Advantages of life in the country versus life in the city

2. Using your own words, write an argumentative essay about the advantages of life in the city versus life in the country or vice versa. (Selectivitat September 2009)

Nowadays, a lot of people are moving from city to small towns, and this change has a reason. A lot of people are changing their housing because of the environment.

Is better for a lot of people live in small towns or in the country. There, there is more tranquility, and also, pace.

Moreover, the atmosphere is better. The air is not so contaminated and you can breathe better, there is less noise, more kindness, more confidence with all the neighbors, and one important thing, the constant contact with nature.

In the country, people suffer less psychic disorders, like anxiety, depression, anguish, etc. In the city people are more agitated and in one way or in another affects you a lot.

For this reason, in small towns and in the country, people are more free and independent from all the services that are in the city. For example: the underground. In a big city, if you want to move to the other side of it, you will not be able to do all the route walking. Furthermore, if you take a mobility service, like taxi for example, it will be so expensive for you.

By this way, in small towns and in the country it does not happen. You can walk wherever you want without pay nothing.

In conclusion, I would like to say that from my opinion, is better live in a small town or in the country because you can relax a lot and feel quite better with yourself surrounded by nature and peace.

Professions that are dying out

(Dialogue)

Hello everybody! Welcome to our radio programme! Today we are going to talk about some professions that are dying out, concretely the farmers. We will talk with one of the last farmers in our country, Johan.

LAURA: Hello Johan! How are you?
JOHAN: Hi Laura! I’m fine, thanks.
LAURA: First of all I have to tell you that you shouldn't be nervous please. It will be better for you tell us what you want in an easier way.
JOHAN: (laughs) Okay, okay. I'll take it into account!
LAURA: Well, so... let's start! Can you tell us what you do everyday?
JOHAN: Everyday I wake up at six o'clock in the morning, I have breakfast, and later, I take my tractor and I go to work. I stop at midday, I have lunch and I go work again until nine o'clock at night. After that, I have dinner my son, my daughter and my wife and finally I go to sleep.
LAURA: Oh Johan! You work so hard!
JOHAN: Yes, it's true. But I have to say that years ago, without tractors everything was more difficult.

LAURA: Which are the differences between now and before?
JOHAN: Buuuuuuff! The most important difference are the tractors. Nowadays with these machines it's easier, quicker and better for us. We can do more in less time.
LAURA: And what about the future of this job? What do you think?
JOHAN: Nowadays in a three houndred inhabitants village, there are five farmers, so it's easy to see that this profession is dying out.
LAURA: And what are the reasons of its desappearance?
JOHAN: Low prices, no benefits for us, imported productes from other countries, things like that.
LAURA: That's a shame... From my point of view I think it's a very beautiful job, and losing it in our country... will be... unbelievable... Don't you think?
JOHAN: I agree with you, you're right...
LAURA: Well Johan, we've already finished the interview. Thank you a lot!
JOHAN: You are welcome Laura! Good bye!
LAURA: Bye!

Influence of psychologists on our society

(Opinion Essay)


Nowadays, our society is conditioned by stress and work, and it can be a reason why people do not feel good with themselves. Departing from this point, a lot of people go to the psychologist with the objective of finding an easier life.

This is only one reason, but there are thousands. The only thing that we want is feel better with ourselves. In these moments is when psychologists can help us using different ways. The easiest one is to go to the surgery, but now, we are going through a big economic crisis and this is not the best way to solve our problems.

If we go to a bookshop, it will be easier for us to find any collection of self-help books. Nowadays, many psychologists are writing about really current topics in our society, like stress, anxiety, bullying, moving, etc. This is one way that psychologists are well considered in our society. They can make easier the citizens’ life without paying a lot of money.

Furthermore, today if somebody goes to the psychologist people will not be surprised about it. Years ago, if someone had psychologist therapy he was considered as a madman.

From my point of view, psychologists are making a god job day after day in our society and I think that they are well considered.

I have to add that in my opinion, they cannot be the answer to our problems and necessities, they can help us to find the solution, but they will not give it to us. We have to find it by ourselves.

Letter to Climate Summit Organizers

(Formal letter)

Onze de Setembre, 54 avenue
Sant Pere Pescador (Girona, Spain)
11th January 2010

Climate Summit Organizers
PO Box 865
Aboulevard Street
Copenhaguen (Denmark)

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am wirting to you because I want to explain you some of my points of view related with the problems of the climate change and the environment, that are really current problems on our society at this moment. As you know, nowadays, our society is full of egoism. People only look for their benefits and they do not care about the environment of the planet where all of us are living.

If we continue with this role of life, we will drive our planet to his end. I am sure that all of us want a good life for our children with no problems related with pollution, greenhouse effect and nothing like that. If we really want the survival of our children we must do something.

Probabily, now, you are thinking about solutions for this big problem that all of us are having. Firstly, the politicians have to estabilish strong laws, if not, a lot of people will continue growing with their egoism and is a thing that we must do all together.

We have to redirect our consumption to alternative energy sources, maybe, our environment will get better. For example, solar energy, wind energy, thermal energy, photovoltaic energy, etc. There are a lot of alternative energies, so the only thing that we have to do is apply them. Moreover, we must reduce the consume of fuel and recycle more paper, glass, plastic, etc.
Other possible solutions that we can apply on our lives are reudce the exhaust fumes and furthermore, it will help the greenhouse effect.

If we do not control things like that, a lot of species will die out and the wildlife will be like a desert. We have to do something if we want to protect our environment. We must turn our lives into ecological lives. It will be better.

Thank you for your attention.
I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully,











Laura Carrera.

Should Human Rights be enforced by law or optional?

(Discussion Essay)

Nowadays, Human Rights are protected in many countries, but also, there are a lot of subdeveloped countries that don’t respect them. For example, we can find a lot of slavery in subdeveloped countries, like Africa, Asia, etc., but it is not necessary go so far. Here, in Europe there are a lot of discrimination and racism to people who are from other countries.

Human Rights have to be enforced by the law, because all the people from around the world have rights only for the reason that they are humans.
If Human Rights were not enforced by the law, the society would be a disaster. Moreover, in our world, will be a lot of delinquency and any type of peace, love and respect to other people of the society.

In conclusion, it is necesary to pose again the question concerning that Human Rights should be enforced by law, because if they are optional, nobody will respect the rights of the other residents of the world. Furthermore, Human Righs are a way to protect the weakest people in the world, because when a new law is established, only benefits developed countries.

IT'S TIME FOR ELECTRONIC BOOKS. PAPER BOOKS ARE HISTORY. DO YOU AGREE?

(Opinion Essay)


Nowadays, as you know, we are in a period of development. Like other things that are in development, books are changing a lot. Now, when a lot of people think about a book, they see paper, paper and more paper, but not all the people who live in the world think like that. They see electronic books, which is like a screen where you can download different books from the Internet.

First of all, I would say that I disagree with electronic books. I prefer the books of all times, the paper books. I think that the use of electronic books in the school will be really bad for the students eyes, and what’s more, using these books, we will lose a really old tradition, the libraries.
Maybe, it is more economical for our environment, because we will not use the quantity of paper that we are using now. Furthermore, it can be cheaper than the traditional method, because we will only have to pay the “computer” and later pay little by little the books you want to download, so it’s relatively cheaper than the paper books.
To sum up, I think that electronic books will change a lot our society, because a lot of libraries will disappear and also, there is a lot of people in our society that do not know anything about new technologies, and it will be difficult for these people to find books of paper like the lifelong books.

Why I'm studying batxillerat?

Hi Lourdes!
I decided which will be the topic of the email when I was in class, so here I am, telling why I’m studying second batxillerat now.
Well, as you now, most of us are doing batxillerat ‘cause we want to study a degree in our future.
Personally, I would like study “ADE”, but another possibility that I also really like it’s teacher from the kindergarden.
I hope I can pass my second batxillerat successfully as well as I passed my first batxillerat and in the future, study one of these careers, or maybe, both! Who said it was impossible!?
Well, now you know a little bit more my thoughts of the future!
See you in class! :)