Young people and the internet

Young people can’t live without internet today. They work better with new technologies so normally they are more advanced users than their parents. Most of them spend a lot of time surfing the Net.

Internet has brought them a lot of advantages: easy access to information; fast communication with friends from everywhere; entertainment, like games, chat rooms, music; it’s even a great help with studies. But Internet as also changed the way young people live, it can separate them from real world, they loose personal contact and have difficulties in real communication.

The Internet is a great help for young people but it can also be an addiction.

Advantages and disadvantages of Internet

Advantages	Disadvantages
Faster communication	Easy access to personal information; Security problems
Global Friendship	Spamming
Allows you to explore new cultures	Virus Threat
Amount of information available	Inappropriate sites for children
Helps on students research	Addiction
Entertainment : Games, Chat Rooms, Music, News, Hobbies, …	Accuracy of the Information provided
Services Provided: Banking, Job Seeking, Purchasing Tickets, Hotel Reservation, Shopping, Airlines and Train Schedules, …	Lost of personal contact and socialization
Easier Business transactions

My family

 My family has four members. Me, my sister, my mother and my stepfather. Now we’re just three at home because my sister has moved out.

My mother is 43 years old. Her name is Paula. She is medium size, has blond hair and brown eyes. She’s a housewife.

My stepfather, Paulo, is 37 years old. He’s tall with brown eyes and hair. He’s a store manager.

My sister is older than me, her name is Sofia, she’s 23 years old. She is small, has light brown hair and brown eyes. She’s now living near Lisbon.

My entire family is big, I have one grandmother and one grandfather, many uncles and aunts, and lots of cousins, more than twenty.

I love my family, I’m very lucky that we are so many but very close.

Cartoon "The Technologic World”

The new technologies have changed the way we see the world today.

This cartoon shows how fast it’s evolving. Everyday there are new and improved things, surprising everyone.

It’s important to continue this evolution but I hope we wont get this far, it would be very strange having our name on a crossing sign.

Countable and Uncountable Nouns

Countable Nouns (nouns that can be counted)	Uncountable Nouns (nouns that can be counted)
Use a/an or a number in front of countable nouns	There is no a/an or number with uncountable nouns
An Apple  /  1 Apple	Rice
I eat an apple everyday	I eat rice everyday
Add (s) to make a countable noun plural	There is no plural for an uncountable noun
Apples	Rice
Apples are good for you	Rice is good for you

Cell Phones

Today everybody uses cell phones. People are becoming more and more dependent on cell phones because they make their lives easier. Now people can take their phones everywhere. It’s indispensable for emergency situations and for business. But it’s also great for parents, they can reach their children anytime. You can also connect to the internet.

It has its disadvantages too, people get addicted, if they forget their cell phones they feel uncomfortable or unable to function.

Anyway cell phones are one of the most important technologic innovations today.

Technological Innovations

Innovations	Inovações
Computer	Computador
Internet	Internet
Television	Televisão
Telephone	Telefone
Laptop	Computador Portátil
Airbags	Airbags
CDs	CDs
Digital Cameras	Máquinas fotográficas digitais
e-mail	e-mail
ATM	Caixa multibanco
Fiber Optics	Fibra Óptica
Airplanes	Aviões
Electrification	Electricidade
Automobile	Automóvel
Radio	Rádio
Air conditioning	Ar condicionado
Highways	Auto-estradas
Nuclear technologies	Tecnologias nucleares
Household appliances	Electrodomésticos
Spaceships	Naves espaciais