Marina's Text on Shawn Mendes

SHAWN MENDES


Shawn Mendes was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and was raised in Pickering. He is the son of Karen and Manuel Mendes. His father is of Portuguese descent, while his mother is English. He first started posting cover videos on the popular social video app Vine in 2013 and picked up millions of views and followers in a matter of months, becoming well known for his six-second snippets of renditions of many popular songs.


Artist manager Andrew Gertler discovered Shawn online in January 2014, bringing him to Island Records where he eventually signed and released his first single "Life of the Party" in June 2014. He is the youngest artist to debut in the top 25 with a debut song on the Billboard Hot 100.


Prior to his signing, Shawn Mendes toured as a of the MagCon Tour alongside other young artists and social media sensations such as Nash Grier, Cameron Dallas, Jack & Jack, and more. Mendes was also on a nationwide tour with Austin Mahone as an opening act, then he made a song with “The Vamps” and finally he won the Teen Choice award in 2014 for Webstar in Music.

QUESTIONS.
1. True or false:

a) Shawn Mendes started posting covers on the popular social video app Instagram in 2007.

b) He was also on a nationwide tour with Justin Bieber


2. Open questions

a) Which was Shawn Mendes´s first single?

b) Which are the names of Shawn Mendes´s parents and where they are from?


3. Synonyms.

a) Prize:

b) Component:

c) Upload:

d) Assistant:

Luis' Text on Tom Cruise

Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, better known as Tom Cruise, was born on July 3, 1962 in Syracuse, New York. Cruise became interested in acting when he won the lead in a high school production of Guys and dolls.

Cruise married actress Mimi Rogers in 1987. It was through Rogers that the actor became a student of Scientology, the religion founded by writer L. Ron Hubbard. Cruise later credited the church. Cruise's parents divorced when he was 11, and the children moved with their mother to Louisville, Kentucky, and then to Glen Ridge, New Jersey, after her remarriage. Cruise's mother was an amateur actress and schoolteacher, and his father was an electrical engineer. His family moved around a great deal when Cruise was a child in order to accommodate his father's career.

His most popular films was mission imposible, risky business, top gun etc... Tom Cruise won a golden globe for best actor and he was nominated for an academy award.


1 .TRUE OR FALSE 

a.    He was born on 1963 july 3th.

b. His parents divorced when he was 15 years old


2. OPEN QUESTIONS

a. Wich are his most popular films?


b. what did Tom Cruise become interested in?



3. SYNONYMS

a. Mum =

b. dad =

c. kid =

d. movies =

Marina Garcés' text on the Madrid Derby

The Madrid Derby  is the name given to football matches between Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid. Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid are clubs with contrasting identities and very different fates. Historically, Real have long been seen as the establishment club,  on the other side, Atlético was always characterized by a "sentimiento de rebeldía" , a sense of rebellion.

 In Franco years, it was Atlético that was the preferred team of the regime.  Franco, however, sought to make political capital out of Real's European Cup titles at a time when Spain was internationally isolated; said one minister, "Real Madrid are the best ambassadors we've ever had." Thus, Atlético fans regularly chanted that Real was "el equipo del gobierno, la vergüenza del país" — the team of the government, the shame of the country.

The Santiago Bernabéu, Real's stadium, is alongside banks and businesses on the classy Paseo de la Castellana street, and the Vicente Calderón can be found besides the new and really expensive park along the Manzanares River, near the Cathedral and the Royal Palace. Real draw greater support because of their historically greater resources and success, while Atlético claim to have a more working class fan base, which comes particularly from the south of the city.


1. True or false: 

-  The Madrid Derby  is the name given to football matches between Real Madrid and Athletic club of bilbao

-  One minister said:  the team of the government, the shame of the country.


2. Open questions:

1. Where is the Vicente Calderon?

2. In what years Atletico was the preferred team of the regime?


3 Synonyms

- Team (1)

- Costly (3)

- Favorite (2)