Zendy

** Zendy **
// Introducing myself // Hi! my name is Zendy. I am 19 years old. I was born in Mexico City. I'm studying International Affairs. My family is small, I only have one brother. I live with my parents, my brother and Tony, my dog. In my free time I like to eat, to __ **watch** __ TV and to play videogames with Omar, my boyfriend. Most of the time I am smiling. I live near the CCH Oriente (an hour from CU). I only speak Spanish. I am learning English. I'd like to learn French, Italian, Russian and Chinese. In the future I hope to work at **__the__** Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) or for the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) My partner’s reaction was: I love to play videogames too… Wow! you live far from here… I don´t like Italian language. //Favorite person// My favorite person is Omar because he is very funny. He is 19 years old. He is tall and slim. He's dark-skinned and has brown eyes and curly, dark hair. **He must wear glasses**, but he always forg**__et them.__** He is very intelligent. He is studying Mechatronics. Corrected by Omar //Family and friends// Javier's family: Javier has a small family, He only has a sister. He lives with his parents and his sister.His grandfather lives in the United States, but Javier keeps in contact with him. He sees his grandparents like four times a month. He has family reunions every weekend. // Samara's experience // One day, Samara went to the downtown to drink coff**__ee__** at Starbucks with her friends. When they where there, they met the __principal,__ José Narro, and they **__took__** a photo sitting with him. //Kitchen tips// To make your fridge smell good, put a dish with baking soda inside it. // Favorite dish // My favorite dish is pozole. It is **__a tradiciona__**l dish in Mexico, and **__m__**exicans usually eat it o**__n__** Independence day. The ingredients **__for__** pozole are: corn, meal, lettuce, onion, raddish, etc. In my family, we usually eat pozole when my mom **__wants to do__** it. It isn't necessary any special occation to eat it, but my mom prepar__**e**__ pozole o**__n__** my birthday because she knows that I love it. // Sentences with frequency adverbs // * I always wake up very early. * Sometimes I help my brother to do his homework. * I usually do all my major homework. * I often go to the cinema. * I never play soccer. //Invictus// Why do the bodyguards have to smile all the time? Why was Mandela interested in rugby? By Omar and Zendy //CEPE // In CEPE session I learned the meaning of lamb, and how to pronounce "water". I liked to meet new people, and I also liked when we all had an activity like the questions that Emma asked us. I suggest for the next session, that we change to another group, so we can meet more people. //Describing my day // When I go to the shool, I wake up at 4:30 am. From 4:30 to 5:40 I take a shower, __**I**__ get dressed and have breakfast. I arrive at the Faculty at 6:50 am, but my classes start at 7:00. On Mondays and Thursdays, my classes finish at 1:00 pm, but on Tuesdays and Fridays they finish at 11:00 am. I only have my English class at 1:00pm on Wednesdays. My English classes are on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays form 1:00pm to 3:00pm. After my classes finish, I usually go home, but sometimes I stay a little bit **__with__** my friends or with my boyfriend. On Saturdays and Sundays, I usually stay __**at**__ home all day, but sometimes I get out with my boyfriend or with my family. //Describing a drink // The "hibiscus water" is **__ti__**pical from Mexico. We prepare it with hibiscus flowers, water and sugar. To prepare it, we have to put the hibiscus flowers with some water to boil, then we remove the flowers and add some water to it. Then, **__we mix__** the deep red water **__with some water__** until it looks light red, then we put it some sugar and stir. It is very tasty. //Describing my English ability// I think I'm good at grammar but my vocabulary is very __poor__. For me __**is**__ easier reading **__tha__**n listening. I need more speaking and social situations because my pronunciation is bad. About writing, I think I need more practice because sometimes I forget how to use some words, and I need to learn more experessions like "draw upon". //What I did on holidays// During Holidays, I spent most of the time at home cleaning my house and doing homework. I only met my boyfriend two days; one day we stayied in my home watching T.V., and another day, we went to Coyoacán. I also visited my uncle twice. //My favorite object// My favorite object is a pincture. It has 12 years old. My parents take it when I finished the kinder garden. It is important to me because it's a picture of my brother and me, when he was a baby, and bacause it's one of the few pinctures that I have with my brother before I got sick and enter to the hospital. //Tradicional beverages// || ===** Beverage **=== === === || === === ===** Country **=== || === === ===** What I learned **=== || === === ===** What I liked **=== || === === ===** Suggestions **=== || || Black tea || Russia || * In Russia, everybody drink tea, all the time. * Russians' favorite tea is the tea from Seoul and India. || * The Russian language. * The images about tea and Russia. || * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Bring tea. * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Bring a tradicional Samabar (if it's possible). || || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tea || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">England || * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">It cames to England from China. * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The tea was a gift from a chinese emperor. || * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The tea. * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The images about tea time in England. || * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">An explication from a british. || || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tepache || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mexico || * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The colour of tepache (red) means wisdom. * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">It was drunk during tlatoani Moctezuma time. || * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The Náhuatl language. * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">She brought tepache. || * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Speak first in one lenguage and later in the other one. * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Speak slowly. || || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Guk-hwa-ju || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Korea || * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">It has 900 years. * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Is called "the eternal youth liquor". * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The benefits of the licor. || * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">The benefits of the licor. || * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Bring licor. * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Bring an example for the lunar candelar and the solar candelar. || || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Liquor || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Korea || * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">It has 20% of alcohol. * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">When koreans drink the liquor, they eat pork meat or crackling. || * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The Korean language. * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Koreans propose for good things when they drink it. || * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Show more images about the liquor. * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Show more images about the korean culture. || || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Sake || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Japan || * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">There are more than 10,000 Sake marks in Japan. * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">It's a symbol of purifying. || * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The sake. * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The Japanese lenguage. || * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Speak more in Japanese. * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Speak more about the history of the sake. || || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Yuja tea || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Korea || * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The yuja is a fruit, it looks like a little orange and taste like grapefruit. * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Koreans drink it during winter. || * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">She said how to prepare it. || * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Bring yuja tea. * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Speak more in Korean. || || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Lutuku || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Congo || * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">It's a symbol of reconciliation and union. * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Nowadays, they drink it only in the tradicionals weddings. || * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">He spokes French. * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The sayings about lutuku. || * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Speak more in French. * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Bring lutuku. || || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Ponche || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mexico || * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">It can be prepared with diferent fruit. * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mexicans drink it during christmas time. || * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">The poem. || * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Bring ponch. * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Speak more in English. || //Questions about The picture of dorian Gray// 1.- Have you read this book? Would you like to? Yes, I have read **__this book__**, I read it when I was //**o**//n high school. 2.- Dorian makes a wish by saying: "I wish that I could always be young. I wish that picture could grow old instead of me." Would you make the same wish as Dorian? Why? No, I wouldn't because I think that growING old could be more interenting than stayING young. 3.- Do you think people are too concerned with being young in today's society? Yes, because the medi__**umsA**__ show __**people beautifu**__l that are beutiful because they are young. 4.- "Your personality is written on your face." What does this quote mean? Do you agree with it? It means that your face express who you are. I'm not agree because some people cheat and pretend to be someone else as well that nobody notes it. //Pronounce past tense// ed t || ||= discovered ||= asked || ||= hated ||= finished || ||= needed ||= listened || ||= started ||= loved || ||= wanted ||= worked || //A short story// I was happy when I received the sculpture, but I didnt know its secret. After two days, I perceived that the sculpture change its position, so I got scared and I decided to sell it, but when I tried to take it of I couldn't move it. So I went to my bedroom and suddenly I noticed that the sculpture was there. (Sonia and Fabrizio) // Eduardo's experience // Eduardo told us that one day, he was going to give a presentation, but after he star**__tedm__** his teacher didn't let him to expose because he wasn't dressed appropiately ( he was wearing a wrong shirt). //Solut**__io__**n//: He could ask the teacher to be **__nicer__**, and after that, he should apology and continue with the presentation**__, i__**f the teacher didn't let him, he should talked with the coordinator. //Similar experience// When I was in **__the__** high school, one day__**,**__ my teacher gave me an 8 for a homework, but she didn't check it before. I told her that it wasn't fair but __**she didn't listened to me.**__ //Interview (page 34)// Eduardo likes jazz and **__e__**nglish pop. He usually liste__**n**__ to music at home and when he wal**__k__** on the street__,__ he also __**listen**__ to music when he clean his house. He only **__listen__** soft music when he is studying for concentration. //Speaking (page 39)// When you were a child... * did your mother or father sing to you? What songs? Yes, my mother sang to me some Madonna's songs. * did you have a fovourite record or group? What was it? No, I didn't have any favourite group. * did you play an instrument? Which one? At Kinder, I played the triangle and the claves. * did you have music class at school? Did you enjoy it? Yes, I enjoyed it. * did you use to sing? What songs? Yes, I used to invent songs and ** __to__ ** sing __ **it.** __ //Used to... Which is the false sentence?// * When I was a child I used to go to swimming lessons. * When I was a child I didn't use to watch T.V. * When I was a child I used to go to the park with my mom everyday. * When I was a child I didn't use to dance. // Predictions // * In the future China will be more powerful than USA. * In the future The Maldivas won't exist. * In the future there won't be enough drinking water. * In the future there will be more leisure because there will be more technology. //Review of a movie. The hunger games// Hi Zendy!! I think that you're very interesting people, i will like to meet you a little more. From what I've read, we share some things respect with likes and things that we want to do about with English. I agree with you, when you say that you are a person very smiling. Well, I hope that you have a nice day and great semester final. See you soon. By Mariana Verónica