My English COMPETENCE in 2014

If I had to show my English level I would choose this posts:

• Oral presentation: http://louvesiamoise.blogspot.com.es/2014/02/the-equinotherapy.html 
• Written post: http://louvesiamoise.blogspot.com.es/2013/11/normandie-2013.html

I am convinced I would choose this ones. The oral presentation shows I can be in front of public talking in English and expressing myself in an acceptable way. I also like it because it's from my research project and it would be nice that they knew about my research.

Related on the written post, I've chosen this one I wrote about the European Championship in Normandy, that I attended in 2013, because I really loved it and personally it is really important for me,, I had really good experiences doing what I really love, my biggest hobby. As I really liked talking about it, I was interested on looking into different words to help myself with the written expression. And finally I think it was good, I am proud of this post. 

I hope you think the same as me about this posts, I did it the best I could!

My English Progress from 2012 to 2014

It's time to see my improvement from 2012 until now. It's difficult to evaluate yourself, you I'll try to.

• Old post: http://irenemenendez3.blogspot.com.es/2012/04/italy-special-country.html
• New post: http://louvesiamoise.blogspot.com.es/2014/05/if-i-knew-back-then.html

I have to say that I have improved in some grammar, vocabulary and connectors. In that time we didn't use any connector, there were only dots and comas, and now my vocabulary is richer. That's something I am really proud of.

One example is: I don't have a special thing to tell because everything was incredible. We met some people from other places, a lot of Catalan people that was in a trip in Italy.  Here I could have said: I don't have a special thing to tell because everything was incredible. Moreover, we met some people,... 
That's the difference between then and now.


Related on my podcasts, I can only say my pronunciation has improved, and I'm more fluid, I am more about to be understood.

• Old podcast: http://irenemenen.blogspot.com.es/2013/06/dialogue.html
• New podcast: http://louvesiamoise.blogspot.com.es/2014/03/what-money-cant-but-marketisation-of.html

I laughed so much listening at the first podcast, recorded with Ona. I remember the times we repeated it because we were laughing at all and we weren't focused on it. I think my pronunciation is still the same one, I can't see any differences on it, so I can't give any example. 

I would like to have more time to write on it, but we're on the last week's exams... and tomorrow we have History at 8 o'clock in the morning. 

If I knew back then...

Dear Irene, 

Stop right now! You're just in front of the highschool's door, with a happy face because you think you're a bit older and every thing thing is going to be better. But that's not at all as you may think... Do you know what is in there? Not only teachers, exams,... There's also people you're going to meet that aren't good at all, you'll probably say that they are your friends, bur in my experience... I have to tell you that it's not true. Well, let's stop talking about friends and let's talk about studying. As it is usual in almost every person, the first year you're going to study a lot an maybe some days before the exam, but the second, the third year... I'm sure you won't! Then arrives batchillerat, with a hard work the first year. But the second... what about the second! You'll have to do your research project, a lots of exams and, to finish happily and because you wouldn't have studied enough, you'll have to pass the selectivity. OK, I am joking... We have studied so much during this year, and in three weeks we'll have to study all the subjects we've cursed this year. Amazing. 

The only thing I have to tell you before you begin this torture is that you'll have fun even when you'll be listening the teachers, partners ,etc. Enjoy now, because we're too young to let go the good moments. Good luck!

Are we too dependent on mobile phones?

We can see mobile phones around us, maybe because it's too convenient having an object that we use for almost everything. Unfortunately, people don't know or they don't realize that the dependance on mobile phones is growing, every time more.

As I see it, lots of people can't stand going out without their mobile, or they just don't do it because they're entertained on it. It sounds funny, but when a woman is wearing a big handbag, she's constantly putting her hand in the back to check if the mobile is still there. But, as it happens, she doesn't find it. Now, at that moment, she goes totally crazy.

Other cases related with the Nomophobia, is the people who are constantly charging their mobile's battery, even if it's on the 50%. Moreover, when we walk on the streets, there's no person who doesn't have their mobile phone on their hands.

Personally, I think the majority of the people lilving in this world are addicted to it, and they should admit it. Nowadays, there's nothing strange on nomophobic people, so we shouldn't be afraid of accepting we all are a it nomophobic.

The Rise of Antibiotic Resistance

• Summary:

The World Health Organization found that the growth of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, fungi and parasites are not going to let last the standard treatments working, all the infections are being harder to control and there are a lot more of risks (spreading infections, illness,...). This has happened because people use antibiotics routinely, by their own. Now, a a lot of treatments using antibiotics have failed and for examples, the number of pations suffering pneumonia and bloodstream infections are growing so much. 

To conclude, what people have to do is to minimize the overuse of antibiotics to stop the development of resistant pathogens. 

• Opinion:

It is true that a lot of people takes drugs without knowing its function. Antibiotic has to be taken in specific cases, when you really need it because if people don't, then happens that pathogens become resistant to it. The fight we have versus this little microorganisms is incredible.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/11/opinion/sunday/the-rise-of-antibiotic-resistance.html

It is almost done!

This is going to be my last post in this blog! Woah... I'm so happy, there's only one more week left of exams, and then, there we go for Selectivity! 

It has been a difficult year, not only for my studies, but other things from out of school. Nevertheless, I have studied the most as I could and I'm proud of it. I think that if I do a good selectivity I'll have the mark to study "Pharmacy". And that's all I want right know, success in everything related in studies and sport! 

I have a friend who is very stressed right now, she can't even breath sometimes, and I am a bit worried about her. I try to calm her every day but it doesn't work... She has a lot of pressuring because she needs high mark. Personally, I have to give thanks that I'm not like her, in this conditions. I don't know why but I have been quite relaxed, not caring at all about the marks, and enjoying the moment, because that's what we have to do! We have to go out of home, not resting the whole day on it. Well, these are my thoughts. 

There're only five exams left! Come on!

Patient's cells deployed to attack aggressive cancer

• Summary:

An import an step has been token with a woman's body who was 43 years old. It is a treatment with an advanced and deadly kind of cancer, spread from her bile duct to her liver and lungs. Researchers have identified cells from her immune system which attaches specific malignant cells. They have make them grow in a laboratory and infused them back to her blood. Despite the treatment and chemotherapy, she is not cured but her tumors are shrinking.
However, they want to try to treat some to her people with this same type of cancer and more, for example, breasts cancer. They don't know if it's going to work because they only found this cells in that woman.

• Opinion:

It would be an enormous progress if they can manage to research if this treatment could work on other type of cancers, despite chemotherapy. I think we all are waiting the day that this disease could have a definitive cure, for all its different types. It would be the biggest step in the world!

• Words I have learnt:

Shrinking: disminuint, extingint

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/09/health/doctors-use-patients-immune-cells-to-shrink-cancer-tumors.html?ref=health&_r=0