The Name Game.

In lesson 3 of our hand book we were studying The Name Game. So, i chose to write about Coca-Cola, the most popular artificial beverage in the world.

The Coca-Cola's two main ingredients were cocaine and caffeine. The cocaine was derived from the coca leaf and the caffeine from Kola nut, instead of  Coca-Kola, the ¨k¨ in kola was replaced with a ¨c¨ for marketing purposes.

When you have a Coca-Cola bottle or can in your hands you can read the ingredients listed on the side, but they are not all the ingredients, the exact formula is a trade secret. there is a myth which says that only two executives have access to the formula and each one only have half of it.

Is interesting to know that John Pemberton, the creator of The Coca-Cola's company, was an addicted to morphine, after years of fighting against the addiction ended up on creating a new drink, so he mixed the cocaine and the caffeine and converted into a syrup and added carbonated water, he finalized the formula in 1886, in Atlanta Georgia. Then, he made an alcoholic drink called French Wine Coca, ( I'm pretty sure that all of us will would have loved to try that drink, specially YOU, Atilano 😆 ) but prohibitions laws in Atlanta prevented him to selling it, after that he created a similar drink, non-alcoholic version. Frank Mason, his partner in crime, you know that every drug addicted are never alone, 😜 suggested him the name Coca-Cola for the Syrup formula.

Pemberton faced several problems with his beverage, as it contained coca leaves during a period were cocaine was a topic on debate. Because cocaine is a addictive substance, the manufactures of Coca-Cola did not want to be known as the creators of an addictive cocaine beverage in the market, so by 1902 the beverage contained a very little quantity of cocaine to protect the trademark, but in 1929 the soda became cocaine-free and the beverage was still able to maintain its name.

So, guys we already know that the main formula of Coca-Cola, a soda that almost everybody in the world even kids drink, still being a secret. I wonder what the hell are we drinking? Sorry for the expression.

Urban Legends

In the second lesson of our handbook we were talking about Urban Legends. So, I'm going to introduce a place that i have visited in the amusement park were i'm working right now in wildwood New Jersey which had gruesome stories in the past.

The Ghost Ship is one of the attractions that Moreys Piers has in one of the three amusement parks, the interesting thing is that this is not a created Ship,  it's a real ship that was haunted long time ago, it was in disuse in the early 80's and was put in the park with the purpose of scaring people and trust me, i'd tried and it really scares, it was extremely creepy. it has like 10 rooms inside and 12 different stories. Watch the following video for more details. 

J- Ball

In the first lesson of the  handbook that we were studying in class we talked about J-Ball which is the baseball in Japan. I will write some interesting facts about the Dominican players in Japan.

The first Dominicans that played in the professional baseball league of Japan were Sijo Linares, who was the first one playing in a single match with the Taiyas Whales in 1971. Also, in the same year, Jose Vidal Nolasco who was born in La Romana, invaded that league in Japan.
Then, other players followed him, as Mateo Rojas Alou in 1974, Rafael Batista in 1975 and Winston Llenas in 1976. They were the pioneers in Baseball in Japan even not speaking the language in this country.

Did chinese discover america?

evidence suggests that the viking Leif Ericson crossed the atlantic and visited North América in the eleventh century.
In this lesson I learned some new vocabulary likes :
■amateur
■hints
■voyage
■utensils
■split up
■spices
■fabric
■bodyguard
■overseas
■disease
■spouse
■pull up
■threat
Some sentences:

■I need more utensils to work in my nail center.
■my professors split up into three groups every class.
■I love to Cook with spices.
■I need fabric to make curtains
■my husband wanted to work as a bodyguard.

The ups and downs of yo-yos

This lesson was very important and funny  too. I learned so much in this lesson like the yo-yo showed up in the pacific as well and I knew a new  vocabulary likes:

●Swept
●empty
●wooden
●showed up
●fled
●ropes
●eve
●invented
●valuable
●challenging
●playgrownds
●pastime
●slogan

Some sentences:

●the television  was invented By John Logie Baird.
●esmerald and ruby are the two most valuable and presious Stones.
●being a taecher is a challenging job.
●in the ice cream Shop there are many playgroends.
●my favorite pastime is to go out with my family.
●danilo medina had a beautiful slogan.

Smart cars, intelligent highways

Sentences
●I was chatting with luisa all day.
●I spent many time trying to decipher the messege. 
●thousands of children perish each year becouse of rapes.
●my cosina had severity accident today, but he died.
●they have a happy yet humdrum relationship.
●I wasn't able to pinpoint the source of noise.

This lesson was very important becausencia I learn so much abaut smart cars that I didnt know.

Did the Chinese Discovery America?

DID THE CHINESE DISCOVERY AMERICA?

Here some videos and photos about this topic.

I am not sure if the Chinese discovery America but I will give my point of view about. I don't think that the Chinese discovery America. 

Mastering the law of gravity

In this lesson we learned how Yuen wo-ping helped to catapult action stars Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, and Jet Lit to international fame.

I learned some news vocabulary likes:

■mimics
■stunts
■collision
■hoisted
■conceal
■acrobatic
■leap is like jump
■dazzling is like sorpresing
■overseeing means supervising
■and others...

 Some sentences

■in her new film she perform her own stunts.
■my Sister mimics my father voice
■yesterday there was a collision between two trucks.
■I always stop when the flag is been hoisted
■she tried to conceal her sadness
■when I was a kid I used to make acrobatic movements.

The Ups and Downs of Yo-yos By Wilson Pediet

THE UPS AND DOWNS OF YO-YOS

This unit brought me a lot of memories because yo-yos were my favorite play toy when I was a boy. This plaything brought me a lot of joy. I remember when I used to sit on the patio of my house and spend hours and hours playing with my yo-yo just by myself, those were my best time. 

This was one of my favorite lessons because I was learning about something that I always use it but I did not know of its origins. For me was very interesting to know about the origin of the yo-yo,  even though no one knows for sure when or where yo-yos originated, but according to the book, the best guess is that it was originated in China about 3,000 years ago. To know the history of yo-yos was one of the most amazing things that I have done in my life.

On the other hand, from this unit, I also learned a lot of new words that from now will help my English vocabulary. 

Here some of them;

1. Tycoon
2. Haul
3. Dandy
4. flee

I wish I could have any picture playing yo-yo but I don't have any.

The Ups and Downs of Yo-yos

Unit 6

              The Ups and Downs of Yo-yos

Remembering this unit, I can say it was about Yo-yos, not only their movements, but the good and bad moments of that plaything.

My favorite toys were the dolls, so that's why I think of I was too bad playing with yo-yos. Yo-yos are for girls and for boys, but in my opinion, they are more for males.

According to the unit, yo-yos are always in the Market, they have times that they are very sold, but have ones that their sale falls.

I agree with this, because I remember that in my childhood, yo-yos were popular, but nowadays, they are not too popular as before. I think of it is due to the technology, because today children use more intelligent gadgets than toys.

For me, in spite of everything, yo-yos won't disappear so easily, because they are one of the oldest toys. Yo-yos have kept through the years, although they are not as popular as before, they are still in use and for sale.

Smart Cars, Intelligent Highways

Unit 5
           
  Smart Cars, Intelligent Highways

As you guys know, our country needs organization. I remember that in class was mentioned a truth. It was that smart cars would be a failure in our country, due to the disorder. Such as:

Imagine those cars in any situation of those above. As soon as they be exposed to the streets, they would become a mess. Also imagine, if normal streets are almost never  repaired, just think about intelligent highways.
Sharing this, I don't mean we will never be ready, but if we want to grow up as a country, these problems should be resolved before those cars are exposed.

I myself hope to have one of those cars one day.

*Sentences with the unit vocabulary.

1-Those computers are monitoring the car's system.
2-That hotel is for rich people because it is a high-end one.
3-After drinking too much alcohol Paul got intoxicated.
4-They were chatting about their future plans.
5-Those gadgets are very sold because they are very useful.