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Could the Spanish health care system be better? It is widely believed that the Spanish healthcare is one of the best in the world and this is probably true, however there are some improvable aspects. There can be no doubts that the wait lists are by far the most important problem. If you have a serious disease you will tend to in a very short time. Nevertheless, if you have to see an specialist you will have to wait a year approximately. Speaking of time, we also have to take into account the waste of time in the waiting room before being taken care of and the short time your doctor has to assist you due to the oversaturated consultation. Of course, there are those who argue that if you want a quality healthcare you need to contract a private health insurance. Thing I think totally unnecessary. It is my view that we need more GPs and specialists in order to reduce the number of patients and waiting times. This could only be achieved if the government invested more money in health. In conclusion, the Spanish health system is one of the best in the world because of the quality of its specialists. Nonetheless, It could make it easily better to improve the waiting times and consultation.
March 14, 2019
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Email Hi Lucy: What surprise when I received your email. I would be very pleased of helping you with this subject. Recently, I found an interesting article related to this issue. I think that it would be very useful because there are some important differences between USA movement and a Spanish movement. The first would be that American women, who represent me too movement , are famous models and actress and in Spain they are anonymous victims of some type of crimes related with gender violence. The second Is that the wave of feminism started here in 2015 with a demonstration against male sexist. 337 feminism organizations supported that act. The most revelant was the great amount of young women who participated there. In 2016, there was a state agreement against gender violence and a new demonstration had place in order to get money to budget their political pact. It was a success, they got 200 million. In 2017, two court cases were followed by public opinion, Juana Rivas’ case, who suffered domestic abuse and was sentenced to 5 years in prison for kidnapping her children when she only tried To protect them. “La manada” case was very important too. A 18 years old young woman was raped and robbed by five adults men who recorded all the aggression with their mobile phones. Both cases has fired the mood , asking for an urgent reaction. I hope that my email will be useful for your next article , if you need some extra information , don’t hesitate to ask me. See you soon Nuria
February 25, 2019
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An opinion essay As far as I concerned, the chages produced in the last 15 years are notorious. Not only have we changed our way of working because of the new technologies, but also we have had to learn a new language in order to communicate with the youngest, the social media language. I am going to start with the changes that have taken place in work. Unemployment has increased dramaticaly due to the fact that new machines have reemplaced manual work and and amount of manual workers have lost their jobs. FurtherMore, people become pensioners later than fifteen years ago, They have to work until they are 67-68 years old. This has terrible consequences to young people because there are not enough jobs. Speaking about the changes produced by new technologies, we have to say that the social media has changed the way of communication between teenagers. 15 years ago, young people used to go to fast food restaurants to hang out with their friends, now, they prefer to speak each other through a screen when they are playing a video game. This new way of interaction has changed our society too. At the moment, it is impossible to have a conversation between parents and their adolescents children. In my opinion, new technologies are amazing but we have to know how to take advantage of them before the lack of communication has fatal consequences in our lives.
February 20, 2019
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A review: Divergent Divergen is a novel by American novelist Veronica Roth, published in 2011. This novel is the first of the Divergent trilogy. A thriller set in the future , in Chicago, in the USA.It was written for teenagers . However, It is fairly entertaining and gripping to everybody. The main characters in the novel are a couple, Beatrice Prior (Tris) and Four. They live in a society divided into five factions based on human virtues. She is from abnegation and has to decide her destiny in a ceremony , where she would change her faction deciding in favour of dauntless. When she arrives at her new home she meets Four, her instructor and they would start a relationship. She has to compete with her mates to get a position in the twenty first posts, fighting and training very hard for this.Because If she fails she will be a factionless. This book , as the mayority of teenagers bestsellers, has implausible parts. Nevertheless, It is a fast-moving story , mixing love and action, making an interesting cocktail.Despite having typical devices common to adventure books, for instance, several villains against the main characters. The novel is also highly original, speaking about factions and social experiments. Not only is it an intriguing story, but it is also a thrilling action-adventure novel. Furthermore, when you finish it, you want to start reading the second part immediatelly. I recommend this book in English because its vocabulary is not too hard and it is easy to read for non-natives.
June 9, 2017
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Could you correct me this, please? Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to complain about my experience which my family and I had from 10th to 17th of July at Westfield Hotel in Brighton. I am afraid to say that the stay did not live up to our expectations. First of all, according to the information on your website at the time of booking, the hotel had bar food in the evening. However, the kitchen and bar areas were being gone up and the hotel was now a B&B without any food except for breakfast. At this point, not only had we gone out with my kids, but it was also too late to find anywhere opened. This left us feeling extremely dissatisfied. Secondly, when we were sleeping, the builders started making a noise at 7:30 in the morning. My son who is only two years-old started crying and my daughter followed him. It was In my opinion, we could have been advised by the reception staff about this fact, in order to be prepared for it. Thirdly, when we tried to have the breakfast, we found that the kitchen was not opened and just cold food could be got. For the same reason we had to buy drinks and sandwiches for dinner at the supermarket because of inability of evening snacks in the hotel. I tried strongly to complain, but I could not to find the manager. Due to all of these, we believe that we are owned an apology and that we should receive some form of compensation. I look forward to hearing your views on this matter. Yours faithfully Hannah Jones
May 19, 2017
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Are our grandparents lifestyles better than ours ? My grandparents lived in the beginning 1900s, when an industrial revolution took place. Although they did not have to be worried about unemployment, the job´s quality and salary were worse than nowadays. If we start speaking about foods and nutrients, we have to say that they did not use almost pesticides and preservatives.They had to consume the food in the same day that it was bought, they had rarely fridges in their houses. So, they only ate fresh food. Another point to add here would be fast food which is one of the fists causes of obesity today. Not only did they eat more vegetables and fruits than us, but they also spent more time in their meals. Secondly, we have to speak about the pollution. In these times, there were few cars and fabrics, so contamination´s issues were very scant. Moreover, they used to live in the country where the air was better than in the city. Thus, they have less respiratory problems as lung cancer or allergies. There are those who say that the wars, reduced dramatically the quality of life from30s to 50s, the period that my grandparents had to live and of course it is totally true. A lot of men had to fight and lost their lives, leaving many families in a precarious situation. Fortunately, my grandparents did not suffer that plight. To sum up, I believe that answering the title, Our grandparent had better lifestyles than us indeed. The quality of food and air helped with this. In my opinion, the fact that a war had placed in that time affected a lot in Spain but particularly not in my family.
May 10, 2017
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Queen´s Park Language School (Report) Introduction The aim of this report is to detail student satisfaction with the classes and facilities at the Queen´s Park Language School and to make suggestions for improving future study trips. Accommodation More students were satisfied with their accommodation with families, because they were able to practise their English with the members of the house. However, students who stayed in the halls of residence, could not to speak with natives out of their classes, considering that the majority of students were Spanish. We believe it would be preferable to have more available families in order to avoid the residence. The school In general, students throught the school and the classes were adequate and correct. Their main criticisms were about the lunch and the length of classes. As regards lunch, it is generally thought that only a sandwich is not enough. We know that we have to nourish our body at the same time that our brain. Although it is true that people often have not time to eat something more elaborate. In terms of the duration of classes, we could have a break each two hours to disconnect and speak with other students or even with the teacher. Weekend activities Trips to London and Oxford had rated very highly. On the other hand, to Bath and Stratford were too boring. There are not enough time for shopping and too much sightseeing. We propose that all the trips should have a balanced time for shopping and sightseeing. Conclusion Overall, the majority of students are satisfied with the experience about the trip and the school. We hope that the suggested changes are implemented, to improve the quality of your service.
April 24, 2017
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Ready meals have revolutionized eating at home - but at price? Ready meals have become part of our shopping list almost without realising it, but do we know if this type of food is healthier or it is worth depending on its price? Perhaps the greatest benefit of this meal is the time that you save cooking it, considering that you only have to heat it before eating it. In addition, if you can prepare this food in the microwave, it would be better than in the oven, in order to economise electricity and much cleaner. We live in a new century where our time is gold and if we do not waste a lot of time cooking and cleaning, we could spare the time doing other things like: reading, watching TV or simply relaxing. However, it must be said that ready meals have more disadvantages than advantages. One drawback is the price, if you buy all the ingredients and cook that dish, the price could be a fifty percent lower than the ready meals. On the other hand, it is clear that if you buy all the elements to make a delicious meal, it will be healthier than a meal with a huge amount of additives to conserve more time in the supermarket or in your fridge. On the hole, If you have a hectic rhythm of life and need to save time above all else. You could use the advantages of ready meals without abusing it. I think that your health is more important than your work. Furthermore, not only is it an unhealthy food, but It is also closely connecting with a stressful life.
April 16, 2017
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Harry Potter and the cursed child: The eighth story ninetten years later. First of all, this book has a completely different aura: On the one hand, It is not a novel, It is a script , written as a play without meticulous descriptions and easily to read because of the fluent dialogue between the characters. On the other hand, the protagonists are totally different than the others seven books of Harry Potter .Not only, did the author change the principals but She also invented new professors and pupils. The old heroes have grown up and now they have children with new adventures to face on. Talking about the story, It is set 19 years after The Deathly Hallows. Harry is married with Ginny (Ron's sister) and they have three descendants : Albus, James and Lily. This book starts at King’s Cross station, heading for platform nine and three quarters, where Albus is about to board the Hogwarts Express.There, we can see the old cast (Ron , Hermione , Draco Malfoy and their own children, among others). The plot will be driven by Albus and his best friend Scorpius (Malfoy's son). Albus will try to find his own way , struggling with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. From my point of view, this book is gripping and fast-moving.I could not put down and read it in three days.I bought it in Liverpool airport ,the day of my departure to Spain because that day was its premier and I would never regret of that. Because I could enjoy it before the rest of the people in Spain which premier was four month later.
February 6, 2017
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The Physiscian , review The physician is a 2013 German film , based on the novel by Noah Gordon. The film focuses in an orphan , Rob Cole, whose mother died on his hands of a mysterious illness . We are introduced by the writer in a medieval world of the 11th century, the Dark Ages. In England , he attaches himself to Barber ( Stellan Skargard), whose methods are nothing sort of barbaric. Growing up fast , Rob (Tom Payne) learns what he can from barber´s methods. Finally, He decides to go Persia, in order to be taught by the legendary Persian physician Avicenna (Ben Kingsley). He knows Christians are forbidden in Muslim lands, otherwise Jews are tolerated, so he performs a circumcision on himself and changes his name, pretendig to be a Jew to avoid problems. It is important to say that Rob has an unique gift, which allows him to detect grave illness merely by touching another. Obviously, this gift will be crucial during the whole plot. In my point of view, The physician is a great entertaining adventure movie, I was captivated throughout the entire film.On the one hand,I was equally fascinated by the beautiful costumes and brilliant screen settings, which were only to be topped by the superb acting of Tom Payne. On the other hand , This film has negative reviews , because the Avicenna biography is changed slightly. Anyway, I don´t want to make spoilers. Please, ignore the negative reviews of this film. Do yourself a favor and enjoy a beautiful work of cinema.
January 8, 2017
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