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The video was effective, because I learned a lot more about the problems of illiteracy as well as the importance of learning how to read and write.

I liked the animation and the soundtrack of the video, It discussed serious problems with a positive outlook.

The video made me feel uneasy, because of all the problems that were shown in it, but I still enjoyed the video, because the issue is seriously acknowledged.

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I believe that this video is very effective. This video shows people how important it is to learn. When we learn, it helps us to think, to love, it helps us to make everything possible. After watching this video, people can understand that what they do in school or work is very useful to them.
I really liked this video, because it showed us to appreciate learning and achieve things that we want to achieve.
The video makes me feel happy because I see that these people enjoy learning, communicating, playing, but also this video makes me a bit sad. After in all, in this world, there are a lot of people that can't feel the joy of learning. They experience discrimination because of their inability to learn or read and that is the sad part of our world.

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The video was very effective. I learned a lot of interesting information about illiteracy and how many people have it.

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This video is effective because it tells people that we can’ t live without education, which teaches us to read and write and some people don’t have an opportunity to have that. I like this video because it  encourages people to help those people who don’t have an opportunity to have an education. It makes me sad to see that some people can’t even get a proper education which would make their life much better.

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I think that is an effective video because it shows the real struggles of illiterate person’s life. I liked it because the video shows the truth, and it says that we can make a change which we can do easily just by helping them. The video kind of makes me sad because it shows that not every person can read and imagine beautiful stories, they can’t live normally because I think that they live in fear – if someone, who don’t know about their struggles, will ask to read something.

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---Yes, the video is affective, but maybe some people wouldn’t see a problem there, because people in the video are happy, maybe they could show some of the difficulties illiterate people are facing.

I liked the video, it’s a very positive video, that helps spread
knowledge of illiteracy.

The video focuses more on the positive side, and shows
the positive side, the first video made me feel sad and keen to help those people, maybe sign a
petition form even. This video made me think about the problem of literacy, but not as much as the
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I think the video is affective for people to understand a problem that is in a world right now.

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In my opinion, the video helps to shine onto to problems that illiteracy can cause. I can't say that I like or dislike the video, because I find this video quite serious and normally I don't find serious videos that likeable. This video makes me more curious and sad.

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To my mind, the video is very effective and really helps to understand how important the issues discussed are. I think the song lyrics as well as the shown images make a really big impact. The video made me feel pretty upset but helped me understand some of the biggest problems our world is facing.

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This video is very effective and educational because it helps people to understand how much literacy is important in our life. I think that without literacy we are nothing. I really liked the video. It helped me to understand how important literacy is and how much people don't have possibilities to learn it. This video made me feel a little bit dumb because before watching it, I didn't know that literacy is that important. After watching it I realized that I should practice my literacy skills and take it serious. I'm blessed that I have possibilities to learn it.

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I believe that the video is educational. Because it made me realize what problems illiterate people face. It is very emotional and touches the subjects that an illiterate person may encounter. I'm not sure if I like or dislike this video, but it's a bit unsettling.

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Illiteracy affects all areas of life. People with low literacy skills are far more likely to live in poverty, face health problems because they can't read labels or instructions. The problems an illiterate person might face throughout their life: lower income, lower-quality jobs, reduced access to lifelong learning and professional development. People struggling with literacy are more likely to be poor, lack education, and miss out on opportunities to participate fully in society.

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An illiterate person can hardly find a job, they can have a lot of trouble in school.

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An illiterate person can’t do a lot of the things other people do. They often feel trapped or casted out by the rest of the world. For example, they are a lot more likely to live in poverty, because of the difficulty to find a well-paid job or any job at all.  They find it very difficult to raise children as well.

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An illiterate person has a lot of problems finding a job, most of them are unemployed and have a lower- quality jobs with lower income. Illiterate person lives with poverty, they also get involved in crime.

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An illiterate person is not able able to pass exams at school, so they can not finish school.
An illiterate person can’t read or write books, or even text messages.
An illiterate person can find problem orienting in a city even with a map.
An illiterate person can not communicate with others via phone or social media

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An illiterate person will have a lot of trouble finding a decent job and paying the bills, because nowadays you are expected to be literate. They would also be unable to use most modern technologies and would have trouble even doing tasks such as buying groceries.

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Illiterate person might face lots of problems through his life. One of the biggest problems would be job because rarely companies need a person who cannot read or write. The next big problem would be taxes and other documents because it would be hard for this person to fill out forms and documents.

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An illiterate person is limited in obtaining the information when it‘s presented in a written form. Also an illiterate person might have problems with employment, because many work places require reading or doing documentation. Also if they get employed they get a lower income then everyone else.

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Unable to read and write road signs not being able to understand the directions. Not being able to communicate with people on the same basis as they're not educated enough to comprehend some words. Literate people know multiple languages and It's much easier for them to communicate abroad, an illiterate person may not have the knowledge.

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An illiterate person might face such problems as the inability to find a well-paying job.  Such people could be looked down upon by others that have a higher education since it makes the educated people feel better about themselves even though that is not very good. All in all, an illiterate person might face a lot of struggles and experience hate from others.

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An illiterate person might face problems such as having trouble finding a well-paying job and having limited ability to understand essential information. Also, illiterate people have more difficulties fitting in the society.

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Public transport is a huge con when living in a big city, because on pico hours many people get into the traffic jams and if everyone is using , or most of them public transport, you have stated time when it arrives and gets to a place where you need to, so you can plan something further without worrying about it.

In big city there is a big population, so a lot of people work hard and after work the need to take a break. Not always people want to take a break by themselves and want to hang out more in public or go somewhere else. Public parks, cinemas, huge stores centres are a great way to relax and clear your head. People can have picnics, watch movies or just walk around, go have dinner at restaurant.

People sometimes fall from a bike, get into car crash especially when living in a big city in which leads to injuries, good medicine is a very big con to that, so people can get casts and fully heal themselves. Also there are many diseases and because of many people walking down the streets they spreads quicker than usual so good doctors and a big number of them can solve this problem very fast

Every day there are new people coming into this world, everyone needs education to have a better life , have more opportunities in life. So big cities need to have improved maybe not usual classes where for a child it would be entertaining and so in that they remember the classes and what they learned so it would help them further in life. It’s a huge plus for a city if any person gets popular from that town and it will bring more families to come here to live, it will attract visitors from other countries.

In big city for people to be happy there has to be more activities they can go to. In big cities people like to go shopping very often, not just for food, but for new outfits and clothing. Cultural activities are a good way to clear your mind after hard day of work, so people get gathered have a meal, go to a park for picnic, visit a museum. Also people can go volunteering, attending to sport events.

Technology is a very interesting subject for most of the people these days. Technology is everywhere. The bigger the city is the more technology in it should be because it attracts new people to come live here. Technology also boosts other factors like education or medicine, also the entertainment. In education with technology is more entertaining and if it’s entertaining children will remember it for a good while where it can help. In medicine, it will help determinate what decease people have and maybe produce antibiotics for people to get healthy faster. Technology opens up new entertainments like computer games, which are very popular these days.

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Transport- The transport system is convenient and has a system all over the city, as well as easy access for everyone. Buses drive around a lot more often and usually have more than one option for a route. It helps citizens to travel from one place to another a lot easier and quicker.

Entertainment- The entertainment industry in the city has a very wide range of options and services for not only the residents to experience, but newcomers and travelers as well. Big movie theaters and video game arcades, music halls and night clubs certainly have a better working schedule in a big city than compared to the small cities.

Health services- The health services are a lot better in bigger cities because the hospitals have more newer updated equipment, very well educated and trained doctors and paramedics as well as fast access to everybody.

Education- Education in bigger cities is a lot better compared to smaller cities, because schools and universities here have a higher quality of educational tools and qualifications for teachers, as well as bigger infrastructures for students to learn.

Cultural activities and shopping areas-  Big cities have an advantage of growing  a lot of interesting industries. There are many shops for everyone to choose from and enjoy its contents. There are big shopping centers and cultural activities that surely can be very useful and entertaining as well.

Technology- Technology in bigger cities is one of the best. It is always growing and improving in order to make citizens lives easier and convenient. Not only some of them can help with the ecosystem to fight pollution or global warming, but also improve the quality of life.

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Transportation is easy and fast in urban areas, you can reach your destination on time.

In urban areas you can find more activities and spend your leisure time as fun and productive as possible.

There are more health services in urban areas that can provide medical care and help in need.

In urban areas there are more schools, universities and educational institutions that can provide you with education that you need.

There are more cultural activities and shopping areas in big cities where you can educate yourself or buy something new.

There are more different technologies in urban areas and they are more evolved.

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Public transport in a big city is a huge benefit. There is a lot of busses, trains and etc to make your traveling easier.

Everyone likes to be entertained and living in the big city makes it a whole lot easier, almost everywhere you turn you can find a new interesting activity to do, there are ton of libraries, shopping centers, coffee shops, restaurants, poker clubs, movie theaters, and so on.

Another advantage of living in a big city is health services. There are hospitals almost everywhere you look, so getting there in time of need should be no problem.

Education is very important for everyone, especially for students and youth. The quality of teaching is much better in cities than in other regions.

No matter how old you entertaining activities are always fun for everybody! There is a huge selection of them in big cities and you can always find something you love.

Technology is very important these days. Having technology around can make your life a lot easier and improve the quality of it

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Transport is a large benefit because you get from living in a city because it is very efficient and you have more choices such as using a bus or metro.

Entertainment is a large benefit of living in a city because there is a lot of different activities you can partake in and usually theres a great nightlife too.

Health services are great in cities because you don‘t have to worry about a long journey in the ambulance while being badly hurt.

Education is also better in cities
because cities are big melting pots of ideas and cultures which will broaden your world view.

Cultural activities and shopping areas are also plentiful in cities and usually they are of a higher quality since with more people they earn more money.

Technology is a big advantage of a city because they have to constantly adapt and evolve especially if the population grows fast. Also with more people that have different ideas in such a melting pot tend innovate.

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1. The advantage of living in a big city are transport and developed road structures. Thanks to it there are no difficulties to travel through the city.

2. One of the pluses of living in a big city is education. People have a wide variety of choices where they want to study in good conditions.

3. While living in a big city people have a large variety of places where they can spend their leisure time such as museums, theaters, cinemas, clubs or galleries.

4. Benefit of living in a big city is health care institutions. In the big cities health care is more developed than in the rural areas. People can get medical assistance on the highest level.

5. The beauty of living in a big city are cultural activities and shopping areas. There are a lot of museums, galleries in the city. Also, there are a wide choice of shopping areas.
6. The advantage of living in a big city is technology. Science is more improved in the city centre and there are more technology that can improve the quality of life.

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1.In my opinion transport is one of  the most important benefit of living in big city. When you can travel comfortable in city and you have freedom to choose your transport it's makes city more attractive and comfortable.

2.Entertainment is one of the keys to attracting tourists and immigrants to the city. Business can easily grow when the city has a lot of visitors who likely will spend money on entertainments.

3.Health services are important more to local residents of the city and tourists. When you know that if you call an ambulance and you will get help in a few minutes it gives you a feeling of security for you. For tourists important that you easily can get help if needed without any obstacles in that way city can attract new tourists who will spend money in city.

4. Education is important mostly for young people who want to study and get their profession in order to get money and work the job of their dreams. Education makes workers for business and government and they fullfill new free workplaces. Education makes the city more attractive for ambitious and smart students who will live in the city.

5. Cultural activities and shopping areas helps to attract new settlers to the city. In that way businesses can earn more money, grow faster and create more workplaces. With new setllers  cities will grow and prosper.

6.Technology is important for city ecology. With new technologies, we can make the city's air more cleaner. Too we can make greener parks. In that way, the city will become more comfortable for living and working.

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•The benefit of transport in a big city is great because people can easily reach any part of the city without having to drive a car.
• A lot of entertainment places benefit a big city by occupying people and attracting tourists to their country.
• Many available health services really benefit a big city due to the amount of people living there.
• Many educational institutions greatly benefit a big city by attracting students from abroad.
•  Cultural activities and shopping areas benefit a big city by spreading people's knowledge about their country.
•  A big city benefits of technology by creating and sponsoring new inventions.

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1. Transportation in a city is more accessible to everyone and is the main way of commuting of the entire city since many people get to their works by metro, buses, taxis.
2. The bigger the city, the bigger is the entertainment since many people want to relax and rewind after a long day of work and not only is it good for people but also for many businesses which means that there are a lot of job opportunities.
3. Healthcare in the cities is considered the best way of getting help if you feel sick since many hospitals have highest quality equipment for diagnosing patients.
4.  Education in cities allows many young people to learn more than an average person could since schools get funding from the federal government and gets better equipment for experiments, school trips to government institutes other areas of higher education.
5. Cultural activities and shopping areas are the main income of many people since the commercial areas are considered to be the most profitable way of increasing the funding of the city.
6. Bigger cities have better institutions that accelerates research on many different science fields like physics, chemistry, mathematics which allows us to improve our technological knowledge and make our future greater.

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Transport- There are a few ways that you can travel in a big city, they have a variety of public transport like buses, trains, planes and cars, which makes it easier to get from one place to another.

Entertainment- There are a lot of entertainment in a big city like festivals, theatres, cinemas and even more, which makes it more enjoyable to live there.

Health services-  Big cities usually have hospitals and nursing homes where there are good doctors to take care of us when we have diseases or illnesses.

Education- Big cities have better education opportunities, there is always to learn something new or develop something in a city, the pay is also higher in cities so it’s easier to save money for the child’s education.

Cultural activities and shopping areas- There are many shopping centers, museums and parks that you can visit in a big city, those activities help you to develop your social and intellectual skills.

Technology- There are a lot of new technologies in a big city that you won’t see in a rural area, technology keeps getting better and better, because big cities have all the resources they need, to make living there even more enjoyable.

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1)One of the advantages of living in a big city is public transport. Transport facilities are highly developed. It can be faster to get from place to place in a city or town.
2)One of the advantages of living in a big city is vast entertainment options than in a countryside because in a city there are cinemas, arcades and other various attractions. Most entertainments are easy to reach.
3)Hospitals and clinics in a big city are close by for easy access to healthcare or aid due to that you're getting faster service.
4)There are more shopping centers and cultural activities such as museums, theaters due to that you can save money because there is more to choose from and you may find something cheaper.
5)Technology in a big city is much more developed than in the countryside and because of that you are getting better and safer quality traveling or cheaper electricity due to solar panels.
6)Talking about education in a big city there are schools usually larger also are more qualified teachers than schools in rural areas and towns.

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A big city would be not good if there were no transport because it would be extremely difficult to get to different parts of the city, not everybody has their personal transport. With no entertainment citizens would get bored, and there‘s a huge population to satisfy. Therefore it‘s good if a city has a lot of entertainment. With no health services citizens would quickly become ill, so it‘s a must. With no education citizens would have no opportunities in life or lack common sense. A city lacking cultural activities and shopping areas would be extremely dull and uninspiring. And finally a city lacking technology would probably be extremely inefficient and possibly extremely harmful to the environment.

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·        Transport in a big city is one of the biggest advantages because there are a lot of ways to travel, people can take a bus or a taxi because there are many bus stops and people can easily book a taxi from an app.

·        In a big city there are a lot of ways to entertain yourself and spend your free time because there are many services like theatres, cinemas and attractions.

·        Health services is a big advantage because in a big city hospitals and clinics are everywhere. If someone had an accident they can easily get medical help.

·        In a big city there are a lot of schools and universities so all people can get diplomas and work the job that they like.

·        Cultural activities and shopping areas are widely spread. Big cities have a lot of shopping areas because demand for them is really big also the museums are very popular.

·        Another advantage of living in a big city is technology because everything is cheaper that countryside.

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1. TRANSPORT. One of the advantages of living in a big city is public transportation. In every bus stop, there are tens of busses to take you to any part of the city in just a couple of minutes.
2. ENTERTAINMENT. Another advantage of living in a big city is a wide range of entertainment services. There are a lot of places such as museums, movie theaters, arcades and other fun places to spend your weekends at.
3. HEALTH SERVICES. Another advantage of living in a big city are health services. All around the city you can find a lot of hospitals where you can go if you get hurt. In life or death situations it's really important to find a hospital that could save your life.
4. EDUCATION. Another advantage of living in a big city is that there are a lot of schools, universities and other places where you can improve your knowledge about what surrounds you.
5. CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AND SHOPPING AREAS. Another advantage of living in a big city are cultural activities and shopping areas. You can travel by bus to the city center and I'm sure you can find at least one of these type of shops. A lot of teens like to spend their weekends shopping and hanging around the city center.
6. TECHNOLOGY. Lastly, a big city compared to rural areas has a lot more different technology types that can improve the quality of life of the locals. Some cities install fans and other cooling technologies that help out the workers in skyscrapers that get way too warm because of the hot sun shining through the big windows.

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I agree that Cleopatra was ,,the world’s first celebrity’’. From ancient times to the present day, Cleopatra is considered to be a popular and well-known personality. Cleopatra inspired plays, movies and even books. I do not think that celebrities that are popular in the present will be remembered for long. Celebrities should be charismatic and their activities should attract people. Although, most celebrities do not even try to achieve that, some of them do what they do just for entertainment.

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I agree with the claim that Cleopatra was the word’s first celebrity ane she won't be forgotten for a long time. She is famous because she was the first woman immigrant, queen of Egypt and also of her love story with Julius Cesar. Cleopatra has ballets, operas and plays written about her. I think that nowadays celebrities will be remembered for a long time because of their fame and good things that they did. For example, donating money for charity, for kids who don't have parents.

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I do agree with the claim that Cleopatra was ‘the world‘s first celebrity‘ because she is a well known historical figure from ancient Egyptian times. Not only was she famous for her status, character and persuasiveness while she was still alive, but she also insipired many people in our age. There are many plays, shows, ballets and opera‘s made by her name or include her as a character.

I think only a few celebrities today will be remembered for many years to come. There are very talented people who reach to be famous on a global level, but looking at our celebrities realisticly- most of them will be forgotten. (109 words)

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I agree that Cleopatra was the world’s first celebrity. She has so many movies, ballets and plays about her played by many popular actresses since 1540 till now.

In my opinion celebrities of today will be remembered for many years, because nowadays everything about them is on the internet, newspapers, TV news and even more. Internet allows everyone to know everything about them by just typing up their name.

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As we all know, Cleopatra is one of the most known woman in the whole world and her fame has never faded. There are bunch of documentaries and movies involving her, also she was very charming and attracted a lot of people, so with all of this information I can state that she was the world’s first celebrity.

In my opinion, celebrities these days are all very similar and indistinguishable, and their merits are not so important as Cleopatras for example. If someone wants to be remembered many years later they have to earn and deserve it with their actions.  101 words.

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I agree with the statement that the Cleopatra was “the word’s first celebrity” because back in times she was well known for her beauty and power that she held. And she is still not forgotten today.

I suppose they will be remembered for a long time due to the fact that their work will be passed from one generation to another and most of their works are somehow recorded and perpetuated, for example actors will be remembered because of the movies, singers because of the songs.

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I don’t agree with this statement that Cleopatra was “the world’s first celebrity” because the World had before Cleopatra more famous personalities like Alexander The  Great and other famous people from ancient times.

In my opinion, a few celebrities will be remembered for many years, probably only the most famous and who made a big impact to improve in good way the world.

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·        I agree with the claim that Cleopatra was the first word’s celebrity because she inspired a lot of people with her life. There is a lot of movies, ballets, operas and plays made about Cleopatra.

·        I think that some celebrities will be remembered but not all because some of them donate to charities and leave a lot of amazing work such as movies, books. Some other celebrities care only about money and fame so they will not be remembered for a long time.

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·      I agree with the claim that Cleopatra was the world’s first celebrity because there are many stories, plays and movies that focus on her. Due to so much attention she became very popular throughout the decades and is still known today.

·      I don’t believe that all celebrities will be remembered, only the most important ones. For example, the presidents, artists or other, less known people who made a difference.

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I agree with the claim that Cleopatra was the world’s first celebrity because she was widely known at the time and even over 2000 years later she was still constantly being refrenced in popular culture.

I think todays celebrities will be remembered for as much time if not more than Cleopatra mainly because of the internet being able to save this sort of information for generations to come.

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I agree that Cleopatra could be the world’s first celebrity, because back then she was known as who she was and nowadays she is still not forgotten.

I think today's every celebrity will be remembered or at least biggest amount of them of course will be. Today we have youtube and many social medias where people can track their work or their social life.
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Do you agree with the claim that Cleopatra was 'the world's first celebrity'? Why? Why not?

I do agree with this claim. It seems that Cleopatra was a very well known woman. And it's a common misconception that it was because of her beauty, actually it was because of her charm.

Do you think the celebrities of today will be remembered for many years to come? Why? / Why not?

I believe so, yes. If they have made a positive impact on this generation they will be remembered for generations to come. For example Martin Luther King Jr.  He inspired many people with his speeches.

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1. I agree that Cleopatra was one of the worlds first celebrities. Most of the famous people back then were men of a higher power, and a woman that ruled a county was unheard-of. Cleopatra ruled, and people respected her and even feared her power. Those factors show how powerful she was.

2. I believe that celebrities that are famous now, will be remembered less compared to Cleopatra and other historical figures. Nowadays, people try to make it big on the big screen and radio stations. This shows that it is harder to get famous these days than back then.

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It is very important to keep local traditions alive, because traditions show how people from that area of the world are like. Traditions connect people so it’s easier to find friends or make contact with your family. Tradition values are such as Freedom, faith, integrity, a good education, personal responsibility and being selfless. Tradition provides a forum to showcase role models and celebrate the things that really matter in life.

Yes, it is easier to find out about cultures because of the power of the internet. You can connect with people from other side of the world and get to know them and about their country, traditions. In past you would need to travel all around the world to meet native and get to know about them. And actually before you go, you would need to learn their language somehow to understand them, because back in a day it was very rare that people speak multiple languages.
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It’s very important to keep local traditions alive. Traditions provide a healthy understanding of self from a young age, which they can continue to build on as they grow up. Traditions help strengthen family bonds. Established rituals help family members to understand and trust each other.

In the past there was no internet, there were no planes that you could travel to other part of the world, so you didn’t have a way to meet people from other cultures. Nowadays it’s much easier to find out about other cultures because there is a lot of cosmopolitan cities where many different cultures are mixed up together living in the same city. You can find everything you need to know about cultures on the internet, you can also talk to people from different cultures online.

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·      How important is it to keep local traditions alive? Why?

·      Is it easier to find out about other cultures than in the past? Why?/Why not ?

In my opinion, it is important to keep and save local traditions alive. Because without our traditions we will become not unique and not different from others. Additionally, if people lose and forget their traditions other people's traditions and cultures come, and then assimilation happens. In other hand some traditions can be bad for us from science perspective. Traditions can be unlogical and farther from the truth of our World. For example, heathen people had traditions to pray for gods and they killed kids, adults, animals to get help and support from the gods. In my opinion, now it is far more easier to find out about other cultures than in the past because of the internet, globalization and higher travel opportunities. For example, we can watch films, youtube about other cultures, people, countries, traditions and that was impossible in the past. Now we can easier to travel around the world and see other local traditions from our eyes.

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1.It is very important to keep local traditions alive everywhere, because those traditions is what makes the world more interesting and its what helps the younger generations stay in touch with their nations history and culture. Local traditions also help keep a country unified and strong, and it makes travelling to that country for foreigners interesting and fun and it even teaches them history.

2.I believe it is far easier for people to learn and find out about cultures nowadays than in the past. Today you can simply research a country and its culture using the internet or you can travel to that country and experience the culture for yourself, where as in the past you didn’t have internet and travelling was more difficult, long and expensive.

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I think it is important to keep our local traditions alive. Local traditions bind a community or family of people together. They connect generations and strengthen our group bonds, and help us feel that we are part of something unique and special. They teach us values and help us pass on our cultural or religious history. Also, they create lasting memories which we definitely will remember for a long time.

These days it is much easier to find out about other cultures. Everyone has internet access and can easily find what they are looking for. Also, people can travel around the world to get to know another country’s culture, traditions, and customs. It was much more difficult to do that in the past. Not everyone had internet access to find what they were looking for and they could not travel that easily as we can now.

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It is really important to keep traditions alive because traditions educate generations about their history. It is also important to preserve our cultural heritage because it keeps our integrity as a people. Keeping traditions alive is important for teaching the next generation about a particular or shared past. Traditions are beliefs or behaviors that are handed down from one generation to the next within a particular group, society or family. Without keeping traditions alive it would be boring, everything in every country would be the same. Also, it's interesting to know about past traditions, how they changed. It's way easier, in these days we have all possibilities to find out, to learn about various different traditions, because we have the Internet, most of the world has computers, phones. Also, we can travel around the world easily, without restrictions. On the other hand, in the past there was no Internet, no technology and there were a lot of  traveling restrictions and not everyone could afford traveling.

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It seems to me that keeping local traditions alive is very important because traditions represent a big part of our culture. Traditions teach us about our ancestor’s past and from them we can understand how they lived and what their beliefs were. Also, traditions usually bring together families every year and then people can celebrate ancestors past and other generations future. These gatherings create long-lasting memories and families will talk about them for a long time.

I think that now it is easier to find out about other cultures because these days mankind have internet where can be found a lot of interesting articles and a big number of amazing books about different cultures. Also, now people can travel freely and learn for themselves about other cultures, see their beauty and their traditions.

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I believe that it is very important to keep the local traditions alive. We live in a world, where making our everyday life easier as a unified group and available to everyone is a big priority. The local traditions are what keeps us unique and provides a sense of identity and solidarity not only to individual people, but to big communities too. Traditions are the foundation of our past generations beliefs, they reinforce our values, ethics, helps us to learn from past mistakes and raise better new generations.
In the past, it wasn’t as easy to learn about other cultures compared to now. These days, we have access to overwhelming amount of information on the internet and books, as well as opportunities to travel freely and explore the local life ourselves. We should be extremely grateful and respectful of not only our own traditions, but others too.
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I believe that it's quite important to keep local traditions. A country without any traditions is going to be very dull. Imagine living in a country with no traditional music, no traditional foods and extremely bland architecture. Traveling the world would be pointless since there would be nothing to see. Everything would be depressing to look at for most people. Nowadays though people don't look up to traditions as much as our ancestors have been. But it still has inspired a lot of people to do things that we never would have thought of doing. Maybe we will forget about our traditions in the future, but it has impacted our livelihood in a good way, so that's why i think it should be protected.

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To my mind, keeping local traditions alive is very important because people learn from their ancestor’s mistakes and understand where they come from and how their place of origin was created. Traditions help teach young people about their culture’s beliefs, heritage, losing that would destroy their roots and make it really hard for young individuals to know what kind of people they want to be. I believe keeping traditions alive was easier in the past. People were more respectful and admiring towards their originators than now and were interested in learning their history. On the other hand, in the modern days we can learn everything about a culture’s heritage and traditions with a click of a button – that gives us a very big advantage compared to the people in the past.

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Keeping local traditions alive is important not just for local people, but for tourists too. It is a chance to them, to see beautiful cultural differences between countries. Also, without any of our own traditions we would just be the same as some other country. Traditions help people feel and stay united. Traditions make country special and unique, because every tradition is different from anything you see elsewhere, especially if it is an ancient tradition. Finding out about other cultures is so much easier now than it was in the past. Now we have all sources of information like internet, movies, books, magazines and etc. and basically everyone knows how to use google! It is really easy to find information if you want to. But it is also a lot easier to false information from unreliable source too. 138words.

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It is very important to keep local traditions alive in order to not lose the connection between generations. Also, traditions must be preserved so that future generations could learn about it or sometimes even learn from it. If we do not keep the local traditions and customs alive many people will lose their national features. If country does not maintain its own culture, traditions and customs, then people may inherit foundations that have been formed in other countries.

Nowadays, it is easier to find out about other cultures than in the past because these days almost everyone has access to the internet, can freely reach information from a variety of books or travel abroad and communicate with people from different cultures.

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Every country in the world has some sort of local traditions that are only common in that country. This is what makes us different from other countries and makes us stand out. People from all around the world travel to different countries to experience the local traditions. Foods, events, history and other things are fascinating to others even if you think they are boring.

It's easier to find out more about different cultures, because we can use the internet, libraries and travel without restraints! There are a bunch of sites on the internet, where you can find people from different countries that can show and teach you some local traditions, give out their traditional food recipes to try out and more! People, from all around the world, are willing to share their culture with others with one click of a button!

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1. In these days it is easier to get goods than it was Soviet Union times, because the Soviets constrained food import in Lithuania, no exotics fruits any exotic goods couldn't come in to country , now we can get food easily.

2. With time services changed dramatically 50 years ago: everything was cheaper but now everything is expensive , especially car industry services has changed, because more modern cars were built, more harder services it is.

3. Now we can travel around the world with no constraints but 50 years ago in Soviet times your traveling was minimalistic and also there was less capabilities to travel in Soviet times because lack of money.

4. Now when we are in European Union food availability is much better than it was Soviet times for example: bananas before  was very rare food but now it's everywhere. I think now we are obsessed with food, but this does not seem to correlate with good health. The biggest change involving food in the last 50 years just might be the fact that, people have too much food. Before people were happy that they had one pack of milk and slice of bread.

5. With time, more musical instruments were developed and played together which resulted in more sophisticated sounds being produced. The beats, rhythms, tempo and lyrics of songs all changed along. Songs are shorter overall.

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In in the last 50 years our country has changed a lot. In Soviet times everything was cheaper than now. There weren’t a lot of goods that you can choose from back then. People now manufacture various brands of goods. Now everyone can order food without leaving their houses, but that wasn’t available back then.

People were not used to travelling. Nowadays people emigrate from our country for a better life. Back then emigration or travelling weren’t so abundant.

Music that was popular back then isn’t popular now. There are many new artists that create new genres of music. Back then we didn’t have any platforms like ,,Spotify’’ or ,,Youtube’’ to listen to music. By the way, pop and alternative rock music are now very prevalent in our country.

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1.  In modern days, people can easily get a variety of goods from local shops or from abroad countries without any difficulties. In Soviet Union time availability of goods used to be very difficult to get because there was shortage of products.

2. These days, everyone can simply get various services such as education, health care, social assistance, information services. In the past everything used to be harder and more difficult to reach. Quality of services today is improved.

3. Today, everyone can easily and without barriers travel around the world (let’s not include pandemic situation). During Soviet Union time there was a lot of obstacles to travel abroad because of war and political conflicts.

4. At the present time, we can choose food without any obstacles. Everything belongs from our choices and preferences. In the past, people was not able to choose what they want to eat. There was food shortage and people was not able to choose what they had to eat.

5. Nowadays, music is everywhere and everything. There is a lot of bands, singers and musical groups who create music in the way they understand world around them and people can freely chose to what kind of music they want to listen. Back in the day, people wasn’t able to freely choose music, they were forced to listen music produced in Soviet Union.

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How has my country changed in 50 years?

·      The ability of goods has increased a lot, food is now delivered all over the world. We have all of the exotic fruits we could ever think and in 1970’s the only food sources in Lithuania was just really what we had here, or something from the other country would be so expensive that you couldn’t even think about buying it, for example simple things like pineapples were very rare.

·      Now we have everything we could think of, the schools are free, we have a lot of hospitals and other services, but my grandparents didn’t have that much in 1970, also till 1950 you had to pay for your education.

·      People now can travel basically anywhere, we have plaines, trains, busses, cars and all sorts of transportation. You can just get on the plane and in the next 10 hours wake up in Hawaii. In 1970’s you could just dream about going to Hawaii because the only “acceptable” countries to travel was Poland, Belarus, Russia and everything that is very close to Lithuania and even then you had to have a lot of money to do that.

·      Music in 1970 was all about music, people then and people now loved listening to the music. Music now has a lot of beats, special effects and a lot more, sometimes grandparents don’t understand it, because in their time the music was very simple and happy, but there wasn’t just one type of music, they had a lot of pop music, roc music and even hip hop (mostly in other countries)

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How has your country changed in the last 50 years?

50 years ago, the availability of goods was small. Our parents and grandparents used to tell us how hard it was to get foods like bananas or oranges for Christmas, but these days, we can buy them in every store.

50 years ago, it was hard to find the needed services people used to provide them in their homes to help others in need. These days we can find our needed services right around each corner in the main city.

Then people could mostly travel by bus or train, that's why people used to travel longer than these days. Now we have faster trains, planes and other means of transport. We can travel all around Europe and with a pass, we can also go to other continents.

50 years ago, people ate what was provided they were not picky. Since it was harder to her some products, people used to use what they could find, at the time. Now, we can buy anything we want in our shops and supermarkets. We can even order food online from other countries.

50 years ago, people used to listen to Russian music and what was popular at that time. It was hard to play music, that's why people used to play their music. Now, we can find, music online with one click of a button.

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1)In the last 50 years the availability of goods has changed drastically, because back in the day you couldn’t just go to a store and for example buy some meat, and when it was available you would have had to wait in a line, and at one point the shelves in the stores were completely empty.

2)The availability and quality of services also naturally increased with a capitalist economy, because the is more competition in the market.

3)One thing that changed a lot is people’s ability to travel because during the Soviet occupation and the iron curtain, you couldn’t simply go to Canada or west Germany because that was illegal for average citizens.

4)Food preferences I think haven’t changed all that much in the last 50 years except for fast food which has become quite commonly eaten.

5)Popular music also shifted from rock music being the most popular to pop.

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1.Because of capitalism and concurrency on goods on market increased availability, variety and quality of goods. 50 years before we had planned an economic system and the government decided how many goods people needs and that system didn't work. Soviet people were wondering how  foreign countries had a big variety of goods and services because of capitalism.
2.Services became more available and of higher quality over the years.
3. People have the freedom of travelling and they can travel where they want.
4. In my opinion the food preferences of people became more demanding.
5. Popular music of the nineties is still popular. People now like more new and different music than before.

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The availability of goods was very minimal, in the shops there where only the most important things, like food or clothes. Now we can find everything on the shelves from food to big variation of electronical devices.

The availability of services was not that good, everything was expensive and took a long time to do. Now everything is cheaper, healthcare services, police department and fire department are of better quality.

50 years ago, people couldn’t travel much because tickets were highly priced and some people hadn't that money to spend. Now plane, bus tickets are cheaper, and people can easily buy tickets online and go to any country they want.

People used to eat simple foods that they found in shops. Now people eat everything, they can buy variations of food, they can go to the restaurants and order a dish of shrimps or lobster.

50 years ago, people used to listen only to music that was made in the Soviet Union. Now you can choose from a lot of music genres and listen to anything.

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50 years ago, when Lithuania was occupied by a Soviet union,  there was a very little choice of low quality food, if there weren’t goods in your local shop there wasn’t any other  way to get them because there were only a few shops at that time. because Soviet economy was really bad, goods were also expensive so most of the people had their own farm where they grew cows, sheep and more.

Now it’s easy to get goods even by sitting at home, because now you can order shippments to your home from any side of the country, there’s  markets in every town with massive variety of goods.

50 years ago  services  were mostly in the big cities and were very expensive, although education was free at that time.

Now everything is cheaper,although now we need to pay for education, services now are  more advanced because of technology.

50 years ago people could only travel in Soviet union, they couldn’t leave to any other country or it was very very expensive and strict.

Now we can travel freely around europe without needing any visa. Traveling is also much cheaper now.

50 years ago food selection was very little, because there were only a few suppliers providing food.

Now there’s a restourants in every corner of the city with different cuisines, markets are crowded with huge variety of goods.

50 years ago in Lithuanian people mostly listened to russian music, some people didn’t even had a radio to even listen to the music.

Now you can listen to music everywhere, there’s many different genres like pop, rap, classic, hiphop and more.

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In the Soviet Union, people had to find food where they could buy it, from local farmers, it was hard to find stores. Like we used to do now. Just go to nearby store, get everything we need in one place and head home and it‘s actually much closer than 50 years ago we had to go .

Services have changed a little bit in 50 years, everything now is cheaper than it used to be.

Back then, people were limited where they would go, it was either too expensive or could be forbidden to travel. Right now people can go everywhere they want to with no investing a lot of money into it.

Food was limited 50 years you could get only what you could find, people used to eat same food every day, right now we have so big variety of food, from all different types of meat to fish.

Back then there was no Youtube where you could find any song and play it for yourself, back then only how you could listen to music to go somewhere were music was played at some kind of a party. It went from rock to pop music and mostly it was Russian songs back then.

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1.     In the last 50 years availability of goods changed a lot. Today we can buy a variety of goods like desserts, different kinds of dairy and meat products from both our country and abroad. 50 years ago people could only go to a market in their city or grow their own crops and vegetables.

2.     People used to have only the most important services (health care) and usually couldn’t afford anything else. Now we can enjoy every service possible-beauty salon's, transportation, arts.

3.     People could travel 50 years ago but it was very expensive and hard to arrange. Because of that not many people traveled abroad but spent more time exploring Lithuania. Today traveling is a lot easier and not as expensive. We can choose anywhere in the world and simply get there.

4.     People used to only eat what was in the market. They couldn’t choose what they liked because there wasn’t much to choose from. The food was limited to the simplest of products - milk, bread, meat.

5.     5O years ago people used to listen to music that was surrounding them and approved by the Soviet Union. Only a few had a chance to listen to the popular songs of other countries like "The carpenters" or "The Rolling Stones" Today people have the ability to enjoy all kinds of music from abroad and our country freely.

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1) During the Soviet Union times, people used to buy goods that were manufactured in their local cities  but now we can get goods from any part of the world
2) Services didn't change that much since 50 years ago but some used to be acceptable only by expensive payment whereas now everything is either cheap or free.
3) 50 years ago people used to travel only in the Soviet Union or their neighbouring communist  countries whereas now anyone can travel to any destination they would like.
4) People who were lactose intolerant, had allergies or other medical problems weren't able to choose the appropriate food they needed 50 years ago but in today's age everyone is free to choose what they want and what is available to them even if they have medical problems related to some certain food types.
5) 50 years ago, people used to listen to music that was only produced in the Soviet Union although there were some instances where people smuggled in albums that were made in the West. 50 years later people have the option to listen to any piece of music that they want to from any place of the earth.

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*Availability of goods
In the Soviet Union Lithuania was more like a locked country, with goods only flowing in when the government requests it, people didn't choose what they wanted to order.
The availability of goods in my country has become easy to get. If you can't get it locally you can ship it from any other country in the world.

*Availability of services
I believe that not a lot has changed since 50 years ago. Our healthcare and education has definitely become more advanced, but other than that it's pretty normal here.

*People's ability to travel
50 years ago you couldn't really travel a lot because of the on-going conflicts in the world. Nowadays though since my country is a part of the European Union we can travel across the EU without a visa. Although other countries may require a visa, but most of the world is "unlocked" for us.

*Food preferences
Our traditional food's obviously haven't changed. Lithuanian have always been these people that eat a lot of vegetables, fungi and etc. That's why most of our dishes contain them. We have had a large influx of restaurants containing cuisines from all over the world. I believe that the most famous cuisine among people my age is Japanese food.

*Popular music
I'm not really educated on what music people listened to back then, but i have heard some. Music has changed a lot. People started relying more on digital audio workstations than pure talent, because nowadays you can make everything sound good. Since music is so easy to get into this means there will be a lot of new genres flying in, and that's exactly what's happening right now. It's really hard to pin-point what type of music people listen to nowadays, but i would say it's hip-hop

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I wouldn’t like to become a cultural ambassador for my country, because it seems like a lot of responsability and hard work to learn and remember most of my countries culture. However, it would be an honor to teach other ethnicities about my culture and represent it, because my country is small and not many people know about it. 
Living in a cosmopolitan city has many advantages, such as better job opportunities and salary, best medical service possible and fast transportation, all because of the big employment, competition and large population. The cosmopolitan cities also have a lot of entertainment options and great opportunities to meet interesting new people, because the city is hosting people with different ethnicities and cultures, so they have a lot to give to the city. However, the advantages come with a price. Many people don’t want to live there, because of the noise, pricy cramped spaces and competition.
To learn about other peoples cultures, we can participate in cultural events and online programs. This way, it’s a lot easier to learn a lot of information about different cultures in a shorter time. There is also an option to research the countries on your own, by reading books and searching on the internet, or even traveling to the countries and learning from the locals. (218 words)

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Would you like to be a cultural ambassador for your country? Why? /Why not?

I would like to be a cultural ambassador for my country. I think it is a great opportunity to meet new people, show others our art and represent them some of our ideas, customs. People would be really impressed by our artists, their artworks.

I would not like to be a cultural ambassador for my country. I think other people would not be impressed by our artists and their work. Our ideas and customs are not that impressive and I don’t think that young people will be interested.

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What do you think are the advantages of living in a cosmopolitan city?

There are many people from different countries in cosmopolitan cities. I think it is a great place to meet new people, learn about their culture and maybe even learn a different language. I would love to meet new people and learn a new language.

There are a lot of fun attractions and entertainment in cosmopolitan cities. It would be a nice experience to visit them with a friend group or even go on a date.

Living in cosmopolitan cities is not that exciting. A lot of crowded places, pollution. You can always find rubbish on the street, there are also a lot of homeless people that cannot afford new clothing or food.

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How can we learn about other people’s cultures?

We can learn about other people’s culture in multiple ways. We can search about the cultures on the internet or we can talk to different people and learn from them.

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In my opinion, I would like to be a cultural ambassador for my country because I find it interesting to communicate with different people. For example, there are a lot of exchange programs like Erasmus or other exchange programs. There you can find new friends, see different cultures, hear different languages. On the other hand, being a cultural ambassador of my country is a big responsibility on my shoulders. For example, if a guest asks you a question about your countries culture and you don’t know the answer or something bad happens all responsibility is on you.
Also, I see more advantages to living in a cosmopolitan city. Firstly, you can learn and speak a few languages easily. For example, you grow up in the kinder garden in a group of kids in which different kids were speaking in 6 different languages and in that way you were able to learn more languages. Secondly, I think you become more tolerant about other cultures, languages, and people and you have a mindset that all people equals. For example, you don’t think that one nation is better than another, you think that all people are equal. In another hand, you can speak badly in your origin language because you learned 3 languages but you are not a fluent speaker in your origin language and you can assimilate to other cultures.
In my opinion, we all have what to learn from other different cultures and people. All cultures have bad and good features that differentiate them from each other.  For example from one culture, you can learn that the most important thing in your lives is freedom or the importance of knowledge. Also, we can learn from the history of different cultures, nations, people in with that knowledge and experience we can solve problems easier in the future.
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I would enjoy being a cultural ambassador for my country because I could share my culture and traditions with others. I believe it would be interesting to talk with others about celebrations and traditional dishes of my country.

I would not like to be a cultural ambassador for my country because I am shy and talking with others about my ethnicity, is sometimes scary. All around the world, people discriminate on other races, culture, and this makes it frightening to talk about it.

I believe it's easier to find other people with the same interests in a cosmopolitan city than in the countryside. There are programs all around the city that centres around your improvement and will to learn something new.

I believe it's easier to find a job in a cosmopolitan city because there are many places where people could find jobs, and it's much easier than in a smaller city where all the local jobs, are already taken.

I believe that it's harder to get around in a cosmopolitan city. Usually, people stay in traffic for long hours, because there was a small accident. People suffer during the months of summer, because it gets hot and, staying in the car is unbearable.

Participating in public cultural events and cultural programs makes it easier to learn about other people, cultures and backgrounds. These events help others to appreciate different cultures and make it easier to find people from your homeland. During these difficult times, we can participate in online courses. They help us learn about people's cultures. During these online programs, people share their native recipes, help others learn their language, help understand their background.
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I would like to be  to a cultural ambassador for my country, because I got some experience while I was participating in Erasmus+ project.  It would be interesting to teach about my country’s customs, interesting facts, because a lot of people don’t even know that Lithuania even exists.

While living in a cosmopolitan city you can learn a lot of different cultures and their customs. Living in a cosmopolitan city means that environment is more unique because of all the cultures mixed together, city has variety of food, interesting dress codes.  Although, living in cosmopolitan city could also be a disadvantage, these cities are very crowded, everything is very expensive.

We can learn about other people’s cultures by visiting different countries, communicating with them and learning their customs. In my opinion the best way how to learn other cultures is to participate in the exchange projects like Erasmus and more.

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To be honest I would like to be my country ambassador because you are working with other countries ambassadors and getting to know different countries cultures but at the same time I wouldn't like to be it. It's really hard and most of the time you are in a different country, away from your family.

Living in a cosmopolitan city has advantages and disadvantages. Beginning with advantages, living in a cosmopolitan city you get to learn about different cultures, specifically different languages.It's easier to lead languages if that language is everywhere around you. Second advantage is that  you can try various different foods. On the other hand there are a couple disadvantages of living in a cosmopolitan city. First disadvantage is that you miss your hometown, your  traditional food. Secondly, it's hard to adapt in a cosmopolitan city because everything is different. It's harder to communicate to people, harder to adapt to different cultures.

These days you can easily learn about different cultures on the Internet. It's easy to just type in that culture and you get everything but it's more interesting to fly to a different country and experience it to yourself.

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I would like to be a cultural ambassador for my country because I want to share my country’s culture with people from other ethnic groups and also learn about their culture. On the other hand, I wouldn’t like to be a cultural ambassador because I have a huge anxiety and a very big fear by communicating with other people.

In my opinion, living in a cosmopolitan city is benefit because you can learn about other people’s culture and also get knowledge how to respect each other. But, living in a cosmopolitan city is not always good because you can forget your culture.

We can learn about other people’s culture by traveling and visiting different countries, wondering about it by yourself, making friends with people from another ethnical group.

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Would you like to be a cultural ambassador for your country? Why? / Why not?

·      I would love to be a cultural ambassador for my country. I believe teaching others about my country’s cultural ethnicity is a very valuable job. I would get to tell everyone about the beautiful traditions, customs of my country.

·      On the other hand, being a cultural ambassador must be very hard. They have to make interesting arguments about their country and make other people curious, also know a lot about their country’s history.

What do you think are the advantages of living in a cosmopolitan city?

To my mind, living in a cosmopolitan city means having a lot of choices – there are various job offers. Also, many people from different backgrounds and different cultures live there, which offers a great opportunity to get to know other customs. On the other hand, living in a cosmopolitan city might seem hard since there are many people speaking different languages.

How can we learn about other people’s cultures?

To my mind, the best way to learn about a culture is to visit the country. Since visiting another city might be difficult, there are many different ways - researching on the internet, reading books, watching movies.

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Would you like to be a cultural ambassador for your country? Why? / Why not?

I would want to be a cultural ambassador for Lithuania, because i think it would be fun and very interesting experience .
I wouldn‘t want be a cultural ambassador for Lithuania, because I wouldn‘t want to leave my family and friends, it would be harder to live without them.

What do you think are the advantages of living in a cosmopolitan city?

The advantages of living in a cosmopolitan city in my opinion would be a fun experience, because there would be a lot of attractions and entertainment, so you wouldn‘t be bored to live. Another benefit of living in a cosmopolitan city would be that you would be able to meet new types of interesting people and make friends with them, because it‘s always nice to have a talk about anything, it‘s always nice to have friends. The bad side of living in a cosmopolitan city is that apartament and living there cost way more than any regular city, so you have to spend a lot of money only for living there.

How can we learn about other people‘s cultures?

The easiest way to learn something about a culture you want to know about is meeting people from different cultures, interacting with them, asking questions, make interest etc.
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·      We all know that cultural ambassador is not an easy job, often you have to travel and change your living space. Being an ambassador and traveling somewhere without my family would make me feel sad and depressed. On the other hand, I would love to travel around the world, because I would get a chance to experience living somewhere else where and learn about the other cultures.

·      Living in a cosmopolitan city has a lot of advantages. One of them would be learning about other cultures and being able to communicate with pupils from other countries. Also being able to try so much food restaurants there, because often the people who work there are from that culture or country. The only minus about living in the cosmopolitan country would be differences between cultures, sometimes it can be difficult to communicate with each other because of language, customs or religion differences.

·      Learning about other people’s cultures is really not that difficult. These times we live in has everything we need to do research on other people’s cultures. Almost everyone has a wi-fi at their house and some kind of a device to use. The internet is filled with information and all you need to do is just find it. If you dislike reading something, there is a huge selection of movies about all of the different cultures in the world. There also are a lot of exchange programs like ERASMUS, which gives you great opportunity not just to travel, but also to learn about the differences and similarities of other cultures

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Would you like to be a cultural ambassador for your country? Why? / Why not?

Well i’m not so sure about that.. A lot of Lithuanians are patriotic. It would be great because i could introduce foreigners to my small country. By doing so I would get to know them better.
I wouldn’t like to be a cultural ambassador because that’s not the way I’m trying to be headed in life.

What do you think are the advantages of living in a cosmopolitan city?

I believe that living in a cosmopolitan city has a lot of advantages. First of all, there’s a lot of leisure centres and shopping places, so you will rarely get bored. There’s also parks, so you don’t get overwhelmed by the city. But what i don’t like the most is the noise, i believe that it would get on my nerves.

How can we learn about other people’s cultures?

Before visiting a country I always like to research on the internet what are cultural norms. This way I can blend in better and not feel like an outsider. We can also explore national heritages of their country. We can even talk with the people living there, because there’s nobody who knows better than them.

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What do you usually do every afternoon?

Usually i just watch youtube videos on my phone, catch up on my homework or listen to my favorite songs. There’s not a lot to do during the quarantine.

What’s the most interesting place you visited?

The most interesting place I have ever visited would be the gypsy compounds in the Sahara desert. It was very interesting to see how they manage to live in the almost unbearable heat everyday.

Which time of the year do you like best?

I would say that spring would be my favorite year. I feel like I'm reborn in spring and have so much motivation to do new things. Usually I end up doing something physical like riding a bike.

How much time do you spend online?

Well usually i spend around five to six hours online. Since it’s quarantine, there are days that I spend more than that on my phone or computer.

Did you do anything interesting last weekend?

No, I haven't done anything of interest I believe. It’s just my same regular routine I do everyday, but on the weekends I get to sleep more.

Do you ever use your English language on holiday?

Yes! Actually i used it a lot last time we went on holiday. My mom is very bad at speaking English so I had to deal with receptionists, hotel staff and restaurant workers on my own.

What kind of job would you like to do in the future?

Well actually i’d like to run my own business. I want to follow my fathers’ footsteps and maybe I'll manage to grow something big. If that doesn’t work out i might become a videogame designer in an IT company.

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Many people feel anxious about upcoming exam and sometimes might be reason why they fail, but actually anxiousness is that they haven’t prepared for it. Sometimes I get anxious too before some of the exams, but only on certain ones, probably because I don’t prepare for them and try to pass them by luck. After failing or doing something stupid I feel disappointed in myself, because I know I could have done better and other way around when I succeed or pass my expectation I feel happy and proud of myself, because it’s nice to be able to exceed yourself.
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Do I feel anxious before an exam depends on how well I have learned about the said topic and if the exam is difficult or not. Usually, I do feel anxious, because I get scared of failure and put too much pressure on myself. During the exams, I have felt all sorts of emotions. I felt disappointed, happy and proud, depending on how well I answered the questions and what were the results. Unfortunately, the results often make those emotions grow and compare my abilities to them. Besides that, it helps me to learn from my mistakes. (97 words) 

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Ex. E page 11. I always feel anxious before the exam. Even though I have spent a whole previous day preparing for it. I still don’t feel confident in my answers or myself. The anxiety really messes with me during the exams that sometimes i may not notice that I have made a mistake in my exam sheet. I do sometimes feel disappointed in myself because of my choices or actions. I feel happy and proud of myself when i get good grades or someone praises me. It really helps me to move forward and to gain more confidence. (95words)

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I usually feel very anxious before an exam, because I’m afraid I’ll fail, do something wrong or won’t know enough to get a good mark. It doesn’t matter if I studied really hard and am confident with my knowledge and skills on the subject of the exam, right before it starts I’m a nervous wreck.

I feel all of those emotions, it’s hard not to when you’re in school. I feel disappointed when I get a bad grade or fail in something, I feel happy when I’m succeeding and understand the topic and I feel proud when I get high marks.

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Hi Aidan,

Thank you for your letter. How are you doing? I did join the football team. The football players are so friendly and supportive! We play football almost every day because we enjoy each other’s company.

I know that your birthday is next week. I found out by scrolling through your Facebook page. How are you planning to celebrate your birthday? What would you like to receive as a gift?

Actually, both of your parent’s suggestions are great. But I suggest you invite only friends closest to you, for example your football team, family members. And I think it’s a great idea to have a barbeque in your garden, maybe even play some music and dance. Or I can suggest you take your friends to amusement park to have some fun. They’ll like it and will always remember about this fun experience.

I don’t have my sleeping bag right now. I gave it to my aunt and uncle because they are planning to go on a hike.

Hope to catch up with you soon,

John

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