Have you ever heard about 'Ecological footprints'? . Do you know what yours is? . How many planets would we need
if everyone lived like you? . Anecological footprintmeasures
the total amount of land and resources used, It includes yourcarbon footprintbut it goes further.
Find out what yourecological footprint isby
answering questions about your lifestyle. See how your choices affect the
environment and whether you are living beyond the capacity of the planet!
In class this morning you were asked to write an essay on The advantages and disadvantages of Slow Fashion.
Please, READ CAREFULLY:
An
advantages and disadvantages essay can also be called, pros and
cons, benefits and drawbacks, good and bad aspects...
Basically,
in all advantages
and disadvantages essays your
task is to describe the positive and negative sides of a given topic +
give your opinion.
Before
you start writing your essay, you should always spend
a few minutes on producing ideas for your answer.
This way, you’ll know what to write about and your answer will be
more coherent and well-structured. You need to think of 2-3
advantagesand 2-3
disadvantagesof
the given issue.
Here
is a widely accepted standard when it comes to writing an advantages
and disadvantages essay:
Introduction: Paraphrase
the question/topic and briefly mention some of the advantages and
disadvantages you will discuss in the paper.
Body
Paragraph One: Introduce
the main (dis)advantage. Give supporting details and examples.Write another advantage and give example /supporting idea.
Body
Paragraph Two: Introduce
the main (dis)advantage. Give supporting details and examples.Write another advantage and give example /supporting idea.
Conclusion: Re-iterate
the topic question. Summarize the main points and if applicable, say
whether you think there are more advantages or disadvantages, (and give your opinion).
TIP 1>>Remember
to write
in a formal tone,
this is an academic essay, therefore your writing should be formal.
This
is one
possible way to
structure your essay; TIP 2 >> If you believe the disadvantages outweigh the advantages, you should start by writing about those disadvantages in the 1st body paragraph and state it somehow also in the introduction.
TIP 3 >> If
the question asks you to write
about advantages/disadvantages and
give your opinion,
then you need to add an extra paragraph that clearly states your
opinion.
AN EXAMPLE
Advantages
and disadvantages of developed tourism
Nowadays
tourism generates a significant portion of national income for many
countries, but it has certain drawbacks too. This essay examines the
advantages and disadvantages of tourism and provides a logical
conclusion.
On
the one hand, one of the main advantages of the developed tourism
industry is that it brings a lot of benefits to the contry and a large
number of new jobs for the local people. Tourists spend money on a
wide range of services, including hotels, amusements, transportation,
food and medical services. This way, tourism yields an additional
income, greatly supporting the country’s economy. In addition,
tourism increases the level of employment by bringing new jobs. For
instance, the influx of tourists results in a larger demand in
restaurant workers, tour guides, hotel staff and employees of retail
services.
On
the other hand, tourism also has some major disadvantages, like the
destruction of popular tourist destinations and the development of
illegal economic activities. Ancient buildings, temples and monuments
struggle to cope with a vast amount of visitor’s traffic and could
get damaged. Also, the large number of tourists can cause
environmental problems. For instance, when places of interest are
overcrowded, natural resources often become overexploited. What’s
more, the presence of a considerable number of tourists with a lot of
money to spend may increase the attraction for criminals and bring
with it activities like robbery and drug dealing.
To
conclude, although tourism can have certain negative effects like a
destructive impact and the growth of crime rate, it has an extremely
positive influence on a country’s economy and it provides a large
number of new jobs for the local people. In my opinion, these
benefits of tourism outweigh its drawbacks.
Watch the video and asnwer the questions (in the video)
Explaining your problem
Look at these two forms we can use to talk about our health problems: 'I have been coughinga lot these days / recently / for the last few days / since yesterday.'(PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS)'I have a cough.' (PRESENT SIMPLE)
'I have been sneezing.' 'My head has been hurting.' 'I have been having headaches.' 'I have been feeling tired.' 'I haven't been sleeping well.'
I have + noun
'I have a bad back' 'I have a sore throat.' 'I have a fever/ a temperature.'
I feel + adjective
'I feel dizzy.' 'I feel under the weather.' 'I feel rundown.'
Types of illness
Allergy
(adjective Allergic) To have a bad reaction to animals, dust, foods or plants. The symptoms are red eyes, runny nose and sneezing.
Cough
(verb to Cough) Pronounced 'coff'. To force air out of the lungs making a loud and uncomfortable noise: 'Smoking makes me cough.'
Dizziness
(adjective Dizzy). To have the feeling that everything around you is spinning. 'I felt dizzy after standing up too quickly when I was in the bath.'
Fever / Temperature
A rise in body temperature. To feel hot.
The Flu
(also called Influenza) A very strong cold caused by a virus. Symptoms include: fever, headache, runny nose and sneezing.
Hay Fever
An allergy to plants and the pollen from flowers. The symptoms are red eyes, a runny nose and sneezing.
Insomnia
Not being able to sleep at night.
Rash
Uncomfortable, itchy, red spots on the skin. A skin condition. 'She got a rash on her hand after touching a strange plant.'
Rundown / Under the Weather
(idioms) Both of these mean a general feeling of sickness. Rundown usually comes from living an unhealthy lifestyle. Under the weather means to not feel your usual, healthy self.
Runny Nose
Mucus coming from the nose. The need to blow your nose a lot.
Sneeze
(verb to Sneeze) An uncontrollable movement of air from the nose and mouth. 'The strong smell of flowers makes me sneeze.'
Sunburn
Red and painful skin that comes from being in the sun too long.
- ache / sore -
These three forms are usually used to talk about general problems. These are the common collocations:
Globalization is the process that makes economies and
societies from all around the world become more and more connected.
This means that people, ideas, technology, money, services, and many
other things are moving between countries and changing the way people
think and act.
Good or Bad? Not everyone thinks the same way about globalization.
Some people think it is good, some people think it is bad. Some
believe that globalization helps rich people get richer and makes
poor people poorer. These people say that globalization helps big
companies like Coca-Cola and McDonald's destroy local businesses. The
people who think globalization is a good thing argue that
globalization helps poorer people to become richer. They also think
that it doesn't damage local cultures. These people also believe
globalization helps prevent conflicts like wars. This is because
countries that have economic connections will try hard to maintain
good relationships with each other so their economies aren't damaged.
Effects
Despite whether you think globalization is good or bad,
it affects the world in two important areas: jobs and culture.
Globalization has had a very strong effect on
employment and jobs throughout the world. For some workers, such as
engineers, lawyers, and bankers, globalization has been a good
development. These workers are able to successfully compete globally
and have seen an increase in their salaries. But for those who work
in factories or in the service industry (at hotels, shops and
restaurants), it has not been good. These types of jobs have been
exposed to increasing competition from workers from poorer countries.
A worker from a poorer country will do the same job for less money.
This decreases the salaries for that job, so people get paid less to
do it.
Cultures have also been effected by globalization.
Foods such as Japanese noodles, Indian curry and French cheeses have
spread around the world. We can also see an increase in the use of
Chinese characters in tattoos. Some people get these tattoos without
actually knowing what the characters mean. Another area effected by
globalization is the film industry. Most people have seen American
movies. But due to globalization, Korean, Indian and Japanese movies
have become more popular worldwide.
No one knows the future of globalization. Most experts
agree that it will continue to grow and have an increasingly larger
impact on people's lives in the future.
Today I am giving you some extra practice for the listening tests. For B2 level tests, click HERE. For a bit more advanced (C1) level, click HERE. Enjoy!!!
Amber Keefer has more than 25 years of experience working in the fields of human
services and health care administration. Writing professionally since 1997, she
has written articles covering business and finance, health, fitness, parenting
and senior living issues for both print and online publications. Keefer holds a
B.A. from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. in health care
management from Baker College.
According to Johns Hopkins University, more than 40 percent of Americans
report using alternative medicine therapies for pain control when prescribed
medications prove to be ineffective. Alternative medicine offers an integrated
approach to healing and may include interventions such as herbal remedies,
reflexology, chiropractic, nutritional supplements, massage therapy and
acupuncture. With more medical professionals beginning to suggest the use of
alternative therapies in combination with conventional medical treatments, many
more studies are underway to examine both the usefulness and safety of these
nonstandard treatments.
Pain
Many people turn to
alternative medicine therapies for pain relief when traditional treatments fail
to work. Alternative medicine also offers treatment options to individuals who
do not have access to pain clinics under their health insurance plans. A study
conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan Health System found that
older individuals, who are more likely to suffer chronic pain conditions, use
alternative therapies more frequently. Results of the study are published in
the January 2010 issue of the journal Pain Medicine. The study takes a look at
the increasing use of alternative treatment modalities as a way to manage
chronic pain.
Cancer
Alternative medicine therapies used together with conventional medical
treatments can alleviate some of the symptoms of cancer, as well as lessen the
negative side effects of conventional medical treatments. Chemotherapy,
although effective in increasing the survival rate of many cancer patients, can
produce unpleasant side effects. Some cancer patients are able to tolerate
chemotherapy treatments better when using an alternative treatment such as
acupuncture to control side effects like fatigue, headache, nausea, vomiting,
night sweats and aching.
Cost
Alternative medicine therapies can be less expensive than conventional
medical treatments. Although some alternative therapies are not cheap, many
herbal remedies and other natural treatments still cost less than prescription
medications and treatments. Acupuncture and chiropractic sessions can cost
significantly less than conventional pain therapy treatments.
Side Effects
In most cases, effective alternative therapies have fewer or no side
effects as opposed to the frequent and sometimes severe effects of many
prescription medications and other conventional medical treatments. But
depending on what medical conditions a person might have, even natural remedies
and other alternative therapies can sometimes cause adverse side effects. Not
all natural remedies have been scientifically tested, nor does the FDA regulate
them. Treatment modalities such as therapeutic massage and acupuncture are generally
considered to be safe, but always talk to your doctor before using any
alternative medicine therapies.
Mental Health
Alternative medicine can be beneficial to a person’s overall well- being,
as the approach focuses on healing the mind, body and spirit. Treatment methods
such as massage therapy, biofeedback, meditation and visual imagery help a
person to relax and reduce stress. Art and music therapies are used to relieve
symptoms of depression and schizophrenia by stimulating the natural release of endorphins
and opiates in the body, in addition to helping individuals let go of deeply
repressed emotions. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration points out that other alternative approaches to mental health,
such as diet and nutrition, animal-assisted therapies and self-help groups can
be valuable resources for improving mental health.
Now watch this video and answer the questions below:
1. According to Kelly McCann, what is ‘integrative medicine’?
2. What is the ideal way to practice integrative medicine?
3. What are the benefits of integrative medicine?
4.What does she say a) or b)) a. “ The patient has an innate ability to heal.” b. “ The patient needs to learn how to heal.”
5 What types of patients use integrative medicine? 6 What does she say about the future of medicine?
A
faithful example of Santiago Santana's pictorial work is in the hall of the
municipal museum that bears his name. From the pictorial collection we will
highlight the work entitled "Escorzo de mujer" or " Mujer
Tumbada ". It uses the so-called mixed technique, which means the use of
various techniques: oil, almagre, earth .... As we contemplate this canvas, we
admire the careful stylization of the drawing of bodies, barely veiled by
simple tunics; the delicacy of color, almost always based on white, gray, blue
and pink ranges; the balance of the composition, not subjected to stress,
naturally assembled all its elements. Nothing tragic seems to be in this
harmonious and flowing world.
With
this work, Santana demonstrates his love for the popular, creating an insular
Indian painting, and showing his
preference especially for the Canary woman. The clear and vital colors,
together with the full and compact forms, present a woman of humble and
hardworking condition (peasants, fishermen, washerwomen) often solitary . He
likes to draw /paint these women with
big hands and feet, which involves their
work and effort. Santana was a singer of the southern woman, with thick lips and
broad cheekbones, who alone faces the work of the field and the care of the
children.
(Alberto; Fabiola)
Guillermo
Sureda Arbelo
Sureda was born in Arucas in 1912 and he moved with
his family to Santa Cruz de Tenerife at the
age of 14. There he studied at the
School of Arts and Crafts. Since his childhood, Sureda demonstrated a great
ability to perceive and feel, that manifested itself, professionally, in a
great skill for the drawing and for the music, arts that he initially discovered in an autodidact way.
This quality along with his sociable character, the search for perfection and
detail, as well as that interest in everything around him, especially for the
stories of the people, was reflected in his paintings.
Guillermo Sureda has excelled in the field of painting
for the use of watercolor, managing to perfect this technique to the point of
being recognized internationally. Perhaps the choice of this technique was due
to its spontaneous nature, its sensitivity together with the somewhat impulsive
desire for the work to take place.
Sureda's extraordinary manual dexterity coupled with
his capturing ability has always allowed him a speed, almost without limit, to
execute a landscape. On many occasions, he dropped the drawing and attacked them directly with the
colours. The brushstroke is therefore loose, quick, lively, simple, full of
colour and light. With the watercolour, he manages to reflect with total
mastery the transparent effects of the water and its reflections, as well as
the luminosity of the landscapes.
His bohemian life led him to represent countless
landscapes and urban scenes from different places, like London, Venezuela,
Puerto Rico or the Caribbean and of
course, his homeland. Hence, it is said
that he was a man of two worlds: the Old World and America, especially of
Puerto Rico, defining himself as the pictorial singer of San Juan, its capital.
However, he
also stands out for the strength of his portraits, generally, of anonymous
people. This choice leads him to represent, with care and dedication, the
humble and sincere expression of his models, their typical clothes and their
customs.
Full name: Manuel
Esteban de los Reyes Ramos González . He is one of the Spanish
sculptors of all time. His timid personality, calm and confident, led him not
to sign many of his works, conforming to the client's knowledge. He was very
critical of his own production so, on many occasions, he destroyed his
sculptures or drawings.
Ramos was born in Arucas in 1899. From 1921 to 1925
he studied
in San Fernando school and some times worked in Miguel Blay’s workshop as
his pupil. Later he lived for some time in Paris where he sold his works in the
streets. After that, he travelled to London where he left a
few busts, two of them in Lord Carlaysle’s collection. He comes back at the
time of the Civil War. EL Cristo Yacente belongs to this period. This
breathtaking sculpture we find in Arucas
church. It is made
of wood and stands out for the treatment
of the nude and the expressive power of
the head. It shows on the whole the great knowledge Ramos had of the human body.
The way Manolo Ramos carves his sculptures is, above all, figurative. He always looks for
the motives in which you can unleash the violent movements and positions of the
human body . He cultivated with equal
profusion the subjects of religious and profane character. Within the profane
subjects portraits, nudes, and, to a lesser extent, racial subjects, children,
maternities and animals abound.
Manolo Ramos basically
worked the wood, especially the noble one, like the barbarian, the cedar, the
mahogany or the ebony. But he also
carved the stone and sometimes used the bronze.
In the room there are
interesting drawings made with coal where he carefully studies the forms of the
human body and the expressions of the faces. Of great expressive force is the
theme Canary peasants where he reflects the principles of the Canary
indigenismo in every detail: the hardness of their faces by the work and the
suffering, the clothes, etc., but within a great harmony and serenity. That is
to say, Manolo Ramos reflects the social concern, not based on an exaltation of
the worker, but of a certain denunciation, putting itself face to face with the
harsh reality of the disinherited, but with a bitter tint, almost leaving no
chink for a solution.. .
Boys and
girls of different ages and social and cultural conditions gathered around him
so as to learn from his work. It was a public with a common interest: the illusion and the fascinating attraction of
Abraham Cárdenes, who had an absorbing personality and leonine head.
He was always
cheerful, affable and optimistic in the face of adversity, his life evolved
around his work, and later around his disciples. On many occasions,
the work of his pupils presented in exhibitions, competed with his.
Several
authors, some of them disciples of Cárdenes, emphasized his high sense of
friendship, the goodness of his heart and his disconcerting cordiality. For
example, Santiago Vargas, speaks of his vigor and vehemence, always smiling in
spite of misfortune and misunderstanding. In the same way, Berlamiño, stands
out his ingenuity and bohemian romanticism.
His art was
original as he was himself, unmistakable, arrogant, grim, strong, expressive,
vigorous and Cyclopean. The mountain, the rocks and the pyramid are his
starting point, adjusting the forms to this short conception. He is, therefore,
a giant sculptor in the style of Michelangelo. He does not add strange grafts
of sculptures to the Canary race or to
the integrity of nature…
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