AN OPINION ESSAY: The teenage years are the most important years of your life.

Most people think that the teenage years are the most important stage of our life, because is in these years when we decide how we want being. In general, all but any people think that it is true, other persons are in disagreement, they think that the teenage stage are years of emotional instability.

As I see it, these years are the best years of our life, why? Is easy, because when we are young we haven’t got so many responsibilities like when we are adult, but we have more responsibilities that when we are children and we can do ‘everything that we want’. In addition, we don’t need to worry about the bills or job, only we need worry about our studies and feel good with ourselves.

In conclusion, these years are the best and all the teenagers should live without worries, studying to have a good future and be happy, that to worry exists many years later.

OPINION ABOUT THE SECRET DIARY OF ADRIAN MOLE.

It is a good book, narrated from the perspective of a 14-year-old boy. Perhaps, the most entertaining is the fact that you can feel identified with the character. 

Adrian is a very immature guy, normal at his age, with all the typical problems of adolescence. But he must overcome the fact that her parents are divorced, although they return to be together.

In spite of the complex of his spots, it achieves that the girl that he likes notices him, and believes that he is in love and will marry with her, another example of short maturity that he has. 

In short, is a book that is entertaining and fun to read.

Here below I leave the movie based on book :D

CHAPTER 12: In and Out of Love.

SUMMARY

It’s San Valentin’s Day, Adrian gives a great card and a poem to Pandora, and she gives the same to him.

Not everything is OK, they need cut expenses away and his parents decide to stop smoking, but now they are in a bad mood all day! His mother speaks with his father, and she says to him that he has to find a job already.

On the other hand, Adrian goes to a meeting on politics and there he meets to Barbara Bayer. To Adrian he likes her, when Pandora finds out she gets very angry.

He’s 15 years old! Bert gives him a model airplane. While he is doing it he thinks that it’s a good idea sniff the glue. Unfortunately, he sticks the glue in his nose, what a disgrace when he has to go to the hospital to take it off!

VOCABULARY

• Refuses (refuse): negar, rechazar (verb) “He asked me to give him another loan, but I refused”.
• Stick out: sobresalen (verb) “They stick out by their marks”.
• Upset: disgustado (adjetive) “It still upsets him when he thinks about the accident”.
• Cheer myself up: animarme (expression) “He always manages to cheer myself up”.
• Blame: culpar (verb) “Don't blame me!”
• Lovemaking: sexo (noun).

CHAPTER 11: My Mother Is Home.

SUMMARY

His mother has returned home, and they are a happy family again. But, his parents discovered the phone bill and Adrian has to pay it out of their savings. 

Christmas is approaching, and Adrian makes another list of New Year’s resolutions. In addition, they have given him a new bike!

Surprisingly, Bert and Queenie are going to get married and they have invited Adrian.

VOCABULARY

• Tears:  lágrimas (noun) “You wipe the tears from your face”.
• Rehearsal: ensayo (noun) “Where is Adrian? He’s in the rehearsal”.
• Egg-timer: temporizador para cocinar huevos (noun) “My grandma wants an egg-timer”.
• Pity: lástima, pena (adjective) “It’s a pity that you don’t go to the trip”.

CHAPTER 10: In Hospital! - Between Life and Death.

SUMMARY

Adrian goes camping and has problems with the food because the bread and eggs have damaged and he has trouble eating.

When it returns of camping, he receives a letter of the doctor; he must operate his tonsils. He can’t eat anything solid in a few days. The nurses are fed up of him!

In addition, in the night of the bonfires he burns the phone bill where there appears how much he spent when he called to Pandora while she was in Tunisia; and his father still hadn’t seen her. They don’t pay of and cut them to the phone.

VOCABULARY

• Collect: recoger (verb) “I forgot to collect my room”.
• Bled to death: murió desangrado (expression) “There has been a car accident, the driver bled to death”.
• Dehydrated:  deshidratado (adjective) “When he finished the race he was very dehydrated”.
• Throat:  garganta (noun) “I have a pain in my throat”.
• Bonfire: hoguera (noun) “Here is forbidden make bonfires”

CHAPTER 9: More in Love than Ever!

SUMMARY

Adrian is worried, because Pandora has gone on holidays to Tunisia, but almost they can’t return because someone steals the wallet from his father.

In addition, Bert has returned to his house, but to a little time starts him finding it hard to walk and has to go to live an old people’s home.

Also, his father doesn’t look for a new job. What are they going to do!?                                                                                                                                

VOCABULARY

• Delayed (delay): retraso (verb) “The flight is delayed”.
• Shrinking (shrink): encoger (verb) “My clothes have shrunk in the washer”.
• Cashpoint:  cajero automatico (noun) “I need to extract money. Where there is a cashpoint?
• Bonus: bonificación (noun) “They have given me a bonus for working by night”.

CHAPTER 8: Grandma Frightens Barry Kent!

SUMMARY                    

The Adrian’s grandma pays the electricity bill, but until they’ll connect again the electricity they go to her house to spend a few days. Also, she gets that Barry returns all the money that he has removed to Adrian.

Finally, Adrian goes out with Pandora! They are in love.

Unfortunately, Bert is very ill. When he recovers, he goes to live to Adrian’s house. But in the next door there is a new Indian family, and he prefers live with there.

VOCABULARY

• Tore (tear): desgarrar (verb) “He tore my scarf accidentally”.
• Put on: se puso (verb) “She put on her new coat”.
• Lately:  últimamente (adverb) “Lately, you don’t eat very much”.
• Tonsillitis: amigdalitis (noun) “I have never had tonsillitis”.
• Brown-skinned: de piel morena (adjective) “In summer he has a brown-skinned”.
• Snoring: ronquidos (noun) “The snoring of my grandfather is heard by the whole house”.
• Hangover: resaca (noun) “The head hurts him very much, is for the hangover”.

CHAPTER 7: No Electricity!

SUMMARY

Adrian goes to visit his mother, and a few days later her mother going to visit him. 

In addition, Bert lost his false teeth and called to Adrian for he help him to find it. He found the teeth in the kennel of the dog. 

Unfortunately, they have turn off the light because his father has stopped paying the bills.

VOCABULARY

• Ashamed: avergonzado (adjective) “I felt very ashamed when I fell down”.
• Sick: enfermo (adjective) “Your uncle is very sick”.
• I wonder why: me pregunto por qué (expression) “I wonder why always you are late”.
• Long-term:  A largo plazo (expression) “Joining the army is a long-term commitment”.
• Mad:  loco (adjetive) “Are you mad? You can’t go”.
• Chewing (chew): mascar (verb) “My dog chewed my slipper”.
• Kennel: caseta (noun) “My dog has a new kennel, I have made it I”.
• Banging: aporreamiento (verb) “For of banging the door!”
• Turn off:  cortar (verb) “My father turn off the internet”.
• For supper:  para cenar (expression) “For supper my mother did an omelet”.
• Candle wax: cera de la vela (noun) “The candle wax has stained the tablecloth”.

CHAPTER 6: My Mother Leaves with Mr Lucas.

SUMMARY 

His mother want arrange a civilised meeting between Mr. Lucas and his father, but Mr. Mole couldn’t be quiet and they started fighting. After that this fight, Mrs. Mole and Mr. Lucas went to Sheffield.

IT’S ADRIAN BIRTHDAY! He fulfills fourteen years and he has had many presents, even Mr. Lucas has given money him. 
His father is very depressed and Adrian thinks that he can suicide, wherefore he hid his shaving razor. 

VOCABULARY

• Affair: aventura (noun) “I think that she has an affair with her neighbor”.
• Arranged (arrage): acordar (verb) “I can’t arrange a date with the doctor”.
• Book token: vale para comprar libros (noun) “I have won a competition, the prize is a book token”.
• Shillings: chelines (noun) “In Spain there aren't shillings, there are cents”.
• Lend (lent): prestar (verb) “I didn’t usually lend money”.
• Hid (hide): esconder (verb) “He hid my make up”.
• Shaving razor: cuchilla de afeitar (noun) “I don’t find my shaving razor, where is it?”
• Telly: tele (noun) “My parents don’t want that my bedroom has a telly”.
• Carpet: alfombra (noun) “My carpet needs a full wash”.
• Sink: fregadero, lavabo (noun) “In the sink there are too much tumblers”.

CHAPTER 5: Divorce!

SUMMARY

Lately, Adrian hasn’t got good days. As his parents were discussing all the day they have decided get a divorce.

Also, Bert has lain to the social worker because he didn’t want to go to the old people’s home. Adrian thinks that will go to prison because he isn’t his true grandson like Bert has told.

The best notice that Adrian has had in a long time is that Pandora and Niall have broken up.

VOCABULARY 

• Neither: Ninguno, tampoco (adjetive, noun, adverb) “Neither of the class know who is the new teacher”.
• Spare room: cuarto de invitados (noun) “I haven’t a spare room”.
• Deaf: sordo (adjetive) “My uncle is deaf since he was born”.
• Set Off: irme (verb) “After I set off you’ll miss me”.
• Awake: despierto (adjetive) “You don’t ask me nothing, I’m not still awake”.

CHAPTER 4: Slave Labour on Elm Tree Aventure

SUMMARY

Adrian has started to delivering newspapers. While he’s doing his paper round he saw Pandora, and now he knows where she lives.

His parents are still discussing all day. And as his mother works she forgot to remember to Adrian that he had to take his sport clothes. He has to return home for the clothes, but the dog follow him to the high school and the headmaster made him to come back home again to let it. Almost stays without eating!

VOCABULARY

• Delivering (deliver): repartir (verb) “I delivered the exams before the class was ended”.
• Wealthy: rico (adjective) “Her dream is be wealthy”.
• Beating: latido (noun) “My heart is beating very fast”.
• Complained (complain): quejarse (verb) “He’s complaining all the day”.
• Slave: esclavo (noun) "He feels like a slave".
• Am fond of you: te tengo cariño (expression).
•  Fond: cariño (adjective).
•  Newsagent: vendedor de periódicos (noun) “I met the newsagent yesterday”.
• Grandson: nieto (noun) “I’m a good grandson”.
• Punctured (puncture): pinchar, perforar (verb) “The stone punctured the wheel of my car”.
• Headmaster: director (noun) “The new headmaster seems nice”.

An embarrasing experience.

One day, when I was in 2º of ESO, I was chatting with my friends in the corridor when I saw that my english’s teacher appeared at the end of the corridor, she was going to my class. I couldn’t come later because she’s very angry when the people arrive later.

I ran very fast, but my teacher already had come and the door was close. In this moment my soled shoes slipped and I fell down in the middle of the corridor. I shouted because I had given me a very strong blow in the bottom.

Thank goodness, my classmates didn’t see and hear me because there was very much noise in class, but my best friend if saw it. She was laughing at me a very long time.

I came in class limping and I looked like a tomato, I was very red. I felt very embarrassed! 

CHAPTER 3: Valentine's Day.

SUMMARY

It's the Valentine's Day, and the poor alone Adrian has had one card of his mother. In spite of this, he has sent a card to Pandora.

Mr. Lucas has left his house, but even so his parents continue arguing.

In addition Barry Kent, his new classmate, hit him because he didn't want to give him 50 pence every day.

VOCABULARY

·Thoughtful: considerados (adjective) “They weren’t any thoughtful, made a lot of noise”.

· At least: al menos (adverb) “At least we don’t need go to the math classes”.

· Fed (feed): alimentar, dar de comer (verb) “I forgot feed my fishes”.

· Owed (owe): deber (verb) “She says that you her owe money”.

· Profit: beneficio (noun) “I haven’t had profit in this sale”.

· Senile: senil (adjective) “This house looks senile”.

· Heating: calefacción (noun) “I going to put the heating, today it is cold”.

· Fix: solucionar, arreglar (verb) “I can’t fix my car”.

· Stuck: atascado (adjetive) “The drawer is stuck”.

· Blows bubble gum: hace globos de chicle (verb) “In class we can’t blow bubble gum, it is forbidden”.

· Shape: forma (noun) “My notebook has got in the shape of a heart”.

· Gravy: salsa (noun) “This meat needs gravy”.

· Wasting (waste): desperdiciar (verb) “You can’t waste more time”.

· Pain:  dolor (noun) “I have a big pain in my ankle”.

· Royalty: realeza (adjective) “He thinks that she is of the royalty”.

· Whole: entero, todo (adjective, noun) “Barry Kent took one whole pound from me today!”

CHAPTER 2: Pandora! My Lost Love!

SUMMARY

In this chapter, the Adrian's mother is looking for a job. But Adrian is to disagree with she, he thinks that his mother is selfish.

His neighbors are getting a divorce, and Mr. Lucas is going to live in his house. 

Adrian is in a group at school that helps old people, and has to visit an old man called Bert Baxter, but he isn't very nice.

Also, Pandora is going out with Nigel, and Adrian is cross with his friend because he thinks that Nigel has betrayed* him.

*Betray (verb): traicionar.

VOCABULARY

• Path: camino (noun) “The path is bumpy”
• Round: ruta (noun) “I do the round yesterday”
• Nearby: cercano (adjetive) “The Adrian’s house is nearby to my cousin’s house".
• Shut: cerrar (verb).
•    Shut the door in my face (expression): Cerrar la puerta en las narices.
• Choking: ahogado, asfixiado (adjective) “I choked while I was eating”.
• Selfish: egoísta (adejertive) “He’s very selfish, doesn’t think in his friends”.
• Anyway: de todas formas, de todos modos (adverb) "Anyway, I did my best".
• Sick: harto (adjective) “I’m sick with studying”.
• Bark: ladrar (verb) Barking: ladrido (noun) “The neighbor’s dog is barking all day”
• Milkman: lechero (noun) “In my village there isn’t milkman”.
•  Mood: humor (noun) “I’m in a good mood today”.
•   Is in (good,bad) mood (expression): estar de (buen, mal) humor.
• Break down: estropearse (verb+adverb) “My computer broke down yesterday”.
• Ill with worry: enfermo de preocupación (adjetive) “I’m ill with worry because I have an important exam tomorrow”.
• Run over: atropellar (verb) “Almost they run over my cat”.
• Sickbed: ‘lecho(bed) de enfermo(sick)’ (noun) “He’s in his sickbed because has got mumps”.
• Weak: débil, frágil (adjective) “I’m very weak because I was ill the past week”.
• Smell: olor (noun) “This cologne has got a good smell”.
• Cross: enfadado, molesto (adjective) “He’s very cross because he couldn’t go to the travel”.

CHAPTER 1: Mr Lucas Starts to Visit.

SUMMARY

In this chapter the principal character, Adrian Mole, makes his New Year's resolutions. He is worry because he has got a spot in a chin and his parents are discussing all day. Also, his father is jealous because Mr. Lucas, the neighbor, visits Adrian's mother every day. Adrian meets a girl too, her name is Pandora, and he falls in love with her.

VOCABULARY

• Resolutions: propósitos (noun) "I have a good resolutions"
• Hang my trousers up: Colgar mis pantalones (verb) "I always hang my trousers up in the closet".
• Put my tapes back in their covers: Poner mis cintas en sus portadas (verb) "Normally, I put my tapes back in their covers".
• Squeezing: apretar/exprimir (verb) "I don't squeeze my spots".
• Spots: granos (noun) "I’ve never had a spot".
• Chin: barbilla (noun) "He has a very large chin".
• Ran away: se escapó (verb) "She ran away the last night".
• Speedometer: velocímetro (noun) "My bike hasn't got a speedometer".
• Saddle: sillín (noun) "The saddle is very uncomfortable".
• Both: ambos, los dos. (adverb) "I met both of them.
• Disgusting: asqueroso, repugnante (adjetive) "This food is disgusting, I don't eat it".
• Still: todavía (adverb) "He hadn’t arrived still".
• Stand: soportar (verb) "I can't stand you".
• Kind: clase, especie, tipo (noun) "This is a good kind of books".
• Treacle: (de) melaza (adjetive) "Her hair is the colour of treacle".
• Netball: juego parecido al baloncesto (noun) "I don't know the netball".
• Chest: pecho (noun) "He look her chest".
• Kick: patear (verb) "He kicks all the stones that he finds in the way".
• Coming round: pasearse por casa (verb) "He keeps coming round".
• Wave: saludar (verb) "I wave the driver of the bus every day".
• Mongrel: perro cruzado, mestizo (adjetive) "This is a mongrel cat".
• Along: a lo largo de  (adverb) "Along of my life I've lived in a lot of places".

THE SECRET DIARY OF ADRIAN MOLE by Sue Townsend

Sue Townsed

Sue Townsend was born in Leicester in 1946. She was brought up in the suburbs, where she spent most of her free time playing in woods.

Sue learned to read at the age of eight when, she came off school with mumps, her mother gave to her a pile of books of Just William and she learned to read in just three weeks. After that moment she became obsessed with reading. Later, she started to write for the school magazine.

Sue left the school when she was fifteen years old, so she didn’t finish her studies, and found employment like shop assistant. She kept writing, but did so in secret.

When Sue was eighteen she married, and a year later her first child was born. She had two children more, but later she divorced and she had had to take care of them.

His career as a writer began when she was 35 years old and starting from there, has published many books, like “The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole”, “The queen and I” or “Number Ten”. 

Afterwards she got married again. In 1999 the doctors discovered that she had diabetes, and she lost her sight gradually. Nowadays Sue is blind.

WHAT DO YOU DO IN YOUR FREE TIME?

In my free time I like doing a lot of things.  One of the things that more I like to do is listen to music. I'm all the day listening to music, when I go to high school by bus, in my bedroom when I arrive from the school, when I go to for run.Other thing that I do in my spare time is to read books, I love it! One of my favorite books is Divergente, I read it the last summer. Almost always I read in the nights, before I going to bed.

Also I do some sports, like be going to run or play to the basketball. Sometimes I go with my brother and my father in Sunday's mornings.

The rest of my free time I like to see series or movies in the TV and chat  to friends online.

Normally, I dedicate little time to every hobbys. But, for example, I dedicate more time to listen to music than to do sports, the time is about average.

Do you agree with Susanita's final advice?

Yes, I think that her advice is a good council, because it helps yourself to support a balance. In my opinion another good advice is to find several hobbies that you like to be changing.

A PERSONAL PROFILE.

I'm Alba. I'm sixteen years old and my birthday is in April, when I was small I could never celebrait it because almost every years falls on Holy Week and my friends were going out on holidays. I was born in Zamora, but I have lived in many places, as Madrid, Avila , Pamploma and Valladolid. I always have lived with my parents and my little brother.

In my free time I like doing a lot of things. For example, I enjoy listening to music and reading books. Also, I like going out with my friends or seeing a movie in the cinema. But there are things that I hate too. For instance, I can't stand eating fish. I hate it!

I'm a really positive person, I'm always joking. However, sometimes I'm very edge, especially to first hour in the morning, when I'm sleepy.