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In 1971,In the Philippines, some men discovered a group of 25 people in the rainforest. They called themselves Tasaday people and they lived like cave people in the stone age. They had fire but they did not use the wheel, did not have agriculture. They collected plants to eat and they trapped fish in the river. They were very peaceful people and they believed that the animals were their natural friends. The scientists claimed for protection and many governments gave money to the Philippines to make sure the Tasaday people were safe.They stopped all tree-cutting and road building in the area. A few months later, a journalist visited the Tasadays and he discovered that these people lived in houses, not in caves, they watched television and they wore modern clothes. They told the journalist that they were paid to look like prehistoric people. When the scientists returned very angry they found Tasadays living like in the stone age cave people again. Today that status is wid...

Queen Victoria was crowned on the death of William IV in 1837 and she died in 1901. It was a reign of tremendous change in the lives of all Britons. During this time Britain became the most powerful country in the world with the largest empire that had ever existed. Britain ruled one fifth of the world´s surface and one quarter of the people.  

The Bermuda Triangle is an area in the Atlantic Ocean, near Florida in the United States. Some years ago, many aeroplanes dissapeared when they were flying through the area. Ships also dissapeared or sank when they were sailing there. Today, many people say that the area has a special, magical force and that it is  very dangerous. They are frightened of going into the area because they say something might happen to them During the 1940’s Flight 19 squadron was reported missing in the Bermuda Triangle, while on patrol off the Florida coast. The planes encountered an unusual glow in the atmosphere. The second Cyclops , a collier ( a kind of ship),   she coaled ships on patrol with American entry into World War I, Cyclops  joined a convoy in France, and she was assigned to Naval Overseas Transportation Service. She then sailed to Brazilian waters to fuel British ships in the south Atlantic,  She put to sea from Rio de Janiero 16...

Charles Dickens ( Portsmouth , Inglaterra , 7 de febrero de 1812 – Gads Hill Place , Inglaterra , 9 de junio de 1870 ) fue un famoso novelista inglés , uno de los más conocidos de la literatura universal, y el principal de la era victoriana . Fue maestro del género narrativo . En su obra destacan las descripciones de gente y lugares, tanto reales como imaginarios, su dominio de la lengua inglesa es inigualable, sus personajes son inolvidables, y tenía una profunda sensibilidad social. Sus novelas y relatos cortos disfrutaron de gran popularidad en vida del escritor, y aún hoy se editan continuamente. Dickens escribió novelas por entregas, el formato usual de su época, por la simple razón de que no todo el mundo poseía los recursos económicos necesarios para comprar un libro, y cada nueva entrega de sus historias era esperada con gran entusiasmo por sus lectores, nacionales e internacionales. Dickens fue y sigue siendo venerado como un ídolo literario por escr...

Choose the correct words. 1.-My foot hurts, so I´ll go/I´m going to the doctor´s this evening- 2.-Our car is really old, so we´ll buy/we´re going to buy a new one. 3.-Let´s go to the cinema tonight. I´ll meet/I´m meeting you outside at eight o´clock 4.- I´ll play/I´m playing tennis with Jonh this afternoon, so I´d better take my tennis racket. 5.-Harry ´ll get up/´s going to get up early tomorrow to study for the exam. 6.- I´ll call/I´m calling you later about Saturday night. 7.-They can´t come to my party because they´re flying/they´ll fly to Paris that weekend. 8.- I´m going / I´ll go to the hairdresser´s tomorrow at 5.15