domingo, 9 de septiembre de 2007

Descriptive essay 2 - Switzerland

Descriptive essay
Living in Switzerland

Switzerland offers a lifestyle that most of us dream of, and it remains deservedly popular. For example:

The Health: the Switzerland has a reputation of efficient healthcare because all residents have medical coverage.
Shopping: In all the country you can find a lot of smaller shops, with different things for the home and for the personal necessities. The supermarkets in Switzerland close very late because the people need a lot of things every, for this reason closing times are 12:15 and 2 p.m. In the other hand the cost of food is high, for this reason the people al the time are thinking in work because if the people want a excellent lifestyle need have money.

Socializing: The Swiss historically are very reserved; however went other people is friendly with they the answer will be favourably the most important is that the foreign people learn the language because this is important to know good friends and to receive help. Other thing important is that the Swiss are people very punctually and for this single reason they wait for 5 minutes to the people with whom they have appointments.


Accommodations: the Swiss live in comfortable apartments locate in Zurich or Geneva. Its apartments are very comfortable because have communal laundry rooms and communal heating systems that help the people with the cost. Other thing important is that in these apartments the people are very calm at night because all are very calm after certain hours, in the other hand all the community are very clean and for this reason recycling is a way of life in Switzerland.

Transport: in Switzerland the transport is amazing because the people can find an excellent train system that is very economic.




Food: for the Swiss the chocolate is the most important food and for this reason historically the Swiss have been eating more than 10 kilos of chocolate every year. The chocolate is an obsession for this reason all the people prefer an excellent chocolate than a fruit or vegetables.

Atmosphere: the crime in Switzerland is very low and for this reason a lot of foreign people have been thinking that this country is a good place to raise the family. Lives in Switzerland motivate the people to do extreme something as hiking, cycling, water-sports, skiing, and snowboarding but the important is that the extreme sport are very safe.

1 comentario:

ketty Guerrero Ardila dijo...

Hi Emma!!!!

Excellent description about lifestyle. I think you have showed specific conditions of swiss people. You have confirmed the popular belief that this country offers a high level of life to citizens.