The last activity.......English level 4

Hello!

This is the last activity of English level 4. Now, I`ll say the things what I think about this class :)

First, I found this course very nice, because at the same time I learnt English, the activities were funny and I laugh a lot. The most interesting of this course was had the opportunity to practice the language, I spoke with my classmates in all the classes and I practiced my pronunciation while I did the activities.

On the other hand, the teacher of this class is British, I think that it is very useful to learn more this language, because I heard how a person that her native language is English, speaks and prounciates. I felt that I, at the beginning, didn´t understand her very well, but now I understand better, I learnt and that make me happy.

Well, in my opinion, the best activity of this class was speaking in pairs or doing some activity in pairs, because I think that this was the best opportunity to practice and improve the pronunciation. But I don´t really like doing the program called English discoveries, because It didn´t work, almost all the times, in general the computers didn´t work very well and it did very hard doing some activities, for example, once we had to see one video called Amy Greenhouse, and it didn´t load.

I think I improved is some topics, for example I understand more when I listen to someone speaking in English and I learnt new expressions and words, but I´m not sure about my pronunciation, it´s difficult to me speaking in English yet.

Finally, If I did this course again, I´d like to do specifically more listenings, because I think that it is very hard I would like to practice more.


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Bye........

Legal Ages...Did you know?

Hello!

Today I´ll talk about the Legal Ages.

Surprisingly, on the contrary was I was thinking, in the majority of the countries around the world, the legal age to drink alcohol is 18 or 21 years old. Though, obviously, there are some exceptions, for example, unfortunately, in some countries the youngs can drink and purchase alcohol to earlier ages, this is the case of the Republic of Cyprus, an island country situated in the eastern Mediterranean east of Greece, the allowed age to drink and to purchase alcohol is 12 years old and terribly, in other countries there isn´t a minimum age to drink, for example in Bosnia and Herzegovina in Europe, where around 5% of youngs of 13 year olds, drink alcohol more than once a week.

On the other hand, incredibly, in some countries is illegal to drink alcohol, to any age, these countries are Lybia, a country located in North Africa; Sudan, another country in Africa; Brunei, in Asia; Iran, in Asia too; and Saudi Arabia.





I´m not against of drinking alcohol, but I think that the ages allowed to drink should be reasonably stipulated by the laws in all the countries. When drinking is completely illegal the personal freedom of the people major of age is limited. But, when the legal age is ridiculously early, the law falls in the other way.

Now, I want to refer the Marriageable age, this is the age at which a person is allowed to marry, either as of right or subject to parental or other forms of consent. The age and other requirements vary between countries, but the minimal age for getting married is, approximately, 18 years all too, in the majority of the countries, also is different the age allowed for getting married for men and women. For example, in Madagascar, the age allowed for males is 17 years old, whereas for females is 14. In South Africa, this age is certainly earlier, because females can getting married at 12 years and males at 14.

Bonus Track

Now, I want to refer some "particular" laws called The world's strangest laws in the Times.

In France, it is forbidden to call a pig Napoleon... mmmmmmm?

In Alabama, it is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while driving a vehicle ( Is it legal in somewhere?)

In Ohio, it is against state law to get a fish drunk (What?).

Royal Navy ships that enter the Port of London must provide a barrel of rum to the Constable of the Tower of London (yummie!).

In Indonesia, the penalty for masturbation is decapitation (OMG!)

In Kentucky, it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon more than six-feet long (Is that possible?).

In Vermont, women must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth (Is it excessively machist?).

In Bahrain, a male doctor may legally examine a woman’s genitals but is forbidden from looking directly at them during the examination; he may only see their reflection in a mirror (In what century we are? XXI?).

The head of any dead whale found on the British coast is legally the property of the King; the tail, on the other hand, belongs to the Queen - in case she needs the bones for her corset (Is this a joke?).

Amy Greenhouse, says NO, NO, NO.....

Hi, today I`ll talk about a video called Amy Greenhouse says NO, NO, NO...........

This video shows a carnival of protest against the Heathrow Airport, specifically this video

protests against the expansion of that airport, trying to explain the consequences of flying in

planes, which are producing a lot of pollution and noise at the place, this situation has, even, produce the death of some people around the world, because, though, this video talks only about a place of UK, it happens around all the world.

This video appels, mainly, to the people managered of the Heathrow Airport, but, in my opinion, this message is directed to all the people in the world, in order that they take conscience about this problem, the climate change.

Go, Go.....Amy!

Happiness is family?

Hi again, today I will talk about the family.

I think that there are two different kind of families: the best or the worst, you can love it or hate it.

I think that there are families in which the people don´t speak about their life, the parents don´t know how their sons and daugthers really are, that´s why a lot of times the parents are surprised for some behavior of their sons, specially when they are teenagers. In this kind of family doesn´t exist communication between the members of the family. I consider that this is the worst family.

But, exists the best family too. I think that the main characteristic is the communication. All the people of this kind of family know the other members of their own family, the people whose they see all the days, the people whose they love.

Well, that´s all for now.

See you.

Hello...

Hello everyone, my name is Paulina Avila, I am 20 years old and I am studying Psychology at the Universidad de Chile and I am in my third year there.

About me....mmm.....I haven´t many things to say. I live with my mom, my brothers and my mom´s husband.

I haven´t a hobby, but I love walking alone listening some powerful music, it make me feel well.

About English.....When I was at school I loved English, but now I feel that I have lost the practice, and English is something confusing to me. I like this activity a lot, because I will improve my English and it will gives me confidence to talk in English with other people, because I will have to do activities like listening, talking and writing. I expect that doing this activity I will really improve and I wish it has good results. I want learning English becomes easy to me again, because to speak English is important, in any country you will go people speak English, It is the universal language, and I´d like to travel around the world (I hope). That`s all for this moment, but I`ll write again, see you.