TV news. Have you heard the news about the Spanish priest who was living in Liberia? I heard this story on TV news and now all people is talking about it. Apparently what happened was that the Spanish priest had been living in Africa for too many years. He was helping people and two years from now he started to look after people who was infected by ebola virus. The Spanish priest was also infected and because of that he asked Spanish government to return to Spain. He did not want to stay there because in Liberia there are hospitals in a very bad conditions. According to the guy on the news the Spanish government decided to sed a plane to Liberia with some doctors and finally the priest could return to Spain. In Liberia there was a monk who had Spanish nationality and se was probably infected too so she also came in the plane. Although the doctors gave him a cure, finally the Spanish priest died in a Spanish hospital. There is a controversy because some people think that it had been a better idea to send doctors to Liberia. It says that Spanish doctors do not know too much about ebola virus and because of that the virus can spread. I am not totally agree with this because the USA have done this before and the virus did not spread. In my opinion there are too many other virus but TV news are focused on ebola virus. It is a good thing to tell what really happens but in the other hand people can think that the problem is worst than it is.

What is the secret of life? I think the most important thing in life is to be happy. You have to do what you really like and what you really make happy. But sometimes it is not eassy to get what you want and because of that you must have a positive attitude and look on the briht side of things. You should try to get something positive out of everything you do. It is also important to have experiences, to know new cultures and to learn new things. For example travelling is a good way to know other countries and other lifestyles. All of this makes you have a more open mind. And I think this is so good because it makes you look the world in other way and maybe when you have a problem in the future you know to tackle a problem better. But on the other hand I think it is not good to live a very stressful life because you can get old earlier. It is also good to have moments of rest. You have to look for a balance. The oldest person in the world is a japanese woman. In general japanese people are usually the people who live longer. It says that this is because nutrition and genetics. I guess this is also important because if you want to live so many years it is necessary to be healthy. I once read that the most important thing is to have a purpose in life, to attribute a sense. You have to have an aim and to try to reach it. And I think this is true.

Different age.

Is the generation gap greater or smaller than it used to be? What do you think it is the secret of life?

El secreto de la vida.

Me gustaría que me dierais vuestra opinión sobre cual creeis que es el secreto de la vida. Es para un trabajo de clase y además me parece un tema interesanet. Me sería de gran ayuda. Muchas gracias :)

Newspaper article. Did you see the news about the spanish priest infected by ebola virus? I heard this story about him, who was living in Liberia, on TV news. Apparently what happend was that the priest Miguel was in Liberia for some years lookin for and helping people who lives there. Some years ago he started to look for sick peopel of ebola and one day he became to be ill. The doctors made him some tests and discovered that he had ebola virus. According to the guy on the news sick people in Liberia are in a very bad conditions, so because of that the priest asked to the spanish government to return to Spain. Few days after the spanish government send a special plane with specialists and the priest Miguel and a monk who has spanish nationality came to Spain. The interesting thing is that Spain is the second country that repatriates sick people of ebola. Only USA have done this before. Spanish people do not feel totally safe because the virus can spread. Some people say that spanish doctors are not ready to deal with this kind if problem and because of that they think the best option had been to send there doctors and medicines to cure the priest. Three days ago the priest died and the doctors have done some tests to the monk Juliana and they think se is healthy. Now the have to desinfect the hospital and to cremate the body to stop the virus from spreading. I do not remember all the details, but now there is a controversy again because there are rumours that they do not know the protocols to follow.

Holidays What is the meaning of "niche holiday"? I read this in my Englis textbook and I don´t have any idea of what it is the meaning.

Niche holiday. You are going to travel to The Alpes, in Switzerland. You are going to go by plane to Switzerland. Is the cheapest option because now there are a lot of offers in some fly companys and alos is the fastest option. Then, when you arrive at Switzerland´s airport, you will have to take a bus to go to the hotel. The hotel where you are going to stay is a cosy, small and snug hotel, there are only ten rooms. The location of the hotel is perfect because is near of all places you are going to go. You are staying there one week and you are going to do activities the most days. On the firs day you are going to do a trek along the nature path which last three ours and at the end you arrive at a pretty and small village where you can eat typical dishes of the zone. The second and the third day you are going to do escalation and this night you are going to sleep in a tent. Thursday and Friday will be your free days. You might visit the zone or relaxing in the hotel´s spa. On Sunday you are going to do parachuting. For this activity the company who organized it lets you the equipment totaly free. In the morning they will give you a preparatory class and in the evening you will do parachuting. It is likely that it will be sunny all days so you won´t need outerwear like a raincoat or something like that. You will need mountain boots, some ropes, sportswear, a cap and a backpack. The other things we will deliver you at the hotel. We hope that you spend a very good week.

A summary. Jades´s story was about her husband. When she met him he was kind and quite shy. He liked videogames too much and when she went to visit him at his home he was always sitting at the computer but se did not care. Three years before they got married and had a son. She described those three years as bad because her husband had a problem with videogames. When she asked him to watch a movie, to chat about the day or something he ignored her and still playing. She had told that even when his parents visited them he continued with his videogames and she had to appear normal. She was worried about their son because she did not want that he started to play videogames and had the same behaviour than his father. Sometimes she had thought why she stayed with that guy and she had threatened to leave him. She loved him and she knew that he needed help, she thought that it was like a drug, so she decided to help him.

Letter of complaint. Dear Sir, I am writing with regard to the new burglar alarm which my neighbors have installed in their house. Briefly, the problem is that the new burglar alarm has gone off three times each day during a week and this is so annoying. I have two kids and they can not sleep well at night because of the alarm noise. I have already pursued this matter with muy neighbors. They are away, travelling America, but I called them yesterday and I tried to talk to them, but they told me that they are too busy. In order to resolve this matter I am requesting that you turn off the alarm while my neighbors are traveling and when they return you should add them a fine because all the problems that they have caused to the neighborhood. In the future, you might obligate to install a sistem which prevent this kind of problems. Please contact me as soon as possible to confirm that you are resolving the problem. If you need to contact me by telephone, you may reach me at XXX XXXXXX. Thank you for your prompt attencion to this matter. Yours faithfully, Carmen.