ROBOTS IN THE FUTURE: YES OR NO??

I am a scientist of a very important company. My name in Jonathan Galán and I am a robot designer. I propose ideas of how can robots be in the future, and I will explain you some of those ideas. Firstly, the most important thing, I think that robots will have feelings. It is very important because if they have them they will be like a person. A lot of people don’t like the idea, but I think it is very good for us. Another idea is building them with artificial skin, not with iron! We can configure them to do our things, cooking, the shopping, the cleaning, they will iron our clothes...
But you will think “If they do our things, we will be lazy… No! Because the robot will be our personal teacher! We will do a lot of things with them, we can run, play games, swim (we have to waterproof them to do this activity)… It will be like computers now, we will have them for all things. Imagine that you are taking a bath and you can’tclean your back, the robot will help you! Or you have homework’s doubt, you can ask him! Definitely, the robots will be friends who will help us always.


JONATAN GALÁN JIMÉNEZ 3º ESO A

Robots are our friends, but in the future things can change and robots will be dangerous for humans.

In the future, robots will do everything and they will feel and will want to be human. They will kill humans to be the kings of the world. We can see this in a lot of movies like Terminator or I Robot. Now these are only movies but it can be a reality.

I think that we don't need robots and they don't need humans. One of these two will dissappear... maybe robots....Maybe humans... I don't know.

OUSSAMA SERROUKH KOUACH 3ºESO A

Natalia's Corner

Hello again! This week on Natalia's corner we review the film "The Exchange" directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Angelina Jolie.

"The Exchange" is a film about a very brave woman. One day her son disappears and the police finds a boy, but that boy isn't her son. This woman fights with the police because they pretend to close the investigation with the child disappeared.

Angelina Jolie is the protagonist of this film. Angelina is a solidary person. She travels around the world and she helps poor people. Her family is admirable. She is married to Brad Pitt and they have an Asiatic boy, an African girl...

The film is based on real events and is nominated to two Golden Globe Awards.

Natalia Velasco 2ºB

2º eso - computer lab

Click here and READ the stories while you LISTEN to them.
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-stories-short.htm

Then go to this link and learn about forests and animals while you PLAY!
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-topics-rainforests.htm

DO YOU EXERCISE?

Modern lifestyle and physical inactivity.

In the last years, our lifestyle has changed radically. Few people could buy things that were not necessary before. Now, everybody has a better salary and this makes their lives better too. We have lived with the best lifestyle that has determined our phisycal inactivity and more things.
Everybody can have access to the new technology, for example: computers. In spite of using them for working, there are many computers everywhere nowadays. We use the computer to send e-mails, have conversations with friends in real time, talk face to face, buy with credit card, watch videos... Really, if you do not want to go out, you will not have to go out to get something. So, we stay in our homes and we become lazier.
In addition to computers, cars make life easier. This is the perfect instrument and we use it for everything. If we have to buy a loaf of bread, we drive to the bakery though it is close. Of course, we go to the cinema or to the theatre but we don not walk. We are accustomed to driving and we do not move so much.
But the most normal thing in our lives is the television. Why going to the park if we have entertainment at home? It is more comfortable if we sit on the sofa and relax. It has many channels and programs, we only have to choose one. We arrive home and switch on the TV straight away. At night, when we go to bed, we switch it off. Furthermore, if we want to be with friends, we only have to buy a videogames console.
Our time-table influences the exercise we do as well. If you leave your work at seven o´clock and you come back home late in the evening, you do not want to do anything. If you have children your time-table is stressful and you are always tired. We can go to the gym but it would be a responsibility and, probably, we would only go for one or two months.
In the end, because of our economy, our things, our jobs, our children, etc., we do not do exercise and we are physically inactive. However, we do not have this sensation, we know that we move all the time and finally, when you arrive home, why are we going to do more physical activities?

Celia León 2º BACH (THANKS!)

SHOPAHOLICS??

Do people ever buy things that they do not need?

No, it is false. People buy things because they need them, maybe to fill a lack or because they are conditioned by the society.

The first case is when you buy things to fill a lack. It could be because you are sad or dissatisfied with your life and buy to forget, you try to fill the lack but when you come back home and store all your new clothes, shoes, furniture or tools you will be like the first time before entering in the shop.

On the other hand we can understand that if people buy things that they do not like is a society’s problem because in today’s world people spend money; it is not important where, when or how. People try to amaze the other, with their expensive junk. This is madness.

To sump up, I am sure that the people buy things to feel more comfortable with themselves.

Óscar Holguin 2º BACH B