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Is Greed Ever Good?
Years ago a great movie on the 80s excesses in the US was released, Wall Street, a story of a corporate takeover artist who took over one company at a time. Small stuff compared to the financial engineering that brought down … Continue reading
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The Environment 2
The environment is a vast subject to tackle and one that touches on many aspects of our life. Here are some links to the main issues to bring you up to date with what is going on. The world population … Continue reading
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The environment
Are you aware of the problems our planet needs to face? Check this list of environmental problems on Wikipedia and try to complete this webquest on Earth problems too. While this guide to important environmental issues is not comprehensive, if you’re … Continue reading
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Home: life on Earth
Home is a 2009 documentary by Yann Arthus-Bertrand. The film is almost entirely composed of aerial shots of various places on Earth, it was filmed in 50 countries. It shows the diversity of life on Earth and how humanity is … Continue reading
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I wish/if only
Wishes about the present We use wish + past Tense (simple and continuous) to express regret about present situations: – I wish I was taller = (I’m not very tall) – I wish I was going with you = (but … Continue reading
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Impersonal passive structures
We have just done some practise on this type of sentences we find mostly in the written language when reporting in newspapers and magazines. They are used when we report information we are not totally sure about and therefore we … Continue reading
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What Would You Do If…?
What Would You Do? is an American television programme broadcast on ABC since 2009. The show is about setting up everyday scenarios and then capturing people’s reactions. Often people speculate on how they might act in a difficult situation, but … Continue reading
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Some more Exercises on Conditionals
The following expressions can be used instead of IF: Result Condition Provided/ providing that I would stop working provided that I won enough money As long as I would work on Saturday as long as you paid me extra Even … Continue reading
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The lottery of life and conditionals
As we are talking about conditional sentences you may like to see this website which allows you to compare the standard of living between all the countries in the world, so you can see how your life would be different … Continue reading
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