30th anniversary of the Chernobyl accident

Hi guys,

last English lesson we have been watching a documentation about the disaster, which happened in Chernobyl exactly 30 year ago. I have to summarize the first 45 minutes of the documentation. First of all, the accident is described, the security systems were deactivated to try a new way of safety measure. After this, suddenly the atomic plant exploded and radioactivity ran in the sky, so the clouds were contaminated. Two 2 men died immediately in this night and several men the following months. This accident is called the most serious accident in the European history. The first journalist, who reported about the accident, flew by a helicopter across the reactor and opened the window so he exposed himself radioactivity. It was also said, that this blast contained 100 times more radiation than the nuclear bombs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined. While a metering of radioactivity in Pripyat, the equipment showed a value, which was 500,000 times higher than the normal value. First after 3 days the city, which had 50,000 inhabitants, was evacuated. The people had only 2 hours to get all their belongings.

Finally, the documentation reports, that the first Europeans, who noticed that something went wrong in Chernobyl, were the Swedes.

This was my short review of the first 45 minutes of the documentation. I hope, I could give you a little summary.

Here is the link to the video: Documentation

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Public health care in Austria

Hi guys,

in our last English lesson we have discussed about public health care. So I would like to make a short comment on that. In Austria the essential health services are paid by the government. But what services are regarded as ‘essential’? I’m going to examine 3 cases of operations with a fine-tooth comp and I will decide, if the operation costs should be paid by the government or by the persons on their own.

The first case is, a tattoo which the patient says causing him mental distress. In my opinion the patient has to pay on his own, because he decides to have this tattoo. For example, it is the name of his ex-girlfriend, it was his mistake to get tattooed. Now he has to accept his mistake and pay for the removal.

The second case is, a cosmetic surgery on an actor’s large nose. On this case I’m also in the favour, that the actor has to pay. It’s the same, if a footballer wants to get taller, because he will win more header-duels. There is no reason, why the government should pay for the success of someone.

The third and last case I’m going to talk about is, a breast reduction on a 13-year-old who is being teased at school. In my opinion this should be paid by the government, because no child should suffer in his childhood and if it only could be change by a breast reduction, the government should pay the costs.

Now you can think about this topic, do you agree with me in this 3 cases or not?

state of emergency extension in France

I was reading an article the other day in the online edition of BBC News and it talks about the state of emergency extension for EURO 2016 in France.

I thought you might be interested because the majority of us is going to watch a football game on our trip to France.

It has now been a topic since November 2015, when the Paris attacks happened.

Basically, the article relates that the French government plans to extend a state of emergency, which was imposed after the Paris attacks in November, to cover the Euro 2016 football tournament.

It also says that the current state of emergency, which gives police extra powers to conduct searches and place people under house arrest, runs until 26 May. The state of emergency was last extended for three months in February.

As you might know, the Stade de France football stadium, which was targeted by suicide bombers, will host the opening match of Euro 2016 and the final.

What interested me most was that the French government instruct 1,200 security officials to care for safety in the Stade de France football stadium and an average of 900 across all stadiums.

What shocked me most was that on Friday last week more than 3,500 searches and 400 arrests had been carried out since the state of Emergency was first imposed in November.

What do you think about the safety measures in France?

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My internship

Hi guys,

last week I had to do an internship.  I applied as an office clerk at the company, called “buntmetall amstetten”. I worked 7 days from 7:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., so I stayed at the company for about 38.5 hours.

The main task, which was in my responsibility, was to change all the packaging codes of the materials. Let me explain this. Every material has one packaging code, so the operatives know how to pack the goods. The new packaging codes have the purpose to make the packing more understandable. So it is easier for the operatives to work faster and they are able to pack more goods in less time.

Furthermore, my colleagues were very nice and helpful. If I have the chance to work there again, I would take it. In the summer holiday I’m going to work again in “buntmetall amstetten”, but not in the office, but in the factory.

This was my week as a worker in a short form. I hope, I could give you a little view, what I have done.

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