Love and brain chemicals

According to the Oxford English dictionary LOVE is defined as: “an intense feeling of deep fondness or affection for a person or thing, and to fall in love as: to develop a great love for”. In other words, love is an intense feeling of affection for a person or thing. I think we can also include in the definition our pets: dogs, cats or what we have at home, right?

One of your classmates is doing research on what happens in our brain when we fall in love. In the following article, Claire McLoughlin from the press and publications department of the Royal Society of Chemistry of England, writes very interesting things on this topic.

http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/articles/article/clairemcloughlincolumn1.htm/

OK, what you have to do is reading the questions below and then look for the answers in the article.

1) She mentions three stages of love. The second stage is attraction. Which are the first and the third stages?: and .

2) When we fall in love different chemicals surge in our brain. Which are these chemicals and what is their function?:

3) What is the connection between love and chocolate and strawberries?:

4) What is the oxytocin responsible for?:

5) Based on the article, do you think we can be monogamous? Why?:

6) Falling in love is similar to smelling an aromatic fruit. Is that correct? Why?:

Remember you can send me your answers in coherent Spanish or in English. Try writing concrete answers.

And paraphrasing Barry White’s song, the most important thing in love is to love the people just the way they are.

See you next Monday

Benjamin Franklin's address

Remember you have to visit two libraries. One of them is the Benjamin Franklin library. This is the address:

Liverpool 31, Col. Juárez, C.P. 06600, México, D.F. Tels.: 5080-2089 / 5080-2733

They are open from 11:00 to 19:00, Monday to Friday

Have a wonderful day!

Time is over

It's 12:27. Thanks for participating. I don't receive more homeworks.
See you next Tuesday.

Life is a wonderful thing. Enjoy it¡

Sincerely,
Norberto

Homework for English III

I have selected the first topic to begin working in this blog. The topic is part of the selection topics you are going to develop in your final problems.
It has to do with wine, spiritual drinking connected to human history. Wine is a fundamental element in religion, art, literature and science.
Even in love, wine is important. A love affaire with no wine is like a birthday party with no cake.
I found an internet article from a newspaper in the United Kindom, The Independent. In this article, they refer an important finding about the oldest wine ever discovered.
So, let’s begin. I want you to open the link:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/now-thats-what-you-call-a-real-vintage-professor-unearths-8000yearold-wine-577863.html

and answer the following questions:

1)The wine the scientists discovered dates back to: ____________
2)Where was this wine discovered?
3)Who is the scientist leading the study and what University is he with?
4)What is the extraordinary cultural and religious evidence he yielded about this wine?

Remember, you can send me your answers in Spanish as late as Sunday at 12:00

Best regards,

Norberto

Welcome back dear students

We are about to begin this new semester and it comes with a very good surprise for the students of English I. Since this is a surprise I won't tell you anything about it. But be ready!

This semester I am going to have the chance to work with two English 1 groups and other two English 3 groups.

I hope we get along pretty well and learn a lot during the course. I know it will be this way.

In the past I posted in Spanish. As of this message everything will be posted in English. Don't worry if understanding this seems to be difficult for you. I am sure that within a few weeks you will get used to reading in English. But anyways, if you have doubts, do not hesitate to ask me. I will be very glad to answer your questions.

So see you very very soon.

Regards,

Norberto

¡Bienvenidos al blog de los grupos de Inglés!

Queridos estudiantes, sean todos ustedes bienvenidos a este blog. En él, tendremos la oportunidad de expresarnos y aprender cosas nuevas.

Este espacio está diseñado para leer, reflexionar, opinar y escribir sobre los temas de los cursos de Inglés de la prepa Coyoacán del IEMS.

Espero de todo corazón que aprovechemos juntos este cyberlugar para comunicarnos y generar en conjunto una alternativa educativa novedosa y atractiva que les permita obtener lo mejor de sus cursos.

En este blog encontrarán, semana a semana, una "entrada" nueva de acuerdo a sus cursos. Cuando digo entrada "entrada" quiero que piensen en el chico o la chica que les gusta y que de repente les da "entrada" y entonces ustedes se tienen que aplicar con sus mejores estrategias para conquistar a dicha persona.

Aquí también se tendrán que aplicar, pero no necesariamente para cuestiones románticas sino educativas. Y les aseguro que lo educativo es bastante entretenido, divertido y hasta romántico.

Las "entradas"semanales los guiarán en el proceso de lectura, pensamiento y escritura que propone este espacio. También semanalmente podrán hacer ustedes sus propias aportaciones a este blog.

Nuevamente les doy la más cordial bienvenida.

Atentamente,

El teacher Norberto