Sports in the UK

Sports in the UK

Football is played in all the world. Football is the most popular sport. There are eleven players per team, and played with ball. The ball must be on the grown or air but only touch with feet. Each team would score a goal in other team side. The match have two part, each part has 45 minutes and the break is 15 minutes. The team which score more goals is the winner. They played in big statium with grass. Moreover each team have own manager to control the game. Last important point is every match would have referee who is responsible for the fair game.

Unusual sport in the UK and Cyprus:

People Herding – A group of three people are blindfolded and each holds onto a central hoop. The fourth member of the team has a whistle, one short blast move to the left, two short blasts move to the right, a long continuing blast move forward. The object is to direct the hooped group through a gate or gatepost. The team with the shortest time wins.

In Cyprus people who lives in villages have a lot of unusual sports, the bad of that is year by year young people forget how to play some of them. one of them is:

Egg racing: It is groub of people, which everyone has spoon with one egg on it and they keep the spoot with their teeth and the faster wins

Reference:

1. http://www.learnenglish.de/culture/unusualsports.htm

The Legal System

The Legal System

The type of crime where find out is about drugs. Nowadays drugs is one of the most popular young problems in the world.

The different kinds of controlled drugs, often referred to as 'illegal drugs', are divided into three different categories, or classes. These classes (A, B and C) carry different levels of penalty for possession and dealing.

How the crime is dealt with and the punishment that is given:



Class A: Ecstasy, LSD, heroin, cocaine, crack, magic mushrooms, amphetamines.
Possession: Up to seven years in prison or an unlimited fine or both.
Dealing: Up to life in prison or an unlimited fine or both.

Class B: Amphetamines, Cannabis, Methylphenidate (Ritalin), Pholcodine.
Possession: Up to five years in prison or an unlimited fine or both.
Dealing: Up to 14 years in prison or an unlimited fine or both.

Class C: Tranquilisers, some painkillers, Gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB), Ketamine.
Possesion: Up to two years in prison or an unlimited fine or both.
Dealing: Up to 14 years in prison or an unlimited fine or both.

The video which i have choose is about drugs.
webside: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLsCC0LZxkY

Questions according to the video:

1. Who is Milton Friedman?

2. Why drugs should be legalized?

3. What effect does criminalizing drugs have?

4. What is the downside of legalization?

5. Drugs abuse: economic or moral problem?

Reference:

1. http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/

Crime and Justice

Crime and Justice

Recently threre have been  a lot of articles in British newspapers about knife crime. The media interest follows an unusually high number of fatal stabbings involving teenagers, particularly in London, whre in 2008 more than twenty teenagers have been killed by other young people in knife attacks. In some casesthe victims were involved in disutes between gangs, but in others it seems they were just in the wrong place at the wrong time, being stabbed during argumets that broke out spontaneously on the street. In a recent BBC documentary programme, the headteacher of a secondary school in England said that the number of pupils caught with knives in his school has inceased greatly in recent years.

Report:

Ms Kinsella’s report, Tackling knife crime together - a review of local anti-knife crime projects was published on 2 February 2011. The report makes a number of recommendations including: 

• anti-knife crime presentations for school children
• more data sharing between police, schools and other agencies on local issues
• a best practice website for local organisations 
• more work with young children to stop them getting involved in knife crime

References:

1. http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/crime/knife-gun-gang-youth-violence/

2. Class discuss

National Health Service

Nastional Health Service

Answers of bloond donnor:

1. The Blood Donor donated blood seven years ago.

2. He donated 41 pies.

 

3. It is particularly important for himself to give blood.

4. When he was 20 and he used to get bid at school.

5. Because he was travelling around the world and see different kind of people .He understand how great is  the world and he wanted to help them.

My video:

Prostate cancer: Questions

1. Male or female can take prostate cancer?

2. What is the name of prostate cancer specialist, who work in institue of cancer?

3. Write down some effects of prostate cancer.

4. What is the name which had experience of being diagnosed with prostate cancer?



References:
1. http://www.nhs.uk/Pages/HomePage.aspx

2. http://www.nhs.uk/video/pages/medialibrary.aspx?Uri=video/2008/May/Pages/Prostatecancer.aspx
 

Social security-The benefits system

Social security-The benefits system

In United Kingdom, under the current rules, the State Pension Age for women is in the process of rising from 60 to 65 to equalise with men; and then state pension age for both men and women was due to increase from 65 to 66 between 2024 and 2026. The Pensions Bill is bringing forward the timing of equalisation and the rise in the State Pension Age from 65 to 66 for both men and women.

• Under the new legislation, women’s state pension age will reach 65 by November 2018.
• The rise from 65 for both men and women will begin in December 2018 and reach 66 by April 2020. 

On the other hand, in Cyprus the retire age is 60 because the government give the chance to young people who just graduated to work, but year by year the law system about that is changing.

Moreover retired depend the salary which took every month about the income after 60.    

There are several benefits basic for mothers in the UK if they have a child, such as:

• Statutory Maternity Pay
• Maternity Allowance
• Health in Pregnancy Grant

REFERENCES


http://www.ageuk.org.uk


http://www.direct.gov.uk

THE WELFARE STATE

THE WELFARE STATE

The British State is sometimes help up as model for other countries.

The comprehensive system of '' cradle to grave'' social insurance and health care devised in 1940s was an inspiration to other European countries devastated by war.

There are two main interpretations of the idea of a welfare state:

• A model in which the state assumes primary responsibility for the welfare of its citizens. This responsibility in theory ought to be comprehensive, because all aspects of welfare are considered and universally applied to citizens as a "right".
• Welfare state can also mean the creation of a "social safety net" of minimum standards of varying forms of welfare

THREE MODELS OF WELFARE

1. social democratic model
2. the liberal model
3. the corporatist model

References:

    class discuss

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/

Newspapers and Media

Newspapers and Media

In UK  issues many type of newspaper. Some of them is daily or come out on Sundays. Two types is tabloids and broadsheets. Main difference between two tabloids and broadsheets,  the broadsheets is larger in size than tabloids. Also headlines have not the same writting. Examples for tabloids is 'The Mirrors' and for broadsheets is 'The Times'

The headlines for three different newspaper on Monday (7/2/2011) were:

• The Guardian: Opposition cautious after Suleiman open talks
• The Sun: Big fat gypsy counsil house
•  The Times: Big Society being 'destroyed' by cutbacks

As we can se The Guardian is broadsheet is more for bussiness or for people who like quality news. Moreover The Times is tabloids but content is similar with broadsheet. However The Sun is typical tabloids more about gossip and more interesting news.

References:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/

media-tv

MEDIA-TV

Schedule for Sunday around 19:00 o'clock

BBC 1: At 19:00-20:00 is showing the ''Countryfile''. This programme is about country and shows some                  mistake of countryside.

BBC 2: Tonight at 19:00 until 20:00 bbc 2 shows the programme which called ''the funny side off..''. That TV programme discuss some moment on UK.

CHANNEL 4: Tonight on channel 4 is a film called ''Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer''. From   19:00 until 20:50. It is adventure movie.

CHANNEL 5: On channel 5 is a series called ''The Mentalist'' from 19:00 till 20:00. It is very funny series.

LTV 1 : On ltv 1 at 18:35-20:30 is showing ''Dancing on Ice''

The most popular British soaps:

EastEnders: 

Neighbours: 

I watched one episode EastEnders is really good , because all the ages can watch it. 

References:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006t0bv

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00m4prj

http://www.channel4.com/

http://www.five.tv/shows/the-mentalist/episodes/pink-chanel-suit

http://www.five.tv/schedule

Education

EDUCATION

Nowadays, education is very important because you learn many things about something. Between UK and Cyprus system of education have differences and similarities.

In Cyprus firstly go to nursery school for two years after that go to primary school from six years from seven untill twelve years old. In cypriot language primary school called dimotiko. After that children go to secondary school for three years, which call gimnasio. Last one is lyceum for  higher education from sixteen until eighteen years old.

however, in England have different ages about education. Primary school is from five till ten years old. Secondary school , form eleven to sixteen years old. Finally when student completed secondary school goes to post-sixteen education which including A-levels and equivalents.

Cyprus and England have many differences about system of education . Not only for the ages but and for   what student learn in schools.




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FOOD AND DRINK

Every part of earth have different likes. In ours days in United kingdom about the food and drink is not the same with others countries or with many years ago in UK. Year by year hapits of every nation change because find others ways to do something.

About the food in UK is different with my country. Most famous food is carry with rice. More british people like it but as well as like fish fingers, fries with salt and vinigan. Also Great Britain is very popular for english breakfast which included whaever you want. Moreover, about the sauses on the food they like. However in my country we have different hapits . Most different about food in my country a variety of people cook but in UK prefer to order every day.

For the drinks in UK is very popular. The most is the beer which every street have their own pub. Pub is the place who serve drinks. Is tradisional bar of UK. Also in Scotland is very famous for wishky because many good brands for wishky is from Scotland. In Ireland drink  a lot beer. Irish guy love drinks so mush. they drinks any time. On the other hand in my country they preffer tradisonal drinks like ouzo and zivania.

That is some data for food and drinks about UK. It is very different of my country Greece. Resula of that is every country have different hapits.

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