Report
This report is written to analyse the possibility to have in our university a special room for the students when they are not in class ,like a meeting between them to talk,study and a comfortable place to wait when they have a break and don't know where to go.

The most conving arguments in favour of this idea are the following:
The necessity of all the students to have a place where they can rest when they have long breaks and need a comfortable and appropiate place to do this.
On the other hand,there isn't a great place in the university where could be all of them.The canteen is so small,the students have to wait at least one hour to have lunch or find a table to study and other places as the library, you can't eat and you have to remain silent.Thus these are not a good place to satisfy the necessities of them.

I would recomend a room near the yard because there you can enyoy freely with out be worried if you make noise or bother to someone.It's necessary to implement the room with atractive things for the students as a television,a radio, and some armchairs.
There is not doubt that if we are listened and the director accept this proposal,we will have students more engaged and satisfied with the university and the service that it give them.

Crime and Environment Review

Torture:

Torture has existed in many countries even in our society.Some people receive corporal punishment because they have another sort of thought or ideology that are opposite to the rules,doctrines or political system of that country.

Nowadays,there are organizations that help to the people that have been tortured.It provide them psychosocial assistance,therapies and different levels of support with the help of professionals.

Grafitti:

Grafitti is a good way to express our feelings about different topics in which we are in favor or in against.The problem is when you paint in walls where you can't paint for example in private places as houses.You need to request permission to paint it and the expression that you want to

do, it can't damage the image of the country.

Drunk Driving:

It is one of the worst crimes that make a person.It is so irresponsible driving when you are drunk.You have to think that you can have an accident and kill innocent people.

"Care your life and the other ones"

Formal Transactional Letter
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am writing to express some complaints about the newspaper report that appeared on Monday,about a by-pass for the town of Oldbury.There are information and details about it that are incorrect.I am sure about it because I attended it demonstration.

Firstly,you have to consider in your report that if the people accept this proposal,although more than 2,000 disagreement, they will be leading to the destruction of woodland that has more than 100 years,and of course they are making a damage to the animals and species so special as snails and foxes.

Another incorrect aspect that you make sure at the moment to publish any information is investigate how happened the problem or situation.You said that the protesters chanted slogans and it was almost like a strike,but I saw that it was a silent and peaceful demonstration and the people that participated,specifically youngsters were from many local residents and not from other parts of the country.

As you can see,the information that appears in the newspapers and other kind of means of communication needs to be real and specific.
I am available for interview at any time if you need more details about what happened that day or my opinion about this kind of demonstration.

Yours Faithfully
Alejandra Reyes

Environmental Survey

1. Do you take any precaution to care the environmental?

2. Do you feel angry when someone throw litter out on the streets?

3. Which are the most important environmental problems that exist in your country?

4. Is the government worried about these kind of problems?Have they taken precautionary measures?

5.In your house do you have different bags or containers to separte the garbage?

6. Do you notice something different on the weather since your was a child until now?

7. What do you feel with the environmental disasters.Do you feel scare or it doesn't care you?

8. Exist a lot of environmental problems,can you mention any?

9. The Ozone afect health and cause environmental problems.Do you take some care about it?

10.Environmental problems afect economy.Are you agree?

Alejandra Reyes

Melissa rodriguez

Natural disaster-Experience

It happened four years ago when I was camping with my family in the south of Chile.
Our vacations were ending,we had to go next day.So,that day we got up early and we put away all the things.When we had ready to leave it started to rain strongly.We decided to wait a couple of hours,but the rain didn't stop.Besides,the river was growing and we had to leave the campsite to be safe.
Anyway,we wanted to return to Santiago,but we couldn't because the street and bridges were cut and blocked.It was distressing ,we didn't know what to do, but a family near there gave us a shelter.
The vacation last almost three weeks,because we had to wait the construction of new bridges.
Finally,it was a not so terrible.We had more days to rest and come back with all the energy to the pollution of Santiago.

What can ordinary people do to help in the fight against crime?

One of the big problems nowadays apart of the improvement of education is related to how we can reduce the crimes in our country,introducing any resource that we can imagine.

The first step should be given by the justice system that we have or in fact the justice that doesn't exist.Why it doesn't exist?Well, because every day we can see how some murderers and rapists are making the same crimes and don't have the punishment to go to prision.So, the mission is to create a change in the procedures and kind of punishes.It involve to increase the years of penalty for each crime.

But, what can we do if we live and see all the time in our neighbourhood thefts and rapes?

Clearly,we need to request help to control it in our district.The easiest solution is to have more policeman guarding the streets, the houses,banks,parks...the usual places where these kind of people can commit a crime.

On the other hand,we can organize with our neighbors and create a guard system where theirselves care the other houses when a neighbor has went out,specially in summer when everybody go away on vacation.Also,with the help of them we can save money to buy home alarm system for each one which everybody know them and can recognize when our house has been broken into.

To conclude another important point,is to educate to our children to warn some thefts or mugging.Teaching that they have to make sure who is around them, if they are walking on the street they have to save their belongings,try not to talk with strange people and finally tell them that they can not trust in anybody.

"We need freedom to live"

Part two
"It should be illegal for parents to hit their children"

Some parents recognize that at least once they have hit to their children in differents situations, like a good way to teach them to not do bad things or wherever they want.
For some people this is a good "method" to teach,but for others,it is a big lack to the children rights.They think that there are other sorts of techniques to change their behavior.For example,parents who have little boys have to punish their boys when they do something bad, or say them all the time"good ,excelent,try again,I'm proud of you...."and not hit them without a reason.
It is necessary to have the ability to listen them,not be so strict and help them when they are in troubles.Some parents are too much strict and see that the only thing that they can do when their children make a mistake is hit them or tell them off .It is the wrong way,nowadays children are the most important.On of the responsabilities of their parents is take care and protect them,they have rights that we need to respect.When a boy or girl is hit by his father or mother several times he has to go to the police.
One of the human rights is to protect to the children and their lives.

Mid -term writting task
Part one
Dear Helen Ryan,
I writing to express my thanks of have won this amazing price.I'm so excited to visit the campsite because I like to be in touch with the nature and it is a fantastic oportunity to have a little holdays.I've had too much work and I need a time for myself.

I would like to go next weekend because that week I don't have to work and it will be the only chance that I will have.As I told you at the beggining,I like the nature and listen the birds singing in the morning,so I prefer to be in a tent rather than cabins.
You mentioned some sports or activities to do there,well I would like to learn to sing.I believe that I have some skills and I would like to develop them.

On the other hand,I would like to know some details for travel. For example,the specific day that I have to travel and how I get there.

Well,that's all from me.I hope your answers soon.If you need extra information I'm available at any time.
Yours Sincerely
Alejandra

Informal Letter

Dear Yanet,

Sorry it's taken me so long to write,but as you know I've been doing classes of yoga at the gym and I've had to take the last tests and make registrations to the new students who want to go in to the gym,therefore I have to work overtime.In fact,I finished last Friday,so in the evening I went with some friends to celebrate by going to a "Fonda".It is like a store where people go to dance "Cueca",a traditional Chilean dance and eat the typical food like pasties and drinks like "Chicha". Also,in this traditional festival people go with all their family to play some typical games as:"El palo encebado","El emboque"or "La Rayuela".Every september 18 we conmmorate the Chile's birthday.Therefore,It is the most important celebration in our country.

I went with my friends to a fonda called Iorana situated in Parque O 'higgins.A park where every year let to the people to establish their stores or tents.The cheaper store was it.Thedifference of prices between them was high.We danced all the night and knew new people.

Unfortunately,I couldn't get to my house early to celebrate with my family because there were not buses at that time.Spite this,I celebrate with them next day and we had a good time.

Well,that's all from me .Let me know what you've doing recently.

All the best

Alejandra

Chain Stories

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw a small and fat goblin in my bedroom,jumping on my bed and eating candies that I had hidden in a bottle inside the cupboard.I was scared because it was ugly and his smile and face transmited a horrible evilness.I couldn't run out of my bedroom because he...

Miriam' s disastrous trip

1. What are some things that Miriam definitely should have done before she left on her trip?

She should have organized her trip: come home early,set her alarm clock and pack the night before.

2. What are some other things that Miriam could have done to make her trip more enjoyable?

She could have found out about the prices, where was exactly Indonesia and see before the trip the guidebook.She couldn't enjoy the trip because she didn't know what to do in that country.

3. What should she do now?

Definitely, She should stay and enjoy in that city and forget her dream, about to know the orangutans.Maybe,she doesn't have more money and if she travel to Sumatra couldn't return to her country because she won't have more money.

Speculating pictures

Picture1:

-The boy must have had some problems to breathe, he couldn't breathe the outside air and needed to use a capsule to brathe with his own air.

- The boy must have had an infectious disease and he couldn't infect to the people where he was working.

-The boy may have used the capsule as a cook hat to make sure that a hair won't fall in a plate.

Picture 2:

-Teenagers must have been rehearsing a play.

-Teenagers may have been practicing a new posture or choreography to their ballet class,using guns to make more creative the choreography.

Picture 3:

-He must have practicing a new kick that learnt in the karate classes.

-The boy may have wanted to frighten to his friend,throwing on him meanwhile he was sleeping.

Picture 4: ( I couln't see it,it was blocked)

The best way to travel in Santiago

Travel nowadays in Santiago is faster than a couple of centuries ago, when we had only buses which people had to wait at least 3 hours to get one,considering that they went past twice in the day.

Today the situation is totally different.There are many kind of transports which are within reach of all.The main way of transport is the subway that has expanded along Santiago.In each district we had it.Some people arrive to the subway station walking or taking a bus.So it's very accessible to anyone.The price of the ticket is moderate it's within 400 pesos and for students 130 pesos.

Despite, some problems with the speed and continuity of them,it is the best way of travel to any place in a short period of time.
However it is not the only way to travel in Chile.Also, there are trains situated in Estacion Mapocho which leave to far places or cities from Santiago for example Rancagua ,Viña del Mar,Valparaiso.It is faster than go by car and cheaper than go by plane.

To conclude,as I said at the beginning the subway despite to be uncomfortable because of the huge quantity of people who use it every day and the long rows that they have to make,it's fasther and cheaper than others ways of transport.This takes you wherever you want to go.

Travel Narrow the mind

1. I agree with him in one point. It's unnecesary waist time, money and effort in travel long distances and return in a cuple of days.As the author says, years ago there was a good purpose to travel.It was to search food and get better living conditions but now people travel just to know another country and have a new experience.

Anyway,people like to travel and are not worried if take a long time in arrive to the other city or country,and less if travel is a damage to pollution the environment.


2. People who come to Chile like to visit the south,for example Isla de Pascua or Chiloe.
They go there, because there is a beautiful vegetation,good food, friendly people.
Foreigners spend a lot of money enjoying of these charming places.
So, people who live in the south of Chile receive the major quantity of economic benefits.

Positive and negative effects tourism

Some positive aspects tourism are the high incomes that gets a country when people visit it, generating a lot of money for it.As you can see, when the foreigners go to another country they spend their money in hotels,restaurants,museums.Therefore,gives economic benefits.

On the other hand,the negative aspect would be it destroy the environment.Some people throw and leave garbage in the place that they are.Also,in some occasions they cut trees that are national monumet.

Anyway, the damage to the environment seems to be not so important,because people just see the high incomes that the foreigners give us.

My opinion about the stories

Travel stories

I prefer the storie that I chose,because it gives details about the place and the experience of swimming with turtles.We have the chance to imagine that.
The other storie doesn't say anything about the place,just the experience of a man who travel to The Virgen Islands.It doesn't give characteristics of the place,so is a little boring.

Travel Stories
Swimming with turtles atPulau Perhentian Kecil,Malaysia
1. Give some characteristics about Pulau Perhentian.

2. How many snorkeling trips they had around the islands ? Was it the same experience than in Mexico?.

3. What was the first thing that he saw when he was swimming?.

4. At the end of his travel,Was he regret of something?

5. How can he describe his experience?

Living in the city or in the countryside

Living in the city or living in the countryside is a good topic of discussion, you are always thinking what is the best place to live considering many elements to choose one.Although,you have to have in mind that both have some advantages and disavantages.For example,"The Neigbours".When you live in the city you have neighbours around your house they know all your life,you make a link with them,but in some cases it is not so good, because you don't have your own privacity.But, when you live in the countryside you don't have a neighbour next to your house they live far from you in another plot,so you have a little more of privacity.

On the one hand,we have the city life which is more comfortable, because the technology and electricity helped to make the people'life easier.In your house you have all the necessary to live without make a hard effort,instead in some cases in the countryside, people don't have electrity and naturally they don't have the oportunity to use some domestic appliance to facilitate their lives.Another important point,is that children can get a better education,because there are more and better schools than in the country.In the country there is only one and children have to walk many streets to get there.But not all is so good, the noises of the buses are awful and the people are all the time angry and stressed out because of work overload.

On the other hand,we have the countryside life which is beautiful.You can see that people try to protect their costumes,a life more peaceful,without stress and harmful elements to the people.For this reason,people is more friendly and greet you without know you.All the peolpe is smiling and you feel another environment.But a negative side,is that people have to travel to the city for supply their needs,for example,to go to the hospital they have to get a bus that take at least two hours to arrive to the village.

Despite, the life in the city is more comfortable because you have more access to the technolgy, in the countryside you live outdoors without pollution and noises like the buses,you are in touch with the nature and breathe fresh air.

Brighton Marina Coaches
Letter

Dear Sir or Madam,
I am writing to express my dissatisfaction with the service that you gave me.An excursion trip to France which didn't carry out an agreement and I didn't enyoy it.

Firstly,you had to reserve the place a day ,in this case the hypermarket to visit it and not make long queues at checkouts.We had to spend approximately 1 hour there,waiting for pay some products that we bought there.The hypermarket was crowded and there were just four checkouts and the others didn't work.After this,at 2.pm we are hungry we wanted to go to eat to the most charming restaurants that prepared the best food of the city,but we couldn't because we arrive late and they were closed.


To make matters worse,the travel was horrific.The seat were uncomfortable and hard.The air-conditioning was not working.The air was hot and a disgusting mixture of smells.I was suffocated I needed something to drink but the fridge was not working either.I wanted to go out of that bus in that moment and arrive early to the city.
According to the terms of your service you didn't fulfill with the objectives of the trip.I signed a contract which said that if I was not satisfied with the service you have to give me back my money.I supposed to receive this money immediately.I had put all my trust in you and you were very irresponsible.

As you can imagine,I am rather disappointed and obviously angry with the service offered by you company.I trust you will now give the matter your immediate attention .

Yours faithfully
A.Reyes

Phrasal Verbs and collocations-Come
Sentences:
1. I don't have time to come round to your party.I'm very busy.
2. My niece is coming up with the measles.She won´t go to school the next two weeks.
3. I came to the conclusion that she was not my friend.She has lied to me many times.
4. I was looking for some photos in the drawer,when I came across a letter from my ex-boyfriend.
5. I came up with a solution for the project,but nobody accepted my idea.