The Importance of Education and Health in the Modern World
100 Candles: To Centenarians
100 candles: to centenarians; about new discoveries by scientists in her field; in the future… T the prediction is that by 2050, there will be a quarter of a million centenarians; we can live… F But the potential to live a long life is a complicated mix of genes and other factors that keep us healthier; the mediterranean… F It is low in fat and salt, and includes only modest amounts of meat; the next says… F it also helps to live in very sociable communities, where families and friendship are an important part of everyday life; high; predictable; tend; with; inherited; habit; more people are sent birthday telegrams by the Queen; The new shop, which opened last week, sells fruit and vegetable; cry; because of the flight delay, nobody arrived in time; How many centenarians are there in the UK?
ST Valentine:
ST valentine: young men and women were paired; Because he needed men for his army; Because he disobeyed the emperor; Valentine died… T It is said that, before his execution, Valentine himself had fallen in love with the jailer’s daughter; st valentine day…T In 1969 it was dropped from the Roman Catholic calendar as a designated feast day; nowadys… FToday, over 1 billion Valentine’s cards are sent in the US – second in number only to Christmas cards; decree; out; prison; drawer; quickly; borrow; have paid; How often was Lupercalia celebrated?; Nobady warned them about the risks; They had their house painted last summer. I would (be really happy)
No Child Should:
in childbirth…F For every mother that dies, 30 other women are left suffering from injuries and disabilities as a result of complications in childbirth; the number… F the number of mothers dying in childbirth remains exactly the same as in the mid-1980s; lack of hygiene… T They also occur because many mothers who give birth on the floor, or are treated with dirty equipment, are vulnerable to infections, and there are no medicines to cure them; motherless… TRUE children who have lost their mothers are almost five times more likely to die in infancy; disease; quickly; shortage; achievable; Health workers could have avoided all these deaths; escape; underdeveloped countries are not rich enough to have a good health system; Who is the parcel for? The connected classrro: according to… It should change because it doesn’t reflect the way the real world works today; what was… The initial idea was to study the effect of the use of smartphones as a learning device for students who did not get good results in math; how did teachers… They spent less time on direct instruction and encouraged students to learn from each other; in north carolina… F It’s a pilot programme, their classmates who learned algebra via traditional instruction from the same teacher; proyect k… T Student achievement increased in other subjects as well; instructing; performance; spot; encourage; What persists today in most schools?; The teacher had asked the kids to turn off their mobile phones; to tell, to explain; I would(n’t) have done my homework.
Spain: that hardly pay for the cost of transportation; today’s emigrants have got a degree; less than half of graduates are overqualified for their jobs; there are…T I only see jobs for exploited interns who earn (£263) a month; in spain job… F It is no longer clear that a degree is useful in Spain$s paralysed job market; many graduates… T Many graduates lie about their education when applying for work, worried that they will be rejected for being overqualified; abundant= plentiful, motionless= paralysed, few= scarce, move forward= advance; Education Mamas: what advide… He speaks about the need to study hard and become good citizens; why do many… Because their husbands spend long hours at work and the figure of the grandmother has disappeared; in what ways… She wants her child to get educational achievements. She worries about what to wear and what to put in the schoolbag in order to avoid bullying or gossiping; japanese studens… F From the beginning until they enter university 12 years later, students will go through a series of examinations; most japanese… T Seventy-two per cent of Japanese mothers do not work outside their homes so that they can look after their children; trauma ; leave=enter; absent; advisable; Please take me to the shopping centre where your mother works; Why hasn’t she left?, Why has she left?; going; she wouldn`t/couldn’t have (won the competition).
Rob de rubbish: in what ways… It is a healthy hobby, it gives him something useful to do and it makes him feel satisfied; why was Rob… Because he had received a lot of publicity; rob clims… F climbs mountains to collect the rubbish; rob used… F instead of complaining, he started to pick up the rubbish; cans and bottles… F are the worst, because glass takes a million years to degrade; rob wants… T Rob hopes that he is raising awareness of the litter problem with his work; large; emptied; restore; collection; All kinds of rubbish are found by Rob on mountains in the UK; In 2006, Rob climbed Mt Everest, where he collected rubbish from the base camp; so / therefore many mountaineers climb them; How many bin bags did Rob fill with rubbish in a two-day visit?