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I'm really trying to learn for all the exams I have in May but I think it is too much to study. I have to give up phonetics test, because I don't have even one day to learn the transcription:/ Now I'm packing my suitcase because I'm coming back home at 7 o'clock. Tomorrow my boyfriend's nephew has his first Holy Communion. I'll be wonderful day for sure, after the mass, we are invited for a reception in nice restaurant. Nevertheless, I'm still very stressed:-(

Happy Easter!!!

I wish you a very Happy Easter

May your life go well, may you be happy

And your dreams come true.

May your minds be filled with sweet memories and thoughts

And your stomach with good food

Once again I wish you a Happy Easter!

European WOW

I've a subject on my studies that is called: ' Financial institutions of Middle East Europe'. My teacher is a distinguished woman who is from Slovakia. Her polish is very poor. In October, she told us that we should write a paper about European WOW to to get 'zaliczenie'. We started to think what it is, this European WOW. We didn't ask her, because nobody was brave enough to formulate a question in slovak language. Yesterday, we had another lecture with her. She changed her mind and ordered us to write a paper about European Customs Code. It makes us laugh because we have european customs law nex year :p I suppose she is not going to check our papers:p So, the subject ' Financial institutions of Middle East Europe' will be added to the group of subjects titled: 'What's going on?' :p

PRECIS 6

Antisocial teens brains differ

Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/04/01/teen-brain-boys-conduct-disorder.html

antisocial- showing a lack of care for other people or society in general; not interesting in meeting other people, or not enjoying friendly relationships with them

...antisocial activities such as dropping litter...

...teenagers who will become agressive and antisocial

conduct- behaviour

bad/excellent/disgraceful conduct...

The club has a strict code(= set of rules) of conduct.

adolescence- a period of your life when you change from being a child to being a young adult.

Some people become very self- conscious in adolescence.

He spent most of his adolescence in a children's home.

peer/peers- your peers are the people who are the same age as you or who have the same status as you

His engaging personality made him popular with his peers.

Few players have gained as much respect form their peers as Bobby Robson.

caution- (v) if someone cautions you, they warn you about problems or danger

Tony cautioned against misrepresenting the situation.

The statement clearly was intended to caution Seoul against attempting to block the council's action again.

grey matter- the grey- brown substance in your brain and spinal cord that consist mainly of the bodies of neurons(=cells that carry messages to and from your brain); you can refer to your intelligence or your brain as grey matter

... an unsolved mathematical equation which has caused his grey matter to work overtime...

It's an entertaining film but it doesn't exactly stimulate the old grey matter.

merely- you use merely to emphasize that something is only what you say and not better, more important, or more exciting; just;simply

Michael is now merely a good friend..

They are offering merely technical assistance

The scientific researches have shown recently that there is a kind of dissimilarity between the brains of belligerent and antisocial male teenagers and the common ones. They point at a difference in the brain's grey matter of boys with conduct disorder compared with the normal teenagers.

Conduct disorder means increased tendency to belligerent and antisocial behaviour and it can begin in an early childhood or later, in adolescence. Boys who suffer from this illness, have the two parts of their brains, the amygdala and the insula greatly smaller than the healthy boys. It makes clear why they have problems with recognizing other's people sentiments. That's because these two regions of the brain are responsible for emotion, perception and empathy.

The researchers say that new, additional tests are needed to find out if these transformations in brain are a cause or a result of the conduct disorder.

Sweet lover

I've just come back home. I'm feeling so sick:( I was in a nice cafe with my friend. I ordered a very large piece of chocolate cake, covered with cherries and liquer. In addition to this- a mug of coffee with a whipped cream. It was all so sweet..I think I oversweetened myself. I always do it because when I see such a wide variety of tasty, beautifully looking cakes I can't stop myself and want to eat it all. Why am I so greedy?:p

Is it beautifull, isn't it?

PRECIS 5

Census spotlights India's 'missing girls'

Link:http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110403/lf_afp/indiapopulationgendersociety;_ylt=AorezvhGHXuih7YVd3d5IobVJRIF;_ylu=X3oDMTMzYm5ycW43BGFzc2V0A2FmcC8yMDExMDQwMy9pbmRpYXBvcHVsYXRpb25nZW5kZXJzb2NpZXR5BHBvcwMxMwRzZWMDeW5fYXJ0aWNsZV9zdW1tYXJ5X2xpc3QEc2xrA2NlbnN1c3Nwb3RsaQ--

census- an occasion on which government officials count the people who live in a country and record other information about them

...statistics from the 2001 census...

...census returns...

spotlight- (v) if something spotlights a particular problem or situation, it makes people notice it and think about it

...a new book spotlighting female entrepreneurs...

The news spotlighted the city's financial problems.

bias- an attitude that you have that makes you treat someone in a way that is unfair or different from the way you treat other people; a tendency to prefer one person or thing to another, and to favour that person or thing; bias against/ towards

Bias against women permeates  every level of the judical system.

They were accused of bias against people over 50.

facilitate- to facilitate an action or process, especially one that you would like to happen, means to make easier or more likely to happen

The new airport will facilitate the development of tourism.

The counsellor may be able to facilitate communication between the couple.

heir- someone who will receive money, property, or a title when another person dies

Richard was now heir to the throne of the Angevin Empire.

Hesketh was the heir to a grocery fortune.

breadwinner- the person who earns the money to support a family,( the money that the family needs for essential things)

I've always paid the bills and been the breadwinner.

I am breadwinner of my family, as I am the only one who makes the money.

hefty- large and heavy

Richard is a really hefty bloke.

If he is found guilty, he faces a hefty fine.

Being a woman in India is very hard. Being a woman in this country is not a privilege. Hindus do not want to have daughters. That is why we can hear about the practice called "sex-selective abortion". This practice means terminating a pregnancy based upon the predicted sex of the fetus. This cruel procedure is now again in the public eyes, because of the last official caunt of the population. The census shows the proportion of female to male kids at its lowest level for 1947. There are only 914 girls for every 1000 boys.

The prejudice against women in India is very strong. Girl is usually seen a burden, because her family must gather a large amount of money, which is given as a dowry to girl's husband when they get married. The fact of killing girls infantis has in India a long "tradition". In the old days girls were choked, drowned, or poisoned. Nowadays, it is easier to get rid of unwanted foetus, using abortion facilitated by low-cost ultrasound technology.

Legal regulations which forbid sex-determination tests are ineffective and skipped all the time. About half a milion female foetuses are aborted every year in India. All the actions that the government has carried out during last years and all the efforts it has made to decrease this number, had a little effect. The matter is that Indian mentality and beliefs must be changed. Indians should understand that they do not have a right to choose if they want a son or a daughter.

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For me this week was very short...too short truly saying:/ I didn't have a lot of time to learn for the tests:/ Luckily the weather is so good and it gives me a positive energy:-) And what's more, I stopped sneezing:p