We talk about 'fair play' in sport, but is it fair how World Cup workers were treated during the construction of the stadiums? And what about overpopulation in our planet? We've got so many serious problems around and we don't know how to sort them out. If I could change the world...
Have a look at articles below and listen to Eric Clapton's song!
Some activities for you to do:
English in a Minute: How to use 'access' (BBC Learning English)
A listening exercise for you to do: Qatar's World Cup Workers (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)
Learn HOW TO MAKE SMALL TALK (BBC Learning English)
News Review about overpopulation in our planet: World population hits 8 billion (BBC Learning English)
The English We Speak: Fever pitch (BBC Learning English)
And now some related articles for you to read:
Revealed: 6,500 migrant workers have died in Qatar since World Cup awarded (The Guardian)
‘Our dreams never came true.’ These men helped build Qatar’s World Cup, now they are struggling to survive (CNN News)
Qatar facing renewed calls to compensate migrant workers over uninvestigated deaths (The Guardian)
Families seek answers over Qatar World Cup workers' deaths- BBC News
Here's my musical hint to solve all these problems: Change the World by Eric Clapton. Here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along!!
How to use phrasal verbs in English (Fluency TV English)
"All work and no play makes Jack/Jill a dull boy/girl"
Mind Your Language - Better to have loved and lost
If I could change the world, I would help the volunteers that are in Africa ,and other "poor places", because I think that it's important to be solidary and feel great with yourself without waiting anything in exchange for your good actions. I would use more renovable energies , for example: in the places where there is a lot of sun light I would build solar panels in places that don't affect the habitat of the animals in that place. Another that I would do is promove a regulated capitalism and the "second hand market" to reuse a lot of things that could be useful for somebody else. But something I would like to do but I think it is imposible to control is the wars beetwen countries, because every single person have a form of thinking , someone more extremely and another more neutral but no body thinks equal, there is something that make a difference beetwen all the people in the world.
ResponderEliminarJavier Rivas López 4ºESO A
This is the most atypical World Cup in history because it is played in winter. It was something very surprising for everyone that a World Cup could be played during winter.
ResponderEliminarThe group stage of this World Cup has been the best I´ve ever seen because there have been surprises such as the eliminations of Germany, Belgium and Uruguay against teams much inferior to them.
I think it will be a well-remembered World Cup because it will be the last for Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo and both have a good chance of winning it. Spain is one of the favourites, although they have lost against Japan, I hope they change in they round of 16
The final that would like to see in this World Cup would be Spain-Argentina.
Alejandro Venegas Mancilla 4ºA
This is a luxurious World Cup because Qatar has got a lot of petrol and gas so they have got a lot of money to waste in this World Cup. Qatar is very expensive to live, they have got so much money that they can build a city only for supporters of the National soccer teams. There, you can do thing that here you can't, for example you can drive a Formula 1 or you can watch camels races. You can do everything with a lot of money.
ResponderEliminarJose Antonio Sabio Prados 4ºESO A
This year the World Cup will be held in Qatar This year is a bit controversial, since some of the rules to attend Qatar, is that Qatar will receive the LGTBI+ community but it requires that there be no public displays of affection, since in that country Homosexuality is defined as sodomy that carries a penalty of 1 or 3 years in prison.
ResponderEliminarAlcohol is prohibited, dressing without showing shoulders and knees, not showing acts of affection in public.
The first game that Spain played was on November 23 against Costa Rica and we finished 7-0.
The second game was on November 27 against Germany and we were 1-1 and on December 1 they played against Japan and we were 1-2 although they lost they played very well the next game will be on Tuesday December 6 against Morocco, I hope we won! !
The world is very bad in the present: the climate change, the war and the poorest caused for the wishes of rich people that they have a lot of money ,and they always want more and more money for invest in get more money! The capitalism when is abusive it's the cause of the majority of our problems in the present. The wish of money is the cause of the destruction of the planet in the present.
ResponderEliminarRubén Sabio Prados 4 ESO A
RAFA NADAL Rafa Nadal is the best tennis player . He was born on 3rd of June, 1986 in Manacor. He is a Spanish profesionnal tennis player who ocuppies the second position in the ATP ranking. He has got 14 Ronald Garros and 22 Grand Slam. He has got black hair, his ears and mouth are small, but his nose is big. His eyes are brown and small. He is 1m 85cm heigh and strong.
ResponderEliminarMY DESCRIPTION
ResponderEliminarI'm Carolina. I'm twelve years old. I was born the 5th of November 2010.
What do I look like? I have wavy brown hair, my eyes are big and brown. My nose is small but my lips are big. I'm 1'56 metres tall. I am thin and athletic.
Carolina Prieto López 1B
What happens with the workers at Qatar stadium (Jalifa Stadium) is unacceptable. While these people, that most are immigrants coming from Bangladesh, India and Nepal, are exploited, being forced to work. But the most incredible thing is that these workers can't change jobs, can't leave the country and have to wait months to receive their salaries, after all, they earn very little money (57 cents per hour, about 257 dollars per month).
ResponderEliminarAnd that's not all, while FIFA, its sponsors and the construction companies involved in it, are preparing to earn huge economic benefits from themselves, don´t see what they're causing due to their greed for money, that with this money they could pay what they owed to these poor workers.
What I don't understand is, Qatar is a country very rich in natural resources (petroleum, natural gas, etc); has more than 150,000 billion of euros and his quality of life is very good, with second place in the Asia's richest countries, so I don't think they will have a problem for paying their workers a decent wage.
Adrián García 4ºA