martes, 31 de diciembre de 2013

The teenage years are the most important years of your life.

In my opinión, yes It is. I think the teenage years are the most important in our life, and you should utilize this years for learn all about you and the life.

For example many people only drink alcoholics beverages and smoke and take drugs and only do things to tease their body, in this life you must do a lot of sport prepare your body for all the years that await you, you need learn a lot because you´ll need it in your future.

At finally I´m agree with that, if you do in thhis ages all right, it will be better for you. So do a lot of sport, learn all what you can and the most important, life this years.

martes, 3 de diciembre de 2013

Sue Townsend

Susan Lillian "Sue" Townsend (born 2 April 1946) is an English novelist and playwright, best known as the author of the Adrian Mole books. Although her writing primarily combines comedy with social commentary, she has also written purely dramatic Works.

Townsend was born in Leicester and went to Glen Hills Primary School, where the school secretary was Mrs Claricotes, a name she used for the school secretary in the Adrian Mole books. Her father was a postman and she was the eldest of five sisters. After failing her 11-plus exam, Townsend then went to the secondary modern South Wigston High School. She left school at the age of 15 and worked in a variety of jobs including factory worker and shop assistant. She married a sheet-metal worker and had three children under five by the time she was 22. She joined a writers' group at the Phoenix Theatre, Leicester in her thirties. She has four children: Sean, Daniel, Victoria and Elizabeth.

At the time of writing the first Adrian Mole book, Townsend was living on the Saffron Lane Estate, a stone's-throw away from the house in which playwright Joe Orton was brought up. The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole was reputedly based on her children's experiences at Mary Linwood Comprehensive School in Leicester.
Adrian Mole Series:

  • The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ (1982), her best selling book, and the best-selling new British fiction book of the 1980s.
  • The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (1984)
  • The True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole (1989)
  • Adrian Mole From Minor to Major (1991) is an omnibus of the first three, and includes as a bonus the specially written Adrian Mole and the Small Amphibians.
  • Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years (1993)
  • Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years (1999)
  • Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction (2004)
  • The Lost Diaries of Adrian Mole, 1999–2001 (2008)
  • Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years (2009)



  • Chapter 12: In and Out of love

    The wedding of Bert, Adrian talk about the wedding and all the space and people who went. Bert and his wife are going to live belong in a new house.Adrian talks about his homeworks and Pandora's homeworks. He has bad days and he has got migraine for a few days and he can't write anything.
    Her mother gives his father an ultimatum, or he search for a new job, starts doing housework or he leaves home. Sna Valentine´s Day his father threw the Sheffield card in the bin, her mother took it out when his father went to the pub, it said "Pauline, I´m going mad". Pandora sent he a Valentine´s card. It was lovely, he gave Pandora a card and a poem. Adrian´s mother stopped smoking and they are living on government money. His father got a job, everybody is happy. Other women said to Adrian : Ask Adrian Mole if he want to go out with me, she looked sad and started to cry. Pandora and the girld who ask Adrian to go out had a fight at school. Adrian is worried with his ears, it stick out. He went for a meeting on politics, he met somebody, she´s called Barbara, he told Nigel that he liked Barbara, Pandora was upset. Barbar told he she didn´t want to see he any more. Finally Adrian is 15.  Adrian has an accident and he ends at the hospital, when he arrives home he call Pandora and talk about the incident and she is going to visit Adrian. He gave thanks God for love.

    VOCABULARY:
    blame (culpa) :feel or declare that (someone or something) is responsible for a fault or wrong
    the inquiry blamed the train driver for the accident
    bin (papelera) :  a container for waste

    stick out (resaltar) : be extremely noticeable

    Chapter 11: My mother is home

    Her mother is in home again, this thing cause Adrian differents emotions he feels happy because his mother is again with he but he doesn't now how to behave with she because she left he and his father and now comes back normaly. They continues with out phone and Mrs Mole discover the bill into Adrian's bedroom and he pay it  with his money from his bank account. Her mother told he why she left Mr Lucas, he treated she like a sex object, and he expected she to cook for him, and she´s very fond of his father. Christmas play at school, Adrian is Joseph and Pandora is Mary. Peter Brown is Jesús. In Christmas day Adrian get up really early and he founds the only thing which he wants: a ricing bike. He also take the breakfast to his parents and give their presents, he makes everything for create a good clime to says that he had invited Bert and his girldfriend for lunch. They had a good lunch but a bit late. Then he ride on his bike and he visit his grandma and lunch with she and he also goes to see Pandora for give she her present, she gave he a bottle of aftershave. The year ends and he think that a lots of things has hapenned. Adrian makes a new list of New Year's resolution. He also recives a wedding invitation from Bert and his girldfriend they're going to get married with more than 80 years.

    VOCABULARY:
    rehearsal(ensayo) :a practice or trial performance of a play or other work for later public performance
    I’ve had a fortnight in rehearsal
    turkey (pavo) : a large mainly domesticated game bird native to North America, having a bald head and (in the male) red wattles. It is a popular food on festive occasions such as Christmas and (in the US) Thanksgiving. 
    The turkey was great
    pity (lastima) :  the feeling of sorrow and compassion caused by the sufferings and misfortunes of others
    her voice was full of pity

    Chapter 10: In hospital between life and death

    Adrian's dog was in the house of his grandma and when he sees it he was socked because the dog looks older. Adrian received a letter from the hospital where he reads that he's got an operation few days later to remove his tonsils, with this new he feels shocked and more after his father says he that he was in the wainting list for nine years, but the life continuous and he has to be ready for the operation and he spend the days previous the operation for buy new pyjamas and her grandma said that he will be all right. Pandora give he one of Blossom´s old horseshoes for luck. When the operation finished in the midnight, he haven´t tonsils, and have a terrible pain. Pandora came to visit he but the didn´t talk too much. He get out of the hospital. Pandora and Adrian had a serious talk, because she doesn´t want to marry he in two years. Nothing makes happy to his father. Adrian received a telegram from his mother "ADRIAN STOP COMING HOME STOP"  They cut off the phone

    lunes, 2 de diciembre de 2013

    Chapter 9: More in love than ever

     Adrian write a poem for Pandora and after that he recives a post card from Pandora where she tells he that she can't buys he any present. The days pass and Pandora can't comes back to her house because someone stealing credit card from her father and they can't back home. Finally she comes back. His father can´t remember his secret number for his cashpoint. The school starts in a few days and Adrian have to buy a new uniform because the other one are small, the new uniform cost 200 pounds and Adrian think that it very expensive and needless. Adrian´s mother birthday. Pandora has to sell his horse because he is too big. They have taken Bert to and old people´s home. His father is looking for a job.

    VOCABULARY:
    shrinking (encogimiento) : become or make smaller in size or amount
    My spot is shrinking


    Chapter 8: Grandma frightens Barry Kent

    Adrian have to moves to his grandma's house because in his houre there aren't electricity. There his grandme discover evidences of Barry hits Adrian and she goes to Barry's house to recover Adrian's money. Adrian feels very thankful with his grandma and he buys she a chocolates. The electricity is back on. His father has lost his job, the dog will have to go! and Doreen, the special mate, was looking after him. Bert become very ill and an ambulance took him to hospital and there he start to be better. Indian family has moved to Lucas´old house. Pandora is in the anti-Nazi club. Bert escaped from hospital and has come to live with us. Adrian went to a party and got drunk. Bert Has gone to live with Singh family next door. He speaks perfect Hindi!

    VOCABULARY:
    bruise (contusión) : an injury appearing as an area of discoloured skin on the body, caused by a blow or impact rupturing underlying blood vessels
    From the hit a bruise appeared in my leg.
    tonsilitis (a disease)

    Chapter 7: No electricity

    Adrian after the weekend in Nigel's house ends, he talk about the great Nigel´s life on his house. Adrian is going to visit his mother to the other city and there he stay for a few days, feeling moved by Mr. Lucas because he is constantly kissing or playing with his mother. When he comes back to his house Adrian continuous with his life but, some days after he recibed a postcard from his mother and she are going to visit he and his father. His father clean a lot because he think her mother is coming back forever. Bert had lost his false teeth! The he found it in Sabre´s kennel. When his mother goes to his house a terrible event happen, they haven't got electricity because they haven't got money to pay it. His father said that all he wanted from Mr Lucas was her mother.

    VOCABULARY:
    kennel (caseta de perro) : a small shelter for a dog.
    The kennel of my dog is very big

    candle wax (cera de la vela) : the substance that comes from burning a candle.
    The candle wax fall down to the table

    domingo, 1 de diciembre de 2013

    Chapter 6: My mother leaves with Mr Lucas

    Nigel is heartbroken. Adrian´s  mother and Mr Lucas are having an affair, everyone knew except Adrian and his father. Adrian´s buy to her mother a box of chocolates. Her mother has arranged a civilised meeting tonight. Adrian´s father and Mr Lucas fight in front off the garden because his father became uncivilised when her mother said she was going to Sheffield with Mr Lucas. He is 14, he got a tracksuit and a football from his father, 10 punds from her mother, 5 pounds froms Mr Lucas, a joke card from Nigel and a book token for ten shillings, he look older. He hid the shaving razor of his father, because he thought he was suicidal. He got a postcard from her mother. She said could go and stay with them for a weekend when they found a house. Phone called from her mother, her voise sounded funny. He went to stay in Nigel´s house these weekend, his house is fantastic and very modern, they looked Big and Bouncy, Nigel has a cold shower and Adrian cooked the soup, he rode on Nigel´s bike, and they drank whisky.

    VOCABULARY:
    affair (romance) : a love affair
    his wife is having an affair

    arranged (organizado) : organize or make plans for (a future event)
    they hoped to arrange a meeting

    shilling (chelines) : a former British coin and monetary unit equal to one twentieth of a pound or twelve pence.

    Chapter 5: Divorce

    Adrian´s face was covered in big red spots. He have acné. Adrian´s parents are fighting about now is who doesn´t get Adrian. Her parents are getting a divorce, Mr Lucas has phoned her mother three times. All she said "Not yet, is too early". He went to school and it was closed, he went to see Bert instead, he is waiting for a visit from a social worker about home help. Mr Lucas is selling his house, he wants 90.000. He found a note from Mr Lucas to her mother, it said "Pauline, how much longer? I need you desperately. Yours forever, Bimbo". Adrian´s grandma´s birthday. Her mother went out with Mr Lucas. Pandora and Nigel have broken up.

    VOCABULARY:
    Spare room (habitación de invitados) : room where your guests sleep when they are sleeping in your house.
    My granma´s come to visit me, he sleep in the spare room.

    Set off (ponerse en camino) : begin a journey
    They set off together in the small car