Fanatism
Nowadays fanatism is an activity that provokes an apassionate furor. Young people tend to hero-worship or idolize famous people, especially famous actors, actresses, supermodels, singers and music bands.
Sometimes fans get obsessed with their idols. Many teenagers get so mentally affected that have even attempted suicide because their parents have realized of their problem and tried to prohibit them any thing related with their idols such as posters or every sort of merchandicing. Many parents do not know how to deal with their children`s problem.
Sports are also another issue that have thousands of fanatics around the world. In my country and in many countries of Latin America the sport that has most fans is football.
Supporters of many football teams are ardent fans, they will watch every match of their favourite team or even will travel to the cities where the team plays.
Football fans are in its vast majority men, but there are also many women. The relationship between the supporters of two traditional rival teams in one of blind hatred ratherd than sporting rivalry. This strong rivalry has caused violent incidents among them inside and outside the field.
martes, 26 de junio de 2007
Entry nº 38
The River
Rivers are very important for the towns or cities near them because they contribute to their economical growth, the provide almost always the main source of drinkable water not just for their populations but also for the survival of animal and vegetal life and are also used for transportation.
For those reasons many important cities are placed near a river, but as technology develops fast and industries have increased their number, the amount of pollution also has increased and great part of the chemical products thrown out by the industries are thrown into the rivers. This has led to the intoxication of the water and as a consequence the populations` health have being affected.
Apart from pollution, people who live near a river has the chance of being affected also by floods produced by the excess of rain during some determinated seasons every year. Many people in my country has lost all their belongings and even their houses because of this. But there are many ways of preventing floodings and it is the responsability of government to invest the money necessary to give a solution to this problem.
As the sources of sweet water are very few around the world, it is responsability of all of us to maintain every river, lake and streem water as clean as possible.
Rivers are very important for the towns or cities near them because they contribute to their economical growth, the provide almost always the main source of drinkable water not just for their populations but also for the survival of animal and vegetal life and are also used for transportation.
For those reasons many important cities are placed near a river, but as technology develops fast and industries have increased their number, the amount of pollution also has increased and great part of the chemical products thrown out by the industries are thrown into the rivers. This has led to the intoxication of the water and as a consequence the populations` health have being affected.
Apart from pollution, people who live near a river has the chance of being affected also by floods produced by the excess of rain during some determinated seasons every year. Many people in my country has lost all their belongings and even their houses because of this. But there are many ways of preventing floodings and it is the responsability of government to invest the money necessary to give a solution to this problem.
As the sources of sweet water are very few around the world, it is responsability of all of us to maintain every river, lake and streem water as clean as possible.
Entry nº 37
The influence of televisión
Communication media have un impresive influence on the young generation. The most influencial is the power of what is shown in television especially on children because they reproduce every thing they hear and they immitate what they watch in cartoons and films.
It is very common to see children playing at the school games where they play the role of some cartoon character such as `The Power Rangers´, and the game will consist on fighting each other or at least pretend to be fighting. One consequence of this is that what may be harmless sometimes ends with some child hurted by another while playing these games.
Television as the main source of entertainment and information around the globe it has much responsability in the education of the younger generation.
The current problem with television is that it has been controlled by commerce and the business of making money no matter how, so that this has turned into a commercial and publishing site where through advertisements any sort of product is offered.
But the most important problem that has to do with the influence of television is in one hand the high level of violence shown in movies and many programs, especially children programs and cartoons that have a strong influence on children`s behaviour.
In the other hand, the problem of the sexual content that many programs have, from documentaries and entretainment programs to soap operas. It is very difficult for parents to control what their children watch because sometimes this sexual images are shown even at lunch time, this is even much more difficult for those families in which both parent have to work and stay many hours away from home.
That is why I think that all chanel television owners must bear in mind that television can spoil our children as well as help educating them and a great responsability for what children and teenanger watch on television is on their hands.
Communication media have un impresive influence on the young generation. The most influencial is the power of what is shown in television especially on children because they reproduce every thing they hear and they immitate what they watch in cartoons and films.
It is very common to see children playing at the school games where they play the role of some cartoon character such as `The Power Rangers´, and the game will consist on fighting each other or at least pretend to be fighting. One consequence of this is that what may be harmless sometimes ends with some child hurted by another while playing these games.
Television as the main source of entertainment and information around the globe it has much responsability in the education of the younger generation.
The current problem with television is that it has been controlled by commerce and the business of making money no matter how, so that this has turned into a commercial and publishing site where through advertisements any sort of product is offered.
But the most important problem that has to do with the influence of television is in one hand the high level of violence shown in movies and many programs, especially children programs and cartoons that have a strong influence on children`s behaviour.
In the other hand, the problem of the sexual content that many programs have, from documentaries and entretainment programs to soap operas. It is very difficult for parents to control what their children watch because sometimes this sexual images are shown even at lunch time, this is even much more difficult for those families in which both parent have to work and stay many hours away from home.
That is why I think that all chanel television owners must bear in mind that television can spoil our children as well as help educating them and a great responsability for what children and teenanger watch on television is on their hands.
Entry nº 36
How to make easy money
If you want to make easy money, you can get married to a rich person for instance. To meet a rich person you can do many things. For example, you can visit those places where wealthy people go.
In every big city you will find some exclusive restaurants, pubs, bars and discos. The more accessible place is a disco because you can reach your target easily, what I mean is that if you are rejected or if the person you chose is not appropiate, you will have several other options to choose. There are many ways to attrack her or his attention, you can wear sexy clothes and make-up if you are a woman or invite her a drink or ask her to dance with you if you are a man.
Some Sport Clubs are also perfect places to meet a wealthy partner, especially if the sport you get interested in is tennis, polo or golf which are at least in Argentina typical high society sports.
But if your charme is in your physical beauty or you have some special talent for singing, dancing or acting, you can make money from modeling, music or acting. The only problem is that no matter how much talent you can have, you will waste your time waiting for the opportunity of your life unless you meet someone related with the business show.
Although it may be very easy sometimes another times it is not so, but in the modern world there are certainly many different ways of making money, all you need is a little bit of luck and some smart ideas.
If you want to make easy money, you can get married to a rich person for instance. To meet a rich person you can do many things. For example, you can visit those places where wealthy people go.
In every big city you will find some exclusive restaurants, pubs, bars and discos. The more accessible place is a disco because you can reach your target easily, what I mean is that if you are rejected or if the person you chose is not appropiate, you will have several other options to choose. There are many ways to attrack her or his attention, you can wear sexy clothes and make-up if you are a woman or invite her a drink or ask her to dance with you if you are a man.
Some Sport Clubs are also perfect places to meet a wealthy partner, especially if the sport you get interested in is tennis, polo or golf which are at least in Argentina typical high society sports.
But if your charme is in your physical beauty or you have some special talent for singing, dancing or acting, you can make money from modeling, music or acting. The only problem is that no matter how much talent you can have, you will waste your time waiting for the opportunity of your life unless you meet someone related with the business show.
Although it may be very easy sometimes another times it is not so, but in the modern world there are certainly many different ways of making money, all you need is a little bit of luck and some smart ideas.
Entry nº 35
Review. A doll`s house
The play A doll`s house exposses the internal changes of its characters and the most important is the process of changing through which Nora Helmer passes.
At the beginning, Nora is described as a childlike woman that behaves like this to have the approval of her husband and her father as well as the rest of the society. But at the end she revels who she really is, she is a courageous woman that is capable of doing anything out of love.
Following the same plot structure the author lets an open ending, in this way all depends on the possible change of Torvald Helmer, Nora`s husband. If he changes his way of thinking and his beliefs and if he accepts his wife in the way she is, there will be a happy ending for their marriage. But if he is not able to manage this situation they will never be together again.
On the one hand the author highlights the importance of true love. At the beginning Nora`s love for Torvald made her do things that led her to break the law, and he claimed to love her most than anything else and he swore he would die for her. But when he knew her fault, he placed on the side of the law and he judged and rejected her.
And on the other hand the author wants to make us realize that love is not enough to be happy, especially for a married couple. We need respect, we need to be loved in the way we are and to be treated as equals.
The play A doll`s house exposses the internal changes of its characters and the most important is the process of changing through which Nora Helmer passes.
At the beginning, Nora is described as a childlike woman that behaves like this to have the approval of her husband and her father as well as the rest of the society. But at the end she revels who she really is, she is a courageous woman that is capable of doing anything out of love.
Following the same plot structure the author lets an open ending, in this way all depends on the possible change of Torvald Helmer, Nora`s husband. If he changes his way of thinking and his beliefs and if he accepts his wife in the way she is, there will be a happy ending for their marriage. But if he is not able to manage this situation they will never be together again.
On the one hand the author highlights the importance of true love. At the beginning Nora`s love for Torvald made her do things that led her to break the law, and he claimed to love her most than anything else and he swore he would die for her. But when he knew her fault, he placed on the side of the law and he judged and rejected her.
And on the other hand the author wants to make us realize that love is not enough to be happy, especially for a married couple. We need respect, we need to be loved in the way we are and to be treated as equals.
Entry nº 34
Review: My fair lady
After have read the play Pygmalion, when I watched the screen adaptation My fair lady I saw apart from a few slight differences, an importan change in the end of the film.
In the play as well as in the film, Bernard Shaw shows a relationship between a young lady, Eliza Doolittle, that has very clear her value as a woman and an old bachelor, Professor Henry Higgins, who thinks that all women except his mother are thoughtless creatures.
It is rather difficult fo believe, at least for me, that a relationship between these two characters would have the happy ending that is shown in the film, because he is not able to treating her with the respect she deserves.
So that I personally agree with the end of the play, when she leaves him and gets married with a young man that is in love with her, Freddy. In my opinion this end is more likely to have happened in real life.
In what refers to the actors` performance, I enjoyed the film very much because each character was interpreted exactly as I had imagined them when I read the play. I especially enjoyed the performance of the actress that characterized Eliza, and the actors that performed the characters of Prof. Higgins and Alfred Doolittle (Eliza`s father).
And in what respect to the musical performance, I loved the songs because of their rhythm and their lyrics, most of them were funny and easy to remember.
The customs used in the film were also remarkable, especially the dresses and hats of the women at the horse race that showed the materialism and ostentation in the Victorian period, as well as the clothes worn by the actress who characterised Eliza after and before her transformation from a flowe girl to seem a duchess.
After have read the play Pygmalion, when I watched the screen adaptation My fair lady I saw apart from a few slight differences, an importan change in the end of the film.
In the play as well as in the film, Bernard Shaw shows a relationship between a young lady, Eliza Doolittle, that has very clear her value as a woman and an old bachelor, Professor Henry Higgins, who thinks that all women except his mother are thoughtless creatures.
It is rather difficult fo believe, at least for me, that a relationship between these two characters would have the happy ending that is shown in the film, because he is not able to treating her with the respect she deserves.
So that I personally agree with the end of the play, when she leaves him and gets married with a young man that is in love with her, Freddy. In my opinion this end is more likely to have happened in real life.
In what refers to the actors` performance, I enjoyed the film very much because each character was interpreted exactly as I had imagined them when I read the play. I especially enjoyed the performance of the actress that characterized Eliza, and the actors that performed the characters of Prof. Higgins and Alfred Doolittle (Eliza`s father).
And in what respect to the musical performance, I loved the songs because of their rhythm and their lyrics, most of them were funny and easy to remember.
The customs used in the film were also remarkable, especially the dresses and hats of the women at the horse race that showed the materialism and ostentation in the Victorian period, as well as the clothes worn by the actress who characterised Eliza after and before her transformation from a flowe girl to seem a duchess.
viernes, 22 de junio de 2007
Entry nº 33
Anecdote
The first time I went to Capilla Del Monte in Cordoba it was during summer vacations when I was about six years old. I went there with my mother; we stayed in a hotel together with her work partners so I was the only child among a large group of adults.
There were a lot of things to do and see, for example you could take a ride on a horse or even on a donkey and or spend the daytime near the river having a barbecue, swimming, walking at the side of the river or gather around some improvised musician listening folklore songs that he would play on his guitar.At night the streets were crowded, and one thing that really struck me was that a long roof covered one of the streets in which pedestrians could walk.
As this city is in a valley there are very attractive landscapes and places to visit. One of the places of interest is a big rock with the shape of a shoe where every turist went to take photographs.Another place highly visited by tourists is a small hill called Cerro Uritorco where many sights of U.F.O.s were reported and people said that if you climb to the top of the hill you would see a huge mark on the soil with the shape of a circule. My mother bought an old newspaper that published a notice about it and a description of the appearance of an alien seen in that place some years before.
A particular characteristic of that city is that all the streets are like a slide and if you walk fast you can falldown so, it was a bit dangerous to go out for a walk.
The weather was lovely, and as it is a very energetic place to go to take a rest and recover your physical and mental energy, many old people and those who had health problems used to go there.
The last time I went to Cordoba was also with my mum and with my family when I was eleven years old, but in that moment we visited another cities near this city, certainly all of them are similar but I still prefer Capilla Del Monte because this is the nicest and peaceful place that I have ever visited.
The first time I went to Capilla Del Monte in Cordoba it was during summer vacations when I was about six years old. I went there with my mother; we stayed in a hotel together with her work partners so I was the only child among a large group of adults.
There were a lot of things to do and see, for example you could take a ride on a horse or even on a donkey and or spend the daytime near the river having a barbecue, swimming, walking at the side of the river or gather around some improvised musician listening folklore songs that he would play on his guitar.At night the streets were crowded, and one thing that really struck me was that a long roof covered one of the streets in which pedestrians could walk.
As this city is in a valley there are very attractive landscapes and places to visit. One of the places of interest is a big rock with the shape of a shoe where every turist went to take photographs.Another place highly visited by tourists is a small hill called Cerro Uritorco where many sights of U.F.O.s were reported and people said that if you climb to the top of the hill you would see a huge mark on the soil with the shape of a circule. My mother bought an old newspaper that published a notice about it and a description of the appearance of an alien seen in that place some years before.
A particular characteristic of that city is that all the streets are like a slide and if you walk fast you can falldown so, it was a bit dangerous to go out for a walk.
The weather was lovely, and as it is a very energetic place to go to take a rest and recover your physical and mental energy, many old people and those who had health problems used to go there.
The last time I went to Cordoba was also with my mum and with my family when I was eleven years old, but in that moment we visited another cities near this city, certainly all of them are similar but I still prefer Capilla Del Monte because this is the nicest and peaceful place that I have ever visited.
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