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Writing 1

Study the picture above and write a short text in which you share the thoughts of any of the three people in the picture as it is being taken. Use your imagination.

• The lady that walks: it seems that she is healthy and wealthy. That's because of the clothes she is wearing, and that she is talking in her phone and smiles. The lady don't look at the two poor people, because she don't want to think about that someone has it like them.

Viewpoints page 265

1. Anupam lives in a three rooms house, made of bricks and a tin roof. He don't have electricity or water in the tap most of the time.
2. He is good at math.
3.  Because this planet is becoming to polluted , and he wants to investigate if it is life in other space.
4. His mother had a sixth grade education, his father had a tenth grade education.
5. He wants to get in to the Indian institutes of technology.(IIT)
6. His mother make him wash his hair with henna, because his hair starts turning grey.
7. Over half of India's population(population in India: 1,1 billion )is under 25.
8. Because the younger generation fell so much pressure, so you need to be better then everyone if you want to succeed.
9. In 2004 Anupam failed the IIT entering exam.
10. His father want to be a teacher, but then Anupam came, and then his other children.
11. He was going to install a new roof after his studies, and dig a borehole. Anupam also wanted his father to stop driving a rickshaw. 

Values

In this text I will reflect on values.

The film I have chosen as my main focus is “Drone”, because I think that this theme also concerns Norway and the rest of the world.

The word 'value' has wide meaning, things that are important to us in life has a value. It can be everything from a car, house and money to religion, community, family and freedom. The difference are the physical values we need to survive and abstract values that makes us who we are. Things has different values from individual to individual.

In the film “Drone” values is an ethical dilemma. Many civilians and children are killed in the mission to kill people associated to Al-Qaida. On one hand, it is great that we are trying to take the terrorist, and that they take responsibility and try to defeat terrorism. On the other hand, it is not right to defeat terrorism with terrorism. As mentioned, many children and civilians are being killed.

The drone pilots are also exposed to an ethical dilemma. They are sitting in a country and bombing another country on the other side of the world, but is this right? The positive is that the pilots are not risking their own life.

The Negative is that the countries that are getting attack, can`t defend their selves. At the same time, the pilots don’t have the feeling of war, and do not think as much about the lives they are taking, and do not realize what they are doing.

I think that values are important, because it forms a good society.

It is essential to find the values you think is important in life, because it defines you as a person, and you can make up some meanings about the society and find your place in society. People who have many of the same values are making a good society.

To conclude, values are impotent in many settings in life, from religion to war and politics. Values forms a good society, and values are an ethical dilemma in many settings. 

Youth Issues

Slam

Checkpoint

Why does he hope it could be «anything»?

Because if she is pregnant, it will be consequences for him to. I think that Sam don’t want to be a dad or together with Alicia.

What is not quite right about what Alicia is saying?

Alicia is saying that it’s their baby, and that together they are going to take care of the child. However, Alicia don’t let Sam say what he means, and if he want to keep the baby.

How does Sam feel? Have you ever felt like this? When?

Sam feels afraid, because he think he knows how Alicia’s parents will react. He think that they will just blame him. I don’t think that I have ever felt this way before.

UK

1. Not really, because like every other person they can take a plane or boat to somewhere else.
2. I had preferred to live in London, because then I could go shopping every day

I have learned:

• The capitals of the UK counties: Edinburgh, London, Cardiff, Belfast(and Dublin)
• I have learned about some lakes like lock ness.
• I have learned about some islands, like Shetlands islands.

English as a World Language

Checkpoints

1.      A language that is used for communication by to people who are not native speakers, is called a lingua franca.

2.      Because there is only 350 million people that speaks English as their first language and English is spoken by 1.2-1.5 billion people.

3.      Queen Elisabeth 1 started to build the British Empire.

4.      After ww1 and ww2  Britain was no longer the position as the world’s leading power

5.      To the language is developing in different directions. The spelling, pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary are developing differently all over the world.

Viewpoints

1.      We (Maria and I) think that it`s possible that English takes over the Norwegian language when the generation above us dies, because younger generations is exposed for English daily and getting better at it.

2.      No!!!!!!!!! L

Comprehension

1.      The Romans left Britain 1500 years ago.

2.      English has shown some unique abilities to absorb, evolve, invade and steal words from other languages.

3.       Over 350 languages

4.      1.2-1.5 billion people

5.      A quarter of the(1/4)

6.      A quarter speaks English as their second language

7.      The grammar, spelling and pronunciation

8.      Singlish is spoken in Singapore, hinglish is Hindi English and chinglish is Chinese English.

9.      Because English has so little to do with England these days, it might as well get a Chinese name. Also because there is a type of Chinese English as well.

British vs. American English

Checkpoints

1.  Words that are pronounced differently in British and American english:

 - Dance

 - Laugh

 - Rather

Here the British words have vowels sounds.

In British they don`t pronounce "r" in the words:

 -Car

 -Star

2.

American English	British English
Theater	Theatre
Monolog	Monologue
Color	Colour
Analyze	Analyse
Travel-traveler	travel-traveller

3. Language work

I am knackered and I must go to the loo

- I am tired and I must go to the bathroom

Are there any WCs close by?

- are there any bathrooms nearby?

Must I queue up behind that bloke?

- Must I stand in line behind that hunky guy

Is there a chemist anywhere close?

-  Is there a scientist anywhere close?

I am peckish- I am hungry

At the zebra crossing the lollipop lady directed us to take a diversion, but my lorry was out of petrol and it was impossible

-        At the transitional feelds the (lollipop lady) directed us to take another way, but my truck was out of gas and it was impossible

4.

- I took the lift up to third floor.

- Maria bought sweets in the shop

- The autumn has beautiful colours

Quote

This text is inspired from these words: mob psychology, impressionable, spine, humble, obedient, strict, lenient and resourceful:

Creative stunt
-We both agree on that the teen years is a hard time, with a lot of pressure and hormones?
-Yes, I agree and sometimes it can be too much to handle. Some of the teachers can be really strict, but at high school we have a lot of freedom. At highschool I think that the teachers are more resourceful and that leads to that the students to be more obedient.
-I think some of the worst pressure comes from friends because it’s really hard to say no to their mob psychology.
- Yes in this age we are very impressionable. And even if we don’t mean it we affect others.
- In the teen ages it might be a good idea to be humble above others, because many in this age gets personal problems. So just remember to be lenient.
-Yes my spine hurts just by thinking of it.

This text is inspired from this quote: “A child, like your stomach, doesn’t need all you can afford to give it”-Frank A.Clark

I don’t need everything. I just need a place to live, some food, some clothes and love, I just need a family, because in this country we have all this thing in a family. 

We are people, we are all people, we need to help people.

 Europe has to help the one who is drowning in the sea, and are killed by terrorists. These children need everything a parent can afford to, but the parents don’t have a job or money, so we need to help them. We need to use money on them, because they need everything you can afford to give them. This parents are giving all they can afford to, to theirs child, and that is love and hopefully a better country to live in.