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Steve meets Carolina Steve is walking in a shopping mall when he meets her old classmate Carolina: Steve: Hi Carolina! Carolina: Hi Steve! How are you? Steve: Not bad at all! What’s keeping you busy? Carolina: I have just finished my degree in Philosophy and I’m searching for a job. What do you do? Steve: Well, I’m working in a shop of clothes for children. Carolina: Do you like it? Steve: Can’t complain. It’s a little crazy when you have the shop full of children. But It’s usually fun. Carolina: Great! How long have you been working there? Steve: For ten months. However, I’m looking for a new job, my current one is not paying me much. Carolina: Oh, it’s a pity. By the way, have you seen the news today about our old school? Steve: I don’t, what happen? Carolina: The building of the school has a problem with rats and it’s closed. Steve: Oh my God! That’s horrible! Carolina: Yes, I can’t bare the rats! Steve: In fact, I’m not surprise about that. The building is very old and the structure had a lot of gaps on the walls. Carolina: Yes, I remember that too! Steve: I’m sorry Carolina, but I must be going, I need to go to the supermarket. Carolina: Of course, I don’t want to keep you. Maybe you could call me next week and we could have a coffee. Steve: Great idea, I’ll call you next week. I’m happy that we have met us! Carolina: Me too! Bye Steve, see you next week! Steve: See you! Bye Carolina!

My holidays in London I need to get away! Next Summer I’m going to visit London. I can’t wait to set off to the airport! My mother will pick me up at 5am and we’ll go to the airport with her car. I could get a taxi, but my mother wants to see me off at the airport, she is wonderful! I’m so eager! However, I’m a little worried because several companies, which give services to airline companies in the airport, are going to suffer a strike in peak season. I’m afraid that my take-off could have a delay. My airline is a low-cost company, so my flight is very cheap. Sadly, it’s not a direct flight, I will have to stop over in Paris. However, if there aren’t clouds or fog, I will be able to see Paris from the sky! Anyway, I hope to arrive at London in time for getting the tube. I have booked an apartment in the centre of the city. I’m going to stay there for a week. There are several must-see-places that I want to visit. Besides, the trip will be a chance to taste the British cuisine! My holidays are coming!

Telephone Call John: Hello, Peter! Here, John! Peter: Hello John, this is Peter! John: How are things to you? Peter: Can’t complain. How are you? John: Not bad at all! Peter: John, how can I help you? John: I want to talk you about our new project in the Company… Peter: John, sorry, but I can’t make out what you are saying. Could you speak up? John: Of course! If you want, I could hang up and call back later. Peter: It’s not necessary. Now I can hear you better. John: Ok, as I was saying, we are waiting the program that your team is developing. Peter: Yes, I have two colleagues working in it. It's tricky, you know... John: I was wondering if the program could be ready next Monday. Peter: Let me see... We are going to finish the code in two days, but we need to do several tests before the program is able to pass to productive System. So, maybe it could be finished next Wednesday. John: I'm sorry Peter, but that's too late! Our customer is waiting that program since last week. Peter: Ok, John. Let me talk with our development team to find a solution. John: Ok Peter, thank you very much. Please, keep me posted. Peter: Of course, I'll do. Bye John. John: Bye Peter.

The Human Towers in Catalonia Catalonia is a region in Spain with its own language and culture. Catalan people have a lot of traditions. One of the most famous tradition is the human towers, which is called “Castells” in Catalan language. “Castells” means castles, however these buildings aren’t make with stones, these buildings are made with brave people. Human towers are complex structures. The point is to put people above other people with the objective to make high human towers. This activity needs a lot of rehearsal and training. Each person has his specific work and the people who climb the tower are very experts. This activity has a risk, but it’s not usual to see a fall. Besides, the children wear a helmet to protect their head. A lot of men and women form an organized human carpet to cushion the impact in case of fall. Human towers are a social activity. Everyone can help and everyone can have a work to do. Human towers’ members know that if they want to have success, they have to work together. It’s a real teamwork! .

Deze inhoud schendt onze communityrichtlijnen.27 juni 2018

Marillion at Royal Albert Hall The Royal Albert Hall is one of the most famous auditoriums in Europe. This beautiful British concert hall can host about 9.000 people. Last October the progressive rock band Marillion played for the first time in this important spot in London. They sold out this show within only four minutes. It was a very special concert for Marillion and they carefully chose the list of songs. But they didn’t doubt to play their last album completely. The band released a new album called “F.E.A.R.” (Fuck Everyone and Run) in 2016. The work is a concept album about the social and political current situation. It’s a hard review about the current greed lobbies who manage the world. Despite nowadays progressive rock is not a popular music, newspapers talked very well about “F.E.A.R.”. The work reached the forth place in the British charts. It’s not usual that a band with near 40 years of history, releases a new album and their fans regard it like one of the best works in the Marillions’ career. But the British band didn’t only play their last album. They offered a second part playing several hits with a fantastic surprise: a string quartet with flute and French horn turn up in the middle of the stage. The fusion between rock and classical music was delicious! Maybe Marillion is currently living one of the best times in their career. .

Lost in space “Lost in space” is a new science fiction series by Netflix. The series has an only season, which consists in 10 episodes. The story of “Lost in space” happens in the near future. The plot is easy: The earth has received the impact from a meteorite and the life is becoming more difficult in the blue planet. The most qualified people has the chance to travel to a new planet, but the voyage will be full of danger. The Robinson’s family will have the challenge to reach a new planet where they can survive. I think this series is not a masterpiece, but the story is interesting. The actors aren’t well-known, but they are good. Besides the main characters aren’t the usual cool family, they have a strong personality and they have a complex relationship. It’s a series that you can watch with your children, which is a skill that I regard very important. Nowadays it’s very difficult to find new series that adults and children can enjoy it together! .

SAP Consultant My name is Peter and I’m a SAP consultant. SAP is a computer System for big companies. I’m an expertise in the Human Resources module. I have been working with SAP for about twenties years in an appreciable number of different customers. Currently, I’m working in a little company in Barcelona. However, I’m focused on an only customer. This customer is an important University and my main task is to maintain the Payroll system. We are a team of eleven persons who cover several modules: Organization, Training, Portal, Budget and, of course, Payroll. The Payroll in this customer is complex. They have many types of employees. The System has to resolve the private contracts and the civil servant contracts, with all of their specific rules. We have a lot of work, but we have a reliable and competent team.

The final of King's Cup The final of King's Cup (This story is fiction) This story happened in a far stranger country. A boy called Jim was seeing a match of football between two important teams in a big Stadium. It was the final of King’s Cup and the stadium was very crowded. At the half-time Jimi and a friend went to buy a hot-dog. While they were coming back to their seats, two policemen turn up and stopped them. They hadn’t noticed about the presence of policemen inside the Stadium. Policemen rudely asked to Jim for following them and said to Jim’s friend that Jim will come back in five minutes. Jim didn’t show resistance. He was surprised because he was sure that he hadn’t done anything wrong. Policemen brought Jim to a parking zone where there were several police vans parked. They obligated Jim to sit down inside of a van. He couldn’t understand what was happening. He was very afraid and began to cry. Policemen told him that he had to sign a document of expulsion. He denied signing because he regarded that he hadn’t done anything illegal. Eventually, Policemen rejected Jim outside of the Stadium and he couldn’t get back to see the second half. Of course, it was a terrible misunderstanding, but Jim had a real bad experience and he missed the victory of his favorite team!

My family I’m the younger son of three siblings. My older sister is a girl called Sara and Brian is in the middle. He is one year younger than Sara and two years older than me. My parents have a shop in the center of Barcelona. They sell stuff for the kitchen like cups, plates, cutlery, pans, pots… It’s a hard job because they work a lot of hours. Sometimes, when I leave the school, I go to the shop which is near our home. It’s a way to spend more time with my parents. I feel that they are proud of me. While I’m staying in the shop, they are saying to the customers all the time, that I’m a big help. In my family we usually have meals together. It’s the time that we can talk about what it had happened during the day. It’s fun and my parents don’t let us to turn on the TV. When we finish the meal my siblings and I always clear the table. In fact, it’s the unique task that we have to do. But I suspect that we will have to do more housework soon. By the way, my name is Lucas!

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