ENGLISH PLUS 3

EXAM PROJECT
8.1 HAS FEAR EVER HELD YOU BACK?
First, watch this music video: Michael Jackson - Thriller (Official Video). https://youtu.be/sOnqjkJTMaA
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PART I: GRAMMAR BOX: Describing past ability. Talk about obligation, permission and advice
1. Check your grammar boxes in lessons 8.2 & 8.4 (SB p.85 & 89.)
2. Write a paragraph about the girl in the video, what were her options in the past and what any person should do in a scary situation. About 80 words.
3. Use these vocabulary expressing physical symptoms of fear:
a. I get really dizzy.
b. I can’t breathe.
c. I start to sweat.
d. I burst into tears.
e. I almost pass out.
f. My heart starts to race.
g. I get butterflies in my stomach.

I can imagine how scared was the girl in the video was, if I were her, my heart would probably be starting to race or maybe I will would probably burst in tears if I
see saw my boyfriend like a man wolf werewolf, she should have slapped on his face and she should have started running for some help, when I was a little kid, I
wasn't able to watch horror movies, but my sister would watched a lot of
movies about monsters, demons, and those kind of things, one day she
was watching "the ring" with the lights off in the room and my hands
started to sweat, I’ve never felt more scared in my life. Nowadays she’s
not allowed to watch horror movies with me.
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PART II: MUSIC VIDEO: Answer the questions after having viewed the music video.
Write about 80 words per response.

1) Do you know what this song is about?

This song is about the feelings and emotions that someone has when is
afraid of something, on that kind of moments we can get really dizzy, we
can’t breathe and so on, also it's a history about a couple that were
together at midnight and something evil started lurking in the dark, which
means someone it's was probably scared because of the monsters, the
romantic part about this song is that her boyfriend is supposed to hug her
and fight with the evil.
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 2) Describe the video. (Try to use conjunctions to express purpose and reason. SB p.75)

The video started when Michael Jackson proposed to his girlfriend to marry him, then she accepts but, in that moment, his physical appearance started to change
like a wolf because of midnight. Since she looked at him, she started to scream and run away, while this whole thing is happening, the video shows us that it was
part of a movie that they were watching, because they were on a date in the cinema in order to have fun, like a normal couple, but she got scared so they left to
that place and they started walking in the street until the zombies came out. I can remember that this song catch caught on when I was in elementary school.

3) Can you give examples of a) real fears, b) fears we love, b) exaggerated or even irrational fears.

One of the real fears that I have is to explain a topic in my school, which means I have to study before, I start to get butterflies in my stomach, sometimes I can't
control my anxiety. Another fear my sister and I love is go to the roller coasters, we always get sweaty palms and start to scream. One of the exaggerated fears
that I have since I was a child is about the cockroaches, I can't sleep if I know there is one cockroach in my room, when I was in elementary school I squashed a
cockroach inside of my shoe, so now I have the feeling of that, also I hate their color and how they look like, it drives me insane when I see them, especially if
they are big because they know how to fly, sometimes I burst into tears when nobody wants to help me to kill them.

4) What is a fear you love? Explain. Use these expressions:

a. I get really dizzy.
b. I can’t breathe.
c. I start to sweat.
d. I burst into tears.
e. I almost pass out.
f. My heart starts to race.
g. I get butterflies in my stomach.

One of the fears that I love the most is when I have a patient in the clinic, I get butterflies in my stomach, just to know that I’m going to make a new treatment for
them, I always try to do my best for them and also try to make them feel comfortable and happy. I can remember that my first patient was one of my close st
friends, one day I was able to make a dental print for him, my heart started to race because it was my first time doing that, but at the end everything was fine, I
couldn’t feel more happy with my own work .

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9.5 WHAT DO YOU SPEND THE MOST MONEY ON?
Think about this question: What’s the biggest problem facing society today? (Some examples: social unrest, overpopulation, lack of respect for nature, diseases, crime, overreliance on technology, and obesity.)
1) Write an essay in about 180 words.
2) Use at least four conjunctions: in order to, so that, while, unlike, although, despite, as, due to, as opposed to, since, because of, so, even though, to, in spite of, whereas.

DEFINE THE PROBLEM Obesity is one of the biggest problems in the world, unlike other countries, Mexico has the highest rate about this pathological state, We don’t
know how many people how many people we don't know that have problems with their weight, including children’s, nowadays people used to usually eat a lot of
junk food because it is cheaper and they don't like to do exercise, so that, over time they are going to start gaining pounds.___________________________________________
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EXPLAIN ITS NEGATIVE IMPACT ON SOCIETY The trouble with obesity is that it increases the possibilities to have another disease, for example diabetes,
hypertension, respiratory problems, and so on. Even though people are informed about this situation, they don't give the importance in their lives, on the other
hand, people that want to make a change in their lives sometimes don't have the opportunities to do it, because of the resources.____________________________
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OFFER SOLUTIONS It’s hard to make a change in our lives, but we can start doing little things step by step, change our daily routine in order to be more active and
productive, also we can eat healthier food using the same ingredients that we like in junk food, but cooked in a different way, despite the food, doing exercise at
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CONCLUSION One of the best things we can do is to be informed about our condition, and try to have a healthy life, since it encourages us to be happier and
healthier, another plus is that we can ask for help with an to a specialist, so we can have a diet to help us. _____________________________________________________________
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