comment 7

RUBBISH!!

We live in a world where people don´t care about the trash they throw away. There are rubbish everywhere: in the streets, in the schools, in the sea, in the countryside… but can we do something to change this? I think so.

On the one hand, food waste is a big problem that has grown in lastest years. The reality is that more tan 50% of food waste is produced in our own home and the other half in the rest of the world. Furthermore, all this food that is not eaten is really bad for the environment.

On the other hand,each year our country spends a lot of money growing, transporting and processing tons of food that ends up wasting. However, in many places they have already taken some measures. For example, in some restaurants they want to reduce their footprint making customers contribute with more money when they pay.


To sum up, rubbish is everywhere and we have to be concerned about it. In my opinion a great solution is recycling and avoid the less as posible to throwing away the food we don´t eat.

comment 6

Who taught you the most things? Why the mother tongue?

Nowadays almost everybody can speak at least one language and even there are people who know how to speak a lot of languages. But how have they learned it?

Probably, children learn their languages from the people that are around them. Sometimes from their parents, their grandparents or from the person who takes care of him/her. But the use of sound is a very important part of the communication. They usually learn languages listening to their parents, and then,their brains keep the information to be used when they are able to speak.

There are also some people that have the capacity to learn several languages very fast and other people that have more problems or they learn them more slowly. Some studies show that infants begin their lives with a very flexible brain that allows them acquire any language. But with the time, this ability is decreased and adults find it harder to acquire a new language.

All in all, learning a language is very important to communicate with people from any country and I think that I´m very lucky to be able to hear because it is a very important factor in learning languages.

comment 5

It is said that we are far too many!!

Nowadays, overpopulation is a big problem that affects thousands of people in the world and it is produced when a high population density causes a worsening of the environment. However,overpopulation is different in each country and has several causes.

On the one hand, the world´s population is growing and it is not good that it is doing so fast. It could produce an accelerated depletion of natural resources, and therefore, conflicts between nations. Another consequence of overpopulation is pollution and its effects on climate change.

On the other hand, there are some areas that are really losing population, espeacially in countries like China and Japan where the births are dropping because of the low levels of fertility. But there are many other countries where people have shorter lives because of high levels of child mortality and violence.

To sum up, overpopulation is a big problem that has many effects but I think the soluton is not in our hands to solve it.

comment 4

 LESS AND LESS WATER!!

 Floods are one of the most common dangerous in United States and also in Spain. There are many types of river floods. One of the most Known are the flash floods.

Flash floods can develop quickly, sometimes in just a few minutes, without visible signs of rain. Floods are produced in our planet as a result of factors like meteorological phenomena, human buildings, human activities or even because of the climate change.

Recently, the flash floods in south-eastern Spain have killed lots of people and 3,500 have been evacuated from their houses.
In many countries they have already taken precautions. For example, in Alicante where they have built a park designed to store and recycle rainwater.

To sum up, I think we should be careful with our actions and try to spend less water. Our planet could be in danger if we do not do anything!

comment 3

CAN WE LIVE WITHOUT

?

 We live in a world full of lies. We lie to the people around us and even we lie to ourselves. But can we really stop this?

Actually we live among lies, for example, on television. How many times television has advertising shown brands or has it want to sell us products that they actually are lies? We also see this on internet, in online shops that try to sell us clothes for prizes lower than they are in real. But not all lies are through internet or television.

In real life we lie without being really conscious. Sometimes these lies are little and harmless. But the problem is bigger when we lie in important situations and then it hurts us. For example, in a job interview,in the marks we got at the school, in the street or to our friends. The latter can end with many friendships.

Another situation in which we are liars is on social networks. There are many fake profiles of people who pretend to be someone who is not. Or even people that have a different behaviour in social networks than in real life.

All in all, we have to be careful in what we say, what we do or in what we lie about. We should stop telling lies and always try to tell the truth.

Composition 02

A DESCRIPTION OF A PERSON

 My friend Katherine is in a lower year than me. She is my best friend since last year. We met in a school exchange and then she came to Spain to the same school as me.

Katherine is slim and she´s medium built, although she is taller then me. Katherine takes after her mum. They both have blond, curly hair and blue eyes. She almost always likes wearing casual clothes to school. She is a flirty girl!

Katherine is different from my other friends. She is very friendly and quite confident. She`s very cheerful and she is smiling all the time. She is very good at telling bad jockes too. Katherine also plays the guitar brilliantly. Last year she played live on my birthday. It was fantastic!

My friend is very important for me. We get on really well and I trust her a lot. She knows she can count on me when she needs it.
All in all, I think Katherine is a great friend. 

Composition 01

A SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILE: your interests

 

My name is Lucía, I´m sixteen years old and I was born on 21st november. I have lived in England must of my life because my dad is from there, but eventually I live in Madrid (Spain).

One of my main interests is music. I really like the same as my dad. He loves music and so do I. I like both playing the guitar and going to concerts. My dad is very patient with me. He taught me to play the guitar when I was five years old and since then I´ve loved it. I go to music school almost all days, but I practise every day with my dad.

My other interest, apart from playing the guitar, is going to concerts. The guitar is my passion , but concerts are very different. I usually go on Saturdays with my dad, but when he can´t, I go with my mum. I feel many emotions when I listen to the singer. I really enjoy it! My favorite one is "Ed Sheeran", but I also like many other singers.

Both playing the guitar and going to concerts are very important for me. If they gave me the choice between one of them, I simply could not choose.