jueves, 28 de febrero de 2008

BARCELONA OUR CITY

















Barcelona is the capital and most populous city of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, with a population of 1,605,602 in 2006. It is located on the Mediterranean coast in the north west, between the mouths of the rivers Llobregat and Besòs, and is limited to the west by the Serra de Collserola ridge . The clime is a mediterranean climate, with mild,humid winters and warm and dry summers. The language is the catalan and spanish. Barcelona are dividated with districs its mayor is Jordi Hereu.The mistress is called Mercè and the celebration is at the 24th of september. The 24th of April is Sant Jordi when the woman give a book to the men and the men a rose to the woman.The traditional dance is la Sardana. The more famous parks are Park Güell,














Monjuic, Ciutadella Park and others. The most important buildings are: Sagrada Familia, la Pedrera," Arc the Triomf", the Cathedral, "Casa Batlló", most of them from Gaudi (a famous architect)...Barcelona has two football teams are: Futbol Club Barcelona and Real Club Deportivo Espanyol.

Differents images for our city:

A picture of the two towers of Barcelona in the night (down) and another picture of the Sagrada Família, her architect Antoni Gaudí (next to ).

















La Pedrera, the Agbar tower iluminated, the Camp Nou stadium, the national Palace of Barcelona, Rambles street ( the tipical souvenirs street in Barcelona)












































jueves, 14 de febrero de 2008

THE DIFERENTS LANDSCAPES

Worksheet 1





URBAN ENVIRONMENT



In this activity we want discover the distinction among urban, rural and natural environments.
In the urban environment we have:
-Bridge fabricated for the human, electric lines for the electricity for million of people, a lot of cars and lorries, factories, skyscrapers and a lot of houses and apartaments. All this things form the polution.










RURAL ENVIRONMENT



The rural environment is the landscape between urban and natural environments.
Is a natural landscape with the urban footprint and we can see:
- A clean river, lot of trees, a farmer with horses , cows, countries side, fields...
We can also see a hill and a small town with a little beach
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NATURAL ENVIRONMENT






In this landscape there isn't human footprint. Also there aren't polution, noise, cars, houses, a big motorway, roads, and the zone is very quiet. And in this landscape we can find a lot of animals, plants, many kinds of trees...