MY HOBBY

SKATING

     I first got interested in skating one summer, when I was 7 years old, because my parents gave me rollers. I was starting in the club “SALTA PATIN” with my brother Pablo and my best friend Fabiola. I wanted to try but first it was very difficult and I broke my hand.

     I found I really liked it. My first skates were with strips. Then, my mother gave me skate with boots and a year later I received an enormous box and inside was my new skates.

     When I was 10 years old, I went to my first competition in Tucuman, and then I travelled from different places for example, Santiago del Estero, Cordoba and Catamarca, I love it. In 2007, I had to stop skating because I didn’t have time. I didn´t want to stop as I liked to participating in year-end shows. I enjoyed doing glitzy costumes. So, this year I started again.

     I’d recommend it as a hobby because for me the speeds, turns and jumps are very exciting.

e-mail

Hi Anne,

   Thanks for your email. It’s very exciting to hear you’re coming to Argentina. Personally, I think the best time to come is in summer, because in Argentina has got beaches and a lot of places that you and your friends can visit.

   If you want to meet young people I suggest going to “Alto NOA Shopping” in that place concur lots of people, because it has got a cinema, a supermarket, a casino, etc. Also we can organize a party in my house one weekend.

   In the summer the weather is too hot, but sometime it rains, so you should bring light clothes, swimsuit, flip-flop and sunscreen, the sun is very hot.

   Thanks also for your invitation to join the group, I’d love to do so if I’m free. I’ll be waiting for you to have a good holiday.

Kisses,

Carolina. 

animals

 “KOALA”

     Koalas live in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. They stay in the forest and live in trees. The koala has grey and white hair, round ears, a big nose and small eyes. The koala isn’t tall, their body measure 60 (sixty) centimeters to 85 (eighty five) centimeters, and weighs 4 (four) to 15 (fifteen) kilos.

     Koalas eat Eucalyptus, but the leaves of these trees don’t have energy, so koalas can sleep for twenty hours a day. They have a sedentary life.

     The koala was hunted almost to extinction in the early 20^th century, because as people wanted its fur. Millions of fur was selling in Europe and the United State. In these days koalas are decreasing. The biggest threat to their existence is habit destruction due to agriculture and urbanization.

     Koalas may live from thirteen to eighteen years. At around six years of age, the koala’s chewing teeth begin to wear down and their chewing efficiency decreases, so the animal will die of starvation or nutritional failure.

     The International Union for Conservation of Nature has been protecting these animals.