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

If you have problems to see  the "hint" or "(?)",  try with Internet Explorer or Chrome, or CLICK the LINK:   Obama announces the death of Osama bin Laden

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...

...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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