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My most special and favorable moment that I have celebrate with my family was my mom's birthday in 2024. My dad had an interesting idea to surprise my mom with our relatives in my grandparent's house. So, my grandma decorated the house with colorful balloons and other party ornaments and my dad called our cousins and grandparents to invite them to the party. When that day came, we arrived at the house, and I saw my two girl cousins after a very long time. I was over the moon and we had deep conversations with them. We were all inside the home and as my mother was walking towards the entrance and opened the door we surprised her with music and confetti. After that, my mom was socked and choked up because she had no idea of this event and didn't expect something like this to happen. We had a lot of fun together and me, my sister and our cousins spent precious time together, laughed and played a lot. I'm very grateful that I had the chance to make my mom's birthday unforgettable and I would like to do something similar again. A second memorable event was my aunt's wedding. All my family from my dad's side were invited to the event and when that day came, we got dressed with pretty clothes. When we arrived at the weeding, my sister and I saw my three cousins that we hadn't talk for years because they live away from my city. We were so happy to see them again and the wedding ceremony was beautiful with elegant and lovely decorations. It was a fantastic day because we had a lot of fun with our cousins and we mostly played video games because my boy cousin likes playing on the phone. I would love to go again in a similar occasion and enjoy meaningful time with my loved one's.

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I just had the most terrifying experience in my life. I went to a remote mountain lab to take my internship. When I got there I saw a lever with a skull symbol on it and I pulled it to see what it did. It turned out that this wasn’t a very good idea. When the door opened many mutant zombies came out. Then I saw three people coming out of the lab. It was the janitor, the lab assistant and the old professor. The only way to escape from the zombies was to cross an old rope bridge spanning a massive gorge. But we couldn’t cross the bridge all together because it would break. So only two people could go at a time with one of them holding the lantern. The old professor needed 10 minutes to cross the bridge, the janitor 5 minutes, the lab assistant 2 and I needed 1 minute. But we only had 17 minutes to cross the bridge so we had to make a good plan. Me and the lab assistant started crossing the bridge together which took us 2 minutes and me as the quickest ran back with the lantern. Now that 3 minutes had passed the old professor and the janitor took the lantern to cross to the other side which took them 10 minutes. When they finished there were only 4 minutes left, so the lab assistant took the lantern and crossed the bridge to take me. So after she came to me we started running fast to get away from the zombies. Thankfully we made it to the other side and cut the ropes in time and saved ourselves.

Agapi Karageorgou

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Once upon a time, a curious intern, while he was returning from a remote and deserted experimental laboratory, decided to lower a red lever with a skull engraved on it to see what would happen. But what happened was not the best development of things... This lever released an army of zombies who started heading towards the old bridge. That is, to the only way out of this isolated place. However, the intern was not alone in the laboratory. With him was a lab assistant, a janitor and finally the professor. They calculated that they only had 17 minutes until the zombies got there. Unfortunately for them, they couldn't, simply, cross the bridge... There were some problems. Initially, the bridge could only hold 2 people at a time. Later, not everyone took the same time to cross it. The intern did 1 minute, the lab assistant 2, the janitor 5 and finally the professor 10. Finally, those who were on the bridge had to have a lantern with them. After some thought they found a way to do it. The plan was : First, the intern and the lab assistant would cross the bridge, which would take 2 minutes. Later, the intern would go back , in 1 minute, to give the lantern to the other 2, after which they cross the bridge, which would last another 10 minutes. Then, the lab assistant would take the lantern and cross to the opposite side, in 2 minutes, and together with the intern they would cross the bridge one last time. Thus, in 17 minutes they would have time to cut the bridge so that the zombies couldn't follow them.

Lilitsa Fragkou

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The adventure of the intern is one student came to practice on a remote mountain . The student, she pull one lever and inside of one door, it had many zombies. All they must cross the bridge, but student she had help to extermination the zombies and cut the bridge to felt and for escape. The intern ( he has 1 min to cross the bridge ), the lab assistant ( 2 min ), the janitor ( 5 min ), and the professor ( 10 min ). Now they must cross the bridge on 17 min all together, but we have problems. First problem is that the bridge, it can endure to people the time and one of two people to hold a flashlight. Also they can't jump from the edge in the edge and they can't goes with the boat of bridge. Extra they can't make friends the zombies. They can escape with the intern and assistant where they cross the bridge first. After 2 min the janitor and professor. When they finished, the lab assistant she takes the lever and she takes the intern. Later the intern cut the bridge and the zombies felt on the gorge

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Best Friend - A day in the life of the attacker

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Best Friend - A day in the life of the attacker

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Today I woke up early in the morning... or late? I'm not sure as not a lot of sunlight reaches the subway under the city, where I live. All I know, though is that I didn't sleep a lot, as I was chasing a man last night, to get his device.

Life has been really tough lately, as I haven't used a device for almost a week! Fortunately though, today, I managed to violently take the device from an old man. His device was almost empty, but I enjoyed every second of using it. It was like magic! All of my pain, starvation and fatigue disappeared! The man had probably got lost searching for a vending machine (like most people down here). While I was chasing him, I think I spotted some used, thrown away eyedrops, so tomorrow I'll go there to take a look. Ah! only thinking about the feeling of using a device makes me go crazy! Not only does it make me forget about my problems, it reminds me of my younger self too! I used to work at the company "Best friend" before the product was released. One day they fired me because I used the device to test it. Now, I would give everything to get my job back, so that I can get some more money to buy eyedrops, but back then, I didn't really care, since I had a lot of money, and the only thing that started to be in my mind was getting more eyedrops. Since then, I became an addict, selling my house and all my valuables to get eyedrops, but when I got attacked and lost my device, I became desperate, violent and crazy! I'm still living off of other's devices and leftover eyedrops, but now that I have started this diary, I can forget my pain and my addiction for a while.

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How  do Arthur's emotions change and develop throughout the story?

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How  do Arthur's emotions change and develop throughout the story?

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• When Arthur celebrates his birthday with his friends, he seems to be a little thoughtful, maybe thinking that he's now 30, and not young anymore, and his condition at that age. He's also quite tired, probably because he hasn't slept in a while. Finally, he also has a fake sense of happiness, as while he thinks he's spending time with his friends, he is not, since they are only virtual

• When he can't charge his device when he wants to, he is desperate, and stressed out, not to mention that he's completely exhausted from partying with his virtual friends.

•When he gets attacked, he seems lost and scared, but still desperate to get his eye drops.

• In the last scene of the video, Arthur is tired from the whole day, but also thoughtful, probably about his life and the condition he is in. Then, his virtual friend calls him, and he regains that fake sense if happiness, as he's going back to his everyday "nightmare".

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My best friend's name is Anastasia. She has amazing blue eyes and blodish hair. She is a little bit shorter than me and she is skinny. She usually wears bright colours and her favourite one is baby blue and purple. She likes cats ver much and she has one named Simba.
She likes listening to metal and her favourite band is Slayer. Her favourite season is summer because she enjoys swimming. She is beautiful and kind most of the time but she may be sturnborn and she rarely admits she is wrong.
We have many things in common, mostly about travels, and we are planning to go to Brazil when we grow older. She is drawing really well and she also likes to writing poems and reading novels.
We always have fun when we hang out even if sometimes we argue over small things. We try to be honest with eachother and she has always been there for me when I had a problem since the third grade of primary school.

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My best friend’s name is Kostas,I met him last year in summer but he has become my closest friend as we are always together.He has short,thick and black hair,he is skinny but eats a lot.Kostas’ favourite sport is motocross and Mike is football,but we both like mountain biking very much.He does it like 5 years unlike me who started 2-3 months ago.He is a very potential best friend because he always asks if I’m okay and is really careful.

Andreas Karamalikis

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My best friend is Anna. She has short honey hair, brown eyes and she is short and slim.

She likes wairing leggings, athletics shoes and sweatshirts.

She is very shy, but with me is very joke and happy.

Her favorite hobbies is volley, drawing and dancing. She likes colour bleu and loves pizza.

When I am feeling down, Anna brings me chocolate to make me happy!

I am very happy to have a friend as her and I would never to lose her.

Maria Panagiotopoulou

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I have a lot of friends, whom I spend a lot of time with, but my best friend is Alex.

Alex and I, have been friends since primary school, where we first met. We have a lot in common; for instance, we both enjoy watching action movies, playing football, basketball and video games. We usually go out during the weekend to watch a film or to play computer games.

Alex is a really kind person, who apologizes quite often, so it's rare for us to argue. He is also honest and never lies. However, he isn't a good student, so I help him when he doesn't understand something.

Our friendship is solid, as it is based on trust, loyalty, and mutual understanding. I strongly believe that the most important factor in a friendship is loyalty and respect. If these values are missing in a friendship, I'm sure it won't last long.

Alex and I have a great friendship, and I wish we'll stay friends in the future aswell. I always help my friend when he needs help, the same way he helps me when I need him. After all, isn't that what friends are for?

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My best friend is Kostas, I've known him since I was 5 years old in elementary school. He has black hair brown eyes and likes to make jokes. His favorite sports are football. this friend is one of the most important things to me because he is there when I need him!

Savvas Tsatsos

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It's not what it looks like {the true story behind the addicted man }

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It's not what it looks like {the true story behind the addicted man }

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''I can not do this anymore'', I say everyday over and over again. I'm 57 years old. All my life, I spent it with my wife until she passed away. I didn't have friends, or siblings. I was unhappy after my wife left. My only consolation are these eye-drops. Thanks to the implants, my life is not miserable anymore. It feels illegal and so good at the same time. I can feel emotions again! I got addicted to this device Best Friend as all the society did. I got violent when I did not have money to charge my device back.This drove me crazy, because I felt that I lost all my happiness and my virtual friends. I have received many attacks from strangers in the past because they desperately wanted my full-battery implant. I do not blame them, because I do the same thing everyday. It's all about survival.

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The specific definition is an imaginary world or society in which people lead wretched, dehumanized, oppressed lives. A near synonym is anti-utopia. It is the opposite of a perfect society.

The main characteristics of a dystopian society are: information and independence are controlled and restricted. Furthermore, a single leader, or figurehead is followed blindly by most of the society. Moreover, citizens live in constant fear, and the environment is typically destroyed and ignored. Also, the society gives the illusion of perfection, but it is truly corrupted. In the end, conformity is valued above almost everything else.

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I think 🤔 this man was the future of Arthur. He want to tell him to stop 🛑, but he continued wearing the implant of the virtual friends.

I am the future of Arthur , many times they attacked me to still my implant. I wanted to say to him that he has to change his life and not continue living like this.

I didn’t want him to end up like me. I want to change his missable life, but he didn’t....

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Dear diary,

From sunrise I thought it would be another day like all the others. Hiding here in the alleys and sewers until dark, so I can get out without being seen. Since the police were on my trail and my arrest was a matter of days, I came here. Since then my only living friends are the mice and I spend all my time talking to the virtual ones. It has been 3 whole years since since I saw a real person. He was the one who operated me to put in my 13th implant. I used to have a normal life like everyone else. However, from the moment that the "Best friend " company appeared, all my friends renounced me to join the rest of society and install an implant. So did I ... one day , however... while I was here, in this alley, a stranger approached me and took my implant. I was surprised when I saw that he hasn't were an implant. He gave me his hand and asked me to be friends. I told him he was crazy and handed him over to the police. But a few days later, after I had put a new implant, I had a nightmare reliving that moment and woke up covered in blood. Then I realized that I had done it to myself. I had my implant removed. This continued over and over again for 12 times. Until I did it to someone else. Then, the police started chasing and looking for me. And today, I saw the same dream again, at the moment when someone happened to pass by the vending machine to get ampoules for his implant, I couldn't resist. I ran and took it off him...

Lilitsa Fragkou

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The interview of the homeless man reveals the hidden truth behind the story.

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The interview of the homeless man reveals the hidden truth behind the story.

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-hi mister homeless man. We invited you to this interview today so we can learn your side of the story.

-hi . Im so happy that i came here to steal... I mean to tell you mine side of the story of course.

-yeah. So tell us about it

-it all started 2 years ago. The new best friend company had just came out and I was excited to try it. First i took a device and put it on.

-it must have been nice.

-yeah it was. And this feeling....mmmmmm. i would give my life for that. But suddenly someone came and took it from me.

-it was painful?

-ohhhh yeah. Blood was everywhere. I was a little bit angry but i didn't think it was important.

-so you just went and got another one?

- Exactly . But someone came and took it from me again. After many times of repeating the same event I started to become violent.

-and you started taking the devices from others?

-Yep... The money was running out so I started stealing the devices and the drops.

-how do you feel now?

-i regret this. I wont do it.... Wait! Is this the best friend device in your head? YOUR DEVICE OR YOUR LIFE

Eleana gerokonstanti

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I think the man that attacked Arthur was the Arthur of the future. He end up so, because he was putting all the time a new implant, when someone removed it from him. In the video, we saw the man with many scars, means that after a few days, Arthur took out the impact protection and he had a scar, with was the same with the man. Arthur put an another implant and that day he saw his future.

Maria Panagiotopoulou

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The attacker attacked the man beacuse he in his past life was just like the man and wanted to keep his past life with the device that was planted in the mans head

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The thing that I couldn't live without is something that most people nowadays have, and use daily. It's one of today's most common addictions, and I have to admit that sometimes I feel that I'm addicted too.

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Recently, I've started watching "Friends" a very famous TV series that launched its pilot episode in 1994, and I have been obsessed with it, so I decided to write my review about it.

Despite the fact that the series is quite old, it's popular to this day. "Friends" is a comedy program about the everyday life of 6 friends who live in the same apartment. I believe that this series quickly got popular because of the flawless and totally convincing acting of the cast, not to mention the fact that the script is well-developed with a lot of hilarious jokes.

I'm currently in the 8th out of the 10 seasons which I think is the best one so far. The plot is so gripping that every time I finish an episode I can't wait to start the next. Another reason why I love "Friends" is because of one of the main characters, Joey, who I find the funniest out of all 6 and sometimes I can relate to him. Finally, since this series is based on the friendship of 6 people who often argue and sometimes might not be close to each other, many viewers can get valuable lessons on how to behave better with their friends.

To sum up, "Friends" is a great choice for someone who is looking to start a TV program, as it not only contains a lot of humor, but it also teaches us how to act around our friends.

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The sky was dark and the wind was howling. A thunderstorm had started and I didn't know how i could get home. The storm was getting stronger and stronger. Me and my 3 friends were inside the escape room we went for Sam's birthday. We had only 30 minutes left to get out but we couldn't find the last clue until Emma pointed and yelled " em i think this is something".
At that moment, the little tv we had there turned off as we were about to read a paper that had slipped under the door. We run to the only dim light we had in the room and I started reading."The escape room's team is senting this just in case someone is locked, if you are reading this then you are one of them. The escape room is closed and you have to wait till the morning. Don't try to unlock any window or door. Be careful." The paper read and then we realised how long this night was going to be.
Jonathan started panicking, while Mary was trying to call her mum but there was no signal. Suddenly, we heard a siren and then we saw glass pecies everywhere. It was the window. Jonathan broke the window and hurt his hand while the police was coming. We were explaining ourselves while they were driving us to the hospital to help Jonathan.
The next day, we woke up next to Jonathan's bed when Sam told us that the police said to her " I dont know what you four kids were playing but there was any papaer and you weren't in an escape room but in someone's house! You should be thanking them for not suing you."
We all looked at her with confusion in our faces when Mary said "Well it's over now , so we are okay".

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Study the following links with resources relevant to Dystopian societies to collect information for your final project on Best Friend:

1. ESL - Dystopian Literature Characteristics

2. What are dystopias?

3. Writing Prompt: Create a Utopian Society (That Becomes a Dystopia)

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In my opinion, I consider myself lively and self confident in most occasions. On the other side, I get easily emotional, especially when I don't get good grades at school as I expected. Also, as a person I'm very productive and organized all the time, and sometimes I expect everything that I prepared, such as my room or my school exercises to be perfect, which obviously cannot be possible. Last but not least, I care and support other people more than myself, and that's something I want to change gradually. So in this way, I would start feeling happier and more confident about myself, and most importantly, I would stop caring about people's opinions because most times it does affect me a lot without a real reason. I think, I'm an introvert person because I prefer doing things on my own, and sometimes I enjoy staying home and take care of myself. But in some occasions, I'm an extroverted person because I love to meet new people and do activities outside.

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My mother is a confident and dominant person. She prefers doing her work alone without anyone's help, but when it comes to house chores she wants me and my sister to help her clean the house, because she says that most of the time we do anything else but assist her. Furthermore, she enjoys helping people by sharing her ideas and opinions in different aspects. I like the fact that she is a chill person most of the time and when I feel anxious and stressed she is always there to support and tell me that everything is going to be okay, as long as I don't think negatively. My mum is an ambivert person because she prefers to stay at home with her family, but also loves to go out and spend precious time with loved ones. So it depends on the occasions and her mood to decide how to spend her free time.

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My close friend Helen is a lively and brave person and what I personally admire her for is her lack of fear and the fact that when she is in a difficult situation she always finds a way to solve her problem. She enjoys talking to a lot of people and spending her free time hanging out with her friends. Sometimes, Helen prefers staying alone in her house and especially loves sleeping for many hours. Furthermore, she is a loyal and dependable person which is an advantage to attract more teenagers to start having a closer relationship with her. On the other hand, she is stubborn and headstrong because when she considers herself right and fair she doesn't care about what the other person's opinions are, and that's something negative to have, because it leads to misunderstandings and fights without an actual reason.