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Tell us how much money you had to begin with ($200, $1000, or $2500) How did it feel to have more or less money than other people in the class? What did you spend the most money on and why? What did you spend the least amount of money one and why?

1.I had $200. I feel bad because the 200 dollars is so much less than another people's. Even the middle class (1000 dollars) is 5 times more than what I had .I spent money on the food , beans veggies and meat. Because the food is a more important item even though we are not rich, but we must have some enjoyment in life and the enjoyment is in eating better. I spent the least amount of money on a radio (50 dollars). Because the radio is the only way that one can know the difference between me and the cave man. I must know something about the world.

How many of you could not afford education? What would your lives be like if you could not go to school?

2.I can’t. If I can’t go to school maybe I would be a farmer or do some jobs that are in the mountains. I am not adding pollution to the world. Maybe I would like to go live the life of self-sufficiency.

What were some of the trade-offs in your decisions and choices? In other words did you have to make certain sacrifices in order to buy other things you needed or wanted? (For example: buying purified water in order to afford to send your children to a better school)How would it feel to have to choose between food and health care?

3.No , because I really don’t have choices. I don’t have the freedom to choose between them because I can’t really pay. For example I cannot afford education the cost is too cost enormous for me.

How many of you have ever been very sick or gone to a hospital or had friends and family who have? What would your life be like now if you had been unable to get medical care?

4. Yes I have . If I was really this poor ,I will drink much water and rest if I unable to get medical care.

When you were choosing what to buy, did you think about the environmental impact? For those of you in the lowest income range, did you have a choice about the environmental impact you produced? If not, how did it feel to not have a choice??

No.I feel bad, but I don’t have any choice because I am really poor.

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Flu 'will leave classrooms empty'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7810000/newsid_7811000/7811070.stm?ls

• After the Christmas holidays, today is the first day back to school for many schools.
• However, there are worries that many pupils and teachers will not make to the school because of the flu.
• A lot of people have been affected by the illness.
• Doctors say that they have had more call-out than ever before.
• The classrooms could be left almost empty but doctor's office will be really busy.
• Somehow, there is a good news that the worst is almost finish, said the doctors.
• Many doctors being called out during this past weeks.
• There has been 60% call-outs in the West Midlands of England, and the North West the numbers have increased by 34%.

Car worth £3m found in garage

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7800000/newsid_7808400/7808436.stm?ls

• In Newcastle, there is a very unusual and very expensive car has been found in a garage and it covered by dust.
• This car was in the garage for 50 years.
• The car owner, Dr Carr died, and his family did not know this car was the Bugatti Type 57S Atalante.
• Next month in Paris, this car is going to be sold at auction and it could net them as much as 3 million pounds.
• This classic car was made in 1937 and only 16 others like it were built, so it is really rare.
• This car was not the only car that Dr Carr left for his family, there were also 2 other classic cars, an Aston Martin and a Jaguar E-type.
• Dr Carr's nephew said that the whole family can not believe it, however, they will make sure that the money is shared out among the family.
• What a wonderful thing to leave for the rest of family.
• The auction house person, James Knight said that "one of the last great barn discoveries".
  

Fresh wave of rioting hits Greece

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7780000/newsid_7782600/7782662.stm

• More then one rioting in Greece in protest.
• And one 15 years old teenager had died, named Alexamdros Grigoropoulos.
• Eight days ago, this teenager was shot and killed by police in Athens.
• In the capital city, the protesters gathered to target the police station where Grigoropoulos was murdered take place.
• Regardless the continueing rioting, several peaceful services had been held to remember this teenager.
• During the protest, at least 70 people had been hurt in this eight days.
• The Greek Prime Minister, Costas Karamanlis had received many phone calls to ask him and the government to quit.
• However, Minister Costas Karamanlis states that he will not be controlled by the protestors.

'Worst' ice storm grips America

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7780000/newsid_7782500/7782524.stm

• There is a big seriously ice storm in the north east America.
• More then one million home has no power because of it.
• Many houses and schools had been damaged and 4 people havd died.
• People described this incident incident is one of the worst ice storm in this 10 years.
• Many part of states has declared states of emergency, such as, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and parts of Maine and New York state.
• This big freeze will be comtinue and people have to wait longer for the power get back.
• The offcials get more help to deal with the ice and the devastation due to the declaring states of emergency.

Cholera claims lives in Zimbabwe

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7760000/newsid_7760000/7760002.stm

• There disease is called cholera and more than 400 people have died in Zimbabwe because of it.
• And hundreds of people have left the country.
• Cholera is spread by drinking water. And there is no clean water to drink in this country's capital.
• The health system does not work efficiently and there have been many problems in Zimbabwe.
• In fact, cholera is not a difficult to treat, but not enough medicine in Zimbabwe.
• Although this has been a problem for years, but this time is the worst since 2000.
• The main cause of this problem is the restrictions placed on what the country is allowed to buy, which is sanctions.
• A lot of countries, that is including the UK, do not really like and support Zimbabwe President, Robert Mugabe, and others try to force him to give up his role as Zimbabwe's leader by the sanctions in place.