World Championships of Figure Ice Skating

Hi, guys!

Today the World Championships of Figure Ice Skating starts. It takes place in Boston all this week, so for the lovers of this sport will have an interesting, stunning and gripping week. I´m pretty exciting for it, because, as you know, I´m really keen on this sport.

Here my predictions are:

Ladies:

1. Evgena Medvedeva (Russia)
2. Mao Asada (Japan)
3. Ashley Wagner (USA)

Pairs:

1. Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov (Russia)
2. Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford (Canada)
3. Ksenia Stolvoba and Fedor Klimov (Russia)

Men:

1. Yuzuru hanyu (Japan)
2. Javier Fernández (Spain). (It would be difficult for him to be again the World Championships but, let´s see.)
3. Patrick Chan (Canada)

Ice Dance:

1. Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Ciceron (France)
2. Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje (Canada)
3. Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani (USA)

Place your bets, ladies and gentelmen!

The Descent

After arriving to the top of the mountain, the snow was starting to fall, the same as the night before. The four mates are enjoying the terrific landscape, which was absolutely stunning, gripping and uplifting. Moreover, it was out of the blue. Nevertheless, they had to come back to their camp. Not only did they not have any food or coats to spend the night there, but they also had an injured mate, who was on one of the tent with an important hairline fracture in one on his legs plus the arm´s ligaments entirely tored. He had too much pain in order to continue the ascent, so he couldn´t continue it and he stayed at the camp.

For that reason, having strolled a little along the top, the four colleages started the descent, which was extremely dangerous plus risky because they didn´t have any torch, nor flashlight. They didn´t measure well their forces and time. All of them descended in a total silence. Nobody spoke during all of it. The four were afraid by their injured mate and for themselves too. In fact, the places they wanted to be was their homes with their relatives instead of to be playing with their lives.

After seven hours they arrived to their camp, completely safe and sound. Their fellow was lying inside the tent, terribly pale and exhausted. Despite that, he nerviously grinned while the rest of the team uncontrollably sobbed. The more he grinned, the more the rest sobbed. The next day, a huge helicopter went to pick them up. All of them shouted with emotion. After their rescue, nothing will ever be the same.

Music and Me

I can say, without any doubt, that listening to music is one of my favourite hobbies, live or recorded. With regards on that, I am pretty keen on hearing several types of music: pop, disco, rock, classical music and reggeton, why not? It depends on the occassion, moment, place and stuff like those themes. Nevertheless, I deeply hate blues and jazz music because these styles make me nervous.

 

Anyway, not only do I like to listen to music, but I am also interested in learning the lyrics of my favourite songs. Nowadays, I try to understand "Hello", by Adele; "Writings on the wall", by Sam Smith; and "Faded", (I do not remember by whom is it). Furthermore, it is my English´s level what I improve with that kind of plays. But, when can I listen to it?

 

Well, with reference to that question, I have to say that I need music all the time. However, I cannot do this always, only inmy spare-time. Despite that, every afternoon I try to listen to music on my own for one hour more or less. The more I listen to it, the less stressful I am. Apart from this, when I have to clean the house, I switch on the radio, which cheers me up. In addition, when I have plans with my bunch of friends to go to a cosy restaurant or on a shopping spree or wherever, I have a shower and put some make up on while I listen to the radio or my own songs.

 

Taking into account my mood, I choose one genre of music or another. For instance, if I am sad, I prefer rock music like “Him” or “Nightwish”, in contrast  if I am happy I choose disco music like Shakira. Nevertheless, if I am in love I need romantic music like Tiziano Ferro.

 

So, to sum up, as you see each people choose different types of music and it depends on their own preferences and situation in that moment. It is the mood, preferences plus circumstances that people consider when choosing one theme or another.

 

Informal Email

To: sigilosa_pandora@hotmail.com
From: Grizabella23@hotmail.com
Subject: News

Hi, Laura!

What's up? Thanks for your last email and sorry for not answering before. Seldom do I have time for anything. Now I have some time to invest in catching up with you. For instance, did you know I've moved to Granada? Yes! I did it, at last! I moved to my boyfriend's house last month and this is fantastic! The house is stunning, marvellous and great. Moreover, we even have a cinema's room! It's out of the blue! I love it.

More news, I got a job on a school here in Granada. Nevertheless, I'm not really happy. You know, I needed to work in something and this opportunity is absolutely amazing! It is my pupils who makes me feel miserable. I wish they weren't so reckless. Look, in this three weeks I've had to go twice to E.R.! Are they mad? The more I bother of them, the more they do to injury themselves and perjudicate me. Believe me, not only have I become on a timid person but I'm also entirely scared. Those children are completely crazy!

However, I have to say living in Granada is wonderful. Miguel supports me all that he can and the connivance is perfect (for now at least). We'll see how it is going.

Nothing more by know, I have to prepare some activities for my little beasts for tomorrow.

See you soon!

Best wishes,

Esther Diaz

Apply letter

Dear Mr. Wilson, 

Thank you for your letter. With regards to working in the evenings, I am afraid I cannot do it, because I have to attend too many lectures at that time of the day.

Therefore, I am interested in working at your camp in the mountains, which it is said to be a place completely out of the blue. Thus, I would like to know if you need more staff. If it is in the summer, it is in August when I will be available due to the fact that my public competition will finish in the middle of July and I am sitting for the examination. So, as you would understand, it is entirely impossible for me to be available in other dates.

Regarding my level of English, not only do I speak it fluently, but I also have the Advanced Certificate by Cambridge, where the exams are consider to be pretty complete and to have a high level. Moreover, I am keen on meeting people because I am a kind, reliable and sympathetic person so that this kind of job would give me the chance to use all my skills and look after children that I really like. The more I learn, the richer my life and the lives of my pupils are. 

I have enclosed my Curriculum Vitae plus personal details and qualifications. I look forward to meeting you to discuss the possibility of employment. Please contact me regarding any queries you may have. 

Yours sincerely, 

Esther Díaz