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ACTIVITY 2: THINGS WE HAVE IN COMMON

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    1- Contact your partner (envelope on the top right corner of the page) and  try to find things you have in common. Tell your partner how you feel and make sure he or she answers these questions: Are you finding this situation very difficult? What do you do to feel better during the day?

     

    2- Once you have all the information, create a discussion on this page together (below) and tell us which are the things you have in common and how are you feeling. You should write about your partner and your partner about you.   

     

    3- Please answer the question that you can find on the first page 'Our hometowns"  Menorca/ Aveyron. You can also add some pictures or videos on your hometown's page. 

     

  • Tell us about your partner. What things do you have in common? How is he/ she feeling? What does he/ she do to feel better during the day?

    Tessa Farina and Eva Lacombe by Eva

    Tessa is 18 years old, she likes drawing, especially reading one piece. She likes singing, watching series and movies. Her preferred one is Sherlock Holmes. she is also interested in mythology and loves the arts, art history and the impressionist movement. she has a little brother. she is positive, emphatic and kind. Her favorite dish is mashed potatoes with a breaded chicken salad. her parents are Italian and she was born in Spain. She speaks 4 languages Spanish Italian, Catalan and a bit of English.
    I agree with Tessa about the film Sherlock Holmes. like her I have a little brother or a little sister,

    Yinyer and Eva by Eva Lacombe

    Yinyer is 20 years old. she has two brothers, she likes listening to music (classical music, jazz ..), playing the piano, drawing, reading, watching movies and romantic series and eating, more particularly chocolate and macaroni. Her favorite animal is a dog.
    Like Yinyer i like watching series and movies and i love eating a lot. These are the only things I have in common with these two people.

    Clara Boudon and Paula Gelabert by Paula Gelabert

    Clara Boudon is 20 years old and she lives in southern France. She likes sports and loves fashion. We both have in common the fact that we really enjoy spending time outside, moving and doing lots of things; therefore it is not being easy for us to be locked up for this long. Also, we share some hobbies that we’re doing to entertain ourselves while we’re in quarantine like watching series on netflix, spending time in our garden and walking our dogs.

    Julie Niel by Marc Moll

    Julie Niel and I are finding this situation very difficult. We have lots of things in common. We both like doing sport and running. We really enjoy going outside just to feel better. Due to this situation, we both have a balcony or, in my case, two terraces and a courtyard, to go outside and enjoy fresh air while we have a drink (fresh juices) and listen to music. Julie listens to very different styles of music like French rap, French music or the 80’s. Moreover, she really enjoys cooking (something that I like doing too) and she always tries to taste new dishes but, the ones she likes most are based on cream (she loves Walnut St Jacques) and Spanish paella.

    Julia Van Walré, Paloma Armendariz and Pauline Bex.

    We have been spoken about what are we doing during the confinement and here are some of those activities that we do and we have in common: This days the three of us we are taking care of ourselves by getting our nails done or putting on face masks. Almost everyday we go walking but other days we like to watch series on Netflix like “La casa de papel” and “Gossip Girl”. We miss a lot our friends so we call them. We agree that the online lessons are a bit messy so we prefer to go to class. Other things that we have in common is that we don’t like scary series and no one of us have a couple so we are free like the air hahaha!
    And about this situation, we think that it is very difficult, but we got along quite well.

    Clara and Lara by Laura

    Clara likes action movies and comedy types. She likes to draw and, like me, to go shopping and go out with her friends. She dances in a club, she plays the piano, and like me, she watches movies and series. She puts this situation into perspective and tries to adapt. She seems to be very creative and passionate. I can't wait to discuss and learn more about her!

    Lara is very good at cooking, especially the pizza, I love cooking too! She likes to go to the museum of modern art and fashion, she dresses really well (she is willing to give me some advice). To spend her time, she paints and she customizes clothes, it's so cool! She looks very cool and creative! I can't wait to know more about her!

    Oriane Michel by Celia and Carmen

    Oriane Michel is 18 years old. Like us she likes to read and watch tv series. We have some things in common, for example, Oriane and Carmen are interested in self-knowledge books, to know ourselves better, and astrology. Oriane and Celia like doing sport.
    She also loves nature and has pasion for animals, and is interested in feminism and ecology. She wants to travel around the world.

    Justine Bergon by Gemma Seguí

    Justine Bergon is 18 years old she lives in the department of Aveyron, France. In the future she wants to be a bank advisor and after gets the license wants go to abroad to improve her English. Related to that, she speaks French, English, and Spanish.
    She doesn't watch a lot of Youtube, but like me, she likes to watch TV series and films like the Disney ones. We have some things in common, for example, both of us live in the countryside and when we can, we go to walk into nature, for example during the confinement this has been useful. The last thing that I can say that we have in common, is that one of our dream travel is go to visit the whole United States of America.

    Léa Frayssinhes by Violeta de Tomás

    What we have in common is that neither of us has many outstanding passions, that we like practically everything. During the confinement, she has started cooking, organising the house, gardening. Since she lives in the countryside she can go out for a walk and that is why she is not having such a bad time with the confinement. As for music, she likes a little bit of everything, especially music that can be danced to, since she likes to dance a lot. She has spent all her confinement at her boyfriend's house since it was a long time without seeing him and she is looking forward to seeing her parents.

    Nasima Didi and Manon Bastide by Nasima Didi

    Manon is 19 years old she has one younger brother, she lives in Rodez in Aveyron, she is a DJ and music is her passion. We both have in common that we like to travel, watching series and listen to music, we are also open minded.
    Being locked its not easy but we are not too overwhelmed by the situation, and we are looking forward to hang out with our friends.

    Lise Lantuech and Eva by Eva Gomila

    Lise is 19 years old and she lives in Aveyron. She likes going out with her family and friends, walking, horse riding, cooking and shopping.
    I also like going out and shopping, specially clothes. I can't ride a horse, but I like them very much.
    We have in common the same taste on music, we both like rap music. She listens to french rapers and I also listen to them although I don't understand everything.
    We both find this lockdown very boring, because we like going out and we miss our friends.

    Nassima Didi and Manon Bastide By Manon

    Nassima is 18 years old, she as 2 sisters, she live in Mernoca in balear island. We have found several common points, like music (not metal), like Spanish series, acting and theatre. We both like hang out with our friends and we are open-minded people. Containment is going well for us and we can't wait for all of this to end.

    Lise Lantuech by Julia Gomila

    Lise is a 19 years old student who lives in Aveyron but studies in Rodez.
    She’s very polite and friendly and this makes so easy talking with her. We are similar with many things like for example we love going out with friends, cooking cakes and go shopping. She also likes walking and horse riding.
    We are both agree that we are stressed with the homework that teachers send and this makes us more difficult the fact of staying locked up at home. She has two brothers, one of 16 years old and one of 27 years old who lives in Albi.
    She has so many pets too, she has two dogs, two cats and a fish. Her mother works as caregiver and her father is a factory worker.
    I’m glad to have met her, and i’m sure that we are going to continue talking.

    Marc Moll by Julie Niel

    Marc and I both love to play sports, especially running, in addition to Marc at a large courtyard which allows him to relax and be entertained while being outside.
    Marc loves listening to instrumental music, especially the piano or the violin, and devoting his days to lectures, drawing and painting.
    Sometimes Marc cooks new dishes and his family often prepares paella which is a typical dish from his home. And above all, Marc loves pasta with pesto! In addition, he has already traveled to France and he loved it !

    Laura Meynier by Clara Morro

    Laura and I like dancing, photography, listening to music and watching series and movies. She likes science fiction and fantasy series and movies like me. During the confinement we both make videocalls with our family, she also is making yoga and we both do things that we have never done before. The two of us have animals and we take care of them. She likes to make cakes like me and she lives her confinement rather well. She looks so nice!

    Gemma Seguí by Justine Bergon

    Gemma Seguí at 18 years old and lives in Menorca. During lock-out she watches series, videos on Youtube, listens to music and watches films like Disney, which gives us something in common. Gemma spends lock-out with her family in the countryside which allows her to walk around and get some fresh air since she has been confined for two months. Also, Gemma plays two instruments of the flute and the piano. She speaks three languages ​​Catalan, Spanish and English. Later she wants to become a filmmaker and live in Barcelona or New York. And the trip of his dreams and to visit the USA.

    Celia Riudavets y Carmen Pérez by Oriane Michel

    Carmen is 17 years old. She takes advantage of the confinement to read more because she loves it and doesn’t really have the time in general to do that. We are both interested in astrology and books that allow us to learn more about ourselves. Moreover, it is cancer. She loves watching movies and series, and loves Italian pizza and pasta.
    Celia is 18 years old. She also likes to read, we both play sports during this confinement to take care of a little. She is Aries. She also likes to watch series. We both like to listen to music often. And she likes to go out with her friends.

    Cristina mercadal and germain tournier by germain

    cristina is 17 years old
    She likes to stay with her friends and watch movies and TV.
    She is interested in the world of audiovisual and especially cinema.
    She finds it complicated, but at the end of the day, she gets used to it.
    To make time pass, she does a lot of work as well as visio.
    What we have in common is that we both watch series and movies during the confinement.

    Jùlia Gomila and Lise Lantuech by Lise Lantuech

    Jùlia Gomila is a student at the art school of Menorca and she is 18 years old. Talking with her is easy, she is a verynice person. We both like watching series like "La casa de papel", shopping and cooking. She also like going out with her friends. She does not have pets. She has a sister who is 26 years old. Her father is a police officer and firefighter, and her mother work in offices. Jùlia would like to become a teacher because she loves childrens very much. I am glad I got to know her and she made me discover music that I didn't know.

    Eva Gomila by Lise Lantuech

    Eva is 17 years old, she goes camping, hiking and drawing. She showed me a video about horses and the festivals in Menorca are based on horses and they make them jump. We both love music, she love rap, reggae and techno. We both find that the lockdown is very annoying because we can no longer go out with our friends. She would like to travel to Norway because there are beautiful landscapes but in Italy too and there are many works that she would like to see.

    Mariona Miro and Raquel Gomez by Théo

    Mariona Miro, she's from Menorca, and just turned 17.
    Mariona, never stays at home, she prefers to be with her friends, go out, party and also go on excursions and visit new islands.
    When it 's raining Mariane likes to draw, listen to music, read, Watch TV series or movies …
    Mariona loves all kinds of music, rap, trap, raggae, pop …
    She also loves art.
    A typical Mariona day during confinement :
    -She connects to online courses for up to two hours
    -She also does her Homework
    -She also does sports and drawing
    -Before going to sleep either she reads or she watches Netflix

    Raquel Gomez, she is 18 years old and has lived in Menorca since Birth.
    She has loved dancing since she was a child and the visual arts.
    Raquel confessed to me that during confinement she had done little, other than playing video games or wathching series on Netflix.

    Mariona Miro by Adélie Théron

    Mariona is 17 years old.
    She lives in Menorca.
    When she has free time, Mariona likes to draw, watch movies and TV series, read and listen to music.
    During her confinement days she takes online courses for up to two hours.
    She does sports in the afternoon and before going to sleep she draws, reads or watches Netflix.
    We both like watching TV series.

    Oriol by Anne

    Despite living so far apart, we found many similarities in our everyday lives and interests. Like everyone else, we were struggling because of the lockdown and because we were both quarantined with our whole families - parents and siblings. However, we're both currently preparing to go to university next year, with quite similar interests - law and economics. We both love to travel and would like to visit each other's home towns, which we haven't had the opportunity to do so far. As for our hobbies, we're both interested in music, but while I play an instrument, Oriol prefers dancing. We're looking forward to talking in the future!

    Maëlys Berthier by Marina Petrus

    During this confinement Maëlys is spending most of the day doing her homework, and like me, she thinks it's a very difficult situation, but living in the countryside makes it more enjoyable because she can go for a walk, and that it's an advantage! We have several things in common, we both like to watch series (her favorite is Elite), and she also loves fashion. She also likes to hang out with her friends and party, like me. As for sports, I was impressed when she told me that she practices football, dance, horse riding and running (I should follow Maëly's example). Lastly, she lives with her parents and she has two older sisters, and also 5 horses and a donkey !!

    Marina Petrus by Maëlys Berthier

    Marina has lived this situation as if she was in a movie, she was not aware. But generally everything is fine when she gets to do what she likes. Like me, she likes watching series (her favourite is “Friends”). She likes listening to music, especially pop and rock. She likes drawing and painting. Like me, she likes fashion and hanging out with her friends. Her parents are divorced and she lives with her mom, some days she is with her father. She has a little sister and a dog. She loves animals.

    Mercadal Cristina by Fazate Sara

    She is 17 and this year she will be 18 years old. She lives in Spain. She's in her senior year in an art school, she's got a brother, she likes animals, she's got a turtle, she likes sports especially basketball, she also likes to date these friends, she likes to watch movies and tv shows and she's got to watch a horror movie called Tarantino and she really likes it. We have something in common like fashion and listening to music

    Adélier théron by mariona miro

    Adélie is 18 years old and She live in Aveyron, Rodez for her studies.
    During the confinement she’s doing sport at the morning, then she takes the online lessons and she does her homeworks. In the evening she likes to read, watch films or TV series.
    The similarities we have in common are that we like to watch series, movies and read

    Katherine Fuentes and Brithanie Farino by Sarah Marty

    Katy and Britha pass their Bac this year and there are in a art school. Brithanie used to paint and read during confinement (Wow, paint, I admire her).
    Katherine is like me for homework during this confinement, it's reall stressful and you get lost quickly. By the way, she studied French during one year.
    Moreover, we have been talk to confinement, and contrary to France in Menorca was legal only children come out, that suprised me.
    Finally, we have decided to create a group for exchange together. I love it, they can help me for my language and we talk about everything. It's a very good experience !

    Flavie Delmas by Miguel Barthelemy and Laia Gonell

    Flavie is 19 years old. After talking for a while, we’ve found out that the three of us like simple things in life, such as sleeping, watching the sky and the sunset, listening to lots of music... We would also like to travel a lot and discover new places. Flavie has been to Spain a couple times. She has a lot of dreams and also likes to do volunteer work and work as an activity leader in a recreation center.
    We are finding the situation difficult, but we have gotten kind of used to it.

    Mary, Liam and Chadani

    Liam is 20 years old. He has a Portuguese family and right now he is learning Spanish.
    He plays football and his favourite team is the Fc Portuguese. He really likes listening to music and recently he listens to Boss Bitch from Doja Cat. He also listens to Spanish regeton and goes out like us.
    When he has a rough day he usually goes to his room and listens to music.
    In these two months of confinement, Liam is bored since he cannot stay with his friends and sometimes he is overwhelmed by being locked up all day.
    If he got the lottery, he plans to have a great party. Mary and I have been sending him photos and videos of Menorca and he is looking forward to visiting the Island.