Ahorrar o gastar, comunicación presencial y viajar en la juventud: guía de inglés para tu examen
1. Do you prefer spending money as you earn or saving for future use?
To live a happy life, today money is very important and necessary, since it is essential to satisfy all kinds of needs. People who have a lot of money spend it almost without thinking about it, but people who have limited money think twice before spending it. I think it is always good to save some money instead of spending it immediately, since some unforeseen event may arise.
People cannot predict the future, that is why it is always good to have some money saved, since any type of unforeseen event can happen at the least expected moment, such as losing your job, an economic crisis, a robbery at home... But I also have to say that we should not spend our entire lives saving without enjoying it.
Just as it is always good to have money saved, we have the right and the duty to enjoy it. We work to live; we do not live to work. Life consists of enjoying it, but knowing that we have that "protection" of having some money saved in case something comes up that we didn't expect.
There are people who dedicate their whole lives to earning money, and others who only spend it on enjoyment. Neither extreme is good. Keeping balance is the key. Although my thinking leans more towards that of now, I do not deny that enjoying life is also important due to the brevity of life.
2. What do you prefer: face-to-face communication or interaction on social media?
Communication is not simply what we want to convey; it is the gestures, the tone, the facial expression... All of this contributes to a better understanding of the message we want to convey. For these reasons, I think it is clear that I prefer face-to-face communication.
Since the arrival of social media such as WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram, all relationships have been technologized and thus cooled, since eye contact and body expressions are completely eliminated. I prefer to have face-to-face conversations, since through a screen I don't know if I am talking to the person I should be talking to, because of this there have been many kidnappings and murders.
Despite all the bad things, for shy people, for example, it is a great "invention". It also allows us to send messages that cannot be taken out of context, such as "I'm coming home": concise messages without double meaning.
In short, I am of the opinion that talking about things in person avoids misunderstandings and problems. We also avoid greater evils such as harassment and even kidnappings...
3. Do you think young people benefit from travelling?
Travelling is important for both young people and adults, as it teaches us quite significant life skills, gives us the opportunity to meet new people, and teaches us the ability to adapt to new environments. From my point of view, it is not really young people who benefit from travelling since, as a general rule, we do not take this type of trip seriously.
My reasons are that, at least for the young people around me, when they inform us of a trip, most of us think of things outside of school, that is, topics very different from education. To be clearer, we think of a party, alcohol, free time... and not of anything related to learning new things or the curiosities of the place.
Instead, with travel we should learn, for example, to be more self-sufficient and responsible. Travelling should also help us decide what we want in life, and this will force us to decide what to do. Young adults who have had the opportunity to travel are much more outgoing and open-minded than those who have not. An enjoyable experience can improve confidence in doing something new, as it not only gives us a positive perspective on ourselves and our role in the world, but also gives us great travel experiences that will impact our lives.
Conclusion
In conclusion, being able to travel at an early age should bring us extraordinary and incomparable things, but by not knowing how to take advantage of them, we lose unique opportunities.