4. NEWS SUMMARY

“Cosmic Ghost” Discovered by Volunteer Astronomer.

Kevin Schawinski, an astrophysicist, and his colleagues at Oxford University enlisted public support in cataloguing galaxies; they never foresaw the strange object Hanny van Arkel found in archived images of the night sky.The Dutch school teacher, a volunteer in the Galaxy Zoo project, discovered a mysterious object some observers are calling a “cosmic ghost.”Van Arkel toke an image of a strange, one gaseous object with a hole in the center. Quickly, Astronomers who run the site began to investigate and soon realized van Arkel might have found a new class of astronomical object.Any person had idea what it was, and for this reason scientists working at telescopes around the world and with satellites in space were asked to take a look at the mysterious Voorwerp. The acientists and astronomers never found any reliable explanation of this mysterious object.

http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=5934

4. NEWS SUMMARY

The pitfalls of Africa's aid addiction.

Most African countries have now been independent for over 40 years. Most are blessed with all the elements to help compete on a global stage (abundant natural resources, a young population and the climate and conditions to be a major agricultural force). The symptoms of corruption are:

- Teachers demand bribes from their students because they cannot get by on their wages.
- Government officials, doctors and nurses steal drugs meant for their patients to sell on the black market.
- African leaders have property portfolios across the globe, while their citizens live on $1 a day or less.

Until these gifted and enterprising people can be attracted to return, most of the world's peacekeeping efforts, on the continent, and certainly most of its aid, will have little effect.

http://http//news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/7742426.stm

4. NEWS SUMMARY

MERRY NADAL.

Christmas in Catalonia has a special set of traditions.
December us upon one more and the frantic contradiction to Christmas is clouding everyone’s judgment.
Mental checklists of presents over whelm all other thoughts, turning innocent day dreams into gift wrapped nightmares.
To start with the “dies festius” begin for earlier than December 25^th. The All Saints celebration pn November 1^st still sits recently in the collective memory, along with its “panallet” cakes, muscatel sweet wine, “castanyes” (chestnuts) and boniatos (sweet potatoes).
The days more importants are 25^th, 31^st, 24^th (“caga tió”), 28^th (lit Innocent Saints’ day) and 6^th (“dia de reis”). It’s a really funny tradition of Catalonia.

RESIDENT
Desember 2007
nº 28

2. OPINION ESSAY.

- Is humor necessary to survive?

In my country, Catalonia, humor it’s a thing very usual and for example, it’s a form to connect the TV with audients, create programs of comedians, humor cartoons, sitcoms…
In my opinion, the humor in the TV it’s a great thing, because transmit happiness to people who like this programs.

First of all, there exist different types of humor according to the country. The Spain humor is different to the American humor. The people who live in Spain, generally, hate the American humor, and vice versa. There are humors for each age, too.

Secondly, I think that the humor is the better remedy, the better therapy and the better mechanism for make smiles and spread positivity. Furthermore, I think that’s a great thing to unite and socialize people.

To sum up, I would say that humor it’s necessary to survive because I thin k that’s a drug: We can’t live in peace without.

2. DISCUSSION ESSAY.

Computers have made the world a better place.

I think that’s a good affirmation. The computers and technology have made the world in a better place because offered a lot of resources and facilities day a day.
Before, the people consulted something in the books or some documents, and now, for example, we can consult all that we need in “Internet” (one system that we can including in the computer).

In one hand, the computer it’s a really good thing in all the aspects. It transforms a lot of things that we can make with our hands and make more facilities of search of all the topics. Nowadays it’s a think that unconsciously we need.

In the other hand, computers are an addiction for some people, and all the addictions are bad. So, for this reason I think too that the computers contribute bad things and bad costumes. At this moment in time, we can’t live without computers.

In conclusion, I would say that in our world the technology is very important and the progress too. The computers have good and bad things, but…as all. For this reasons I think that the computer have made the world a better place.

4. NEWS SUMMARY

McDonald's sued over nude photos

A US couple is suing McDonald's for $3m (£2m) after nude photos of the woman, which were on her husband's mobile phone, ended up on the internet. Phillip Sherman says he accidentally left his phone, with the photos, at a McDonald's and promised to secure the phone until he could retrieve it. Tina Sherman, who she had to move to a new home after the woman's name, address, and phone number appeared online along with the photos, says she began receiving offensive calls and text messages about the pictures from her husband's mobile phone after he left it at the McDonald's. The nude pictures have been removed from the website that had posted them and McDonald's Corp, the franchise owner and the manager have so far refused to comment on the case.

http://http/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7744345.stm

1. FIRST MAIL (2bat)

Hello Gemma!

I'm Gemma Gasull, one of yours students. I was born in Girona, in 28th January of 1991, for this reason I'm 17 years old .I live in Castelló d'Empúries, next to the "La Caixa" and the town, with my mother, my stepfather (because my parents has been separate when I was 4 years old), my dog (his name is Indi) and my grandmother (but she's in another floor). I have a sister too, very important for me, she's an artist with the music, the photograhy and a long, etc!

Well, I can't define my personality (and me in general) so good, but I'll have to get it somehow! I really like staying with my firends, I enjoy her company!, I love make photos, watch the artistic photos and imagine the sensation of the profesional photograph when the people become crazy when saw some amazing photo.
My favourite food is rice, pasta, cheese, sweets, dates... and in the other hand, I'm enemy with the fish.

In the futur, I hope be a master teacher of disabled persons or deaf and blind persons, but well...I think that's a trade very difficult because you need to have a heart of stone, and I don't know that I can put up with it, so...I don't know which future I'll select for me, time on time and patience, all the things came!

Well, I think that now you know some little details of me, so...
See you tomorrow Gemma!

Bye!