NEWS.

These news appear in the APN, a Portuguese but English newspaper. It is in English for the English people who lived in Portugal. It is of year 1994. I have found it in my English class. So I can't post videos about it.

First new 5-star hotel in 17 years.

Madeira's newest hotel, the 201-bedroom Cliff Bay Hotel overlooking Funchal Bay, opened yesterday. The hotel is Madeira's first purpose built 5-star resort property as well as being the first new built 5-star hotel there for the past 17 years. Sporting facilities at the Cliff include tennis and squash and a health club. Also it has got a conference room which can accommodate up to 132 delegates as well as three additional meeting rooms. The Resort's location allows direct access to the Atlantic Ocean.

I have learned:
- allows: permit.
- resort: recourse or place.
- growth: increase.


"Education should be fun" says new Headmaster at St. Julian's.

David Styan, was the inspector of all the English schools. He met with the Minister of Education every Monday morning in London. Then he saw an advert for the post of Headmaster at St. Julian's school in Lisbon. He applied for the job and after an interview, they offered him the job.

I have learned:
- prints: mark, imprint.
- deal: treat with...
- boundaries: frontiers.

(NEW).

HOPES RAISED ON HIV IMMUNE BOOST.

Scientists believe successful tests in monkeys could prove a new type of drug to combat HIV.

The journal Nature reports infected animals survived almost twice as long after a single treatment to raise immune response to the virus. An independent expert said multiple doses were possible, and might eliminate the virus. Current antiretroviral drugs must be taken for life, giving HIV the opportunity to build up resistance. Although millions of people without HIV can't currently receive them, modern antiretroviral drugs have transformed the life expectancy of people with the infection. However, scientists are constantly looking for alternative ways to keep the virus in check. One option is being tested in the US on macaque monkeys infected with "simian immunodeficiency virus" - their equivalent of HIV. One of the features of HIV is its ability to impede the body's own methods for clearing viral infections.In particular, it manages to activate a signalling system in the body's immune cells - which then actually stop the body's immune response.The latest treatment works by blocking that signalling system, which has the effect of boosting the function of "killer" immune cells.

In this new I have learned the meaning of:

- Currently: actuality.

- Features: charactheristics.

- Boost: an increase.

BBC.