Castelló d'Empúries
Girona
Catalunya
31st Març 2009
Dear Kieron,
Thanks for your Letter. I snelling my village. Castelló d'Empúries, because If you like a relaxed and beautiful holidays, you have chosen the perfect place.
Castelló d'Empúries has a big and very important church, this is interesting for the habitants and for tourists. Castelló also has a large beach and very clean water, the atmosphere is particulary relaxed and the people are really friendly with the tourists.
In this village, you have diferent activities to do, you go arround the small town, see the monuments, go parachuting in Empuriabrava.
In this village, the language is Catalan or Spanish, the currency is the euro, the weather is cool and hot, depening the day, but, I'm sure, you'll love my small town!
Keep in touch
Xavi XX
jueves, 2 de abril de 2009
Business Daily: Art market hits hard times:
Busines Daily worders if the slump in the art market might not be a god thing.
Maybe a lot of rubbish has been going for sky-high prices in the age of bling and the recission will bring it all back to earth.
Should we care if the bubble in the market for modern art and sculpture has burst?
The grand art auction in New York are now failing to delive the astronomical prices for trendy works that the once did. In a recent series of sals of Russian art works that were expected to go for about $60milions fetched $40milions insead.
BBC NEWS
NEW VOCABULARY:
BURST: rebentar-se
INSTEAD: en lloc de
FETCH: portar
SLUMP: depresió
RUBBISH: basura
WONDER: merevellar-se
Maybe a lot of rubbish has been going for sky-high prices in the age of bling and the recission will bring it all back to earth.
Should we care if the bubble in the market for modern art and sculpture has burst?
The grand art auction in New York are now failing to delive the astronomical prices for trendy works that the once did. In a recent series of sals of Russian art works that were expected to go for about $60milions fetched $40milions insead.
BBC NEWS
NEW VOCABULARY:
BURST: rebentar-se
INSTEAD: en lloc de
FETCH: portar
SLUMP: depresió
RUBBISH: basura
WONDER: merevellar-se
Nissan Dumps plans for Tangier Plant
The japanese firm anounces and says it will cut 20,000 jobs woldwide.
This secret was confirmed in 10of February. The decision by the Japanese comany will put minds at rest in Catalonia, where workers feared that a wival plant in Tangier would provide unbeatoble competition for the Barcelona nissan factory, leading to a further loss of jobs.
The comany restricted itself to commenting that Barcelona remains an option for the production of the vans but that no final decision had yet been taken.
Catalonia today.
NEW VOCABULARY:
VANS: furgoneta
DUMPS: tirar
This secret was confirmed in 10of February. The decision by the Japanese comany will put minds at rest in Catalonia, where workers feared that a wival plant in Tangier would provide unbeatoble competition for the Barcelona nissan factory, leading to a further loss of jobs.
The comany restricted itself to commenting that Barcelona remains an option for the production of the vans but that no final decision had yet been taken.
Catalonia today.
NEW VOCABULARY:
VANS: furgoneta
DUMPS: tirar
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