An email Hi Sally, How are you? I have read something interesting for you! What do you think about a truck travel crossing the ancient continent (Africa)? I think that you’re the perfect person for this kind of trip, a totally crazy person. Madness is important for you because you’re going to sleep surrounded by wild animals and you’re going to cook anything that you can imagine! And I’m describing a quiet day! If you’re ready for this kind of adventure, please take a good sleeping bag and be careful with mosquitos (they’re very dangerous). But my last suggestion and the most important thing that you must do is… Enjoy your travel and take lots of pictures for me! Best wishes!

A blog entry! Write a blog entry for the online magazine. Include the following information: • a place to visit in your country • something young people should see while they are there • an activity they might enjoy • Explain why your recommendations are suitable for young people. Answer Hello everybody, My name is Robert and I know that you are on your holidays, my lucky friends! I would give you an option if you’re looking for a good trip, although I know that there are many options around the world. But if you like good weather and happy people, you must visit Spain! For example, I do recommend you to visit Valencia and its famous Turia Garden. It is a dry river with a giant garden inside and you could find many different activities along the river. For instance, there are basketball courts, running roads, small bars and even discotheques. It is a perfect place for having fun, no matter what kind of fun are you looking for. I recommend you a football match with your friends, a cold shower, a freeze beer in a bar and an all night party. Turia river is perfect for young people because you can enjoy sports and cold drinks surrounded by trees and other young people. Maybe it is a perfect place to meet other interesting people… Think about it, we’re waiting for you! Regards

Football Vs reasoning I can’t understand what the people feel with football, it’s very difficult for me. Last weekend Real Madrid and Atletico de Madrid played the most important football match of the year, The Champions League Final, and I wasn’t watching TV. Maybe you can say: “If your team plays the game, you will watch it”. But it’s wrong, because I don’t have any team. I’m not a part of a team which is not my own team. Real Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia… Are organizations created to earn money and we are losing our minds by an irrational feeling of property. Although we can enjoy a game, we aren’t part of those teams! Only if we play in those teams, we can feel this kind of feeling. Last saturday I saw fans along my street exploding firecrackers, shouting and singing ridiculous songs, and I couldn’t understand it. I prefer these situations than others like street fights or whatever, but I think that we must celebrate another important things with the same happiness and we do not. For example, I have never seen a party after a scientific discovery, although it is important for everybody! To sum up, we must analyze our behaviours in this cases. We lose control with trivial things and we don’t pay attention to the important things of life. Maybe one day we will see a child with an Stephen Hawking T-shirt...

Creativity If had to say what is the hardest problem in today’s society I always choose the lack of creativity. Nowadays, our children feel that they are unable to create anything from nothing. They are scared when you give them a white paper because they use to do guided tasks. When you tell them that they need to fill in the blanks, or complete any sentence, they are comfortable and they probably succes. But when you propose a free writing composition or to draw a picture, they usually complain and do not do anything while they shout: “I can not!”. I believe in their minds, so I disagree with this situation. We need to find the way to increase creativity tasks in our timetable. For instance, we should reward creative behaviors inside the classroom. We need to motivate our free thinkers and we must offer them the opportunity to explode all their capacities. In a nutshell, if we find the way as a society to develop our children's imagination, we will collect the fruits in the future.

An essay In my opinion a vegetarian diet is not as healthy as a diet containing meat, and a big percentage of doctors agree with me. When I was a child I was a good level athlete and I was in close contact with many dietitians who told me what is the correct diet for me, as an athlete and as a normal healthy person. All of them did the same prescription, a complete diet with vegetables, meat and fish is the best recipe for a good development. They thought that it is impossible to get all the nutrients that we need with substitute food products. I respect vegetarian people and I think that it is a good choice even if you are an athlete, but if you ask me if it is the better option, I do say not. In conclusion, I think that we must accept the doctors opinions. They are constantly studying and researching and if they say that a complete mediterranean diet is the better for us, listen to them is the better option.

I'm missing you Hi sweety, How are you? I miss you as I have not missed anyone in my life. I’m having a good time here in San Francisco. We are working a lot but we are doing a great job (those are not my words, but my boss’s). In my opinion, there are many things to change in our company if we want to improve our benefits. For example, we have a colleague who isn’t very productive. He’s lazy and he talks without any respect to the customers. If you are trying to open new markets in the other side of the world, try to be pleasant and trustworthy. However, it’s just my opinion. Maybe he thinks the opposite and he succeeds. The time will be the better polygraph. Though this is not the most important thing that I have to say to you, so I’m going to be sincere. I need to get back, I’m losing my head. You are my last thought at night and my first one in the morning. I only think in our walks, in our free time enjoying ourselves, in our infinite talks with a glass of wine… Have a nice weekend and remember that we’re close in the distance. Bobby

Pratice: An Essay Nowadays we are assisting to an incredible increase of trash TV programmes in our public channels. It is true that they are increasing their audience with these kind of programmes, but are they doing well? Firstly, I think that our society is spending too much time in front of the TV. One kid can stay watching TV for a long time, so he is listening messages during this period. If the messages that he listened are wrong (or maybe dangerous), the kid could develop wrong behaviours. Furthermore, we are paying expensive wages to people without any talent. They earn their salary criticizing other people and creating stories without any evidence. And it is a dangerous example for our children... In my opinion we need a several change in our entertainment habits. We usually say that reading a good book is the best way to spend our free time, and it is true. But it is not the only way. We can watch TV with a relaxing cup of tea in our sofa, but we need to find the correct TV programme. For instance, there are a lot of good TV series with an amazing work behind, and they are highly-recommended. In a nutshell, we are responsible about TV channels schedule because we are the customers. If we do not watch trash TV anymore, I am sure that they will erase this kind of programmes in a short period of time.

Practice: An informal letter Hi brother, How are you my little hero? And the most important question, how is my new little niece? I’m the proudest uncle in the entire world! Now I’m trying to buy a ticket in the first flight to Spain, but it’s difficult because in Vanuatu there aren’t so much planes. While I’m writing, a giant turtle is walking slowly along the beach. But I’m doing my best and searching in many specialized webs because I’m crazy about meeting Sara. It seems like a little peanut in the pictures that you sent me yesterday. If you can send me more, please do it! I’ll print a few to decorate my office, my wood office, that it’s a completely mess! Don’t you think that I’m working in the Empire State building, my office is full of animals and smells like a farm. However I’m so happy because is the job that I always dreamed! Anyway, my first thought in the morning and my last one in the evening is my little peanut niece! So I’m counting down the days left until our meeting! Please, kiss her beautiful face and tell her that the uncle is coming in a few days! Enjoy you new life! Best wishes!