Most people without a job are having problems getting through this quarantine, but also people with jobs depending on the consumption of others, for instance owners of bars, restaurants, hotels, clothes shops... So a universal basic income is needed more than ever! Due to globalization, our economic system has become increasingly fragile.
However, this should be a temporary situation as people need to save money to buy houses, to travel... A century ago, with the previous pandemia, the Spanish flu, no economic crisis came afterwards, but this will not be the case as, apart from the health crisis, we already have a world of misery ahead with a huge economical crisis, added to the ecological crisis we already had. It could be a tale of doom if there isn't a collective action. And so, the solution could be the UBI (Universal Basic Income).
Consumerism will no longer be a problem as we will have to
spend our money properly and, therefore, recycling and reusing will be valid alternatives to just buy new items. As well, we will try to repair or mend items instead of just buying new ones. And we will have found a way out for our ecological crisis. Our cities are already cleaner and there is not so much polution.
We'll get through this pandemia and subsequent crisis in the end!!
Coronavirus and the Case for UBI | WIRED UK
Some related articles for you to read:
Basic income of £48 a week in UK urged (BBC News)
Has the time come for a universal basic income? (The Guardian)
Finland basic income trial left people 'happier but jobless' (BBC News)
TED TALK >>> Basic income and other ways to fix capitalism | Federico Pistono | TEDxHaarlem
Quarantine Scoreboard
Posts uploaded: 34
Students participating: about 85 out of 110 (77%) at least once during the quarantine, but only 40% of them are really working!!!!
Comments written and corrected: almost 650
Emails exchanged: more than 2500
PASEN announcements & messages: more than 2100
Things handed in and corrected: almost 1100
Visits to blog and site during quarantine: more than 13,000 (Average of 250 visits per day)
Video lectures (ONLINE CLASSES): 12 (+ 6 Dictations on line, 4 verb exams and 2 online exams) and several individual online tutorials
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE QUARANTINE
Thursday, 7th May
Homework for today:
Study unit 6 and do exercises 1-11 on pages 151-152
- We will correct them on Tuesday in our online class.
Further information about Comparatives >>> Watch this:
MODULE 2 (Notes) Unit 4 >> Programmes 1 032 2 033 3 034
Whose avatar is this?
And this one??
Solution to yesterday's translation sentences:
1. What does she look like? She is a tall slim dark-haired girl. (She's a tall slim girl with dark hair)
2. I'm looking for my daughter. She carries a small black bag and a parcel.
3. Is she wearing a green skirt and an orange blouse?
4. She is taller than Susan and John looks younger.
5. How tall is he? He is 1 m 80 cm tall.
NO HOMEWORK FOR TODAY!!!
News Review >>>> Could this Ebola drug offer hope? (BBC Learning English)
HOMEWORK FOR TODAY:
Unit 8 - pages 102-103
Read all the articles and watch the video above and make a glossary (the key words) about Universal Basic Income and send it to me, as this can be a possible topic for next year's Selectivity exam.
