1. BEING A MIDWIFE.
The text is about a nurse, who talk about her job, comparing it with the
same job in the UK. She says that in Malawi, her place, the public
hospital are in bad conditions and it makes the staff go away, and work in
the private sector.
She is a nurse tutor, and she teaches in the classroom, and in the clinical
area too, because it’s the best option for the students.
She compaires it with the teaching system in the UK, that the students
only have clasroom’s classes.
She says too, that her work is ensuaring that the patients are cared for
with respect because most of them, in sub-Saharan Africa, are HIV
possitive.
She had to know how to work in those conditions, with scant resources.
KEEPING THE MEMORY OF LOVED ONES ALIVE.
The text talks about the losing of a close friend or a family member can
be unbearable for someone.
Sometimes, the people who is diagnosed with a terminal ilness, or
something like that, chose the option of create a tangible memorabilia
about themselves for their friends and their family , expecting be
remembered forever.
For example a memory book, which contains photos, some things, and
personal notes. Or is used too, the audio recordings to hear the voice of
the person forever, or videos, or handwritten letters.
Losing a loved ones is very hard but is part of our lives, so if we create a
tangible memory is a little easier.
WHAT A HALF SMILE REALLY MEANS
Simple annoyance or outright rage?
The text talks about our half smiles; sometimes it’s good looking for the
peolple, and sometimes, it doesn’t mean the same.
The facial expressions expres our emotions and they are made in very
fast period of time, but often the people can´t understand it, or the
misreading of it results miscommunication.
A professor of psycologist, Paul Ekman, wrote a book about this team,
and created two important topics: one of them is the Micro Expressions
Training Tool, which talk about concealed emotions, and the other is
Subtle Expressions Training Tool, about more subtle expressions in our
face.

2. KNOW YOUR MEDICINES
The text is about the taking of medicines.
It says that is important have the correct information about the drugs that
we buy, so the person who can give you all that information is your local
pharmacist.
The pharmacists are professionals, so the things that you say to him are
confidentials. They can give you advices about some ilness such as colds
or coughts, but you have to explain to him how long have you had the
problem, how do you feel, and the names of the medicines you have
been taking.
All medicines are tasted and authorised, but they are separated in three
groups, one of them is sold only on presription, other is sold only in
pharmacies, and other is sold in many kind of shops, like kiosks.
Always you have to read the information contained in the label.
DARK SIDE OF SUNNY SPAIN FOR BRITAIN’S ELDERLY
EXPATRIATES
This text explains that In Denia Hospital, on Spain’s Costa Blanca, the
Expat-run charity is necessary for the thousands of british patients that
pass through there.
The spanish authorities was with a big burden because the medical
resources were very poor, also the Spanish doctors were refusing to treat
anyone who cannot speak Spanish without an interpreter present.
A research showed that expat pesented problems at hospitals in spanish
costas, but the 10 % of them can communicate so well.
Also, the society called for extra resources to deal with the resign costs.