WRITTEN OR SPOKEN?

WRITTEN OR SPOKEN?

In English language we tend to use the same phrases and expression no matter if we are writing or speaking with someone. But, there are some differences we have to take in count at the moment of express our ideas correctly and appropriately.

First, read the following summaries about three people and then look at the video below to understand the difference about expressing talking and in a writen way.

Leonardo Dicaprio

The winner of the Oscar for the best actor loves help to social change, more specifically to everything related to the environment and ecology. The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation has been operating since 1998 and works in four different areas: the protection of biodiversity, the conservation of the oceans, the preservation of wild areas and climate change. He has also started up with Mark Ruffalo the NGO. The Solutions Project, whose objective is to promote renewable energy. In fact, with their campaign 100% want to convince the world that it is possible to banish polluting and perishable energies before 2050. For this, they carry out studies with prestigious universities such as Stanford (California) and propose and support new laws to facilitate the access to renewable technologies.

Mark Ruffalo

He is a renewable energy advocate and founder of Water Defense. He is also on the Board of Directors for The Solutions Project, which accelerates the transition to 100% clean, renewable energy for all people and purposes. Mark Ruffalo penned an on-line article outlining his concern about the lack of regulation in natural gas drilling. On September 19th, Solutions Project and Mark Ruffalo hosted an event at the Plaza Theatre to launch #ATL100, a multi-week media campaign to bring awareness to the city’s recent commitment to achieving 100% renewable energy by 2035. Ruffalo expressed his hope that #ATL100 will spark climate action and move toward Martin Luther King Jr.’s idea of the Beloved Community. “This work is inspired by Dr. King’s words and teachings and actions,” he said, “I’ve always seen [environmental activism] as a continuation of the social justice movement. With The Solutions Project, we want to empower front-line communities to have freedom from energy dependence systems.”

J. K. Rowling

"Harry Potter's Mom" donated to charity so much that from a billionaire she became a millionaire. It means that she donated 16% of his fortune. Joanne knows well what it means to be poor because when she wrote her first book, which was rejected on many occasions by different publishers, who surely have already repented, had to live on a social subsidy. Rowling wrote several books precisely to donate the profits received from his sales to different foundations. In additions he has a charitable foundation of his own Lumos. This foundation has a flexible, evidence-based model that supports governments in moving from outdated orphanage systems to caring for children in families and child-friendly, community-based homes. Since 2009, Lumos has prevented 20,915 children from entering harmful institutions. They work to keep families together and provide support for children within their communities.

Now in the following video, the topic will be the same but, to speak we usually use more informal expressions.

Here you have some examples of formal and informal expressions which can be used in a written and in a spoken way.