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=WELCOME TO THE RELIGIOUS IN THE WORLD MODULE! = = = =In this module, you will learn and discuss: = = =

 -To know and gain information about the main five religions around the world.
= = = = =-To discuss hypothetical issued about life and speculate upon them. = = = =-To learn the use of the conditionals for discussing hypothetical issues. =


 * =RELIGIONS AROUND THE WORLD! = ||>  ||
 * # =Read the following paragraphs about main religions around the world and highlight the main ideas from each one. = ||>  ||
 * CHRISTIANITY

Christianity was founded 2000 years ago by Jesus Christ, who was born in Bethlehem, Israel. Jesus was born in the Jewish faith, but began to interpret the Jewish Bible in a new way. After his death his teachings were written and compiled in the New Testament of the Bible. Christians believe in one God. Holds that Jesus is the Son of God, who rose, and those who follow him will have eternal. ||> ||
 * [[image:religionsintheworld/ReligionsoftheWorld.jpg align="left"]] ||> JUDAISM

Judaism is the religion of the Jews, originated about 2000 years before Christ, when the old Hebrew people settled in what is now Israel. Judaism is the father of the other two major monotheistic religions in the world, Christianity and Islam. There is no single founder but Abraham was the first leader. The Holy Scripture is the Jewish Bible, also called Torah. After the persecution in Europe, these people set their homeland in Israel, in 1948, although Jews are found in many countries. Its symbol is the Star of David, with six points. ||
 * BUDDHISM

Buddhism is based on the teachings of Buddha, "enlightened", a prince born in India around 530 BC. Buddha taught that suffering is always present in daily life and is caused by wanting things. The liberation of desire is the end of pain and to obtain perfect peace, or "nirvana." Although Buddhism began in India, his followers are in various countries. ||> ||
 * [[image:One-World-Religion.jpg]] ||> ISLAM

Muslims practice the Islamic faith is based on the belief of one god, Allah, Islam has common roots with Judaism and Christianity. Mahon is the prophet chosen by Allah to interpret his writing. Mahon words revealed by Allah in the Koran were written. After the death of Muhammad, Islam split into two branches: the traditional Sunnis that followed the teachings of Muhammad, and the radical Shiites who followed his cousin and son of Muhammad Ali. The Shiites are the majority in Iran and Iraq, the Sunnis are in other countries. ||
 * HINDUISM

Hinduism originated in India around 1750 BC. The word "Hindu" comes from the Persian word referring to "India" Their holy book is the Vedas, a collection of hymns and songs. Most Hindus believe in many gods, but in an underlying divine (Brahman). They believe that when someone dies, his soul is reincarnated in another body. A person who leads a good life is reborn in a higher one, the evil lives lead to a lower life. The goal is freedom from the cycle of reincarnation and become part of Brahman. ||> ||
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 * <span style="color: #5757d1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">Listening Excercis
 * <span style="color: #5757d1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">Listening Excercis

<span style="color: #5757d1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">2. Listen attentively the next song and fill in the blanks with words from the box, then discuss with a partner the main idea of this song. <span style="color: #5757d1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">HIGHWAY TO HELL By AC/DC ||> <span style="background-color: #2af4f4; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">Living/ Reason/ Would /Slow /Rocking /Promised /Highway /Down ||  ||   || <span style="background-color: #eaa35d; color: #170d0d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">Living easy, free

<span style="background-color: #eaa35d; color: #170d0d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;"> Season ticket on a one-way ride

<span style="background-color: #eaa35d; color: #170d0d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;"> Asking nothing, leave me be

<span style="background-color: #eaa35d; color: #170d0d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;"> Taking everything in my stride

<span style="background-color: #eaa35d; color: #170d0d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;"> Don't need, don't need rhyme

<span style="background-color: #eaa35d; color: #170d0d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;"> Ain't nothing I rather do

<span style="background-color: #eaa35d; color: #170d0d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;"> Going down, party time

<span style="background-color: #eaa35d; color: #170d0d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;"> My friends are gonna be there too

<span style="background-color: #eaa35d; color: #170d0d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;"> I'm on the highway to hell (x4)

<span style="background-color: #eaa35d; color: #170d0d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;"> No stop signs, speed limit

<span style="background-color: #eaa35d; color: #170d0d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;"> Nobody's gonna me down

<span style="background-color: #eaa35d; color: #170d0d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;"> Like a wheel, gonna spin it

<span style="background-color: #eaa35d; color: #170d0d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;"> Nobody's gonna mess me round

<span style="background-color: #eaa35d; color: #170d0d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;"> Hey Satan, payed my dues

<span style="background-color: #eaa35d; color: #170d0d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;"> Playing in a ___ band__

__<span style="background-color: #eaa35d; color: #170d0d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;"> Hey Momma, look at me __

__<span style="background-color: #eaa35d; color: #170d0d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;"> I'm on my way to the land __

__<span style="background-color: #eaa35d; color: #170d0d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;"> I'm on the to hell __

__<span style="background-color: #eaa35d; color: #170d0d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;"> (Don't stop me) __

__<span style="background-color: #eaa35d; color: #170d0d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;"> And I'm going ____, all the way down

<span style="background-color: #eaa35d; color: #170d0d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;"> I'm on the highway to hell.
 * media type="youtube" key="b0LDbf4ipWM" height="315" width="420" ||
 * media type="youtube" key="USR3bX_PtU4" height="315" width="420" || <span style="color: #c534c5; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 210%;">3. Listen to the following song and identify conditionals. Then write a short text showing the differences between the lyrics.
 * media type="youtube" key="USR3bX_PtU4" height="315" width="420" || <span style="color: #c534c5; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 210%;">3. Listen to the following song and identify conditionals. Then write a short text showing the differences between the lyrics.

<span style="color: #905113; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 150%;">Joan Osbourne

<span style="color: #905113; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 150%;"> If God Was One of Us

<span style="color: #905113; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 150%;"> source: []

<span style="background-color: #d85a5a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;">If God had a name, what would it be <span style="background-color: #d85a5a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;"> And would you call it to his face <span style="background-color: #d85a5a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;"> If you were faced with him in all his glory <span style="background-color: #d85a5a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;"> What would you ask if you had just one question

<span style="background-color: #d85a5a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;"> And yeah yeah God is great yeah yeah God is good <span style="background-color: #d85a5a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;"> yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

<span style="background-color: #d85a5a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;"> What if God was one of us <span style="background-color: #d85a5a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;"> Just a slob like one of us <span style="background-color: #d85a5a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;"> Just a stranger on the bus <span style="background-color: #d85a5a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;"> Trying to make his way home

<span style="background-color: #d85a5a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;"> If God had a face what would it look like <span style="background-color: #d85a5a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;"> And would you want to see <span style="background-color: #d85a5a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;"> If seeing meant that you would have to believe <span style="background-color: #d85a5a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;"> In things like heaven and in jesus and the saints and all the prophets

<span style="background-color: #d85a5a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;"> And yeah yeah god is great yeah yeah god is good <span style="background-color: #d85a5a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;"> yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

<span style="background-color: #d85a5a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;"> What if God was one of us <span style="background-color: #d85a5a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;"> Just a slob like one of us <span style="background-color: #d85a5a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;"> Just a stranger on the bus <span style="background-color: #d85a5a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;"> Trying to make his way home <span style="background-color: #d85a5a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;"> He's trying to make his way home <span style="background-color: #d85a5a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;"> Back up to heaven all alone <span style="background-color: #d85a5a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;"> Nobody calling on the phone <span style="background-color: #d85a5a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;"> Except for the pope maybe in rome

<span style="background-color: #d85a5a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;"> And yeah yeah God is great yeah yeah God is good <span style="background-color: #d85a5a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;"> yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

<span style="background-color: #d85a5a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;"> What if god was one of us <span style="background-color: #d85a5a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;"> Just a slob like one of us <span style="background-color: #d85a5a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;"> Just a stranger on the bus <span style="background-color: #d85a5a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;"> Trying to make his way home <span style="background-color: #d85a5a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;"> Just trying to make his way home <span style="background-color: #d85a5a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;"> Like a holy rolling stone <span style="background-color: #d85a5a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;"> Back up to heaven all alone <span style="background-color: #d85a5a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;"> Just trying to make his way home <span style="background-color: #d85a5a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;"> Nobody calling on the phone <span style="background-color: #d85a5a; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;"> Except for the pope maybe in rome ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="color: #555507; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">4. Read the dialogue by pairs and check the uses of Conditional.

<span style="background-color: #d2d232; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">Felix: I am bored!

<span style="background-color: #d2d232; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">James: Me too! I wish I were not here.

<span style="background-color: #d2d232; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">Felix: If I could just be somewhere else…

<span style="background-color: #d2d232; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">James: That’s easy. Daydream!

<span style="background-color: #d2d232; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">Felix: How do I do that?

<span style="background-color: #d2d232; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">James: When I daydream, I am awake but I am really miles away from in my dreams. You can try it too.

<span style="background-color: #d2d232; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">Felix: What do I have to do?

<span style="background-color: #d2d232; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">James: Just close your eyes and answer my questions. If could go somewhere else, where would you go?

<span style="background-color: #d2d232; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">Judith: Hmmm...! I would go to a different planet.

<span style="background-color: #d2d232; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">James: And, f you could be someone else, who would you be?

<span style="background-color: #d2d232; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">Felix: I would be an alien, and advanced being.

<span style="background-color: #d2d232; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">James: What would you do if you were an alien?

<span style="background-color: #d2d232; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">Felix: I would watch the people on earth and I would feel happy not to be there.

<span style="background-color: #d2d232; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">James: If you could, would you stay there forever?

<span style="background-color: #d2d232; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">Felix: I would rather be there than anywhere else!

<span style="background-color: #d2d232; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">James: That’s not a bad idea. Then… would I be able to have your girlfriend?

<span style="background-color: #d2d232; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">Felix: Very funny!, ha! I don’t think I like this game anymore!

<span style="background-color: #d2d232; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">James: Why? Still bored…? || ||   ||   || = <span style="color: #cf0707; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">To learn more about religions  =
 * <span style="background-color: #49df93; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Learn more and practice conditionals at: [] || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 240%;">Now that you have reviewed this section, please go through our [|discussion forum] about religions in the world and support your ideas accordingly. ||  ||   ||

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