Language exam.

   I would like to share my experiences gained during my language exam. I did the BME B2 english language exam. This contains 3 parts: speaking, writing and listening.

   The speaking contains conversation with the inspector, ideas about a specified topic (like education or health) and a situation (like you have to help your friend). From my point of view it was better than expected. The inspector was nice, I got quite good topics, but I started 15 minutes later than expected.

   The listening has 2 different excercises. The first one is to answer questions with a few words and the second one is true or false. I wasn't as delighted about this as with the speaking. My reason for this is that I wasn't able to hear the speaker because of the echoes and the quality of the recording wasn't very good. And I am not really sure in the true and false as I got very stable pattern.

   The writing was the easiest in my opinion. The worksheet had 4 excercises. The first one was to fill in the gaps with given sentences. The second one was the traditional reading comprehension. It was the hardest for me in the exam. The third one was to fill in the gaps with specified words. And the last one was to write a letter. It was quite challanging for the reason of the 170-180 word barrier.

   For me this was quite a good experience, although I wouldn't want to do it again. I think I managed to pass the exam and I would recommend this to everybody to do it as early as possible because it was quite easy.

          Dani

Travelling

           I'm going to write about beautiful places in the world where I'd like to go once in my life. 
These places are expensive places but I think they are wonderful. I always wonder about what I would do if I visit these places.

1. I'd take millions of photos.
2. I'd visit every sight.
3. I'd try out everything. (foods, drinks, sports, games)

These are the places. I'm writing about 4 places with some details about it and with some photos.

My biggest dream to visit is the Seychelles. It is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean. The archipelago consists of more than 116 islands. Mahé, Praslin and La Digue are the three most important islands which are on granite rocks but the others are on corall-reef. The inhabitants are kind, hospitable and likeable. There are white sand beaches, exotic plants and wonderful wildlife for honeymooners and for those who want to get married there. As for me it is the best place for these.

The second place is The Wave in Arizona. This place is located in the United States of America near the Arizona-Utah border.  It is famous among hikers and photographers for its colorful, undulating forms, and the rugged, trackless hike required to reach it. I like to visit this place because of taking photos because I'd like to be a photographer. 

The third place is Iceland. There are many beautiful places, for example Blue Lagoon, Gullfoss waterfall, Dynjandi and so on. 

Gullfoss waterfall: 

Blue Lagoon: 

Dynjandi: 

And in this list the last place is the Maldives which is an island nation in the Indian Ocean–Arabian Sea area. Maldives consists of 1,192 coral islands grouped in a double chain of 26 atolls. In my opinion it is wonderful when you go out from the house to the terrace and you can dive into the water. This island is famous for honeymooners, couples who want to get married. It is similar to Seychelles.

These are my four favorite places in the world where I'd like to get once in my life to take tons of photos and for adventure. 

I hope you liked it. It was good to write this down because while I was writing I was there in my mind. I believe you'll be there, too. 

Pictures from Pinterest.

Betti 

About 2 weeks ago I bought my favourite magazine, the Elle. The main issue of March is the feminism. Many articles are about women from all around the world who fight for their rights.This inspired me to make an opinion and write it down for you. 

Now I'm 17 years old and not long ago I started to think about who I am, what does it mean that sooner or later I'll be a woman and what are the advantages and disadvanteges of this.Girls,it's a natural process,you just want to identify your being.That's why I think feminism is an important topic and women and men also have to talk about it.

But what does this expression: 'feminism' mean? Here is a little help from the Wikipedia : 

Feminism is a collection of movements and ideologies that share a common goal: to define, establish, and achieve equal political, economic, cultural, personal, and social rights for women. This includes seeking to establish equal opportunities for women in education and employment.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminism)

Anybody can figure it out that this word has a cause and not just a fiction created by mope women. A lot of female suffer from discrimination all around the world.The aim is to reduce this number. I think none of us wants to cook and do the housework all day long during our whole life. Hard working women deserve high-leveled positions in their professional life.But some think tha the place of the woman is in the kitchen. For heaven's sake, what an old-fashioned perception ! Our fate are not sealed, we control our destiny and have the strength to make the best of it. 

In my opinion we should be proud of our feminity and fight for egual acceptance, not in a violent way but with our power and knowlegde.

Some celebritias also share the same opinion and they give voice to it, for example Beyoncé. Just listen to this : 

My essay was just a little introduction to this world, but here are some people who stand for feminism in a pretty good way. If you want to know more just visit their twitter page:

@debbieblox

@caitlinmoran

@malalafund

@cocorocha

Hope you liked my post! :)

Panka

Thoughts on Meteor and other stories

    I would like to introduce you this fascinating book called "Meteor and other stories".
The book was written by John Wyndham and published by The Oxford bookworms series. This series of books contain easier to read books for an english learner. The book itself is a science fiction and it contains 4 stories.

    The first story is about a meteor that hit Earth. This is in fact not a meteor but an alien spaceship. Humans notice a hissing sound given off by it but they don't really care about it. The alien specie which travelled by the ship is called the Fortans. They are ant sized creature and their ship is the biggest thing ever built by them. The plot is that the aliens get off their ship and writes down how they percieve our home planet.

    The second revolves around the martian rights on Earth. The story starts with Duncan Weaver and his marriage with a martian girl called Lellie. The differences are stated between the human and martian culture, biology, their legal rights.

    The third is about a spaceship stranded in an orbit around Mars. The story starts with an engine failure but the captain of the ship manages to put it into a safe orbit. There the author writes down the odds of survival.

    The fourth and the last discusses the meaning of the soul. The story takes place in a peaceful world. Terry, the main character, got a severe injury where the pain turned him into a different person. His bride couldn't cope with this situation. By the end of the story there is a twist which I wouldn't like to say.

    In my opinion this book makes you think. My favourite story was the first one, because I find it fascinating how a small animal or alien could see our planet. I would highly recommend this book to everybody who loves sci-fi or would like to read fascinating short stories.

Dani