Korchnoi As an excerxise in my english class I wrote this little note: In 2012 we saw a curious spectacle. A man in his 80's on a wheelchair playing against a young boy of 16. But not just a teen but Lars Rindlisbacher, one of the most promising chess players. Normally this would be an exhibition where a strong player plays against several boards showings his talent. But in this time the young player was playing face to face with this old man and trying to survive. The old player was Viktor Korchnoi one of the bigest chess players ever. And one of the touhgest too. In his 80's he is still a world class player. How can be explained the steel character of Viktor Korchoi who is famous for his ability to play hard positions and create unexpected plans? Maybe we can find the answer in his childhood. When he was a scholarboy he was trying to survive a diferent position not in a chessboard but in a city sieged by the nazy army. Stealing the coupons of food from dead bodies is how this guy survived one of the largest sieges ever, one that resuslted in more than 1 million dead people. Today Korchnoi is recovering from a stroke. And he is still fighting.

Francisco I. Madero. Yesterday was the 100th anniversary of the Madero's dead. He was the first democratic president of XXth century, and he was elected by almost 100% of votes. He was a very rich man, however, he always tried to help poor people and showed a merciful behavior. His family was one of the main owners of land in the north of the conutry and they have an amazing prodution of wine, livestock and other products. He started his presidential campaing by wrinting a book against reelections, that seems have no end of Porfirio Diaz, president by that moment for more than 30 years. After fraudulent elections he took the weapons to bring down Diaz, and in less than a year he reached his goal and obtained the dimision of Diaz. Regardless he help to blow up a revolution, he never was a believer in violence, that was disgusting to him. As president he trusted in the old army and political system and he tought he could work with them. This was his must serious mistake, less than two years he had two attemps of cop d'etat and again he showed mercy with his enemies because them according to the existing laws of that time have earned the dead penalty. As president he forgave the two main conspirators and change their sentences for a life time prision condemn. In the next months the conspirators joined forces and planed a new attack. this they were succesful. With the help of the american ambassador and the colaboration of the must important general in his own goverment he was overthrown and less than 10 days later murdered by orders of Victoriano Huerta, a general in who he had thrust the defense of the city. In Mexico he's called some times the apostle of democracy. The facts of this last coup d'etat are known in Mexico as La decena trágica (The ten tragic days). As a result of this betrayal a new war arrived and the violence lasted years and costs the life of more than 1 million people.

Séisme. Hier il y a eu un tremblement de terre. À Coatzacoalcos, la ville où j'habite n'a pas été serioux, il se sent seul un peu, mais au Guatemala a été très grave. Il a eu un magnitude de 7,4. Là il y a eu plus de 50 morts et encore il pourrai avoir plus. Au Mexique nous avons un culture de prévention du les forts séism qui notre pays a souffert et comme ici a été faible n'il y a pas eu aucun problème.

Je me présente. Bonjour: Je m'appelle Félix Dominguéz, mexicain, 35 ans, ingénieur en chemie. J'aime apprendre le français pour sa importance cultural. Je suis élève de niveau elementaire et j'aimerai practiquer la langue ici. Pour augmenter mon vocabulaire je suis entré dans un club de lecture en français, cette semaine on va lire un album de Astérix et Obelix. Et après on va commenter qu'est.ce que nous avons compris. La semaine dernière nous avons lis un chapitre de "Les tres mousquetaires", mais il y a été très difficile pour la plupart des membres du club. Ansi la profeseur a conselié lire quelque chose plus facile. Ce tout!

My day. Today was not a good one. Early in the mornig I recieved a telephone call from my mother who told me my grand father is sick. And the worst, it's something serious. Since I can remember my grand father just had gone to the hospital just a couple of times and never was serious. Now he's 82 and this time is different, his liver, kidneys, vesicle have some problems, and, the worst thing, his hearth the same. I think nobody can cheat father time, in the family, we all are anxious, but there is hope yet according to the doctors. The doctor told tha they had to know first what is the main problem, because they are giving treatment to all the problems and he is improving, but they are not sure about the root of all the problems. We are optimistic because my grand father is a strong man. Later when I was worknig in the company of a client, a petrochemical plant, there was an escape of gas cloride, and we were evacuated. So I could not finish my tasks of today. Well, at least in my English class I recieved good news, I had a note in my exam of 80%, the higher in the class. Bye.

My first time. Hi: This is gonna be my first time trying to write in english outside school. I think, first of all, I should introduce myself. My name's is Felix Dominguez, mexican, 35 yo. I'm learning english in intermediate level and french in basic level. I like to study english because is the way you can undestand the world. Nowadays it's the new latin and regardless what you gonna try in your life english will help you to increase your chances to get the best opportunities. It's a mean to know people around the world and know new cultures, viewpoints and friends. So, I think I don't have too much to say today, let's see tomorrow. Greetings.