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Global Trends 2030
We have been predicting the future in class and I have come across this report commissioned by the United States government’s National Intelligence Council (NIC). Published last December, the U.S. intelligence community attempted to foretell what the future holds for the … Continue reading
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Essay writing
Writing is like a journey: you start with a blank sheet of paper and what appears on it at the end of the trip depends entirely on you. You should go through every stage of the essay writing process described … Continue reading
Star Trek technology
In unit 4 of our textbook we have read an article about the technological props used in the Star Trek series, turning into reality like the MRI (Magnetic resonance imaging) or the CT scan (computed tomography). It seems that they … Continue reading
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Future in the past
Future in the Past is used to express the idea that in the past you thought something would happen in the future. There are different ways of expressing “future in the past”: . By using “was/were going to”, you describe … Continue reading
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The British press
Although times are changing and many say they bring along the demise of the printed press there are still many printed newspapers in The UK. Looking at the British press today, we can still see the traditional division between the broadsheets … Continue reading
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Making headlines
The idiom to make headlines means to do something important that gets put in the news. However, understanding newspaper headlines in English can be somewhat difficult at times, mainly because they are incomplete. Look at this powerpoint presentation to understand … Continue reading
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Social Media
The media as we understood it until recently was basically: the press , the radio and the TV. We need to add the Internet and the social media to that list in a world which is changing at a speed … Continue reading
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Future Time
We’ve been looking at future time in this unit and here you have a summary of the different forms and the new expressions: Here you have an exercise on future forms and its key. If you want some more practice here … Continue reading
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