tom sawyer: Mark Twain(writer)

The author spent his childhood in a little town next to the river Mississippi and he left school when he was 12 years old. He was a typographer, stemboat pilot, and a gold digger, before becoming the most famous American writer of his time.

 

1835: Samuel Langherne Clemens is born in Florida, Missouri (USA)

1839: The family moves to Hannibal, a town on the banks of the Mississippi.

1847: His father dies and Sam leaves school to work as a typographer in several printer's from New York to Philadelphia.

1857: He decides to become a steamboat pilot.

1861: The American Civil War begins. Sam goes West.

1862: For a short time he works as a gold digger. He writes articles for a smal newspaper in Virgina City (California)

1863: He begins to sign his articles under the pseudonym Mark Twain and works as a reporter on the Call, in San Francisco.

1867: He visits Europe and the Holy Land

1869: His book The innocents Abroad is a great success

1870: He marries Olivia Langdon with whom he has a son that dies at a very early age and two daughters.

1876: The Aventures of Tom Sawyer is published

1884: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.

1894: After a disastrous investment, he loses all his money. To rai9se more money he goes on a tour giving conferences all round the world.

1904: His wife Olivia dies.

1910: Mark Twain dies in Redding

Dracula:Bram stoker(writer)

Mysterious and tormented: that's what we know about Bram Stoker, the creator of Dracula. And, indeed, that is how he must have been to imagine such a bloodthirsty creature. 104 years later, the author is perhaps not so well rembembered but Dracula is certainly still as famous as ever. It's a cae of character that has "eliminated" its author!

1847: Bram Stoker is born in Clontarf (Dublin).
1867: He goes to uniuversity
1876: He meets the actor Henry Irving in the Royal Theatre in Dublin
1878: He marries Florence Balcomb, whom he meets at the home of the parents of the famous writer Oscar Wilde. He starts working as a stage manager in the Lyceum Theater in London.
1882: Publicitation of this first book of stories.
1883: Lyceum Theatre American tour. He meets the American poet, Walt Whitman.
 1890: He meets professor Arminius Vambery, and joins a secret society. Publication of his first novel, The Snake Pass.
1894: Publication of stories. 1895: Publication of the novel The Shoulder of Shasta
1897: Pulbication of Dracula. First and only representation of the theatrical adaptation of Dracula.
 1905: Henry Irving dies
 1911: Publication of the novel The Lair of the White Worm.
1912: He dies on the 21st of April.
1915: Publication of short posthumous novels, amongst wich we can find Dracula's Guest.

Dracula

Vocabulary;

engaged: promès

estate: finca

feed on: alimentar-se de

outskirts: als afores

drag: arrossegar

duty: deure

no offence: no s'ofengui

straight away: ara amteix

either:tampoc

frighten: espantar

nightmare:mal somni

creepy:tenebrós

indeed:efectivament

Summary:

Jonathan Harker, a young notary, goes to Transylvania to negociate a sale with Count Dracula. It doesn't take him long to discover his host's terrible secret:Dracula is a vampire that goes out at noght to quench his thirst for human blood.

When he arrives in England, Dracula chooses as his victim Lucy, who is a friend of Mina, Jonathan's fiancée. Lucy bleeds to death.

Will jonathan Harker, Mina and the condescending professor Van Helsing manage to defeat the vampire?The novel appears as a dossier of letters and parts of the diaries of each of the differents characters.

Titanic

A tragic story!

100 years after the Titanic  tragedy, the world's most famous ship still fascinates us. This April, discover the legend in the new 3D version of James Cameron's film Titanic.

The Titanic was the largest passenger ship in the world when it was built in 1912 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was like a floating town with passengers from all social classes.

Inside the Titanic

The Titanic was a luxury ship. Rich passengers paid 865 pounds for a suite decorated in elegant styles. There was also the famous Grand Staircase wich is in the film Titanic too.

The Titanic's destination

The Titanic's first voyage was from Southampton in England, to New York city, USA.The ship left on 10 April 1912...but never arrived at her destination. 

 The tragedy

On 14 April, four days after leaving Southampton, the Titanic was in the North Atlantic. The sea was calm but visibility was low. At 11.40pm, a lookout saw a large iceberg near the ship. 37 seconds later, the Titanic hit  the iceberg and water  entered the ship. At first the passengers didn't panic...two hours and 40 minutes later,the Titanic sank.

Nicki Minaj

It feels late to be tipping rapper Nicki Minaj, but she is just about break into the mainstream with her debut album Pink Friday. She has already been a guest on songs by Kanye West, Christina Agulera, Usher and Mariah Carey, and she is funny, fast and cartoony, like Eminem when he's in good mood. And the prospect of a new Britney Spears album is exciting. According to Glee creator Ryan Murphy, the new one is return to her dane roots, and is "great".

Happy valentine's day!

DID YOU KNOW that people spend 336 hours of their life kissing?

In the USA, people don't just kiss their girlfriend and boyfriends on valentine's Day. They also give cards and presents to friend, teachers and pets.

Thanks for Levis, Mister levi Strauss

Levi Strauss invented the world's favourite troussers...jeans! Born in Germany on 26 february 1829, he went to California during the Gold Rush. He saw that miners needed strong troussers, so he made some canvas. Great!

Walt Disney anniversary

The 5 December 2011 is the 11th anniversary of the birth of Walt Disney. Did you know that Disney based in his famous character Mickey Mouse on his pet mouse?

Maroon 5

American pop group Maroon 5 have been making albums since 2002. They have sold more than 15 million albums. And now they're back at the top of the charts. The single "Moves Like Jagger" with Christina Aguilera has been a big hit. Watch the video...You'll see Mick Jagger doing his famous dance moves.

Abduction

What would you do if you saw your image as a child on a website for missing persons? Well that's what happens to Nathan Price (Taylor Lautner) in this action film. Soon Nathan's biggest fears come true: his parents are not hos real parents, and his life has been fabricated to hide a mysterious and dangerous secret. But what is it?

LMFAO

If you like the Black Eyed Peas and Michael Jackson,or Beatles and Led Zeppelin, you might like LMFAO. The group say thay have been influenced by many different styles of music,from rap and hip hop to rock. The result is a new style of music: ''party rock''. The album Sorry Fot Party Rocking, with the single " Party Rock Anthem", is a big hit and now LMFAO are working on a Party Rock clothing* line. Do you like Party Rock?