UNIT 7: write an opinion essay

The government plans to introduce a new law which will mean that students would have to go to school on Saturday mornings. In my view, this would have some negative consequences.

First of all, I think that this plan would be bad accepted by the students because nowadays they go to school five days a week and do six hours of class ecery day. Although they are with their friends, at the end of the day it's really tiring. When they arrive home they can't do what they want because normally they have homework to do so they finally spend more than six hours studying. I also think that it would be unfair because young people use the weekends to do things they like and can't do them during the week because they don't have time. Introducing another day of class would mean that they have less time for themselves considering that they already spend five days of the week going to school.

If the aim of the government is trying to increase the level of students, I don't think they should do it that way. It seems to me that there's a better alternative: they could organize learning activities at the weekends encouraging students and making them have fun.

ANIMALS

Bee behaviour mapped by little tracker

A tiny new tracker designed to monitor bee behaviour is being tested by experts in London. It is made from left over pieces of tech and is based on tracking equipment used in warehouses. Making up the tracker is a specially designed computer chip and aerial - which has been created to be thinner and lighter than those used to track bigger insects. Around 50 have been made so far and the idea is to use them to track the bees as they move around in the wild. Experts are hoping that this new technology will allow scientists to have a better understanding on why the number of bees are declining.

NEWS

The remains of King Richard III have been buried at Leicester Cathedral

A special service took place during which actor Benedict Cumberbatch, who's a distant relation of the king, read a poem. The poem was specially written for the occasion by poet Carol Ann Duffy. Richard III died at Bosworth Field in 1485, at the end of the War of the Roses. His remains were found beneath a Leicester car park in 2012. Across three days this week, more than 20,000 people queued for hours to view the coffin in Leicester Cathedral. Today many people watched the service outside of the cathedral on a large screen.

Who was Richard III?

• The last Yorkist King of England, this means he was the last member of the House of York family to be made king.
• He had one of the shortest reigns in British history - just over 2 years, and he was the last English king to die in battle.
• He was killed at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, which led to the end of the War of the Roses. This was fighting between the houses of Lancaster and York that lasted 30 years.
• He has been painted as a villain. It's said he killed his two nephews.
  

  

Captain America

Captain America, created 1941

Real name: Steve Rogers.

Steve us a frail young man rejected by the US army during the Second World War. But then an army general asks Steve to participate in an experiment: a Super-Soldier serum and radiation treatment give him a perfect body. After intense physical preparation, his first mission is to stop Nazi agent. He receives a costume and a shield and becomes a symbol of liberty and justice -Captain America!

Superhuman powers: none, but he is one of the rare mortal beings who has been authorized to use Thor's hammer.

Strengh: Captain America's strengh, speed, endurance and agility are top level of human capacity. His immunity to disease is extraordinary.

Weakness: he is subject to all natural human vulnerabilities.

Joined the Avengers: 1964, in the fourth comic.

Cinema: Blackhat

Nicholas is a talented computer hacker but he is in prison for cyber-theft. When the world's financial markets are attacked by hackers, Nicholas is asked to help stop them. He negotiates a deal to be released from prison if he can catch the criminals...

The big movie preview: The Giver

Out: October 29

Director: Phillip Noyce

Stars: Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Taylor Swift, Brenton Thwaites

The buzz: Based on another teenage dystopian novel, but one written 20 years before The Hunger Games and which is now required reading in many British and US schools. It concerns a future in which society is happy, but only because most people are kept in a state of ignorance. Jonas (Breton Thwaites) is one of a chosen few who guard the knowledge kept secret from others. It's not the most obviously filmable of novels, but with Jeff Bridges and Meryl Streep on board it's got serious acting talent.

22 April: EARTH DAY

Earth Day celebrates its 45^th anniversary this year. It's an international event to protect the planet, but how can you help? Well, you can donate some money to an environmental project of decide to reduce your energy consumption. Or, simply plant a tree. In the past three years, more than 1.5million trees have been planted in 18 countries. Each small gesture counts!