Podcast: What's the best age?

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Hi Anna,

I’m Gabriel Almeida. I’m a student of 1^stBatxillerat. I consider that I am a good student because since today, I’ve worked very hard and I’ve done my best in every subject,trying to achieve a good mark.

In my free time I love playing music. I play the guitar; it was the first instrument that I started to play because of my uncle, that he play very well it. I play the fiscorn, I don’t know its name in English yet. It is a cobla’s instrument. It is the instrument that I spend most time practising and improving because is a great instrument and in the future I will combine playing with a professional cobla and my job. I also play the trombone. I’ve just started recently.

I haven’t got any of the Official Exams but I am preparing with a particular teacher to do the First Certificate exam.

I am cursing the scientific Batxillerat because I like subjects like Chemistry, Physics, Maths and Biology. I don’t know which degree I will study but I suppose that it will be related with Science.

I hope that my information helps you to make a little idea how I am.

My world: Neighbors

Neighbors is a great comedy film. It is very funny because you laugh a lot during all the film. The comedy is about a couple that have already had a baby. But they want to continue with their old lifestyle, like going to parties, getting drunk, etc. But the couple realized that they couldn't do it, because they have to take care of their daughter. One day, the couple finds out that Delta Psi Beta, a fraternity known for their outrageous parties, has moved next door. One night, the couple visit their neighbors to ask them to stop the party. the fraternity agrees on the condition that the couple always call him instead of calling the police. But at the end the couple had to call the police because it was impossible to sleep. From this moment, the brotherhood did his best to annoy the couple. Finally, the couple achieved rid of the fraternity because alerted the police on time. At the end of the film, every member of the brotherhood accepted that their life had changed and they finished their degree.
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My world: Describing a picture

In this photo you can see two young animals: a cat and a dog. In the background there are some trees. In the foreground there are the two animals. They seem to be in a large park. They are playing with each other. The kitten is on the left and has short grey hair, and on its chest has short white hair. The kitten seems smaller and braver than the puppy. The puppy is on the right and has clear brown hair. It seems more scared than the kitten. It is and unusual scene because normally cats and dogs are not friends. Maybe they are playing because they are still young. But I don't know if when they are older they are going to still be friends. Maybe the photographer uses this moving image to express that we always have to be friends and be kind to other people. As I can see, the weather was perfect because it looks like a shinny day. I would like to be there playing with these young, funny and cute animals. I've chosen this photo because I love animals.

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My world: La Banda Municipal De Figueres

This past summer, I was at home and the music school's director called me and asked if I wanted to play with a group of musics. At first I was a little bit indecisive because I didn't know anyone there. But then i decided to try and go there. The first prictise i was nervous and excited. My partners were very good and they played instruments that I had never seen. We practised twice a month to play with the catalan group Brams. We played in the festival of ACUSTICA, the 31st of September. then, during the year we acted in some events to make known this Band. This past 23rd of May, we made the Band official and now we are founding members of the Banda Municipal de Figueres. The 4th of July we are going to play again with Brams in Lloret de Mar. I think that we impressed them with our music!!

My world: BIOKO de Marc Pastor

BIOKO is an island with many names. is is populated by the natives and the colonizers. There is destinated Moisès Corvo. Every member of the Navy that lives there is because they have committed a crime. It is the perfect island to ensure death. Moisès has a knack to getting into trouble. During he was in the island, he caused many troubles to other people who lived there, to the point that he began to fear for his life. Even Corvo's mates begin to hate him. The jungle adventure with natives crisscross with mysterious murders. There are some flashes of a British expedition that seem completely unrelated to the main story. Furthermore, there is a Cuban exiled on the island, that  his wife was kidnapped, and Corvo with the help of the brother of the missing girl, they are going to search her. After a civil war on the island, which claimed many lives, Corvo and his partners can solve the strange murders and finally flashes make sense. The murders were commited by a company that in principal made vanilla and they were who kidnapped the girl. Thanks to a lake that the soldiers had discovered, they could travel through the time and resolve the murders.

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My world: Politics

I think that democracy is better than communism. But in fact communism has some advantages. For example, in a communist country there is equality among people. The population is employed and there is not an economic crisis. But on the other hand, the communism controls everything to achieve the equality and people must work for the benefit of the country. In a democratic country you are free, you can vote and "the people have the power". So I agree with democracy, but I think communism well run could be much better than democracy and other political regime.