Real Beauty?

Maybe you've heard about or seen the latest advertising campaign that the Dove company has come up with. 

Watch the video here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOq71eKI5Mg

Watch a parody of the ad here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8Jiwo3u6Vo

What do you think?  Do you think the video is accurate?  Do women really see themselves in such a negative way?  And what about the men? :-)

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Gross National Happiness?

Gross National Happiness (GNH) is measured in Bhutan, much like Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is measured in other countries.  GNH is a way of measuring the population's quality of life and progress in a more human way than the economic measure GDP.

Have you ever heard of GNH?  What do you know about the country of Bhutan?

Here are a couple of articles to get you started:
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/bhutan/gnh.html
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1016266,00.html
http://www.grossnationalhappiness.com/

Do some research and learn more about this interesting little country!

1.  Define GNH and GDP.
2.  Find out some basic facts about Bhutan (location, population, geography, history, etc.)  Write a short description of the country.
3.  Do you think that GNH is an important indicator?  What about GDP?  Should they be used in combination with each other?

Write your answers to tasks 1-3 and send them to us at tutor@virtualingua.de.
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