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QUANTITY VS QUALITY I will discuss the notion of progress and quality of life. First I will talk about economic progress and I have chosen this graph about total minutes worked per day in different countries in the world. It's a recent graph which shows which countries work the longest. We can see that Asian countries as Japan, China and Korea work a lot, and they are paid most of the time despite a little unpaid work. However the US and France are behind them and the country where people work the least is Denmark. So we can deduce that people in Asian countries work a lot but probably don't see their families often.They just think about work to improve their economic situation. This is a form of  progress for globalization and that is why Asian countries are really important nowadays and compete with the US for example. But maybe, this economic progress has a negative impact on the quality of life of people in these countries. Secondly, I’ve chosen this s...

THE IDEA OF PROGRESS 1. Read the definitions and fill in the gaps with suitable words. PROGRESS 1. Forward movement, as toward a goal . Advance .  Development .growth,  increase =                                     =======>>  quantity 2. Gradual betterment . Steady / Progressive  improvement of society / civilization / humankind.                                     =======>> quality 2. Brainstorming: Here is a list of questions you must ask yourself about the notion. Complete the blanks. What type of progress? technological / scientific / social / cultural / artistic / econom...

The idea of progress 1. How does the new generation evolve? 2. Is Internet the new access to culture? 3. What is the problem between the old generation and the new? 4. Can Piracy be illegal nowdays?  This cartoon can illustrate the notion of progress because we can see the contrast between the old generation and the new one and how society evolves according to the different generation. We can also see diffrent clothes. Actors are well dressed and the fan has got a "@" on his t-shirt, and actors can't wear this sort of  t-shirt because they are not always on the internet as the younger generation.  Now we have less and less advertising against piracy than before and this cartoon gives an exemple for young people who don't realize how dangerous it is.

The idea of Progress    Patrick Chappatte is a Lebanese Swiss Cartoonist and was born in 1967. He is famous for his drowings in the International New York Times which is a famous American  newspaper. He lived in New York between 1995 to 1998. In 2013 he received the 2012's public price of Nebelspalter, the satiric Swiss Newspaper. Nowadays he lives between Los Angeles and Geneva. Since 1995, he has signed most reports in cartoons in the press and internet under animation film form. He has published 12 collections of his drawnings in the press.     North Korean showdrown by Chappatte This document is a cartoon by Patrick Chappatte. The date of publication is  5/16/2008 and we can proved that it's a recent image because it's about one of the recent generation's problems. It was published in the International Herald Tribune and it's name is "A Fanatic geek at the Cannes Film Festival".  It shows two celebrities who a...

NEWS The Huffington Post  was launched on May 9, 2005. It is an American news website and blog founded by Arianna Huffington, among others.  The site offers news, blogs, and original content, and covers politics, business, entertainment, environment, technology, popular media, lifestyle, culture, comedy, healthy living, women's interest, and local news. huffingtonpost.com/theblog/ A very instructive Website as it offers podcasts about American life. http://www.thisamericanlife.org/ CNN Student News: specifically aimed at teachers and students. Visit this page! http://edition.cnn.com/studentnews The NEW YORK TIMES Learning Network http://www.nytimes.com/section/learning BBC 4 RADIO http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4

Magazines & Publishers You will find a wide array of music magazines, mostly about rock music, on this Web page. Don't miss them. http://www.rocklist.net/ This literary magazine and publisher based in the UK has been discovering the best young authors of new and creative writing since 1979 but it was founded in 1889. Granta Granta Best of Young Novelists   The New Yorker  is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. It started as a weekly in 1925, The New Yorker The New Yorker  McSweeney's  is an  American publishing house  founded by editor Dave Eggers. It has helped launch the careers of young writers but  it has also published the works of well-established authors such as Michael Chabon and Stephen King. Apart from its book list, McSweeney's also publishes a quarterly literary journal , a literat...

Online Encyclopedias This is by far the best   online encyclopedia whatever its detractors might say: Wikipedia The oldest English-language general encyclopedia gives only limited free access and features.  Subscription is required for full access: Encyclopaedia Britannica This is a very useful  online encyclopedia of world mythologies : Myth Encyclopedia