Extrem interviews Today we've been talking about extrem interviews in English class. I've never heard about this. I've made several job interviews but they have been always traditional interviews, where interviewers have made questions about my skills, qualifications or some things about my personality. In extrem interviews the questions are bizarre and they are about things that don't seem relevant information. For example questions about which animal would you be if you were one, or what kind of fruit would you like to be, things like that. This technique was originated in Silicon Valley and his idea is to see how job seekers react. In my opinion, this kind of interviews are eccentric, and they don't indicate necessarily how people would react in the real situation.

The English course starts soon. I'm going to start my English course next week, and I'm a bit worried because I have a high level this year, although I have passed my last exam, I don't have still enough level. I need to improve my spoken English, so I need to meet with someone to speak by skype. If someone is avalaible to make an exchange, please contact to me to speak on the morning. Thanks a lot

Success and failure. A question of luck' I'm going to tell you about two friends. One of them, is a lucky person and the other one is an unlucky person. The first one is a person who has all the things that everybody would like to have in their life. He has a big family with a good relationship. They are a very close family. They often meet and have a great time. He has also a lot of friends and he's in touch with his childhood friends. He's having success in his working life because he's working in two companies as an engineer so he's earning a lot of money and he enjoys with his job. He knows very well how to manage his time and he has known to use the good oportunities that the life has offered him. But the most important thing is that lucky has been with him. The second one, is a hard working and intelligent person. He has a big talent for business. However he's an unlucky person. He lost his parents when he was very Young, this made him an unhappy person, but he knew how to manage his life in the good way a few years later. He studied a lot in the university and he got good marks. Then he set up a small company. His company was working very well until the crisis came. At the end the company closed. Also he got divorced and now he has some health problems. Although he's a hard working and intelligent person, he isn't having good luck. In conclusión, I think we have to find the success in our lives through our effort. But on the other hand, lucky has to be next to us in many moments.

Stereotypes about men and women Firstly, I have to say that the stereotypes about men and women are very common in our society and there are many of them. But are they stereotypes or true? For example, women worry more their appearance than men. Women like going shopping and buying clothes and they spend more time choosing what to wear. doing the hair or putting make-up. So I think it's true. On the other hand, nowadays there are many Young men who are worried about their appearance. This is because of the society where we live. It's a consumer society where people, men and women, think that the most important thing is the appearance, so at the end all of us are worried about it. Another stereotype is, women are better in multitasking than men. I'm not sure, but it may be true. Women have more facility to do different things at the same time. Maybe men need more concentration to do anything. In my case, I can do different things at home like cooking and talking by phone or washing up without any problem, but my husband can't do it. Another thing, men are more interested in sport than women. I think it's true. Probably when they were children they used to play more sports games than girls at school. So men like the competition and being the best. On the other hand, women were educated in other values in their childhood. Finally, men are more interested in technological gadgets than women. I don't know why, but there are usually more men watching electronic devices in the shops.. In conclusion, some stereotypes maybe are true but we can not generalize everyone. Many things are changing nowadays. In my opinion, men can be different physically to women and this may influence in many aspects, but the big problem is what education we have in our childhood.

About cinema One of my favourite films is "Life is beautiful" It's an Italian comedy-dram and it's set in Italy at the end of the II World War. The film was filmed on location in Arezzo, which is a little village of Italy. It's based on the book "I have defeated Hitler", which was written by a man who survived to a nazi concentration camp in the real life. The film was directed and written by Roberto Benigni. And it was a big success in 1997 and it won three Oscars in 1998, for the Best Actor, the Best Soundtrack and the Best Foreign language film. It was also starred by Roberto B. as Guido. The film is about the story of an Italian jew and his family. They are captured by the nazis and they are sent to a nazi concentration camp when Italy is occupied by the nazis. Guido hides his son from all the cruelty they are living, so he uses the fantasy for this. Although they are surrounded by horror and death, Guido's son believes in all the stories which his father tells him. In the end, Gudio dies, but he helps his son to survive. I recommend this film because it's a beautiful movie and it has many funny moments, although it's also a very hard and sad story. The most important thing is the message that the film shows us: we must try to be positive and fight against adversities of life.

Money Today I'm going to tell you about my attitude about money. That's difficult to say. I think I'm careful with money. Firstly, I always try to save money and to spend it on necessary things. If I can't afford something what I want and isn't really necessary, I won't borrow any money and buy it. Fortunately I've never had any emergency or to buy something that I couldn't afford it. Only when I bought my house. I had to borrowed money from the bank, so nowadays I've to make repayments every months. On the other hand, I sometimes like buying things like technological gadgets, going to restaurants, travelling or clothes. The last thing I've bought was a laptop last week. It was a good oportunity. About tip, I like leaving tips in restaurants or bars when I've had a good service. but when I take a taxi, I,ve never left any tip because I think taxis usually have high fares. To be honest I don't like spending money on tax. In my opinion, nowadays we pay a lot of tax to the Government because of crisis, and we have worse public services like education or health. About credit cards, I'm careful with them. I usually use it when I have to pay a big amount or any emergency. But I prefer taking out money from the cash machine and paying in cash. Like that I know what I've spent. In conclusión, it's very important saving money, but it's also important enjoying with things that you like.

Food and cooking I'm going to talk about food and cooking. First of all, I think I have a healthy diet because I try to eat all kind of food. I usually eat vegetables, fruit, pulses, fish and sometimes meat. On the other hand, I sometimes eat fat foods or tinned foods, but not much. Nowadays I have enough time to cook. Moreover I like cooking with extra olive oil which it's very healthy. However I try to cut down on sugar, I often put a lot of sugar in the coffee. About eating out or at home, I have to say that I prefer eating at home. It's more comfortable and I can cook what I want. I sometimes eat out, for example when I have a celebration with family or friends, and my favourite dish is vegetables lasagne. I really like Italian restaurants. Another favourite dish that I really like it's fried eggs with potatoes. When I'm feeling a bit down I like eating nunts, because they have a lot of energy. About diet in Spain, I think it is chanchig nowadays, because people have less time to cook because of timetables and they eat faster and wors. They also have forgotten many traditional dishes. That it's a pity because the mediterranean diet is very healthy.