Healthcare Access, Industrial Revolution Impact, and a Joyful Celebration
Healthcare Access and Insurance Coverage
To begin with, doctors must be highly qualified, completing clinical studies in a hospital, including a year of internship and then several years as a resident. Many employers provide health insurance as a benefit to their employees, but not all do. Some smaller employers do not provide insurance because it is expensive. The law requires any employer with 25 or more employees to offer an insurance plan.
Consider a blue-collar worker whose son, Michael, collapses
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Students and Teachers as Friends on Social Media
Nowadays, the question of whether students and teachers should be friends on social media is a complex one.
Pros:
- Monitored use of social media by teachers can provide a safe online environment.
- Some students are shy to ask questions in front of the class and may feel more comfortable online.
- Students may be more likely to trust and report abuse or violence to a teacher they are connected with online.
Cons:
- Blurred lines between authority and friendship.
English Vocabulary and Grammar Exercises: Enhance Your Skills
Vocabulary
ACT 1:
1. Legitimate
2. Gullible
3. Disguised
4. Disguised
5. Hazardous
6. End up
7. Common sense
8. Deal with
9. Hazardous
10. Struggle
ACT 2: Complete the text with the words below:
1. Illegal
2. Legal
3. Fearless
4. Willing
5. Disguise
6. Edge
7. Unlikely
8. Hazardous
9. Spot
10. Reeks
Act 3:
1. Bring up
2. Stay on
3. Turn into
4. Put off
5. Give up
6. Turn up
4. Complete the sentences with the words below and a suitable prefix:
- Illogical: It would be illogical to climb this volcano, as there is a risk that it may
Dionysius and Paula: Love, Society, and Choices in a Spanish Play
Dionysius and Paula: Love, Society, and Choices
The thread of the argument revolves around the relationship between Dionysius and Paula. As Dionysius returns, preparing for marriage with his first (and only) girlfriend, Margarita, a 25-year-old woman described as unattractive, most virtuous, and wealthy. Dionysius was staying at a hotel where a group of dancers had arrived, among them Paula, a happy, beautiful, and carefree girl. Courtesy of bourgeois gentlemen, an evening party is organized, establishing
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One of My Favorite Films Is *Tres Metros Sobre el Cielo*
One of my favorite films is the romantic film *Tres Metros Sobre el Cielo*, the first film in the romantic saga.
It is directed by Maria Sanz and Roberto Martinez.
The film is about a teenage girl, Maria Valverde. She moves to a small town near Barcelona in Spain. She discovers he is a vampire, but he only drinks animal blood. They fall in love, but another vampire decides to kill Maria Valverde, so Mario Casas has to protect her.
I like this
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Vocabulary for Lecture 2
- Charms—Encantos
- To soothe—To calm
- Indeed— In effect
- Deals with—Se ocupa de
- Evidence—Evidencia
- Cave drawings—Pinturas rupestres
- Among all—Entre todos
- Devoted to—Dedicado a
- Brain-damaged—Brain damaged
- Stroke—Stroke
- Conversely—Conversely
- Illness—Enfermedad
- Trauma—Trauma
- Brain scan—Escaneo cerebral
- Handled by—A cargo de
- Fair trading standards—Fair trade standards
- Disposable containers—Disposable containers
- Bin—Papelera
- Rather than—Rather than
- Monitoring—Monitoreo
- Slow