Alberto+Manzano

Hi, I'm Alberto Manzano and I've recorded the page 19 of **//Cervantes Meets Shakespeare.//**

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(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. ||  || //capturedV// //recentV// //sources// //adviseV// //spot// //inputV// //dataV// //early// || (15)__fucused__ 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// //viewV// //track// || Good things bad things ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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.
 * **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 ||  ||   ||
 * Your country ||  ||   ||
 * Sport ||  ||   ||
 * Inventions ||  ||   ||
 * The world ||  ||   ||
 * Your old age ||  ||   ||

4. Talk to your friend and complete the predictions.

By the year 2020 we will both have studied in University. In ten years' time we will both be working. By this time next week I will have studied Castelano and my friend will have studied another thing. This time tomorrow I will be play the piano and my friend will be play football.

FIRST COMPOSITION:

Hi David,

I have a surprise...last week I won the lotery!!! It's amazing..I hope you accept my proposal: Together, we will go to the Caribbean sea! What do you think? I hope you accept, because you always have said : "When you win the lottery, we will go to the Caribbean sea" and this is our dream. You must make your travel arrangements. The next weekend, I'm going to buy our tickets, would you be interested in coming with me..?

I hope we have a great trip my friend! I hope that you replay me fast..It's important!!

Best wishes, Your best friend, Alberto __**TASK 1. Choose the best option.**__

Scientists have discovered that addictions may be (1) hereditary. A team from Britain’s University of Cambridge found that siblings of drug addicts (2) share the same brain abnormalities as their drug-using brothers and sisters. The research team said these abnormal brain structures are linked (3) to poor self-control and drug dependence. The researchers suggest that addiction is (4)i n some ways a “disorder of the brain”. This may provide important new ways into helping people with problems of self-control when it (5) comes 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) differently 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) need to recognise this. These brothers and sisters who don't have addiction problems, what they can tell us is how they (9) overcame these problems, how they manage self-control in their (10) daily life.” Dr Ersche and her colleagues studied 50 pairs of siblings — one with a history of drug addiction and one with no experience (11) of 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) using 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. || T ||

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

SECOND COMPOSITION: Sergio is a good friend of mine. I met Sergio in 2007 when we began the hight school. There isn't anyone like Sergio.
 * 1. || discovered || a. || get over ||
 * 2 || siblings || b. || give ||
 * 3. || linked || c. || tried ||
 * 4. || provide || d. || decision ||
 * 5. || sought || e. || brothers and sisters ||
 * 6. || lead || f. || stay away from ||
 * 7. || choice || g. || found out ||
 * 8. || overcome || h. || head ||
 * 9. || colleagues || i. || connected ||
 * 10. || resist || j. || co-workers ||

Sergio is 16 years old amd he was born in Paiporta, Valencia. He's quite slim and he's got short brown hair and blue eyes. He's also athletic, he plays un Levante U.E and I think that he's a big player. His weight is 65 kg and his height is 1.77 cm.

Moreover, Sergio is very outgoing but when he's angry, you shouldn't be with him because he's unbereable! He's also generous and hard-working and sometimes he's helpful. He's got an amazing sense of humor and I can always rely on him.

Sergio is a very good friend and I know that if you get to know him, you will get along with him.