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.

This lesson was very important for me becouse I learned New Vocabulary likes
●gaffe
●leisure
●aloof
●struggle
●catchy
●coined

Sentences
●pampers was coined of diapers.
●in the course the students are aloof from one each other.
●I  commented to ruby that melissa was pretnant but is not, she's fat that is a terrible gaffe.
●in my leisure time I go to the river with my family.

Urban legends

 New Vocabulary

●Blacked out
●recipient
●gruesome
●denial
●cluttered up
●version

 Sentences

■ the glysemia is down for that reason I blacked out on the street.
■ he was the youngest ever recipient of the award.
■when I was a teenager I used to have my bedroom cluttered up of pictures and books.
■there are a number of version of this type of nails, but I prefer normal nails.

There are many dominican urban legends likes el baca, the whiches, el cuco, mal de ojos etc.
●La ciguapa: live in the cave and forests of dominican republic mountainous región
La ciguapa is describes as having dark or blue sking  with slanted, Black eyes, Long hair and they are noturnal.
●El cuco: lives under Our bed, in our closet or in the darkest corner of our room.

Smart Cars, Intelligent Highways

What do you think of a smart car?

Well, a lot of things can to my mind. First of all, I have to say that I love technology !!. I also love cars. Technology is an awesome thing. Without it, you'd not be reading this right now. But, talking about smart cars I think that these cars will make a lot of difference in our world today. But this also implies that the population must be ready for these changes and I don't think that our country is ready to have smart cars in our streets.

This lesson was so interesting for me, while the teacher was talking about the class I was getting more and more interested about the class because He was explaining everything about the smart cars. These cars will have the most advanced technology and they will be safe!!. The only thing that I don't like about these smart cars is they may not be smart enough to do certain things like to change their own oil or correct automatic error detection. 

In my opinion, smart cars will make a lot of change in our lives so I would like to have the opportunity to drive a smart car!!. Even though our country is not ready to have smart cars I hope that someday we as a country will have that type of technology.

DID THE CHINESE DISCOVERE AMERICA?

Thi is a bibliography about zheng He.                                                                               Zheng He was born Ma he in 1371 a member of the minority Moslem group the demure .At the age of ten ,he became a servant of the duke.he became a warrior in the duke's bodyguard and his trusted advisor .         He traveled to thirty-seven countries,he left embassies in many countries,and brought back ambassadors to China.                                                                                Some sentence about Chinese vocabulary:                                                                                                                               controversial:he wouldn't like to have a controversial with his friends.                   Mariners:my brothers are playing with the mariners of Washington.                     Remains:it was the remains of another large building.                                               Split up:my sister split up with her boyfriend last Saturday.                             Exotic:Dominican music is more exotic than United state music.                            

Smart cars,Intelligent Highways

Smart cars are a typo of cars very,very intelligent and high end cars these are expensive cars and use computer and some typo of ships and for that reason it's cars are more expensive than others,because are very different.             I think that Dominican Republic never will be prepared for something like that because the way and the drivers or the people never known what are doing on the street.                                                        I am meaning that not all person them are prepared for this typo of carriage.thats the problem:

The ups and Downs of Yo-yos

The inventor of the yo-yos was a felipino that he was called Pedro Flores and he was born in vintar ,llocos Norte Philippines and came to the United States in 1915. Flores dropped out of school and moved to Santa Barbara ,California where he worked at add jabs to make a living .I've never played the yo- yos but l know that is very interesting because when you are playing you are looking for the ups and Downs of yo-yos.                                      This are some sentence about vocabulary of the yo- yos.                          Chanllegin:this has been a challenging time for us all.                                               Anxiety:my sister has very difficult anxiety                                                          precious:my mother is wasting a precious time.                                                My brothers are very precious.                Slogan:the slogan of the groups is stand fast no matter why.

Mastering the Law of Gravity

Unit 4
             
               Mastering the Law of Gravity

Yuen Wo-ping

This unit was mostly about the life of Yuen Wo-ping such as how Yuen contributed on movies,etc. The facts I learned about Yuen were:
-He was an action choreographer.
-He catapulted some action stars.
-He trained actors.
-His surreal fight scenes made some action movies famous and blockbuster.

* Sentences from the unit vocabulary

1-He is the eldest of his siblings because he was born first.
2-She was overseeing the company, to make sure everything was in order.
3-Alicia lasted two years being manipulated for that man.
4-When Kathy was fighting, she used an impromptu weapon for defending herself.
5-The combat between those guys was totally dangerous, because after it finished they were really hurt.
6-Anita won the movie role because she mimicked the character very well.
7-His acrobatic skills are terrific due to he can jump and do other gymnastic movements very well.
8-Yenifer was scared when she heard the spooky voice of that man.

The Name Game

Unit 3
                     The Name Game

In this unit I learned what people can or can't do when they want to name a company.

Here are some tips I learned and I would like to share with you, of what to do before choosing a name:

-First at all look for a catchy name.
-Advise yourself before putting a name.
-Look for an available name.
-If you are going to choose the same name of another company, make sure it is not the same business.
-If you are going to use a name in other language, make sure the name is appropriate.

Talking about this topic, if I had to name a company and choose what it would be about, I would choose a restaurant, and I would call it:
                        
                         
Why I would put that name?
Because people would have good food and good service, and they could think their investment was worth it and they would take advantage of all that.
Why a restaurant?
Because to eat is a need, and food is always sold.

This assignment can't stay without the sentences from the vocabulary.

1-That company went bankrupt because of its bad administration.
2-Marianela has little time left over for leisure activities, because she is very hard worker, and she spent most of her time at work
3-Antonio was inspired for his dad, when he painted that picture.
4-The struggle was difficult, but they could win it.

Urban Legends

Unit 2

                          Urban Legends

Hello! Today I would like to share with you guys an experience I had. It's nothing scary, but it is doubtful.

My mother's mother lives in  a countryside called Jaibon Laguna Salada, it is located in Valverde Mao. As a costume, I used to visit my grandmother and other relatives on vacation, Christmas or holidays. In jaibon people believe too much in Galipotes, supposedly they are men that can become in animals and other things. People say that los galipotes like to frighten people at night. The truth is that in one of my trip over there, specifically on one December, I had to bring some food to a cousin of mine, so I went with two girls that are my cousin too to bring him the food. I was the older in the group. On our way, it was dark. In the middle of the way, there were three donkeys exactly the same height that my cousins and I, they were very strange and their presence gave chills . The animals were on the middle prevented the step to walk. As soon as we saw them, one of my cousin ran so I went after her, because I was responsible of her. We decided to go another way, when we arrived, we told what happened to everyone, and they told us there isn't any donkey in jaibon the strange is that is was 9 P.M. on December 24. We and an uncle of us went to the spot where the animals were located, but they weren't there or around the place. The unusual for me is the date, the hour, and that the donkeys were three and so my cousins and I, they were the same height as we, but the weirdest is that nobody had donkeys in Jaibon, even nowadays.