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Our society puts too much emphasis on appearance - Unit 1

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Our society puts too much emphasis on appearance - Unit 1

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Firstly I think that in all the world, not just in our culture it is put too much emphasis in appearance. It is claim to be fit, slender, stunning, and not only physical appearance, it is also judge the personality, the economic situation, the clothes someone uses, etc. Nowadays it’s not as important this topic as a couple years ago. In my opinion I think that the society is more emphatic and disrespectful now than ever even though is still here this situation and will always be.

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Writing prompts: The day your hope was restored: 

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Writing prompts: The day your hope was restored: 

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HERE I AM

It is said that when you fall down

down to the bottom,

there are only two options to choose between

either stay there at the darkness on your own,
or stand up and move on.

So once, I took the second one.

I chose the one I had to swim, climb, and struggle;

I chose the pain of fighting

rather than the pain of losing the battle.

Sometimes, we all need to get at THAT point, in which we realize what we are made of.

There is always THAT point, that we use to impulse ourselves upward again,

to what we used to be before we fell,

and to go back to us once more.

So a while ago… I chose the second one,

And here I am. It’s me,

with all my past and present;

With all my struggles and fights;

My wins and my falls.

Here I am, and here I go
to everything that’s coming now on, pointing to the surface and more.

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I didn’t write the poem to anyone in particular. Or maybe yes, in a messed way to me at the end. When I write it’s as if I could connect my mind or heart to where I am. To be closer to me when I get a little apart. It’s that ground wire capable of getting me down to earth. And also when I want to take out all of what I have inside so as not to get overflown with my own thoughts.

Sometimes I have the need to show up how I am, how I feel or how I’ve been in the past. I feel like I’m healing every time I talk about something that I have passed. I feel reassurance and also it is to me as if I could get stronger in a way. Maybe I wrote to uncover feelings. Maybe I wrote to uncover me.

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Email: wanted e-friends / student’s book, page 13 

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Email: wanted e-friends / student’s book, page 13 

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Hello,

I’m writing from your partner school in Argentina. My name’s Pia and I’m 15 years old. I’m your e-friend so I was looking forward to writing to you.

I live in Mendoza, an Argentinian province, with my parents and my brother who’s 19. I used to play hockey until a couple of weeks ago, but now I’m training triathlon. I’m super excited about this new activity.

I have a big group of friends. I’m attaching a photo so you can see us. I’m the fourth, counting from left to right of the bottom row. That day we went to the Valle Grande for rafting, that’s why we were wearing helmets and life vests. We had a lot of fun, it was a great moment. They are incredible persons who I met last year. They are fun and very kind. You would love to have them as your friends.

Please email back and send me a photo of your friends! I want to know all about you!

Bye for now,

Pia.

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In holidays most people relax. They tried not to work or worry about stuff as is the period of time people have for their selfs. They often travel abroad to places they wonder to see and also often meet new people. They take advantage of the free time they have, to be able to do things they always wanted to do but not always have the chance on common days.
It depends a lot in each person tastes of activities, though almost people enjoy getting a suntan when they are relaxing by the pool, meeting with family, or just read a good book.
A lot of people, also take a good use of their time and help in local communities or plan projects. They use their available time to do useful hobbies as learning a new language. To sum up, all people try to take a release from stress that mostly all, accumulates since the year started.

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My ideal holiday is more likely as the last description or the second one. On holidays I want to relax and do what I feel like, as lying down by the beach or by the pool with a book in hand, but also meeting new places I have never been. I find really exciting to explore and adventure sites unknown for me and the reason is that you can learn a lot of new things as cultures or stuff you don’t usually see.

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Houses and homes didn’t used to be on the outskirts of the city but now due to the  facility of transport they are further  away of the urban area.

Until the 1900s people used to travel around by carts.

A long ago, people used to get entertain by watching worriers, fight to animals.

People didn’t used to buy groceries at grocery stores, they used to have their own vegetable gardens and prepare all by themselves.

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Between the holidays that the magazine article described, I’d choose go on a trek through the Grand Canyon. Firstly, because I’ve always wanted to go to Arizona and the west of the USA. Secondly, if I go on that trip, I might be able to go down the Canyon on rafts along the river and that would be astonishing. And last but not least, I would have the chance to know people from other countries as it is a cultural  and a concurrent point.

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After of talking about happiness, we conclude that it can be multiple defined. In the world there are a lots of things that make one happy, but not all of them have the same value. Some are more lifelong than others, and some are just momentary. We believe that society needs differents types of happiness, sometimes is product of material things and other times from intangible things. Our tips for readers are:
- being grateful for all things, good and bad because all things happen for some reason and the most powerful thing, is that belief.
- love others but love yourself first, because love is the key of a wonderful world.
- Lastly, let it be. Let you feel all feelings, and let them flow. The rule of the yin yang. All bad things have good ones and all good things have bad ones. You decide which way you take.

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Hi Agus,

You won’t believe what I’m going to tell you! You know I’d been playing hockey since I was really young, I always enjoyed it but some months ago I started to get bored and not to be the same as habitual, so I decided to stop for a time and try others sports.

I’ve always been keen on swimming, therefore I started to train 3 times a week. Besides I am giving a chance at cycling and running, so my schedule is really full. I enjoy a lot what I’m doing know and I feel  comfortable with the team which i’m training with, they are so open and kind.

Some of my friend hardly ever do exercise, or just do the exercise that school require them to do. I don’t agree with that, for me doing sport is something essential, not only for your physical health, but also for you mental health. Moreover, doing exercise has been proved scientifically that it helps for happiness and to be released from stress that you may have due to work, school or other worries, so it is crucial.

What do you think about the change I have made?

Tell me about you and what you are doing to stay healthy and fit!

Hope to hear from you soon,

Pia.

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Shinto is a Japanese religion that means “the way of kami”. The aim of the text is to make readers more conscious of the deities that we have present every day that we don’t usually become aware of. We have many things that surround us and we need to be aware of that simple things that provide our truly happiness.

So we need to learn to live in the present, because you are now alive, and as all things can come, they can go away as well.