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- 2. LOCAL ISSUES THE EBOLA It’s an epidemic which is going on in West African countries. It began in 2013 in Guinea and then it spread to Liberia and Sierra Leone. After that, Nigeria had been controlled but there was another case in Senegal. Cases of secondary infections of medical workers in the United States and Spain have occurred. There are two kinds of fear nowadays in Liberia: contracting Ebola, and contracting any other sickness/disease. On the surface life here looks normal. But don’t get wrong!, this is a country gripped by fear, anxiety, frustration, a sense of hopelessness and confusion. In less than five weeks, Liberia’s capital, Monrovia has become the epi- center of the growing Ebola epidemic in West Africa. In EE.UU the first person being infected by the Ebola has been a nurse who went to Africa to look after people infected there. She treated a man who had the illness, so she was infected because of that. Unluckily, some days later that man died.
- 3. The case of Ebola in Spain occurred because of the same thing. It was one nurse too who was infected first. She is isolated in another room. And she cannot be visited by anybody, neither her family. The doctors say that they think that she has been improving every day and has a marked improvement. Because of this illness they have sacrificed a dog recently. They weren’t sure that the dog had the Ebola but as there were some probabilities, they decided to sacrifice it... There have been a lot of demonstrations not to sacrifice it. People didn’t agree with the decision, because they thought that it wasn’t clear if it had could be infected or not, and maybe it hasn’t got the illness but they sacrificed the dog anyway.
- 4. WORLD ISSUES Aste Nagusia is the Basque name for the festival which was celebrated this summer in Bilbao. It took place from the 16th of August to the 24th. The symbol of this festival is Marijaia.These days the Bilbao City Hall usually prepares several concerts, activities and so on, for people to have fun. This year they have had very good concerts and many funny things to do. People from all the country have come to the festival because many famous singers have performed. There have been fireworks, bullfights; every day...a lot of music concerts...like Carlos Jean, who is one of the most famous DJs in all Spain. Apart from him, Malu sang on the 18th of August at 23.30pm in Abandoibarra, one very famous place in Bilbao. That night the square was full of her fans, there were about 1 million people watching her concert, it was one of the most anticipated and desired by the public because this year and last year she has been the coach of the very famous TV programme called “The Voice” with Antonio Orozco, who was singing in Bilbao on the 21st of August at 12pm in this festival too. The concerts were brilliant.
- 5. WORK AND EDUCATION POPE FRANCISCO IS DOING GOOD HIS WORK! Francisco Javier Martinez has been talking about the sexual abuse by the clergy in Granada saying the investigations into his diocese are continuing and chose an unusual homily to ask for forgiveness in the cathedral. Something that probably has not been seen before in a Catholic cathedral as the Archbishop and several bishops with him lay down on the floor for several minutes. The congregation was arriving for Sunday mass and many were greeted by the strange sight. The gesture came a week after the revelation about the sexual abuse, allegedly carried out by several of his bishops. All the bishops across Spain have asked to be pardoned for what has happened in Granada as the Police say more abuse reports are expected.
- 6. LIFESTYLE TELEVISION In our opinion TV is an important thing, but we could live without it. We wouldn't mind if we were restricted to see TV for an hour because there are more important things in life than to watch TV. If we had to choose which programme to see, we would see reality shows like Big Brother or Elder Brother. We don't like the adverts, but we think it is important to advertise the new items that are released into the market. And for that reason, we sometimes have to see the adverts. In our opinion, there is too much violence on television for example; in Sálvame (a popular talk show in tele5) the collaborators insult each other all the time! And sometimes during children's time. The TV has changed for the worse in the last 50 years, because in the past there was only one series for all the afternoon and nowadays there are so many programmes and series and people are all the day in front of the TV. All in all, people will see more and more TV in the future, because there are too many programmes for all tastes.
- 7. MORAL ISSUES TOO OLD TO HAVE CHILDREN? There are two types of mothers. Ones that have a child at 16 and others that have a child in their 60s , like the lady in Romania and the businesswoman who had twins at the age of 59. What do you think about having babies at that age? We think that it’s not normal to have a baby in your 60s because if you are that age when the child is 10 you are too old to look after him/her. And apart from that you’re not going to be physically strong to do things with your children. If you have a baby at 16-17 you’re not mature enough to bring up a baby. And apart from that you must drop the school and that isn’t a good lifestyle because if you don’t go to school in the future you’re not going to have a good job and you’re not going to have money to feed your children. Another problem could be the father, because at that age almost all the boys aren’t mature enough to act as a dad. You haven’t got money or time for the baby and instead of being you who educate the baby; it’s going to be your parents’ responsibility. We think that choosing the baby’s sex isn’t a good idea either because then there are going to be too many more babies of one sex than of the other. Because in China they can only have one child and they usually choose to have a boy. In our society there is another concern, clonation. Is cloning people morally acceptable? We think that cloning isn’t a good idea and they shouldn’t clonate people. Science sometimes isn’t suitable. Science is very useful for treating illnesses, but we should think twice about clonation.
- 8. FOOD AND HEALTH The 12-year-old alcoholic. On one hand is a good idea because then the street is dirty and the teenagers drink too much and they don’t control themselves. And the neighbours don’t have to support the scandal that teenagers do. On the other hand , the street is the only place where they can drink , because a teen of 12 years old is not going to drink alcohol in his or her home, because it suppose that his or her parents must not know that they drink . When you are conscious about what you are doing and when you are responsible of your facts. People shouldn’t be allowed to drink alcohol when they are on TV, at school, at football matches. But above all, it mustn't be allowed to drink if you are going to take the car because the car needs all the attention and because you don’t have to put on risk the life of other people. If you drink only sometimes with control isn’t a bad thing but if you drink always affects to your liver and that has a consequence of having health problems. It’s something that is dangerous for the person who drinks and for the others because some people don’t control themselves and they become aggressive with the other people.
- 9. CINEMA REVIEW * Name of the film: The fault in our stars * Genre: Novel and Romance * Director: John Green * Lead actors / actresses and characters they play: Shailene Woodley ,Ansel Elgort, Nat Wolff , Laura Dern , Willem Dafoe , Lotte Verbeek * Relationships: Shailene Woodley with Ansel Elgort *Hazel Grace Lancaster is a teenager of 16 years old and he has cancer. He meets Augustus who is a boy who had passed the cancer months ago. They fall in love but some months later Augustus had cancer again in all his body so he die. * The thing that I liked is the love history, because they fall in love in a therapy group. * I recommend watching the film because it is very emotional and because it tells a realistic history.
- 10. TV GUIDE Channel 4 8.30 PM Elder Brother. It’s about a man who had a bad life, a bad relationship with his parents. So he goes to some houses all around Spain to treat with conflictive teenagers to improve their relationship with their parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters…or whatever. TV 5 9.15 PM Big Brother. It’s a programme which is about people from Spain who goes to a house and they have to life all together and win some prizes in group activities.
- 11. TV 5 12.45 PM Women, men and vice versa. It’s a TV programme in which young people goes to meet the love and to have a partner in their daily life who shares with it moments. HOROSCOPES Sagittarius 23rd November – 22nd December LOVE: If you and your sweetheart want to be on good terms, stop and think before you speak. MONEY: It's the time to advance any projects that might bring money to you now or in the future. PERSONALITY: Energetic, extroverted, optimistic, and enthusiastic. They love change.
- 12. Gemini 21st May – 21st June LOVE: If someone has been trying to be with you, it’s time to give him or her chance or opportunity. MONEY: They’ll see the potential in you, and you may actually hear from someone who can make you feel great about yourself this week, so keep your ears open. PERSONALITY: Expressive communicative, ready for fun, serious and indecisive. Capricorn 23rd December – 20th January LOVE: This week may have a positive result in the end; you will find your half orange. MONEY: You would probably prefer not to have to worry about money, especially this week. PERSONALITY: Responsible, disciplined, expecting the worst Cancer 22nd June – 23rd July LOVE: It will certainly be a very interesting meeting, and could develop into something profound. MONEY: You will win lottery. PERSONALITY: Intuitive and sentimental and when it comes to family and home, nothing is more important. Sympathetic.
- 13. Aquarius 21st January – 19th February LOVE: You will have a bad time with the love .If you have a partner you are going to break with him or her .If you are finding the love, sorry but you are not going to find this year . MONEY: The good luck is with you. PERSONALITY: You like all to be perfect in your studies don't be like that and go party and be friendly. Leo 24th July – 23rd August LOVE: You are going to meet a girl or boy that is going to be very important in your life. MONEY: You will find a job and you have to go abroad. PERSONALITY: You are so angry Pisces 20th February – 20th March LOVE: You are going to meet the love or your life but don't be impatient. MONEY: they will give you the boot PERSONALITY: Depressed , sad and unfriendly
- 14. Virgo 24th August – 23rd September LOVE: You are going to find boyfriend or girlfriend today. If you have a partner is going to be the best week that you will have during your relationship. MONEY: You may be trying to come up with new ideas, or even taking on new work. PERSONALITY: Practical, hardworking, worry, shyness, critical of self and others. Aries 21st March – 20th April LOVE: You will fall in love with the person of the previous relationship. MONEY: You will have a lot of luck. PERSONALITY: intelligent,kind,tightfisted. Libra 24th September – 23rd October LOVE: You are going to get married this year but you still don't know MONEY: you are going to lose a lot of money in games. PERSONALITY: sympathetic, funny.
- 15. Taurus 21st April – 21st May LOVE: You will have a date with an especial friend MONEY: You will spend a lot of money shopping and you can control your selve. PERSONALITY: gossip, lazy, shy in his or her personal life Scorpio 24th October – 22nd November LOVE: If you have a relationship, you have to allow yourselves some quality time together. MONEY: your income will go down. PERSONALITY: good person, friendly and sympathetic.
- 16. PASTIMES