Life before and Now

Life before and Now

Nowadays people say that times are changing because when they think about the past, They can see that their lifes changed. This is because the world is globalized and now everything is about technology.

When we think about the past, We can see that people were more easygoing, they were closer, for example, Kids were playing in everytime, they used to play hopscotch, hide and seek, run along, amoung others. Everybody knew where someone was, I think life was easier and safe, you could go out and nothing happened to you, because pepole were more dependable.

 

But now you cannot go out without thinking that streets are dangerous and something could happen to you , I think this is the biggest difference.

Also, If we think about the kids, we will see a big difference too... Actually we have technologycal kids, currently kids have smartphones, tablets and everything related with technology, but this situation is worrying, because kids don`t play together or socialize, they just spend their time on Facebook or PS3. ¡That reality is wrong!, because kids have to play, move their bodies, do something productive in life.

Another difference could be communication, Nowadays communication is easier, because you can send a text message or Whatsapp for communicating with someone or make a call, but If you are in a meeting with your friends or family , you will see everybody with their cellphones, and sometimes is kind of annoying, because your friends don`t pay attention to you.

At the end technology is not wrong, but we have to have a balance with it.

Life changed and will continue changing, we will use more technology. So we have to learn how to get a good balance.

Past Routines

Conditionals with if

• Real conditional

We use this conditional when we want to talk about future possibility. It is something that could happen.

 

             If + present tense + will + base tense

 

 examples:

                 If I finish my homework, I will go with you.

                 If she goes, I will see her.

 

• Present Unreal conditional

We use it, when we want to talk about  present or future unreal or imagined situations or to give advice.

 

          If + past tense + would + base tense

 

 examples:

                 If I won the lottery, I would travel around the world.

                 If  I were you, I would stop taking so many risks.

                

 

• Past Unreal conditional

We use this conditional when we want to talk about regrets, unreal or imagined situations in the past.

           

          If + past perfect + would have + past participle

 

examples:

                If  I hadnot had children in my 20s, I would have traveled more.

                If he had heard the weather forecast, He wouldn't have gone hiking in the montains.     

 

    

Obesity in Costa Rica

Obesity in Costa Rica

Nowadays, Obesity is more than a simple problem in Costa Rica and the whole world. People are increasing their weight even they do not notice it. In Costa Rica´s culture obesity is pretty common, you can see it from kids to adults. Sometimes people do not care about themself and neither about their health.

There are lots of causes for obesity, for example: people can eat everything they want to. Fast food is in every corner moreover is pretty cheap, you do not need to have a lot of money for buying something to eat. For example we have Tacobell, McDonalds, Burger King, in every place, wherever you go you will have fast food. This is the principal cause of obesity, obviosly this is not the unique cause.

People are living a rush liffe, the routine is the owner of their lifes. People have to work, eight hours per day, in some cases more than eight, then if they studyed, they have to go there. Besides that they have to get time for family, social life and those things, but in some cases people do not take care about the food they eat, and also they do not have enough time for doing excersice. So, as a consequence they begin gaining weight.

 

When people realiza that they have bad eat habits, is when they have an illness such as hihg blood pressure, diabets, aletargic, among others. There is a point of teir life, where they take responsability of their actions and people strat to worry about their health.

 

So,being obese is our decision, we have to organize our life, and try to have a balance in general, sometimes is really difficult but we must try it, we have to remember that our health is first of everything.

And remember the saying:

“It´s better to prevent than to feel sorry”.

Tags Questions

         Tags Questions

A tag question is a special construction in English. It is a statement followed by a mini-question. The whole sentence is a "tag question", and the mini-question at the end is called a "question tag".

A "tag" is something small that we add to something larger. For example, the little piece of cloth added to a shirt showing size or washing instructions is a tag.

We use tag questions at the end of statements to ask for confirmation. They mean something like: "Am I right?" or "Do you agree?" They are very common in English.

 

 

The question tag repeats the auxiliary verb (or main verb when be) from the statement and changes it to negative or positive.