...it jumped when it saw so many Madridistas...

(CNN) --
...Having waited 18 years to get their hands on the Copa del Rey -- or King's Cup -- trophy, defender Sergio Ramos made worldwide headlines by dropping it under the open-top bus carrying his teammates on a victory parade through the Spanish capital.
The triumphant players had returned home immediately from Valencia after beating arch-rivals Barcelona 1-0 in extra time in the final of the country's knockout competition on Wednesday night.
Club vice-captain Ramos was stood at the front of the bus holding the cup, which Real had not won since 1993, when it slipped from his grasp and under the front wheel of the vehicle.
There is no official word on whether the cup, which is 78 centimeters tall and weighs nine kilograms, maintained any damage during the incident...

The Spain World Cup winner also joked: "What happened with the Cup was a misunderstanding, it didn't fall ... it jumped when we got to Cibeles (a square in Madrid) and it saw so many Madridistas (Real fans)..."
The King's Cup has been competed for since 1902, with Real winning the trophy on 18 occasions.

WORLDWIDE= mundial.....................................................KNOCKOUT= eliminatoria

HEADLINES= titulares........................................................SLIP= resbalar

DROP= dejar caer..............................................................GRASP= garra, alcance

OPEN-TOP= descubierto......................................................FRONT WHEEL= rueda delantera

VICTORY PARADE= desfile triunfal.....................................DAMAGE= daño

'Royal Wedding' dance video goes viral!

(CNN) ...In an online video now making the rounds, T-Mobile imagines the pending nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton through the lens of viral video royalty.
In it, royal family look-alikes boogie down the aisle to boy band East 17's "House of Love."
Charles and Camilla do the bump, a moderately amused-looking Queen Elizabeth claps conservatively and Prince Harry looks amped up, grooving with a gaggle of bridesmaids before his big brother and bride-to-be appear.
"One's life is for sharing," reads text at the end of the video before the T-Mobile logo appears.
The ad, which was uploaded Friday to YouTube, had racked up about 4.6 million views by Monday morning.
The video was filmed at St. Bartholomew the Great Church in London (which U.S. movie buffs may recognize from 1994's "Four Weddings and a Funeral.")....
A T-Mobile spokesman told London's Daily Mail that the video is "a congratulatory message to William and Kate, as well as a way of capturing the nation's celebratory mood."

MAKE THE ROUNDS= hacer una ronda de visitas...............GAGGLE= pandilla

PENDING= pendiente.......................................................BRIDEMAID= dama de honor

LOOK-ALIKE=  parecido, réplica........................................BRIDE-TO-BE= casi novia

AISLE= pasillo de la iglesia................................................SHARE= compartir

AMUSE-LOOKING= más o menos divertida........................AD=  anuncio publicitario(advertisment)

CLAP= aplaudir.................................................................RACK UP=  acumular

AMP UP= amplificar...........................................................MOVIE BUFF= cinéfilo

GROOVE= pasarlo bien (slang).............................................MOOD= humor

Can you imagine Prince William's wedding...like this?

 

2º Bach FASHION SHOW - Trip to London

2º Bach-Trip to London-FASHION SHOW took place at disco Mailizza last Friday, 8th April SPONSORS: Sara Carrero, Fetiche, Pady Sport, Esmeralda.

 

 

 

Japan's nuclear reactor: radioactive leaks

There has been a sharp rise in radioactive iodine in the sea off the Fukushima nuclear power plant, with radioactivity thousands of times higher than the legal limit. The most likely sources of the leaks are Reactors 2 and 3, as detailed here.

It is now believed radioactive leaks from the plant into the sea are continuous. Workers are planning to drain highly radioactive waste water from under turbine buildings of reactors 2, 3 and 4, into the centralised radiation waste treatment centre (labelled above). There is less radioactive water building up under turbine buildings of units 5 and 6 which threatens the safety of the reactors - this too needs to be pumped away.
But first workers have to drain 10,000 tons of low-level radioactive water currently in storage at the waste treatment centre straight into the sea to make room for the highly contaminated water.

SHARP RISE = subida brusca......................DRAIN = drenar....................CURRENTLY = actualmente

IODINE = yodo............................................WASTE = deshechos...............IN STORAGE = almacenado

THE MOST LIKELY = la más probable....... THREATEN = amenaza.........MAKE ROOM = hacer sitio

LEAK = escape ........................................... PUMP AWAY = bombear

radiation waste treatment centre = centro de tratamiento de residuos radiactivos.
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Countdown to the royal wedding

 Learn some useful vocabulary about description.

CNN's Richard Quest visits Bucklebury, England, where princess-to-be Kate Middleton grew up.

  
COUNTDOWN = cuenta atrás

QUAINT VILLAGE = pueblo pintoresco........LOCAL SHOP = tienda local..........................ON HER OWN RIGHT = por derecho propio

PRINCESS TO BE = la futura princesa.........POST BOX = buzón de correos.......................RULE = gobernar

CHURCHYARD = cementerio............... .....PRIVATE DRIVEWAY = camino de entrada privado

DAFFODIL = narciso..................................THE DO'S and DONT'S = lo que se debe y no se debe hacer
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So, this is the world we live in...