- A word game where, if you win, you donate rice to the United Nations World Food program
- A very addictive and crazy, impossible quiz. It takes time to load but it's worth it.
- On the BC Learn English site, choose Spelloween a fun game that will improve your spelling
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Bonus game time
Those of you who have finished the assessed writing task have won some bonus time for yourself. Try out these games and resources:
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Impact of the new technology on my life
To begin with, it is necessary to understand the meaning of the title. If you look up the word "technology" in the dictionary, you will find something like this: "a technological process, invention, method, or the like", which probably isn't enough to understand what technology really means. So, let's start from the beginning, which should be the prehistory, but I don't mean that long ago. I want to explain you what is happening with the technology, where does it come from and what is it for.Technology, as I have said, comes from a long time ago. At first, technology was a way to survive: people built their own houses by using their brains to create objects which could help them built them, they took advantage of a lightning to made fire... But nowadays, technology is part of the science: it helps solving problems, finding medicines against all type of illnesses, repairing mechanical objects...
On the one hand, many people agree that technology safes a lot of lifes. And that's true, because due to the technology in the hospitals, in the laboratories... a lot of people which were nearly dead could safe their lifes. Moreover, the new technology is improving in an endless way, which is perfect, because there are still a lot of illnesses to cure and a lot of problems to solve.
Technology is also a very profitable business. It offers a lot of job
s to people who need it, which is against the unemployment. That's why technology plays an important role in our world. Furthermore, a lot of people are getting rich because of technology and a lot of people is trying to imitate them but just a few success in their lifes by using the internet. For those of you that weren't able to do it, I recommend you to read the next advices and commentaries. You can also read about the richest people in the world connected to technology and there you can understand how they managed to became rich by clicking here.But, what about the negative aspects of the new technology? What happen with them? I will write about them right now.
First of all, you should know that technology is one of the first topics a country or state talks about when they are in war. Specially because they need every type of weapons: guns, bombs, mines, rifles... As a result, everybody in the world is afraid of technology. If you haven't already understand what I mean, you should read my other post about what happened in Hiroshima in the Second World War. If that's not enough to understand why is technology dangerous for the world, I recommend you to think about it for an hour or more if you need ir, but make sure you realise what I'm talking about.
To sum up, let me say that the new technology is a fascinating thing, you can do what you want if you learn how to control it, but if you don't, you now know what are its consecuences. I should also say that the development, which is connected to technology, is impossible to stop or detain, that you can only postpone what is going to happen. That is why the future is already written, so be aware of the new technology.
The impact of technology in our lives
Technology has been a big revolution and has affected our society and our surroundings in different ways.
Firstly because it has helped a lot to do researches in medicine which is really important. And cars and means of transport in general have also evolved: they are now safer than years ago which is really positive(there are less accidents). Technology has also affected the economy which has at the same time improved. Then, computers and mobile phones, for example, have also helped to have a better communication between people(friends of other countries,family..).We don't use to think that technology has changed our lives but we cannot imagine our lives without it, can we?
It is difficult to say if technology is a positive or negative thing but we can deduce that if we live better than before and the medicine has evolved (which is, in my opinion, the most important ) it is more positive than negative isn't it? However, nowadays, we depend on it so much that it is becoming a problem because we are going to end up by not to know how to solve our problemas without technology.
Children for example spend too much time on computers and less time in studying or reading.
In addition, cars, planes, industries(which are part of technology) etc.. have helped us to have a better life but at the same time pollute the atmosphere which is a big problem to our earth.
And what about wars? Powerful countries, are using technology to make dangerous guns as the nuclear bomb and this isn't so positive. It is negative!
In conclusion, I can say that the impact of technology on our society has been a positive thing in general but now there is too much technology everywhere and in my opinion it has many desadvantages.
I’ve found a video on youtube about the impact of technology on our society which I really enjoyed. It’s short and interesting. The video is ironical in order to show that with technology we communicate immediately with people everywhere (all around the world) but at the same time, we become anti-social and ignorant of the people in our immediate surroundings even if they are in front of us.
If you want to watch it, here you have the address : http://youtube.com/watch?v=EC_oQPBqVfo&feature=related
Firstly because it has helped a lot to do researches in medicine which is really important. And cars and means of transport in general have also evolved: they are now safer than years ago which is really positive(there are less accidents). Technology has also affected the economy which has at the same time improved. Then, computers and mobile phones, for example, have also helped to have a better communication between people(friends of other countries,family..).We don't use to think that technology has changed our lives but we cannot imagine our lives without it, can we?
It is difficult to say if technology is a positive or negative thing but we can deduce that if we live better than before and the medicine has evolved (which is, in my opinion, the most important ) it is more positive than negative isn't it? However, nowadays, we depend on it so much that it is becoming a problem because we are going to end up by not to know how to solve our problemas without technology.
Children for example spend too much time on computers and less time in studying or reading.
In addition, cars, planes, industries(which are part of technology) etc.. have helped us to have a better life but at the same time pollute the atmosphere which is a big problem to our earth.
And what about wars? Powerful countries, are using technology to make dangerous guns as the nuclear bomb and this isn't so positive. It is negative!
In conclusion, I can say that the impact of technology on our society has been a positive thing in general but now there is too much technology everywhere and in my opinion it has many desadvantages.
I’ve found a video on youtube about the impact of technology on our society which I really enjoyed. It’s short and interesting. The video is ironical in order to show that with technology we communicate immediately with people everywhere (all around the world) but at the same time, we become anti-social and ignorant of the people in our immediate surroundings even if they are in front of us.
If you want to watch it, here you have the address : http://youtube.com/watch?v=EC_oQPBqVfo&feature=related
New technologies
The technoligy has been a very important revolution which has totally change our life. But it is also a consecuence of the increase of pollution in the envairoment.
The technology can be viewed like a way that changes cultures, but it is also the application of maths, science, and arts for the benefit of our life.
A modern example is the rise of communication technology, like the development of the computers and the internet which are fantastics ways of communication between humans.
Sometimes peolple think that technology has not be an important change, but then they can not spend a day without their mobiles phones and their personal computers which is a serious problem not only in childs but also in adults.
It is very difficult to say if the technology has been a good revolution or not, but we should think that if it has improved our life it seems that it is something useful and that we need, isn't it?
The economy has also been affected by the improvement of the technology, which sounds great.
In conclusion i would say that the impact of technology in our society has been a positive thing in general and that it has improve our lifes. But also it has desventages like the pollution on the environment.
I have also found a video which is about the new technologies and which in my opinion is really interesting.
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The technology can be viewed like a way that changes cultures, but it is also the application of maths, science, and arts for the benefit of our life.
A modern example is the rise of communication technology, like the development of the computers and the internet which are fantastics ways of communication between humans.
Sometimes peolple think that technology has not be an important change, but then they can not spend a day without their mobiles phones and their personal computers which is a serious problem not only in childs but also in adults.
It is very difficult to say if the technology has been a good revolution or not, but we should think that if it has improved our life it seems that it is something useful and that we need, isn't it?
The economy has also been affected by the improvement of the technology, which sounds great.
In conclusion i would say that the impact of technology in our society has been a positive thing in general and that it has improve our lifes. But also it has desventages like the pollution on the environment.
I have also found a video which is about the new technologies and which in my opinion is really interesting.
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Work on your pronunciation
It's a good idea to work on your pronunciation whenever you have time. Here are some resources that can help you:
- the Sky Pronunciation suite which is installed on BC computers both in the CALL Room and the SAC (library)
- a phonetics site where you can see and hear how the different vowel and consonant sounds are produced (click on American English)
- mouseovermusic.com where you can move your mouse over the lyrics and hear a song
- shiporsheep.com where you can practise minimal pairs (similar words where just the vowel sound is different)
- stress monsters a game where you can test your knowledge of which syllable is stressed in a word
Monday, February 25, 2008
A fight between lions and a crocodile
I have chosen this video because I think it is amazing. It impressed me a lot.
Firstly, this video is about nature, especially about a fight between three lions and a crocodile. Without seeing it I had thought that the crocodile would win but I wasn´t right because when I saw the video the crocodile ran away from the lions like a coward.
Secondly, I felt nervous when I saw the crocodile going nearer and nearer to the lions but the lions realised that he was next to them.
Finally, I liked this video but it didn´t say too much about the life of lions or crocodiles or nature. I felt a bit disappointed with it but... it is what exists.
Firstly, this video is about nature, especially about a fight between three lions and a crocodile. Without seeing it I had thought that the crocodile would win but I wasn´t right because when I saw the video the crocodile ran away from the lions like a coward.
Secondly, I felt nervous when I saw the crocodile going nearer and nearer to the lions but the lions realised that he was next to them.
Finally, I liked this video but it didn´t say too much about the life of lions or crocodiles or nature. I felt a bit disappointed with it but... it is what exists.
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