SUPERSTITION PROVES RIGHT

From "Think In English", number 26, page 6.

There are a lot of people who think that black cats are unlucky. There's one small sense about this superstition that might be true. The researchers at the Long Island College Hospital have done an study, and they have just discovered that the darkness of the cat correlate with the severity of the symptoms. However, they're doing more researches.Personally I doubt about the results. I don't understand why the color is related to allergy, perhaps there's a scientific reason, but it seems very unlikely. Yet I like black cats and I don't think that they bring bad luck.

FAT HEAD!

From Think in English, number 50, page 6.

A fatty diet isn't only perjudicial for your body, also it's bad for your brain. Researchers of Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, in Toronto, did a new research. They fed a group of rats witch a fat rich diet, an other group with a healthy diet. After 16 weeks, the rats on the high-fat diet performed a test for mental hability worse than the healthy group. It could be because fat makes it more difficult for the brain to absorve glucose.

Delayed ---> Retardat, posposat.
Set ---> Assignar.
Lever ---> Palanca.

GUNS N' ROSES

From Think in English, number 30, page 25.

The Guns N' Roses original members are: William Bailey, who has a nickname, Axl Rose (is an anagram of oral sex), Izzy (Jeffrey Isabelle), Duff (Michael McKagan) and Slash (Saul Hudson). Only the drummer, Steve Adler, is happy with his real name.
The lyrics of Guns N' Roses tend to cause bad reactions in people, they tend to offend. They have great songs, many of them have been covers of other people's lyrics. The secret of Guns N' Roses is their exciting live act and a combination of heavy metal/punk cliché.

Cliché ---> Drogues, violència, alcoholisme.
Risqué ---> Indecent.
Cover ---> Còpia, versió.

Brainy Beverage

From "Think in English" nº27, page 6.

In Japan the scientists have done an study. The study reveals that people who consume half a litre or less of alcohol drinks per day (moderate drinkers) are more intelligent than persons who never consume alcohol (teetotallers). They have examined 2000 men and women aged between 40 and 79. But it's not sure that the alcohol makes you brainy, because people who drink sake in Japan, consume more raw fish, and people who drink whine tend to eat more cheese, so the relationship could be indirect.

teetotaller-persona que mai consumeix alcohol
brainy-brillant,intel·ligent
raw-cru

Love at first sight

From "Think in English" nº28, page 4.

A new Jewish dating agency in New York has invented the "Speed-Dating". They meet groups of 50 people, 25 womens and 25 mens, and they organize contacts with this different people. Each contact lasts just seven minutes. Then, if two persons of the group want to have another contact, the agency organizes another contact. We can call it love at first sight.

Bad Parents

From "Think in English", nº25, page 5.

Parents of girls of Britain are terrified by the risk that they daughters can suffer If they go out, because they think that the daughters could be abducted or abused, so they keep them inside and they don't allow them to go out. Recent studies suggest that this is a negative influence and it's bad for their health. Parents allow their daughters to go out less than their sons. By the age of five girls are already taking less exercise than boys, this leads to health problems in later life. If parents allow them to go out much more, they could haven't this problems. Meanwhile, another report suggests that British girls are cleverer than boys in GLSES and A levels.


abduct-raptar
suggest-proposar
meanwhile-mentrestant

NEW

China has dismissed the new Guns N' Roses album, “Chinese Democracy”, as a "venomous attack" on the nation. The album's official website has been blocked in China. An article in the Global Times, published by the ruling communist party, says the album, launched this week, "turns its spear point on China".

CANCER FACTS

One in three of us will be diagnosed with cancer during our life.

The disease tends to affect older people,but can strike at any time. Excluding certain skin cancers, there were more than 270,000 new cases of the disease in 2001,and the rate is increasing by about 1% a year.
Some cancer, such as breast, are becoming more common, while new cases of lung cancer fall away due to the drop in the number of smokers. However, while the overall number of new cancers is not falling, the good news is that successful treatment rates for many of the most common types are improving rapidly.


disease----> malaltia

MAGAZINES

CAT CARE (summary)

Some of towns in Catalunya are suffering a problem with the stray cats. Some of the residents are unhappy with this, and other people spend a lot of money feeding the cats. The new tells that there are some groups, like APDA or Progat, that helps the cats funding money of the people who wants to help this. They do sterilizations by the vets and they buy a lot of food for feed the cats. Maybe is not an straight forward work, but they are truly communited to the cause of caring for cats.

surfeit----> patit

issue---->assumpte

scaverge---->remenar escombraries

aim---->apuntar-se