SWINE FLU.

During this time, in Mexico City, doctors have detected a case of swine flu. The person who took this virus is a young boy of five years old who’s name is Edgar.

He is known as “patient zero”, ‘cause he survived the earliest documented case of swine flu.
The lab tests confirmed that Edgar was the only patient in Veracruz to test positive for the sine flu virus.
To protect all the other habitants of the city, Mexico decided close all the bars, clubs, movie theatres, pool halls, theatres, gyms, sport centers…
The symptoms include fever, runny nose, sore throat, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.

NEW VOCABULARY LEARNED:

Pool halls: sales de billar
Sore throat: mal de coll

This new is extracted from this link.

INFORMAL LETTER.

Onze de Setembre Avenue
Sant Pere Pescador
17470


16th April 2009

Hi Lucy! How are you?
Since your last wrote I've been thinking about the things what we can do when you arrive here.
Well, you will set off at five o'clock of the morning of Ireland and you will arrive here at seven o'clock more or less.
I'll be waiting for you in the airport, and later we will go to my house to leave your suitcases, but I think that we have a problem, a big problem! My car is break down, it stops working yesterday while I was going to work, so we must rend other one for do our visits.
During these days that you'll be here, with me, we can go to different places, for example:
We can go to the beach in Sant Pere, and relax ourselves with the nature of the Aiguamolls de l'Empordà. You will find out that there are a lot of little towns very beautiful in l'Empordà!
If you like ride a bike, we can take the Fluvià's route, it's really nice!
Also, we can visit Girona's Cathedral and walk around the city, and if you want one day we can go to Barcelona and visit the most important places and later... we can go shopping!
Well, these are the activities that I thought. If you come across with other ideas qe can change the activities that I've been thinking of, there isn't any problem!
See you soon Lucy!

XXX.

LAURA.

FORMAL DIALOGUE.

C- Come in.
L- Good Morning.
C- Good Morning. Take a seat please. If you are hot take your coat off.
L- Thank you. My name is Laura and I am studying in IES Castelló d’Empúries.
C- Nice to meet you. I am Cèlia, the director of the company. How can I help you?
L- I am doing a research project and I would be grateful if you could give me some information about your company if it is possible.
C- Of course, what are you looking for?
L- I am looking up information about the costs of this business and your different ways to control the activities of the company.
C- Ok. What type of costs are you looking into?
L- If it’s possible I would like to have the production costs but, if it is more work than you can take on I understand.
C- No problem. I will send you these costs as soon as I can by e-mail. I think it can get them to you in two days. If I come across any other information that might be useful, I will send it too.
L- Thank you so much! I will look out for your e-mail and I will answer you.
C- Ok, is that all?
L- Yes, thank you.
C- Thank you for your interested in this company for your research project!
L- It’s been a pleasure. Good bye!
C- Goodbye. Have a nice day, Laura!

Cèlia Garcia and Laura Carrera.