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Babysitting: niñera                    

  car washing:  lavado de coches                    

 delivering newspapers/ advertising leaflets: la entrega de periódicos / folletos de publicidad

dog walking:   pasear al perro                 

 gardening:  la jardinería                       

 giving private lessons: dando clases particulares

helping at an animal centre: ayudando a un centro de animales       

 working in a bar/hotel/shop/supermarket: trabajar en un bar / hotel / tienda / supermercado

working as a lifeguard: trabajando como salvavidas

ANIMAL EMOTIONS 5 10 15 20 You may love your pet, but does your pet love you? Most animal lovers claim that animals definitely experience emotions. Many stories are told of older dogs who become jealous when a new dog (or a baby) arrives home. For many years, however, scientists did not agree that animals experienced emotions; these behaviours, they said, were simply physiological reactions to external stimuli. But now new research is beginning to confirm that animals may have feelings much like ours. Recent studies have shown that many animals, including chimpanzees, dogs, horses, rats and birds, experience emotions similar to human jealousy, grief and love. Fear has also been widely observed by scientists, perhaps unsurprisingly, since this emotion helps in survival. Biologist Samuel Gosling claims that dogs exhibit four dimensions of personality: affection, sociability, emotional stability and “competence”, a combination of intelligence and obedience. These are similar to the categories of human personality generally found in basic psychological tests. Other studies have shown that when a recording of dogs’ “laughter” is played to other dogs, they start to play with each other, and rats who “laugh” frequently seem to be popular among other rats, offering further proof of emotions among animals. In addition, animals respond to anti-depressant drugs and this proves that their brain chemistry, which is affected by the drug, must be similar to ours. Experts believe that their emotions must therefore be similar, too. However, if animals really do have human-like emotions, there are some serious issues to consider: how fair is it, for example, for humans to keep animals in cages, or use them for pharmaceutical testing?

ESCRBE UNA "T" MAYÚSCULA EN LAS AFIMACIONES VERDADERAS
Y UNA "F" MAYÚSCULA EN LAS FALSAS.

(Write capital "T" for true staments and capital "F" when it is false)


1. Animal lovers believe that dogs can be jealous 

2. Scientists are beginning to believe that animals have got feelings 

3. Only humans experience both positive and negative emotions 

4. Dogs often “laugh” when they see other dogs playing 

 

The House of Lords is a component of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also includes the Sovereign and the House of Commons. The House of Lords is an unelected body, consisting of 26 senior clerics of the Church of England (the "Lords Spiritual"), as well as 669 members of the Peerage (the "Lords Temporal"). Lords Spiritual serve as long as they continue to occupy their ecclesiastical positions, but Lords Temporal serve for life. Members of the House of Lords are known as "Lords of Parliament".

The House of Lords originated in the 14th century and has been in almost continuous existence since. It was abolished in 1649 by the revolutionary government that came to power during the English Civil War, but was restored in 1660.

The House of Lords (the "Upper House") was once more powerful than the elected House of Commons (the "Lower House"). Since the 19th century, however, the powers of the House of Lords have been steadily declining; now, the Upper House is far weaker than its parliamentary counterpart.

Under the Parliament Act 1911, most legislation passed by the House of Commons can be delayed, but cannot be rejected, by the House of Lords. Reforms were enacted under the House of Lords Act 1999, which removed the automatic hereditary right of many peers to sit in the Upper House. Additional reforms are contemplated by the current Labour Government, but have not been passed into law.

In addition to performing legislative functions, the House of Lords also holds judicial powers: it constitutes the highest court of appeal for most cases in the United Kingdom. The judicial functions of the House of Lords are not performed by the whole Chamber, but rather by a group of members with legal experience, who are known as "Law Lords". The House of Lords is not the only court of last resort in the United Kingdom; in some cases, that role is fulfilled by the Privy Council.

The full, formal style of the House of Lords is: The Right Honourable The Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament Assembled. The House of Lords, like the House of Commons, meets in the Palace of Westminster.

1. The members of the House of Lords are elected by the people.
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2. Members of the House of Lords are known as "Lords of Parliament".
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3. The House of Lords has more power than the House of Commons nowadays.
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4. The House of Lords can reject legislation passed by the House of Commons.
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5. The House of Lords has also judicial powers.
True.
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6. The House of Lords meets in the Palace of Westminster.
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