OPCIÓ A
1 a) This statement is FALSE, as the text says: " ...is replacing some of its assembly line robots with more capable humans".
b) This statement is FALSE, as the text says: "...make technological change our ally, not our enemy".
2 (Possible answer): Malinda Kathleen Reese has become popular on the Internet because she has translated some song lyrics into different languages using Google Translate and then has translated them back into English, -using the same service-, before recording them with the resulting lyrics. Some of the songs are dramatically different after this process, and sound quite funny!
3 1- GLOOMY
2- GLIMPSE
3- TO WORK OUT
4- FATE
4.1: A) HAVE you HAD A LOOK....?/ DID you HAVE A LOOK...? (AmE)
B) .... robots ARE currently STEALING....
4.2: A) ...the HARDER....the EASIER...
4.3: People CAN'T (It is not allowed)/ MUST NOT or MUSTN'T (It is not allowed; it is prohibited)/ MAY NOT (It is formally / strictly not allowed) work....
4.4: Pamela told me not to believe (that) robots would do all the office work.
5.1 OTHER
5.2 WOMAN
5.3 ON
5.4 FOLLOWED
- Organiza las ideas teniendo en cuenta que la redacción debe expresar tu opinión personal.
- Comienza presentando el tema del que vas a escribir y tu opinión sobre él.
- Divide las ideas en párrafos (responde a las preguntas).
- Utiliza expresiones para organizar, relacionar o añadir ideas: In addition, First, Therefore, Furthermore, I strongly believe, I think...
- Conclusión: incluye una predicción acerca del futuro, por ejemplo.
En este ENLACE tenéis un ejemplo de OPINION ESSAY.
OPCIÓ B
1a) This statement is TRUE, as the text says: "To a certain extent, the answer to these questions may depend on your gender."
b) This statement is TRUE, as the text says: "...people who have a rigid view of themselves and believe that personality cannot be changed are more likely to take rejection more personally,..."
2 (Possible answer): According to the text, people who suffer from anxiety or depression frequently experience problems in their relationships. Therefore, people who are emotionally unstable have a greater chance of breaking up than those who are positive and can work problems out by reaching an agreement.
3.1 SPLITS
3.2 TO GO THROUGH
3.3 LIKELY
3.4 DISTRESSING
4.1 A) What SHOULD I DO?
B) If I were you, I WOULD TAKE a brief holiday....
4.2 A) There is no point in TRYING to convince him.
B) ...in case Mark PHONES home.
4.3 A) ....he hasn't GOT (or GOTTEN in US and Canadian English) OVER his divorce yet.
B) He really LET her DOWN.
4.4 The divorce papers are being signed.
5.1 LAUNDRY
5.2 NO
5.3 YOUNG
5.4 ASKED
- Organiza las ideas teniendo en cuenta que la redacción debe expresar tu opinión personal.
- Comienza presentando el tema del que vas a escribir y tu opinión sobre él.
- Divide las ideas en párrafos (responde a las preguntas).
- Utiliza expresiones para organizar, relacionar o añadir ideas: In addition, First, Therefore, Furthermore, I strongly believe, I think...
- Conclusión: incluye una predicción acerca del futuro, por ejemplo.
En este ENLACE tenéis un ejemplo de OPINION ESSAY.
