Newspaper article №3

TV Watchdog Group Is on the Defensive

The New York Times

Published: October 24, 2010  

According to New York Times, on television more and more appears vulgar programs, shows and commercials. Parents Television Council trying to forbid such shows, as they may have a bad influence on teenagers. 

Opinion

 In my opinion the baning shows with a high level of sexuality or violence is right. In our time, everywhere we can see something vulgar. When I will have children, I would not want them to look obscene show with abundance of naked bodies.

Vocabulary

Indignation - noun. Indignation means protest, when someone is against something.   

The House on Mango Street. The diary of the strongest character

Sandra Cisneros

This book is a collection of short stories from the life of a girl (she's the author) who was born in Chicago, but has a parents born in Mexico. Esperanza main heroine of the book and on my opinion the strongest character. Despite the fact that Esperanza an American girl, she has an unusual name and very shy of this. Many times people told Esperanza that her name is strange. Esperanza wanted to be like all the other children and does not stand out. In her stories touched upon cultural, racial, familial and other problems that Esperanza shares with the readers.
 If I were the main character of this book, Esperanza, I would write in my diary that I very proud to have Mexican roots, and I could speak two languages: Spanish and English. I would have written that finally one of the dream has become reality, and our family lives in our own house. Maybe it's not as big as we would like, but we should not find again a new place for living. In my diary, I would like to share of my daily life stories about school, friends and dreams. I would write all my emotions from the first purchased the bicycle to the first kiss, and that I have such a beautiful and rare name.

News article № 2

From Farm to Fridge to Garbage Can

New York Times

November 1, 2010

According to New York Times, the big consumer problem is that people often throw out food that did not even eat. Abandoned of forgotten food just spoils in refrigerators. Scientist made a research, and 93 percent of the respondents bought food that is never used. Most people who find in their refrigerator for example spinach with brownish leaves, people just throw out the spinach instead of cutting off the leaves and use the rest of the greens in food. Another important issue is that consumers throw out a lot of spoiled food in the trash, it begins to produce methane - a gas of greenhouse. Using all products in food allows us to save not only the environment, but also our money. Scientists estimated that a year we can save about 2,275 $ if we will not buy more than we can eat.
 There are several methods to get rid of the habit to buy a lot of products: for example, plan weekly menu and buy only as much as planned. Second, is to maintain optimum temperature in the refrigerator. If food is perish quickly, we need to reduce the temperature. And most importantly - is not afraid of brown leaves that can be take off from the good product.

Opinion  

In my opinion this is a very useful article about not only preserve the environment and our money, but how to save the work of people who are engaged in cultivation and production of food, and the more meaningful fact is that in many poor countries, people have a constant hunger. Of course we all sometimes forget about leaving food in the fridge, but don't to turn our kitchens into warehouses for the unwanted food. When I find the lost and unlucky spoiled tomatoes in the refrigerator, I always think about dish I could add it. This is not a global article how to save the planet, it is about how to simply make our lives a little bit better. 

Vocabulary: 

1. Pristine - adj. Pristine means pure, unspoiled, when nobody didn't touch something.

Although all three were edible, and the brown edges easily cut away, 40 percent of respondents said they would serve only the pristine lettuce. 

2.  Mushy - adj. Mushy means soft, not hard

 Don’t be afraid of brown spots or mushy parts that can easily be cut away.

3. Scrap - noun. Scrap means to drop something away, throw out.

 By most estimates, a quarter to half of all food produced in the United States goes uneaten — left in fields, spoiled in transport, thrown out at the grocery store, scraped into the garbage or forgotten until it spoils.