SILVIA MIRANDA, by Yamilet Martín

Her name is Silvia and she is sixteen years old. She is studying first year of Bachillerato. She is doing Science because she wants to be a doctor, even though she used to hate blood. Silvia lives in Aviles, a small town in the north of Spain, and she really likes where she lives but she would like to live in another country, mainly England because she speaks the language and she has been there and loved it. She was born in Aviles, so it is her hometown, but her parents were born in a village near Aviles. Her father is a businessman and her mother is an English teacher. She has a little sister. Her name is Alicia and she is almost nine years old. They all live together and, even they have little arguments, they get on well. Almost all her family live in Aviles so they have a close relationship.
Silvia used to play tennis and go swimming until last year, when she gave up because she wanted to have more free time. In the winter she usually goes skiing with her uncles and cousins but she would like to learn snowboarding. She loves travelling and she would like to visit the most important cities in Europe like Rome, London, Paris…She has made an exchange with an English girl and now she is going there again.
In her free time she enjoys watching American TV shows, her favourite one is House M.D. but she also likes Shark and Cold Case. She is interested in American films and she likes reading all kinds of books, her favourite writer is Dan Brown. She doesn’t like Spanish music so she usually listens to British pop bands.
Silvia is a sociable person who likes meeting people and going out.