Aida+Guillem

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 * **Your Score »** || 90 out of 100 points **( 90% )** ||
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 * **Answered Incorrectly »** || 1 Question ||

PREDICTIONS

Monday, 23rd January 2012 =‍__ COPY __ **THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES AND** __PASTE__ **THEM INTO YOUR PAGE BEFORE STARTING WORKING ON THEM.**= //recent// //sources// //advise// //spot// //input// //data// //early// || (15) __focused__ on one place. Leetar likened his predictions to weather forecasting, saying: “It’s never perfect, but we do better than (16) __random__ guessing." ||  || //emotions// //incredible// //k////ey// //random// //importance// //focused// //view// //track// || Good things bad things ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 1. GAP FILL:** Put the words into the gaps in the text.
 * Researchers say they can use news stories to help predict the future. Scientists from the University of Illinois in the USA (1) __input__ over 100 million news articles into a supercomputer for analysis. The stories went back as far as 1945 and came from many (2) __sources__, including the BBC and New York Times. The (3) __data__ showed how much unrest and discontent there was in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya before their (4) __recent__ revolutions. The computer also saw (5) __early__ indications of the whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden before he was (6) __captured__ Researcher Kalev Leetar said the study could now help analysts (7) __spot__ future trouble in potential hotspots around the world. Business strategists already do a similar thing to (8) __advise__ their clients. ||  || //captured//
 * Leetar explained the (9) __importance__ of news to look into the future: “News gives you (10) __incredible__ information about people, places, and organizations. It also tells you about the relationships between them, about how people (11) __view__ each other,” he said. Leetar used terabytes of data to look at three (12) __key__ areas. One looked at the tone of the journalists’ writing. It used 1,500 different (13) __emotions__ to build an assessment of a country’s stability. Secondly, it examined geocoding to (14) __track__ references to people’s movement. A third technique was network analysis to show how much news channels
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 * 2. Listen and check your answers. ||  ||   ||
 * **3. THE FUTURE:** What are your predictions? Complete this table and share what you wrote with your partner(s). Change and share again.
 * **3. THE FUTURE:** What are your predictions? Complete this table and share what you wrote with your partner(s). Change and share again.
 * This year for you **__I will go to Sevilla and I won´t visit my aunt. __** ||  ||   ||
 * Your country **__I will live in London I won´t live in Spain. __** ||  ||   ||
 * Sport **__I will run and I won´t go to play football __** ||  ||   ||
 * Inventions **__I will help the people __** ||  ||   ||
 * The world **__In the world won´t be wars __** ||  ||   ||
 * Your old age **__I will be a business __** ||  ||   ||

4. Talk to your friend and complete the predictions.

By the year 2020 we will both __**have married.**__ In ten years' time we will both be **__working a lot__**. By this time next week I __**will have done my homework**__ and my friend __**will have taken an exam of maths**__. This time tomorrow I will be __**in class of english**__ and my friend __**too.**__

__**An informal letter**__

**__WRITING PLAN__** __**TIPE OF WRITING:**__ Informal letter or E-mail. __**PARAGRAPH DISTRIBUTION:**__ -state the reason for writing. **3.Body** : -Guie information. **4.Closing remarks:** -Tell your friend to write dropp me a line. -love -kisses -lots of love -best wishes
 * __REGISTER__**__** : **__ Informal
 * 1.Greeting **
 * 2.Opening remarks: **
 * 5.Signing off: **

From: aidaguillem@gmail.com to: sabarca@florida-uni.es subject: I buy an ipod

Hi Sara, How are you? I'm very happy because I've saved money and now I can buy an ipod.

With the ipod i can listen my fauvorite songs. It's very nice and practical, because you can listen to your fauvorite songs everywhere and see videos. I will buy my ipod in pink because I love this colour. You also could buy one for you because it's fantastic. The only problem is the battery but in general it's the best.

I will send you an e-amil next week to ask if you will buy the ipod OK?

kisses, Aida

__**TASK 1. Choose the best option.**__

Scientists have discovered that addictions may be (1). A team from Britain’s University of Cambridge found that siblings of drug addicts (2) the same brain abnormalities as their drug-using brothers and sisters. The research team said these abnormal brain structures are linked (3) poor self-control and drug dependence. The researchers suggest that addiction is (4) some ways a “disorder of the brain”. This may provide important new ways into helping people with problems of self-control when it (5) to addictions. The study sought to find out if drugs changed the “wiring” of the brain or whether the brains of drug addicts were wired (6) from birth. Lead researcher Dr Karen Ersche told the BBC: “It has (7) been known that not everyone who takes drugs becomes addicted.” She continued: “It shows that drug addiction is not a choice of lifestyle, it is a disorder of the brain and we (8) to recognise this. These brothers and sisters who don't have addiction problems, what they can tell us is how they (9) these problems, how they manage self-control in their (10) life.” Dr Ersche and her colleagues studied 50 pairs of siblings — one with a history of drug addiction and one with no experience (11) taking drugs. She compared these with 50 healthy people. She concluded: “We need to find out how these non-addicted siblings were able to resist (12) drugs.”
 * Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.**
 * 1. || (a) || ** hereditary ** || (b) || herald || (c) || herded || (d) || heresy ||
 * 2. || (a) || compare || (b) || ** share ** || (c) || repair || (d) || fare ||
 * 3. || (a) || as || (b) || at || (c) || ** to ** || (d) || up ||
 * 4. || (a) || to || (b) || of || (c) || by || (d) || ** in ** ||
 * 5. || (a) || arrives || (b) || leaves || (c) || goes || (d) || ** comes ** ||
 * 6. || (a) || difference || (b) || differs || (c) || ** differently ** || (d) || different ||
 * 7. || (a) || ** long ** || (b) || deep || (c) || wide || (d) || tall ||
 * 8. || (a) || must || (b) || **need** || (c) || should || (d) || necessary ||
 * 9. || (a) || overjoy || (b) || overkill || (c) || ** overcome ** || (d) || overplay ||
 * 10. || (a) || **daily** || (b) || nightly || (c) || afternoon || (d) || morning ||
 * 11. || (a) || as || (b) || for || (c) || to || (d) || ** of ** ||
 * 12. || (a) || users || (b) || ** using ** || (c) || use of || (d) || uses ||

__**TASK 2. TRUE / FALSE**__


 * a. || Scientists say that many addictions may be hereditary. || T ||
 * b. || Drug addicts can have the same brain abnormalities as their siblings. || T ||
 * c. || Abnormal brain structures usually results in better self-control. || F ||
 * d. || The study may be able to help people control themselves better. || T ||
 * e. || Everyone who takes drugs becomes addicted in some way. || F ||
 * f. || A researcher said addiction is a brain disorder and not a choice. || T ||
 * g. || The researcher said one in fifty of us are drug addicts. || F ||
 * h. || The doctor knows why some siblings of drug addicts are not addicts. || F ||

__**TASK 3. SYNONYM MATCH.**__ Match the following synonyms from the article.


 * 1. || discovered || ** 8 ** || get over ||
 * 2 || siblings || ** 4 ** || give ||
 * 3. || linked || ** 5 ** || tried ||
 * 4. || provide || ** 7 ** || decision ||
 * 5. || sought || ** 2 ** || brothers and sisters ||
 * 6. || lead || ** 10 ** || stay away from ||
 * 7. || choice || ** 1 ** || found out ||
 * 8. || overcome || ** 6 ** || head ||
 * 9. || colleagues || ** 3 ** || connected ||
 * 10. || resist || ** 9 ** || co-workers ||

**__WRITING: A DESCRIPTION OF A PERSON__**

My friend Lucia is my best friend and she's like my sister. Lucia is an interesting person because she knows about all of things.

I met Lucia when I was four years old. Lucia is a friendly person. she's always cheerful. When you need her, she's always there for you. She loves animals and she konws a lot about nature and the environment. However, she's also a very stubborn person, but she's very generous. She loves making people lought.

In short, Lucia is a different people from most teenagers. She's fun to be with and entertaining to listen to. I´m glad that she's my friend!