‘Charging Bull’ Sculptor Fights Back against ‘Fearless Girl’

Summary:

Charging bull and fearless girl has become a tourist attraction in New York. At first it was the bull alone but an investment group in New York City put this girl in front of it to bring attention to the small number of leadership women in hight positions. After this it appears problems. On of them is that the author of the bull says that the girl change the meaning of the sculture, so they have to remove the girl. 
On the another hand there are people who request for the sculpture to remain a symbol of financial prosperity and strength after the crisis of the 1980s, and this conjunt of sculture has to be left there.  
Finally the New York City officials have decided to permit the statue to remain in place for a year. 

Opinion:

I think that this set of statue have to be left for forever because it reclaim the inequality among men and women, in this case it reclaim the small number of leadership women in high positions.

Vocabulary:

Charging: cobrar.
Nearby: cerca.
Derive: provenir

Link; http://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/fearless-girl-charging-bull/3809275.html

French Man Sets Cycling Record at Age 105

Summary:

Robert Marchand was born in 1911 in northern France. He is 105 years old. He is  1.52 meters tall and weighs 52 kilograms. He started cycling seriously when he was in his 60s. Since then he has not stopped competing. He has won many records with 105 years. On Wednesday he went to Velodrome National to see how far his limits could go. In 2012, Marchand set a record when he traveled almost 27 kilometers in an hour. 

Opinion:

I have a great respect in front of this man because at this age not everyone can do incredible things like these. The sport will always surprise us.

Vocabolary:

• Steadily: constantemente
• Track: hipódromo

Link: http://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/french-cyclist-sets-record-at-age-105/3664645.html

Antioxidants in Citrus May Fight Obesity-Related Diseases

SUMMARY: 

Obesity affects more and more people every year, especially the children. To avoid this we need to more exercise, laugh and eat varied. A new studies reveal that citrus fruits like oranges, lemons and grapefruit in a diet can reduce the obesity. 

Obesity are caused by stress and inflamation. The citrus have an antioxidants, in it we can found flavanones. Flavanones help people’s bodies reduce the amount of stress. This is, we can reduce obesity thanks the components of citrus. 

The best way for take antioxidants is to drink them. For exemple,  drinking orange juice each morning it would be fantastic for all us. 

OPINION:

This news surprised me because my grandmother knew this information. The old people know a lot of home remedies but we ignore them. I think that citrus is a good, economical and practice medicine.

VOCABOLARY:

• Grapefruit: pomelo
• Citrus: crítico
• Delay: retrasar

LINK: http://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/citrus-good-health/3477600.html