An Imaginary Person

Once upon a time, there was a man called Bob. He was a Christian man. Bob really liked to watch the movie “SpongeBob Square pants” every Saturday. Especially when it was Easter. Sometimes when Bob was bored he learned to speak other languages like Spanish. He became really good after a while. When Bob had a presentation at school the other day, he talked about World War 2.

 He thought that the history was very interesting. Last summer when Bob was in London, he was on a bus tour and he visited some places like Buckingham Palace. He thought about Queen Elisabeth II and her special yellow dress she has. Bob also heard about the Conservatives and the Democrats, but he did not find that very interesting. 

Easily confused words

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A passage to India

Viewpoints

1.        Look up the words “Rural” and “Urban” in a dictionary and find out what they mean.

Rural: living in the country.

Urban: living in a city.

2.      What are the difference between rural and urban areas in Norway? In India?

The majority of the population lives in/around the major cities in Norway, in urban areas. However, Norway has a small population (under 5million) so even the "major" cities are small on a global level.

Nearly 70% of India’s population lives in rural areas where, for the first time since independence, the overall growth rate of population has sharply declined, according to the latest Census.

3.      “If everyone in the world consumed as much as people in industrialized countries do, we would need eight (!) planets as big as the earth to meet their demands” Comment on this statement.

We produce a lot of things these days and throw away a really big amount of food and garbage. If the whole world did this, it would be too much garbage to deal with.  

4.      Some people in Europe and America have changed their way of life to “simple living” in eco-villages or small farms in rural areas. The basic idea is to go back to nature, produce your own food, share and live in closely-knit communities. Can you think of reasons why people choose this way of life?

I think they choose it because they for example do not like the pollution and damage the factories creates.