WHO ARE HEALTHIER , ADULTS OR TEENAGERS ?

FIFTH QUALITY COMMENT

Is doing sport for adults ? or also for young people ? . The answer is so simple : Both adults and children should do exercise or practise some sport . This is so important especially among young people .

More children under the age of ten do sport less than ten minutes a month , and it is for that reason that the health of these children is affected by obesity . But not only obesity is a health problem in children who do not practise exercise , there are more illnesses like cardiovascular or heart related problems .

There are also benefits of doing sport . The people aged 60 and 70 who do exercise , have fewer risks of having alzheimer . Children have a good and long life if they practise sport since they are young . 

From my point of view , doing sport is so important both for adults and children to be healthy and to take a long and peaceful life .

BILINGUALISM

FOURTH QUALITY COMMENT

Nowadays , most people in the world speak more than one language and there are many schools which are bilingual . It is so important to speak several languages ? , this means that the human brain has evolved greatly?

Around the world , more than half of the people speak at least two languages and many countries have more than one official national language . For example , South Africa has 11 . So , people have to learn all these languages at school . Moreover , multilingualism has been shown to have many social , psychological and lifestyle advantages and experts have found health benefits too .

In Spain , most schools have English as a second language but some schools also have French or German . Have you thought what would happen if people spoke in only one language ? . There would probably be little communication between us and we couldn´t travel to other places . 

I think languages are so important to have a good future and also to interact with other people .

POLITE OFFERS AND REQUESTS

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* Hello Adan , how are you ?
- Hello Martha , I´m fine , thank you .
* Well , I´m thinking about doing a party for my mum´s birthday . Would you go to the supermarket for me ?
- Ok , no problem . What do you need ?
* I need to buy some pizzas , bottles of water , crips ... But I don´t have money  now , could you go to the bank ? There is one near my house .
- Of course . Shall I help you in anything else ?
* Yes , Will you cook a cake for me ? I´m sorry but I can´t cook .
- Ok . I will be there as soon as possible .
* Thank you so much . See you soon .

DESCRIBING A CELEBRATION

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There´s a festival in my village every 23rd June in Salobreña and it´s called " San Juan ". Lots of people come to the beach where there is a big bonfire and it´s impressive and crowded when the fireworks start .

At night , people start to go to the beach and they dress up for the ocasion . Some people like wearing formal clothes to go for a walk with friends and other people like wearing beach informal clothes to stay on the sand around the bonfire .

The beach is full od people and it´s really atmospheric . On this celebration some people have a habit of making a picnic on the sand of the beach and lighting their own fires , eating and having a good time with friends and family .

When the clock shows 12 o´clock , the big bonfire is switched on and lots od people stay around it to see it . It´s typical that people throw notes with their wishes .  Later on , it´s time to set off fireworks , the sky is so beautiful and bright . The party is great and exiting .

BUYING A GADGET

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* Hello , good morning . I´m looking for a tablet .
- Hello. Yes of course , here are all the tablets we have.
* Thank you . Can you tell me about this one ?
- Yes  . What would you like to know ?
* Well , is it a good tablet ? How much memory has it got ?
- It´s 16 GB od memory .
* Has it got a front-facing camera ?
- Yes , It´s 7 megapixels camera .
* And what about the sound ?
- Oh , this tablet has an excellent sound and wi-fi .
*Is it aesy to use ?
- Yes , very easy and it´s quiet and fast too .
* Do you have it only in this colour ?
- No . It´s available in black , white and grey .
* And what about the cost ?
- It´s not too expensive . It costs about 150 $ .
* Perfect . I´II take it . Thank you !

DIGITAL ADDICTION

THIRD QUALITY COMMENT

Tell me how many times you have got on a bus and you haven´t seen people looking at a digital screen . Surely never . Is technology an addiction ? Should we worry about ?

Of course , technology is nowadays everything that surrounds us , mobiles , televisions … On the one hand there are positive things about using technologies , and it is so important that children use them to adapt to our society today . If children didn´t use them , they probably wouldn´t have a good future bacause technologies are today our work . 

On the other hand if these technologies are not used correctly , they can cause a big problem of addiction specially in children who use them a lot . In America mobiles are given by parents at the age of only ten years ! That is too soon . And for that reason children spend a lot of time in front of a digital screen instead of being concerned about their studies .

But not only children have an addiction to this , also parents and young people who are in front of a screen as their children . 

From my point of view , technologies are necessary but always we have to be careful not only how long we use them but also how we use them .

HOW TO BEAT THE ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT BUFFET

SECOND QUALITY COMMENT .

Buffet is a meal on a large table where you can serve your own food , but is the buffet the best way of eating well and cheap ? . What do you think ? .

In Spain it is not very typical to find this type of restaurant but it is in the United States . There people choose this option many times . 

Eating in a buffet could be a good option if you don´t want to spend a lot of money because they are usually very cheap compared to a normal restaurant . In addition , some of them offer you a great variety of food that you can select and also you can choose the quantity you want to keep your stomach full . 

On the other hand , the food of a buffet is not of much quality . Often they choose to offer junk food like pizza or hamburguer or simple dishes like pasta , rice or salad . The food is not healthier than in a restaurant . Moreover they usually offer you a big variety of desserts to children like the typical chocolate fountain . 

In my opinion I like eating in a buffet to choose all that I want but I don´t think it´s the healthiest option because there are cheap restaurants where you can eat very well too.

WE SHOULD ALL BE REALLY HAPPY

My first quality comment !!

Sometimes people are very happy with their lives , but what is really happiness ? Is happiness linked to a longer life ? Is there a gene that makes you happy ? What is the truth of all this ? .

Happiness is a state of mind that the people have when they enjoy doing something good or when they fell well to have all that they want . However , sometimes people feel sad although they have all that they want and that´ because to be completely happy you must first feel well about yourself .

Experts say that being happy doesn´t just improve the quality of your life , it may increase the quantity of your life as well . Chinese scientists say that there is a " happy gene " that may increase romantic relationships . They discovered if you had two copies of this gene , you had more possibilities to have a romantic partner . 

In my opinion happiness is in yourself and you have the power to decide if you want to be happy or not .