Teresa+Saturnino

MY WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS

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 * 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 (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." || . 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 agai n.
 * **3. THE FUTURE:** What are your predictions? Complete this table and share what you wrote with your partner(s). Change and share agai n.
 * This year for you We will get good grades at class. We will have to be with each other another year. ||  ||   ||
 * Your country We will live in Barcelona. We ||  ||   ||
 * Sport ||  ||   ||
 * Inventions ||  ||   ||
 * The worldº ||  ||   ||
 * Your old age ||  ||   ||

4. Talk to your friend and complete the predictions.

By the year 2020 we will both have __**a house and a car.**__ In ten years' time we will both be __**sports journalist**__. By this time next week I will have __**exams**__ and my friend will __**have exams too.**__ This time tomorrow I will __**be at class**__ and my friend __**will be at class too**__.

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

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


 * 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 ||

discovered - found out siblings - brothers and sisters linked - connected provide -give sought -found out lead -head choice - decision overcome -get over colleagues - co-workers resist - stay away from

=//__**A DESCRIPTION OF A PERSON TERESA**__//=

My friend Paula must be one of the most important people in my life. In fact, I've known her since I was a child.

Paula is tall and slim.She has got long, straight fair and green eyes.She has cheerful, she has got a great sense of humor and is very compatible with me. She is into music and cinema. In addition, she would like to be an actress.

Paula loves go out with her friends. She has got a lot of friends. She is always looking for activities to do with her friends, like: go to the cinema, going shopping...

In conclusion, Paula is one of my close friends and I hope our friendship lasts for a long time.

=A DESCRIPTION OF A PERSON (Sara)=

My friend Andrea is my best friend, and I can say that I've never meet a person like her.

She is petite and good looking. She has long, straight hair, and has a beautiful smile. She is a kind person, and cheerful, and when I'm with her, I'm always laughing.

She loves listening to music, reading books, going to the cinema, the kids and her little dog, Odette. She lives in an other town, so we can only meet once a week.

My friend Andrea is one of the most special people that I've ever meet, and I'm sure that we will be friends forever.


 * Teresa y Sara **