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Winners of the Richmond Trip-to-London Grant!

We are happy to announce the winners of the Richmond Trip to London Grant:

Paula González Ozores                                
Pablo Pou Álvarez
Ainhoa Dorna González
César Cortiñas Pérez


.......Congratulations to the winners. Your reward has come!
  
.............................  Enjoy the trip!
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Shakira: EDUCATION for ALL... Bravo!

Shakira's Speech at Oxford Union

Spain wants change

The protests against Spain's political and financial establishment started on May 15.To sustain them, the protesters have erected a sprawling tent city in the plaza, with a kitchen, a painting workshop to churn out protest placards, a communications office to answer media... inquiries and even a day care nursery.Young people dominated the protests on Saturday but there were also families with young children strolling through the encampment, senior.......... citizens and many people who have jobs but say they're concerned about the nation's.......... future, which has a 42% jobless rate for people ages 15 to 24...........................................

ESTABLISHMENT= SISTEMA........................................................................................................................

SPRAWLING TENT= TOLDO A MODO DE TIENDA DE CAMPAÑA...........................................................

CHURN OUT= PRODUCIR COMO CHURROS.................................................................................................

PLACARDS= PANCARTAS...............................................................................................................................

MEDIA INQUIRY = PREGUNTAS DE LOS MEDIOS DE COMUNICACIÓN......................................................

NURSERY= GUARDERÍA..................................................................................................................................

STROLL = PASEAR...........................................................................................................................................

JOBLESS RATE = TASA DE DESEMPLEO........................................................................................................

Madrid (CNN) -- Thousands of Spaniards protested on Saturday in defiance of a court-approved ban on demonstrations the day before Sunday's local and municipal elections. The largest crowds, for a seventh straight day, were in Madrid and Barcelona, but there were also protests in Valencia and smaller cities..........

DEFIANCE= DESAFÍO.......................................................................................................................................

BAN= PROHIBICIÓN.......................................................................................................................................

DEMONSTRATION= MANIFESTACIÓN......................................................................................................

CROWDS=MULTITUDES...................................................................................I.............................

Spain wants change

Thousands of people have taken part in protests across Spain's main cities, defying a government ban on political protest ahead of local elections.

In Madrid, some 25,000 protesters occupied a main square. Others gathered in Barcelona, Valencia and Seville.

The protesters are angry with the government's economic policies and the country's high youth unemployment rate.

Spain's electoral commission had ordered those camped out in Madrid to leave ahead of Sunday's elections.

But, as the ban came into effect at midnight, the crowds started cheering and police did not move in.

The protest began six days ago in Madrid's Puerta del Sol as a spontaneous sit-in by young Spaniards frustrated at 45% youth unemployment.

The crowd camping out in the square overnight grew and the protest has spread to other cities across the country.

According to Spanish news agency, Efe, a total of some 60,000 protesters has gathered across Spain, in Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Bilbao as well as the capital.

BAN = PROHIBICIÓN...........................YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE = TASA DE PARO JUVENIL

AHEAD = DELANTE DE........................MIDNIGHT = MEDIA NOCHE......................CROWD = MULTITUD

ELECTIONS = ELECCIONES...............CHEER = VITOREAR, ACLAMAR.................SQUARE = PLAZA

GATHER = REUNIRSE.........................SIT-IN = SENTADA....................................OVERNIGHT = DURANTE LA NOCHE

ECONOMIC POLICY = POLÍTICA ECONÓMICA........................ ............................SPREAD =  EXTENDER

In pictures: Spanish protests

2 Bach: Enjoy the Reported Speech with this Listening... ha!

Use this link if you cannot work here: WE ARE THE WORLD, REPORTED

Funny English.

Please... don't tempt them!

                                        From: www.gadling.com

PEE = mear 

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A Sangriña English Department receives Grant from Richmond Publishers

A Sangriña English Department is pleased to announce the Richmond Grant to support our 2º Bach Trip to London. Funds from this grant will be used to provide economic support to the students with the best academic records, or to those in special circumstances. 

Those 2º Bach students who consider themselves deserving of this grant must submit to the teachers a 1º Bach grades certificate and 2º Bach 1^st Term certificate.

The teachers of the English Department will be the ones to study all the applications and their decision will be final and unquestionable.

We hope we can continue our collaboration with Richmond Publishers in the future and that this will serve as a motivation to do your best at school for those of you who are planning to come to London with us. 

A Sangriña English Department would like to thank Richmond Publishers for their contribution to our project.

Rowing Club ROBALEIRA, successful in the Spanish Championship.

CONGRATULATIONS Cris, Laura, Carla, Angela,  both Silvias, and Iván. 

                       They achieved their first victory in the Spanish Rowing Championship
                                            They are the champions!

 

images from: infomiño.com

Listening Comprehension: Obama announces the death of Osama bin Laden

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How U.S. forces killed Osama bin Laden

(CNN) -- In the dark of night, U.S. helicopters approached a high-walled compound in Pakistan on a mission to capture or kill one of the world's most notorious terrorist leaders.
Less than 40 minutes later -- early Monday morning in Pakistan -- Osama bin Laden was dead, along with four others inside the complex, and the U.S. forces departed with the slain al Qaeda leader's body to fulfill a vow that originated shortly after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States.
And as he announced the raid at the White House Sunday night, U.S. President Barack Obama called bin Laden's death "the most significant achievement to date in our nation's effort to defeat al Qaeda."

HIGH-WALLED COMPOUND = RECINTO AMURALLADO...................................RAID = ASALTO

DEPART = PARTIR........................................................................................ACHIEVEMENT= LOGRO, TRIUNFO

SLAIN = ASESINADO................................................................................. ...DEFEAT = VENCER

FULFILL A VOW = CUMPLIR UNA PROMESA

...One senior administration official called the investigation a "team effort" and a "model of really seamless cooperation" across agencies.

..The compound is in Abbottabad, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) north of the Pakistani capital of Islamabad. The city sits in a mountainous region that is not heavily populated. Many of the residents are army personnel.

TEAM EFFORT = ESFUERZO DE EQUIPO

SEAMLESS = PERFECTO

HEAVILY POPULATED = DENSAMENTE POBLADA

...After years of intelligence work and months of following a specific lead, they traced a courier linked to bin Laden to the compound in Abbottabad, the officials said.
When first built, the compound was secluded and reachable by only a dirt road, the officials said. In recent years, more residences built up around it, but it remained by far the largest and most heavily secured property in the area, they said.

TRACE = SEGUIR LA PISTA.................................................................REACHABLE = ACCESIBLE

COURIER = CORREO, MENSAJERO......................................................REMAINED BY FAR = PERMANECER CON DIFERENCIA

SECLUDED = APARTADO, AISLADO

...A firefight was under way for most of the 40 minutes that U.S. Special Operations forces were in the compound, as the team encountered resistance from bin Laden and three other men, a senior defense official said.
The official said the forces had to fight their way through the first floor of the three-story building, where two adult males lived.

FIREFIGHT = TIROTEO

ENCOUNTER RESISTANCE = ENCONTRAR RESISTENCIA

MALE = VARÓN

...Bin Laden and his family lived on the second and third floors, and they were cleared last, with bin Laden killed in the last five or 10 minutes of the siege, the official said.
One of bin Laden's wives identified his body to U.S. forces after the team made visual identification, the official said.
In the end, all four of the combatants in the compound were dead, along with a woman whom one of the men used as a human shield, the officials said. Sources said bin Laden was shot in the head.

CLEAR = DESPEJAR

SIEGE = SITIO, ATAQUE

HUMAN SHIELD = ESCUDO HUMANO

SHOT = MUERTO DE UN TIRO

...U.S. officials said they used a number of methods to identify the body as bin Laden... Another U.S. official told CNN that bin Laden has already been buried at sea. His body was handled in the Islamic tradition, said the official...