My 3rd oral presentation

Own observation:

As you know, it was my last presentation of the year, and I think that I improve a lot with the resources that I used. I used a powerpoint with the essential information, with a lot of pictures.
The powerpoint helps me to support my presentation, with the correct time.

It is true that I was very nervous, but I think that I was looking the audience the most of the time possible. Occasionally I read my notes, but only when I wanted know some small details.

The structure of my presentation it was the correct, and there were in order like the content, which I think that it was the correct and also someone learnt something.But talking about the language you are absolutelly right when you told me that my vocabulary sometimes it wasn't correct and that I 've said a lot of incorrect words, but I have to say, that my vocabulary are right and varied as well.

If you ask me, what it is my weak spot, I answer that my weak pot it was the pronunciation, as you know it is the aspect of the most difficult for me, think which you can prove when I talk in others language like Catalan.

To conclude, I write down the transcription of my presentation.


Transcription:

Waste

Hello I’m Víctor Rosillo, and today I’m going to talk about waste, one of the forms of contamination of the world.

Waste is unwanted or inusable materials. Also we refer to to as rubbísh or trash.

Waste is directly linked to human development, both technologically and socially because thirty years ago the society didn’t produce as much waste as today. Per capita waste generation in developed countries has increased by 35% since 1980.
For this same reason it is directly linked to the zone where we live and the awarness of the governements. For example, as you know the kind and amount of waste that Africa could be produce in one year is completely different to the waste of Europe Occidental.


Waste is sometimes a subjective concept, because sometimes somepeople throw away what other people find usefull.
Usually, the rich people throw away thnigs that are in good state and the poor people take it.
For example:In the restaurants at the end of the day, the workers, obliged by their boss, have to throw the food away and when I was working last summer in a supermarket Montserrat, I also had to throw away the food of the bakery.
In my personal experience, recently in Ampuriabrava I have seen people in dirty clothes looking into the waste cointainers reusing things that we throw away.

There are many waste types:
municipal solid waste (MSW)
construction waste and demolition waste (C&D)
institutional waste, commercial waste, and industrial waste (IC&I)
medical waste (also known as clinical waste)
radioactive waste, and electronic waste
biodegradable waste

The waste produces three differents costs: environmental, social and economical costs.

Environmental costs
Waste can contaminate water, soil and air wich causes a lot of problems for humans, animals and the ecosistem.
Waste can attract insects which can cause diseases.
Social costs
Waste managements is a significant environmental topic because the need for waste treatment and disposal facilities is increasing in all of the world.

But the problem is, that where the governements want to build a disposal factory people organize a lot of demostrations. Because of that exists few solutions.
Economic costs
The economic costs of managing waste are high and often are paid by governements. As always we, the citizens have to pay taxes but we don’t do anything to avoid it.
One way to avoid it, is to start educating children at school.
Another way is that we in our houses imply the three Rs:

Reduce, re-use and recycle.

Reduce in my opinion is the easiest work, because the only thing that we have to do is try to not use more products, things that we need.
Re-use: Sometimes the simple fact of use 2 times a paper helps to re-use.
Recycle: I think that it is the most difficult work to do, but anyway it is easy. One form to recycle in house is to divide your bins into the four categories of: paper, glass, plastic and organic material.

After talking about all this I want to compare the two Spains. The Spain of today, and the Spain of our sons.
Today we can drink all the water that we want,but maybe our children won’t be able to drink more than 2 glasses of fresh water a day because of the contamination.
Now, we can walk along the beach, the street in a normal situation but perhaps some years later they will have to use specials suits and masks.
These example are extreme, but if we don’t use the solutions which I said before, it could happen one day.

My summer job :(

The summer is coming closer,six weeks are left until the end of the school year.
At the moment, I am very tired, but I have the intention of working in summer.
The problem is that I still don't have a job because we are in crisis, and I don't want to work in any kind of place, because I have studied all of the year very hard, and I don't want a hard work like last year.

As you know, last year I worked in a supermarket, Montserrat,in Ampuriabrava for a month and it wasn't bad, but it could have been better. Because of that I would like to find a job on a camping-side, or in a swimming pool, but I don't have a monitor's licence and I don't have enough time to take a course.

However, I want to go camping this summer with some friends, and if I work, I won't be able to, but if I don't work I won't have enough money to do a lot of things that I would like.

So,I have to think a lot, and I have to decide what is the best for me for this suumer. I hope I will come to the right decision.

The last month...

Summer, this is the word that appears in my brain when I think about the future. I am at the end of the 3rd term and aproximaly in one month I am going to enjoy the summer at its maximum and I'll be going to a party every day.
But now it's time to study and make the last effort to have the opportunity to study what I want in the future, which is engeneering. I am very tired, but to achieve important things, you have to work a lot, nothing is for free.I hope that everything will work out the best form possible and I will enjoy the summer holidays.

To achieve my goal, I have to improve my form of studying, work harder, etc. Because of that I have set up a timetable with all my shool-activities to try to consider all the things. But now, what is left is, realize all the things in the timetable like I have planed them to do.

My first impression is positive because I have achieved to do some things, but not everything.

The hope dies last, and I will achieve it!!!!!!!!!!!

The cloud of ash.

The eruption of a volcano in Iceland on the 15th of April,has altered the air traffic in Europe and has obliged the cancellation of 5000 flights in all the continent,emphasizing the UK, Norway, Denmark, Germany, France and Spain.

This is important because since then millions of passengers have been without any immediate chance to return to their homecountries and public transportation is collapsing.

Fortunately, I don't have to go to any place and so it doesn't affect me personally, but I worry about the climatic transformation of the planet in the last years. I hope that the problem will finish the best way possible and every thing will go back to normality.

However, as you know, the problem affects a lot of people, amongst them my cousin, who went to Norway last month, and he had planed to come home last week, but he can't leave the country.

Luckily, the airport told him that next week he will be able to fly home, and so will everybody else.

I hope that this situation won't happen again.

Oral presentation

I’m going to do a reflection of my Oral presentation.

In my second oral presentation, the resources which I use are powerpoint, sound, images,etc.
In this time, I think that the powerpoint is better than the other because we did not put a lot of text, we only put a lot of differents images, which are very expressive.
Because of that, the resources which I used helps me to realize a good work.
The timing of my oral presentation, it is correct.

I think, that my expression between the class, it is very good, because I did not very nervous, I was looking my audience the major part of the time. Also, I read some time, but it was not true that I read a lot, I read only to start the phrase, and in my opinion I improved my gestures thanks to it was the second time that I did an oral presentation.

The estructure of the text it was excelent in my simple opinion, we organized the ideas in the correct order, the major to minor importance, but also we did not use a lot of linking works to connect the differents points.

As you know, the country which we chose it was Jamaica, and I think that a lot of people know it, but only the simple things, we teached to the class a lot of interesting things as the typical food, the kinds of music of the country, etc as the things more emphasizes.
The information was detailed, in the best form possible, because we did not have enought time, but I think that with the examples the information was very clear.
First, we pretend to do an original work, but as you can imagine, we did not anything of Jamaica, and we had to look information to internet.

In the presentation, I used a good grammar, because I prepared at home the vocabulary, but it is true that sometimes when I did not remember something I could be used an incorrect word.
Moreover, also I used some synonym but not in the most important and repeated word that we pronounced, “island”.

The pronunciation, also it was the most negative thing that I did in my oral presentation, because as you know, it is an aspect difficult to me, and it is usually reflects on my speaking to catalan too.















Literal transcription of my part.



Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea.
Most major towns and cities are located on the coast.
The climate in Jamaica is tropical, with hot and humid weather.
Jamaica lies in the hurricane belt of the Atlantic Ocean; as a result, the island sometimes experiences significant storm damage.



Politic:

The jamaican constitution establish a parliamentary government sistem, as United Kingdom model where the first minister is the boss of the government.



Food and drink:

1. “Merey del diablo”: this fruit came from africa, and it’s one of the most used ingredients to prepare other meal like fish, souffle and other meals.

2. “Empanadillas”: one of the most important meals of jamaican people. They love it taste, also it came to the island with the colonization of the UK.

3. “Café Blue Mountain”: its one of the best coffies in the world, and with limited production it has a high price , the england royal family drinks this coffee.

4. “Rabbit in rum”: The rum is very important drink in the island, this meal needs 2 days to get finished, and its tasty and smells good.

Music:

Jamaica is a famous country in the world thanks to its music which is very famous in the world.
In Jamaica emphasize different kinds of music that are created in the island, like reggae, ska and dub.
Bob marley is one of the most representants of Jamaica, who with his music teached the jamaican culture around the world.
But actually, Sean Paul is the most famous singer of Jamaica, and Paul is recognized around the world.

The beach: There are a lot of beautiful beaches where you can pass your perfect holidays.

The dolphin cove that is a place where you have the opportunity of swim with delfins, for this I recommend you that if you can go there, you don’t think twice.

Finally I thing that the mark that I got it is a 7/10.

Should the experiments on human life have limits?

The question “ should the experiments on human life have limits” is a problem which is reflected in Frankenstein’s book, but it can also be possible in real life. It is a topic that has been existing for some years, when technology started to be used to colonize the world.

If scientists take it slowly and with precaution, they will be about to find the solution for a lot of problems. They will be able to improve life, to fight against a lot of diseases and consequently rise life expectancy. Also, they can discover new human capacities, of which until today we don’t know anything yet.

However, passing the limits of nature, can have a lot of catastrophic consequences, which might not have solutions. For example, a girl who wanted to improve her intelligence, beauty and physical appearence died in the hands of the scientists, a thing that is very different from the “death” of organisms in a laboratory.
Moreover, the religious conflicts play another important role, because in the world there is a high percentage of religous people, who think that Good is the only creator, and nobody else has the right to interfere.

In my opinion, I agree to human experiments, because I think it can be a good way to improve our level of life, and consequentely make us happier.
In relation to the religious conflict, even though I am religious, I believe that to solve a lot of problems and to save lives human experiments are positive.

Letter

117B Requesens

Empuriabrava

Girona

17487

11th January 2010

The Principal

I.E.S Castelló d’Empúries

16 Pau Casals

Castelló d’Empúries

17486

Dear Ms. Pintó,

I have received the changes of the school calendar from the Department of Education which consist in:

1. starting the next term some days earlier,

2. starting school immediately after “Kings”,

and others changes that are not as important as the others.

I would like to take the opportunity to comment on them.

On the one hand, I agree that the Department has to look for new method to improve the academic level, but I think that the school should have asked, informed the students before taking a decision. I believe that we, as students, have a right to be asked because if not, this can create a conflictive atmosphere.

Moreover, I have to say that, in my experience, the change of calendar isn’t a good decision because every year that we had a change all my classmates and me protested against the decision.

I would be interested to hear other students’ opinions.

Yours sincerely,

Víctor Rosillo