NEWS

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-31692093

MO IBRAHIM PRIZE: NAMIBIA PRESIDENT POHAMBA GETS $5M AWARD

Hifikepunye Pohamba, the outgoing president from Namibia, won  very valuable individual award: the Mo Ibrahim prize(given every year to an elected president who governed well), that consist in $5m, for the African leadership.

Pohamba, the man who fought for his country's independence, was first elected in 2004 and again in 2009. He will be succeeded by Hage Geingob.



outgoing: que acaba de dimitir
leadership: lideratge

YOUR-SAY

"EUTHANASIA"

-is the practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relieve pain and suffering- (Wikipedia)

I'm going to write about this not-allowed practice because I don't understand the people that is against this, because in my opinion every person has to be autorized to choose the way to live his life, and, absolutely, to choose ending voluntarily.

Normally, the reason to resort to the euthanasia is the terrible pain that suffer a person because of illness, an accident,...that argues that the death is better than live.

The euthanasia can be ACTIVE or PASSIVE:
      -ACTIVE: there is an "act" that causes ptient's death. For example, when you give the person an overdose of pain-killers.

      -PASSIVE: the death is caused by an omission. There are 2 types of passive euthanasia:
                       *withdrawing threatment-> normally switching off a machine that keeps a person alive
                       *withholding threatment-> not carriying out the surgery that will extend the person's life

The euthanasia can also be VOLUNTARY or INVOLUNTARY:
     -VOLUNTARY: the request of the person who will die
     -INVOLUNTARY: this includes for example childs that is mentally able to make this decision but in the law is not old enough to take it, so the parents or the tutors must take the decision. It's an involuntary euthanasia algo a murder that is realized for the benefit for the person that dies.

NEWS

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-31678981

CHILEAN GIRL APPEALS TO PRESIDENT TO BE ALLOWED TO DIE

The 14-year-old girl called Valentina Maureira from Chile posted online a video where she ask her president to allow her to die(euthanasia). Valentina suffer from cystic fibrosis, an genetic disorder whithout cure that attacks the organs.

President Michele Bachelet visit the girl, but her spokesman said Valentina's wish couldn't be granted but the government will pay an psychiatric treatment.

Fredy, the father from Valentina said: "This is so tough, but I have to respect her decision because she's the one who's suffering this illness".




granted: concedir
tough: dur

MY CLOTHES AND ME

I usually wear my blue jeans with a sweatshirt or a pullover with black or white sneakers and a big and thick scarf. I also always wear small earrings, a pink elastic band, a bracalet of pearls that give me my mother and a black necklace with a "N". The days we have P.E. or I don't feel like wearing jeans, then I wear black leggins because they look good with all the colors and with hoodies, pullovers or sweatshirts. I not like to wear dresses because they aren't confortable for me. I also not like to wear higheels because I am tall for there. I'm not a fashion victim. I'm interested in fahsion in perspective, because I look what I wear but I don't want wear things that are not confortable just because they're fashion. A very important brand for me is a ring that my grandmother had give me a long time ago that I wear every day.

NEWS

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-31681299

HONG KONG COMPETE IN 'BORING' ULTRAMARATHON

 The race(in the inner-city of Hong Kong) runned by hundreds of runners was from 50km, and is described from many persons like Kwan Kee or Michelle Lowry as quite boring, because the participants must cover the same stretch of road 25 times.
 The reason that give Kee to that is that the land in Hong Kong is very limited.

The winner has been Nestor Wong, helped(for him) by the cheering.



stretch: tros de carretera
cheering: aplaudiments

FILM REVIEW

THE TOWN

It's a romantic story between bank robberys, police escapes and toxic friendships. It's a movie with a little bit of all, perfect to see with anyone. It's not the typical story.

Doug MacRay, a bank robber, falls in love with Claire, victim of one of the banks he attacks. Trying that she don't get out nothing and dodging the FBI, Doug decide to plan his next and last atrack, that at the end will decide his future, the future from Claire and also from his friend.

In this movie I love the character of Ben Affleck: Doug MacRay. It makes you think about the criminals, that they aren't always bad persons. Also it makes you see the power of love to change persons, as Doug make it for Claire.
Also I like very much the special effects and specially, the end of the film.

Sincerely, I love this film and I doesn't know what to say about anything that I doesn't like. Maybe that in a pair moments it's a little bit boring because it's slow, but it changes quickly.

My general opinion about the film is, so you can see it, very good. It's my favourite film. I recommend it to everyone.
My star rating: ****a masterpiece

NEWS

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-30267448

AIRPORT REOPENS AFTER SECURITY ALERT

An alarm in the Edinburgh Airport was raised after the screening area has detected a suspicious object, making evacuate the airport.
Some flight were diverted, others delayed.
After said that the incident have been a false alarm, the passengers were allowed to return to the building.

A police os Scotland say: "Police Scotland can now confirm that the object found at Edinburgh Airport has now been inspected and is of no danger to the public."



Raised: en el context vol dir la que l'ha engegat
Diverted: desviar
Delayed: retrasar