A funny story A few years ago I decided with my friends to have an holiday in Spain. We went to Ibiza at the Baleary islands. We went out a night to drink something and to dance in some discotheque. We walked around for some hours when saw a group of girls out of a bar. My friend liked one of those girls and we tryed to chat with them about the usual things: the better beaches, the best discoutheque where we had been until now and about the place where they came from. They came from another city of Spain and they stayed there on holiday. At those years I didn’t speak English (as well as now…), so me and my friends searched to explain us in Italian because it has many words similar to Spanish. The discussion was pleasant but I noticed one of those girls remained aloof. I thougth that probably she was ashamed and I tryed to make her partecipate of our talks. I asked her if she was “imbarazzata”, this word means “embarassed” in English, and I looked her to redden. The girls’ friends began to laugh so much that I asked them what was my wrong because I wished to apologize with her. They tell me that the word “embarazada” means “pregnant” in Spanish! So, I got the opposite of that I wanted, because that girl became more red than before!

Medicine and health The people’s good health is much helped from medicine. Also in a small family there are at least twenty types of medicines. I worked out that a normal family with little children spends some hundred of euros in a year for the pharmacy products. In many years I have never listened about a pharmacy closed down because they had not enough customers, in fact pharmacy owners are always rich. In every family there are medicines for headache, stomach ache, flu, intestinal problems and many other physical complaints. I heard that many people have also food supplements in their pharmacy shelves. A famous proverb said that “we are the doctors of ourselves”. For example if I had not eaten so much last evening, I would not have had the stomach ache and I would not have had to take a pill. I have friends that when they drink a coffee their stomach add up for all day. I know other people that if they eat some food with cheese they do not sleep well. They could eat and drink everything, it would be enough than they take a pill later their meal, but those way would do much more bad for their health. Rather than we take some food supplements I believe that it would be better if we understood which kind of food cointains that sustance and increase that food in our diet.

food and drink Personally I like all type of food and fortunately I haven’t got neithr intollerance or allergy. Recently I am seeking to riduce the quantity of meat in my diet. In particular I attempt to eat only once at week the red meat as for example steaks and sausages. If I could avoid to eat them it would be better, but when someone invite me for lunch or dinner I would be very embarrassed if I did not eat something. We have studied a basic menu for all week, in this menu we eat white meat once at week. We usually cook grilled chicken or baked fish. We bring these dishes with different vegetables. I like cooking steamed carrots and cooked spinach. When the weather is cold we like eating vegetables soup at dinner. We often cook some eggs, specially we eat omelette with eggs and cheese all with a mix salad. Mostly the dinner is the meal that we condivide together and we have not much time to dedicate to cookers. In the weekend if we stay at home we cook something more complicated such as some type of pasta or other. If I have a bit of spare time I prepare homemade pizza. We prefer our recipe because it is much more digestible than other. I put in addition to tomato and cheese also capers, artichokes, mushrooms, basil and peppers. We often drink water and green tea and we seek to avoid sodas but with my pizza is impossible to say no to a good beer

Food and drink Personally I like all type of food and fortunately I haven’t got neithr intollerance or allergy. Recently I am seeking to riduce the quantity of meat in my diet. In particular I attempt to eat only once at week the red meat as for example steaks and sausages. If I could avoid to eat them it would be better, but when someone invite me for lunch or dinner I would be very embarrassed if I did not eat something. We have studied a basic menu for all week, in this menu we eat white meat once at week. We usually cook grilled chicken or baked fish. We bring these dishes with different vegetables. I like cooking steamed carrots and cooked spinach. When the weather is cold we like eating vegetables soup at dinner. We often cook some eggs, specially we eat omelette with eggs and cheese all with a mix salad. Mostly the dinner is the meal that we condivide together and we have not much time to dedicate to cookers. In the weekend if we stay at home we cook something more complicated such as some type of pasta or other. If I have a bit of spare time I prepare homemade pizza. We prefer our recipe because it is much more digestible than other. I put in addition to tomato and cheese also capers, artichokes, mushrooms, basil and peppers. We often drink water and green tea and we seek to avoid sodas but with my pizza is impossible to say no to a good beer.

House and home The houses are changed a lot in the last years. When I visit construction site I see this change, above all when somebody is restoring an old building. In the past people liked many rooms and many walls divided them. An example is the distinction between kitchen and living room. There were once divided in two different spaces. Now many of us love open spaces even for optimizing the available area. Another case is the bathroom sizes. A family with three or four children had a little bathroom of about 4 or 5 square meters for everyone. Now the same family wants two bathroom minimum and if the space allows, the parents want a private bathroom connected to their bedroom. I see though that the bedroom sizes were bigger than now. Probably they were so because the people passed more time than now in that room and many children slept in the same room. There were not once the gardens or courtyards where the person could relax and the houses were attached to each other. Personally I like the modern houses with great open spaces and minimal interiors, but I find very interesting those situations where you have to rethink an old house with new ideas and for another functionalities. In these case you must use much care to preserve the old fashioned of the house. Studies said that only fifty percent of the old houses have maintained their style about external parts and only 10 percent have preserved their interior style. Fortunately more and more houses are protected by urbanistic specific laws.

If sentences Now I am studying conditional verbs... Would you like to correct me, please? A: If you love me, you will come with me to do shopping now. B: If you love me, you won't ask it again. A: If you come, I won't speak for a month. B: Let's go! A: If this winter get cold, I will change my job B: If you change your job, you will sale me your farm? A: No, because I will use the farm to do rave party. B: If you do rave party, you will scare the animals. A: If you buy the farm, it will be worse! A: If you bought a car, you would avoid the forest. B: If you were a real man, I wouldn't need it A: If I had the time, I would bring out you. B: If I was desperate, I would go out with you! Many thanks!

The global heating In the last period there was a meeting in Paris which was attended by many politicians from many different Countries. The topic of the meeting was how to do to contain the world's heating. Some of scientists think that will be enough to contain below 2 degrees the increase of the global heating until 2100. They tell this small increase will be enough not to ruin the world forever. If it is true my question is what will we do later? What will our grandchildren do? Other scientists said that limit is too high to be sustained and is necessary to reduce that limit. Others tell that now the target is impossible to obtain even if we follow all the rules, they said that in 2100 we will reach an increase about 4 degrees. Few years ago I read a book by a famous scientist. In that book he told that within 500 years the world will be too hot and too populated. Whether we continue to use the same energy that we are using and the global population continue to rise as now, we will arrive soon at point of no return. All the people want warming up in winter and cooling in summer. They have to move for work and for free time by car and with an other mean. Above all, the people need food and this food needs energy to grow and to be trasported. The sustainable energy sources are important but is fundamental to stabilize our number on this planet, otherwise we will have to revise heavily our life style.

Entertainment and media I believe that the principal entertainment instrument in our days is still the television. It is used widely among all different kinds of people and families. It is the biggest tool of communication and anyone can reach a good level of information with this one. In the last period this means of dissemination and entertainment is been completed with many other applications. There is the possibility connecting with internet by wi-fi or with a wire in order to watch television and to surf the net at the same time. We can link many types of game console and a person could playing with another one from other part of the world. You can also listening the radio and music with “home theatre” system, in this case the quality of the sound depends on the quality of system that you are using. In addition to this you can connecting the PC and amplify the potential of the tool. You are not tied to a specific time to watch something, because you can watch your favorite shows when you prefer. There is not anything better than watching a film at the cinema, nevertheless is more comfortable staying at home to watch the DVD, because of time and for expense reasons. With Blu-Ray technology and “home theatre” system the film experience is enough pleasant even at home.

Clothes When I was young I was very interested in wearing good clothes. In particular, I remember that I always waited the January sales to buy branded clothes and I spent much money to buy those. I thought those were better than the others regarding quality and life. I have understood through my experience that I was wrong, in fact I often noticed how those clothes were breaking and got dirty more easily. I remind a pair of sun glasses by “Saint Laurent” I had forgotten them under the sun during a warm day. When I was wearing them I saw that they were bent by heat, a strange defect regarding a pair of sun glasses. Now I am looking for clothes for my son and I see the prices of these are expensive such as adult clothes even if the quantity of the material they are done is much lower. I met some people to whom like to spend a treasure to wear their children with expensive clothes. Their children cannot wear those clothes for long time because they are growing each month. However, everybody can spend his money in the way that he likes, nevertheless I prefer spending in order to do family activities and group experience with my family. When I go shopping with my wife, I see a wide type of everything: many type of different boots and shoes, a multitude of skirts and trousers not to mention variety of jackets and bags. In these situations I understand my lucky to be born male!