Monday, 25 June 2007

Anna Lisa's weekend

Monday,25 June 2007

Hi my friends!!
I've spent a very nice weekend! It's summer now and I've been spending all my weekend at the beach,in fact my skin colour is already brown and not pink!!

I'm going to restart my job with children today.
Last summer I worked in a fantastic association(ONLUS) for children and last summer was just a proof,while this year they called me again to go and work!!
I'm going also to the summer camp with the children for ten days and it starts in July,maybe from about 15th July.
The summer camp consist in going to the beach at 8 am and come back home at 1pm.This,every day for ten days,without sleepover there.

I remenber when I was child,I used to go to the summer camp every year and I've got a fantastic memories of those moment ! I knew a lot of new friends and I enjoyed a lot at the beach!!
I've also got a good memories about the educators who took care of us,so I'd like to do a good job me too,so every child will have a good memories as well !!

I'd like to inform you about my birthday party.
It is on Saturdy 30 June at Saba Beach.It starts at 10pm and it is going to after hours!! The party plans: night swim,tea with friends,dance and a pack of laughes!! Naturally we are sleeping over at the beach,with tents and camping kit!! I'm looking forward to doing it !!!

Today is Monday,so my house is full of peaole,because the Mondays are the days off for my parents from work and my grandma use to go and stay with us every Monday,she have spent the Monday with us since my grandpa death,actually twenty-four years ago,so I have never met him..
On Mondays use to stay here also Oronzo and Giovanna,so you can understand how the house looks,well how noise we use to do when we talk all together!
When we are all together Haidy looks very happy! She feels protected!!

This afternoon I'm going to the gym,even though the weather is humid and very hot,but I can try to go there at 7pm,maybe it will be better,I don't know..

At 8pm I'm going to the association(ONLUS) as I said.

I'll speak to you soon!

Have a good day!!
Anna Lisa.

Wednesday, 20 June 2007

My past evening

Wednesday,20 June 2007

Hi friends!
I've made a little pause just now,I was studying Spanish,as I told you on Monday.
Now I'm writing and Haidy is on her bed sleeping,it is very warm here,so she has been suffering a lot of warm at the moment.She use to change place and go from the bed to the floor,she prefere the floor because is very cold because we italian don't use carpet,but marble.

Yesterday evening Maurizio and I went out for tea and we met our friends at the pub.We had a nice time there and the most nice thing was that we all decided to have a party on 30 June on honour of my birthday (29 June) and Tiziana's birthday (30 June),so we are having a nice party on the beach on Saturday 30 June as the next day is off from work, then we are sleeping over at the beach!!

It's nine minutes to twelve and I have to restart studying until the lunch time,actually I have got still one hour for studying.

Have a good day!!

Anna Lisa.

Monday, 18 June 2007

My Sunday into the boat

Monday,18 June 2007

Hi all !!

How are you? Have you spent a nice weekend like me? I hope so!!

I've spent a very nice weekend and a fantastic Sunday,I needed relax and peace.

Yesterday morning Maurizio and I got up at 9 am and we took our boat at the sea.It could seems easy,but it wasn't !! We went with Gianni and Vito,they are the two "partner" who bought the boat with Maurizio,so we all went to the sea with the new boat and took off the old boat from the sea.
We spent about four hours into the new boat,so we inaugurated it with a bottle of champagne and we had a nice swim,the weather was warm and the sea was clean and quiet!!
Ah...!!! Yesterday I've also fished with a rod and line and this was my first time I did it and I cathed two fishes!!!But not very big!

After we decided to come back at the shore,we was very tired after a whole day on the sea,in the scorching sun,in fact we are very tanned today!!

When we arrived at the shore,we tied the new boat at the port and we took away the old boat that stayed at the port during our "trip" on the sea with the new arrival boat.

Now we are waiting for sailing the old boat.It isn't really old,as I use to say,in that it is in a very good term,but we changed it just because it is too small for five people,it contains just two or in utmost three people,besides the new boat contains five people vey well!!

Now I'm going to study for my next exam and this afternoon I'm going to the gym.
It's eight to twelve just and I with all my family are having lunch in one hour.

Speak to you soon,

Anna Lisa.

Monday, 11 June 2007

Anna Lisa's weekend

Monday,11 June 2007

Hi all,
I spent a nice weekend with my friends.
It started on Saturday at midday when Maurizio and I went to our friends' house for lunch.We were five friends and we had a very nice time together,eating and laughing a lot.
In the afternoon I went to my house to stay with my mum and Haidy,we went out for a walk and also there I had a nice time!!

Saturday evening was another very good situation,because we decided to have tea with other friends at Maurizio's house,actually in the garden,so we had a nice tea fish-based and we ate a lot !! We were about fifteen people and we enjoyed ourselves a lot.
I went to bed at about 3:30 am,I was very tired and I was looking forward to sleeping!!

Sunday morning was a calm day,Maurizio and I woke up at 10:30 and had breakfast with cereals,milk and yogurt,then we went out for a walk and when the time went by we decided to go to our houses for lunch.

As every Sunday,we went to the sea after lunch,but this time we were very eager to go there because the weather had been very bad in the last week so we had to make up for the lost time at the sea!!

When we arrived at the sea we met a lot of friends of us getting tenned,having swim,playing guitar etc..
Maurizio and I had a nice time there and we stayed there until 7pm.

In the evening we decided to go to Putignano,a city near Conversano,it is far away from Conversano about 15 minutes by car.In Putignano there was a nice African concert for help African's children.
We all danced a lot on African's music and we spent another very nice evening!!

Now I have to go to the university,
I will update my blog soon,

Thanks,
Anna Lisa.

Friday, 8 June 2007

The English exam day

Friday,8 June 2007

Hi friends!!
the weather has been very bad during this days,this morning was raining a lot when I was doing the exam and now it is very cloudy.I hope tomorrow it will be better,I'd like to go to the sea!!

Regard to my exam,I can say I haven't had problems as I thought to have,because the English language is being easier to understand for me day after day.

I remember when I did the same exam in February,I had a lot of difficulty in comprehension,so I did a lot of mistakes and I wasted my time reading and reading again the text.In fact I wronged answering the questions,marking true or false,doing the translation etc.

This time I haven't had these problems because I have been doing practise since April and I'm improving my written English thanks to Terri who has got a lot of patience with me,giving me fantastic suggestions and advices.

If I pass the English exam,the merit will be totally for Terri,because if she hadn'd been so close to me,giving her very good suggestions,I wouldn't have done well nor this exam.I felt quite calm and sure of myself during those three hours,it could be a good signal,who knows!?

Anyway,I'm happy all the same because I'm going on towards the graduation doing as much exams as possible,so I'm in half-way.

Now I'd like to go out with Haidy,but the weather is still bad and it's likely to rain again like this morning.

It has been a pleasure speaking with you as usual.

I will update my blog as soon as possible,seeing that I have to prepare other two exams.The next exam is on Wednesday 13 June,another Spanish exam,but this time it is written and not oral.

Speak to you soon,

Anna Lisa.

Thursday, 7 June 2007

Exercises before written English exam on 8th June 2007

Thuesday, 7th June 2007

Hi all,
today I need to exercise about other types of English sentences.When I was still in bed,this morning, awake and thoughtful,I remembered that tomorrow,in the sheets of exercises there will be exercises about "direct and indirect speech" and also the "if clauses".
So,I'd like to do some sentences about these,just to keep up my practice:

IF CLAUSES

1) If I'm able to save money,I will go to India again!!
2)If I was you,I would buy a nice boat with that money.
3)If Mary had seen me,she would have recognized me.


PROGRESSIVE CLAUSES

1)They have known each other for ten days.
2)They had known each other when I arrived there.
3)Will they have known each other by the time I arrive there?

1)We have been renovating our house for three days.
2)We had been renovating our house since April.
3)In two days we will have been renovating our house since two months.


DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECHES

1)John say: "I'm boring here,I want to go home".
John said he was boring there and he wanted to go home.

2)Suzanne say:"The dress will be ready by Monday".
Suzanne said the dress would be ready by Monday.

3)Jim say:"I like to go to the church".
Jim said he liked to go to the church.

4)Thom say:"I've done everything that is humanly possible".
Thom said he had done everything that is humanly possible.

5)Erick say:"I got off the train because it wasn't leaving from the station".
Erick said he had got off the train because it wasn't leaving from the station.

6)Ann say:"I had played tennis before I met your sister at the central park".
Ann said she had played tennis before she met my sister at the central park.

7)Tina say:"You should have helped him,it would have been nice from you".
Tina said you should have helped him,it would be nice form you.

Well,I've finished writting sentences.Thank you for your attention!!

I will inform you about my English exam tomorrow,even though it will be a written exam,so I won't know the result tomorrow,but I have to wait for it maybe two weeks,unfortunatelly.
Anyway I will tell you all the same.

Speak to you soon

Anna Lisa.

Tuesday, 5 June 2007

A hard afternoon in the gym!!

Tuesday,5 June 2007

Hi all,
I came back from the gym just half-an-hour ago,it was the second time I went there and it looks good for me!! I can find the right relax for my body and my mind!! I've made the enrollment for four months.

I've made a lot of exercises and now I feel very tired and lazy..
I'd like to go to bed early this evening,so I think I will read a bit before to go to sleep.I bought a nice book some months ago but I've read only few pages because it isn't a story,neither a novel,it is just a curiosity book called "101 things you need to know" and it speaks about a lot of interesting questions like this: Why is the sky blue?,or more: How do birds stand on electric wires without being electrocuted?,etc..
So,as you can see I can keep up my good work,about English improvement,reading an English book and know,at the same time, general curiosity about the world!

Ah,I was forgetting to tell you about Roberta(the girl who is writing the comments on my blog pages during this days),she is a friend of mine who lives in Conversano and she has become an English teacher for about ten days,if I remember right! She resides behind my house,but we can see each other only at the weekends because we have a different daily times.I gave to her my blog address some days ago,so she decided to write me her impressions about it.I'm very happy for this,I like know that my blog is reading,so,when I write on it,I can do this with more gaiety!!

Ok,I'm going to read the book.
See you tomorrow!

Anna Lisa.

Exercises with prepositions.

Tuesday,5 June 2007

1) I was very happy when I opened the door and found a cheque for £200.
2)I had to give him a cheque for £50 to repair my car.
3)I've been waiting for you for a half-an-hour to give you two cheque for £100 each.

4)The shop,behind my house,is selling off because there aren't demands for its products.
5)That man has got a lot of money in that his firm has got a lot of demand for work,so the production is going on quikly.
6)I need for the medical certificate for the enrollment to the gym.

7)You was irresponsible,this is the reason for my bad behaviour!
8)I've bought a new house and the reason for this purchase is my will of independence.
9)The train is late,I can imagine why..the reason could be for the strike.

10)There is a decrease in birth at the moment.
11)Italy has reported an increase in prices because of the Euro.
12)There is a fall in demand for work about agricultural works.

13)The advantage of being of age is that you can take part in the society as a real citizen.
14)I like live alone.The advantage of this is that you can do what you like.
15)The study has got advantages and disadvantages:The advantage of studying is that you can improve your knowledge,but on the other hand the disadvantage of studying is that you can't work while you study.
16)There are advantages and disadvantages in studying.

17)Nobody knows the cause of the accident.
18)His headache is caused of his continuous efforts.
19)The fire was caused of the excessive heat during the summer.

20)I like to see the picture and the photographs of my grandparents.

21)The restaurant was close for my fault,so I decided to work a lot to recuperate the damage to the undertaking.
22)When he crashed into the shop's window,with his car,he made a lot of damages to the owner of the shop.
23)The rain made damage to the agriculture.

24)I have had an invitation to a party this evening.
25)Yesterday,one of my friends gave me an invitation to go to her house.
26)I'm going to invite about twenty friends to my birthday party.

27)I've noticed his bad reaction to what I said about the marriage.
28)When someone contradict him,his reaction to the people is terrible.

29)The solution to the too heat are the automatic hydrant in the ground.
30)I can't find the key to this big and principal door!
31)Sue doesn't like reply to the letters,she preferes write the e-mail.

32)Well,you have just asked to me if I can adjust your hair tomorrow..My answer to your question is 'yes'!
33)I can't do the congratulation on your pub because it isn't going on well.The only solution to this problem is changed the staff of the pub.

34)His attitude towards his job is wonderful.
35)I've a good attitude to my study.
36)Jan looks to have a right attitude toward what's happen.

37)My dog has a bad relationship with other dogs.
38)There is an enormous difference between English houses and Italian Houses.
39)I like to be in contact with my foreign friends!

40)I will see the reaction to what I've written on my blog page!


Thank you,
Anna Lisa.

Monday, 4 June 2007

"The cherryes festival"

Monday,4 June 2007

Hi all,
I haven't written since 29 May.I've had a very busy weekend.
In my city there was The Cherryes festival on 1st,2nd and 3rd June and the all city was full of tourists,also English people!!
I spent my weekend outdoors,with family and friends.

The agricultural economics of Conversano is based essentially by: olives and cherryes,
so every year we have a big festival in Conversano where we let know our products to other people and there is this big festival to know our cherryes!! very nice and delicious cherryes!!

Yesterday evening, in Conversano, there was another important event: the inauguration of eight new bells of our Seminar.The Seminar had just a clock at the top of the building before,while now it has got eight new bells on the sides of the clock,four on the left and four on the right and each bell has got a proper song: do,re,mi,fa,sol,la,si,do.Like that,they produce a real concert every time they song!!
Yesterday evening was a very touching moment because there was the Parish Priest speech and the Bishop speech about the bells and about our city!!
After the inauguration there was the fireworks and it went on for about ten minutes,it was another fantastic moment!!

As you can see,I spent a very nice evening and a very lively weekend.

It has been a pleasure speak with you,

Anna Lisa.