TOPIC: If you could change one important thing about your country, what would you change? Use reasons and specific examples to support your answer.
I think we have a very huge cultural problem in our country and Its very hard to decide one thing to change to face it and to build a better country. But whether i have the chance to decide surely i would change the education system. i would start intruducing a new subject in high schools program it would be "The permaculture" i think this would create an environmental awareness. And i would add a condition for university students in order to graduate from college. This condition would be to go out from the country at least for 6 months and live the experience of live in other culture. This both conditions would help to develop theirs awarness of life and would aid them to take better decisions in theirs life and consequently would take affect in our country.
And that some small part i would change from my country, but from my point of view is the more important to face our cultural problem.
ALDO PEREZ
martes, 23 de marzo de 2010
what would you change about your country?
I bet Mexico is not the best country, but its citizens are waiting for a higher expectation of change. There is more than one aspect that these people and I would like to change about it.
At this point, where the tactics, those that are applying by the government, are not doing a big impact in the society who claims for peace. So, nowadays our country is becoming unreliable for their own people. Sometimes, you wish to stop all that is wrong with the government and just delete it easily as it comes. But, at this time that is running in our nation, in my opinion most people included I, would like to take out the insecurity that is occurring.
Insecurity is an issue that is often present at the talks from each and every one of the Mexicans. Daily, we hear, read and see all the media, shocking news about rising crime in our country. Because, unfortunately this point that has been left to grow from previous administrations and now has reached exorbitant levels affect the daily lives of the Mexican society. Uncertainly, that is not something that affects only members of any social class, religion or sex, but affects everyone equally. What is the country we want to leave for our future generations? As a teenager going to college, I don´t want this for my future. I hope deeply actions and consequently effective results.
E VA R A M I R E Z
At this point, where the tactics, those that are applying by the government, are not doing a big impact in the society who claims for peace. So, nowadays our country is becoming unreliable for their own people. Sometimes, you wish to stop all that is wrong with the government and just delete it easily as it comes. But, at this time that is running in our nation, in my opinion most people included I, would like to take out the insecurity that is occurring.
Insecurity is an issue that is often present at the talks from each and every one of the Mexicans. Daily, we hear, read and see all the media, shocking news about rising crime in our country. Because, unfortunately this point that has been left to grow from previous administrations and now has reached exorbitant levels affect the daily lives of the Mexican society. Uncertainly, that is not something that affects only members of any social class, religion or sex, but affects everyone equally. What is the country we want to leave for our future generations? As a teenager going to college, I don´t want this for my future. I hope deeply actions and consequently effective results.
E VA R A M I R E Z
PRACTICE TOELF ESSAY
TOPIC: If you could change one important thing about your country, what would you change? Use reasons and specific examples to support your answer.
I think we have a very huge cultural problem in our country and Its very hard to decide one thing to change to face it and to build a better country. But whether i have the chance to decide surely i would change the education system. i would start intruducing a new subject in high schools program it would be "The permaculture" i think this would create an environmental awareness. And i would add a condition for university students in order to graduate from college. This condition would be to go out from the country at least for 6 months and live the experience of live in other culture. This both conditions would help to develop theirs awarness of life and would aid them to take better decisions in theirs life and consequently would take affect in our country.
And that some small part i would change from my country, but from my point of view is the more important to face our cultural problem.
ALDO PEREZ
I think we have a very huge cultural problem in our country and Its very hard to decide one thing to change to face it and to build a better country. But whether i have the chance to decide surely i would change the education system. i would start intruducing a new subject in high schools program it would be "The permaculture" i think this would create an environmental awareness. And i would add a condition for university students in order to graduate from college. This condition would be to go out from the country at least for 6 months and live the experience of live in other culture. This both conditions would help to develop theirs awarness of life and would aid them to take better decisions in theirs life and consequently would take affect in our country.
And that some small part i would change from my country, but from my point of view is the more important to face our cultural problem.
ALDO PEREZ
With the help of technology, life is easier today than in the past.
Nowadays, the technology is everywhere and anytime. When you wake in the morning and turn on the TV using technology, when you prepare breakfast, use technology when you call someone on the phone ... Yes, that's technology. But will be true when we hear that technology improves our lives ?
Technology today has made life easier and quicker but dangerous, but
how is technology dangerous? The answer to this question is very simple. There's lots of incident where there is malfunction in technology. Many people dislike the production of technology. Technology also creates financial problems in families because most technologies are very expensive to buy like the computers, televisions, refrigerators, etc.
However there are more advantages in technologies than disadvantages. How is technology an advantage? Today technology is very important in society because it makes life easier to live on and not time consuming. The use of technology today has made people think harder to encourage them to create other technology that will benefit us in the future for survival, employment, education, health, etc, the technology improved quality of life of people, have improved health care, transplants, etc. Things could not previously are now possible thanks to Medical Technology.
The Technology could be the best thing that ever happened to us. It's possible that the future generation might depend on technology for survival because parent's today doesn't want their kids to go through what they went through in life. So I think that technology makes like easier.
Many people think that technology is a good thing and a bad thing. Well I agree I agree with these views. But we must have a comprehensive. The technology as references can be a two-edged sword. We create these technologies for us and take life easier. Do not let them control us. =)
Greetings
Carlos Alberto Guzman Lucio
Technology today has made life easier and quicker but dangerous, but
how is technology dangerous? The answer to this question is very simple. There's lots of incident where there is malfunction in technology. Many people dislike the production of technology. Technology also creates financial problems in families because most technologies are very expensive to buy like the computers, televisions, refrigerators, etc.
However there are more advantages in technologies than disadvantages. How is technology an advantage? Today technology is very important in society because it makes life easier to live on and not time consuming. The use of technology today has made people think harder to encourage them to create other technology that will benefit us in the future for survival, employment, education, health, etc, the technology improved quality of life of people, have improved health care, transplants, etc. Things could not previously are now possible thanks to Medical Technology.
The Technology could be the best thing that ever happened to us. It's possible that the future generation might depend on technology for survival because parent's today doesn't want their kids to go through what they went through in life. So I think that technology makes like easier.
Many people think that technology is a good thing and a bad thing. Well I agree I agree with these views. But we must have a comprehensive. The technology as references can be a two-edged sword. We create these technologies for us and take life easier. Do not let them control us. =)
Greetings
Carlos Alberto Guzman Lucio
TOEFL Writing Topics,Essay Practise
TOEFL Writing Topics,Essay Practise
choose one of the next topics and write an essay, by following the rules for writing essays, the essay must be 200 words long and you must blog it, at the end of the session. WRITE YOUR NAME ON IT.
choose one of the next topics and write an essay, by following the rules for writing essays, the essay must be 200 words long and you must blog it, at the end of the session. WRITE YOUR NAME ON IT.
lunes, 22 de marzo de 2010
lunes, 8 de marzo de 2010
WORK FOR TOEFL LAB MARCH 08
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/adj1.htm
http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/clauses-1.html
http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/clauses-2.html
http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/clauses-3.html
http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/adjclausequiz.html
http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/bl_adverbclause.htm
http://www.quia.com/quiz/242899.html
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/sentence_types_quiz.htm
http://itech.pjc.edu/writinglab/senpat.htm
http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/nounclausequiz.html
http://www.english-zone.com/grammar/noun-clz1.html
http://www.rong-chang.com/ex/complex01.htm
http://www.eslpartyland.com/quiz-center/lyricscss.htm
DO AS MUCH AS YOU CAN!!!
http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/clauses-1.html
http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/clauses-2.html
http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/clauses-3.html
http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/adjclausequiz.html
http://esl.about.com/library/quiz/bl_adverbclause.htm
http://www.quia.com/quiz/242899.html
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/sentence_types_quiz.htm
http://itech.pjc.edu/writinglab/senpat.htm
http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/nounclausequiz.html
http://www.english-zone.com/grammar/noun-clz1.html
http://www.rong-chang.com/ex/complex01.htm
http://www.eslpartyland.com/quiz-center/lyricscss.htm
DO AS MUCH AS YOU CAN!!!
www.couchsurfing.org
www.Couchsurfing.org
Couchsurfing.org is a webpage for backpackers. Once you sign up you are allow to search a couch available for you all over the world. This webpage is specially for do journeys by yourself or even with friends.
The webpage let you see information about other persons like age, genre, languages spoken, friends, hobbies and pictures.
For organize an appointment you just have to send him or her message through the page and the other person will replay the message in order to arrange the date.
If everything went well during the process of agreement you will have a couch, a bet or a small place on the floor where to sleep 1 or 2 days, depends of the person.
My recently experience with Couch surfing was here in Victoria. A guy from South Caroline wrote me last week, he wanted to stay at my place for two days in his way to San Luis where he well meet another person from the Webpage. He is taking a trip on his motorcycle from South Caroline until some city in South America. His name is Daniel and is 28 he just finished a Master Degree in Electrical Engineering and was a good opportunity to talk about his Country and I told him some important things about mine country.
That’s Couchsurfing.org is an amazing webpage if youlike to do backpacking
Aldo PEREZ
Couchsurfing.org is a webpage for backpackers. Once you sign up you are allow to search a couch available for you all over the world. This webpage is specially for do journeys by yourself or even with friends.
The webpage let you see information about other persons like age, genre, languages spoken, friends, hobbies and pictures.
For organize an appointment you just have to send him or her message through the page and the other person will replay the message in order to arrange the date.
If everything went well during the process of agreement you will have a couch, a bet or a small place on the floor where to sleep 1 or 2 days, depends of the person.
My recently experience with Couch surfing was here in Victoria. A guy from South Caroline wrote me last week, he wanted to stay at my place for two days in his way to San Luis where he well meet another person from the Webpage. He is taking a trip on his motorcycle from South Caroline until some city in South America. His name is Daniel and is 28 he just finished a Master Degree in Electrical Engineering and was a good opportunity to talk about his Country and I told him some important things about mine country.
That’s Couchsurfing.org is an amazing webpage if youlike to do backpacking
Aldo PEREZ
FACEBOOK :P
Facebook sucks!... that's what I thought about a year ago, but now i find myself using it a lot. At first I tought it was a complete waste of time, and even now i still think it is, and this is because there are people who obsess over it.
My favorite book
My favorite book is Cien años de soledad By Gabriel García Marquez, inf fact I read it twice, one of them were when I was in junior school as a part of a subject called literatury; in thas time I got different concept about the book that I have now. In the story you found a little town called Macondo, in that town lives Buendía family, I can say its a peculiar family because all of the members have their owns stories. Different kinds of things happened in Macondo, for example, one day suddenly, the people entered in a deep dream as cause of "la canícula". In the story, the author show us a perfect circle, it mean, he show how the life starts and how it end. To read this book is a good exercise of refelction because the author makes a severe critic to the political system of his country and at the same time he show the costums to us of his country, Colombia, that are similar to ours.
By Magda Fernández. 7-9
By Magda Fernández. 7-9
British vs American English
British english respect the pronunciation of the words that have french origins. In change, americans usually omite some letters that "Are not necessary" and regularly dont respect the french origins words giving them an american pronunciation.
Some examples:
A: Color B: Colour
A:Center B: Centre
A: Honor B: Honour
A: Analyze B: Analyse
In Latin American is usually used amercian english because is close to US. British english is usually used for school proposites and things like that.
Vocabulary is also different . For example :
A: Elevator B: Lift
A:Trunk B:Boot
Even the street language is different.
Some examples:
A: Color B: Colour
A:Center B: Centre
A: Honor B: Honour
A: Analyze B: Analyse
In Latin American is usually used amercian english because is close to US. British english is usually used for school proposites and things like that.
Vocabulary is also different . For example :
A: Elevator B: Lift
A:Trunk B:Boot
Even the street language is different.
Juan Carlos Gloria Perales
domingo, 7 de marzo de 2010
.:: My Personal Experience ::.
I would like to share with you my latest experience I had the last year.
My adventure started the first day of shcool, when I came back to home I was lost, almost crying, at night, and snowing... Without know where I was... The funny thing was that I was to one block of home, I realized that when an old woman helped me to find my house. Actually, she was my first American friend I met, and her family and I still keep in touch.
All the time I was living over there, I had so many different activities, I knew a lot about general culture, I ate different kinds of food, and of course, I met a lot of people from all over the world.
My school is called EF, International Language School, and it is too famous. And now, I have friends from Germany, France, Italy, Taiwan, Indonesia, Turkey, Madagascar, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Japan, Korea, China, Spain, Brazil, Russia, Boston, and Mexico as well.
I think that was the best thing of my whole experience, that I made many friends and that we are still in touch...
Like my housemates, who I miss them a lot... Some of them were leaving, other ones were arriving, every month I had new ones and, it was pretty cool because we went out and we were like siblings.
And finally, "the cherry on the cake" was that I was one of the speakers in my gradutaion, I respresented the American Continent, and I gave a speech, a really good one. And all my teachers, even teachers I never met, congratulated me because I said a moving speech that had good messages like this one "If you cannot be the highest pine in the forest, don't worry!! Be a bush... But among the bushes, ALWAYS BE THE BEST". They loved it. And I am so proud for have been the person who spoke in front of all the school.
My adventure started the first day of shcool, when I came back to home I was lost, almost crying, at night, and snowing... Without know where I was... The funny thing was that I was to one block of home, I realized that when an old woman helped me to find my house. Actually, she was my first American friend I met, and her family and I still keep in touch.
All the time I was living over there, I had so many different activities, I knew a lot about general culture, I ate different kinds of food, and of course, I met a lot of people from all over the world.
My school is called EF, International Language School, and it is too famous. And now, I have friends from Germany, France, Italy, Taiwan, Indonesia, Turkey, Madagascar, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Japan, Korea, China, Spain, Brazil, Russia, Boston, and Mexico as well.
I think that was the best thing of my whole experience, that I made many friends and that we are still in touch...
Like my housemates, who I miss them a lot... Some of them were leaving, other ones were arriving, every month I had new ones and, it was pretty cool because we went out and we were like siblings.
And finally, "the cherry on the cake" was that I was one of the speakers in my gradutaion, I respresented the American Continent, and I gave a speech, a really good one. And all my teachers, even teachers I never met, congratulated me because I said a moving speech that had good messages like this one "If you cannot be the highest pine in the forest, don't worry!! Be a bush... But among the bushes, ALWAYS BE THE BEST". They loved it. And I am so proud for have been the person who spoke in front of all the school.
.:: Fabiola Escamilla ::.
How to make Hot Cakes
To begin you need:
1.- 3 cups of hot cakes flour
2.- 4 eggs
3.- 1 cup of sugar
4.- 1 cup of orange juice
5.- 3/4 of cup of corn oil.
Now that you have all the ingredients, mix all of them, then, put the mixture in a lubricated mold, finally, bake it at 175 °C for approximately 40 minutes.
Cool, now I'm hungry!
Cool, now I'm hungry!
jueves, 4 de marzo de 2010
Essay 4 - Chile's Earthquake
In my very personal opinion, this earthquake is one of the most
terrible catastrophes I have ever seen in my life.
I really feel that this disaster can tell us how damaged the world is,
and it makes me realize that some fault is mine, because I am a part of those
who destroy our planet. However, I feel like I cannot understand
what Chile is passing through, because I have not been in that situation
and I do not know how my reaction would be.
I would like to help those people, by sending them money
or any kind of affordable help, but for sure, my prayers are with them.
However, we must not to forget what happened in Haiti,
and not even the incidents in our country, because even if they
are not as recent as this one, they take years to be forgotten,
at least, at first sight, because in their minds, the day of the earthquake
will stay forever.
Jorge Guadalupe Barròn Torres
terrible catastrophes I have ever seen in my life.
I really feel that this disaster can tell us how damaged the world is,
and it makes me realize that some fault is mine, because I am a part of those
who destroy our planet. However, I feel like I cannot understand
what Chile is passing through, because I have not been in that situation
and I do not know how my reaction would be.
I would like to help those people, by sending them money
or any kind of affordable help, but for sure, my prayers are with them.
However, we must not to forget what happened in Haiti,
and not even the incidents in our country, because even if they
are not as recent as this one, they take years to be forgotten,
at least, at first sight, because in their minds, the day of the earthquake
will stay forever.
Jorge Guadalupe Barròn Torres
lunes, 1 de marzo de 2010
TV Programs
This time I will talk about one of my favorite TV programs: "That 70's Show". This sit-comedy takes place in 197something, it's about a gang that always hangs out at Eric Foreman's basement. The gang is formed by: Hyde, a really strange guy who likes to make fun of everybody and always says stuff about they being watched by the government and a conspiracy (of the government, of course). Fez: another freak, he is a foreigner, but no one knows where is he from, and he has a really weird accent, everybody in the show knows his name, but the TV spectator doesn't as they consider it unpronounceable so they just call it Fez. Jackie: a really annoying and selfish girl and Michael Kelso's girlfriend. Kelso: the idiot of the group, he believes he is the most beautiful thing on earth (maybe of the universe). Eric: he is a skinny guy in love with Donna, son of one of the most
embittered man in the world. Donna: she is in love with Eric, but they are really ashamed of telling to each other. One of the most hilarious series I have ever seen, I really recommend it.
embittered man in the world. Donna: she is in love with Eric, but they are really ashamed of telling to each other. One of the most hilarious series I have ever seen, I really recommend it.
Narcotraffic and Goverment
On this occasion I will comment my opinion on an important issue and delicate. Will speak on narcotraffic and the fight he has against the Mexican government.
The violence in Mexico has increased in recent weeks. Every day there are executions, assassinations of senior police, shootings in broad daylight, heads without bodies, bodies without heads and countless horrors that are complemented by the police inability to deal with narco-violence. Organized crime is all over the country and disputed areas of power to the state "to you by your" due to their fire power and corruption of police officers and polítical. Ones years ago the battle between cartels for control of customs, crossings, squares etc., has become an organized crime front war against the government of Felipe Calderón. Huge areas of Mexico are under the power of drug trafficking. This is a fact acknowledged by the autoridades. Felipe Calderon has given the mexican military police functions (which the Constitution is not theirs) and in places such as Tamaulipas and Tijuana, are soldiers who patrol the streets in view of the inability or complicity police with criminals. The Mexican army and navy are the most respected institutions by the Mexicans. We must avoid losing this trust.
Currently there are five thousand soldiers integrated into the public secu
rity forces, their means will be reduced year by year as new officers are graduating. But still, not cope; this without counting the desertions since the narcos pay a hundred times more than the Government. During the government of Vicente Fox dropped 150 thousand soldiers and so far Calderon, twenty thousand.
I propose a national system of social crime prevention which addresses the causes of crime. In addition to command police operations, is to flood the regions with education, health, culture, sports, jobs, better opportunities in life, healthy recreation and productive projects.
The violence in Mexico has increased in recent weeks. Every day there are executions, assassinations of senior police, shootings in broad daylight, heads without bodies, bodies without heads and countless horrors that are complemented by the police inability to deal with narco-violence. Organized crime is all over the country and disputed areas of power to the state "to you by your" due to their fire power and corruption of police officers and polítical. Ones years ago the battle between cartels for control of customs, crossings, squares etc., has become an organized crime front war against the government of Felipe Calderón. Huge areas of Mexico are under the power of drug trafficking. This is a fact acknowledged by the autoridades. Felipe Calderon has given the mexican military police functions (which the Constitution is not theirs) and in places such as Tamaulipas and Tijuana, are soldiers who patrol the streets in view of the inability or complicity police with criminals. The Mexican army and navy are the most respected institutions by the Mexicans. We must avoid losing this trust.
Currently there are five thousand soldiers integrated into the public secu
rity forces, their means will be reduced year by year as new officers are graduating. But still, not cope; this without counting the desertions since the narcos pay a hundred times more than the Government. During the government of Vicente Fox dropped 150 thousand soldiers and so far Calderon, twenty thousand.Policies are needed to attack poverty, family violence, education, services, that is absent from the agenda. Drug trafficking is not a matter of cops and robbers.
I propose a national system of social crime prevention which addresses the causes of crime. In addition to command police operations, is to flood the regions with education, health, culture, sports, jobs, better opportunities in life, healthy recreation and productive projects.
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