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My name is Yessika but my full name is Jetzabel . I'm 35 years old , I 'm from Venezuela , but I live in Gran Canaria , and I live in a flat near the beach ,I have one child.My family live in Venezuela , but my sister lives in galicia. I get up At 7:20 during the week , then I have a coffee and shower, I have a breakfast at 8:00. I walk to work , I start work at 9:30. I have lunch at work . I finish work at 20:00 , I get home late , I make the dinner , I usually watch TV and go to bed late at 23:30. I like dancing , Spanish food ,cooking ,watching tv , reading books ,dogs and cats . I like traveling . I like going to the cinema thriller films .I like going to the beach , party , and restaurant .Also I like going to the Shopping Center .I love playing football. Barcelona are my favorite team. I don't like science -fiction films , insects , monday , winter , classic music , Chinese food , extreme sports, the president of Venezuela , the rain . I hate heavy metal and driving At the weekends , I like going to the concerts in Las Canteras beach , going to the restaurants with my boyfriend and my child , going to cinema with my family. I love dancing salsa . My best friend is my sister.Her name is Grismar Dominguez and she is from Venezuela, but she lives in Coru単a, she is married and She has two children. She gets up at 8:00 , then she has breakfast a coffee and toast, then She does the house work. She start works at 11:00 .S he always has lunch at work .She usually finishes work at 17:30 . She sometimes has coffee with her friends . She goes home early , She has dinner at 21:00 and she goes to bed at 23:30. She likes listen to music pop, dancing and horror films. Also, she likes run in the mornings, shopping and dogs. She doesn't like cooking,winter, sweets,meat and driving. At tweekends she go out with her family, walking. She goes to the park with her husband and children, she has dinner in a restaurant with friends. Jetzabel
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My name's Ka, but my full name's Monika. I'm thirty seven years old, I'm Spanish and I was born in Las Palmas. I go to work by my car, but sometimes,I walk to work. I wake up at six o'clock and I have breakfast watching the News. I work in a shop and my second Job is personal trainer. I love all sports, especially extreme sports. I have two brothers and two sisters, but I'm the youngest. I have a daughter and I'm single. I go to English classes on Mondays and Thursdays. I like to practice English conversation whith my daughter, It's fun. We learn together. I like reading and watching documentaries in English, but I don't like soap operas, I hate them. I like to practice climbing, rappelling and surfing, but I don't like diving. I like reading survival books and I usually go to the library at the weekends. My best friend is Zuka, she´s German and she´s 35 years old. She is single and hasn´t got any children. She gets up early. She does exercise all day. Zuka is personal trainer and nutritionist. She goes home late. She loves sports and healthy living. She loves healthy food and recipes low in calories. She makes healthy dinner. She loves to cooking but, she hate washing dishes. She loves music and listens to all the time except when sleeping. She goes to bed late. At the Weekends she goes to diving, she goes climbing…and she relaxes. She likes outdoor sports and extreme sports.
Mónica
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My name is José Luis, I'm 57 years old, I'm Spanish, from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and I live in a flat near Las Canteras Beach. I'm married since 1982, Carmen is my wife and I have got two children: Carlos and Natalia, 31 and 28 years old. Carlos is a degree in International Trade and Marketing, and he works at BBVA. He also has a sports center with two friends in Maspalomas, where he plays padel and a new sport called padbol. Natalia is a nurse and works at the Hospital Perpetuo Socorro. Carlos lives with his girlfriend in Maspalomas, and Natalia with her boyfriend in Las Canteras. I worked for forty years in a bank, and now I'm retired and I spend my time with my hobbies. I study English on Mondays and Wednesdays, and want to learn to play the guitar. I would like to study Peritia y Doctrina, at University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. I get up at 7.30, then I have breakfast - an orange juice and a cup of milk with honey and gofio and I get dressed and after that I go to the fruit shop to buy fruit and vegetables. At 11.00 I usually eat some almonds and nuts. At 13.15 I watch the news on television, then I have lunch at 14.30. After lunch I go for a walk, and I get home early. At 20.00 I read newspapers and check emails. I have a shower at 21.00, then I have dinner and telephone my children and read for a while. I finally go to bed at 23.30. On Mondays and Wednesdays, I get up at 6.50, because I go to English classes. I walk to class. I love travelling, my favourite cities in Europe are Paris, Berlin and Rome. I would like to go back to Paris every year. In a few months, I would like to do Camino de Santiago and also traveling to Helsinki, St. Petersburg and Moscow. I like going for a walk on the beach everyday and doing yoga three days a week. I like reading novels, the last book I read is Palmeras en la nieve, but I don't like books from some South American authors, as Vargas Llosa and Garcia Marquez. I like thriller films and romantic comedies, but I hate French and Italian films. My favourite film is El club de los poetas muertos, and my favourite actors are Robin Williams and Hugh Jackman. I like going to the theatre and Auditorium for concerts, musicals and plays. I like jazz and soul music, my favourite songs are What a wonderful world, by Louis Armstrong, and Imagine, by John Lennon. I hate heavy metal music. I love sports, especially football and basketball, I like going to Gran Canaria Arena every two weeks to watch the games of Herbalife Gran Canaria. At the weekends, I like going to the restaurants with my friends, I like all kind of food, and I like going for a walk and swimming in the sea, and watching football games on TV with my family. I hate going shopping. Loli is my friend, she’s 43 years old, but looks younger. She’s Spanish, she’s from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and lives in a flat in the city centre. She’s married but she doesn’t have children. She gets up at 8.00, then she has a shower, and at 8.30 she has breakfast - a toast and milk with cereals - and after that she does the housework. At 11.00 she has a coffee. She has lunch at 13.30 and she watches the news on television at 14.00. At 17.00 she usually has a second coffee and at 20.00 she reads newspapers and checks emails. Then she has dinner at 21.30 and finally she goes to bed about 22.30. She doesn’t work, she’s unemployed, but studies English on Mondays and Wednesdays, and she also studies for a competitive exam. She likes pop music, but she doesn’t have a favourite singer. Her favourite books are the novels, and she likes thrillers and romantic films. She likes traveling also. She likes sports and she plays tennis and swimming. At the weekends, she likes going for a walk and going shopping. She has a friends’ meeting. She goes to restaurant because she loves Mediterranean food, but she hates Japanese food. José Luis 4
My name is Jennifer, I´m 25 years old, I speak Spanish,English and a little German, I like learning languages. I live in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in a flat with my family, I have one sister, her name is Carolina and I like practicing English with her. I like animals: I prefer cats. I like travelling.I have a boyfriend and I haven´t got any children. I´m unmployed but I study English on Mondays and Wednesdays, I wake up at half past six and I have breakfast usually coffee milk with cereals and toast, then I get dressed and I go to English class at twenty five to seven, after I go home early and I do the housework. At twelve I watch the tv and check emails, after that I have lunch at half past two and I see any film. At six o´clock I go to the gim and when I finish I have a shower and I go to home by bus. I have dinner at half past ten and I go to bed late. I like pop and house music but I don´t like classical and heavy metal music. Everyday I like going to the gim also I swim Tuesdays and Thursdays at a quarter past four. I like going to the beach, the disco, stay with my friends, the cinema, I like comedy, adventure, science fiction and thriller films. I like eating Chinnese, Italian and fast food but I prefer Italian food. At the Weekend, I go to the Shopping Center and I like eating in restaurants also I like going to the Cinema or to the Disco. Dacil is my best friend, she´s 24 years old, she speaks Spanish and she doesn´t like learning other languages. Dacil lives in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, she lives in a flat with her family, She gets up at six hours, she has a shower and she gets dressed. At eight o´clock she goes at university and she gets home early, she has breakfast at eleven o´clock colacao with toast. She has a shower and she watches television. At three she has lunch at his grandmother. She studies a quarter past six one or two hours , she has dinner at half past ten and she goes to bed at half past eleven. she likes the animals. She has got a boyfriend and she hasn´t got children, she´s studying nursing at university. She likes listening reggaeton and pop music but she doesn´t like other music. She likes romantic and comedy films but she doesn´t like horror films, she likes going to the cinema, the disco, the beach and staying with her friends but she doesn´t like sports. She likes eating Chinnese, Italian and fast food but his favourite food is Chinnese. At the weekends, she goes shopping with her boyfriend or friends to Shopping Center Las Arenas, she likes eating in restaurants. Jennifer
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My name's Manuel ZuĂąiga and I turned sixty five last September. I am from Arcos de la frontera in Cadiz, and arrived in Gran Canaria from Barcelona to do military service as a parachutist. When I finished that period, I worked with an arquitect, and a construction company. I always get up at 6.30 a.m.and after that I have a shower.Later, I have breakfast with a little coffe,toast bread and butter. Sometimes, I do exercise and walk to school. I am married with a canary woman, and we have two beautiful children, their names are Idaira and Davinia. They don't have children, but they love children and they are very good teachers. My daughter Idaira works in las Palmas and Davinia in Lanzarote island. At weekends we go for a little walk in Canteras beach, and I like to eat in restaurants with my family but my daughter doesn't like to eat out sometimes. We go out to visit any other places too. I like very much all sports, but my favourite is football. Paco de LucĂa is my favourite guitarist and I love flamenco music in general. Cooking is another hobby and I spend many hours cooking for my family. I like to learn new recipes. I speak Spanish but I am learning English because I like to speak with people from other countries and I have some foreign friends. My friend’s name is Lola, she is thirty years old. She is married and she doesn't have children, but she has two brothers and one sister. Her sister is younger and her brothers are older. Lola is Spanish and lives in Las Palmas and she works in her house because she is a housewife. Spanish is not the only language that she speaks. She can speak other languages, for example: French and German. she goes to french classes and she does french homework . My friend doesn't cook but she likes going to restaurants. When she can, she likes tasting different meals from different countries. Her favourite music is flamenco but she likes arabic music too. at the evening she takes the dog for a little walk. before make the dinner she has a relaxing bath. At weekends she goes with her family and friends to the country with her old blue car. Manuel
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Hello, my name is Monica ,I was born in Medellin(Colombia),I arrive in Gran Canaria in December 1999. Sometimes I am going to Colombia on holiday ,but I haven’t been there since 2010. I have a sister and my mother is retired,I live with my mate, Javier, I am happy. My favourite day of the week is Saturday because I stay in bed for a long time. I love romantic music and dance in the disco, but I sweat a lot. I am fourty eight years old, but I feel young even. I like my job, but it is a bit stressful. I always go to work walking. Recently I have a bike, but I use few times, because now I am going to the Gym. I get home late and I get to bed late. One day in a week I go to mathematics classes and do mathematics homeworks. I love to do the housework every day. I want to learn English and improve my job in order to have best quality of live.
My mate is Javier, he is a very good person, he is from Barcelona but lives in LasPalmas de Gran Canaria. He wakes up at seven oclock. He has a shower and get dressed. He has breakfast. He plays mountain bike and every year is competing in one race in Fuerteventura. He likes to play electric guitar and he likes Rap Metalt music, but sometimes he plays Jazz. He has a son twenty one years old, his name is Adria , he is living in Barcelona, but he comebacks on holiday. He has brown eyes , he doesn´t like go to the beach, he prefers walk little tracks between mountains, away from the crowd. Hew try to do exercise almost every day. He likes science fiction film. Everyday he cooks healthful meal . He use to make the dinner. We are always stay together and we are very happy. Monica.
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My friend is Raul. He is 35 years old. He is from Spain but he lives in England. He is single but he chats with girls in social networks to find a girlfriend. He is a scientist computer. He walks to work every day but sometimes, he goes to work by car. He is tall and he has got brown eyes. He has got short black hair. He likes visiting Las Palmas de Gran Canaria to spend his holidays with his family. At the weekend, He likes playing the guitar and listening to music with his IPOD. He loves indian food, curry and tipycal food from Canary Islands. CĂŠsar Juan
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My name is José Jaime. I´m 30 years. I´m single but i have a girlfriend. I’m unemployed. I like Italian food but i don´t like fish.I like playing videogames, I like listening metal music but i can listening other genres. My hobbies is reading Fantasy books,make on line radio, stay with my friends, going to the concert. At weekend I watch serials TV,reading books and staying with my friends. For the Escuela de Idiomas I get up at quarter to seven,then i have breakfeast at 7 o´clock and finish at quarter past seven, I get dress 5 minutes later, and half past 7 I go to the Escuela de Idiomas on the Bus. My friend is called Luisa . She´s from Chile, in Santiago De Chile ,she speaks Spanish,English and Portuguese. She´s 42 years old. She’s single.She´s a Vet. She gets up at 7 o’clock, then she has breakfast at quarter past 7. She dresses at half past 7. She goes to work on her car at quarter to 8. She starts work at 9 o´clock an she finishes at 4 o´clock. Before back her home, she shops at half past 4. She backs home at 5 o´clock. She´s loves animals but doesn´t like children, she likes Asian food but she doesn´t like American food. She likes martial arts. At the weekend, she goes to cinema, she has got a friend’s meeting, she drives her car. She likes eating in Asian restaurants. Her hobbies are reading thiller books,running in the park, watching TV serials. She also likes playing the bass and going to concerts. José Jaime
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My name´s Scherezade, I`m 30 years old, I`m Spanish, from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and I live in a flat. I`m single but I have a boyfriend, I have two children, Náryeli and Yuneisy, 14 and 6 years old. Nàryeli studies 3rd ESO at the High School Primero de Mayo. She likes listening to pop music and singing, and going shopping with her friends. Yuneisy studies at Atlántida School her first year of primary education. She likes swimming and going to the children`s playground. I usually get up at 6:30, I have milk and cereals for breakfast and I get dressed, at 8:00 I take my daughter to school. At 10:00 I have a coffee and I do the housework. At 13:00 I watch tv. I have lunch at 13:30 and at 14:30 I going to get my daughter to school. At 17:00 I study with my children. At 20:30 I have a shower, at 21:00 I have dinner with my children. I go to bed at 22:00. I am unemployed, but I usually study English twice a week, on Mondays and Wednesdays. I like walking every day.. I enjoy singing and listening to pop music, I go to the cinema once the week, I like going shopping with my friends. At the weekends, I like going to restaurants with my family, I like all kind of food, I like Summer but I hate winter. Sonia is my friend. She`s 31 years old, she`s married and she has two children.She`s Spanish, she’s from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. She gets up 7:00, she has breakfast ( a white bread and milk with jam ). At 10:00 she has a coffee large. She has lunch at 14:00 with married and children. At 17:00 she relax listen to music, and at 20:00 she has a shower, she has dinner 21:00 and she goes to bed at 22:00. she`s unemployed ,but she studies to be a hairdresser on Tuesday and Thursday, she has a blue car. She likes pop music, she likes sports,she play the guitar. At the weekends, she goes to the cinema and she loves china Scherezade
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Hello, my name is Felipe. I´m from China but I live in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. I´m tall and I have short dark hair and dark eyes. I like listening to all kind of music. I love music, it makes me feel well and I also like films. I usually go to the cinema at weekend. I have a turttle, and it´s six years old. I´m unemployed, but I would like to work. I Speak Spanish, a little English and Mandarin but I want to improve my English.
My friend is Alberto. He is from the Canary Island, and he lives in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. He has short dark hair and he has brown eyes . He lives with his girlfriend and he works in a laundry. Alberto likes music and films. He rests at home at the weekend. Felipe
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My name is Yaiza I'm thirty-six years old, I'm from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and I live in the city now I'm very happy for that because before I lived in Telde for five years. I have a boyfriend, his name is Alcoidan. He is very friendly and very nice person. He gets home late because he works to many. I work on cosmetics and perfumery area as a consultant and as a shop assistant for an American Company for about nine years. I like my job and I feel good working there. I start working at half past nine and I go home early when I work in the morning but when I work in the afternoon I get home late and I do the housework in the morning. I love Kent Follet, the writer, and his books of suspense and history as The Pillars of the Earth, World Without End, Fall of Giants... But I don't like self-help books and my favorite films are The Mission since 1986, Avatar and Amelie. I love laughing and to be with my family and my friends anywhere. I hate Jackie Chan’s movies, tickling, football, guts and tattoos. Ruth is my coworker but she is a good friend now too. She is thirty-six years old, she is single and she hasn't got a boyfriend. She is from Gran Canaria and she lives in Telde a bit far from the center, she comes to work by bus every day. She is a professional make up artist for a leading brand, I love when she make up me, she is a great professional. She likes caring herself doing exercise every day, she likes healthy food for example green smothies and every vegetables meals also she sleeps for eight hours and she gets up late when she can doing She relaxes when listen to her favorite music as African or 50' She doesn't like electronic music, extreme sports... At weekends she enjoys going for a walk in the mountain, going to the beach and sometimes going to dance at night. Yaiza
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My name is Loli, I´m from Gran Canaria in Las Palmas de G.C., I´m forty three years old. I live in a flat. I´m married, I don´t have children but I like them. At the moment, I study English two days in the week, Monday and Wednesday and I like it. I wake up at twenty to six in the morning but I get up at ten to six, and then I have a coffe. The English lessons starts at eight o´clock. Usually, I do English homework. My favorite hobby is traveling, I like it very much, but at the moment I can´t travel because I´m unemployed. I like walking and read the newspaper everyday and meeting with friends at the weekend. I usually walk in the afternoon at seven o´clock and I got to bed late, at twelve o´clock at the night, I sleep for five hours from Monday to Friday and I sleep for eight hours at the weekend. I like going to restaurants and eating Mediterranean food, sometimes I eat fast food, but I don´t like Japanese food. Also I like going to the cinema, I like thriller, romantic, comedy and animation movies. I don´t like cleaning at home, it´s bored, but it´s necessary and I hate the football. My Friend: Her name is María. She is forty four years old. She is from Gran Canaria, in Las Palmas de G.C. and she lives in a flat. She is married, she has a child (a boy) and a small dog. She takes the dog for a walk every afternoon at seven o´clock. She is an administrator and she works only in the mornings, but she doesn´t work at the weekend. She likes her job. She starts work at eight o´clock and she has breakfast at half past ten. She finishes work at three o´clock and she goes home early, then she has lunch at home. She likes cooking and she cooks all days, she reads a lot of books and magazines and she likes romantic stories. Also, she likes traveling, visiting other countries. She likes going to restaurants and eats Mediterranean food, but doesn´t like fast food, she likes meeting her friends and likes doing barbecue at the weekend. Loli.
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Hello! My name is Jose and I’m twenty-eight years old. I’m from Ceuta but I live in a flat in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. All my family live in Ceuta: I have one brother and his name is Alejandro. My mother is Encarni and she’s a housewife. My father is Jose and he’s a teacher. I’m tall and thin, I have short dark hair and black eyes. I’m a shop assistant and I work in Vecindario, in a shopping center. I like walking but I go to work by car because it’s far from my house. I’m single but I live with my partner. Normally I get up at nine o’clock, but on Mondays and Wednesdays I wake up at a quarter past seven because I have English classes. After I have a shower and I have breakfast. The English classes start at eight o’clock and finish at ten o’clock. I get home at half past ten, I get dressed and I go to the gym, but sometimes I’m tired and I rest at home. When I finish to work I like watching T.V. and I check my emails. I love Mexican food but I hate cooking. At the weekends I like watching T.V., going to the beach, to the cinema, listening to music (I love Spanish pop music). Some Saturday nights I go with my friends to dinner in a restaurant and after we go to the disco or to the cinema. In my holidays I love travelling and visiting new countries and places. Israel is my friend. He is twenty-six years old and he’s Spanish, from Gran Canaria. Israel is single but now he lives with his partner. He’s a good guy and he’s always happy. Israel is tall and strong and he has got short dark hair and big brown eyes. He’s a shop assistant and he works in a shopping center. Everyday Israel gets up at half past nine, he has a coffee and a sandwich and he takes his dog for a walk. At eleven o’clock he goes to the gym and when he gets home he does the housework. Israel starts work at five o’clock and he goes by bus. He finishes work at ten o’clock and gets home late. Israel has dinner at eleven o’clock and he goes to bed late. In his free days Israel studies English and he likes cooking. At the weekend Israel loves going to the cinema, to the beach, for a walk...Sometimes in the evening we go to the disco or to dinner in a restaurant.
José Antonio
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I’m Francisco but everybody calls me Paco. I’m 57 and I’m from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. I’m married and have a wonderful daughter. Actually I’m retired but I worked in Gran Canaria airport for 23 years. I usually wake up early but go to bed late. I have breakfast, gofio and hot milk, and then I have a shower. Everyday I check emails and several web sites.
I like drawing and photography, good movies, thriller series, classical and Pop music (specially the ‘60~80s bands but not every groups), studying English and Web design. At weekends I like trekking, taking long walks around the city, making puzzles and Sudokus.
Juan Manuel is one of my favourite friends. He’s 61 years old and he’s from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. He’s tall, his hair is ash colour and wears glasses. He’s married and has a daughter. He has a dog too. He has an old white car for more than thirty years. He’s retired but he worked at the Gran Canaria airport. He gets up late. He hates wake up early. He likes a lot Pop music, live Jazz concerts and soundtracks; he also likes photography, meeting friends, trekking, and smoking cigars. He likes cooking, eating well and he eats everything. He doesn’t like smoking cigarettes, politicians from Tenerife and cats but he loves his dog. He takes his dog for long walks. At weekends he usually goes to the Gran Canaria stadium, walks along the beach or goes to barbecue with his family. Paco B
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My name´s Belen and I'm 39 years old. I'm from Córdoba but I live and work in Las Palmas. I have four brothers and one sister, my brothers live in Cordoba and my sister live in Sevilla. I´m a cook teacher, I like my job. I like cooking for my friends and my family but I love eating in the restaurant and drinking beers. I like going to the cinema and theatre and I like walking for country. I don't like getting up early and I don't like playing sport, only walking I get up at seven o´clock and I have breakfast at ten past seven, I have a shower at half past seven and I start do homework at eight o´clock. I go to work by car at a quarter to one, and I go home late. I go to bed early at ten o´clock. My friend’s name is Inma, she lives in Jaén but she´s from Córdoba. She´s tall, she has blue eyes and she has brown hair. She´s married and has two children. She´s a secretary, she works in a office She likes writing, she writes poetry books. She likes studying languages, she speaks French , English , very well, and she studies Chinese. She goes to class on Monday and Tuesday, every week She doesn't like playing sport , she hates watching TV. At the weekend she goes to the park with her husband and her children. She likes eating in the restaurant and walking. She loves traveling her holidays She wakes up at seven o´clock and she has a shower at five past seven. She has breakfast at half past seven, she starts work at eight o'clock and she finishes work at three o´clock. She has lunch at half past three. Belén
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My name’s Fernanda. I from Ecuador but I live in Las Palmas. I’m 25 years old. I’m a student. I’m married and have a daughter. I like pop music. My favorite food is pizza, hamburger, and pasta. At Weekends I like going to different restaurant with my family. I like going to shopping centers and going on hollidays but I don’t like watching TV. I don’t like the horror films but I like comedy films. I wake up at 7.00 in the morning. Then I get up and I take a shower and make breakfast. I get dressed. I walk to classes. I finish classes at 12.30. I go to shopping. I get home at 2.00 and I cook. I walk to pick up my daughter from school at 4.30. I relax. I get home. I have dinner. I go to bed at late Virginia is my friend. She is 24 years old. She is from Bolivia but she lives in Las Palmas. She is married. She has a daughter. She likes Spanish food but also food Bolivian . She hates horror films and driving. She likes the beach and sports. She likes animals. She hates watching football on TV because she enjoys other activities at weekend for example, dancing. She gets up at 7.00. She has a shower. She gets dressed. She goes to work by bus. She starts work at 9.30. She has lunch at work. She finishes work at 5.00 She goes the gym. She gets home late. She has dinner and She watches TV. She goes to bed late. Fernanda.
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My name is Elizabeth. I’m twenty-two years old. I’m from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, in Gran Canaria. I’m single. I don’t work but I study flight attendant in the evening and in the morning I study English. I get up 5:30 I have shower. I get dressed 5:45. I have breakfast 6:00. I go to English classes by bus 6:30. Finish classes at 10:10. I take the dog for a walk 11:00. I make the lunch 1:00. I watch tv 2:00. I go to gym 9:00. I have a bath 10:45. I make dinner 11:00. I go to bed 11:30. I like the beach, cinema, pop music, films romantic comedies, action and terror, my favorite films are “The vow” , ”Dear John” and “ The notebook”.Practise extreme sports and others sports boxing. My favorite sports is basketball. I like biking and going to the gym. I don’t like cooking and dancing. At weekends I go to the cinema with my friends, to be with my family, running and a eat in different restaurants. My friend is Yhami. She is twenty-four years old . She is from Senegal but she lives in las Palmas de Gran Canaria. She is married and she has got one child, his child is three years old. She’s an administrator for a company. She like cooking, the cinema, the beach, playing sports and playing with his child. she doesn’t like dangerous sports and extreme sports. At weekends she has dinner in a restaurant with her boyfriend, to have the child to the park, to be with her friends and go to the cinema. Elizabeth
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My name is Erika, I´m 27 years old ,I´m from Perú , but I live in las Palmas de Gran Canaria. I´m married ,my husband is called Carlos and He´s 37 years old,He´s from Bolivia,we have two children, one is 3 years old, his name is Hiram and a girl, she´s 8 years old,her name is Yaiza. I get up at quarter to eight,i get dressed and I make breakfast,and them we go to school by bus. My husband starts working at half past eleven and he´s finishes work at four o´clock I´m a housewife and a student . I like going for a walk with my family . I like all kind of music ,but I don´t like metal music. My hobby is playing with the wii with my children . We go to the park on Tuesday and Thursday. I dance in a Bolovian Folk group at weekends. My friend is Karolay,she´s 24 years old,is from Peru and lives in Puerto del Rosario in Fuerteventura . She´s short and slim,and she´s has long black hair,she has a lunar in the face,but is beautiful. She´s married,she has one son.He´s 4 years old. She wakes up every day at seven o´clock,she get dressed and them she has breakfast latte.She´s a nurse,she works in the morning and she´s starts working at eight o´clock,and study in the afternoon.She´s goes to french classes.She comes to visit me from time of time. She likes bolivian food ,but she doesn´t cook. Her hobby is singing,she dances in a folklore group at the weekends. Erika Arriaga
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My name is Encarna, I’m 43 years old. I’m from Las Palmas and live in a nice flat in “Las Torres”. I have two children, a girl of 21 years old studying in Salamanca fourth year of psychology and a boy of 16 years also student. They are my life. I work in a shopping center, I am a store manager. I always get up at 7:00, at 8:30 I go to work in my car because start work at 9:00. At 18:15 I take the dog for a walk and for night I usually watching TV or read books. I like listening to music, all kind of music but my favourite music are ballads. My favourite singer is Marck Anthony, but I also like Maná. I love sports, but more tennis and football. I also like going for a walk to the beach... I love…. I like watching TV news and films, but I don’t like soap operas. At the weekend I go to the beach but when I don’t work. I love going to a restaurant because I don’t have to cook. My friend is Merci, she is 40 years old. She has long blonde hair, she is very beautiful. She is married and has got two girls. She is from Las Palmas, but she lives in Tenerife in a beautiful flat. She goes to Tenerife to work, but now she doesn’t work, she is unemployed. She gets up every days at 8:00 because she goes to the market at 9:00. At 10:30 she has a coffee with her friends. Monday and Thursday she usually goes to yoga classes at 20:30 . At 23:00 she goes to bed. She loves reading books and listening to music, but doesn’t likes watching TV, only likes films. Her favourite film is “The Noa’s diary”. She doesn’t have any pets, but loves animals. At the weekend she goes to the beach with her family and sometimes goes to the restaurant, she likes Japanese food. She is a very good friend. Encarna
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My name is Sergio, I’m 44 years old. I’m quite tall and very nice. I have green eyes, dark and short hair. I’m from Gran Canaria and live in Las Palmas. I have two children, a girl who is twenty one and a boy of sixteen years. I get up at 6:05 every day and have breakfast - usually milk and cookies. I take the dog for a walk at 6:45. I take my child to school at 7:30 in my car. On Monday and Wednesday I have English class at 8:00. I have lunch at home at 13:00 because I start work at 15:00. I worked as an administrative auxiliary, in a gas station and now I work at municipal buses, where I’m a driver. My favorite food is rice and chicken breast. I like everything about the sea, traveling, watching action films and listening to music. I like all kind of music but electronic music is my favourite. A good film to laugh is “ Wild Pigs”. I like documentaries and the comedy club with Dani Rovira and Leo Harlem, they are the best. I like walking on the beach, fishing and I love diving. I like animals, I have a Yorkshire terrier male dog. At home I’m a little handyman, I like fixing things. I’m a friend of my friends, they are few but true. Roberto is my friend. He is forty four years old. He is quite tall and he is very attractive. He has got short hair and brown eyes. He is married and he has got one child. He is from Las Palmas but he lives in Fuerteventura. He is a bus driver. He wears a uniform : dark trousers, a white shirt and tie. He likes listening to disco music. He gets up at 5:00. He has breakfast at 9:00 in the coffee shop. He has lunch - usually at 14:30 in the restaurant. He does swimming in pool at 16:00. He goes home early at 19:00. At the weekend he goes fishing with his child to the park. On holidays they go to Germany because her wife is german. Sergio
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Hello. My name is Abigail Dominguez Martin.I’m have twenty-six years old. I’m Spanish,I’m from Gran Canaria,I live in Las Palmas of Gran Canaria. I wake up at 6:30,I have a shower, I get dressed,I don’t have a breakfast, My father takes me about 7:55 in his car to school.English class start at 8:00 and finish at 10:10.I go shopping. I get home and I clean my house then I shower, eat and go to bed. I’m single. I don’t have a job,I am unemployed but I am studying to be a hairdresser. I love dancing.My favourite music is pop,latin and rock. I don’t like cats and I like going to parties at the weekends. My friend is Estibaliz and her surname is Ortega Vazquez , she is small , dark skin and her hair is black. She is 28 years old. She is Spanish. She is from Gran Canaria but she spent many years living in Lanzarote, but she lives here again. She is single. She doesn’t have a job. She wakes up at 10,she has a shower, she gets dressed.She doesn’t has a breakfast out on the street and always home late. She studies vet because she loves animals specially cats, she has two cats Candy and Cheeper. Also she likes music,her favourite music is latin.She doesn’t like going to the party at the weekend but she prefers go to the cinema. She has a big heart,more than a friend,she is a sister for me. Abigail
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My name is Rogelio, I’m 63 years old. I speak Spanish and little English. I Live in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. I’m married, I have several children, but only one lives in my home. I have several brothers, their names; Rafael, Pilar and Carmen. I travel with friends. My favorite music is the Leonard Cohen, I like classical music. I go to English class on Monday and Wednesday. English home study day, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. I watch movies in English on Saturday. I have an art shop. I’m the administrator. I get up every day at seven o’clock. I have a coffee and to work. I have two stores of art. I came home late. I do not watch television, I read books My friend’s a great painter. Her name is Isabel. She’s 45 years old. She is married. She is a mother of two children. She lives in Tenerife, in the Orotava. She Speaks English and Spanish. We are in Las Palmas and drink a coffee and talk about. She reads a lot of books of art.. She likes music. We don’t work together on art. She doesn’t like the beach. Her favourite books are the novels.She does sport. She goes on vacation to his home in Philippines. We drive to work. We Lunch at work together. We Finish work at 8,30. I help at home. She Helps me to study English. She takes the dog for a walk. I Watch TV and make me a pizza for dinner. I relax and go to bed. Rogelio
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My name is Jesus, I´m thirty-one (31) years old. I´m from Venezuela but a live in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. I´m married and I´m living with my partner in one small flat in Las Palmas city. I´m hairdresser and I work from Monday until Saturday but I study English every Monday and Wednesday in the morning. I like traveling but I don´t have to much time to make it. I love when my friends make a visit at home, shopping and going to restaurant at weekend. I wake up at 6:30 the Monday and Wednesday to go at English school, I have a shower, I get dressed and I have breakfast, at 7:30 I´m going to class. English class to finish at 10:15 and I going to work. At 2:30 I have lunch at work and finish work at 8:00. I get home late at 8:30 as my dinner and I go to bed a watching T.V. I like the news but also see some series. On Tuesday and Thursday I wake up at 9:30 but I start work at 11:00 and I having time for shower, dressed and breakfast. On Friday and Saturday I wake up at 8:00 and I get ready very fast because I start work at 9:00 but every Saturday finish work at 3:00. In general after working I enjoy of giving a walk. Every Sunday morning I like to listen music while I´m housework a cleaning; at 12:00 I do the lunch and I go to bed to a watching T.V. but also I speak my husband on the current importance and the things that have happened during the week. Sometimes every Saturday for the night I go to the disco and to restaurants with friends. My friend is Cesar Blanco, he is thirtyeight (38) years old; he is from Venezuela and lives in Caracas, he is a brilliant hairdresser and a very good administrator, he´s single but now he lives with his partner. He´s a good guy and he´s always happy.. Everyday Cesar works but at weekends he likes to travel and he loves to go a cinema but sometimes he works. Jesús E.
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Hello everybody, my name´s Angel, I´m twenty-eight years old, I´m Spanish, I´m from Gran Canaria and live in Telde. I live with my parents in a flat, I have two brothers and one sister, I´m single, I´m an assistant manager and an English student. I´m an assistant manager in a surf shop, I work at Las Terrazas Shopping Centre, in Telde, I don´t have special qualification. Everyday I go to work by car and my days off are usually on Wednesdays and Sundays but that can change. At Christmas I work everyday: on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, I work a lot on those days. I like many things, I like going to the beach, to the cinema, to bed late, walking, doing exercises, reading books, listening music, internet, chinese food, fast food, sweets, studying, shopping, driving, traveling, geting up eight o´clock and many things more.. I don´t like few things, I don´t like the cold, rain, cats, doing homework, doing the housework, working at Weekends and flying by plane. My Weekend is very short, only Sundays, because I work on Saturday mornings and iafternoos, so I do very few things on Sundays: I walk with my friends, I go to the beach, to the cinema, I eat with my family and I rest. My friend is Luis, he´s thirty years old. Luis´s Spanish, he´s from Gran Canaria and he lives in Telde. Luis´s single, he´s a doctor, he has special qualifications, he wears a uniform and he earns a lot money. Luis works near his house and he goes to work by bicycle. He wakes up at half past six for he goes at work and he gets home late. Luis likes reading, going to the cinema, to the beach, hasing a bath, relaxing, and he likes sports. His favorite books are about medicine, his favorite actor is Al Pacino, his favorite sport is football and his favorite beach is Las Canteras. But, Luis doesn´t like the politics, making the dinner, chinese food and cats. Luis´s days off are at the Weekends. On Friday afternoon he goes to the cinema with his cousins, on Saturday morning he plays football with his neighbors and in the afternoon he goes for a walk and to have beers with his friends,on Sunday morning he goes to the beach with his family and in the afternoon he rests until Monday when he goes back to work.
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My name’s Fatima ,I’m Spanish and live in the Canary Islands. I get up at about 7.10 have a small coffee with milk and watch the news on T.V. At nine I have breakfast in a coffee bar and walk to work. At eleven usually have some tea. I get home for lunch at 2.00. At afternoon I go shopping to the small shop to buy fruit and vegetables then I go to my mother’s house to make dinner. At night I do English exercises and relax before going to bed. I have four brothers and three sisters.I’m married since 1974, forty years ago!! I have two sons: Adrian is thirty-three and Aday is thirty-one. I have worked in a shop forty hours a week since 1972 but now I only work forty hours a month because I want to have more free time to study English, play the guitar, read books and travel all over the world. I like travelling very much and I have visited some countries like Russia, Turkey, Egypt, France,Italy, Scotland, Thailand and the last, Costa Rica, a very exciting and adventurer country. I do sports, I usually go to pilates on Mondays and Wednesdays and walk for one hour three or four days a week. I like all kind of music and I playing the guitar with some friends on Tuesday and Thursday. At the weekend on Saturdays, I go to the theater or cinema and later go to a restaurant or a coffee bar, on Sundays I usually go with my family to visit my mother in the country, we cook lunch and play cards or talk. My best friend is Elvira, she’s forty nine years old and she’s Spanish. She’s married and has a daughter of twenty. She usually gets up at seven and has a coffee, then she takes the dog for a walk and goes to her mother’s house to have breakfast. She doesn’t sleep more than eight hours. She likes alternative medicine and healthy food. Often she has lunch at vegetarian restaurants but she makes dinner at home. She speaks English and German and she doesn’t have a job now. She’s an unemployed. She likes all kind of music but she prefers classical music. She doesn’t like magazines, horror films and fast food . She usually reads books, two or three a month. She’s a sportswoman and she does exercise every day but she doesn’t like football. Sometimes she goes to the hospital to visit old people, she listens and talks to them. On Saturdays she goes to the cinema and on Sundays she likes going to the beach. Fatima
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I’m Ivan Morera,I’m twenty seven years old,I work in a pet shop. I live in Las Palmas,I have one brother and one sister,I love animals. I have six dogs,three aquarium,two parrots,snakes and many turtles. I go to the gym and walk the dog,I like motorbike,I like pizzas. I like to drink beer with my friends and watching TV at home in my free time.Sometimes i go fishing. My frien isLuis, he is twenty three years old,his is single. His is unemployed but he is studies in the university,he live in Bañaderos, he likes Bodyboard and Aquariums.He watches animals documentary, he has a red car,he studies in the week and sometimes goes the beach,in the weekend go to girlfriend,his doesn’t like reptilians. I wake up at a quater past eight,I have a shower at half past eight. I have breakfast at a quater to nine,I start work at ten o’clock. I have a coffee at twelve o’clock. He wakes up at seven o’clock and have shower at a quater past seven, He has a coffee at half past seven,his driver car at quater to eight. He starts to university at a quater past eight. Ivan Morera
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My name´s Tina, but my full name´s Agustina. I hate this name! I am forty two years old. I am short and I have got brown eyes and brown hair too. I´m from Las Palmas of Gran Canaria and I live in a house in the south of the city. I am a geographer and a beautician but I work in a famous shopping center as a shop assistant in a luxury brand of parfums. I like very much my job…In this moment I study English language in an Official Language School. The next year I would like to study an Environmental Master. I'm married with Valerio since 2008 but we are together since 1996. He´s from Italy and he is thirty nine years old. He´s a state agent and he likes sports and likes eating good food. Valerio hates doing nothing. We haven't got children but we have got a beautiful white cat, we love animals. My favourite actors are: Morgan Freeman, Bruce Willis and Jason Statham and my prefer film is “Cadena Perpetua”, I think it´s a fantastic film…At weekend I like going to the beach, going for a walk, doing a barbecue with my family and friends and that Valerio cooks for me… On Monday, I get up at 6.30 am, then I have a shower and ten minutes later, I take a coffee with milk and a toasts with butter and jam; at seven o´clock I get dressed with my uniform and a few minutes later I go to English classes by bus. I usually finish my class ten minutes early and I walk to work…I start work at 10.00 but at 12.00 I need my second coffee… Normally I finish work between 14.40 and 15.00. I have lunch half an hour later and I always sleep 15 minutes while watch TV, I love it. In the evening I do the housework, and a few hours later I go to run… when I get home, I have other shower and I make the dinner with my husband…Then we speak while watch TV and we go to the bed at 23.00. My friend´s Antonio. He is thirty nine years old. He is quite short and he has got dark hair and dark eyes too, he is very attractive. He´s from Italy but he lives in Germany now. He speaks three languages: English, Italian and German. Antonio is an engineer, he works in a famous factory of cars with the computers. He has got an old car. My friend travels around the world…South Africa, Turkish, Spain…he loves his job. He gets up at six o'clock every day, then he gets dressed and he has breakfast , after that he goes to work by car. Usually, he starts work at 7.30 and he finishes work at 15.00. He takes his child to school and they go home. He is married with Manuela and they have got a child. His name´s Fabio and he is four years old. Fabio is a beautiful child. He hasn´t dog because his house is small. Antonio likes very much the beach and his favourite country is Spain. He doesn´t like Mexican food but likes Mediterranean food. He cooks well pasta and pizza. He hates playing football. At weekends he likes playing tennis and likes running in the forest. I think Antonio is very happy… Tina Ruano Macías
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My best friend is Montse, she's nineteen years old. She's spanish and live in Las Palmas. She's a very beautiful girl. She's short and slim, and she has a long black and blue hair. Her eyes are brown and small. She has a boyfriend since two years ago. She's student, she estudies modern languages at university. She likes languages, she speaks: English, French and a litle Japanese. She likes reading, travelling and she loves animal. She doesn't like cooking and she hates sports. SMMmhe at weekends goes out whit her boyfriend and her friends. Every Friday we drink a wowble tea, take many photos and speak our things. Amanda Toro Perdomo
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My name is Rita Vera, I'm forty one years old, I'm Spanish, from Murcia but I Live in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. I´m not married but I live whit my partner Sergio, he´s fifty two years old. I haven´t got children but Sergio has got Two, Ulises and Eva. I´m a Documentary producer, Estación Andamana is my first documentary, It´s about the history of the port and the Isleta. Next year it will issue the TV Canaria. I worked eight years in a Telefonica´s Shop, three years in Auna and I worked in Canal 6 whit sound technician. At the weekends, I like going to cinema, and watching F1 on TV. I Like all kinds of movies and read, my favorite writer is Irene Nemirovsky, she was of Jewish origin, she dead in Auschwitz. I love cycling and traveling, the next week I´m going to London whit my friend Juana, my brother Ruyman and other friends. London is my favourite city. I get up at 7.20, then I have breakfast and I get dressed and after that I cycling to La Isleta, I walk my dog Kinder every days, then I go to the gym at 14.00 to 15.00. After I have lunch at 14.30. I finally go to bed at 23.00. My friend´s Juana. She is forty one years old. She´s quite short and Slim. She has short dark hair and Brown eyes. She´s from Lanzarote, she lives in Arrecife. Juana is a audiovisual technician, but she´s unemployed now. She is married to Jonas, they have got two children, Their names are Guatiza and Iriome. Juana Likes vegetarian food but she isn´t vegetarian. She loves cook whit the Thermomix. She likes play running and pilates. Juana Likes rock music, classic films and she loves to read. At weekends she lives in The Cocoteros, it´s very calm becouse few people live there, the children playing in the Street and it´s very safe.. Rita
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Hi! My name is Daniel Medina. I study administration and business management at university. I’m 26 years old. I live in Las Palmas. I have a girlfriend and her name is Anayansy. Everyday I wake up at 6.00 a.m. and then I have a shower and after that I have a breakfast. Every Monday and Wednesday I’m going to English classes by bus, these classes finish at 10.15 a.m. and then I do English and Economics homework. I’m quite tall, but not very tall. I have short dark hair. I like basketball, it’s an amazing sport and I go sometimes to Gran Canaria Arena to watch the local team that it’s called Herbalife Gran Canaria. Running is other sport that I practice, usually all days I go to the seafront to run from the Lady Harimaguada monument to marina, it’s nice! The best for this sport it’s practice everyday, day in and day out. At this moment, I’m unemployed and I'm studying to be a policeman and learn English in my free hours. My best friend is called Anayansy. She’s from Las Palmas, in Canary Island. She lives near me, well! a little far to walk, but quite close to me if we go on car. She’s a little short, but she’s very beautiful woman. She’s Spanish as me. She has a long blonde hair and brown eyes. She’s very bad to learning any other language, she only know Spanish very well. Anayansy is quite sportswoman, she go with me to doing running and others sports, she hasn’t any problem for this. I do exercise with her sometimes and I like it. We go shopping sometimes or also we take the dog for a walk, relax and go home late. Ah! I said that she’s my best friend, but I don’t said that she’s also my girlfriend. Daniel M.
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Hello, my name is Irene Cabrera and I live in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, in Spain. I'm 20 years old and my birthday is 03/08/1994. I have a boyfriend and his name is Ismael. I live with my parents, brother and sister. I have long brown hair and brown eyes. I study geography at Universidad de las Las Palmas and I study english in EOIL. I speak a little English. I study english in the morning and I study geographic evening. At weekend I go to the park or shopping center with my boyfriend or friends. I like canary food and mexican food. My favourite singer is Katy Perry and my group is Maroon 5. I like to play game console. I like listening pop or rock music. I like to play basketball with my boyfriend.
My best friend is called Erika. She livSe in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, in Spain. Sh studyd laat Universidad de Las Palmas. She´s 20 years old. She has a boyfriend and his name is Victor. She don´t speak English but, she study english. She study in Tafira in the morning. At the weekend she go to the cinema or the shopping center with his boyfriend or friends. She has very long and black hair, she is short and she has brown eyes. She loves ice cream and chocolate. She likes italian and canary food. She hobby is read romantic novel and listen pop music. His favorite singer is Rihanna and his favourite group is Maroon 5. I like walk in the Triana street. Irene Cabrera Déniz.
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My name is Manuel and I´m 40 years old. I´m from Valencia but now I live in Las Palmas. I have short hair and the eyes green. I´m a student of English at EOI Las Palmas. I get up at 9 a.m. everyday. I working in hotel and I like speaking to the guests. My parents and my sister live in Valencia. Her husband and she come to Las Palmas to visit me. I read the newspaper everyday in the morning to find the weather and city news and in the evenings I watch TV and play with my cats because I like animals. I don´t like going out at night in the weekdays I like movies and I enjoy theatre and the opera, but I would like to go more often. Usually my day off is on Monday and I do cycling in the morning and swim in the beach. Also I practice yoga every Thursday, and I sometimes meet my friends at a cafeteria or a restaurant, or come to my house and I cook paella, it´s my favorite food. My friend is Pedro, he is 36 years old. He lives In Valencia. Pedro is single bit he has a girlfriend and her name is Sara. He is tall and has short hair. He likes sports, football, cinema and sometimes we go to Japanese restaurants. When he visits the Canary Islands we go to the beach because we like it much. He doesn’t like going to the museum because he says that it's boring. Manuel R
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My name is Daniel, I’m 22 years old. I live in Las Palmas with my parents and my brother. I’m studying Economics and I go to class by bus everyday. I have a shower every morning, and for breakfast I have coffee and two toasts My favourite sport is football but I like basketball and swimming too. I like going to the beach a lot and I use to go throughout the year because in the Canary Islands the weather is excellent . When I go to the beach I use to play football with my friends for hours. When I arrive home, I take a shower, watch tv and check emails, then, I have something for dinner and I go to bed at 11:00 pm. I have a brother, his name is George, he is three years older than me. We are very different but we get on well. I hope I can work soon to earn some money because I want to travel to improve my English and live a new experience. My best friend is Alberto, he lives in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, in Spain. He studies in the University of Las Palmas. He’s 23 years old. He has short and black hair, he´s tall and he has green eyes. Alberto has a sister called Monica. She is very funny and nice. They live with their parents near my house. He gets up at 8:00 am everyday, and then, he goes to University by car. He practices sports three times a week and, at the weekend, he enjoys his free time and he goes to the beach to play football twice a week. He starts work at 15:00 and he finishes work at 18:00 everyday. When he arrives home, he usually takes a shower and he has pizza for dinner and then, he goes to bed early. He likes Italian and Mexican food. His favourite music is pop. He would like to travel to London because he wants to improve his English and find a job. Daniel P
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My friend is Nayra, she is 34 years old. She is from Gran Canaria and lives in Las Palmas. Nayra is single and is the mother two children, their names are Ylenia and Alba. Her long hair and eyes are brown. She studied Tourism, but works as a Shop Assistant. She likes reading books and enjoy running in the beach.She doesn`t like the animals. At Weekends she goes to the cinema and to the beach with her daughters. Margarita Dorta My name is Agatha. I’m 28 years old. I’m single and I haven’t children. I’m from Gran Canaria. I live in Las Palmas. I’m administrative, but I work of shop assistan in the shopping center Las Terrazas. I love music. My favourite group/band of music IsIs
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