Movies

Cinema is the most complex and powerful art form in the present world. It can have moments that help us to better understand our own lives, the lives of those around us and even how our society and culture operate. Cinema has been one of the greatest influences in our modern life, and it‟s also a form of art, the seventh art along with photography, architecture, literature, play, painting and music. It‟s the combination of technology, business, entertainment and aesthetics ,each and everything of these four has important role in present day world and it‟s also visible in the variation of its forms. Film is technology, movie is the business and entertainment, and cinema is the aesthetics.

Movies of various sorts like comedies, action, war, fiction, drama and documentary. By watching movies we might have a reason to be relax from our daily activities. Real life story movies on the otherhand, allows us to witness the life of others which was experienced by them in real life at some point in time. We might have to admire them on how they are able to solve and endure their real life challenges. As for me, I love movies that project positive attitude in life and work those movies might have in some cases the answers that we are looking. Movies should project what should we truly enjoy and that is a beautiful life that is full and love and caring for each other.

Going to the cinema is an incredible reason to go out together. Also, people can have reasons to invite them over for a movie night. Watching movies is a fun thing to do with their friends. When I want to watch a movie with my friends, it is a good experience to us. In conclusion, movies are popular for these reasons: inexpensive, entertaining and a perfect reason to go out with friend. The movies are an important part in the people’s rutine, there are a lot of movies and people can choose in several options. As I said before movies can be also a good excuse to go out.

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Problems.

November 16, 2014 

To Mr. Robert Hoots, manager at Three Lemons Hotel,

I have just returned from my vacations at the Three Lemons Hotel in Carolina I had the idea of an incredible hotel with a great restaurant and a lovely swimming pool. Crete that you expressly recommended. Unfortunately, neither your recommendations nor those of the holiday brochure coincided with reality. 

I had some problems:

• The swimming pool: It was unfinished but in the brochure show other thing.
• The restaurant: The breakfast was eaten by the birds.
• The bedrooom was a desaster.

When I asked to be moved to another room, I was told that this was not possible; nor were the problems rectified. It was an implied term of our contract that the accommodation provided would be of a standard of cleanliness and quality reasonably to be expected from this type and price of hotel.

I want to haggle for something or to get a refund, I am very dissatisfied even in output was not given any receipt. Can I ask you if I can get a discount? The customer is always right!

I will be asked by other people abouth the Three Lemons Hotel and I don't have a good image for the hotel. I think I make you a good bargain.

I don't think this is too much to ask in exchange for the inconvenience this has caused me.

Thank you for your quick reply in this matter.

Best,

Marion Rojas.

Present Perfect Progressive

The present perfect progressive expresses an action that recently stopped or is still going on. It puts emphasis on the duration or course of the action. But I now the meaning, the real problem is when I am talking. 

Signal words

all day, the whole day, since, for

Questions with how long

Examples:

• I'm so tired, I've been studying.
• I've been running, so I'm really hot.
• It's been raining, the pavement is wet.
• I've been reading your book, it's very good.
• I've been living in London for two years.
• She's been working here since 2004.
• We've been waiting for the bus for hours.

Form

have/has + been + infinitive + -ing

This website has a lot of information and some excercises: http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/present-perfect-continuous-exercise-1.html

The next video is going to being you an idea of the correct use of this english tense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyrREnqBou8

And this video is an example of the ordinary use of the tense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWfDrPeBDl8

My Hero

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918, in Mveso, Transkei, South Africa. was a politician and activist. Becoming involved in the anti-apartheid movement in his 20s, Mandela joined the African National Congress in 1942. For 20 years, he directed a campaign of peaceful. In 1994, Mandela was inaugurated as South Africa's first black president. When Mandela was 9 years old, his father died of lung disease, causing his life to change dramatically. Mandela was given the same status and responsibilities as the regent's two other children, his son and oldest child, Justice, and daughter Nomafu. 

Mandela took classes in a one-room school next to the palace, studying English, Xhosa, history and geography. It was during this period that Mandela developed an interest in African history. He learned how the African people had lived in relative peace until the coming of the white people. According to the elders, the children of South Africa had previously lived as brothers, but white men had shattered this fellowship. While black men shared their land, air and water with whites, white men took all of these things for themselves. 

Mandela soon became actively involved in the anti-apartheid movement, joining the African National Congress in 1942. In 1991, Mandela was elected president of the African National Congress. Mandela also worked to protect South Africa's economy from collapse during his presidency. By the 1999 general election, Nelson Mandela had retired from active politics.  He continued to maintain a busy schedule, however, raising money to build schools and clinics in South Africa's rural heartland and serving as a mediator in Burundi's civil war. Mandela was diagnosed and treated for prostate cancer in 2001. In June 2004, at the age of 85, he announced his formal retirement from public life and returned to his native village of Qunu. On December 5, 2013, at the age of 95, Nelson Mandela died at his home in Johannesburg, South Africa.

 He had done a lot of incredible thing before he became the hero that he is now, he had been inspiring people for decades. Also, he had been helping people when he was in jail try to inspire the other people to be better. Mandela was helping the african people every moment and that is the reason for me to mention him as my hero. He had done revolutionary ideas and worry about the people. For me that is the essence of life: do your best and help the others.

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How sports can help children.

How sports can help children.

Sports play a significant part in the life of everybody, but it is an habit, that’s why is important to involve the children. It is a way to have fun, improve skills, have discipline, confidence and other qualities. It is also a commitment from the parents, they need to bring the children on time and support them, at the same time trying to be a good example. There are a lot of interesting sports: soccer, ballet, running, swimming, judo, etc. Also it is important to consider the appropriate age activities and some children don't like the contact sports, but there are others so, try to compare the options.

However, the sports can help the children achieve, provide guidelines and discipline. Participation in challenging sports help the teachers because the children will love the classroom challenge. Provides make positive opportunities as make friends. That sounds not necessary, but when they grow up, they can be competitive people. The sports will give them the ability to compete for a job or to be a responsible employee.

Some children love sports, but for others sports are a waste of time. But those activities can help kids to build confidence and have fun too. The discipline of honing skills gives a sense of improvement. Sports have a positive result on children by lowering aggression. Using sports is more useful than therapy and also, it reduce the negative emotions. Winning or losing games permit the kids to sense their personal progress and accept the result in a positive way.

Healthy socializing and sports go hand on hand, children who play sports are less involved in drugs and smoke. This could be a result of being in something productive. Females are less likely to be pregnant in high-school. And, as a summary, playing sports can help to develop friendships based on health and enjoyable activities. It also indicates that sports play different roles in socialization for boys and girls. Sports participation help to create a social identity because in high-school, teenagers are looking who they really are. For example: breaking stereotypes. According to US Department of Health and Human Services Reports, people who play sports tent to perform better at school and earn higher test scores on standardized tests.

So, children have to be active every day, it is not only about scores in school, the most important part is the health of them. Nowadays people don't like exercise, but it is really necessary, and if you practice a sport when you are a child, it will be easier to practice it when you became an adult. For example, some benefits are: reduce the risk of obesity, increase cardiovascular fitness, improve sleep and improve personal skills as cooperation and leadership. As you can see, sports are necessary and children will have a lot of benefits, make exercise is an obligation in the life not an option because you can’t be healthy without doing anything.  

First impressions of the course and your expectations.

I think that when you are learning a new language is necessary to study every day have responsibility and practice as much as you can. I totally disagree with the people who always want to learn doing nothing, that way i am always trying to learn something new and making a challenge from it. Some friend said to me that learned english only watching TV Shows i feel jealous. I think there's some truth in that but in my case i need to study and practice because it is impossible for me only trying to learn in that way. Every person can learn in different ways but at least the most of them need a book and classes. In Costa Rica we have a lot of schools in which you can improve your knowledge and realize that english now a days is an important tool.

I love to learn, my biggest frustration is giving the best on a course and i now that some people can have pretty strong feelings about it. So, i want to know people who really want to improve the idiom because i know that only practicing you can improve but if you are in a group in which only you study and do everything you are not going to go to any part. I am very careful when i choose a group of work, sometimes people said that i am a lonely person but when i can do my homework alone it is better for me. But i am a very social person and try to give my best and help the people when i can and also receive a feedback. I was very nervous the first week because i couldn't came the first week but after that i met new people, i think that some changes can be good and i totally disagree with the comfort. I try to keep making new friend and acquaintances.

I have a lot of expectations because some people said that the teacher is incredible and that is really important. My first impression was that she is an excellent teacher that really love hers job. She looks very knowledgeable and try to transmit it. For me this course will be an excellent opportunity to improve my english skills and try to practice a lot with the teacher, because i think we are so lucky to have her teaching to us. There were several different opinions about the topic but for me a good teacher is a person who always is demanding you to give more, thats the only alternative if you want to be better and not only part of the group. You always need to try to make a difference :), and teacher i love the art too :D look at this:

And i was looking a good phrase to finish my blog and i found a phrase that also have the word Successful.

The importance of being healthy

They are many habits that can change the life of everyone, but the most important are: eating healthy and exercising. Eating healthy is not only about being fit, the body needs nutrients to be healthy: also is difficult to maintain a diet and to balance those factors with other activities, but it is necessary to improve our health.

There were several different opinions about the topic, people prefer the fast food than eat fruits and vegetables, for example:

Carbohydrates provide you energy.

Proteins are another source of energy and help to repair tissues in the body.

Fats can help to transport essential vitamins in the body.
Vitamins and minerals can keep healthy and functioning your body.

I couldn't agree more with that, we need to eat all of the above and fiber too, because it can help to keep your digestive system healthy, however they are several people that can had pretty strong feelings about this and prefer only ignore the topic.

The other aspect is exercise, it can burn calories and it is a complement of a eat healthy, People who exercise regularly have lower occurrences of high blood pressure, high cholesterol, osteoporosis, type 2 diabetes and cancer, also they can sleep better.

People who exercise will be more relax and happy in the work and can produce more because they are having a space to do different things and not only in the same routine.

I think that there's some truth because you feel better when you are doing other thing, but also the can be people who are totally disagree too. But when you are changing you life maybe people can think that it could be a waste of time but try to do your best!