This is 2nd ESO

We are back at school. I hope you had a good summer but it's time to focus on the new course. I would like you to answer the following questions:

1. Did you do anything special last summer?

2. What do you expect from the new course?

Welcome back!!

Trip to Gibraltar

What did you do yesterday?

Are you a bookworm?

I have tried to work out a solution to Rafa's math problem about the worm that pierces books, and I must confess that I failed. Right, I'm not very good at maths, but I am good at languages so here is a bit of language comparison.

In English, we say that you are a "bookworm" if you like reading very much, you spend your time reading, you talk about books all the time, you are an avid reader, etc. However, in Spanish, we say that you are "un ratón de biblioteca". Why do you think the animal related to books is a worm in English-speaking countries (Anglo-Saxon countries) and a mouse or a rat in Mediterranean countries like Spain?

In other languages:
German: Bücherworm (like in English)
French: rat de bibliothèque
Italian: topo di biblioteca (topo is mouse in Italian)
Portuguese: rato de biblioteca

In any case, are you a bookworm?

Brittany's farewell party

A hungry worm

There is a really nice math encycolpedia in the library with only 4 volumes and 400 pages each. A hungry worm makes a tiny tunnel from the first page of the first volume to the last page of the last volume. The librarian says to the math teacher:

• A worm has pierced 1.600 pages!
• Oh! No friend! Not that many! -answers the teacher calculating the result-
• Really? so how many pages has the worm pierced?

Can you help the librarian to get the answer?

Translated and adapted from the book "El País de las mates 1" by Miquel Capó

EDITADO: Here is an image that can help you to solve this question:

Fact or Fiction?

Find 9 people in this list and then decide if they are fact (real people) or fiction (imaginary people).
It's not too difficult.

Europe Day

What is Europe Day?

On 9 May 1950 the first move was made towards the creation of what is now known as the European Union. That's why we celebrate Europe Day on that day. At the moment there are 27 countries in the European Union. If you want to know about them, click here.

Which country would you like to visit? Explain why. The most original answer gets a prize
I would like to visit the United Kingdom, because I want to improve my English and know British way of life personally.

The Big Challenge

Well, after some months of training, you finally had The Big Challenge quiz. Was it more difficult than you expected? What part of the text did you find the most difficult? Culture, pronunciation, grammar...? Who do you think may win? Would you like to take part again next year? Leave your comments here.