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I didn’t write anything last days and I‘ve just realized that I have a lot of homework now because it is very important for my English progress … I’m so sorry so I begin at the same moment I know. Disaster

I’m so sorry for that.
Anyway, since the confinement began my live is becoming very bizarre because I have a lot of work as a labor and legal advisor, a lot of enterprises are very nervous …. and above all, I manage many rental contracts of business, and home rental contracts; I’m in charge of my own business and it’s been exhausting, but I feel that now is when I should be more strong and multiply myself so that everything goes well.

The first week of confinement I worked in my office, with all the protections -latex gloves and mask- but every day we all in the office felt that was better try to work at home, although I must admit that we were not too prepared. Normally we attend many face-to-face firms, we work with physical documents, assist in notaries sigantures…  so the second week of confinement has been a test of adaptation to the technology to work everyone from home….  Finally I feel the positive part of all that and I hope that we all improve of the difficulties.
And this third week, plenty of new doubts and challenges, hope will be better.
The most important is to be healthy... let's go ahead, every thing will be fine!

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new purposes today
This daily report is having positive effects on me. I try to have a time for do it, now at night, when there is silence, and I avoid to be with the tablet or doing nothing interesting. I am listening to music with my earphones -Reflector of Arcade Fire is playing- and I am feeling the motivation to do something, even if it's just to explaint it to someone, if there's someone who is going to read me, hahaa it's a crazy motion but it works, so let it be.
By the moment I'm going to go forward with a book that I 'm trying to finish, named The name of the wind written by Patrick Rothfuss (a kingkiller Chronicle). I'm going to tell why I am reading it. Normally I choose my books for reading when someone or something open the way, like a suggestion. For example if I read an article which relates an event to a novel, or something speaks about it, or when someone tells to me that a lecture has inspired something in someone....that moves me!  In this case, I am reading that book because one time I was walking in a town (specifically in Puigcerda) and there was written in a wall a passage from that book. In that moment I didn't know what it was, but nevertheless it was suddenly recorded in my memory,  and years later I was searching it... It was these sentences:
"I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep. My name's Kvothe. You may have heard of me"
Just this. I don't know why but I liked. And years later, I remembered and I searched that wall....and I found the source. As a result I have enjoyed in the meantime a lot with the story, a magical story (it's fantastic literature)  but they are 2 volumes and more of 1800 pages, so is not 5 minutes. As I am more or less in the middle of the story, I'm going to finish it, is one of my goals these days! I will tell you if it is worth it!

postscript: I'm sure you are not going to red the book, moreover I can understand it's a bit freaky, but don't hesitate to listen to the fantastic song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E0fVfectDo

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How to break the exponential curve?

source

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/corona-simulator/

This document shows very graphically how the virus can spread exponentially, and why is important to don’t move to fight against the disease, the only effective way to reduce his increase and flatten the curve…. is so sad but all the expected graphics  of the spread of the covid19, related with my close circle, my country and where my relatives and friends live, are devastating.

Please remain at home!

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I thought that maybe it could be a nice time to relax (I love painting mandalas listening calm music),  make things with the kids, or why not ? to do DIY at home,  prepare cooking recipes, virtual gym , begin a nice book, see the new Netflix series, to have interesting conversations .... and can you believe the fact that I didn't find the time to do anything by the moment!
I haven't seen a miserable movie yet!
I have a little boy that doesn't sleep at night, as a normal person - "he hasn't consolidated yet the sleep cycle" -is what his pediatrician say....I think is my punish because I did the same with my mother (like father, like son)-  and moreover a little girl that is so jealous of her little brother, and both demanding me all the day! My wife is working  from 9h to 18h with video-conferences, closed in a room of the house -don't try to enter , it's dangerous!-  and the call center of an office with 8 lines is redirected to my personal mobile phone ...
I think that's not a good plan! Goal: Change that dynamics
Anyway I'm happy and I am reading at night, dancing with my kids between call and call, and enjoying every second of peace hahaha
There's a thing that I love and is to go shopping for my grandma and my aunt, they are alone (this is a real problem, not my bullshits) and I feel how they are really happy with these little helps! In little things we can find beauty!!!! At the end of the day, I ask to my daughter whats it's been the best, and the worst of the day. And it is a very good exercise, I recommend it to you!  Because I think we all explain to the others the bad things, it's a human behavior, and when we remind the positive ones, their effects recome back as well, and is what we need now, positive feelings!
I just realized that I've used this platform to let off a steam, and it worked!
Good night!

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Today we begin with lots of calls. The Spanish government approved yesterday a decree,   a series of emergency measures, in order to protect certains social and economic ambits. It is especially interesting for those people with vulnerable situations, who have lost their job or reduced their economic incomes in the following days; and acceptable too for the autonomous workers.
Summaring, by one hand if you are a tenant tenant and the crisis has affected you, depending on each case, you can access to loans guaranteed by the state, to be paid back in 6 years with no interests. Rental payments have not been suspended, as a sector of the tenant union demands, so the landlords by the moment breathe a little more quietly. Will see the evolution.
By the other hand, if you are an autonomous worker, or you are running a Small or a Medium-size Enterprise (SMEs),    you can have some aide, deferrals or discounts in your quote.
It seems easy to acces to these aids if you have the requirements,  otherwise in both cases you are in a trouble!
Seriously, is difficult the role of the governators...
I think there is no possibility to analyze every case, and will be injustices, social

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I write at night, it's midnight, and now clearly this weekend is over.
They're been a nice pair of days. Paradoxically,  I had a lot of' "social live". Many videocalls, with family: my big brother and nephews,  with my parents, my grandma, my brother in law, with some friends, ... It's funny because we let the phone placed in somewhere that works as a support, and we share a cup of wine or two, and we talk about live ... and we have spent a lot of time like this, laughing and jogging.
It's a way to recharge, not as effective as being hugged, but in this situation it works!
And we talk about everything and about nothing.....
It is surprising how many people explain to me that they are practising more sport now indoor, than before in freedom. I am trying to get started in that matter however I am so lazy!  I have started imagining a home fitness plan, searching the corner to do pull-ups, push-ups, sit-ups, abs, go upstairs and downstairs in the building... and choosing the clothes, the motivating music... And finally I have began my train! and... how much preparation for so little dedication...After 20 minutes I felt satisfied and I got a tremendous desire to drink a fresh beer.
Tomorrrow Will try again.
And jokes aside, a healthy rutine will be necessary, since the confinement is extended two more weeks at least. Yes, confirmed. And the schools even more. there's no specific date
wow
I knew it was going to happen but it deserves a reflection.
How does it leave us?
We can expect to return some day to our ordinary lives. But our program is changed. Are we going to continue with the schema summer=school holidays?

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Every clown has a silver lining. April, 10th

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Every clown has a silver lining. April, 10th

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Today is holiday, Easter Friday ('viernes santo' in Spain). We wake up calmly at home today, there 's no the phone call at 9 o'clock.
And we can writw in thw morning, and it is relaxing.... let's think about live.
Last week was good.
Analyzing, I do believe I've done a big progress. Now I feel I can work in a more effective way than the first week. It's been difficult for me due to my poor hability in technology applications... or perhaps because of my little interest in it! I wish It had been different but I admit I gave up on being updated on this matter years ago.
But now, I had no options....and why not? Nothing ventured, nothing gained!
So I spent hours watching tutorials to install and apply computer solutions to my day to day. I had to update my old computer. Buy on line computer accessories, apps, learn to use the digital signature...Now I am able to use a little more what this technological world offer us, and I am glad to realize it. I think when the confinement will end, I will work more from house. It will be my little personal souvenir of all that.
And to be honest, I think a lot of people is doing the same, so most of all are training to evolve.

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"learning by playing is great"
I wrote this sentence a feew weeks ago, and now I am cheking  grammar in unit 9, and I've understood why we use the -ing form in this case. And it's because I am using the gerundive as a subject in "learning".
Instead,  i am using "playing" as a direct object. I am not sure of this second part...anyway I think I've understood.

Interesting to review

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Easter Holidays. And our trips and dreams become nothing...
However, I'm going to fly back in time, in my memories of last Easter holidays. Were nice. I went to Edimbourg, an exciting city where I enjoyed very much. Was a family trip, with my wife Yolanda, my daughter Maria and my litle son Alan ,who was only 7 months in that time.
The city is a very interesting place, with a very beautiful pld town and a glonal architecture respecting the soul of the city. We climbed the Carlton Hill and we relaxed lying down on the grass and having an incredible nice view .
There were many cementeries over there, next to main streets or squares, and it made a special atmospheere as well.
Due to we were with the kids,  we couldn' t visit the scottish pubs, becasuse if you are less than eighteen is not allowed the entry. So I was sad because I love beer and this country is plenty of fantastic pubs. It was a really pitty.
We lived a very funny experience, since we rented a car and visited the are. I have to recognize that I am not a very good car driver and besides if you have to ride in the right place in the car, into roads where all thing are in the opposite place where I expected... the results are an spectacle!  I laugh now but I miss the guarantee payed at the moment to rent the car.... so you can imagine that perhaps, there was some little problem!
Anyway, I don't regret the experience of driving in a foreign land, since otherwise we wouldn't have known the countryside. And it worth it.
Scotland is known to be a very humid country with a very special weather . I think in that country weather is unpredictable. Sometimes it rains and it is sunny several times the same day. And at times maybe there is a thick fog (by the way, what an experience to take a walk into the cementeries of Saint Andrews with a lot of fog. Was exciting and mysterious!)
This time last year... We didn't know what happy we were! Absolutely satisfying, despite we went with kids and the difficulties are a constant of course. However, nothing compares to a confinement holidays.

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APRIL 27th  ADVERTISING   I have to advertise a flat to rent online.  I try to provide it  of visibility. In case that someone wanted to visit it, we won't be able to show it in personam, but maybe we can book it or, why not? perhaps we can rent without show it phisically... just on line with nice photos...  I've tried to do the advertise in english as well, to practice, and thinking of any possible foreign interested.  That's it: DESCRIPTION:This cozy apartment, high, luminous and with balcony, is located in the heart of Gràcia, in a catalogued classic building of  1914th. This flat was completely reformed given open spaces and modern distribution, but maintains in addition the valued high ceilings with wood beams, the hydraulic floors and the forged iron railings. The distribution organizes by one hand the entrance and the great living room and kitchen, with access to the balcony and nice views to Tibidabo and to the market of l'Abaceria Central, and by the other hand the bedroom with a semi-integrated study and a bathroom, faced to sea and an inner patio, luminous and calm. The apartment also has a heating boiler by radiators and air conditioneer by heat pump(x 2.)  The entire flat breathes warmth, amplitude and harmony. The building is very well conserved. Right above we find a great terrace of communitarian use, sunny and with surprising views.                       PROPERTY DETAILS:Total Surface approx. 75 m²• Total Number of Bathrooms 1• Balcony•   Year of construction 1914• Heating Gasheating• Air-Condition Split Air-conditioned LOCATION DESCRIPTIONS:This property is in the heart of the district of Gràcia, Vila de Gràcia, next to Passeig de Gràcia and Diagonal Avenue. This is nowadays one of the districts with more movement and attraction in the city. The building, located in front of the colorful market of l'Abaceria Central, allows to have at street level all the services and the charm of the district, with its singular atmosphere and ambiance, its streets, stores, restaurants, schools, cinemas and of course a fantastic access to the public transport.                                      Don't you want to know more?       ; )

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APRIL 27th  ADVERTISING   I have to advertise a flat to rent online.  I try to provide it  of visibility. In case that someone wanted to visit it, we won't be able to show it in personam, but maybe we can book it or, why not? perhaps we can rent without show it phisically... just on line with nice photos...  I've tried to do the advertise in english as well, to practice, and thinking of any possible foreign interested.  That's it: DESCRIPTION:This cozy apartment, high, luminous and with balcony, is located in the heart of Gràcia, in a catalogued classic building of  1914th. This flat was completely reformed given open spaces and modern distribution, but maintains in addition the valued high ceilings with wood beams, the hydraulic floors and the forged iron railings. The distribution organizes by one hand the entrance and the great living room and kitchen, with access to the balcony and nice views to Tibidabo and to the market of l'Abaceria Central, and by the other hand the bedroom with a semi-integrated study and a bathroom, faced to sea and an inner patio, luminous and calm. The apartment also has a heating boiler by radiators and air conditioneer by heat pump(x 2.)  The entire flat breathes warmth, amplitude and harmony. The building is very well conserved. Right above we find a great terrace of communitarian use, sunny and with surprising views.                       PROPERTY DETAILS:Total Surface approx. 75 m²• Total Number of Bathrooms 1• Balcony•   Year of construction 1914• Heating Gasheating• Air-Condition Split Air-conditioned LOCATION DESCRIPTIONS:This property is in the heart of the district of Gràcia, Vila de Gràcia, next to Passeig de Gràcia and Diagonal Avenue. This is nowadays one of the districts with more movement and attraction in the city. The building, located in front of the colorful market of l'Abaceria Central, allows to have at street level all the services and the charm of the district, with its singular atmosphere and ambiance, its streets, stores, restaurants, schools, cinemas and of course a fantastic access to the public transport.                                      Don't you want to know more?       ; )

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It was exciting. After almost two months (since the 12nd of march) my little ones have left home. My daughter went out with her mother, and my son Alan, who is 1 year and a half, came with me. And he has enjoyed a lot.  Just an hour. And the hole time running, jumping and laughing.
And me, very happy.
We went near home, maximium one km was the limit, and we arrived to Sagrada Familia's square. And it was nice, they weren' tourists!
And now we have nice memories of this day. It's history!

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Today I went out, to Cerdanyola. and it is extraordinary because these days are the most restrictive days, you just should move if are doing an essential and authorized activity. And it was my case, I had to assist to a notary , because of a mortgage loan firm and to represent a sale.
It happens that I love ride my motorbike, so I took the opportunity to go along the old road near the cemitery, which for me is very beautiful, plenty of curves and with nice views of the city...and it was incredible!  I felt wide, wind in my face, the road was only for me. ..It worthed it. And the signature was pleasant, so , it was a good day!

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After pasing these weeks, it's time to ask myself: I'd like to do remote working or on the contrary I prefer going to the office?
On the one hand and from a personal point of view if I hadn't the kids at home, I would appreciate much more to work at home. But in my case is very difficult to have calm to be efficient...they are all time demanding me...specially the little one... poor they, they need attention!
So I have no doubts: Nowadays while the schools are closed I would rather go to the office. Moreover, I love being in contact with people, not only clients, but my coworkers and the coffee time with them! I miss it....
On the other hand, in a different context, I recognize that I am more prepared now to telework in a quite productive mode, and it could be interesting to telework many times, I hope it will be something to add to my live.
Even if  I'm not sure that I am not teleworking too much hours!
To sum up, the perfect job for me includes a half time of teleworking and a half time going to the office, perfect to REconcilE (?) my life personal life and my family obligations with my labor life. This might improve my day to day!

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FOR AND AGAINST ABOUT MEDIA We live in the age of the information. Information is essential and be informed is necessary to have an opinion and understand the world where we live and interact.                       Media has many advantages.       First of all, I’d like to state  that media is always a value of an advanced society. And in an ideal world is evident that the media offer a thousand wonders and benefits for a balanced, healthy, informed society. On the other hand, we know that our world is not perfect. So there are thin lines that are been crossed and the information is being used at the convenience of different political or economic interests. In fact, it’s been shown how important the power of media is, as it can manipulate people: The way of thinking, our consumption habits.... Or maybe when it is convenient for other interests, it can just distract us to avoid focus on other more important matters, or maintaining us in the searched ignorance. Furthermore, we live in the age where we have more facilities to access to information.  there is an excess of information. I mean that we can choose which is the most convenient for us. We can decide to take one realty or other. If we are aware of this, and we continue to consume a kind of information and no other, is our decision. We maybe agree being uninformed, but still happy! As we know the realty depends on the color of the glass throw we are looking at, our comprehension of the information may be adapted... try to think about it before accepting the ordinary rules it’s interesting. To reiterate my point of view, I’d like to sum up that media has many advantages and even if we accept that is pretty necessary, it’s more important to balance due to promote the responsible use of the media, trying to create and transmit social values and fight against manipulation who try to favour private interests. This is the only way to be a healthy society. In my point of view, media is a perfect way to be informed, nevertheless we must make the effort to think, contrast, be critical of life, starting with being critical of ourselves.   

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FOR AND AGAINST ABOUT MEDIA We live in the age of the information. Information is essential and be informed is necessary to have an opinion and understand the world where we live and interact.                       Media has many advantages.       First of all, I’d like to state  that media is always a value of an advanced society. And in an ideal world is evident that the media offer a thousand wonders and benefits for a balanced, healthy, informed society. On the other hand, we know that our world is not perfect. So there are thin lines that are been crossed and the information is being used at the convenience of different political or economic interests. In fact, it’s been shown how important the power of media is, as it can manipulate people: The way of thinking, our consumption habits.... Or maybe when it is convenient for other interests, it can just distract us to avoid focus on other more important matters, or maintaining us in the searched ignorance. Furthermore, we live in the age where we have more facilities to access to information.  there is an excess of information. I mean that we can choose which is the most convenient for us. We can decide to take one realty or other. If we are aware of this, and we continue to consume a kind of information and no other, is our decision. We maybe agree being uninformed, but still happy! As we know the realty depends on the color of the glass throw we are looking at, our comprehension of the information may be adapted... try to think about it before accepting the ordinary rules it’s interesting. To reiterate my point of view, I’d like to sum up that media has many advantages and even if we accept that is pretty necessary, it’s more important to balance due to promote the responsible use of the media, trying to create and transmit social values and fight against manipulation who try to favour private interests. This is the only way to be a healthy society. In my point of view, media is a perfect way to be informed, nevertheless we must make the effort to think, contrast, be critical of life, starting with being critical of ourselves.   

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It is very interesting to read news of other country's newspapers, to get how people see us, our system, our politicians, our things.
And it is also quite likely that reading what people percieve of our political system, we realize how tricky we seem (an for sure we are)
On the one hand it is quite notorious that our political representatives are divided. But hey are our elected representatives, so we are a divided country.... and I percierve that we are not able to go ahead together in a situation as catastrophic as the one we are living.
On the other hand, be politician is something difficult in Spain, always a difficult role. What a country my God! It is an odissey to reach a deal among parties, and we are getting used to what the Guardian article calls a hasty improvisation in our way to do politics.
I do believe there's no easy solution; The system must change roots to be able to give a different approach, another type of representation. I do believe that a radical change is needed.I mean, there is a rule called Hondt law, or Hondt method... more or less, it is thinked to have a proportional kind of representation in the Parlament, to have a number of seat-congress according the number of population and the number of votes in the different areas, and to encourage coalitions... a party-list proportional representation.... But in my opinion, it doesn't work in Spain... It is obvious that this is weakening our ability to reach important state agreements.  I hope we will see changes, at least the next generations... and for now we have what we deserve!
People in the world see us like we are: a very complex country

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On Wednesday, Pedro Sánchez will once again ask Spanish MPs to approve an extension of the state of emergency that underpins one of the strictest coronavirus lockdowns in Europe.

If recent days and parliamentary sessions are anything to go by, the prime minister will not be in for an easy ride.

At a time when opposition parties elsewhere in Europe are rallying around the flag, the adversaries of Sánchez's socialist-led coalition are using the virus as a cudgel.

The government has been bitterly criticised for allowing huge marches around the country to celebrate International Women's Day on 8 March, for reacting too slowly to the pandemic, and for inconsistencies and delays in publishing some statistics.

On Monday, the leader of the conservative People's party (PP) announced that he felt unable to support another two-week extension of the emergency situation.

Pablo Casado said the crisis measures, initially designed to contain the disease and prevent the collapse of the country's intensive care units, were no longer necessary at a time when people were once again being allowed outdoors.

He also accused Sánchez of hasty improvisation and said the PP would not tolerate the minority government's "immoral" attempts to "hold Spaniards hostage".

Casado's language was in keeping with his sustained criticisms of the government - if slightly more moderate than on previous occasions.

"You don't deserve the support of the opposition," he told Sánchez in April. "Your arrogance, your lies and your ineffectiveness are an explosive combination for Spain."

Santiago Abascal, leader of the far-right Vox party, is also refusing to support an extension and has likened Sánchez to a surgeon who kills healthy people on his operating table.

According to Abascal, the socialists and their partners in the far-left, anti-austerity Podemos alliance are seeking to replace democratic normality with "a totalitarian one based on uncertainty that has brought Spain nothing but more death, more ruin, more unemployment and less freedom".

The pro-independence Catalan Republican Left party has said it will not support the extension either, saying that while exceptional measures are still required, the state of emergency - which has allowed the central government to oversee the national response - is not.

Meanwhile, some separatist Catalan politicians have suggested that there would have been fewer Covid-19 deaths in an independent Catalonia, and accused the central government of sending 1,714,000 facemasks to the region in a barbed reference to the fall of Barcelona at the end of the Spanish war of succession in 1714.

To secure a fresh extension in the country's 350-seat congress, the government needs only a simple majority - more votes in favour than against.

Much will depend on whether the PP's 88 MPs abstain from the vote - in which case the extension will pass - or whether they vote no, in which case Sánchez will have to rely on the backing of smaller parties to swell the 155 votes of the coalition government.

The government has hit back at its critics, accusing Casado of acting irresponsibly during a global emergency, and pointing out that the PP rules the Madrid region, the area hardest hit by the virus.

The Madrid regional president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, apologised last week after the closure of a huge field hospital at Madrid's main conference centre was marked with a large and crowded ceremony. Photos showed people seeming to ignore social distancing and Ayuso serving a fried squid sandwich to the deputy mayor of Madrid.

The party was also embarrassed recently after pictures emerged, apparently showing the former PP leader and prime minister Mariano Rajoy ignoring the lockdown and going our for walks weeks before outdoor exercise was allowed.

José Pablo Ferrándiz, chief researcher for the polling firm Metroscopia, said that for all the caustic rhetoric, surveys consistently show that Spaniards favour agreement between political parties to help find a way out of the crisis.

Ferrándiz said the PP's refusal to be seen to support the government stemmed partly from its fear of being eclipsed by Vox.

"Even though the polls suggest they're still the leaders of the Spanish right and have consolidated their position, the PP are still looking in the rear-view mirror to see whether Vox are catching them up," he said.

"They're not looking towards the centre, where there are more people and more room for the PP to grow."

Berta Barbet, a political scientist at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, said that Casado had spent so many months on the offensive against the government that any change of tack would be seized on and exploited by Vox.

But, she added, the current rows over the coronavirus crisis also reflect the historic lack of a centre in Spanish political culture.

"Traditionally, it's been two quite distinct blocs, and any attempt to create a centre ground or find consensus to deal with issues such as education reform or pension reform has been very difficult because of the big ideological differences between the two blocs," she said.

"Culturally, there's been a lot of resentment and collaborating with the other bloc is seen as a betrayal of your party's values."

Sánchez and his cabinet may well be looking enviously across the border at Portugal, where another socialist minority government concedes that the support of opposition parties has helped it fight Covid-19.

"Political parties have adopted a responsible behaviour because everybody understood very well the importance of being united to tackle an unexpected pandemic with dramatic consequences," said António Sales, Portugal's secretary of state for health.
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Spain's path out of Covid lockdown complicated by polarised politics

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On Wednesday, Pedro Sánchez will once again ask Spanish MPs to approve an extension of the state of emergency that underpins one of the strictest coronavirus lockdowns in Europe. If recent days and parliamentary sessions are anything to go by, the prime minister will not be in for an easy ride.

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LIGHTS AND SHADOWS...
Exercises -grammar
ex2
had taken RIGHT
didn't remember RIGHT
had had  RIGHT
had RIGHT
was breaking down  RIGHT
wanted  RIGHT
I wouldn't discuss  RIGHT
I had to go  RIGHT

PAY ATTENTION! : 2 TO 8 :(
SO BAD
ex.3
-Why did you come here today?
He wanted to know... why I came there that day    X WRONG
WHY I'D COME/GONE THERE THAT DAY
-I've been trying to see you since yesterday
I said (that) I had been trying to see you HIM since the day before
X WRONG
-Please close the door and have a sit
He asked ME to close the door an have a sit X WRONG
-How can I help you?
He enquired ... if he could help me X WRONG
HE ENQUIRED ME HOW HE COULD HELP ME
-I have information that Mario the snitch will be killed tomorrow
I told HIM that I had information that Mario the Snitch would be killed the next day  X WRONG
-What makes you think this might happen?
He wanted to know what made me think that THIS might happen
X WRONG
-Don't waste time asking me questions
I told him not to waste time asking me questions  RIGHT
-Shall I let the cops Know?
He asked...if he should let the cops know ...and I told him it was up to him  RIGHT

Rewrite sentences
QUITE GOOD
Your results

You answered 8 tasks out of 10 correctly. That is 80%.

1. Tim: "She works in an office."
Tim said (that) she worked in an office.

2. Jessica: "I am going to clean the room."
Jessica told me (that) she was going to clean the roo,. CLUEChange am going to clean to was going to clean.

Correct is: was going to clean the room.

1. Jeff: "They like the song."
Jeff said (that) they liked the song.

2. Ian and Marvin: "We need new shoes."
Ian and Marvin remarked (that) they needed new shoes.

3. Kathy: "He can speak Spanish."
Kathy told us (that) he could speak Spanish.

4. Teacher: "Rachel has never been to Philadelphia."
The teacher said (that) Rachel had never been to Philadelphia.

5. Lucy: "The train didn't arrive on time."
Lucy said to Gerry (that) the trainhadn't arrived on time.

6. Emma: "I'm sitting on the chair."
Emma said (that) she was sitting on the chair.

7. Nick: "Walter doesn't eat meat."
Nick told us (that) Walter didn't eat meat.

8. Holly: "Abby and Nathan will travel to Alaska."
Holly remarked (that) Abby and Nathan will travel to Alaska. CLUEChange will travel to would travel.

Correct is: would travel to Alaska.

our results

1. Benjamin: "I often have a big hamburger."
Benjamin says (that) he often has a big hamburger.

2. Hannah: "They live in Boston."
Hannah said (that) they lived in Boston.

3. Tyler: "Ian doesn't invite girls to his parties."
Tyler told me (that) Ian didn't invite girls to his parties.

4. Dominic: "She understands Japanese."
Dominic remarks (that) she understands Japanese.

5. Sophia: "Bella doesn't collect stickers."
Sophia explains (that) Bella doesn't collect stickers.

6. Robert: "Dennis often downloads the latest tunes."
Robert added (that) Dennis often downloaded the latest tunes.

7. Olivia: "Leroy is out riding his new waveboard today."
Olivia explained (that) Leroy was out riding his new waveboard that day.

8. Luke: "I don't know what to do."
Luke added (that) he didn't know what to do.

9. Lily: "Mr Jones is rude to Samantha."
Lily thinks (that) Mr Jones is rude to Samantha.

10. James and David: "We have to go now."
James and David tell me (that) they have to go now.

Your results

You answered 9 tasks out of 10 correctly. That is 90%.

1. today → that day

2. yesterday → the day before

3. tomorrow → the next day

4. a week ago → the week before

Correct is: a week before

1. last weekend → the weekend before

2. next week → the following week

3. these days → those days

4. last week → the week before

5. now → then

6. this morning → that morning

Your results

You answered 10 tasks out of 10 correctly. That is 100%.

1. Jacob: "I work in an office."
Jacob told me (that) he worked in an office.

2. Ryan and Lucas: "We play football."
Ryan and Lucas told me (that) they played football.

3. Victoria: "I like my cat."
Victoria told me (that) she liked her cat.

4. Henry: "Can you see me?"
Henry asked me if I could see him.

5. Julian: "I will have to borrow your pencil."
Julian told me (that) he would have to borrow my pencil.

6. Melanie: "My father is Jamaican."
Melanie told me (that) her father is Jamaican.

7. Emma and Doris: "Can we use your camera?"
Emma and Doris asked me if they could use my camera.

8. Leah: "How is your journey?"
Leah asked me how my journey was.

9. Isabella and Ella: "We love our pets."
Isabella and Ella told me (that) they loved their pets.

10. Grandmother: "Please bring me a cup of my tea."
Grandmother told me to bring her a cup of her tea.

Your results

You answered 8 tasks out of 10 correctly. That is 80%.

1. Helen: "I speak English and Spanish."
Helen said (that) she spoke English and Spanish.

2. Ken: "Joy often reads comics."
Ken said (that) Joy used to read comics. CLUEChange reads (Simple Present) to read (Simple Past).

Correct is: Joy often read comics.

1. Harry and Marie: "We go swimming in the lake."
Harry and Marie told me (that) they went swimming in the lake.

2. Madison: "I'm tired."
Madison remarked (that) she was tired.

3. Amy: "The boys always wear jeans."
Amy told me (that) the boys always wore jeans.

4. Oliver and Noah: "Our smartphones don't work."
Oliver and Noah mentioned (that) the smartphones didn't work. CLUEChange don't work (Simple Present) to didn't work (Simple Past).
Change our to their.

Correct is: their smartphones didn't workt.

1. Lisa: "Alan sometimes meets friends."
Lisa said (that) Alan sometimes met friends.

2. Andrew: "I really love my moped."
Andrew said (that) he really loved his moped.

3. Nick: "You have a fast car."
Nick remarked (that) I had a fast car.

4. Josie: "Your dogs are cute."
Josie told me (that) my dogs were cute.

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80. 1A Think of one similarity and one difference between the tv programmes
1. a wildlife programme - a reality show: Both tv programmes features how live and interact people or animals. The main difference is that animals don't realize and humans show their live on porpose.
2. a costume drama and a soap opera: Both programmes are long stories, where a lot of things happens to the actors... love, pain, and a lot of drama
3. a sketch show -a sitcom Both features a kind of humoristic recorded show, and is not a long programme.
4. a documentary - a docudrama Both are programmes based on real facts. Documentary could be more subjective
5. a series - a serial Both involve many episodes, and series can include different episodes without a continuity, whereas the serial has this continuity.
6. a thriller - a detective series
A thriller has suspense and could be in every matter. A detective series  could have suspense as well, but is related with an investigation.
7. A game show- a quiz: A game show can include a lot of differents funny situations, different games, competitions of any kind of game; a quiz is a specifical game
8.- a current affairs programme - the news I think both are similar because it features the actual facts of our society, however a current affaires programme could be more informal or subjective and the news are supposed to be objective.

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15th may
In my old life, that other normal life, normally yesterday , it'd be my ordinary annual friends week-end. It's been like this, every may, since 2008. If things had been different, we would have gone abroad, into the south of France.
But We didn't.
Obviously, because of our lovely coronavirus.
Anyway, it's ok, it doesn't matter... actually the only fact that I worry, is to miss the habit.... sincerely is the only friends week-end that I have the hole year, and I'm going to defend it!

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1 A Reading the headlines I make this predictions:
-1: New York roommates find S40.000 in sofa
They will probably spend all the money in a super party
and they likely buy a better sofa

-2.-Man misses 🤬 interview to save baby from train
It's probably that he migh get various job offers after the heroic act, or he will possibly get another positive thing instead.
-3.-Father turns in bank-robbing daughter
Is highly likely that he didn't accuse her.  He most definitely won't recognize her

1 C) Look at statements 1-8. Who do you think said ech one?
1 -Delroy Simmonds
2-The father
3-The widow
4-The mother of the 9 months baby
5-The police man
6-Cally Guasti  X wrong It was Reese Werkhoven
7-Gerry Comber. the local resident
8-a worker of the station train... WRONG  it matches better one of the 3 room-mates
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Collocations: Decisions
2A) Find verbes in the articles to complete the word verbs

-TO PUT OFF A DECISION
-TO GO AGAINST YOUR PRINCIPLES
-TO ASSESS A SITUATION
RIGHT
2B) Connect the pair of similar meanings

Pospone- Put off a decision
Reach-Arrive a decision
GOOD
Follow-Stick to your principles
Betray-to go against your principles
GOOD
look into-Explore a situation
Evaluate -assess a situation
GOOD

3A)
Assessed-evaluated the situation
Betray/go against my principles
ReachED/arriveD at/ come CAME to a decision  X
look into/explore the situation
Follow/stick my principles
PosponeD/put off the decision X
KEEP ATTENTION WITH THE VERBAL TENSE!!

GRAMMAR
PAST AND MIXED CONDITIONALS
4A)
1 think -had used- would have felt
2 had happened - might
3 would have done
4 hadn't jumped- wouldn't be alive
4B)
1 )hypothetical
2)
1-2-3 -->past
4---> past and present
3 )sentnece  with only a result clause. Why? Beacause it's innecessary, it's understood.
antoher sentence in 2nd paragraph is "Anybody would have done the same"
c) Complete the
RULE

IN THE CONDITIONAL CLAUSE USE:
THE PAST PERFECT TO TALK ABOUT THE HYPOTHETICAL PAST
IN THE RESULT CLAUSE USE:
A) THE MODAL+HAVE+PAST PARTICIPLE TO TALK ABOUT THE PAST
B) THE MODAL + INFINITIVE TO TALK ABOUT THE PRESENT

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Strategies for making decisions.                           How I use it?                                                                            

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Strategies for making decisions.                           How I use it?                                                                            

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• list of pros and cons for each option  I’m not so organized, but I usually use this method when  I have to travel, because it’s an important decision to take , it is a familiy decisión and there are differents points of view and it’s Good to have more perspective.

So I think I use this strategie when I try to convince other people that my arguments are better, to make see to the others, but sometimes I realice that I don’t take all factors in account and make me have seconds thoughts.

• create a scoring system : I don’t use this method in my ordinary live, but like it. I use this method to vote in Eurovision show, to decide which country I prefer, as the same form if I were a judge of the show….  a program that I used to see among friends as well, it’s very funny to enjoy the eurovision show as a party.

• Reduce the number of deciding factors to minimum  It’s interesting to reduce the deciding factors to mínimum especially when there are a loto f different factors and it’s is needed to reach a decisión.  I use this case when I have to decide between differents budgets, and there are several concepts and prices… In this kind of situations, I simplify choosing  the two or three I like the most.

• talk it through with somebody : What if I hadn’t my mother ? She is the one who always advise me in important matters  according my personal life.

• ask for a different perspective : In my job I have to deal with workers, and lots of times there are problems, and is not easy to reprimand someone. It’s important to contrast different perspectives, I have a perfect person to exchange points of views in my brother.

• choose randomly one of the options  I don’t like to choose nothing randomly, because  I think I'm not a luckily person and surely I’ll get the worst option. For instance, every time we have moved  house I chose  the room flipping a coin…. And I always had the little one  ...poor me... that is funny anecdote, although a lot of other unluckily things had happened to me because of the distribution of fortune of the universe. If I hadn't randomly decided many things in the past I would probably live better now! The moral of the story is that's no use lamenting, simply I just shouldn't reach tough decisions by lot.

• trust your gut : I love this option. I like to decide things at the last moment, with preasure, and trusting my gut. This happens to me in job, I am more creative under preasure and many different options appears in my head in this way.

• put off the decision until you have better options

When it’s a difficult decision, a tought and important decision, I try to put off my thoughts because I’m so impulsive and I have to make the effort to pospone. And it’s necessary if you want to be reliable.

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I finally finished this book, the second part of "The Kingkiller Chronicle". And I really enjoyed it.
Many things happen but the story finishes in the same way that it begins. Closing a door but opening news. That's an author resourse that I like ( he did the same in the first part).
It is an interesting book to read, with an excellent prose.
There is magics in the letters, the are lyrics. There is an own language, a different world.
A lot of stories. Actually it's a storytelling book of an incredible character, a hero, a legend. And it is narrated by the hero. So you can percieve the pain,  the difficulties of a character that it's supposed to be a hero, although is a human.
Forever with me the moment when the wise man sets up to explain his story
"My name is Kvothe. You may heard of me"
Looking forward the third part!

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Common English expressions about MAKING DECISIONS

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Common English expressions about MAKING DECISIONS

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TO GO WITH YOUR GUT
(Trust your feelings and go for it)
MAKING A GUT DECISION (withut time to think)
MY INSTINCT TELL ME...
I KNOW/I FEEL IN MY BONES-IN MY BEING (When we have strong faith or belief in something...it's like a strong guess that we can't prove but we still believe... It could seem a dramatic sentence!
I JUST KNOW...Trust me ....usually used when we can't or we don't wan't to explain why....just trust me!
SNAP DECISION - Very quickly
ON ONE HAND, ON THE OTHER HAND
Usedwhen we're comparing two things
I'M DEAD CERTAIN
Notes 100% sure about something...oftentimes very seriously said, when somebody doesn't believe you
A SURE-FIRE THING. This is an american expression to say that something is certain to succeed or win for instanmce: I loved the book, it is a surefire best seller"
FOR SURE: Used when we agree with somebdy
I CAN'T PUT MY FINGER ON IT
This expression is used when we don't know why or we cannot explain why but we still think something...for example: "I can't put my finger on it but we should do it, I think it'sa good idea"

TO TAKE ALL FACTORS INTO ACCOUNT
To consider all possibilities
TO HAVE SECOND THOUGHTS : To have doubts
DON'T THINK TWICE: Without dubting
TO NARROW THE LIST DOWN TO JUST TWO OPTIONS

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I don't know how to share with my teacher August, and my class mates...yesterday I noticed that nobody can see my essay! What a pitty. .. I need to be better in this matters of internet...anyway, trying to share and upload the document in the correct folder,as I am not able to do it, in the meantime I just upload it here.... Hope August can read and have your comments or corrections
Thanks!

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These days I have resumed my habit of running, very soon when there is hardly anyone in the city.... although in this covid times, at 6.30h in the morning you can see there is a lot of movement in the street, many people practising sport.
I like going from my house -near Sagrada Familia- to the sea; or another times, to the mountain. However this week I am searching other routes due to avoid the concentration of people... The fact is that the beach promenade is plenty of runners...and the narrow trails of the mountain, above the Carmel area,  are crowded of people walking!...Awesome!

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Today we got the feedback of our teacher about the last debate, and it's been a kind assessment.
I realize that I can do much better, it is a good exercise to speak trying  and learning by listening to the recording. I realize that I need to train much more my speaking, because I make a lot of mistakes, and I can see the way to improve...
Remember: focus on the music of the language, and get better the pronunciation.
And the most important: it's a must to practice!

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May 23rd                     Mountain bike promenade             

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May 23rd                     Mountain bike promenade             

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In the photo you can see my muddy bike
Saturday I decided going out with my old mountainbike... after have been preparing it (cleaning, lubricating the chain and different components, inflate wheels....), I fitted my old cycling clothes and ...
come on legs!
I went around the Cerdanyola mountain and It was exciting, above all the freedom feelings when the air touched my face while I passed through the trees in the narrow tracks of the forest, and crossed mud puddles.  And right now I realize how small details are important.
In a break I sat in my loneliness and relaxed in the shade of a pine tree, to eat chocolate cookies.
And I felt calm and conscious of this little moment of happiness.
And I enjoy another time by remembering it!

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For and against tourism- AFTER SOME HARD MONTHS CONFINED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS, THE GOVERNMENT AND THE EUROPEAN UNION WANT TO REOPEN OUR BORDERS TO RECIVE TOURISM. TO WHAT EXTENT IS THIS A GOOD IDEA?  After the global confinement due to coronavirus, it seems the pandemy is getting weak, and politicians are in charge to decide if it is the moment to open borders, open doors to the tourism.   First of all we have to accept the fact that the economy of the countries are about to colapse, and  tourism is necessary to inject money, and create job. On the one hand, the situation of the pandemy now is more controlled, every day contagies  are decreasing and we begin to have days without people who die because of coronavirus. Moreover, countries are spending a lot of money paying subsidies, the public spending has grown like never before (public sanity, unemployed people...), in a moment when the incomes from the industries and the tourism has fallen exponentially. This combination is fatal to every country. On the other hand, we obviously have to mesure if the most value thing, LIVE, is being put in danger.  The shadow of a second wave of contagie is too large, and there are scientist and doctors who advise against relaxing. To sum up, even if keeping  life save  should have no opposition, this is a deep philosophical debate, and in this social context and considering the fact that pandemy is more controlled, reopen borders is the best solution to activate economy, and take care of the health of a country to guarantee the general well-being.  

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For and against tourism- AFTER SOME HARD MONTHS CONFINED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS, THE GOVERNMENT AND THE EUROPEAN UNION WANT TO REOPEN OUR BORDERS TO RECIVE TOURISM. TO WHAT EXTENT IS THIS A GOOD IDEA?  After the global confinement due to coronavirus, it seems the pandemy is getting weak, and politicians are in charge to decide if it is the moment to open borders, open doors to the tourism.   First of all we have to accept the fact that the economy of the countries are about to colapse, and  tourism is necessary to inject money, and create job. On the one hand, the situation of the pandemy now is more controlled, every day contagies  are decreasing and we begin to have days without people who die because of coronavirus. Moreover, countries are spending a lot of money paying subsidies, the public spending has grown like never before (public sanity, unemployed people...), in a moment when the incomes from the industries and the tourism has fallen exponentially. This combination is fatal to every country. On the other hand, we obviously have to mesure if the most value thing, LIVE, is being put in danger.  The shadow of a second wave of contagie is too large, and there are scientist and doctors who advise against relaxing. To sum up, even if keeping  life save  should have no opposition, this is a deep philosophical debate, and in this social context and considering the fact that pandemy is more controlled, reopen borders is the best solution to activate economy, and take care of the health of a country to guarantee the general well-being.  

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Many years will pass and we'll always remember what we were doing when the coronavirus came into our lives, and how it changed everything.   In spite of this difficult situation, hope each of us have learned positive things to add to our life. I'm sure we all now value more many things that we didn't...

And I will never forget this course... after many time without studying English I finally have found the motivation to resume my studies, and despite the difficulties I don't regret it at all.
Thanks August for the way you lead the group,  a very nice group. Classes have been  dynamic and interesting.  And, in my case, also therapeutic!