Many kinds of intelligence

From: Ana Belén Amores Portero

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2014/07/140723_vwitn_intelligence.shtml

Many kinds of intelligence

Words:

Dread: Preocupación, miedo a los resultados de los exámenes.

Soften the blow: Suavizar las consecuencias de la noticia

Thoughtful: Reflexivo

Gone viral: Tener muchas visitas en internet.

Plagiarism: Plagio, copiar en un exámen.

Students and teachers are dread of exams results. A teacher wrote a letter that said that in the exams we can only -asses +assess the content but we can not -asses +assess the values. This letter +has gone viral -in +[on the] internet but the director has been accused of plagiarism because, after +THAT, someone -was +has discovered a similar message on an American Blog.

This teacher -, downplays the exam results because they do not -asses +assess everything we know.

From: María G.S.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2014/03/140319_vwitn_lion.shtml

Hugging lions

There is a private zoo in Buenos Aires, where the visitors can pet and feed -to the bears, tigers, lions... and nobody is dead, yet.

The owner claims to be able to domesticate -to these dangerous animals. He says this is possible because they aren't hungry.

However people who disagree say they're calm because the animals are sedated. This situation is risky for both humans and animals alike.
It's like being into the lion's den.

Stone from the space

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2014/04/140408_vwitn_stone.shtml

Vocabulary.

Skydiving: Go through the sky with a parachute. (paracaidismo).

whizzes: Something that happens without explanation. (fenómeno, p.ej. meteorológico).

Fruitless: Without getting. (infructuoso).

 Indeed: Really. (realmente, de verdad). 

Stone from the space .

In this video we can see a -Man ​​+man who is practicing  skydiving in Norway . He was recording  the jump when +he saw a big  black stone  falling  from  +the sky.  After that +,  when the geologists viewed  the video on a PC  thought  that -this +these whizzes  -was +were indeed  from  space.

A little later they searched with dogs +[on the ground for the stone] -[the stone on the  ground] but  the attempt has been fruitless yet.

Thanks, Jose.

Robot Security Guard

From: Raquel RG

ROBOT SECURITY GUARD

Vocabulary: 

- Minder: cuiador

- On patrol: de patrulla

- Substitute: sustituto

- Etiquette: etiqueta, protocolo

Summary:

The video shows Bob+, a metal minder that is on patrol in +the security company G4S. This kind of robot checks if anything is missing +BY doing a scan of a room and -he +it also knows some office etiquette.

I think it is an amazing technology to find out what is missing, but I also think this robot would have to be in other places to warn people of their missing objects.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2014/07/140702_vwitn_robot_security.shtml

Ta, Rachel

Battle of the Oranges

From: Iván Rodríguez García 

The Battle of the Oranges isn´t -a +an ordinary carnival. it´s -a +an epic food fight with oranges.

This event -is +[takes place] in Ivrea in northern Italy where it is based on a legend from the Middle Ages. It started when a daughter of a miller rejected the advances of an evil lord.

There are many oranges which are thrown in three days. More or less there are several tonnes of oranges.The  clean-up operation is a battle in itself.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2014/03/140305_vwitn_oranges.shtml