The $265,000 job that no one wants

Read the text and answer the following question in no less than 30 words before 21:00,  31st March:
If you were a doctor and you were offered that job, what would you do? explain your answer. 

There is a job available in the small New Zealand town of Tokoroa, but no one wants it. The job is for a doctor and it pays US$265,000 a year. For the lucky doctor who takes the job, there is no night work, no weekend work, and house prices in the area are low. Also, he or she would work just four days a week and get 12 weeks' annual holiday. The town's current doctor Alan Kenny is leaving and cannot find anyone to replace him. He has been looking for a replacement for two years but has had no success. Four medical recruitment companies also failed to find a replacement. Dr Kenny thinks the problem is that the job is in the countryside and everyone wants to live and work in the big cities.
It is not only New Zealand that has problems trying to get doctors to live in rural areas. It is also a problem in many other countries too. Last year, Dr Kenny had to cancel a family holiday because he could not find anyone to replace him. Dr Kenny is from the UK and has been a doctor in Tokoroa for 30 years. He said he has a great lifestyle and he wouldn't swap it for city life. At the age of 61, he wants to retire and pass his patients on to someone younger. He told a local newspaper that his job keeps him busy all day and that he loves his work. He is worried about how he can find a new doctor. He said: "I would like to stay but I hit my head against a brick wall trying to attract doctors."

Read more:http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1602/160226-doctors.html#ixzz44PwLVURH
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11593835 
http://news.sky.com/story/1647162/the-190000-a-year-job-that-nobody-wants
http://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/news/2016/february-2016/23/a-tale-of-two-practices-struggle-to-find-gp-story-of-changing-models.aspx

SHAKESPEARE WEBQUEST

1.    INTRODUCTION

Shakespeare is one of the greatest writers that the world has produced. After this webquest you will know more about him, his life, his works and his time. You will carry out a search of information on the Intertnet in order to answer a set of questions. With all the information that you gather, you will create a power point presentation which will summarise your search.

2.    THE PROCESS. -  You have to look for specific information which answers the following questions. However, the task is not providing simple answers but to elaborate a presentation with all that information. -  Every section is divided into two parts, one with the questions and the other with the specific links where you will find the answers. -  When you present your Powerpoint to the class, each member in the group will take one single turn. Therefore, if you are four, there will be 4 turns and each member will only speak one time during the presentation, but not at intervals. -  When you have decided the members of your group (maximum 4 members) and the play in point 20, write a comment at the end of this entry with the names of your group members and the play you have chosen.  -  You will send a first draft of the powerpoint presentation to the teacher  14th April at 18.00.  You will send the last version of your powerpoint 20th April at 18.00 because the oral presentations will be 21st and 22nd of April in class. 3.    THE TASK. William Shakespeare 1. When was he born? Are we sure about this date? 2. Where was he born? 3. What was Shakespeare’s nickname? 4. What did Shakespeare study?

5. Who was Shakespeare's wife?

6. How many children did they have?

7. What are the lost years?  8. What is Lord Chamberlain’s Men or the King’s Men? What is the difference between the previous two concepts? 9. When did he die? 10. Why is the World Book Day celebrated on April 23rd -except for the UK and Ireland? http://absoluteshakespeare.com/trivia/biography/shakespeare_biography.htm http://www.stratford-upon-avon.co.uk http://www.bardweb.net/man.html http://www.stratford.co.uk/index.asp http://www.bbc.co.uk/timelines/z8k2p39 http://absoluteshakespeare.com/trivia/biography/shakespeare_biography.htm

The Globe 11. What is The Globe?

12. When was The Globe built?

13. What happened to the theatre in 1.613? Did it disappear forever?

14. Name three other famous theatres in London in 16th century and some basic information about them.

http://www.bardweb.net/globe.html http://www.elizabethanauthors.org/theater1.htm http://www.bl.uk/treasures/shakespeare/playhouses.html

Shakespeare's Works 15. Which type of Works did Shakespeare write? Drama, novel or poetry? 16. How many works did he produce? 17. Name three of Shakespeare's histories.

18. Name three of Shakespeare's comedies.

19. Name three of Shakespeare's tragedies.

http://www.ipl.org/div/shakespeare/shakespeare.html http://www.mundofree.com/seronoser/tausiet/shakespeare/shakespeare.htm

http://www.bl.uk/treasures/shakespeare/works.html

http://www.bl.uk/treasures/shakespeare/plays.html

20. choose one of the following plays:
The Merchant of Venice
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Tempest
Hamlet
Julius Caesar
Macbeth
Othello
Henry VIII
King John
Richard III
Twelfth Night
Much Ado About Nothing
The Comedy of Errors

- Now look for this information about the play which you have chosen:

- Main characters

- place where the action takes place.

- type of play (history, comedy or tragedy)

- general plot.

- a famous quote

4.    THE EVALUATION.

The final product will be evaluated according to:
- selection of appropriate and concise information.
- Presentation: clear, concise and coherent ideas. (WITHOUT READING)
- Correction in syntax and grammar.

- Pronunciation and fluency.
- Design of the document, originality, use of visual materials, pictures, etc.

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES IN SONGS

WATCH THE VIDEO AND TRY TO INFER THE  VERBAL TENSES IN EACH CONDITIONAL TYPE.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: WHEN YOU DON'T EXIST

Happiness can break your heart too

Scientists have said it isn't just sad things that make us brokenhearted. Happy events can also be bad for our heart. A broken heart is an actual medical condition. It is not just the sadness we feel when someone we love does not return that love. We get broken heart syndrome when we are highly stressed. We also get it during emotional times, such as a relationship breakup, the death of family and friends, or the loss of a job. The medical name for this is Takotsubo Syndrome (TTS). Researchers say people can get TTS, and even be at risk of sudden death, when very happy things happen. The doctors who discovered this have called it "happy heart syndrome".
The researchers' study was published in the European Heart Journal on Thursday. Heart experts Dr Christian Templin and Dr Jelena Ghadri analysed data from 1,750 patients who suffered from Takotsubo Syndrome. The sufferers were from nine different countries. They found 485 patients got TTS because of an emotional happening. Twenty of these had TTS because of a happy or joyful event. The patients had heart problems after events like a birthday party, a wedding, a favourite sports team winning a game, and the birth of a grandchild. Dr Ghadri said our body and brain may think happy and sad events are similar, so both can result in Takotsubo Syndrome.

Read more:http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1603/160305-happy-heart-syndrome.html#ixzz42FgJOyQ1


Write 25 words about one of the following, basing your comment on the reading:
1 We shouldn't worry about happy heart syndrome
2 We should worry about happy heart syndrome
3 Talk about a personal experience in which you have been at risk of a heart break according to the text.