http://www.bbc.com/news/education-39224310
Education secretary heckled by angry head teachers
SUMMARY:
Angry head teachers heckled Education Secretary Justine Greening as she told a conference about her plans for new grammar schools.
There were cries of "rubbish" and "no, no" as she said selective schools could close the achievement gap between rich and poor pupils.
VOCABULARY:
backdrop: Fondo
speech: expresión
boosted: Alzar
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170310-the-wreck-of-the-titanic-is-being-eaten-and-may-soon-vanish
The wreck of the Titanic is being eaten and may soon vanish
SUMMARY:
When it set sail on its maiden voyage in 1912, no one could have predicted what Titanic would look like now – a rusting hulk at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.
At the time of that initial discovery the ship was remarkably preserved. It is 3.8km below the surface, and the lack of light and the intense pressures make the area inhospitable to most life, slowing corrosion. Fast-forward 30 years, though, and the hull is rusting away, thanks to metal-munching bacteria. Some researchers now give the shipwreck just another 14 years before it is gone forever.
VOCABULARY
reef: Arrecife
shipwreck: naufragio
flourished: florecer
The importance of learning languages
Nowadays, it is very important to learn languages whether if you live in a small country or a big one.
Learning languages is necessary to improve yourself as a person, because then you can communicate with a lot of people. In this case, you can share a lot of information and experience, which helps you to understand the things that happen around you better.
You can speak a language perfectly but you will never be able to communicate as well as in your native language.
To conclude, if you want to learn languages you have to go to the country where it is spoken. If you work as a receptionist, as a tour guide, as a waiter, and if your job depends on tourists, you have to learn several languages.
Advantages and disadvantages of technology and computing
The development of technology and communications during the last decade of the 20th century has had an important influence in our lives. It has revolutionised the way of working, learning and communicating. But what has changed our life the most is definitely the internet. However, there are advantages and disadvantages.
The main advantage of computing is probably that it gives access to the information quickly and easily. It also helps us to do tasks more efficiently. What is more, technology improves the lives of those who have less opportunities and access to education and it contributes to the development of poor or isolated regions in the world.
On the other hand, there are disadvantages. People have to learn new skills since the world of work has changed. As a result, people who can not use computers will not be able to get a job. Besides, we depend so much on computing that if the computer breaks down or there is not electricity we can not work at all.
In conclusion, I think the computer chip is probably the most useful invention of the 20th century, in spite of having to face some difficulties to adapt ourselves to new technologies.
If I were president
If I were president I would try to help the most people possible.
I would work hard with homeless people and I would try to give everybody a place to live. Also I would try that everybody had work to do. Work is the first thing that I would improve if I worked as president, because I think if everybody had work, everybody could have a house.
I would work with children too, better schools, free books, more places where to play. Old people is very important. I would try to build more comfortable buildings for them.
I think it is very difficult to be a good president and everybody to be happy with you, I would try it anyway.
Contamination.
The pollution in our planet has always existed, since we have not learned to respect it and we have damaged it in all possible ways.
It is true that before there was not much pollution since the factories did not exist, and the use of cars, aerosols and all this type of products have arisen at present time.
When I was a child, I did not become aware of what contaminates the atmosphere, but now I invite you all to consider that to take care of the atmosphere is something vital to conserve our existence and the other beings, in good conditions of health.
Cool Hunters: The Legal Stalkers of South Culture
We are facing a text of Naomi Klein. The central idea of the text is the legal stalkers of youth culture. Cool hunters were paid by big corporations to make their image appealing to younger audiences. The text is divided in four paragraph. In each paragraph there is a different idea.
I totally agree with the writer of the text. I think that cool hunters are very dangerous because they spy on us in an absolutely legal way. They spy on us from the outside without knowing it ourselves.
The objective of cool hunters is to give advice on their products and advertising campaigns.
At the end of the text the writing says that back in the seventies "graffiti was like artillery fired in a war between the street and the establishment". I agree with Naomi when she says: with the passage of time graffiti has become in slave brand leaving anything unbranded.
