Month: September 2018

I want to share with you this article I chose, which is entitled: “A Coffee, Please!”  posted on TinyText Blog on the 30^thJanuary 2014.

It tackles the subject of a coffee shop in France. According to the costumer’s mood, they decided to set up a price policy for a cup of coffee.

The prices can go from 1.40 euros to 7 euros depending on your good manners. For example, if you say to the coffee tenders “Good morning, can I have a cup of coffee, please?”, your cup will be cheaper than when you just say “ a cup of coffee”.

I decided to link this article with the notion idea of progressbecause good manners are essential for a society to progress. They help people to show respect and to be polite.  Maybe they are nearly extinguished but without them we will become a cold society and unfriendly people. This puts an accent on what we need to change to progress.

That is why I love this article because in daily life I can see some people being disrespectful with employees, teachers and even their parents. So this article teaches us that it is easy to say “thank you” or “please”. Good manners never get old.

Hello Class! Today I want to share with you an awesome article entitled, Back to the 80s. In the article we learn about a peculiar Canadian family. But What is so special about them? Well imagine living a whole year like the people in the ’80S did, with no Internet, Netflix, games nor Tv and wearing vintage attire.

That was the experiment that this family decided to try. If the kids wanted to search something for a homework, they needed to go to the library and look it for themselves. If they wanted to watch movies at home, they could always use the old VHS player.

Don’t worry, these people did this crazy experiment because they were spending too much time indoors, specially the kids. But this story has a happy ending since the mother reported that by the end of the experiment her family was more united than ever.

I chose to classify this article into idea of progress since I think that nowadays technologies are becoming so powerful in our lives that we need to try and emancipate ourselves from them, just like the family did. I shared with you this article because all of the time I complain about how the period of the ’80s was better than now, but reading the article I think that I wouldn’t be able to live without the Internet. Just to show I’m not the exception,  I am dependent on technologies too!

The article I chose is about a telephone service called Talk2Me. It helps workers in Australia that are under stress to talk to someone about their problems and complaints for $2,97 per minute. Specialized people help you by listening to you and they don’t interrupt you. They let you talk all the time.However, you have to be careful so you do not end up paying too much.

I linked this article with the notion “Spaces and Exchanges” firstly because it is only available in Australia and secondly you can use this service without being with the person physically. They can be in different places in Australia.

This service also make people exchange their help for money which benefits the company but also the person.

I chose this article because it is interesting that people pay to be heard and talk about their problems to feel better without being criticized.

The article I chose to present is entitled “Leo has won at last” posted on the TinyTexts blog. It tackles Leonardo DiCaprio’s first Oscar, it explains that this remarkable actor had been first nominated 22 years ago as best supporting actor for his role in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape and has been nominated six times ever since. He won as best actor for his role in The Revenant.

The author’s focus is DiCaprio’s speech and the public’s reaction, not only they applauded with enthusiasm but they stood up for him. As he is an activist for the environment, during his speech the award winner actor thanked everyone and used that opportunity to raise awareness about climate change. He insisted on the fact that it’s a real problem that affects all humanity plus, he said that we need to work together to solve this important issue. Finally, he asked all the public not to take this planet for granted.

Personally, I linked this article with the notion Myths and Heroes because I strongly believe Leonardo DiCaprio will become a myth for all the exceptional roles he interpreted and he is definitely a hero for many, not just because of his acting but for his interest and actions to protect the planet.

I picked this article because I was full with joy when he won, as I had bet my brother on it and got a free dinner, I learned that he’s a real activist and not just for the fame, he truly cares for the environment’s health.

This article is about a study made at Emory University in the United States, which shows that in many cases of divorce the fact of receiving an engagement ring worth between £1,200 and £2,000 is common. Which means that the owners of a ring of that value are 1.3 times more likely to get divorced.

The author of the article also suggests a possible reason to explain why the divorces took place. It may be because the women who were proposed  paid more attention to the ring than to the men who gave it to them.

I linked this article with the notion “Spaces and Exchanges”, firstly because the statistics used in it were made in the United States but the results that were published were in pounds sterling and not American dollars, and because I believe that the objective of a proposal is to get engaged with a person you truly love and who truly loves you back. However, in many of those cases of divorce the couples didn’t exchange their feelings and love , which may be the reason that led them to that final decision.

I chose this article because I thought that the title was a bit cliché and I was curious about knowing what was the correlation between a ring and the length of a marriage. I also learnt that I ought to be careful in similar situations.