TYPES OF FAMILIES

Julia Sevillano(Graphic Designer) and Esther Vidal(cook)are living together.
They have been together for ten years now. Teo and Julia,twins, are Esther's biological
Children. Julia will adopt them when they get Married.
We love each other, we´re happy together,
We grow up together.

José and Lourdes live together. Jana And Elio are Lourdes´children and
Marina is José´s daughter. Vera is their common daughter and the
common link between the children they´ve got from their previous
Couple.
Yes, our house is a mess,but we Are happy.

Have you seen these photographs before? They have been taken from the magazine EL PAIS SEMANAL (Sunday 9th October 2005) Spanish family is changing. Here you´ve got different ways of understanding the so traditional concept of family.
What do you think about it?What advantages and disadvantages do you think it has?

Ramón and Charo got married 47 years ago “till death do us apart”. They had 3 daughters and one son. A traditional family so far, however they have lived a lot of changes in their family.Their eldest daughter got divorced amd married again. Their granddaughter is living with her boyfriend. Some grandchildren are baptized and others aren´t. You can see their crisis coming before they hit you: They are your children, your family

A family is made up of a man and a woman. That's how I see it.

I am a single mother. My family is just my daughter and me!!!!!

Antonio and Elena have got three children. The eldest are biological and the youngest
was adopted in China. It wasn´t necessary to give birth to my daughter to feel like her mother.

María is Spanish and Walla is from Angola. They have been living together since 2001. Iano is their son.
Living with an African man is neither better nor worse.We went through an adaptation phase, just like any other couple.

LOVE, RESPECT, CARE
THESE ARE THE WORDS THAT
CAN DEFINE ALL MODELS OF FAMILIES

If you have any comments about the subject, this is your blog to do it in English.

SMOKING AND YOU

DO YOU SMOKE? CIGARETTES? CIGARS? A PIPE?
HOW MANY DO YOU SMOKE A DAY?
DO YOU SMOKE TO RELAX
DO YOU FEEL NERVOUS IF YOU HAVEN´T HAD A SMOKE FOR A LONG TIME?
WOULD YOU LIKE TO STOP SMOKING?
COULD YOU GIVE IT UP EASILY?


ANTI-SMOKING LAW

The Anti-tobacco Law came into force in Spain on January 1st 2006. The regulation forbis smoking in workplaces . Bars and restaurants over 100 square metres are obliged to provide no-smoking areas. Smaller bars have to decide if they want to allow smoking or not. All of them must show signs to inform customers if they allow lighting up or not.

Surveys show that 77% of people approved the ban on smoking in working places. 94% approved the prohibition in hospitals,schools, sports and cultural venues. Less than 5% expressed opposition to these measures.
WHAT´S YOUR OPINION ABOUT THIS LAW ?

TWO SWEDISH IN CLASS!!

A few weeks ago we received an amazing visit.Two Swedish men, "FROM SWEDEN"came to class and spoke with us, well, they spoke and we listened, but it was really cool. At the beginning, we were a bit scared because we didn't know if we would be able to understand them, but in the end we realized it was quite easy, and we then learned about their culinary costumes! well!
In conclusion, we proved that it isn't so complicated to talk with people from other countries using English! So, guys, begin to speak English!!!
Rocio V. & Elena R.

Christmas is over!!!!

Back to reality again! The first week of school we have already had some exams. This is not fair! We remember those afternoons at home, doing nothing, just watching tv, and sometimes making the great effort to answer the telephone or to surf the web. We want more holidays!

(Elena Rodríguez, Patricia Rouco & Rocío Vázquez)