Spanish prime minister announces dissolution of parliament

Madrid, Spain (CNN) -- Spain's Socialist Prime Minister announced Monday the dissolution of parliament in order to hold early elections on November 20, which polls indicate the opposition conservatives will win handily during Spain's deep economic crisis.Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said last April he would not seek a third term. He has been squeezed by the nation's prolonged economic downturn. The unemployment rate is almost 21%, and almost 5 million are jobless.


POLLS = ENCUESTAS...................SQUEEZED = PRESIONADO..................................JOBLESS = SIN TRABAJO
HANDILY = HOLGADAMENTE........DOWNTURN = DESCENSO
SEEK = PERSEGUIR.....................UNEMPLOYEMENT RATE= TASA DE DESEMPLEO

...  Popular Party leader Mariano Rajoy, 56, said over the weekend that if elected, he would install a 100-day shock plan of "austerity and efficiency"...

The Socialist candidate is Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, 60, who served under Socialist Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez and most recently under Zapatero, rising to the positions of deputy prime minister and interior minister.

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MEC SCHOLARSHIPS for Bachillerato

http://www.educacion.gob.es/horizontales/servicios/becas-ayudas-subvenciones/para-estudiar/bachillerato/beca-general.html

And teachers...

... will try to do our best...

... because
"Teaching is the profession that teaches all the other professions" Author Unknown

Sorry you guys...

You did WHAT to the clams??

Dangers of literal translation...

Bye bye 2010 -11!!!!!!

“We break up, we break down,

We don’t care if the school burns down.

No more English, no more French,

No more sitting on the old school bench”. 

BECAS Ministerio de Educación

El próximo MARTES 14 DE JUNIO a las 24 horas finaliza el plazo para la presentación al fax 91-701 86 00 del Ministerio de Educación, del Certificado de Inscripción de aquellos alumnos/as que hayan recibido una beca  para realizar este verano 2011 un curso de idiomas en el extranjero de 21 días de duración:
http://www.educacion.gob.es/horizontales/servicios/becas-ayudas-subvenciones/para-estudiar/idiomas/beca-cursos-ingles-extranjero.html

2º Bach TRIP to LONDON meeting: MONDAY 13th June, 20:00.
ASSEMBLY ROOM

WHO advises to use our MOBILES in moderation.

(CNN) -- Radiation from cell phones can possibly cause cancer, according to the World Health Organization. The agency now lists mobile phone use in the same "carcinogenic hazard" category as lead, engine exhaust and chloroform.


HAZARD = PELIGRO, AMENAZA
LEAD = PLOMO
ENGINE EXHAUST = GASES de MOTOR


... A team of 31 scientists from 14 countries, including the United States, made the decision after reviewing peer-reviewed studies on cell phone safety. The team found enough evidence to categorize personal exposure as "possibly carcinogenic to humans."


PEER-REVIEWED = CONTRASTADO
SAFETY = SEGURIDAD
EXPOSURE = EXPOSICIÓN


...The type of radiation coming out of a cell phone is called non-ionizing. It is not like an X-ray, but more like a very low-powered microwave oven."What microwave radiation does in most simplistic terms is similar to what happens to food in microwaves, essentially cooking the brain," Black said. 


LOW-POWERED= DE BAJA INTENSIDAD/PODER


...Results from the largest international study on cell phones and cancer was released in 2010. It showed participants in the study who used a cell phone for 10 years or more had doubled the rate of brain glioma, a type of tumor. To date, there have been no long-term studies on the effects of cell phone usage among children.


..."Children's skulls and scalps are thinner. So the radiation can penetrate deeper into the brain of children and young adults. Their cells are at a dividing faster rate, so the impact of radiation can be much larger." said Black of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.


LONG-TERM = A LARGO PLAZO
SKULLS and SCALPS = calaveras y cuero cabelludo
DIVIDING FASTER RATE = una ritmo/velocidad de división más rapida


...Manufacturers of many popular cell phones already warn consumers to keep their device away from their body.
The Apple iPhone 4 safety manual says users' radiation exposure should not exceed FCC guidelines: "When using iPhone near your body for voice calls or for wireless data transmission over a cellular network, keep iPhone at least 15 millimeters (5/8 inch) away from the body."
BlackBerry Bold advises users to, "keep the BlackBerry device at least 0.98 inch (25 millimeters) from your body when the BlackBerry device is transmitting."


WARN = ADVERTIR
DEVIDCE = APARATO ELECTRÓNICO
WIRELESS = SIN CABLES
ADVISE = ACONSEJAR

Más Becas

Axudas para un programa intensivo de inmersión lingüística en inglés en España