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Certain people believe that stories are all based on seven types of plot. In Cinderella, Aladdin and Harry Potter, the main characters all win and lose something before learning a lesson about life. Villains normally die at the end of tragedies. In sagas, the main characters go on a great journey. At the end of these stories, they usually reach their destination. In a "voyage and return" story, the main character will usually return home with a great understanding of the world. You will always find some funny characters in the comedy. |
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The best thing on TV last night was Faking It. It takes someone with no experience in a particular job and sends them to live and train with an expert for four weeks. They then have to take part in a contest against professionals, and a panel of expert judges decides which participant is the "faker". At the beginning of the programme, we met Ed working in a fast food van in all weathers, selling chips and burgers. In this job he didn't need to do much apart from arriving at work on time and being reasonably pleasant to people. All this changed as he had to learn how not to be pleasant to people as a head chef in a top London restaurant. | ||
| In the Marshmallow Test, researchers left four-year-old children alone in a room with a marshmallow. If the children managed to resist temptation and not eat the marshmallow, the researcher promised them a reward of two marshmallows. However, most of the children found it difficult to be patient and not to give up before the time was up. They wanted to have something immediately rather than wait for what they really wanted. The researchers found that, as adults, those children who could pass "Marshmallow Test" were generally much more successful than the others. | ||
| In recent years there have been a noticeable increase in extreme weather events. Many scientist now agree that climate change has caused this increase. The science correspondent in the programme has just finished researching ways in which scientists around the world are trying to artificially control or change weather patterns.These scientists have explored various techniques, including cloud seeding, over the past few years. However, many people are worried about putting chemicals into the atmosphere. Recently one team of scientists in Geneva have discovered a way to use lasers to control the weather. | ||
| Nowadays the idea that learning is only for children is obviously not true. It seems to me that as an adult you can't rely on what you learnt in school to get by any longer. Technology at work and at home, such as computerized household appliances, tablets and mobile phones, are an essential part of everyday life. On top of that, all these devices are constantly developing. So, if you want to be able to function in the 21st century, you have to keep learning and developing, too! |