'Hello' to Five Grammys for Adele

SUMMARY:

Adele was the winner at the 59th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. She won even Beyoncé. She can’t believed it. After it, Beyonce gave a performance that recognized mothers everywhere (because she is pregnant). And also they were performances in honor of artists who died in 2016.

Also won David Bowie, Solange Knowles, Beyonce’s little sister and Maren Morris.

By surprise, in the awards ceremony, came news that American singer Al Jarreau had died at a Los Angeles hospital.

In this festival there was a combination of a lot of styles of music like pop, rap, etc.

OPINION:

I don’t follow this types of festivals so I don’t have any opinion.

VOCABOLARY:

• Mess up: desordenar
• Among:entre

LINK: http://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/hello-to-five-grammys-for-adele/3723075.html

Mediterranean Plants May Help Brain Diseases

SUMMARY
Have the chemicals found the solution for brain disease? After years, they found products in around the Mediterranean that may be used to help treat people with brain disease like Alzheimer and Parkinson. This two disease are neurodegenerative. They can cause death.  The plaques ,that generate these disease, can be reduced with chemicals from mediterranean plants.

The chemicals discovered an extracts of the plants on a substance called Brewer's yeast. They proved this extract in Insect first. After, they achieve the conclusion that these extracts can streach on life of humans that sufred  Alzheimer or Parkinson.

The lead author of the study is Ruben Cauchi of the University of Malta's Center for Molecular Medicine and Biobanking.

OPINION
I think that if the extract can cure these disease it will be perfect. Because greater and greater there are more people who sufered this type of disease.

Vocabolary
Extracts: extraer
Yeast:levadura
Sutreach on: alargar

Link: http://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/health-and-lifestyle-mediterranean-plants-help-brain-disease/3705224.html

STORIE

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0ns4o2TUGDuX3FlcGlVcXFqVXZPUTNqTE13ek9NSzhtbkYw/view?usp=sharing

Was 2016 the Worst Year Ever?

SUMMARY:

This is a good question. Was a good year 2016? For many person it was a rotten year. The most of people admit it. But there are some people that for them it wasn't so much bad because they got married, graduated, celebrated birthday,etc. 

But, why people say that 2016 was the worst year? Because of the  Brexit campaign, migrants in Europe, protests in U.S. cities, flooding, lead-poisoned water in Flint, Michigan, conflicts in Syria, Turkey, Nigeria, Irak,etc., attaks in around the world and more.

There are a post in internet named #UpsideOf2016. Where people post the good things that happened in 2016. One post that like me a lot is this: "We're still here when so many have transitioned 2 the next plane. Live a #Superlife NOW. Tomorrow is not promised."

OPINION:

I can not say that 2016 was the best or worst year because I am only 17 year old. I haven't enough experience for talk about this issue. However I don't believa that 2016 was the best year. During this year has happened a lot of bad things. I hope that 2017 will be a better year. But with Trump, Rajoy, and presidents of extrems I don't thing that this year will be better than 2016.

VOCABOLARY

• Rotten: malo
• Prompt: rápido
• Upside: algo bueno

LINK: http://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/upside-2016/3642616.html

SELF EVALUATION

I had done a presentation of my search Project (canons of feminine beauty in different cultures). I chosoe this issue because I find this subject very interesting because beauty is subjective. In every country beauty changes and I thing that this topic will be interesant. And it was interesting.
On one hand, in the presentation I don't was very nervous but I improvise some parts. For exemple when I had to talck about Mauritania's canons. In this presentation I improve in some aspects. For exemple I didn't said very much "aah". On the another hand I want to comment the body language. In the presentation I look to the public all the time and I have gesticulate when it was necessary. I thing that this aspect help me when the teacher had to evaluate me.
Another important thing I want to comment is the content of the presentation. I think that we talked about a good content. In this presentation I add music. I think that with music people are more attentive.

International Day of the Girl Brings Attention to Child Marriage, Education

Summary:

Michelle Obama conducted an event at the White House. This event is about the international day of the girls. He talked about the need to expand girl's education. On the same day, Save the Children also published a report about child marriage and other issues relacioned by girls and young women (Every Last Girl: Free to live, free to learn, free from harm). Child marriage is one of the big problems faced by girls. This problem is very serious because every 7 seconds a girl  is marries. That is, if she marries, she drop out school. The report rates the best and worst places to be a girl. Sweden is the best one. In contra, Níger is the worst one.

Mrs. Obama visited Liberia and Morocco last summer. She said many young girls in the two countries struggle to receive an education. In schools girls realize that there is no difference between them and  boys. Moroccan girld say: we have a girl in our group from Morocco who does mechanical stuff. I mean, she’s going to start operating her garage, which is something we thought only boys do.

Opinion:

I am very happy that there are such events because they realize people about the situation of many girls. We have to stop child marriages and convince their parents that education is the best thing for them.

Vocabolary:

CEO: a Corporate Executive Office

Outraged: enfadarse

Struggle: lucha

Link: http://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/international-day-of-girl-brings-attention-to-child-marriage-education/3551265.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