Revista SABIR 2021

When you're
working shifts
It was almost seven o'clock in the afternoon
and I was in a hurry because my
English class was going to start in less
than fifteen minutes and I was on my
the way to take my car and get to the
EOI building. Once in my car I drove carefully
to school as there was a weird dark
orange sky with many black clouds and
I wasn't sure if it was going to rain, as I
saw some lightning.
By the time I got to the school car park a
shiver went across my body. It was completely
empty of cars and full of cats, a
big variety of them: some were furry,
some bald, others scruffy, with just one
eye or one ear, some of them without a
tail or with just a piece of it...cats everywhere.
However, I decided to get out of
my car and headed for the school building
through a way surrounded by cats.
Some of them were looking at me, others
were just standing around, others just
cleaning themselves, a couple of them
were fighting for a piece of food and the
biggest one was playing with a dead rat
at the main door. All of it was terrifying
and disappointing at the same time.
When I finally got into the main hall of
the building I realised that there was nobody
in the courtyard, which is always a
lively and noisy place where people run
into each other and talk. It was almost
half past seven and I was so late that I
didn't realise that there were no lights
in the whole corridor. When I got to
my classroom the door was locked and
that is when I thought to myself: “it's
really creepy not to find anybody here,
and outside the building it is full of cats
and the atmosphere is dark and silent”.
Suddenly, someone shouted at me with
a deep voice: Boy! What are you doing
here! Quickly, I got out of my thoughts
and saw a big shape walking towards me,
which became bigger as it was closer. I
couldn't see him clearly until he was just
in front of me and he was definitely big.
I can certainly say that I was petrified at
that moment and he became aware that
he had frightened me as he softened his
tone. Then he explained carefully that I
wasn't allowed to be there for two reasons:
the first one was because he was
disinfecting the area due to the covid
and the second one was... IT WAS SAT-
URDAY!
When I heard those words I felt completely
mortified and blushed and as
soon as I was able to walk, I returned to
my car staggering and went back home.
Francisco Ríos Rodríguez
B2.2 E
Les parades del mercat
del B2 de català
HOW WE
DISCOVERED EGYPT
Once the summer ended in Ibiza, my boyfriend
and I decided to go to the beach, we
always work a lot and we don't have enough
time to be together, so we had a nice picnic
prepared, with everything we needed to
enjoy ourselves and disconnect. . . . . . Suddenly,
he received a call, he is a Chef and
works as a consultant. After the call he told
me: “We're going to Egypt; I have to go to
work but you are invited”. I was furious that
he hadn't turned off his phone, but I immediately
forgot and jumped for joy.
Five days later, we travelled to the land of
the pharaohs, the journey took us a couple
of days, and many planes to get to Luxor, to
start our cruise on the Nile.
We arrived at the boats and didn't have time
to rest, because he had to start working immediately,
so I took the opportunity to meet
the group and met very interesting people.
The wonderful landscape and the peace
of the Nile connects you with Egypt in a
more spiritual way. Everyone in the crew
was very kind, we had yoga classes every
morning or went for a walk. The times when
he was not working, we visited the temples
and enjoyed each other's company. The
food was organic and delicious, almost too
good! We definitely gained a few kilos, Lol...
The weather made each day so special with
the sunrise and sunset, all very magical.
We stayed for ten days. Finally, they surprised
us with a special farewell party with
local musicians and a barbecue. It was the
only day we ate meat in the whole trip so
we really enjoyed it, we didn't stop laughing
and dancing all night, it was so much fun....
We are very grateful for the experience
that we had and we can't wait to go back!
FIRENZE
Romina Ferreyra
B2.1
Firenze, capitale della regione Toscana,
culla del Rinascimento e della lingua italiana.
Durante il Medioevo fu un importante
centro culturale, commerciale, politico,
economico e finanziario.
Più tardi, nell’Età Moderna, ricoprì il ruolo
di capitale del Gran Ducato di Toscana, governando
le famiglie dei Medici e dei Lorena.
Finalmente fu proclamata capitale del
Regno d’Italia nel 1865 (dopo Torino), fino
al 1871, anno in cui finì il Risorgimento.
Inoltre, è una delle più belle città del mondo
grazie ai suoi numerosi monumenti e musei.
Tra l’altro, possiamo visitare il Duomo, Santa
Croce, Ponte Vecchio, Palazzo Pitti, ecc. È
trovare l’essenza di geni nel passato come:
Boccaccio, Brunelleschi, Michelangelo, Leonardo
da Vinci, Dante Alighieri ed altri.
Aggiungiamo anche la sua cucina, semplice
dai sapori genuini e i suoi vini del Chianti.
L’antipasto più tipico sono i crostini ai fegatini,
le sue zuppe calde e la specialità è
la bistecca alla Fiorentina. Invece, per gli
appassionati del pesce si può assaggiare il
caciucco e come dolci la schiacciata alla Fiorentina.
Che delizia!
Isabel Sánchez Amado
Italiano B2.1 Ampliació Formentera
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