POST 3: MY FUTURE JOB / MY FAVOURITE CARTOON

        This week you have two possible topics to write about. Please choose only one.                     

Hi everybody,
Today´s topic is Your Future Job. Please consider the following to write your post:

-What kind of job would you like to have? How do you imagine it?
-Would it be outdoors /indoors? 
-Would you like to travel a lot as part of your job?
-Would you like to work in a government office? in a university? for a big company?
-What major are you studying / are you thinking of taking?    Explain why
-Add any other related ideas. (Some aspects to consider could be: Salary - Benefits - Location – Hours - Co-workers  - work atmosphere/environment)
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- Make sure you write comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts.

- Word Count: 200 words
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(*) major:  a student's principal subject or course /  a student specializing in a specified subject: a math major. 

Synonyms:  

specialty, area of knowledge, area of specialty, discipline, field of expertise, line, main subject-matter, specialty field, specialty area, speciality.


USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES:

-I’ve taken… / I’m doing a major in… /

-I’m thinking of working as/in… / I’m considering to work as/in…/ I’m planning to … / I have in mind to… / I’ve decided to… / I’m hoping to… / I’m playing with the idea of…  __ing / I’d love to…/ I can’t choose between ….. or …../ I’m torn between ….. and ..… / It looks like I’m going to… / I’m not 100% sure, but I might …/ It's a toss-up between ……… and ………..  -I’d like to get a job as…/ I’d like to work as …/ I hope to get a job in… /I wouldn’t like to…/

- I’m good at … ___ing / I’m good with… (money, numbers,etc)/ I’m terrible at…./  I become (nervous) about ___ing  / I am very confident in…__ing / I can… / I can’t… /
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MY FAVOURITE CARTOON

Today's second option is to write about your favourite cartoon. Please, read my sample post, answer the questions below and upload a picture, if you can.

·        What is your favourite cartoon series?

·        Why do you like it?

·        how often do/did you watch / read it?

·        what is it about?

·        Is there anything else you want to add?

Make sure to write 200 words and write a comment on three of your classmates' posts.

  

Wiiiiiiilmaaaaa! Come open the door!!!! Yabba dabba doo!!!!

Do these words ring a bell? Yesssss. Bingo!!! They are typical words by Pedro Picapiedra, as we know him in Chile (Fred Flinstone in the original version in English), the main character in Los Picapiedras (The Flinstones), my favourite cartoon when I was a kid. I don’t watch cartoons anymore, but I used to watch The Flinstones almost every weekend as a child and I really enjoyed it.

I used to like this cartoon because it was funny to see how the characters lived in the Stone age, but their way of living was no different from our modern life stlyes. It was very funny for me to see the rudimentary telephones, machines, cars, etc that they had. All the appliances didn’t run on electricity but they were powered by animals or the people themselves instead.  For example, to make his car go, Pedro has to get into it,  sit and start running.

The cartoon is about Pedro and his family, his neighbours, the people in his neighbourhood and at his workplace. And it’s all about how Pedro gets into trouble most of the time, or about family conflicts,  or Pedro’s adventures.

I think the Simpsons were created after the Flinstones. In both cartoons men are simple and not very intelligent while women are more clever. The difference is that the Simpsons are very ironical, have a lot of dark sense of humour and portray the worst of “Usan” (American) people.