Selena Gomez, a former teen celebrity

Hey everyone!

 

Everybody of you knows Selena Gomez, a former Disney star. Selena has become famous as a solo artist and actress and therefor she is for some of you a role model. Selena was also my favourite teen celebrity and for this reason I decided to inform you about my idol.

Selena Gomez was born on 22^nd July 1992 in Texas. Her career has begun with “Barney and friends”, there she played for two years. She got her first film role in “Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over”, although she was only 10 years old. After that she played some small minor parts in other films. A few years later she was discovered from the Disney's channel and there she got roles in few series which have never appeared. Then she got roles in the films “The Suite Life of Zack & Cody“ and “Hannah Montana”, but she had her breakthrough in 2007 with the movie “Wizards of Waverly Place” and in 2009 she released her first pop album Kiss & Tell. Gomez entered into an on and off relationship with pop star Justin Bieber in 2009, but their relationship ended in 2013. Other projects over the years include the film Spring Breakers and the album Revival, with the single "Good for You.".

Currently there is the rumor that Selena Gomez is together with The Weekend, because the two were often seen together lately. However, she also published new songs in 2017 which are a catchy music. In my opinion, we will hear some more news from Selena in the near future.

I hope you enjoyed my blog posting and you are going to read my next.

 

See you soon,

 

   Sabrina

Selena Gomez, 2017

shopping preferences

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Shopping is one of my favourite Hobbies and it makes me every time a great pleasure to go shopping and to look at the end of the day at my purchase. I go shopping many times with my family, but I prefer to go with my friends to hunt the bargains. I would like to inform you about my hobby.

I think everybody of you knows online Shopping, but why it is becoming more and more popular? Online shopping is the most convenient way to do the shopping. Another advantage is, that you can shop at any time of the day, for example, after work or if you can't sleep. A lot of people prefer online shopping, because they can make their selection in quietly and alone. Some online shops have a much larger selection of products and offer price comparisons.

In my opinion are the opening hours of shops in Austria completely in satisfactory. In my view, some shops are opened too long. The people should learn to schedule their time, that means they shouldn't go shopping in the evening or on holidays.

At last I would like to tell you about my personal shopping habits.  I like online shopping, because I can do it at any time of the day and I can do it at home. Going shopping in a mall is also very cool, because there are so many different shops at one place and you can go there in every season of the year. When I go shopping in the pedestrian zone, I love the nicely designed shop windows and that I am in the fresh air. So as you can see, I like every three types of shopping.

I hope you enjoyed my blog posting and you are going to read my next.


See you soon,

   Sabrina

Thanksgiving

Hey everybody!

 

In our last English lesson we talked about Thanksgiving. When, where, why and how is Thanksgiving celebrated? Let me answer These questions.

This day is celebrated in Canada on the second Monday of October and in the United States on the fourth Thursday of November. Thanksgiving Day is a national Holiday in Canada and the United States.

The reason for the celebration is really easy to explain. Families and friends get together and thank God for the harvest.

The story of thanksgiving has begun as the british settlers came to America. They built a settlement, but in the hard and deep winter they had nothing to eat, except some fish. So they needed somebody to show them, how to grow things. In the spring of the following year some native Indians showed them how to do some farming. And a year later for the first time they managed to be successful in agriculture. In the end of the season they made a big event and thanked god for the good harvest. That was the beginning of the tradition.

 

Today families and friends come together and eat together a big stuffed turkey, with potatoes and vegetables. At the same time all over America, families come together on thanksgiving and that leads to traffic jams, but on the same day the people start moving, because on the next day the shops want to motivate people to start with the Christmas Shopping, they offer big discounts. That day is called black Friday.

 

I hope you know now more about this tradition and you enjoyed my entry and read my next again!

 

See you soon,

 

Sabrina

 

 

 

US presidential election

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Today I am going to to tell you some things about the presidency in the USA. I think everybody of you has heard that the US voted last night their new president. I want to give you some information about the result, the reason and I am going to give you my personal opinion.

At the beginning of my posting, I want to tell you the result of the election. Each of the candidates needed 270 electoral votes to win the election. Trump got 289 electoral votes, Clinton got only 218 electoral votes, but Trump got 59,389,590 overall votes that means 47,5 % and Clinton got 59,600,328 so that are 47,7 %. You see that Clinton has more overall votes than Trump, but he has won the election, but why? The US election system is not the same as in for example Austria.
In total, the USA has 538 electoral votes and every State has a certain Nummer of electors. The number of electors or electoral votes depends on the population of a State.
"The winner takes it all", that is the system, means that the candidate who wins the election in a state get all the votes from that state, also the votes of the opponent.

I want to remind you of my second entry of my blog. At that time I was sure that Hillary Clinton will win the election, but today the US president has become Mr. Colbert Donald Trump. So I was really shocked about the result, because I think he hasn't enough political experience and in the future it will be difficult for the EU to negotiate with the USA.

I hope you know now more about the US presidential election, and you enjoyed my entry and you will read my next one as well!
See you soon,

   Sabrina

new president of the US




 

the election result
 



 

 

 

 

 

 

English in Action

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Today I am going to tell you more about an English project called “English in Action”. I want to give you information about the project, about what the week was like and I am going to tell you my personal opinion.

At first want to give you some information about the project. As you already know now, the project is called “English in Action”. You speak only English for a whole week and native speakers teach you in small groups in your own school.

During this week we were taught by three teachers, called Rory, Suzanne and Sue. We discussed with them and learned a new business topic every lesson. We learned for example, something about business models, management structure and job advertisements. We spoke a lot of different topics and sometimes played little games. In the last two lessons of every day, we had time to prepare a presentation about a business plan. We introduced this business plan to the other groups on the last day of our course.

This course was a very cool, exciting and useful experience for me. I had an awesome time, because it was such a great week and I think it has improved my English. I'll never forget it.

I hope you enjoyed reading my blog posting and you are also going to read my next.

See you soon,

Sabrina

My hobby

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Today I am going to tell you more about my hobby playing the guitar.
I want to give you information about the equipment, the parts of the guitar, the different guitar
styles and I would like to tell you something about my experience.
If you have some questions, write them in the comments.

So let's start with the equipment:

If you want to play the guitar, you need first of all a guitar.
The guitar is a popular musical instrument. Usually it has 6 stings, but there are also guitars
who have more or less strings. The sound is projected either acoustically or through electrical
amplification. It is typically played by strumming or plucking the strings with the right hand while
pressing against the fingers of the left hand.

You need a guitar bag, if you want to transport your guitar. With a guitar bag, it can't be damaged or become broken.

Of course you also need notes, because without them you will not be able to play, except you can
play everything without notes.

And that nobody need to hold your notes, you have get yourself a music stand.

That your guitar always sounds good, you need a guitar turner.

If you play in big rooms, for example in the church, it is important to amplifier your guitar, if it is possible.

I have just introduced to you the equipment that is most important for me. There is still more, for
example a capo, a Plektrum or a guitar strap. For every guitar style you need different equipment.

The next point I'd like to deal with are the parts of the guitar:



The different guitar styles:

Now I introduce to you the most popular styles:

• Acoustic guitar
• Electric & Rock guitar
• Classical guitar
• Blues guitar
• Jazz guitar
• Country guitar
• Funk Guitar

At last I would like to tell you about my experience:

As little child I always wanted to play the guitar, so I started playing, when I was 7 years old
now I am playing 8 years. In my free time I often play guitar, sometimes alone and sometimes
together with my friends, while we are playing the guitar some of us are sinning to the music.

I hope you enjoyed my entry and read my next again.

See you soon,


  Sabrina

My year abroad

Hey everybody.

In our last English lesson we were talking about AFS(American Field Service). It offers students from all over the world many intercultural programs. Now I want to give you some information about AFS and why, where and when I would like to go abroad.

At the beginning it is very hard for every exchange student, but after a few weeks they feel comfortable in the new school environment. If you attend classes you will get a report for the classes abroad.
Host families a carefully chosen by the organisation and they are asked to treat host children as a member of the family. Usually host children are asked to do chores around the house, just like other kids in the host family. If a student doesn't get well on with his or her host family, the student can be moved into a new family.
And if a student has special needs, they must be already mentioned on the application form or they tell them to the host family.
All the foreign students have the chance to learn about the new culture.
If one day I'll spend a year abroad, I will go abroad after my 20th birthday, because then I'll have finished school and then I can start a new section in my life.
I would like to go to the USA and work there as an au pair girl. Why to the USA? I think the USA is a special country and I think it is awesome. I'm especially interested in New York. I would like to see all the wonderful and interesting places of this big city.
I would like to be able to speak English perfectly fluently and I would like to get to know their culture. That's why I would like to look there for a host family.
I hope that my host family and I will get well on with each other and I hope they treat me as a member of their family.

I hope you enjoyed my entry and will read my next again.

See you soon,

   Sabrina