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ESSAY A place I visited in my childhood Source: Write & Improve (Intermediate Level) between 180- 200 words approx.  Write about a place you visited when you were a child. Answer these questions: Where did you go? When did you go? What happened? Have you ever heard about the best roller coaster in Germany? It was fifteen years ago that my parents and I visited the town of my granny. I remember her old television showing Europa's Park advertising the last day. I was deeply enganged and fortunately there was no plan already thought with my family that day. Therefore, I begged my parents to allow me to go with my two cousins, Lucy and Jake, At arriving at such an amazing park, we had to experience the longest queue I've ever seen. However, those never-ending hours of waiting became really worth once we entered the park and saw the stunning variety of games. I let the best one for the end, the roller coaster called "the snake". When we finally decided to get in...

"The Sumatran rhino is now officially extinct in Malaysia with the death of the last known specimen" The 25-year-old female named Iman died on Saturday on the Island of Borneo, officials say: She had cancer.   Malaysia's last male Sumatran rhino died in May this year. The Sumatran rhino once roamed across Asia, but has now disappeared from the wild, with fewer than 100 animals believed to exist. The species is now critically endangered. Sumatran rhinos have been hard hit by poaching and habitat loss, but the biggest threat facing the species today is the fragmented nature of their populations. FACTS ABOUT THE SUMATRAN RHINO - Five rhino species can be found today, two in Africa and three in Asia. - The Asian species include the Sumatran rhino, Dicerorhinus sumatrensis, which is the smallest living rhino species. - The animal is closely related to the woolly rhinoceros, which became extinct about 10.000 years ago. - No more than 100 Sumatran rhinos remain in the wi...

"Aladdin and the magic lamp" 1) Watch the video below and complete the lyrics of the song. Just listen to it twice. I can show you the 1______ Shinning, shimmering, slpendid Tell me, 2_______ Now when did you last your 3_______ decide? I can open your 4_______ Take you wonder by wonder Over, slideways, and under On a magic 5_______ ride A whole new world A new 6______ point of view No one to tell us no Or where to go Or say we're only 7_______ A whole new world A dazzling place I never knew But now from way up here It's a crystal clear That now I´m in a wole new world with you Unbelievable sights Idescrivable feeling Soaring, tumbling, freewheeling Through an endless diamond sky A whole new world (Don't you dare close your eyes) A hundredthousand things to see (Hold your breath, it gest better) I'm like a shooting 8_______ I've come so far I can't go back to where I used to be A whole new world (Every turn a sur...

                               1st Century BC A famous rabbi, Hillel the Elder, made the first recorded sandwich . He mixed some nuts, apples, and spices with some wine, and put it between two matzohs (pieces of flat bread). 6th – 16th Century People used bread as plates . They put meat and vegetables onto some bread and ate with their fingers. These were the first open sandwiches, and they called them ‘trenchers’. 18th Century   The name ‘sandwich’ first appeared . An Englishman, John Montague (1718–1792), the Fourth Earl of * Sandwich , liked to eat and gamble at London’s Beef Steak Club. Sometimes he stayed 24 hours at the gaming table. He was hungry, but he didn’t want to stop gambling, so the chefs from the club put some beef between two pieces of bread, and he ate while he gambled. This new meal became very fashionable with other men in the club, and they called it the ‘sandwich’ after...

THE GRINCH                                         USEFUL EXPRESSIONS Hmmm it's a bad idea,it's a bad idea, I can't do this.  They all gonna hate me! I'm so happy you've decided to come. Welcome! Thank you or thanks for inviting me. I wore a tie.  And it's  a very nice tie.  Come on in! I'll see you around  I'd like you to meet my friend, the grinch Cindy Loo, can you make a little room for this...?    Let me take that for you I got it.  Oh! Is not thoughtful?  It don't count if it don't hurt baby!  Nice to meet you Good to see you Would you do the honors mr grinch? SURE Do you mind if I say something first?  Not at all. Your daughter's kindness changed my life.  _________________________ Answer the questions 1) Why is the grinch so grateful? 2) What are they going to eat? 3) Why is the grinch so shy a...

1) You are going to see the video below no more than three times so as to answer the following questions. The idea is to understand the general ideas of what the video wants to say about this great issue we face in today's society. "OVERPOPULATION" After watching this video what can you say about it : 1) Is overpopulation a future prophesy or is just an ungrounded panic? 2) What does it consist the Demographic Transition? Explain each step. 3) What were the consequences that brought the Industrial Revolution?  As a result? 4) What  living standards  did we improve in today's society?   5) Do you think that the improvement might be seen around the world?