Other things at Dublin

AT THE POST OFFICE

Task 1	Find a Post Office and buy a stamp. Buy a postcard in a Gift Shop.
Task 2	Write a postcard and send it to INS Hipàtia d’Alexandria

In Dublin

Task 1

At the Post Office and Gift Shop: how to buy items.

Write down vocabulary, expressions and questions you will need to carry out the task.

Vocabulary: letter (carta), envelope (sobre), stamp (segell), padded envelope (sobre capitonat), box (capsa), passport application form (passaport), postcard (postal); package (paquet)… Expressions: “Thank’s for waiting” (“Gràcies per esperar), “I want to send this to Barcelona” (“Ho voldria enviar a Barcelona”), “That’ll cost 1.65€” (“Costa 1,65 euros”); “Wrote a letter” (“Escriure una carta”); “Stuck a stamp” (“Enganxar un segell”); “Pay the bill” (“Pagar la factura”); “I’d like an envelope, please” (“M’agradaria un sobre, si us plau”) Questions: “How much is this stamp?” (“Quant val aquest segell?”); “Could I have some stamps” (“Em podries donar segells, si us plau”); "How many would you like?" ("Quants en vol?"); "How much will it cost to send this letter to Barcelona?" ("Quant costaria enviar aquesta carta a Barcelona?")

Task 2	Writing a postcard
Write down vocabulary, expressions and questions you will need to write the postcard: how to say hello, how to say goodbye, the address...	Dear [Name of a person]; Hi [Name of a person]; “Wish you were here” (“Tant de bo fossis aquí”); “arrived safely” (This expression is used when you have flown somewhere a long way away); “having a [great, fantastic, brilliant…] time” (“m’ho estic passant molt bé”) “the food is [Adjective]” (“el menjar és deliciós”); “the [A place (hotel, restaurant…)] is a dump” (This expression is used to refer to a place that you don’t like); “see you [next week, next month, tomorrow…]” (“Et veurè la propera setmana”)

IRISH TRADITIONS

Ireland is a country of traditions and folklore. Many of these are about luck and superstition.

There are lots of Irish superstitions to encourage good luck and avoid bad luck. Even today, many people are still quite superstitious in everyday life. For example, they avoid black cats, opening an umbrella indoors or putting shoes on a table. If you need good luck, try hanging a horseshoe on your front door or carrying a rabbit’s foot. The luckiest thing of all is a four-leaf shamrock – but if you find one, don’t tell anyone or your luck will disappear.

Many people believe that fairies still live all over Ireland. The worst thing you can do is to offend one of them because they can bring you bad luck. However, as they are invisible to humans most of the time, you have to be careful! One of the best-known fairies is leprechaun. He’s about a metre tall and usually wears green. Leprechauns think humans are foolish and greedy, and they love tricking us. According to tradition, leprechauns carry two coins. One is gold, the other silver. When a leprechaun buys something with the silver coin, it always returns to him. If she gives you a gold coin, it turns to ashes when he leaves. Female fairies include the banshee and the beautiful merrow. The merrow, who lives in the sea, can be dangerous for sailors and fishermen. The banshee sings a lament when a person dies. Both can appear in different forms, depending on which part of Ireland they are in. This is also true of the ugly, scary pooka. These are nocturnal fairies who enjoy frightening farm animals and farmers. 

Irish people are also famous for giving guests a fantastic welcome, so perhaps the luckiest people in Ireland are the people who go there to visit. 

Task 1	Find the following information in the text
Three things which are unlucky	As we read in the text, we can say that the things that are thought to bring bad luck are black cats, opening an umbrella indoors or putting shoes on a table
Three things that are lucky	In contrast to the things that are bad luck, there are some that give good luck. As a result of this, the thinks that bring good luck are try hanging a horseshoe on your front door, carrying a rabbit’s foot or try to find  a four-leaf shamrock
Three things about Irish fairies	They are invisible to humans most of the time, they can bring you bad luck if you offend one of them and people believe that fairies live all over Ireland.
Four types of Irish fairies	Leprechaun (it thinks that human are foolish and greedy. It type of fairy carry two coins (a gold coin and a silver)); merrow (who lives in the sea and can be dangerous for sailors and fischemen); banshee (who sings a lament when a person dies) and pooka (nocturnal fairies who enjoy frightening farm animals and farmers)

Task 2	Match words in the box with the definitions.
A fairy -  folklore  -  a lament  -  nocturnal
	A type of sad song             A lament
	Appearing at night             Nocturnal
	Old stories and beliefs      Folklore
	A magical creature            A fairy

Task 3	Complete the chart with the correct information.
Leprechaun – they are always male, never female – pooka – their song can be beautiful or like an animal noise – merrow – they stop hens from laying eggs – banshee
Merrow			They stop hens from laying eggs
Leprechaun			They are always male, never  female
Banshee			Their song can be beautiful or like an animal noise
Pooka			They are always male, never female

Tasca 5 Reflexioneu

Considereu que aquesta simbologia és present a la vida diària dels dublinesos? Com?

Aquesta simbologia és bastant present a la vida dels dublinesos. Per exemple, el famós gnom Leprechaun es pot veure pels grans carrers de Dublin, sobretot en les botigues de souvenirs, on venen imants, barrets, clauers, samarretes... Aquest personatge mitològic també apareix, sovint, en pel·lícules i anuncis de televisió. 

A més a més, els irlandesos són unes persones supersticioses i acostumen a portar un trèvol (també anomenat trifoli, ja que té tres fulles) per gaudir de sort i estar fora de perill de les supersticions i llegendes irlandeses.

LANGUAGE IRISH

There are two languages spoken in Ireland: English and Irish, or Gaelige. This is the first official language and it is used by half a million people as their mother tongue. It is also one of the official languages of the European Union and almost two million people around the world speak Gaelige.

Gaelige is a Celtic Language and it is similar to Scottish Gaelic, Welsh and Breton, which is spoken in the north-west of France. Its alphabet is similar to English, but without the letters j, k, q, w, y and z.

In Ireland there are Gaelige-language newspapers, radio stations and television shows and school students have to study the Language. Traffic signs and notices in shops appear both in English and Gaelige. It is also one of the oldest languages in Western Europe.

Task 1

Fill in the following chart with some words or expressions in Irish. Add some more.

Irish	English	Catalan	Spanish
Garda (pronounced “guarda”)	Police man	Policia	Policía
Fir	Men	Home	Hombre
Mná	Woman	Dona	Mujer
Áth Cliath Pronounced "ah cli-a"	Dublin	Dublín	Dublin
An Lár	City Centre	El centre	El centro
Fáilte (pronounced "fall-sha")	Welcome	Benvingut	Bienvenido
Eire	Ireland	Irlanda	Irlanda
Béarla	English	Anglés	Inglés
Leabhar	Book	Llibre	Libro
Tír	Country	País	País
Fuar	Cold	Fred	Frío
Grianmhar	Sunny	Assolellat	Soleado
Lón	Lunch	Dinar	Almuerzo
Úll	Appple	Poma	Manzana
Glas	Green	Verd	Verde

Task 2

1. How different is the alphabet of Gaelige different to that of English?         2. Did you listen to people speaking in Irish? Where was the most common places where Irish was used?

2. Yes. Yes. As we have seen which is quite different the Gaelige in comparation with English, for example the letters j, k, q, w, y and z did not exist in the Gaelige alphabet. The english alphabet consists of 26 letters, but the Gaelige one have just got 18 letters. The places that are used most Irish aren't in areas of the city because how the city a lot of people use English, in the other arees they can use the other official languages. 

DIFERÈNCIA EN LA ESCRIPTURA:

DIFERÈNCIA EN EL SO (PRONUNCIACIÓ)

LITERATURE

Task 1b	Find someone who knows what Bloomsday is.
-       Prepare the questions you want to ask            -       Jot down notes about what he or she says.        -       Has it been difficult to find someone who knows the answer?

The question that we asked to some people was if they know what writer's life and work commemorate this celebration. 

We asked to some people and the most of them answered the correct answer, James Joyce (like 73% of the people asked). But some of them confuses with Charles Dickens (22% of the people asked) and Jane Austen (5% of the people asked). 

TEMPLE BAR AND LEISURE

Tal i com hem pogut comprovar durant el nostre viatge, la activitat lúdica més comuna entre els irlandesos es concentra en els pubs. 

Les activitats lúdiques que els irlandesos fan en aquest lloc son parlar, ballar i escoltar música mentre prenen algun refresc, principalment cervesa. Normalment, la gent va a aquest lloc per escoltar famosos grups de música com U2 o The Cranberries. 

La beguda nacional irlandesa és sens dubte la cervesa. Us proposem una petita recerca químic: 

Task 1	Expliqueu el procés que es segueix per elaborar la cervesa. Durant aquest procés es produeix una reacció química anomenada fermentació alcohòlica que transforma el sucre dels cereals en alcohol. Escriu i iguala l’equació química corresponent a aquesta reacció.
Task 2	Quina és la marca de cervesa més coneguda a Irlanda, concretament a Dublín? Podríeu dir si a Catalunya existeix una beguda amb una rellevància similar?

Task 1

Per elaborar la cervesa, s'han de seguir una sèrie de processos:

El primer que hem de fer és la maceració, que consisteix en realitzar una infusió de malta mòlta amb aigua calenta per obtenir sucres fermentables a partir del midó. Així es forma el most.

Seguidament, hem de posar el most a bullir durant 60­90 minuts. Durant l'ebullició, s'ha d'afegir el llúpol (això aporta l'amargor i l'aroma de la cervesa). Després, ràpidament, hem de refredar el most fins a 18­20oC per iniciar la fermentació.

Durant aquest procés, anomenat fermentació, que dura entre 5 i 6 dies, el sucre dels cereals es transforma en alcohol. La cervesa s'ha de madurar en un dipòsit durant 6 o 8 dies a la temperatura de 10­12oC. Durant la maduració, la cervesa es clarifica.

Finalment, durant 2 o 3 setmanes, la cervesa es deixa en repòs a l'interior d'una ampolla sense pasteuritzar, perquè adquireixi el gas.

L'equació química corresponent a la fermentació alcohòlica on es transforma el sucre dels cereals en alcohol:

C6H12O6 = C2H6O + CO2

C = 6                 C = 3        

H = 12               H = 6

O = 6                 O = 3

Com podeu observar aquesta equació química no està igualada. A continuació, l'ha igualarem. 

C6H12O6 = 2C2H6O + 2CO2

C = 6                 C = 6      

H = 12               H = 12

O = 6                 O = 6

Task 2

 

Cervesa Guinness

La marca de cervesa més coneguda a Irlanda, concretament a Dublín és la Guinness. La Guinness és una cervesa negra elaborada per Arthur Guinness. Aquest tipus de cervesa és exportada a una gran quantitat de països. El seu gust resulta de l'ordi torrat que no arriba a fermentar.

La cervesa de Guinness està formada per aigua, ordi, malta, llúpol i llevat.

Podeu trobar més coses interessants d'aquesta cervesa, com la història a la pàgina web oficial.

L'Estrella Damm és un tipus de cervesa que existeix a Catalunya amb una importància similar a l'anterior. L'Estrella Damm és una cervesa lager catalana elaborada per la companyia Damm des del 1876. 

Aques tipus de cervesa està formada per malt, llúpol, aigua, arròs i llevat. Podeu trobar més coses interessants d'aquesta cervesa, com la història o la recepta, a la pàgina web oficial.

SHOPPING AND "SOUVENIRS"

ITEM	CATALAN	SPANISH	ENGLISH	PRICE	PREU CATALUNYA
Iman	Iman	Iman	Magnet	3.99€	3€
Tassa	Tassa	Taza	Cup	3.50€	4€
Postal	Postal	Postal	Postcard	2.99€	2€
Hamburguesa	Hamburguesa	Hamburguesa	Hamburguer	5€	1.30€
Patates fregides	Patates fregides	Patatas fritas	Chips	3-4€	1€
Café	Café	Cafe	Coffe	3.50€	1.25€
Xocolata	Xocolata	Chocolate	Chocolate	3.50€	2.25€
Figures	Figures	Figuras	Figure	3€	3-4€
Bolígraf	Bolígraf	Boli	Pen	2€	1.50€
Segell	Segell	Sello	Stamp	0.90€	0.75€

LANGUAGES

(Senyal de trànsit)

(Escrit en un cotxe)

(Cartell a l'aeroport)