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Pros and cons of animal testing

Animal testing is making use of animals in experiments carried out for the betterment of human lives. There are many arguments regarding the pros and cons of animal testing. It helps save human lives, but in turn, thousands of animals are injured or killed. There are many animal rights groups that claim killing animals is inhumane. This debate won't end till scientists find a better alternative for animal testing. This video discusses the advantages and disadvantages of animal testing. You are free to decide whether you are for, against or neutral towards it.

For more information, visit https://opinionfront.com/animal-testing-pros-cons 

Summer holiday fun

As a teenager,  I am a highly active and busy person, which means that I do not have so much time to get a rest or sleep during the day. However, since I have been exercising for all those years, I have got used to those everyday valuable pastimes.
Particurarly, I do not often keep on with the same summer activities in the whole summer, so I need to take up a "summer hobby". So the exceptional summer hobby I am passionate about is hiking. I commonly arrange to hike some mountains, during those two months when we do not have so much stuff to do, with my mates for a whole day (10-12 hours).
Firstly, we start hiking the huge mountain at 7:00 in the morning, since we all hate trying to cover all that extremely long distance in the heat. Then, we certainly have some food like bananas or even to drink a small amount of hydrolytes in case water cannot give us all the energy we need. Finally, when we achieve our goal, which by all means is to arrive at the top of the massive mountain we call my uncle, who is a hiking lover, but does not have the time to do it with us, in order to give us a lift to our homes, in order to have a rest for the next day.
I would surrely reccoment that sport, since it helps you keep fit and tone your muscles. Most importanly, it provides you with an insane physical fitness, which involves a very big amount of food after all that fatigue. Finally, a real example of that is my self.       

Face to face communication

   
     These days social media are all over the world, and many teens prefer to communicate via them, but it seems like it has started to effect to our own relationships.
    
     Face to face conversation seems more fun than texting from the phone.During face to face communication you can see the other person'expression and their body launguage but on the other hand sometimes it's pretty hard to find the time to meet with your friends, and maybe you will not be able to communicate with them.

    Social media are so helpful to find someone and it helps if you're short of time, but you can easily get addicted and never meet with your friends.Actually can change your relationships and cteate trust issues.

    Both ways of communicating have advantages and disadvantages but it's good to use both of them in moderation, and never get addicted. 

Social media and communication of face to face

                  Many teens have conversation with their friends by social media or face to face. Here are some advantages and disadvantages of those two types of communication.                                                           Face to face communication is very good because you spend time socializing, talking to people, making friends and not looking all the time at a screen. Face to face communication also has some drawbacks like the fact that it is difficult to meet people who live far away.                                                     Social media are very good because they are convenient if you are short of time and can also communicate with people that are far away. But social media have some disadvantages like the fact that it is easy to get addicted to it so you probably never meet 'real' people.                                                         If you are a sociable person, it is probably better to have conversations face to face, but if you are a person that loves chatting on the phone, you are better of having conversations via social media.

Oxford University Press Competition

An amazing photography and story-writing competition for an iPad Air as the ultimate prize! The participants must be above 18 years of age and they must take a photograph from a different angle which will be combined with a 150-word story to explain the significance of the shot. Read the official webpage of the competition for more information.

https://elt.oup.com/feature/global/wide-angle-contest/?utm_source=dotmailer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wide_angle_contest&dm_i=1MVU,6GZSG,MBYQ34,POAYN,1&cc=gr&selLanguage=en

Quizlet: Unit 1 Stay Connected

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        Hi my name is Evridiki, I'm 14 years old I am from Heraklion Grecce.In my family there are the 4 of us: my parents and my sister I am the youngest one and we have a 4-year age difference.The past few years I have taken up lots of hobbies, like volleyball, dancing and so on. In my spare time, I love to hang out with my friends, so we go shopping, go to the cinema and talk about other things.My favourite subjects at school are maths and Ancient Greek,when I grow up I would like to be a psychologist.What really gets on my nerves is when people are rude and don't respect people around them.

Speaking about me!!!

            Hi!!! My name is Manolis Stratakis and I am fifteen years old. I live in Heraklion. My family is considered by my parents, my little brother amd my self. My hobbies are basketball, drawing and learning English. My previous hobbies were  cycling, canoeing and athletics. In my spare time I watch movies with my parents and my brother and I often read books. In the future, I want to become a car designer because in the very old days, when I was two years old, my grandpa  brought me some car magazines. He was reading them to me. As a result, I knew all the car companies of the earth at the age of two!!! Also, I want to become a basketball player and after this, a basketball trainer.

Speaking about me

    Hi, my name is Maria and I come from a usual family. I have a youngest sister whose name is Sevi. Sometimes I do not get on well with her because we are really jealous of each other and she hates me helping her ,but  when we hang out with friends, we are like angels.

Introducing myself

Hi everyone, my name is Jim and today I am goimg to introduce MYSELF.I am 14 years old and... as a teenager many people think that I need to be on a football  team or something, but... for the reason that I have taken up many hobbies I finally decided that swimming is the best for ME. Of course I am not just a passionate athlete. I am also in Markaki's school in order to devote myself to studying my English language and so on.Finally, I have been playing the guitar since the age of 10.That is all about myself. I hope to see you again and tell you about my family.

Instructions for students about how to register on Burlington Interactive Practice

1. Students go to http://webbook.burlingtonbooks.com/Login/coupon.

2. They enter:

i. The coupon code, which can be found on the inside cover of their Student’s Book

ii. Their class code

iii. Their first name and surname

3. After the initial registration, students will need their coupon code only.

Notes on paragraph structure