TASK#12 (Blog&Sound File)

TITLE: Becoming a vegetarian? 
DEADLINE: 11 May at 24.00

INSTRUCTIONS: 

As you know, millions of people are vegetarian. They are convinced that a vegetarian diet is good for them and for the environment.

Would you consider becoming a vegetarian?

Think of what you would gain and what you would have to give up. Do you think your health would be better? Would it mean having to spend more money? Would your social life suffer? 

Think of the ethical side of it: being a vegetarian means not contributing to the killing of animals for food? Would that be important for you? 

And there's also an environmental side to it: millions of square kilometres are used for animals to graze (specially cows). This enormous extension would be more productive if crops were planted to feed people not animal. Think of the enormous amount of methane (a green house gas much more powerful than carbon dioxide) produced by hundreds of millions of cows, etc.

WRITE a text commenting on it all. PLEASE, answer the question in as much detail as possible: 

Would you consider becoming a vegetarian?

Make sure your essay has in introduction , the reasons you will be using and their explanation and your conclusion. 

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First of all, you have to give up some kind of meals, that I'm sure they are part of your everyday-diet, as meat for example. 

It is true that your body will thank you for this but sometimes it can react in a bad way.  Some people can't stop eating because their organism need some meals to continue their lifes and if they stop eating them, they develop several infections.

 On the other hand, money is also a really important factor; not every supermarket sells vegetarian products, it is more dificult to find vegetarian products and when you find it yoy will discover that they are more expensive than normal products.

These are for me the advantages of being  vegetarian but there are also some disadvantages but in my case, I am going to continue with my normal diet because I love meat. In the future I will may change my opinion because it is true a vegetarian life is better for our health. 

TASK#8

                                            WHAT SHOULD I DO   vs    WHAT I DID.

marzo 18, 2018

This weekend I had to take a decision between sleeping at a friend's house or sleeping in my house. I had a hard time taking that decision because although it seems silly, I did not really know what to do.

On the one hand I wanted to stay because my friend was going on a trip and he was going to be away for a week and other classmates also stayed to sleep. It was a kind of "pyjama party".

But on the other hand I did not want to stay because I knew that we were going to sleep very late and next morning I was going to be very tired to go home. Also, that week I had a very important History test and I did not want to waste a time to study. 

Finally, after I have thought it too much, my friends convinced me to stay and that is what I did. I stayed to sleep and the next day I went home around 11 o'clock in the morning. I was a little bit tired but I started to study and then I could sleep a little nap

Task #7

TASK#7 (Blog&Sound File)

TITLE:  Dear Virginia. (Do the Three Kings really exist ?) 
DEADLINE: 12 January 2018 at 24.00
INSTRUCTIONS: 

Virginia, who is 7,  has been told by her classmates that the 3 Kings don't exist and that people (parents, granparents, big brothers, sisters and other relations) are the ones who bring the presents and pretend it was done by the 3 Kings.
She is asking to be told the truth.
What would be your reply.

PLEASE, WRITE a text explaining your reply.

MAKE SURE your reply contains, at least, 120 words.
MAKE A RECORDING of the text and send it to my address:

miguelgarciaarreza@gmail.com

PLEASE, change the title to :    2BAnamesurnametask#7


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If I found myself in that difficult position, before telling Virginia anything, I would ask her the following question: What do you think about the Three Wise Men? Do you think they are as magical as people say?

 I think, on the one hand, it would be good to tell her the truth because in this way she would "mature" in some way. 
But the truth is that I would prefer not to say anything because it would take away the illusion of the night that Three Wise Men arrived. I think that the most beautiful thing of that day is the illusions of the children and the fact that three men are able to give them so much happiness in a single period of time, so I wouldn't tell her anything. In this way, she would continue having hope for many more years. 

I personally think that nobody must tell the truth to a little boy or girl because how do you say to a child that the Three Wise Men don't exist? If you do, you will break their hearts for ever.

TASK#6

TASK#6 (Blog&Sound File)

TITLE:  My personal view of Christmas 
DEADLINE: 17 December 2017 at 24.00
INSTRUCTIONS:

 

Christmas time is special. Whether you like it or not , however much you like it or not, there's no way to escape it. You turn on the tv and it's there. You walk in the supermarket and the decorations and music reminds you of it. You walk downtown and the lights and the people, the shops remind you of it. 

WRITE a text explaining your personal view of Christmas. The questions below are meant to help you decide what you can refer to:

What is it that you like about Christmas?

What is it that you don't like about Christmas?

Does Christmas make you feel anything special?

What would you take off Christmas to make it better?

What are you expecting your Christmas this year to be like?

Are you hoping to get something special as a Christmas present this year?

If you are a fan of Christmas what would you say to those who don't like it?

If you don`t like Christmas what would you say to those who like it very much?

 

UPLOAD the text on your blog and MAKE a recording of it to be sent to my usual email address:

 

miguelgarciaarreza@gmail.com

 

PLEASE, CHANGE the title to:  2BachBnamesurnametask#6

Your work must contain, at least 120 words.


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There are many things I like about Christmas, such as parties, the atmosphere and decorations, but what I like most are family gatherings. There are also one thing that I do not like: Christmas sweets, but above all, I hate crowds of people.

Christmas is the time of the year where I am happiest, becuase I get together with all my maternal family after being almost all the year without seeing it. To try to make Christmas a little better, I would eliminate crowds of people as I said before, and also take the last minute rush to buy gifts and food.

This year Christmas will be the same as every year; we will get together the whole family to have dinner and celebrate together the Christmas Eve and the New Year. I don't expect any special gift, because I think that the most important gifts, like family, aren't paid with money.

 I consider myself a "fan" of Christmas because it is my favorite time of the year and I would say to those who don't like it, that it is a party that we should all celebrate because it is a time to be with the people who love you.

TASK#5

TASK#5 (Sound File)
TITLE:Unit 2 Test Essay 
DEADLINE: 22 November 2017 at 12.00 pm
INSTRUCTIONS: 

Make a recording of the essay you wrote in class during the first half of the text on unit 2.
Please, change it to 2BBnamesurnametask#5 

REMEMBER: 

Halloween is a foreign festival. It doesn't belong in our culture. We should all ignore it.
FOR or AGAINST?

MAKE SURE your essay has an introduction, your arguments and the conclusion. 
 



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Halloween, it doesn't belong to our culture, but nowadays it is consider as one of our local festivals, due to it has been around us for so many years.

I completely agree with the decision of still celebrating it in our country. One of the main reasons why I am on the yes side it's because this day bring so many advantages to the people: it promotes the family celebrations in which all the relatives hang out and stay all together in that night. They remember those people who aren't here any more and pray for them in a happy way. 

Also, the preparations for it give a lot of people the chance of earning more money during October. Shops take advantage of it and sell stuff related with Halloween. 

Halloween, it is such a funny night for children but even for adults. Everyone dress up as monsters and withces and costumes related with this horror night.

To sum up, I think this celebration is a very good way to have fun with friends an dfamily and also it helps our country's economy, so that's why I think we shouldn't remove this tradition from our Spanish culture. 

TASK#4

TASK#4 (Blog & Sound File)
TITLE: A much dreamed of celebration. 
DEADLINE:  9 November 2017 at 12.00 am

INSTRUCTIONS:

WRITE about a celebration or festival you know of but never taken part in.PLEASE, follow the instructions below:

A. Say the name and what you know about it.

B. Say what you find specially attractive in it.

C. From a practical, logical point of view, what would you need to make your wish come true?

    e.g. How much money would you need?  How would you get there?  Where would you stay? 

           How long would you stay there?  Who would you go with? etc. 

UPLOAD the text on your blog and also MAKE  a recording of it to be sent to my address:

miguelgarciaarreza@gmail.com

PLEASE, change the title to:     2BBtask#4namesurname

 

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The carnivals of Brazil, are a celebration that I have never been part of it but I would like to participate sometime.

From this festivity, I know that the whole population of Brazil dresses up in amazing costumes and for a week, they go out and don't stop dancing with each other.

What I find most attractive are the incredible costumes especially those of women and also the good time that they spend all together although not all people know each other.

To make my wish come true, first, I would have to get a trip to the country in February because that's when carnival is celebrated.

I would need at least 3000 euros because the plane ticket is very expensive and I would also need money to be able to make a costume like Brazilians one. I would go by plane and I would stay at my grandparents' home, who have lived there since they were childs. I would stay for at least a month, and when the carnival ended, I would enjoy the beaches and visit the whole city. Of course, I would go with my mum, because she hasn't visited her country or origin for a long time and I'm sure she would be very excited about it.

TASK#3

TASK#3 (Blog)
TITLE: My favourite urban legend 
DEADLINE: 29 October 2017 at 12.00 am

INSTRUCTIONS: Write about an urban legend that you may like specially. Please, use your own words. Don't copy. Copied texts have almost no value. Upload the text on your blog.

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One dark night, a man was driving back home when he saw a young girl at the middle of the road. He thougth it had been an accident and she was hurt so he  got out the car to help the girl. She got in the car  but 5 ninutes later she asked the man to stop the car. The girl got out off the car and the man realized that the girl had left her scarf there. The scarf had his address written on it, so the man went to return it. When he knocked on the door of that old house, he told his parents that his daughter had left her scarf in her car and the parents answered that it was impossible because her daughter had died 5 years ago.