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By Guillermo Montoya A.
Article One……………………………… 2
Article Two……………………………... 6
Article Three……………………………. 10
Article Four……………………………...14
Article Five……………………………... 18
Article One The movies or “films” considerably in
England are a form of entertainment for people all over
the world. You can see
movies thanks to technology
because nowadays people
can see them everywhere,
for example on T.V.,
Cinemas and DVD. On T.V. is easier because now
everyone has a TV. Also on the T.V. there is always a
different film on different channels. But before it wasn’t
very easy, people couldn’t see movies because everything
was different. People went to cinemas in different parts
and only the richest people could go to movies.
But when was the first movie?
Well everything began in France when the brothers
Lumière published the first motion video about a
factory´s worker, they were work on a demolition of a
building, and also they took the arrival of a train and a
boat from the port. One year later the brothers made
over 500 films. The first movies in United States were
without sound, today are known as silence movies. A very
famous actor in this kind of movies was Charles Chaplin.
He was very funny because he mocked the law in the
movies. But also in the cinema world were made
adventure films, romantic dramas. Even in 1927, the first
was released with sound
his name was “El
cantante de jazz”.
In the cinema world
there are three steps to
make a movie, pre-production, production and post-
production. In pre-production is when the director
searches for actors for movie, and
the cinematographer. This part
includes all the movie is filmed.
Finally in the post-production the
engineers help to add special effects in the movie. For
example, the voices of cartoons or action scenes.
There are different types in general of movies, for
example, dramas, fiction, comedy, horror, mystery, but
people like comedy and fiction movies because they
enjoy the movie and always on fiction´s movies there is a
very nice history. Other people like romantic movies.
People like movies because those are very unreal and it is
very nice to remember love, and it motivates everybody
to live. For example one movie that young people will like
is “Tres metros sobre el cielo” in Spanish because it’s
about two people in a love history. In this movie the
youngest are very much identified because they want a
love like that. Also, it is very real for a lot of people in
their own life.
In my opinion movies are very important because it is a
form of entertainment for people. Movies are really came
to change the world of entertainment and turn it into
something much more appealing to people. I also think
that many movies can help people in different situations
in life. For example there are movies based on real life
where people leave messages about problems and what
should do avoid to them. Also the form of making a
movie, all work to be
performed is interesting
because not many people
know all the process must
pass a movie. Finally, I consider that in the future I will
have movies that will change people's lives because I
think with the help of technology people will have more
fun. And I think later you will see them on 4D technology
cinemas.
Guillermo Montoya A.
Article Two In this article I am going to talk and comment
about an extraordinary movie, made in Hollywood which
is E.T (The Extra-Terrestrial). In this essay you are going to
get the opportunity to know more about Hollywood and
how important it is at the world.
Besides, I am going to talk about
the plot, main characters, setting
and the soundtrack of E.T film. As I
told you before Hollywood is the
most important industry around
the world making and producing
films. This company hires the best actors, actresses and
directors in the entire world. For that reason Hollywood
earns millions of dollar every single year.
Did you know that E.T was a complete success and
raised millions of dollars? Well, yes in 1982, E.T was
produced by the most famous director in the world
Steven Spielberg and it collected $ 792.910.554. E.T (The
Extra-Terrestrial) is defined as a science fiction movie,
and it was filmed in the United States. I liked very much
this classic movie because it shows us adventure,
brotherly love and friendship in every scene.
The plot of this movie was great. It is about a lonely boy
that finds and starts a nice friendship with an Extra-
Terrestrial named E.T, which is abandoned in The Earth.
Elliot (Henry Thomas), who is the main character and his
siblings help him to come back to his planet, while they
are trying to keep him hidden from his mother and the
government. Another important character is the little
pretty sister loved by everybody, who in the real life is
the famous and well-known Drew Barrymore.
One of my favorite scenes in the movie is when Elliot
and E.T are flying in front of the moon in Elliot’s bike. It
was so magical. Another aspect that captured my
attention is the set. The set shows
us the Elliot’s house which is
located in a big valley where E.T
was found by the boy. Almost in
the movie we can see beautiful
hills, rivers and in some scenes the Elliot’s school appears
too. This movie presents the life in the rural area in the
United States. The soundtrack of this movie was
amazing and funny. It was recordered by John Williams
and the genre is classical. If the people pay attention,
they can appreciate and hear different instruments like
guitars, violins, trumpets and flutes. The sound is amazing
and it is consistent with the plot of the movie.
Finally, when this movie was launched I spent a good
time watching because it was from my generation. I am
sure that many people like me remember this classic and
successful film. After almost twenty years this film was
updated with new scenes never before seen. If you have
not seen this movie take the time and enjoy it. I really
recommend it.
Pablo Retana F.
Article Three Pirates of the Caribbean I chose this movie
because It´s really interesting for me. This film describes
fantasy, romanticism and
action. This story is a trilogy.
Also, the final part of the movie
is surprising because nobody
knows what will happen at the
end. Then, all actors are extrovert, charismatic and
original. It was directed by Gore Verbinski and produced
by Jerry Bruckheimer. The story follows the adventures of
the blacksmith Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and the
eccentric pirate Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) to
rescue Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley), daughter of the
governor of Port Royal, who has been kidnapped by the
cursed crew of the Black Pearl, captained by Hector
Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush).
This story is about the quest of Captain Jack Sparrow, a
savvy pirate, and Will Turner, a resourceful blacksmith, as
they search for Elizabeth Swann. Elizabeth Swann is the
daughter of the governor and the love of Will´s life, she
has been kidnapped by the feared Captain Barbossa. A lot
of people know it, but the fierce and clever Barbossa has
been cursed. Aboard the Black Pearl, Barbossa tells
Elizabeth why they are so determined to get the gold
medallion: This is
bloody Aztec gold
piece stolen from the
main gold pot, and all
those who steal pieces
of this treasure would
be cursed eternally,
they become immortal
but they couldn’t feel anything and are always thirsty,
getting transformed into living skeletons when they are
under the moonlight. So now they are trying to get back
every single stolen gold piece that had been wasted on
women and alcohol to end up the curse.
The setting was made in the American Caribbean Sea, S
Vicente and Las Granadinas from
Colombia. That set is very
picturesque, magical, stunningly
and gorgeous. Those places are
unique, magnificent and sophisticated; also they are one
of the most beautiful places in the world. The filmmakers
chose St. Vincent as the main location for filming because
it was the quietest beach they could find, where the
docks of Port Royal and Tortuga were built. One of the
most important buildings of the film was the three ships
that appear: the Black Pearl, the Dauntless and the
Interceptor. For budget reasons, the ships were built on
docks, with only six days to shoot the battle between the
Black Pearl and the Interceptor. The Dauntless and the
Black Pearl were built on barges, with changes made by
computer.
Nury Quiros F.
Article Four Do you like to watch movies? If the answer is
yes, you will be interested in this
article. First let´s talk about the history of movies. There
are a lot of
opinions about the first film in the world. Some people
think the first movie was
filmed in 1888 and the name was Roundhay Garden
Scene, the duration of that
movie was 3 seconds. Can you believe this? Other people
think the first movie was
“La llegada del tren”. It was filmed in 1895 by the
Lumiere Brothers. You can see
both movies in internet and build your own opinion. Do
you know when the frist
edition of the Oscar Awards was? The answer is… in
1929. It was the first, and the
best movie was “Wings”. After this year, we can see the
Oscar Awards every year.
I like to watch any type of movies. I would like to
recommend to you some
movies that I think are the best. I put in my list different
genres of movies. You can
find in this segment, movies like drama, suspense and
others. I am not an expert in
cinema; I am just a lover of
movies. You maybe have
another opinion of these
movies. However, I see a lot
of movies every week; I
choose the best ones for
me.
Do you like movies of drama? You need to see “The
Vow”. This movie is about a
couple that have a car accident and the girl loses her
memory. The boy has to fight
for the love of his girl, and he makes that she falls in love
with him again. The main
characters are Rachel McAdams, Channing Taxtum, Sam
Neill and Jessica Lange.
If you like movies of action, my recommendation is
“Taken”. Taken is about a man
that worked in the CIA, and his daughter is raped in
France.
The movie is very exciting and you will be astonished with
the wit of the man. The
main characters of Taken are Liam Nesson, Famke Jansen
and Maggie Grace.
Do you like movies of suspense? Have you ever seen
“P2”? Let me to talk you
about this movie. The plot of P2 is about a man who falls
in love with a girl but he
was crazy. He raped the girl in a building and she
searched how to escape. You
can see this exciting movie, but maybe you will have a
little of fear. The main
characters are Rachel Nichols and Wes Bentley. Finally,
my recommendation of
Latin-American movies is “Nine Queens”. It is an
argentine movie. Nine queens is
about 2 mans that are scammers. It has an amazing an
amazing end. The main
characters of this movie are Gastón Pauls, Ricardo Darín
and Leticia Brédice.
To watch movies is amazing. You can find thousand kinds
of movies. You can see
movies with your family, your friends, your couple… If
you are bored you can on
your computer and put one movie. We can find a lot of
movies on internet. Also,
you can go to the cinema, it´s very cheap and funny.
Enjoying the 7th art.
Valeria Hernandez F.
Article Five A movie is a series of still images that creates
the illusion of moving pictures. These are shown on a
screen. This idea started by drawing pictures, for every
movement. This wouldn’t last more than 5minutes. As
the technology advance, the movies became easily to
produce them. Going to the theaters became a common
activity to go with family and friends.
The movies are listed by genres
or categories. There are a lot of
genres but some of the most
commons ones are: action (this
story is of adventure and takes
a risky turn, comedy (try to make the audience to laugh),
fantasy (talk about magic or supernatural forces),
historical (is a story about a real person or event), horror
(this story is told to scare through shock or suspense),
romance (is about a mutual attraction and love, usually
ends with a happy ending) and science fiction (is similar
to fantasy, but with scientific facts).
A movie also can be film with different techniques, like in
live-action or can be animated. Animated movies are film
by a lot of drawings, paintings, photographed pictures,
that are shown frame by frame, in a certain velocity. This
technique can be called “stop frame cinematography”.
Usually animated
Walt Disney is a famous animator who changed the
history. In the early days of cinema, he became in a
classic animator. Walt Disney originally worked as
advertising cartoonist at the Kansas City Film Ad
Company. This was an experiment that combined
animated with live-action. The very first film that Walt
Disney made himself was “Little Red Riding Hood” in
1922, and “Four Musicians of Bremen” Both of these
were a cartoon.
His first successful silent cartoon in 1923 and in his own
studio called “the Disney Brothers Studio”; were a series
of 56 episodes called “Alice in Cartoonland”. Soon after,
this Alice became live-action that take place in a world
called “Wonderland world”. Disney produced about two
dozen of the silent, black and
white. After a time he was
forced to give up the character
(Alice) to Walter Lantz. Walt
Disney was devastated but
then, he started to create another memorable character,
Mickey Mouse. This started the Walt Disney Company.
Nowdays Walt Disney Company is a huge organization
that film live-action, animated, live-action movies with
animation, and helps to distribute and release movies
from Pixar or other companies. By this time the Walt
Disney Feature Animation has about fifty-four movies
that were produced entirely by them, and nine live-action
movies with animation, produced by Walt Disney
Company. This is how animated movies became
memorable until these days.
Mariana Mejia A.
Article One……………………………… 22
Article Two……………………………... 25
Article Three……………………………. 27
Article Four……………………………... 29
Article Five……………………………....32
Article One Tourism is one of the most memorable and
exciting experiences. There are many options for
different countries, everybody knows that travel and
learn a lot about different world cultures and lifestyles of
people is different in every country. There are many
locations, some are wild, cosmopolitan, cultural or
adventure.
To travel people must be open minded because all
countries have different traditions and different ways of
life that sometimes people can be surprised about and
even can dislike. Before traveling you should study a bit
about the culture of the country and learn a little of their
language.
One of the most recommended destinations is Thailand
because it’s a very traditional Asian country; Thailand has
one of the most beautiful beaches in the w orld with
amazing views and
landscapes. In
Thailand, tourists can
learn that the
elephants are sacred
animals of their country and they can ride them. The Thai
food is known to globalized levels by the strong flavor of
its spices and the use of rice in most of their dishes.
The European continent is also one of the favorite
destinations when it’s times to travel. The history and the
fame of the European countries makes that every year
millions of people travel to see these countries. France is
one of the favorite destinations for couples to celebrate
their honeymoon or just for a romantic trip. As its capital
is known, Paris it is known as the city of love. France is
one of the countries that is well known for its fashion.
Spain is a very interesting touristic country. It one of the
countries with an enviable and different infrastructure.
Besides Spain has beautiful beaches such as Ibiza and
Malaga they are persecuted by surfers worldwide, also
the Spanish food is very well known for the use of
seafood in most of their dishes.
Italy is a country that
tourists want to know
because of its well
know gastronomy.
Pasta is one of the
typical dishes of Italy
also very famous
desserts like tiramisu. Besides Italy is a country know for
the typical beauty of Italian men and their romanticism.
The Asian continent is increasingly visited by tourist for
their extraordinary forms of life.
China is a country well known for their strange and
different spider and scorpion meals. It’s also quite known
for the eccentricity of the Chinese and their curious
items.
Maria Jesus Madrigal V
Article Two I would like to travel around the world, to countries like: the United States of America, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Peru, France, Ireland, Spain, United Kingdom, Japan, Russia, South Africa, etc... But now I can’t because I do not have the money, so when I work, I will save money to travel around the world in my free time.
First I would like to travel to Argentina, and visit the Patagonia, this place is beautiful, because has rivers, mountains with snow, and in the middle is the sea. This place is very cold because is near of the Antarctic, and sometimes in that place the people can see penguins.
Second I would like to travel to Canada to visit the Niagara Falls. This Falls are in the frontiers between United States and Canada, in the cities of Otawa and New york.
In the night the Niagara Falls are illuminated by lights of different colors, and looks wonderful.
And finally, I would like to visit the United States, to visit the Yellowstone National Park. This place is wonderful, and you can see many animals, like bears, wolves, mooses, buffalos and more. This place does not have fences, so the animals have the liberty to go to any place.
Jason Solano D.
Article Three In my opinion I think one of the trips I
would recommend is to go to the United States because
it has many tourist places to visit.
Personally I have the good fortune to get to know South
Carolina, North Carolina, Atlanta, Boston, Miami and New
York and I really liked them all. What I liked most is that
in the same country there are many places to visit and
they are
completely
different
from each
other.
After living
for 2 months
in South
Carolina I
can assure you it is very nice, and quiet state, it is more of
a rural lifestyle, the homes are very elegant and it is not a
very populated city, and the downtown is considered one
of the 5 best places to visit in the United States for its
beauty and architecture.
It is one of the states where the sales tax is lower, since it
is which draws the attention of more tourist to visit South
Carolina.
One of the tourist attractions that I can recommend is
the Middleton Place that is a National Historic Landmark
and home to America’s Oldest Landscaped Gardens, it
has been called the 65th acres “the most important and
most interesting garden in America”
Marco Fernández M.
Article Four Do you know where are you going to travel
for your next vacations? Well, if you don’t know yet.
Costa Rica will be a good option. It is considered one of
the 25 countries with
most biodiversity. Costa
Rica is located on
Central America. It is
between Panama and
Nicaragua. It has 51.100
km² of area. Also, Costa
Rica has a lot of
biodiversity with more
of 360 kinds of species.
There are many
beaches, volcanoes, rivers and mountains to enjoy. So,
you can come to Costa Rica and enjoy the culture, food
and peaceful surroundings. Come and know the happiest
country in the world.
Do you like rainforest and animals? Costa Rica is home of
monkeys, snakes, sloths and almost 900 types of birds.
Costa Rica rainforests have comfortable ways to delight
the amazing view. You can walk among its spectacular
high treetops. Furthermore, incredible Volcanoes such as
Miravalles, Arenal, Turrialba, Irazú and Poás. The last one
has seven craters.
All the volcanoes are surrounded of beautiful vegetation.
You might even meet the majestic Arenal lake near the
Arenal Volcano. Moreover, some of these places are cold
but, it is not a problem enjoying in Hot springs. Hot
springs are perfect to relax. You might enjoying it while
you see the environment.
has nearly 300 different beaches, many of them
especially for surfing. The boat tours are good to see
dolphins or another kind of marine animal. The diving will
be an unforgettable experience.
Which activities would you to do? Do you like extreme
exports in the air? Canopy and bungee will be to your
liking. Canopy you
can feel the air and
the adrenalin while
crossing a wonderful
rainforest. On the other hand, Bungee will make you feel
that you are falling directly on a river but, a special rope
will prevent it.
Besides, if you prefer the water, to practice rafting and
kayaking in our rivers would you like. This Country has
special rivers to do it. Otherwise, surfing and kite surfing
will make you enjoy in a different way the Costa Rican's
beaches. This and other sports take part of the activities
that you can do if you come to Costa Rica.
Additionally, this country is popular for the party
environment. The people who live in this country, they
really like parties. It is part of being a Costa Rican.
Geraldo Cabrera G.
Article Five
Wath is beatifull?
Travel, travel
with the
family, travel
to meet new
places out or
within the
country. You
know new and
beautiful places to have a good time. Meet new cultures,
different people can we teach a lesson in the life. For
example about your culture, learn to play sports that can
help us fell relax and fall out the daily routine.
Costa Rica takes places that people con visit, there are
many beaches which are very nice and they all have
several different things, for example the beaches of
Guanacaste are very calm, the climate is very warm and it
is nice to go to travel. Of another side the beaches in
Limon are the climate very warm but with dampness the
environment, the person are very happy, the holidays
likes and also to entertain the tourist. Also there are
mountains places of cold climate as for example in Monte
Verde, there it is a place to relax and The trips did not
arise suddenly, since the man (to be a human being)
always has had the need of having a time of rest and
tranquility for it. Ingenious people had the idea that
creating travel agency to facility to him for persons Who
want to travel, the way or ways of travelling, to advise
them to where travelling.
The companies of trips play a important role in the
commercialization of the tourist service that offers so
much on the national level as worldwide the different
lenders of the tourist service, principally for that they
increment the
economy of the
country a major
stability, Creating
employments by
means of the tourist
promotion, between
other activities.
Since consequence to be able to travel needs of
availability of free time, which when the person has it,
they exact very well profit and as I said it previously they
might use it for the rest of the recreation. Nevertheless,
the tourism to long suffering fundamental changes
throughout the time, since nowadays the tourism is an
activity of enormous importance for the social and
economic life of the country. Since this one promotes
many benefits to the different sectors or type of social
class.
Geancarlo Drummond M.
.
Article One……………………………… 36
Article Two……………………………... 39
Article Three……………………………. 42
Article Four……………………………...45
Article Five……………………………...49
Article One First of all, what do sports mean to you? A
sport is something quite pleasant, something you
might share with someone, a passion, a discipline, a
dream, your runaway. People do sports to feel not
just physically
happy with
themselves but
also joyful and
mentally
cheerful. For
many of people,
the fact of
practicing a
sport is a dream; they have been working on their
routines for years to achieve personal goals. It means
everything for them. After all, we always have to look
forward to accomplish our dreams, which are the only
ones that will make us interested to keep our desires
alive.
Hence, there are plenty types of sports such as
extreme, professional, underwater, athletic either
individual or in a team. Any of these kinds of sports
share something really special that is the spirit,
strength and the power to struggle for what we like.
Furthermore, it does not matter if we do not do any
sport, the fact of just watching soccer, basketball or
football game makes us have something in common
with everybody else, one same passion… sports. In
addition, the important fact here about sports is that
happy people is when they practice a sport and even
more if they reach the victory? All types of sports
have a special objective for each
person that practices them.
Mainly, people do sports as a
way to be in good shape,
another vast majority do it as a
hobby. On the other hand a
person may only practice a sport for entertainment or
maybe for health requirements. The most important
is that it is something quite recreational which can be
done by everyone. Whoever that says they cannot do
sports is just giving excuses. At the time we practice a
sport we are not just looking better and fit, our health
and mind are being very grateful for all that effort.
It is true that to do sports we have to use specific
equipment but it does not mean that we have to buy
the most fanciest or expensive one; for example, if
you are going to run it is not necessary to wear the
best snickers or clothes, I think that being classy in
this situations is not a requirement. The main purpose
is to have the will to do it, to be healthy and fine with
yourself. A pair of new snickers and clothes won’t
make you in the best one but your discipline and
desire is what will make you be the best.
As you can see, sports are something really relaxing
and exciting which make people who practice them
feel cheerful, comfortable and happy with
themselves. As I mentioned before, your will and
desire is what make you powerful. On the whole, you
are the only one who has the power to fill your own
mind with positive thoughts. People can do anything
they want, and they can show by doing some sport
that they are strong enough to make their dreams
come true.
Ariel Sotela A.
Article Two Today we will be talking about sports, a
topic which I find really interesting. I believe that if a
person does exercise every day, it will help his or her
mental health and that person will keep his or her
body in great shape. I am going to share with a kind of
sport which I really enjoy doing and it is called
insanity. It is produced by Shaun T. I started doing
insanity in January 2014. I have been working out
really hard every single day since the beginning of this
year, but it is really great when you feel that your
body is changing.
There are some exercises that you have to get
accustomed to before doing insanity, for instance,
you should be able to do push-ups, cardio, abs,
plyometric
cardio,
jumping rope,
squats,
lunges, and
you always
have to keep
your core tight. I know it would be really hard to do all
those exercises but you will see the results just in 60
days. You have to earn it. Every single person has to
commit with a 60 days routine of drinking a lot of
water, doing exercise and eating healthy.
Traditional training has intervals of exercise in which
you work hard for a long period of time and then you
have a short period to rest. Shaun T. is an expert
designing all those fitness programs; he thinks that
working really hard is the key to get the results
everyone always wants. There is a lot of people who
has done the entire
program and they say it is
great opportunity to get in
shape and feel
comfortable with yourself.
Personally, I would say
that the most important
exercise that you should
be doing is those that involve cardio activity, for
example: cycling which is a foolproof workout to get a
great sweat and work your legs. Cycling is a wonderful
exercise since you can push yourself at a higher
intensity. It strengthens your legs, arms and back,
encourages your heart to work more efficiently and
aids in weight loss. Cycling is also one of the easiest
ways to fit exercise in your everyday routine since it is
a great means of transportation.
On the other hand, if you are not a good cyclist, you
can run and it will work in the same way as cycling
does. There are many benefits of running. It helps to
relieve stress, improve your heart health, reduces the
risks of depression, burns meg a calories and improves
your overall health. Running can actually transform
the body like nothing else. It builds strong, toned legs
and makes them look thinner. I enjoy running,
especially early in the morning, and I think it is one of
the best exercises to do every day.
David Padilla H.
Article Three Sports are usually competitive activities;
people improve physical abilities and skills, while
providing entertainment to participants and
observers. Sport is generally recognized as activities
which are based in physical athleticism or physical
agility of the participants. It can be said that sport is a
recreation, pastime, pleasure, fun or exercise. In
many countries people practice different sports, for
example soccer, basketball, athletics, etc.
Soccer is the sport
most popular in the
world because is
considered the most
beautiful by people,
players are the most
famous and popular, they earn a lot of money with
their teams. In soccer, every four years the best teams
in the world compete for a cup that is the most
important in this sport. The soccer is practiced by
women and they also compete for a world cup. FIFA
select a country every four years for this activity,
where people travel ar ound the world to support
their team.
Through the football Costa Rica was released
worldwide, due to their excellent participation in the
Brazil World Cup 2014. Costa Rica was able to reach
the quarter finals and eliminate 3 world champions. It
was also featured in different sports such as cycling,
boxing, and athletics and at the Special Olympics
Costa Rica always gets gold medals. Thanks to sports
many people with
some disabilities are
encouraged to go
ahead and have a
reason t o push
themselves to
outshine in any sport.
Sports provide many benefits to health and life
quality, not only physically, it also helps to forget
worries and interact with other kids of your age.
Many children and adolescents have overweight
problems due to poor nutrition. Playing sports helps
prevent diseases and avoids overweight, keeps people
active. The practice of sport is a good tool for young
people to stay away from drugs and bad friends. It is
an opportunity for many people to succeed and fulfill
their dreams of becoming a good person.
Sports are activities that move the world due to the
large amount of money invested in participating and
creating events. Many people see sports as a business
and a job opportunity. Even some athletes do it for
the money and ignore the value of sports; also many
athletes drink illegal substances to improve their
performances, which are banned in sports. You need
to know that sports are a way to improve the quality
of life both economically and healthy for the body.
Emmanuel Moraga C.
Article Four In the world there are lots of types of
sports, for example boxing, soccer, volley ball,
basketball, etc. There is a very, very large list of sports
that exist in the world. It is amazing to see how
people enjoy sports, some people cannot live without
them, it is remarkable the passion with which they
live for the sports. These activities provoke feelings in
people in a special way. Sports can be consider as part
of the culture of a country, for example in the Asiatic
continent martial arts have been more than a sport in
their culture, in the European continent the most
popular sport is soccer and it is very frequent to see
football stadiums completely full, in the American
continent too, and so on each continent.
For me most famous sport in the world is soccer, it is
amazing the
amount of money
than moves this
sport. The
amount of fans
that follow this
sport is of
millions. In the world the most popular teams are Real
Madrid and Barcelona, while in Costa Rica the most
popular teams are Saprissa and Alajuelense. Actually
for me the best team in the world is the Real Madrid,
the team in which plays the Costa Rican player Keylor
Navas, this player was recently bought by Real
Madrid, which created a lot of pride within the Costa
Ricans. The sports can move a whole country the way
Costa Rica’s team did in the last world cup, this team
was the
surprise in the
cup, winning
the eighth
position in the
competition,
was historic for
the country.
Talking about the last world cup I should say that
what Costa Rica did was really amazing. The group of
Costa Rica was the called the group of the death; in
this group were three ex-champions of the world cup,
Uruguay, Italy and England, but Costa Rica didn’t feel
scared. In the first match Costa Rica won to Uruguay 3
– 1, in the second match Costa Rica won to Italy 1 – 0
and in the last game Costa Rica drew 0 – 0 against
England. These scores allowed Costa Rica to win the
death group and classify to the next round. At this
round the rival of Costa Rica was Greece, the game
was very exciting, for the 90 minutes players the score
was 1 – 1, so they had to play the extra times, but
neither team managed to score a goal. Costa Rica won
this game in the penalties, but in the next round was
eliminate by Nederland in penalties. However, Costa
Ricans were very proud of the players because this
was historic for the country.
Sports have been filled of motivation stories; many
athletes have had a life very hard life before
becoming the best athletes in the world. However,
they fought for their dreams and did not give up.
These examples teach us to never give up, to go after
our happiness and believe in ourselves. Although the
streets are full of great athletes there are few who are
lucky enough to become sports superstars. Athletes
like Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Michael Jordan, among
others, are the few athletes who were born with luck
and qualities to become super-athletes. But athletes
like these are full of motivation that all children and
young people should have to believe they can become
bigger athletes and fight for their dreams.
Sports are not just an activity for fun, they are more
than that, and they are a passion which millions of
people feel worldwide. Sports are motivation for
many young people, it helps them to stay away from
drugs and missteps, so sports are the best way that a
human being has to enjoy healthy. Countries need to
invest a lot in sports, improving sports, infrastructure
and encouraging
youth to practice a
sport at a minimum I
think is the best
investment that any
government could do.
Jurgen Matarrita C.
Article Five It is now early august and is been less than
a month since the FIFA World Cup ended. This
amazing event takes place every 4 years in a different
location each time. The last one took place in Brazil,
South America. The beauty of the country captivated
more than 95 million people in a month. It’s a
paradise, filled with joy, beautiful people, samba and
passion for the nicest sport in the world: soccer.
Soccer is not 11
players on each team
just running to score
a goal; soccer goes
beyond that. It is the
hearts of millions of
people pumping blo od as crazy due to the adrenalin
rush that gets through the body with each pass, shot
and goal against the rival.It involves all kinds of
feelings, from getting excited because the team you
root for scored a goal, to breaking you into tears
because your team has lost.
It also gives you the chance to meet new and amazing
people. People rooting the same team as you do is no
longer just people, they become your family.
This was felt even in those countries that didn’t make
their way through the World Cup. Fortunately, we did
and also performed an amazing job in the Cup. Costa
Rica made it to quarter finals for the first time in the
country soccer history.
This heroic happening gathered the entire country
together, and even those who didn´t took part in any
kind of public celebration were able to feel the energy
that was pouring from everyone else’s soul. It is the
only sport in the world capable of doing that… It is not
just a sport it is a way of living.
Eylin Ortega L.