La setmana passada vaig tenir la primera discussió en la llengua de Shakespeare. Era qüestió de respecte, i el meu, el vaig fer valdre. De cop i com a resposta a una agressió que vaig tenir, vaig alçar la veu -sense arribar a cridar- però amb un to prou alt i contundent per fer adonar a tota la gent de l'aula que estava posant els punts sobre les is a una romanesa que no té ni idea de què hi passa a la món, però que es creu que ho sap tot. I el més important: pretén imposar la seva doctrina a la resta de la gent i dir-los com han d'actuar i com s'han de sentir. Doncs bé, davant d'això li vaig dir -en Anglès, és clar!- contundentment quelcom semblant a "No em facis enfadar, tens l'obligació de respectar-me encara que no t'agradi que jo pensi diferent. Ets una maleducada, et falta cultura i no tens ni idea de què pasa al món, i molt menys al meu país". Les paraules van sortir sense haver-les de pensar, d'una revolada. Potser vaig cometre algun error gramatical , no ho sé, perquè sóc incapaç de recordar les paraules exactes, però una cosa està clara: en situacions de pressió o tensió, les paraules surten més ràpid del que hom pensa. Així ho he comprovat! Crec que això vol dir que m'estic fent amb la llengua. I això, em porta a explicar-vos que la setmana passada vaig aconseguir la primera qualificació A en una redacció. Pels que no heu estat en contacte amb el FCE, una A és la millor puntuació que es pot obtenir, seguida de la B i al final la C. Per contra, D i E indiquen no aprovat. Doncs bé, com m'agrada la història que vaig escriure, i el "premi" que vaig obtenir, la transcric a continuació. Espero que us agradi! Per cert, la història no te títol. L'únic requisit era que la primera frase, te la dónen ells, i en aquest cas la frase era "It was a day which chenged my life for ever".
It was a day which changed my life for ever. My aunt had died, and I was the heir to her house. I had been waiting a long time for that moment and finally my aunt's fabulous house was mine.
The house was completely amazing: it was a 19th century building in the countryside, among the fields of barley between Brighton and Estbourne. An enourmous and sunny mansion just for me! After several months sharing a filthy flat with four dirty students, now I couldn't believe that the house was mine. But it was!
After crossing the huge green garden, I entered into the house and the first thing that I saw was an antique cuckoo clock, maybe from the year 1880! Next to the clock there was a strange mirror in a very unusual shape: it was not rectangular, like the most os the mirrors, it was triangular and very, very big. In fact, it was as big as me.
While I was looking the mirror my stomach made a noise, and I realised that I should eat something, because it was late. Following that, I went to the kitchen and cooked a little meat with some chickpeas, and by the time that I was eating, the phone rang. It just rang for one time. Strange, I thought.
When I had finished my meal I went to my room, but before arrived there I passed in front of the old mirror, and I could see the moon reflected in it. But this was very weird, because that night there was no moon in the sky. I went outside and checked this as I was absolutely sure, I couldn't see the moon! I went back into the house again, ran to the mirror and checked again that the moon was reflected in it. What happened? Was I fool? Was I loosing my head? I stared to the mirror and to the false moon and I heard a voice coming from the mirror saying "Are you scared, John? Because this is just the beginning..."
Millorable, si, però us agrada??? Per cert, en aquesta redacció hi ha amagada una picadeta d'ull a l'Sting (el músic, si). Podriem fer un concurs a veure qui la troba! :D