essay 5

Immigrants

Djimon Hounsou

He born April 24, 1964, is a Beninese-born American actor and model. As an actor, Hounsou has been nominated for two Academy Awards.

He emigrated to Lyon in France at the age of thirteen with his brother, Edmond. A chance meeting with a photographer led to Hounsou being introduced to fashion designer Thierry Mugler, who encouraged Hounsou to pursue a modeling career.n 1987, Hounsou became a model and established a career in Paris He moved to the united states 1990.

  About her acting career In 1989 and 1991, Hounsou appeared in the music videos for "Straight Up" by Paula Abdul and "Love Will Never Do (Without You)" by Janet Jackson. Hounsou received wide critical acclaim and a Golden Globe Award nomination for his role as Cinque in the 1997 Steven Spielberg film Amistad. He gained further notice as Juba in the 2000 film Gladiator. In 2004, Hounsou was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for In America, making him the fourth African male to be nominated for an Oscar.

Modeling:

On February 24, 2007, it was announced that Hounsou would be the new Calvin Klein underwear model. Starting with the fall 2007 season, he was featured in the brand’s global print advertising campaign including the launch of their new Calvin Klein Steel product line.

Other work:

In 2010, Hounsou was featured as the narrator in ESPN's running series of "32 teams, 1 dream" commercials for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Hounsou spoke at the Summit on Climate Change at the United Nations on Tuesday, September 22, 2009. On Tuesday, December 1, 2009, Hounsou told French media that developed countries “need to be held accountable” for their contribution to climate change.

About his personal life Hounsou became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2005, and currently resides in Los Angeles. He was reluctant to renounce his Beninese citizenship and therefore opted to become a dual citizen of both Benin and the United States.

In my point of view I think that immigrants have the same opportunities and rights as any other citizen.
it is known that at first may be very difficult because it is a foreign country where there are different cultures, traditions but ultimately persevere.

essay 4

                                                Vegetarianism

Vegetarianismis the diet that has as a principle the abstention from meat and all food that comes from an animal, such as gelatin and fat. This essay will discuss some of the types of vegetarianism, and advantages and disadvantages of vegetarian diets have. 

Speaking of a vegetarian diet,  you should know that it is not always social to have vegetable-based food only.
There are different types of vegetarianism, including eggs and milk, called “ovo - lacto “ vegetarians. These are strict vegetarians who eat only plant food.   Also, there are the “crudivoros “who based their diet on foodwithout cooking (by what they do not consume animal food or starches derived from cereals only consumed cooked.) This idea is not clear.

The benefits of a vegetarian diet includes low intake of saturated fats, absence of cholesterol containing products of animal origin. In addition, with the vegetarian diet, we can include a greater amount of fiber.
Also, among the benefits of the vegetarian diet we can see  its cardioprotective power and help to prevent obesity.

On the other hand, as part of the disadvantages of  people following a vegetarian diet we have a higher risk of absence of some micronutrients, since high fiber consumption can prevent the absorption of minerals.  In addition, some nutrients are scarce or absent in the plant Kingdom. Vitamin B12 is obtained from meat products; therefore, vegetarians suffer from anemia as a result of this . Also , including many carbohydrates and fried foods are not benefits.

In my opinion,  I am not a person who consumes a lot of  red meat, which sometimes is not fresh in supermarkets; they are rotten, but treated with carbon monoxide to make it look fresh, I respect each person and their diet: however,  we must sconsume a little of each nutrient .

essay 2

In this essay,  I will write about three characters of different stories. One story is about the Achilles Track Club Climbers  that is a group of handicapped people that practice sport wiht lots of enthusiasm.   Another  story is about the movie The Blind Side that tells the story of a young man called Michael Oher known as “Big Mike “ that was kicked out of his house because of family problems.  

In the story of Richard Van Ornum, he tells that when he was a kid, he always dreamt that he could fly.  Once he even fell off his bed until eventually he stopped having these dreams. He once fell form the kitchen’s lavatory and hurt his leg,( He hurt his leg because a car smashed his leg) he got a scar shaped as a eagle.   Through time he realized that people couldn’t fly. 

The Achilles Track Club  started beacuse a young ahtlete lost his leg in a car accident at the age of 24 and decided to keep running as this was his passion. Through  time this group became a group of climbers; and now  thousands of handicapped people are part of this group. They were people with normal lives that have had different accidents in life.

The movie The Blind Side is about a young man called Michael Oher and tells the story of his life and the family that adopted him. He had lots of problems in his childhood since his mom was a drug addict; he was taken out of his house. Michael was really good in sports; he studies in a school in which the coach had the intentions of getting him in the football team.

To conclude, these are different stories,  but they have something in common:   they are dreamers, the  Achilles Track Club  and The Blinde Side have in common that they like sports and they like what they do no matter what life challenges them with.  In the story of Richard Van Ornum,  he is a young man, a dreamer and he persevers even with the difficulty he has on his leg;  he believes that people have gifts in life and his gift is being a dreamer no matter the difficult tasks life gives him.

unit 10

No Technology  ! No Way  !!!!

                                                                         

                                                                         

   

unit 9

Finding a Niche : The challenge for young immigrants

IMMIGRANT

Is a person who leaves one country to settle permanently in another.

unit 8

  


                           Goodbye to the sit-down meal



Fast food  is the term given to food that can be prepared and served very quickly. While any meal with low preparation time can be considered to be fast food, typically the term refers to food sold in a restaurant or store with preheated or precooked ingredients, and served to the customer in a packaged form for take away.

 

                                        

essay III

Centenarians

 

Several authors of different studies have  showed that centenarians are people who have qualities that demonstrate a positive attitude towards life; most of them have been extroverted, optimistic and easy to treat.

In addition their laughter is an important part of life as well as doing activities that help others which contributes to greater longevity.

A good genetic inheritance helps a lot. Probably

genetic changes that are related to longevity, which eliminate

malignant genes. So diseases are not a lot, and taking some

medicine helps them feel better and thus have a long life.

A healthy diet makes people live longer example eating enough fiber. The fiber improves the functioning of the colon, reduces the risk of developing colon cancer, and is related to levels of low cholesterol. For example, eating  whole wheat bread, fresh fruit and cereals high in natural fiber.

 

 

A healthy lifestyle, works excellently smoking to become a centenarian and practicing sports.

Decrease cancer or other diseases. Regular physical activity, for example, strengthens muscles, which reduces the possibility of falling. Learning to manage stress balancing it with physical and mental relaxation is recommended enjoying  nice things, and feeling satisfied with less material things help a lot.