Final reflection II: My English COMPETENCE in 2012

Best written evidence: Can Internet help to make the world a better place? 

This composition is a little bit short: we wrote it in class and  the teacher reviews it, but this is particullary one of my reasons why I have chosen it. Writting the composition in class I hadn't access to dictionaries, translators or correctors. After seeing my mistakes, I rewrote it and this remaked version is the one which is in the blog.

I also like it because it has a good structure especially the introduction and the conclusion, which are very  important for a good composition. What's more, there are a lot of connectors and also one example of the situation that I was describing. Maybe the vocabulary isn't very high, but this isn't a reason why it has to be a bad composition. It's the way I write without any help.

Best oral evidence: Tdr, my research project

I have chosen the last oral presentation we did in class. I also like a lot the oral presentation of Jamaica, but I made it with Núria, so I think it's better to chose one where I'm talking alone.

I must recognize that I haven't prepared very well this oral presentation and I was improvising a little bit. That's one reason because I like it: it's natural and spontaneously. 

The content shows maturity (it's about the TDR!) and in my point of view I look quite self confidence.

Of course, I made some mistakes, but they aren't so many as I used to do before.

P.S. goodbye blog! :)

Final reflection: My English progress from 2010 until 2012

I will compare my currently knowledge with which I had at the beginning of first of BTX.

Written document:

The first "my say" from my blog is called: My Summer. The first and most obviously difference is that in 2010 I wrote more, now my writings are shorter. I think it's because in second of Batxillerat I have less time. Moreover, now the quality of them are better.

In hardly ever used to use connectors, my writings haven't a really structure and the sentences were too short. There are also a lot of grammatical mistakes like the following ones:

• I wrote comas between many sentences even before and: "spent four days in Germany, with my mother, and we..."
• Repeating words in the same sentence: "every day I meet my friends and we go to the beach or Pablo's swimmingpool, nearly every day. "
• Words like: nothing, anything, everybody, something, but,
• Concordance between subject and the verb: The temperature are...
• Verbal tenses:  the problem was that I only can work one month (it should be past, could), comes (came)
• Words: the next day (the following day),
• The correct order of the sentence:  "on Sikim, at twelve more or less meeting us there". " I made my kitesurf"

Oral document:

 My first oral presentation was about kitesurf

• Presentation: The presentation is still the same: I make colourfully PowerPoint's with a photo as a background, a lot of pictures and some sentences. I also remember one presentation with music, the topic was Jamaica. This was a good idea because this detail made the presentation special and different from the others. So, I have learnt to be more creative. 
• Body language: I couldn't change anything. My hand moves are so annoying! Many times I have tried to change it, thinking seriously about it during the oral presentation, but even so I made this mistake.
• Structure: It hasn't changed.
• Content: It hasn't changed.
• Language: During this two years I have improved a lot my language, the use of phrasal verbs or expressions and my vocabulary.
• Pronuciation: I don't think I have changed much, maybe in some specific words but in my point of view I have the same pronunciation now as two years before.

I must say that now I feel safer when I'm speaking and I have more fluency; If I don't know the word that I'm searching I simply try to find another word, which is easier, or to describe the word/ action. 

Massive rise in Asian eye damage

Up to 90% of school leavers in major Asian cities are suffering from myopia - short-sightedness - a study suggests.

Researchers say the "extraordinary rise" in the problem is being caused by students working very hard in school and missing out on outdoor light.

I found this piece of news very interesting and like a view to the future of many countries here, in Europe. Currently, from 15 people who we are now in class, 10 are wearing glasses. In my case I think that the myopia was caused from reading with to less light and also genetically.

I also have to say that the "modern" way of teaching make this problem worse: there are many classes in which we are with the light off, blinds down and the PowerPoint on. And then we must write and take notes. I don't understand how the others don't care about this. I also try to get natural light (all the others don't like it) or ask to turn on the light. Or also being in front of the laptops and computers doing viral activities don't make it better.

At home, students also have to do homework, normally with artificial light or are relaxing (or doing more homework) in front of the computer.

It's definitly a modern problem.

Prenup arangments

It's well-known that conflicts appear when a couple get divorced. A good option to avoid them could be prenup arrangements.

On the one hand, these arrangements could seem very pessimistic at the beginning of a marriage. The family of both normally think that this is a sign for a bad marriage and destroys the wedding atmosphere. Actually, this type of arangement are made by rich people who have a lot of money, cars and houses. By doing this, the couple seems selfish and give a bad image to their friends and family.

On the other hand, especially for these people a prenup arrangement can be very useful. In case of divorce it's clear how the children, material objects and money are distributed. What's more, this is the best if the couple has got children because there aren't months or years, as it's known by famous actors, when the parents fight for their kids.

All in all and taking everything into consideration, a prenup arrangement is good and important in case the couple has got children or a lot of money.

The silent revolution of Iceland

2008, In Iceland, the village has a government resign completely, imprisoned the responsible for the financial crisis in jail, nationalized most of the banks and they decided not to pay the debt that they have created with Britain and the Netherlands.

They created a popular assembly and rewrite their constitution. And all this peacefully.

The Iceland revolution has taken place before the Arabian Revolution begun. Why we didn't know this? I'm wondering why it wasn't on TV even it was successful. Currently, the previsions for Iceland are about 1,5% in 2012., what's about three times more that similar countries in the euro zone.

In my opinion, the governments of EU were afraid of the power of the village. If "normal", working people (I'm not saying that politicians aren't normal, I'm referring to people with a basic salary) would have taken example, what might have happened in mmany europeen countries?

Easter Holidays

Currently, the holidays not have finished yet, moreover I want to explain what I did these days. Actually, I haven't done anything important.

The first days were really good weather, so I spent some hours on the balcony or at the beach, sunbathing. These days were also good wind to go kitesurfing, but I must recognize that I was too lazy to do it. Every time it's exhausting and even I have been a long time without doing it, I don't want to do it during this week.

One afternoon I went with Núria and Sandra to St. Margarita and there we run into Julia and Alex (a friend of her). The other days I spent at home with my family, yesterday I went to Figueres with Mireia and Cristina and today I'm going to meet Clara.

By the way, my mother, Clara and I went to Verges to the Easter procession. It was a little bit chaotic because we didn't know very well how to arrive there; so we passed a lot of little villages in the middle of nowhere searching Verges. When we arrived, there were many people and we must park in a field. Then, we followed the crowd without really knowing where we should go.

Finally we rest in a street (called the snail street because there were hundert of (died) snails on the wall, prepared as a candle) were everybody was waiting and we supposed that there the procession would begin (at 12 o'clock). But no, we wait, and wait, and wait... (and we couldn't move because there were many people at this street keeping place) Finally, at one o'clock the procession arrives at us. It was long, with many people and we arrived home at 3:30 in the morning.

And these last days I will try to relax, meet someone and maybe go kitesurfing (I'm watching outside the window right now and the wind is coming... )

Becoming Jane

I have just seen the film "Becoming Jane", from 2007 (you can see the trailer if you click on the title of the film). The plot is about Jane Austers life, a kind of biography, with obviously some fiction details.

To sum up, Jane is a young woman in a "poor" family who likes writing. However, because of her bad economical situation her mother wants that she married someone rich. Several men try to ask her for marriage, but she refuses them. She felt in love with a "poor" lawyer and they try to run away, but at the last moment Jane decided that it would be bad for both.

Meanwhile, Jane is always writing and more or less after the half of the film she begins to write "Pride and Prejudice" and at the ending of the film she's a known writer.

I really like this film, as I like Pride and Prejudice too.

I have read several times the original version of the book in German, the short version which we read in English, an audio CD version of it (very popular in Germany, this one has about ten CD's! I always fall asleept after few chapters!) and about four times the film.

One of the critical receptions about the film is that the plot is very similar to "Pride and Perjudice", which is certainly true. However I don't think that this makes the film worse.

What's more, knowing the novel it's great to look the film because you always can find some details from Janes biography which are related to Pride and Prejudice.

For example, I recognize clearly Jane's (the novel character) sisters as Jane (the author). One of the Bennets sister is always reading, the nature from Lydia, always talking (like Jane's author cousin) and that she runs away with Wickham...

In my opinion it's a great book, even it needs a special attention to understanding the characters.

It's a well-known truth that... ( I love this beginning!)

Newspaper Suspension

Here you can read the news about the suspension of a newspaper in Kuwait.

In March 2012, a criminal court suspended the newspaper of Kuwait for three months and sentenced the editor to a six-month suspended jail term and fined him US$ 3,500 for publishing articles that "raise sectarian strife." They clearly don't respect the right of free speech; freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of his choice."

Here in Spain the situation is different; every newspaper can say what they want, sometimes they are accused to be too offensive with someone and there are economical fines. What's more, newspaper can't be suspended.

I don't think that I or any group, which isn't from Kuwait, can change anything about this issue. It's a matter of the people there, they need to understand that the suspension are against their human rights and accept the challenge to fight again it. If they are too fewer people or the most of the population don't care because they are afraid it's impossible to make a change.

Letter to United Nations Human Right Committee

c/Pompeu Fabra

17487 Empuriabrava,

SPAIN

UN Human Rights Committee

Washington

Sunday, 18th March of 2012

Dear Madame's and Sir's

I am writing to the Committee to claim the importance of nature and environment. I know that living in a nature conscious country isn't a human right, but in my opinion it should be a human right.

The environment and the conservation of the species around the world has an enormous influence of our life. Furthermore, it will be more important in the next generation so we need to change something.

Actually, this idea came to my mind while I was studying biology: why don't exist a law to respect the nature? I know this will be extremely difficult to realize, what's more, the most complicated part is to convince all humans that the nature must be respect, but in my opinion it's worth, moreover, it's necessary.

To sum up, I'm expecting more effort about the environment problems even I know that it seems more important to safe a children life in Africa. The nature has the same importance.

Your sincerely

Lydia P.

Human rights

1. What are human rights?

Human rights are inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being.

2. Why were they created?

They created them to give the same and most basics opportunities and chances to every human on the world. It's an intent to make the world better and fair.

3. How many human rights are there?

There are 30 human rights, classificated into civil and political rights, and economic, social and cultural rights.

4. Which human right were you not familiar with? Mention an example where this human right is respected and where it is not respected.

The freedom of speech isn't respected in many countries. In my opinion, this is a very important aspect and right for everyone, without saying new opinions a country can't advance.

An human right, which is respected in the whole world, is difficult to find, but I think that maybe the right to life is one of it. I'm sure that the terms and the called "life" are different depending on the country.

One right which I wasn't familiar with were these two rights, in the same article:

- Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each State.

- Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.

These both are respected in the countries of United States or the Europeen Union, but I think that in countries like, for example, Cuba it isn't respected (at least the part to leave the country).

P.S. I didn't like the quiz.. It was too difficult, too long and with too many names of politicans.

You teenage years are the best years of your life!

It's often said that being a teenager is amazing and that nearly every adult would return to this age.

On the one hand, a teenager doesn't have to go work or get stressed for money. The most important duty from a teenager is to study and try to make his parents proud.

Moreover, it's awesome to relax at weekend and not take care about economic issues.

On the other hand, this pressure to be good at school and reach good marks is very demanding for students. What's more, the biology changes and the hormones makes it even more difficult for them.

To sum up, it's a good time because teenagers don't have to worry about a job or how to manage a family although they need to be good in what they are doing.

Final reflection

I think this year I have learnt better how to write. At the beginning of the year I often wrote without sense, just the way that I thought the phrases, so I wrote them. But now I have learnt to review my compositions and to respect the order of subject + verb and complements. I know that sometimes I still do these mistakes, but I have decrease them.

I think that the activity which best shows my level of English are the oral presentation. In my opinion, it's good that I can talk as normally, with easy words, but I can make me understand. If I don't know a specially word I try to find some other which has the same meaning.

During the year we have done a lot of activities. Some which have really help me improve English are some photocopies, the Grammar Book and the separate activities in Aula d'Idionemes.

The photocopies are useful to know some things like writing a composition, how to write a letter... these are things which will be useful for a long time.

The Grammar Book and the Aula d'Idiomes help me understand and to expand the topics that we were doing in class. When I didn't understand some things, in this hour I could ask it to the teacher.

But I also think that in the Aula d'Idiomes we don't work very much. For example, I don't think that watching a film with Spanish subtitles are good to learn English. I also didn't like read the books, they are always very bored and easy storys which aren't interesting.

In my opinion, the blog is too much work for only 1 point in the final mark. A lot of people said that they won't do the blog ("it's only one point"!). I think that for these people who really do the blog (and do it well) it would be fairer if the blog count more.

I also think that it's more important to finish the text book, doing the grammar and this kind of important things instead doing readings. Since I'm in high school I never have finished an English book at school, I usually finished it at home. I don't think that this is the best way to learn English.

Dialogue

The dialogue:


Polly: Oh, sorry I didn’t realize… Well, I’m sorry to disturb, it will be better If I go home.
Tania: (shouting to Polly) : Wait, come here! (speaking to Jamie) : what has happened with her?
Jamie: what are you saying, she is only my friend!
Polly: so, last night it didn’t seem so.
Tania: Jamie, you are a liar! I never thought that you could do a thing like this…
Polly: But, what’s going on?
Jamie: No, nothing don’t listen to her, she’s crazy.
Tania: Crazy? How can you say that to your girlfriend?
Polly: girlfriend? Jaime, you told me that you were single.
Jamie: Well, Tania and I had argued and I was angry with her. And when I saw you last night, all my problems disappeared. I wanted to forget everything for a while and you made me feel good.
Tania: (to Jamie) Okay, I have understood. And you, Polly, enjoy him, but now you know the way he is. Be careful. (Tania slapped

Jamie, and went to the door). Fuck you!
Polly: Jamie, are you OK? She is completely crazy!

Spanish rebellion

In this last "my say" I think it's necessary to talk about the Spanish rebellion. I know that's maybe more a new, but I need to talk about that. One hour ago I have seen the video of the violence of the police in Barcelona, with this comment of one friend of mine:

(the video) --> the guy with the red t-shirt and glasses is my cousin. Now, he is hospitalized he has injured his leg and he has lost a tooth. He isn't uncontrolled, he is an engineer!

After watch it, I nearly began to cry.

I don't understand how a politician can give this command to the police. It must be terrible to hit womens or young people. I simply don't understand this. There are many other ways to come to an agreement.

As my father said: it seems like in Egypt. And yes, it's true. But is Spain not "bette" than Egypt? Here, there is a democracy, freedom and the humane rights. All the things that make the European system better than the dictatorships. But is there a real democracy? I don't think that in a country where the people can't protest against politicians are a fair country.

I hope there will not be more fights between the people and the police, I find it very sad that this seemed to be the only way to resolve this problem.

The people only request their rights, the right of a good future (in a country which hasn't an unemployment about a 20%).

Oral presentation

BACKGROUND:

Emergency law and Police brutality: police brutality has been common in Africa. The torture is legalized in a lot of these countries

- Globalitzation and internet: Wikileaks Anonymous and Faceboook. With the internet the groups could organize themselfe very quickly and change information. The young people see what is really happening in the modern world and don’t want to be governed from a tyrant.

- Inheritance of power and corruption in the elections: a lot of presidents in these countries were president for twenty or thirty years: manipulation of the election results have occurred during many of the elections. For example until 2005, Mubarak was the only candidate to run for the presidency. Only a 25% of the population of the country voted.

- Restrictions on free speech and press: there were a lot of sanctions . If any reporter or blogger violates this law by criticizing the government, they could be up to five years in prison.

- Demographic and economic challenges

Unemployment: there are a lot of young people and even when they have education it’s very difficult to reach a job. For that reason there are poor living and economic conditions.

EGYPT:
The protests begun on 25th of January and they take place for 18 days.

25 January 2011: The "Day of Revolt": there were thousands of protesters in Cairo and thousands more in cities throughout Egypt.The aren’t violence.

On day later is "Shutting down The Internet and Mobile Services": because they organizes groups and protests in Facebook. By this way the government impede the flow of news and people.

28 January 2011: The "Friday of Anger" after Friday prayers thousand people begun to protest Opposition leader Mohamed El Baradei arrived in Cairo. Prisons were opened and burned down and a lot of prisoners could escaped The police and the military were on the streets. Mubarak pledged to form a new government.

1 February 2011: Mubarak made a televised address. He propose to not run for another term in the elections planned for September, and to do political reforms and that he would stay in office to realize this changes. Small but violent clashes began that night between pro-Mubarak and anti-Mubarak groups.

One day later the violence escalated at the : "Battle of the Camel between anti-Mubarak, pro-Mubarak groups and the Police. There was the speculation that the violence was being encouraged by Mubarak as a way to bring the protests to an end.

10 February 2011: Mubarak said that he would give some of his powers to Vice President Suleiman, but continuing as Egypt's head of state. This caused angry and frustration and in different cities there was an escalation of the number and intensity of demonstrations.

The next day, The "Friday of Departure": at 6:00 pm local time, Suleiman announced Mubarak's resignation.

13 February 2011: The Supreme Council dissolved Egypt’s parliament and suspended the Constitution in response to demands by demonstrators. The council declared that it would hold power for six months, or until elections could be held.

3 March 2011: The Prime Minister and was replaced by Essam Sharaf.

19 March 2011: The constitutional referendum was held and passed by 77.27%.^[112]

8 April 2011: The "Friday of Cleansing": Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators filled Tahrir Square for the largest protest in weeks again filled Tahrir Square, criticizing the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces for not following through on revolutionary demands.

There die nearly 400 people

Self-avaluation:

In this last oral presentation I felt more self-secure. Maybe it was because I had practised this one more like the others, but in fact I do this presentation very easy. Sometimes, when I forget a part of my text I improvise and say some other word which means the same.

But I didn't like the topic of this oral presentation. I know that we had chosen it, but I mean the topic of social topic because it's always the same things. But, on the other side, the rebellions are a recent topic and it was interesting to know more about them.

In conclusion I think that I was more secure and had explained myself better like in the other oral presentations.

Spain: Earthquake rocks Lorca, Murcia, killing 10

On Wednesday evening's quake came about two hours after a 4.4-magnitude tremor.The magnitude-5.2 tremor toppled several buildings. For that reason, as night fell many people were still too afraid to return to their homes and they have spent the night outdoors in the southern Spanish town of Lorca after an earthquake which killed at least 10 people.

Lines of cars lay crushed under tonnes of rubble and a hospital was evacuated as a precaution. Spanish TV captured dramatic images of a church bell tower crashing to the ground, landing just metres from a cameraman. Shocked residents and workers rushed out of buildings and gathered in squares, parks and open spaces. Old buildings were badly damaged and on the streets are many people with injuries

The quake is the most serious to hit Spain in about 50 years. Normally, Spain has hundreds of earthquakes every year but most of them are too small to be noticed.

I think that the people are too much fixed at the earthquake in Japan. The spanish goverment have know this problem since a lot of years. The reason for these eartquakes is that Murcia is close to the large faultline beneath the Mediterranean Sea where the European and African continents meet. There were a lot of eartquakes during the last 50 years and the most of the houses there were still break down or broken from others earquakes. I think if the politicans know that this is a dangerous area, they could give them money to renew the building and made them more save or install some warning sistems.

Informal letter

Pompeu Fabra
Empuriabrava
8th April 2011

Dear Kieron,
Thanks for your letter. It was great to hear from you! Sorry I haven't been in touch for so long but I'm very busy studying for all the exams. But it would be great If you come on Easter holidays!

I can't definitely recommend Empuriabrava. In winter it's a little bit bored, but from April there are tourists. I understand their reasons for coming here. Empuriabrava is a great place for holidays.

The weather from April is really good! Now I'm wearing shorts! In the Summer at noon sometimes it's too hot to stay outside, but If it's too warm you can swim in the sea! There are also a lot of pools. The beach is big, but it's also good to go to others which are not so crowded.
Empuriabrava is less than two hours away from Barcelona. But around here there are also great villages. Castelló d'Empúries is the old village center and there is a Cathedral and some old houses. Roses is very similar, but the beach is bigger and longer.

A place I really like is Sant Martí d'Empúries. It's an old village built next to the sea. It's very nice to be there because there aren't too many tourists. Near the beach there are also rocks.
Here you can also do a lot of activities: kite surfing, windsurfing, rowing, scuba diving, horseriding, sailing, cycling, swimming, sky diving... Empuriabrava is very popular for sky diving. There's a little airport and you can do sky diving or learn how to fly a plane. I have been in one of these planes it's really exciting to be only with the pilot and one or two more people in this little plane.

And finally, the people are typically Spanish. You know: everyone is relaxed and the characteristic way of thinking: If it doesn't work today, it will work tomorrow. You see, it's really great here and I'm looking forward to seeing you. Please write soon.

By for now,


Lydia

Film review

Eagle Eye is a 2008 thriller film directed by D. J. Caruso and starring Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan. The two portray a young man and a single mother who are brought together and coerced by an anonymous caller into carrying out a plan by a possible terrorist organization. The film was released in regular 35mm theaters and IMAX theatres.

Jerry Shaw (Shia LaBeouf), a young man who works in a copy shop, returns to his village when his brother dies in an “accident”. When he returns to his flat in the city he found a lot of terrorist material. Then he received a call, and a voice said what he had to do, how to escape from the police, in which train he had to go…

On the other hand, Rachel (Michelle Monaghan) after seeing off his children also received a call. The voice said that she had to follow the instruction or the train where her son was would blow up.

Both, Jerry and Rachel, follow the instruction while they are followed by the police.

The end is very strange, the voice isn’t a human being.

In my opinion it’s a very good film. It’s exactly what could happen in the future. It was very strange to see how computers can influence in our life. It’s a computer who has got the whole information about a country (USA) and went crazy because he was angry with the supervisors. The technology has got power over everything.

It was also frightening to see what the internet and all the technology knows about you.
There is one scene where Jerry doesn’t want to continue. Then the “voice” shows him all the things that she knows about him: when he was born, where, how many times he failed an exam, private videos, where he has been living, what he has bought in the last ten years, where he had been working, his illnesses… Everything!

The computer can also control him, through the cameras which are everywhere.
I find that very dangerous, the fact that every good computer “hacker” can learn all this information about a person.

I would recommend this film, it has got a lot of negative critics, saying that it’s a boring and impossible plot, but I don’t think so. I think that it’s a film which makes you think a lot about yourself and the activities you are doing in the Internet.

The house of my dreams

Since I was little I have thought about my perfect house which I will have in the future.

The most important thing is the ceiling over the bed. It will be like a window, to be able to look at the stars. In the summer I like to sleep on the balcony a lot to be able to look at the sky. It would be great If I could do this every day, even when it's raining.

It will be next to a lake, sea or the ocean. I like hearing the sound of waves and I also like all water sports. I will have a sailing boat, especially for my father who has been sailing since he was five years.

Obviously, there will be a heated swimming pool in a big garden. I like swimming, even when the water is cold. I also like gardens, but I don't like doing this work, so probably I will have a gardener.

A gym is also important; it's great to have the machines at home and not to have to leave home If you want to do sport. But I don't want a personal trainer; I think sport is more fun if you are with friends or in a group. When you do sport alone it's good to disconnect from all the problems you have.

If I had children they would have an enormous bedroom, but I don't want to give them all they want. If I did this, they would be arrogant and selfish people.

I will have animals, a dog and some cats. I like cats because they are very autonomous. On the other hand, dogs are the opposite they are very dependable.

Japan

A powerful explosion has hit a nuclear power station in north-eastern Japan which was badly damaged in 11 of March devastating earthquake and tsunami.

A building housing a reactor was destroyed, but authorities said the reactor itself was intact, but officials later announced the cooling system of a second reactor at the plant had failed.

The news sparked fears of a the risk of a further explosion or leak of radioactive material.

An evacuation zone around the damaged nuclear plant has been extended to 20km (12.4 miles) from 10km, and a state of emergency declared.

A huge rescue and relief operation is under way in the region after the earthquake and subsequent tsunami, which are thought to have killed more than 1,000 people.

An estimated 200,000 people have been evacuated from the area, the International Atomic Energy Agency says.

The government has urged residents to remain calm and is preparing to distribute iodine to anyone affected.

Air and steam, with some level of radioactivity, was earlier released from several of the reactors at both plants in an effort to relieve the huge amount of pressure building up inside.

The tsunami that followed the 8.9-magnitude earthquake wreaked havoc along a huge stretch of on Japan's north-east coast, sweeping far inland and devastating a number of towns and villages.

The scenes of devastation there are enormous - giant shipping containers, buildings, cars, trash and some fires are still burning close to the harbour. More than 90% of the houses in three coastal communities had been washed away by the tsunami.

In my opinion the biggest disaster is the nuclear explosion. It's a danger what will be there for a lot of time. The consequences of the tsunami or the earthquake can be repair, but the radioactive material will be there for a long, long time. What's also bad luck is that the central of Fukusima is one of the biggest central's in the world. They always say that only two or three reactors exploit, but one of them equally to ELEVEN of normal reactors!

Another fact what I find important is that nearly a third of the population in Japan are older than 65 years. Yesterday I saw a reportage from a woman tried to renew his house. She said that it will cost more than 10 years to return live how it was before the Tsunami. And it's logical that for old people it's more difficult return to begin from zero.

And at last, I think that the government aren't good. They didn't explain to the population in what danger they really are. The whole world is wondering why the Japanese are still so calm. Well, I think that the reason is that they don't know what is really happens. They probably only think that it was another earthquake and that a nuclear central exploited. I think If they would know what really means that for them, they wouldn't be so calm like now.

In conclusion, I think that this drama will affect Japan for a long time. They will lose a lot of Turism, also the population is poorer and there will not be good economy.