BEING A TEACHER....

BEING A TEACHER IS A DIFFICULT TASK NOWADAYS, SO I DECIDED TO FOLLOW THIS PIECE OF ADVICE BY BRUCE LEE:

Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.

by Bruce Lee

domingo, 9 de julio de 2017

I'd rather have an average girlfriend!!




If you are unhappy with the ordinary girls you may meet in your life, here's a really bizarre proposal:

Sex robots promise 'revolutionary' service but also risks, says study (The Guardian)

 


However, would you consider this a development in our social relations, or just another sexist gadget? 

Sex robots are SEXIST: Feminist says 'brutal' love machines will turn men into misogynist monsters (Daily Mirror)

Scientists have delivered a chilling warning about the use of futuristic sex robots (Technology, University of Sheffield, Daily Mirror)

Listening exercise to do: Self-help (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)



Solutions to exercises 81 & 82 in the previous post
Ex 81  >>>  1. Who did you go to the cinema with?   2. How often does he do the gardening?   3. What is the book about?
Ex 82   >>>>   1. Was the doctor called?    2. The bicycles must be repaired....   3. Oil has recently been discovered near the Falkland Islands.


REVISION EXERCISES for the September exam  >>>>


83. EVERYDAY ENGLISH. What would you say in these situations?
1. You are in a bar. Offer to buy your friend a drink.
2. You are late for a meeting. Apologize and say why you are late.
3. You have just come home from the cinema. Suggest your friend to order a pizza.

84. CONDITIONALS. Finish the following  sentences appropriately:

1. Tell me the truth    .....................................................................................................
2. I would have passed English in June ...............................................................................
3. If our English teacher were better at tennis   ..............................................................................


Solutions in the next post









5 comentarios:

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  2. I think that is a advance for science but a robot never can give a love, can give sex but never love, understanding, sweetie not even children. Also What grace would you have? You buy a robot and have a womer for lifetime, People will not know what it's like to go out to a bar to connect And is one of the best sensations in the world, for this reason and for more i stay with the really women and no with a robot
    Miguel angel gonzalez ortega 1A bachillerato

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  4. Technology is progressing so fast and it affects in our life so much. Technology is changing many things around us. For example, the way to cook our food, the way to transport things or the waywe move, the way to see life, the way we read a book or learn at school, even it has changed the way to have sex.

    Scientists have done sex robots. These dolls are becoming more lifelike and are used by many people that need love.

    Foundation for Responsible Robotics has warned that they could be used to simulate rape and other non-consensual actions. This could cause that people want to do these things with real people and this is illegal and dangerous.

    I think that these dolls are used by people that need more love but the love is in real people.

    Patricia Rodríguez Martín 1 Bach

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  5. Nowadays, technology is becoming more and more advanced. Today's society is advancing very quickly and more and more robots are being manufactured. In fact, it can be said that there is already some kind of robot or tool for almost everything, although, obviously, these robots can continue improving little by little. Moreover, among these robots we can point out a somewhat strange and controversial one: sexual robots.

    On the one hand, sex robots have the potential to provide a valuable service for people who are elderly, disabled or who find intercourse traumatic, but they also carry ethical risks, experts say. These robots are a type of masturbation machine that can already be found on the market. Moreover, according to some experts, it can help and be useful in certain cases when people have any kind of problem. People who support this claim that it might benefit from interaction with sex robots are elderly people in care homes, people of both sexes who have had a traumatic sexual experience and men who suffer from erectile dysfunction or premature ejaculation.

    On the other hand, there are people who think that these robots are a very bad idea. They also raise concerns that sex robots could increase the objectification of women, alter perceptions of consent and be used to satisfy desires that would otherwise be illegal. In addition, another thing to keep in mind about these robots is that what will happen if they become very famous. Wouldn't we want to interact with humans any more because it's just easier to talk to the robot or easier to engage in sexual gratification with the robot?

    In short, machines are reaching unimaginable limits. Besides, sexual robots are a rather controversial topic to talk about, as many people do not agree with them and demand that they are no longer on the market.

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