8.2.09

Frankenstein: Differences and Similarities

As we read the Frankenstein's book and we saw the film too, I'm going to compare the book and the film.



Differences
At the beginning of the book the crew saw two sledges on the ice; on one of sledges there was Victor and on the other the monster, on the other hand, in the film there weren't any sledges and Victor went to the ship to find somebody to help him.

In the book, Frankenstein's mother died because she was ill, and in the film she died in labour, and Frankenstein's father helped his wife in labour; in the book, Frankenstein's father wasn't a doctor.
The book speaks of a third son called Ernest, and in the film he doesn't appear.


In the book, Victor explains when he was fifteen he saw a lightning that destroyed a tree but in the film he saw this broken tree when he was an adult.

Then, in the film, Victor meets Henry Clerval at University however in the book, he knows him before he goes to University.

When Victor meets Professor Waldman in the film, Waldman was a very discreet person and when Victor talked with another Professor about life, Waldman didn't want to know anything about this, so he had an experience about this, and Victor discovered it and finally, he can works together with Henry and Waldman; in the book, Professor Waldman helps him because he wants to and he didn't realize about the future experiment of Frankenstein.

In the film there’s a cholera epidemic and the doctors immunize all the people; at the moment that Waldman vaccines a mad man, this man stabs Waldman and he dies; in the book there isn’t a cholera epidemic and Waldman doesnn't die.

Also in the film, Henry Clerval knows about Frankenstein’s experiment, and in the book he doesn't.

When Victor has finished creating the body, Elizabeth goes to Ingolstadt to look for Frankenstein and he didn’t go to Geneva, so he had to put life in that body; Elizabeth helped Victor because he became ill, but later, she went back to Geneva so angry because she thought that he didn’t want to get married to Elizabeth. In the book, Elizabeth didn’t go to Inglostadt.

In the book the monster helps a girl who falls into the water, and then people saw him and they hit him, but in the film this part doesn't appear. Also, when the poor family who live in the hut refuse the monster and they go out somewhere, in the film, the monster burn the hut instead, in the book he didn't do it.

In the film, when the monster kills William, he sees the chain and inside there is a photo of Victor, instead in the book there is only the family’s name.

Also in the film, the monster asks to Victor to make a female for him, and the monster wants Justine’s body; in the book, the monster doesn't say anything about Justine.

on honeymoon of Frankenstein and Elizabeth the monster fullfilled with his promise: he killed Elizabeth; in the film the monster pulls out Elizabeth’s heart, and in the book he strangles her.

In the film, when Elizabeth was dead, Victor revives Elizabeth instead in the book, Victor doesn't do this. Then, Elizabeth realized that she was very ugly and she wasn't the same as before, so she burned herself. Also, as she ran around the house, the house was burned.

In the book, Frankenstein’s father dies when Elizabeth died but, in the film the monster kills the father.

At the end of the book, Victor dies and the monster was lost in the darkness instead in the film, the monster burned himself into the body of Victor Frankenstein.



Similarities
The ship of the film and the ship of the book it stuck in the ice.
Frankenstein has a happy family and Elizabeth was adopted by Frankenstein's family.
Victor always studied hard to discover all secrets about life.

Victor and Elizabethm, in the book and in the film, they are in love and Victor promises her that they’ll get married.

At University, Victor meets Professor Waldman who was one of the greatest scientists in the world and he helps him both in the book and the film.

When Victor was experimenting with life, he didn’t go home, and his letter to his family were very short.

Victor created a body without life and he knew that he could put life into this body with electric energy.

Both in the film and in the book the monster sees a family who live into a poor hut and he helps their. When the monster tries to talk to the blind man and his family sees him, they hit him and the monster goes outside.

In the book William is killed by the monster, as in the film, in the forest, and he was taking the chain. Also, the police thought that Justine was the culprit so they killed her.
The monster asks to Victor to make a female for him, because he feels alone; Frankenstein accepts the offer but immediately, he refuses it. Then, the monster promises that he’ll be with him on his wedding night.

In both cases, the monster goes to North Pole, and Victor pursues him. Finally, Victor dies and the monster is lost in the darkness.

31.12.08

Ice Age 2

Summary
The ice age is coming to its end, and the animals are enjoying their new world: a paradise of water parks, geysers and pits of tar.
But when Manny, Sid and Diego discover that the miles of ice that is melting will flood their great valley, they must warn the whole world of the risk that there is and the need to find a solution to run away from immediate flood.

We could only watch the beginning of the film, but we laughed a lot; it's a funny film.





New words

- Sloth: Mandra
- Tusk: Ullal
- Blind Folds: Amb els ulls tapats
- Doomsday: L'últim dia

28.12.08

Description of a Landscape



Verona
In this picture I can see the church of Verona, a river, a few trees and in the background some mountains.
The church looks big and so beautiful. The dome is green-grey and it is very high. The roof is red and it’s lower than the dome.

Around the church there is a big garden with some fir trees and a Cyprus tree.
The mountains that we can see on the right hand side aren’t covered in snow: there are a lot of green trees.
You can’t see the river very well, but it is wide and so long.

When I see the picture I feel that I'm in the gardens of Verona, and we can imagine that the wind and the sun touches our faces and it’s a sensation of peace and quietness. At the same time we can hear the water of the river that is running slowly.

Now, you're at night with the full moon over your head and the sky full of bright stars; you start to walk around these gardens and you can feel that sensation of relax, peace and love. Later, you decided to stretch on the grass and look at these stars; in that moment you only know that you'd like to be there forever.



27.12.08

Missing airport dog found

Mr Coego, a 46-year-old builder from Santiago de Compostela, moved into Barajas airport last Wednesday to search for his pet, which was lost by Iberia staff on December 12th as it was being transferred from a flight from the Canary Islands to the Galician capital.
Trus, the missing dog, has been reunited with his owner, Manuel García Coego, after being found in Barajas town at 7pm on December 20 evening.



New words
Sprang: saltar
Distraught: espantat, trasbalsat
Betrayal: traïció

extract from http://www.newspaperindex.com/

Spanish women do three times as much housework

According to a recent study undertaken by the Savings Banks Foundation (FUNCAS), Spanish and Italian men do less housework than other European people, especially countries like Sweden, Norway and the UK where the household share out between the sexes.

The report called "Spanish family life: Analysis and Reflections from a Sociological and Economic Perspective", indicates that, on average, Spanish women spend more than four and half hours each day cooking an cleaning, more than three times as much as their menfolk.



New words
Household: llar
Share out: compatir
Average: mitjana

extract from http://edition.cnn.com

Opinion of this new article
This article talks about the housework.
Actually, this topic is so important; a few years ago, it was only the women who did the housework and the men who went to work outside. Nowadays, as women as men work outside and for this reason, they must share out their housework. I think that is unbelievable that in Spain, a developed country, the women do more than three times as much as their men folk. Also, Spain isn’t the only developed country where the women do more housework, there’re more countries that this happen; sharing out the housework is so important because is an important living together thing. So, the men must give more of their part and the women must be imposed.



Intellectuals question Gaudí cathedral completion plans


The Sagrada Familia is now hanging in the balance after an influential group of intellectuals (inculding the director of Reina Sofia Art Musuem in Madrid). They say that the ideas of Antoni Gaudí who designed the masterpiece haven't been followed.

When Gaudí died in 1926, some anarchists tried to destroy the plans during the Spanish Civil War.


New words
Masterpiece: Obra mestra
Fate: Destinació
Midst: Mitjà

extract from http://www.thinkspain.com

Formal letter

Cónsol Street nº15
17486, Castelló d'Empúries
Spain (Girona)


Ms. Pintó
Rentador Street s/n
17486, Castelló d'Empúries
Spain (Girona)

9th December 2008


Dear Ms Pintó,

I would like tell you about the High school. There are some things that I like and others I dislike.
I will start by telling you the good points, for example, the good organization and good teachers, in general.
Secondly, I congratulate you on the technology of the centre. I think that technology has improved during these last years and is a good aspect, because the technology is the future of our society.

Now, I want to complain about some things that displease me. The first thing that I want complains are the excursions. For us, excursions are a good method to learn because they are a practical class and the students enjoy and want learns more, and there aren't enough from excursions.
Finally I would say that the High school seems so sad; apart Christmas' holidays, the High school is always grey and it hasn't any more colours and for the students it isn't really nice and motivating. I hope this writing won't be annoying for you.

Yours faithfully,






Ariadna Julià Brunet

22.12.08

About my portfolio


Observation about my portfolio, 1st term

I'm going to make an observation of my portfolio in this 1rst term.

Well, as it's the first time that I've done a portfolio at the first moment I thought that I couldn't do it because I didn't know how to do it neither how about it. But with information that my english teacher and my classmates gave me slowly, I could do my English portfolio.

I could improve my level of English, especially, with the summary of news and films, because there was a lot of new vocabulary that I didn't know.
Also, with the orals presentations we can improve our level of English because we must look for information about our topic and we've to know how to pronounce all English words.

So, this is my evaluation about my portfolio in this 1st term;)

1.12.08

Europass

http://www.slideshare.net/secret/16eCawHZTReLHs

The life is beautiful


Summary
Guido (Roberto Benigni), a young Italian Jew, arrives in Arezzo where he opens a bookshop.
Guido is a romantic and nice person specially when he flirts with Dora (Italian, not Jewish; Nicoletta Braschi).
A few years later, Guido and Dora have a son, Joshua.

In the second half, Guido, Guido's uncle Eliseo, and Joshua are taken to a concentration camp on Joshua's birthday. Dora wants to go with her family to the concentration camp. Guido hides Joshua from the Nazi guards and gives him food.
Guido convinces his son that the camp is just a game; a game who gets 1000 points wins a tank, He tells Joshua that if he cry, he lose poits, while quite boys who hide from the camp guards earn points.

Guido maintains this story right until the end, when he tells his son to stay in a metal box until everybody has left, this being the final test before the tank is his. After trying to find Dora, Guido is caught, taken away, and is shot to death by a Nazi guard.
Joshua survives and thinks he has won the game when an American tank arrives to liberate the camp, and he returned with his mother.


The end is so emotional and sad but the argument is so well.
For me, is the best film that I've ever seen.