French dance music was not a major export unit David Guetta appeared. Meet the superstar DJ who's making the world dance!
David Guetta always wanted to mix music. At age 13, the French teenger mixed his first albums at home, and at 14 he started organizing parties in his home. He thought: "I want to be a DJ - I don't need to be good at Maths!" On 1984, at only age 17, David got a job as a DJ in a club in Paris. He soon got a reputation for being a good DJ with a talent for mixing music.
Friends...
Today, David's club night in Ibiza is famous around the world. He goes there on his private jet and stays in his luxury villa: it's the sort of place you see in a James Bond film. That is because David is now superstar DJ: he plays dance festivals to 80,000 fans, earns more than 3 million euros a year and makes albums featuring stars like Rihanna and Flo Rida.
"100 years after the Titanic tragedy, the world's most famous ship* still fascinates us. This April, discover the legend in the new 3D version of James Cameron's film Titanic".
Titanic, the 1997 film by James Cameron, is out in 3D. The story is about Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Rose (Kate Winslet), two passengers from different social classes who meet on the Titanic's first voyage. Rose is a first-class passenger and she shouldn't speak to Jack, who is in third-class. But then they fall* in love. It's an emotional film with a tragic ending*.
-Did you use any resources? Yes, I use a power point, with some images.
-I spend 1:16 minutes.
BODY LANGUAGE
-Did you look at your audience most of the time? Yes, quiet.
-Did you read from your notes? Yes, quiet.
-Did you do any gestures/movement to hold the attention of your audience? I was quiet for the nervious and with the help of power point I was able to follow.
STRUCTURE
-Did you organize your ideas in order of importance? No, i didn't organize my ideas.
CONTENT
-Did you introduce interesting new information to your audience? Yes, I introduce new information.
-Did you look up information/facts/ideas in the internet, books..? Yes, I use the translator.
LANGUAGE
-Did you check your grammar? Yes I check.
-Did you use rich vocabulary looking up the dictionary? SometimeI tookthe dictionary.
PRONUNCIATION
-Did you know how to pronounce all your words? No, is very difficult.
-Did you check the pronunciation with a dictionary, a classmate or the teacher? Yes, I check my teacher.
My mark is: 5.
WRITING:
Hy
my name is Laia, and now we talking about my day, my week and my
weekend.
MY
DAY:
I usually get up at eight
o'clock, then I dress. I have breakfast at half past eight. After
that I go to school by bike with my friends at 8:40. The schools
starts at nine o'clock. I'm always in school lunch. The schools
finishes at 5:00 and I go to my house, there I do my homework. I'm
finished to my homework, I go to chatting on the internet with my
friends. After
dinner at ten o'clock I have a shower and when I am going to bed at
eleven
o'clock.
MY WEEK:
On
Monday I go to classes seven to eight.
MY
WEEKEND:
Some
days I go with my father and some days I'm here.On Saturday I do my
homework and
then I meet my friends. On Sunday I finished do my
homework and realx.
Bob
Marley is a legend around the world. But it was a long journey from the
poverty of Jamaica to international success. When he was a boy in the
1959s, Jamaica was still a British colony. It became independent in
1962. The culture was a mix of African traditions and British customs,
but there were few opportunities for AfroJamaicans. One of them was
music!
Hugo Cabret is an orphan boy who repair clocks in a Paris train station in 1930. He meets a firl and she helps him repair a broken robot. Then Hugo and his friend go on a magical adventure...
When people think of English singer James Blunt, they probably think of
the sad song "You're Beautiful". James, age 36, makes acoustic-pop,
rock and folk. Now he has a new album called Some Kind of Trouble. It
is James' third album, and it's more optimistic than his others. "Now I
don't write sad songs about poor old me", he says.
English singer Jessie J has had a great few months. Her debut album,
Who Are You, has been a big hit. It has the singles "Do It Like a
Dude", "Price Tag" and "Nobody's Perfect". Jessie, age 23, sings pop,
soul and R&B, but she became fomuos as a songwriter for Miley Cyrus.
Pitbull is a Cuban-American rapper and performer who sings in English
and Spanish. In his 2011album Planet Pit, he sang with T-Pain and
Ne-Yo. He also sang with Jennifer Lopez on her single "On the Floor".
It's good to have famous friends.
On Stranger Tides Johnny Depp is back as the world's favourite pirate, Jack Sparrow. In the fourth Pirates film, Jack meets Angelica, a woman from his past, played by Penelope Cruz. He is not sure if she loves him or if she wants to find the Fountain* of Youth. When Angelica takes Jack onto pirate Blackbeard's ship*, Jack goes on another adventure. But who should he fear*: Blackbeard or Angelica?
English singer Adele has a fantastic voice*. Her 2011 album, 21, was an international Number One, and her single "Rolling in the Deep" was a big hit too. Adela has won* lots of awards and she is only 22 years old. She started singing aged four and discovered the famous American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald when she was a teenager. Soon, Adele will be as* famous as her idol!
Could this be the new Justin Bieber? Some people think so! 14-year-old Cody Simpson from Australia started recording* songs in his bedroom in 2009. He put some songs on YouTube and was discovered by a record* producer. His album 4U was Number Four in the USA. Not bad, Cody!
Laia: Hey, Carlota, do you want to go into town after school? Carlota: NO. Sorry, Laia. I can't. I've got a history exam tomorrow. Laia: Oh, right. That's a pity. Carlota: Yes, I know. Laia: What about Monday then? Are you busy? Carlota: NO. Why? What are you doing? Laia: Some of us are meeting at the shopping centre if you want to come. Carlota: Sounds good. I must go now. Text me later, OK? Laia: OK. Bye, Carlota.
Carlota: Hello. Laia:Hey, Carlota. It's Laia. Carlota:
Hi, Laia. How are you? Laia: Fine, thanks. Listen, what are you doing at
the moment? Carlota: I'm at the Barcelona aquarium Laia: Really? What are you looking at? Carlota: Oh, there are some tent here. They're
really cool. Laia: Are you having a good time? Carlota: Yeah, it's really interesting. We can meet
later if you want. Laia: Ok, great! Give me a call. Carlota: Sure. Bye for now.
One Direction are a British-Irish boy-band who have become starts in the UK. The public discovered One Direction on the British talent show, The X Factor. They didn't win but their songs have been top of the charts*. Watch the music videos of songs from their album Up All Night on: youtube.com/OneDirectionVEVO
Family: Mother: Rosa, father: Francesc, brother: Sergi and twin: Mireia.
Pets: One rabbit, lacky.
Hobbies: Running and listening to music.
Not interesting: Dancing hip-hop.
Favorite actor: Justin Bieber and Mikel Iglesias.
Favorite food: Pasta.
WRITE:
Her name is Helena Felius. She is from in Banyoles. She has a very large family, his mother, Rosa, father, Francesc, brother, Sergi and her sister Mireia. Helenas has got one rabbit, Lacky. Her hobbies are running and listening to music. She's not interestd in dancing hip-hop. Her favorite actor is Justin Bieber and Mikel Iglesias and her favorite food is pasta.
Write about a celebration or festival in your area.
B THINK AND PLAN
1. What's the celebration?
2. When is it?
3. What do people do?
4. What do you usually do?
5. What do you like?
C WRITE
Every year there is the festival of 'Sant Martirià'. It is the 24th of October. People go dancing the 'sardana', the festival is celebrated after the music, competition for orchestras.
People usually come back, they like to leave the 'Plaça Major', go to 'Parc de la Draga' and also parties have to Banyoles.
On the parties of 'Sant Martirià' I like going out friends and do different activites, it something different and we like what we do. I like it because they are different from ordinay days.
Write a report about nationalities and languages in your class.
B THINK AND PLAN
1. How many students are there in your class?
2. Where are they from?
3. What languages do people study at your school?
4. What languages do people speak?
5. What level is your English?
6. What do you want to improve?
7. What do you think of the learning strategies on page 30?
C WRITE
In my class there are 27 students, one is frome Morocco, frome Gambia, another from Romania, two from Africa, one in Vietnam and the rest from Catalonia. At my school we study English, Catalan and Spanish. The languages we speak in the class, and it are the Catalan and Spanish. My opinion of English is that it is very difficult. What I wants is to improve vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar. With the strategies on page 30, helps us to study more English and learn more about it.
On 11 September 2001, the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York were destroyed in a terrorist attack. Four young people from the USA, the UK and France remember that terrible day...
Lyle, age 25, Memphis, USA.
"I was 15 on the day pf the attack. I was at school, and saw rhe second plane* hit the Twin Tower live* on TV. We didn't feel* the trauma in the same way as the people of New York, but we were angry. I also felt* scared*. My country was under attack and I thought I was going to see armies* in the streets".
Olivia, age 25, France.
"I was 15 on the day of the attack. I watched it on TV in France. Cameras were doing close-ups* on the people who were jumping* from the Twin Towers. I felt* shocked and sad when I understood what had happend. But I wasn't worried* about France. They cleared* the Montparnasse Tower because it's the highest* point in Paris. It didn't seem safe*".
THE ATTACKS
On September 11, four planes* were hijacked* by terrorist. Two crashed* into the Word Trade Center in New York, one hit the Pentagon and another crashed in Pennsylvania. 2,996 people died in the country's worst terrorist attack in history.
