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A SMILING FACE
Times Square
in New York
• What makes you smile What makes you laugh
• Do you like funny stories Tell your favourite joke or funny story.
• Do Swedes have a special kind of humour If so, explain what makes it
typically Swedish.
• Which are the three all-time funniest films and TV shows in the last ten years
• Would you say that Americans appreciate the same
kind of humour as we do What about the British
Try to give examples from films, TV shows and
comic strips or books.
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DOMESTIC GODS
or HOPELESS SLOBS
Are you a ‘domestic
God’ or a ‘hopeless
slob’ Do you help with
the domestic chores What do
you do, how much and how often
What about your parents, do they
share the work in the house equally
And what about your grandparents
Two sides of the coin
Some men and women seem to disagree on
who bears the heaviest burden at home.
A recent survey found that irish men spend
an average of seven hours a week vacuuming,
washing and ironing, and are more likely to
help their spouse with other domestic chores
than their European neighbours.
they do more mopping than Scandinavian
men, who rack up only five hours of domestic
chores a week, and over twice the amount of
Eastern European men, who spend less than
three hours a week helping with housework.
However, irish women work even harder.
they spend a staggering 17 hours making sure
their homes are spic and span – despite the
reported help from their partners. And the
survey shows that across the entire continent,
women do at least twice as much housework
as men.
But the question is: Do irish men take the
overall responsibility to ensure the housework
gets done or are they still in the cave when it
comes to domestic chores
Below a man and a woman – both irish –
debate the issue that’s dividing the nation.
GODS – says Philip Nolan
We have definitely arrived in a new age, the
age of the Domestic God. No more can women
claim sole bragging rights on multi-tasking,
even if for many of them the talent appears
to stretch no further than being able to
drive, apply make-up and use a mobile phone
at the same time.
there are men, lots of men – ordinary
men like you and me – who wield their vacuum
cleaners like lances, as they declare war
on dust. And they can prepare a three-course
meal in less than an hour.
there appears to have been some surprise
at a survey showing that irish men are
more helpful around the house than any of
their European counterparts even though
this news will not come as a surprise to men
themselves.
While women still do more about the
house than men, we guys are catching up,
spending around seven hours a week on the
household chores.
it is, after all, only fair that if the burden
of actually paying for the house – and all the
costs that go along with it – has devolved from
being the sole responsibility of the traditional
breadwinner, then he in turn should take on
a share of the work within the home.
i think men should cook and women
should bake. i have no interest whatsoever in
making cakes or breads.
indeed, i think we use the pregnancy euphemism,
a bun in the oven, for a reason
– women seem to relish the idea of mixing
ingredients to give life to something perfect,
like a soufflé or brownie. it almost feels like a
surrogate birth.
Men, on the other hand, like to burn meat,
and – most of all – ignore the instruction
manual, casually glancing at a recipe before
trusting to intuition.
We had friends over this week and i prepared
a three-course meal and i did the washing-up
too, not, i add, because i had to, but
because i wanted.
i don’t see the big deal and clearly lots of
other men don’t either.
of course, women may scoff and say, these
are things we’ve known for generations.
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the body of the
future
How will we look 100 years from now
Surely we’ll all be fitter and more beautiful
Do you know anyone who has undergone
cosmetic surgery Is this something you yourself
would consider doing Why Why not
Before you read the article on
page 241 do some vocabulary
exercises. They will help you
achieve a more detailed
understanding of the text. Ask
your teacher for a handout.
Is
this
Is this the body of
the future
Drugs will, however, have quite an impact in
Is this the body of the future
other areas,’ predicts Dr Daniel Green, vicechairman
of a research company. ‘Men may
By Elizabeth Heathcote
get fatter, but shiny heads will one day be
Science fiction is full of descriptions about a thing of the past. there is very promising
research going on into growth treat-
how humans might look in the future. it
may seem rather far-fetched to think we will ments, using hormones, and i am optimistic
have electronic arms and legs, laser vision or that there will be a cure for baldness within a
be able to fly, as the genre would have us believe.
But amongst all these flights of fancy, in the much longer term we will be putting
generation. Glasses will be redundant, too, as
are there any clues to how our bodies could drugs in our eyes as part of our morning
really look 100 years from now We interviewed
five medical researchers to find out. ever,’ he observes sadly, ‘i fear that, rather
routine to prevent short-sightedness. ‘How-
one thing is certain, according to Dr than changing our attitudes, advances in science
will mean that many people will become
Sally Hancock, a lecturer in medical sciences.
‘Every ten years that go by will mean people even more obsessed by physical; perfection
in some parts of the world can hope to and youth.’
survive, on average, for an extra couple
of years, which means that a cen-
in the not-too-distant future we will
Dr David Murphy also believes that
tury from now, it’ll be the norm to
all be able to change our appearance
get to the age of 100 if you live in
as we wish. Although it won’t happen
certain places. if you take care of
overnight, it is likely that at some
your health, you might even still be
stage, all people will have to do in
around at 135 years old.’
order to avoid going grey is to apply
University professor Dr David Murphy a treatment regularly to the roots of the
is sceptical of any notion of miracle cures, hair. in the very long term, it will also be
even in 100 years’ time. ‘Don’t be fooled by possible to change hair colour in the same
what the pharmaceutical companies say. way
However much money they pump into Professor of genetics Steve Timms points
this area, there will never be a drug that allows
you to eat what you like and not get fat. the way we look. ‘in Africa, different peoples
out that globalization is already changing
the same is true of a ‘fitness’ cure. A drug still look strikingly different, and you can
can only reinforce what you do by yourself. pinpoint where somebody comes from, but
that is not to say there aren’t genes for body you haven’t been able to say that in Europe
shape, fitness and so on, but the benefits of for some time.’
exercise on body and mind are so complex Everyone seems to be merging together
that i don’t believe drugs will ever be able to in a kind of ‘global melting pot’, and this
replicate these advantages.
process will escalate. facial appearance and
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