Where is the automobile industry in the USA ?

INTERPRETERS :

WATCH THIS VIDEO AND BE PREPARED TO TRANSLATE 

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ENERGY VS THE ENVIRONMENT

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/23/hybrids-vs-nonhybrids-the-5-year-equation/

FLO JOE PRACTICE PAPERS FOR C.P.E. STUDENTS

IF YOU WANT TO PREPARE TO SIT THE DEMANDING C.PE. EXAM AT THE BRITISH COUNCIL HERE YOU ARE GOING TO FIND INTERESTING EXERCISES


http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cpe/students/tests/index.htm

DO THESE EXERCISES AND COMMENT ON THEM IN CLASS

FLO JOE LINKS FOR C.A.E .STUDENTS

CEI C-65  CAE STUDENTS

FLO JOE IS AN INTERESTING SITE FOR C.A.E. STUDENTS  IN IT YOU WILL FIND  INTERESTING ACTIVITIES FOR THOSE PREPARING FOR THE EXAM AT THE BRITISH COUNCIL

LATEST RESOURCES FROM SPLENDID SPEAKING  

Asking and responding to questions is an important skill to showcase in the CAE Speaking Exam. Do you find it easy thinking of things to say or questions to ask?

This week's featured recording has Anca from Romania and Laurent from France speaking together for the first time through Skype. The focus was on asking and responding to questions. As you listen decide how well Anca and Laurent managed to hold a natural and interesting conversation. In particular, decide how well they ask questions and whether they show interest in what the other has said.  You'll also find  this week's 'Get Speaking' task sheet, giving you the chance to carry out a similar activity.

http://www.splendid-speaking.com/cae.html

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CAE ON FACEBOOK: NOW OVER 8600 MEMBERS

Interested in getting help to keep up to date with your exam preparation over the coming months? Find out how we can help you stay focussed with Facebook here:

http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/students/facebook.htm              

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NEWSLETTER TIP OF THE WEEK

A weekly tip to help you achieve success at CAE. This week we again examine keeping vocabulary records.

In last week's newsletter we pointed out the importance of recording new vocabulary systematically to improve your chances of success in CAE. In order to help you organise these records Flo-Joe is offering you free, downloadable worksheets, to be photocopied and placed in a folder for you to build an organised record of vocabulary tailored to the needs of the CAE exam.

Last week we offered you a topic based sheet which can be found at the url below. This week you can download the Word Formation worksheet. Use one or more of these sheets for each letter of the alphabet:

http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/students/marking/index.htm  

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WORD BANK TEST

Did you take the chance to visit the Word Bank this week?

If so can you remember:

the phrasal verb equivalents for the following:

'to improve the performance of something'          

'to go to bed'                 

'to deliberately annoy someone'               

'to fail to control your imagination and therefore to get

the wrong idea'                   

'to try to become friendly with someone because they are

influential'             

the various forms of the following words:

'conserve'

'value'

'defend'

'demonstrate'

'fulfil'

the collocations for

'to be ........ of hearing' (deaf/weak/hard/poor)              

'to be free of ........' (charge/price/value/cost)                

'........ effects' (real/special/particular/filmed)               

'to ........ attention' (win/make/attract/attain)                 

'........ sense' (common/normal/ordinary/usual)               

If you have missed some of the days or want to sign up for a complete revision test (25 questions) of all the words/phrases from Day 1 through to Day 5 then please visit our CAE EXAM SUCCESS PLUS area. You can also get access to the archive of all previous Word Bank practice tests in Series 2 dating back 8 weeks:

http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/newsletter/cae/caeletter.htm

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THE WRITING CLASS

The  current writing task on Flo-Joe is a 'review':

http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/students/writing/task.htm

In addition to the 'Ideas for Writing' section you should also try to look at the 'Checklist' before starting. This will outline the important areas your answer will need to address in order to gain a good mark.

http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/students/writing/criteria.htm

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PRODUCT SHOWCASE

If you're thinking of starting a CAE course then visit the Product Showcase, where you can check out a list of schools and colleges which offer CAE courses. In addition to information and direct links to institutions there are also details of CAE materials and links to some of the major publishers' titles. You can see the Books area of the Product Showcase at the link below:

http://www.flo-joe.co.uk/adverts/books/cae.htm                

FIVE TIPS TO A GOOD HEALTH

Five Tips To maintain A Good Health

It is rightly said that “a healthy mind resides in a healthy body”. You need to understand that your body is also an important part of you just like your mind. Therefore, it is quite important that you understand what your body wants and know when you require medical attention for maintaining a good health. You should not neglect your health at any circumstance.

Here are 5 tips that will help you to maintain a good health:

1. Always think positively

If you wake up in a bad mood, then your stress level hormones get elevated even before you start your day. It makes you more vulnerable to the germs you are exposed all day long. Therefore, you need think positively and try not to pay heed to the negative thoughts that come to your mind. It will help you to stay happy and healthy.

2. Avoid crash diet to reduce weight

Many of you start crash dieting in order to lose weights quickly. However, the scariest part of crash dieting is that you don’t lose weight in the long run. When you continue crash dieting, your body actually exhausts the supply of glycogen, which is a type of carbohydrate. As a result, your body looses water, which gets reflected when you step on the scale. There are a number of health risks associated with crash dieting; therefore, avoid crash dieting to shed extra pounds. Instead, reduce your weight under medical supervision.

3. Drink plenty of water

Do you know that water makes up more than 50% of a human body? Therefore, your body will not be able to function if there is not sufficient level of water in it. You should drink at least 6-8 glasses of water every day as it helps to flush out toxins from your body. You can also eat certain foods that help to maintain the adequate water level in your body, which helps you to stay healthy.

4. Take a break from regular work

It is quite important to take breaks from your work at regular intervals to maintain good health. Instead of stressing yourself, you should take some rest whenever you feel tired. If you take a break from your work, then it’ll help you to achieve greater success. Researches reveal that chronic work stress can result into increased blood pressure. You’ll be astonished to know that your work stress can even increase your weight. Yes, it’s true. Therefore, take a break from work and exercise for a few minutes, which will help you to reduce your work related stress to some extent.

5. Exercise regularly

If you exercise, then it will help to keep your stress level hormones under control, which in turn will help to strengthen your immunity. Exercise also helps to prevent a number of diseases; as for example, you’ll be able to prevent certain cancers, osteoporosis and you’re also less likely to develop cardiovascular diseases if you exercise regularly. However, everyone does not need the same kind of exercise. You should visit a doctor to know how much exercise you need. Moreover, you need to consult a doctor before you start a specific exercise; not every exercise is meant for everyone.

Apart from the above factors, you should also go for regular health check-ups in order to maintain a good health.

THE MAILVINAS ARE ARGENTINE BY THE IRISH

LAS  MALVINAS SON ARGENTINAS "  BUT THE ENGLISH ARE OCCUPYING THEM " LOS IRLANDESES LE CANTAN A LAS ISLAS MALVINAS Y EN SU CANCIÓN DICEN: "SON ARGENTINAS". Esta frase la repiten (en castellano) no menos de tres veces. Las Islas Malvinas Agentinas "INTERPRETADO POR UN GRUPO IRLANDES", furor en todo Europa no precisamente en Inglaterra. Los invito a escuchar y enviar a sus contactos. LAS MALVINAS SON ARGENTINAS CANTADO EN INGLES Y TRADUCIDO AL ESPAÑOL GUILLERMO BROWN Y LAS MALVINAS ARGENTINAS  La banda que interpreta el tema es una de las más importante del rebel folk en Irlanda CLICK ABAJO

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THE WORLD IN 2100

With global population set to reach seven billion people over the weekend, it may be time to start planning for what the world will look like in the coming years.

Though most of us won't be around to see it, the United Nations has projected that our incredible population growth will level off at around 10 billion people by the year 2100.

Already, at less than seven billion, we are experiencing severe poverty, hunger, a shortage of resources, increased urbanization and climate change issues.

Will we be doomed by 2100, or can we make it work? Since we've only got one planet (so far), let's hope for the latter.

By 2100, 80 percent of the world's populations will live in cities

Increased urbanization will be one of the main ways the planet will sustain 10 billion people. There will be a lot of new cities, and mega-cities (cities with a population of over 20 million) will become more common.

Possible candidates for mega-city status include: Beijing, Delhi, Jakarta, Mexico City, Mumbai, São Paulo, and Shanghai.

The world will have a few hundred languages at the most

Right now, there are over 7,000 languages spoken. But lesser used languages will fall by the wayside, while English will become the most used form of communication around the world

22.3 percent of people will be at least 65 years old

That will be a huge increase, up from 7.6 percent in 2010.

The burden on the youth to carry the old will be greater than ever. 

Most of the population growth will come from the developing world, especially Africa.

Africa’s population will go from one billion in 2010 to 3.6 billion in 2100. 

The demographic shift, and subsequent geopolitical shift, will be momentous, when there are "five sub-Saharan Africans for every European."

Other regions will see slower growth. For example, the U.S. population will rise from today’s 311 million to 478 million.

Global life expectancy will be around 81 years

Nowadays, our life expectancy is at 68 years.

The UN report does not, however, include the possibilities of improvements in life expectancy from "research in genetic engineering, nanomedicine, exponentially increasing intelligence."

It also doesn't consider risks such as alien invasion or pandemics in its projections.

An increasing population will see a food shortage — thanks to global warming

We already have 925 million hungry people worldwide. An increase in population will add to that number, and global warming may hinder our ability to fight the problem.

Rising temperatures worldwide "shorten the growing season in the tropics and subtropics, increase the risk of drought, and reduce the harvests of dietary staples such as rice and maize by 20 percent to 40 percent." That means hundreds of millions of people will have to look elsewhere when traditional sources of food dry up.

Use of oil, natural gas and coal will drop to almost zero

These finite sources of energy will eventually become extinct, especially at our rate of consumption. Some tables have oil use declining at five percent a year after 2040. Gas is expected to decline even faster.

Hydro energy and renewable energy (such as wind and solar power) are expected to see continued increasing use, and should become our primary sources of power by 2100 and beyond.

A more mobile talent market will mean less homogeneity in countries like China and Japan

An increasingly globalized world will mean more and more people taking their talents abroad, crossing borders to find better opportunities. Diversity will become more common in countries that now have general ethnic homogeneity, as Americans travel to Asia and an even bigger melting pot in Europe.

Countries and cities that don't go after global talent will fall behind.

There might be up to five billion more of us — or a billion fewer

The UN report that predicts 10 billion people by 2100 also had two alternate, though less likely, scenarios: there could be as many as 15.8 billion people, or as few as 6.2 billion. 

While 6.2 billion would be manageable, 15.8 could be "a danger" to the planet.

We would need to take drastic steps to control population levels if we were to survive. 10 billion may be too much of a strain as it is.