Merry Christmas!

Hello everyone:

I hope you are well. Today I would like speak about my Christmas. Well I think the Christmas is a special celebration because the people shared with their family and friends. Also, in my opinion the Christmas present is a nice tradition. And the most important thing: the Christmas tree because is a symbol of Christmas for the people.  So, I think the colors, lights and all the Christmas decorations are fine and create a warm atmosphere.

In my last Christmas I went to my grandmother´s house with my sister and mum.  So, in her house were my family but not all, only my grandparents and my uncles. However, I can say spent with my family.  

My grandmother coked very well, her food was tasty. She coked a lot food: meat, vegetables and many sauces but my prefer sauce is champignon with white cream. I love it!  I eaten much and I drank wine – a lot-. Is a joke, I drank wine for accompany my food. Later we talk about many things and in the midnight we opened our Christmas present and shared it.

However, past the midnight I feel very tired so I went to sleep early. It was a nice and peaceful Christmas.

Human Language

The language has evolved with the time, in my opinon.  About words of Pagel, I think that learning social is a great ability own each person. So, in the past this ability was important for the human evolucion and social organization. Even, the language can make possible the cooperation between groups. Only the homo sapiens sapiens have the faculty of the language!

The origin of languages is result of the need. The comunication is useful for the cooperation between persons: in the past, present and the future. I believe that is possible one language for the world today because the globalization has grown a lot. Today the world is a concept of comunication because exist internet.

The idea about only one language is fine when the people needs comunicate but I think that is important for each culture preserve the language.
I believe that each language is important because the language possess the view of the world of the people. So each culture speak their language.

I like the spanish, It is a nice language. My Chilean identity is through the languaje because I think that the language is the most important factor about the culture.
Many persons in the world speak spanish but is difficult learn it. The Chilean people is a mixing: race, language etc. Is our history.

Learning English

Hello everyone:

I hope you are well. This week I know a new site on Internet for learn English, this site is: www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/. You must have a look. Well, my opinion about the site is good.  I think the page is fine because you can do many things. I enjoy it!

I started in the section: Grammar, Vocabulary and Pronunciation but I don’t really like it. You must search because there are many activities in the site.

I did try with others activities and I searched for something more entertaining. Then, I choice: Quiznet. This exercise is about different topics and you can choose anyone. So, I decided  for the topic about Canada.

And Wordmaster, It is about vocabulary. The game is an interactive program and you must write the correct word. Also you can enjoy practices and learn many words in different phrases.  So, my final score was: 59291. I feel very happy for my score. I do well.

Less time...

Hello everyone:

I hope you are well. I would like to write about my opinions and tell us my point of view on the current situation.

Well, I think that new term is hard to explain because this semester is very strange for me. Is the first time in my life that  I must study in holidays. It is new experience.
This year was difficult and exhausting for the students. The many strikes and discussion about education. Unfortunately the student demands was not hear for the government. It is a shame.

I think that is complicated make class in short time. But I believe the class of this semester will work.  Well,  I believe will be fine if we collaborate (students and teachers). We can learn a lot in less time. And the most important for us is study.

Studying over Christmas, New Year and in summer is terrible because I like enjoy the celebrations and I think in this situation is impossible to have fun. All the day I will saying: “I must study”. However, I can`t do anything about the subject. I only accept the reality. I hope learn more everyday and work in my projects.

Against deforestation!

Hello everyone:

Today I`ll talk about a topic, which I find interesting and this is deforestation in the world, particulary in South America.

The Amazon rainforest is the world's largest tropical rainforest. Even, more than 60 percent it belongs to Brazil.

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is typically driven by industrial agriculture and land speculation. More than 70 percent of deforested land ends up as cattle pasture. High commodity prices typically create incentives for deforestation.

Brazilian farmers have been demanding enviromentalist laws in the Amazon region. So, in this way  they support a bill that would let them clear half the land on their properties in environmentally sensitive areas.

Some environmental experts warned that simple economics were driving to the deforestation rates, and that as the global economy recovers from financial crisis, the rates would rise of deforestation again.

Against deforestation...

A Brazilian priest, frustated by the plight of deforestation that plagues his city: Piresdo, he decided to impose a new style in the confessional. So which is?  a environmental penance, this idea consist in to plant trees and change the current situation for Brazil.

What?  Basically what the priest proclaims is that if you wants to earn forgiveness and get in good with the above, something must be done also for the planet. And the better way to do something for the planet is help to reforest the city in which they live.

However, probably  the orthodox Catholic is disagree with this practice. But no doubt that initiatives like this give a imagen more human and close the church to the people in this century.

In addition, scheduled for Octuber has a reforestation of one of the most affected areas of the city, where probably the priest`s blessing. So the best thing is that everybody can help the planet.

Man Ray

Today I´ll talk about the best in my field but is a difficult question because I like many artist. Besides I consider that exist many artworks important for the development for History of art. Anyway, in my opinion the twenty century was the most important for arts.

So you have no idea what is? Well is Man Ray. I like his work! I choose this artist because his works changed the way people see and do photograph. Moreover, in my point of view I think that the photograph was make art when is experimental and this artist is experimental and he shows the other face of photograph.

Man Ray in the creation of his visual poetry... 

A menber of the Dadá art movement and the only american member of the Paris Surrealist movement. Man Ray considered himself an artist and thought of photography as a medium of artistic expression when used for more than reproduction.  In describing his work, Man Ray once said, “I paint what can not be photographed. I photograph what I do not wish to paint.”

Man Ray in his work to create a Surrealist vision of the female form during the 20`. He began to utilize photography  in his work , for example:  by means of as solarization over enlargement development for to create a dreamlike effect in his artwork. Also his use of the Rayograph helped him to create a new profound look to his photography, stressing the importance of light and shadow rather than the object itself.  These  images create by placing objects on light sensitive photographic paper and then exposing the paper to light.

As Vasarely said before existed the artist genius, now, there is a coexistence of researchers.

Suicide or not suicide. That is the question...

Today I`ll talk about news of my country. So this news is controversial in Chili and others countries.  In my opinion this subject is difficult for me because I`m sensible with case.

                                     

So in these days all talk about exhumation of Allende´s body.  The last May 23, news showed us pictures of the grave just in timewhen they removed the body.

Well, this news surprised me because I never would have thought that something like this would happen. Anyway this happen is good for chilean people and for our history. Then in my opinion the case of Allende president is complicated because I think our history is not clear. So I hope the goverment and the news talk us the truth.

The questions arose as a result of an audit report conducted in 2008, according to which Allende's body had two hits, leaving open the possibility he was killed by the military, which seems unlikely, according to the testimonies of those who accompanied him until the last moment, or was assisted in a suicide attemp. Salvador Allende's body was initially taken to a cemetery in Viña del Mar and later, in 1990, the mausoleum that bears his name in the cemetery of the capital. Never found the assault rifle AK-47 with allegedly shot and the bullet that had to be extracted in the first autopsy performed by the military coup.

Furthemore, I believe in the truth of facts and at the moment we only know that he died on 11 september in 1973.