Dear Amy

Dear Amy: I think I'm going to break a promise. The last holidays my friends and I talked about making a trip to the beach for the next vacations, the reasons for this trip are that it's our last year at school, we want to spend some time together, and to take a breath of everything. To make this dream come true we agreed to save money, we shouldn't spend it, only on necesary things. We have been doing this for the last two months.
Yesterday, my mom told me, that my family and I are going to make a trip these vacations in the same beach that was planed with my friends, my mom told me that I can’t go with my friends, I don’t know what to do!, my friends are going to get upset because of this.
I don’t know how to break the news to my friends, well and to make matters worse I also spend my money on an I-pod.


Ana.

A COMPLAIN

Mr. Garralda

Picture this: a normal morning, you stand up, open the curtain and see a beautiful landscape, you see the historical park of your community, it reminds you the origins of your community because it's not only a park, it has a small archeological place. This image can be totally normal for you because every morning it's the same story.
But what would happen if this place didn't exist? If you wake up to the noises of traffic, and if you open the curtain and the only thing you can see it’s huge buildings, and a cloud of smog, and maybe you'll get colds.
Mr. Garralda that's what would happen if we don't do anything to save this place. The community where I live and I disagree with the construction of a supermarket here. The supermarket will bring us caos, I just can't imagine that. That construction just would ruin our lifestyle, that’s how we feel.
We have a quiet life, and we don’t need a supermarket here, what about green areas? What about our origins? This should be a place far away from industrialization.
It’s okay to have places where to shop, but not here, they can be build in other places, because is not a good reason to destroy a historical park, this place should be a ecological reserve, and that’s more important than to have small shops.
Tell me Mr. Garralda isn’t it our right to ask authorities to preserve our historical places? I think at least they should hear us.

Total points: 14.5

My profile

My name is Ana Jessica and I’m 21 years old. I was born in September 13 in Mexico City and I’ve been living here since then.

I live with my family, with my mom, dad, my three brothers and sister, I’m the youngest, I like to have great moments, to share it and spend time with them, because they´re very important in my life and I love them .

I’m studying management and I’m in the last year. I like my major because is interesting and I’ve been learning lots of things of different areas like, law, marketing, human resources, accounting, finance, economy, production, etc. All of this to have the knowledge of how a organization works and make it increase, of course there is a extensive areas where I can work of my major, and it´s a beautiful major.
In the near future I expect to be successful as a manager.

I like my country, and maybe that’s way I like the places, music, and tradition of here and that’s way I like the folkloric dance, actually I practice it and really feel a passion for it, I think it´s a beautiful expression of art and I like to performance in front of an audience. The last semester I took a theater course, just to experiment how does it feels to improve in it. As you can see I like art, and things related with it.

I like spend some time with my friends, I´m sociable, funny, creative and smart, well I think so, and I’m rounded by very good friends.
When I have free time, I like to hear music, and make exercise.
I don’t like injustice, I don’t like people who treats bad to the old people, and hit dogs.

Letter to a Canadian

Dear Canadian:

Hi mi name is Jessica, and I’m writing this letter because I want to know how you have felt for being her in Mexico City. I hope you’re fine, and also you feel comfortable because Mexico is a friendly country and a good place to rest and learn lots of things.

You definitely can not leave our country with out tasting our Mexican food, because our food is delicious, there is a huge variety o meals like enchiladas, tacos, mole, pozole, I know that maybe in your country you aren’t able to eat chili but here is the thing which gives the flavour to our meals.

You have to visit our historical and architectonic places you might learn, of course if you want it, some of our culture, our history, visiting those places like the metropolitan cathedral, the museum of bellas artes, the templo mayor, and other places.

I would like to know what your country is like, what the society is like, what it’s your tipical food, what do you do to have fun, what do you like most in your country.
I hope you learn a lot of things in Mexico City, and have the chance to make a trip around the country.

P.S. Come back soon.

My expectations

My expectations

Well I really want to improve my writing skills, because I think it’s very important to have this ability to create good and understandable text or assay.

I like the English language, and it’s an advantage in our professional life to learn a second language, and English is basic. I need it because I’m studying management and I need it at a hundred percent to be competitive in the laboral market, and I hope to learn it very well, that’s why I’m taking this course, to learn how to write a good paper and in order to practice the language.

I have some troubles with grammar and I’m expecting to solve it with this course and I wish to learn more vocabulary.

The course sounds interesant, the way the teacher said that the course will be, makes it a challenge and makes me feel good, because right now I know I have to do my best.
In this class I have to make the sentence or paragraph match each other, trying to make it sound logical, and that the idea that I’m trying to explain gets to the person who is reading it.
I hope that the course won’t be boring.