You should never eat junk/fast food. Discuss.

 In recent years, many young people has started eating fast/junk  food like hamburguers, etc... So, the most of people are fat. What  are the advantages and disadvantages of fast food?


 Well, one advantage of fast or junk food is that it's more  confortable than other foods. Another one is that it's makes fill up  because they have a lot of energy. It's quick and easy to cook, too.


 However, they have a lot of disadvantages like you can have diabetes and cholesterol because they have a lot of sugar. Another disadvantage is that it's unhealthy and isn't very nutritious.

 To conclude, i think that eat junk/fast food is very bad for the organism, so, you should never eat junk food, you can eat other things like vegetables, fish...

English Book: Chemical Secret

                                    CHEMICAL SECRETS 

1.- Reader: Patricia Martín

2.- Title: Chemical Secret

3.- Author: Tim Vicaryl

4.- Editorial: Bookworms 

5.- Number of pages: 72

6.- Activities: 

1) Read the back cover, and the introduction on the first page.  What kind of person do you think John Duncan is going to be?  Choose Y (Yes) or N (No) for each of these ideas.

- He is a murderer. No
- He is an honest man who makes a big mistake. Yes
- He is a man who likes money. Yes
- He is a man who loves his childrens. Yes
- He is a dishonest man. No

2) What do you think will happen in the story? Choose the words you prefer to complete these sentences.

- John Duncan tells the truth about his work.
- The chemical factory kills some animals.
- John Duncan loses his job at the chemical factory.
- By the end of the story John Duncan is a poor man.

3) The story introduction talks about different kinds of crime.  Which of these crimes do you think is worse? Why?

- A drunk driver who kills somebody in a car accident. Because everythink related with this is bad, in my opinion.

4) Read Chapters III and IIIV. Here are some untrue sentences about them. Change them into true sentences.

- The company had not brought any new jobs to the town.

+ The company had brought four hundred new jobs to the town.

- The waste products from the factory went into the sea.


+ The waste products from the factory went into the river.

- The town’s drinking water came from the river at the river mouth.


+ The town’s drinking water came out of the river five kilometres upstream.

- John had spilt some of the waste products on his leg, and was very worried about it.


+ John had spilt some of the waste products on his leg, and he wasn’t worried about it.

- John bought a computer for his children.


+ John bought a boat for his children.

- When Mary came to dinner, the evening went well.


+ When Mary came to dinner, the evening went bad.

- Nobody enjoyed watching the seals on the sandbank.


+ Everybody enjoyed watching the seals on the sandbank.



5) Read Chapter V and VI. Use these words to complete John Duncan's report.

- Several experiments were done on rats to test the waste products which are products by the factory. These chemicals diluted and on most days less than two parts per million go into the river. Two groups of mother rats were given drinking water which contained the waste products: the first group had five parts per million; the second group had two parts per million. When the baby rats were born, in the first group some had no eyes, some had no ears, and some had six legs. In the second group some were born without legs. 

These results show that it is not build machines to clean up the waste products before the leave the factory.

6) Before you read Chapter VII, can you guess what happens next? Choose Y (Yes) or N (No) for each sentence.

- John leaves the paint factory. No

- The company builds the new machines. No

- John tells the newspapers about the chemicals. Yes

- The factory closes and everybody loses their jobs. No

- Animals and fish in the river begin to die. Yes

- The chemicals get into the town’s drinking water. Yes


7) Read Chapters 7 to 10, and then match these halves of sentences.

- Christine did not believe her father when he told her that the river water was not dangerous.

- Christine was unconscious when she fell in the river so she nearly drowned before Simon saved her.

- Although John didn’t want Christine to marry Simon, in the end he agreed to the marriage.

- Mary liked John and felt sorry for him, but she was pleased that he hadn’t asked her to marry him.

- The Greenworld people put bags of cement in the pipe in order to stop the chemicals going into the river.

7) Read Chapters 11 and 12, and then answer these questions.

+ Why did John have to speak at the Enquiry?

Because David Wilson told him that if he didn’t speak, he would lose his job.

+ Why didn’t John know about Christine’s accident?

Because when happened Christine’s accident he was in Scotland with Mary.

+ What did the lawyer show John at the Enquiry?

The newspaper with Christine story.

+ Why did John lose his job?

Because he spoke to the Enquiry and told him that he was worried about Christine’s baby

+ Why hadn’t John given the toys and clothes to Christine?

Because he wouldn’t answer his letters and see him.

+ Why was John afraid for Christine?


John was afraid because Christine’s baby would born without eyes and ears.

A Christmas Carol

 Mr. Scrooge is an old rich man that he thinks only on himself; his money is his life. One day, in the Christmas Eve, a ghost was visiting Mr. Scrooge's house. The ghost shows him his past, when he was a child. He didn't celebrate the christmas. Later, he was showing the future of Mr. Scrooge, he (Mr. Scrooge) saw the bad scenes on his future and he shouted that he would like to change it. The next day, he woke up and it was Christmas Eve again! And finally, he was so friendly with the people and he was a better person.