NEWS

DIABETES "IMPACT ON BRAIN POWER"
Studies have determined that type 2 diabetes affects the brain. This happens when the sugar levels in blood fall drastically. A University of Edinburgh discovered that this type of diabetes could produce lost of energy and memory. Also, you get older faster than the average people. There is, at least, 670'000 people in England who have this type of diabetes.


BBC
12-04-09

The words I've learned are:
-assessing: determinació.
-scored: apuntat.
-jigsaw: trenca-closques.






http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7937947.stm

TWO NEWS

PILOT JAILED FOR SICILY AIR CRASH




A Tunisian pilot killed sexteen people because he started to pray when the plane was about to crash and he didn't do anything to stop the disaster. The cause of the crash was a problem with the fuel and the pilot, the co-pilot, the head of the airline and three others were jailed for eight and ten years.

BBC.
24 March 2009

The words I have learned are:
-ditching: crash
-manslaughter:murderer
-jailed: somebody who is in the prison



ARTIC TREK TEAM PUSHES FORWARD




Pen Hadow, Martin Hartley and Ann Daniels walked more than ten "quilometres" a day during three weeks on the ice, to calculate the thickness of the ice with a novel mobile redar dragged behind a sledge. They observed that the thickness of the ice is related to the climate. Moreover this job was done in bad conditions like -40Cº of temperature and with a chilly wind.

BBC
24 March, 2009

The words I have learned are:
-dropped:something or an object falls to the ground.
-dragged:to trail on the ground.
-covering:something laid over or wrapped around a thing, esp. for concealment, protection, or warmth.