By Guillermo Montoya A.

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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.

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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.

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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.