Newspaper Article

"Calories Do Count "

I chose an article from the New York Times newspaper. The article is about health and specially calories. I found it in http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/dining/29calories.html?em.

The article talks about calories and the way people's interest in calories is affecting their diet. It says that people usually don't care much about calories when they're young. But it starts to be a problem when we grow up.

You can find evidences of calories everywhere, and if you buy a product you can see its calories properties in front of the packages. It is easier than before to know which product is best for eating or drinking.

Restaurants, Starbucks, and other coffee shops are now giving information about the calories that may be found on foods or drinks. Reducing calories is starting to become popular in many companies and it doesn't seem to be affecting sales says Kim Severson from the New York Times.

New words:

Harsh: some synonyms are "hard", "abusive"

Dose: "portion", "prescription", and "quantity" are some other words to describe "dose".

Persona Poem

Dámaris...

Boring, funny, intelligent, loving.

Wife of Jonatan

Who loves mom, singing, and kissing.

Who is afraid of loneliness, dad's forgetfulness, and pain.

Who wants to see Jesus, her dad and her husband in the U.S.

Resident of Chillan, and heaven in time.

Gallardo.

Plagiarism

I think plagiarism is a very serious problem. I never thought that it would be something so serious, because we are not actually told about this when we are in high school or in elementary school.

When I was living in the U.S. I started to notice that they really care a lot about this subject, and they don’t take or borrow somebody else’s idea. The Chilean culture is not really awared about plagiarism.

I think plagiarism is a very bad way to do homeworks or any other work, because when we’re asked to write about something, we should be able to say what we think, not what other person thinks. Plagiarism is a bad thing, there’s no doubt about it.

I chose answer "c".

Excellent way to express my feelings


Simple words are needed


Something that comes to your mind


And you keep in your heart


You only need to let your words fly



****Miss, I know my assignment was late, I just wanted to publish this to have it in my blog... ****

The interview I liked the most

The interview I liked the most was Javier's. I liked it because it was made to a person not from Chile, and almost all of us made an interview to a Chilean person. Javier talked about one thing that I'd love to do, and that's travelling. I'd love to go somewhere else and live there. I find it very exiting.

I learned that everybody feels their experiences in a different way, and trying new things is something that scares a lot, but is worth trying.