizers gave us a CD with the song that the group played. At the end I stumbled with a chain because there are not light post. Even so I was very happy because of the concert and the wonderful day.
 * Art and Music **

** Dorian Grey activity ** I read that book two years ago, when I was in CCH for Reading and Writting subjet. Yes, beacuase in our days people think beauty and youth are equals, so If you are young, you are beautyful and others like you. The reason is **Eduardo´s experience.**When Eduardo had a very important presentation, her teacher was in disagreement about the dressing of him.She told him to leave his team and ordered to another person to present their work.He got angry and told her that he wouldn´t leave his team and the relacion about his knowledge and dreassing.**Solution:** In my opinion he could be quiet, ask respect for the teacher, and say the same in a nice way. For finish my last semester in high school, my managment teacher had familiar problems so she gave us a few of classes and told us that she didn´t apply a final exam. Everybody were excited and when one of my classmates did a joke about the situation, the teacher got angry.
 * Have you read this book?
 * Do you think people are too concerned with being young in today´s society?
 * My experience **
 * Solution: ** We tried talk with him for ask an apologize to her, but he didn´t do and the teacher applied us the most difficult final exam because she continued angry. This isn´t a good solution, but maybe we could talk with the teacher.

Dear Mrs Maria del Carmen.
 * Teacher´s letter **

We are Denisse, Eunice and Mariana, CELE´s English students. We want to say thanks for your presentation on the English tea. At first we liked you presentation, it was dynamic and polite. The way that you explained, the final song an the flavor of the tea were nice. You taught us about the history and benefits of tea. We considerate it very interesting. Finally we think that you have to prepare the English tea in a visible place on the next presentation, in this way it will be better for understand the procedure. Thanks for your attention.

Dear all,No problem, it was a pleasure to be there sharing with you all. I´m glad you liked the tea, I love it!! especially with biscuits!!! (cookies for USA) or cake.I think we should repeat the experience!! best regards. Carmen
 * Answer **

The first scene presented 3 people: 2 american students (maybe chicanos) and a mexican child. The little boy promised to the 2 guys a lot of money if they could pass him to USA hiding him into hidden comparment of the car, because he would to be with his mother in Los Angeles.
 * Scene 1 "Under the same moon" **


 * Hunger games activities **



Velvet: A closely woven fabric of silk, cotton, or nylon, that has a thick short pile on one side. Puffy: Unusually swollen part of the body Weepy: Sentimental and tearful.
 * The armchair is covered by velvet
 * Her eyes were puffy and full of tears
 * My mother is a weppy person when she watches romantic movies.

Written by Alan: Will society be more consumerist and less human? I think that it will be possible, because in our days, people start to consider things more important than feelings and values. (Erick, Amairani, Jessica, Mariana)

How long have yoy been learning English? I have been learning English when I was 6 years old, in the elementary school. In other words, since I was a child Why are you learnong English? Because in our days, we live in a globalized world, and the English is the most important languaje to comunicate to other people all over the world. How will English be useful to you in the future? The most important reason is because the science is written in English, so I want to understand the best books and in the future I wanna write some articles.
 * Speaking ( page 51) **
 * Questions about learning English. **

Dear professor I would like to explain you the reason for I am not going to come at night for doing the final exam. I have to go to a field trip for another subject an I will return on Saturday. Could you apply me the exan to the next Monday?
 * Writing (page 103) **

Thanks for your attention. Mariana

__Reply__ I am aware, I hope you bring a justify. I hope all is in order. See you on Monday to clarify your case.

by Mariana Verónica

Javier has bought tickets to a show of box. He went with his family one year ago. He has never stayed to a health spa and a rock concert neither.
 * Speaking (pag 61) Report about experiences **

Denisse has been to an amusement park. She went to Six Flags with his friends one year ago and she really enjoyed it. She has never been to a rock concert and a circus neither, because she don´t like it.

Hi, Mariana! First of all, I appreciate the comments that you made on my page. I can tell you that "Magic gelatin" is a delicious dessert, but I didn't know exactly how to explain the mode of preparation, so I succor to page on internet and the result wasn't I expected. Well, I hope one day to give you the right cooking recipe, because it's very easy to cook.

Your page is very colorful and organized, the headings are correct, and the idea of putting the number of pages is very good. I read everything you wrote and I only saw some "tiyos of finger", with the exception that I'm wrong in my grammar, and that is problem, haha. It seems that your page is complete. You've done your homework, very well!

Good luck on the exam, and final of semester! Miroslava R.

I agree with you. I have the idea that English today is a very important language mainly in ours future laboral life.

Also I'm happy see that you have a nice relation with your sister and that she is your favorite person.

As well I find it interesting your family's important object because today is difficult conserve a old object like this. I think this album is valuable because it is a good way meet your family history.

Finally I can say that I like your page, it's nice and organized. It reflects the good student that you are. I hope you can learn more about this languaje because I like your English.

// By Jessica //