Jennifer Lawrence

Rolling stone magazine has called her "the most talented young actress in America" and it is hard not to agree. Thanks to her role in the film Winter's Bone, Lawrence was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar at the age of 20 (the second youngest ever). And thanks  to Hunger games, the 22-year-old actress holds the record as the most successful action heroine of all time. None of this came without effort. Detrminated to become an actress, Lawrence graduated from High school two years earlt, and persuaded her poarents to take her in New York in search of an agent. Now one of the hottest actress in America, hse has the rare ability to move between roles in serious dramas and in action films. Probably the only other actress who does that is Angelina Jolie, the actress lawrence has jut replaced as the star of a new historical drama, Serena, out in October 2013. 

Revolution (Tv series)

This is the new series by the talented J.J. Abrams. It is set in a post-apocalyptic world, 15 years after an unknown phenomenon disable electricity on the planet, taking people back to a world of swords, horses, warlords and... no internet! As usual with Abrams, the idea is interesting, but the heroine lack of charisma can be annoying, as can the many inconsistencies in the story's development. 
Yet the mystery is intriguing and there are enough great sword fights and efficient cliffhangers to make the series a hit in the States. Will you become a fan? 

vocabuary 

set establitr
warlords senyors de la guerra
lack flata
annoying molest
efficient  eficient
inconsistencies inconsistència
cliffhanger màxim risc
charisma  carisma
phenomenon  fenòmen 

Teachers with guns

In response to the Newton school shooting,  wich left 26 people dead, teachers in South Dakota will now be able to carry guns at work. The state is the forst to pass a law of this kinf, but they may not be the last. More than 20 states are discussing similar ideas to protect students, which would allow armed staff or privtes security guards in public buildings.

Vocabulary:

shooting: disparar

pass a low: to aprove legislation

allow: to permit

Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus started her careers as Disney star Hannah Montana when she was 13 yeats old. But a lot has changed since then. Today, aged 20 Miley is more famous for her music than her acting. She has a new rock star image too. Her fourth album is out now. You're sure to love Miley's catchy single "We can't stop"!

New shark-proof nets protect swimmers in South Africa

After five Great White shark attacks in the past year in South Africa's Western Cape, officials have developed super strong nets to protect swimmers and surfers.

Millions of tourists visit the Cape Town area every year and thousands of US dollars have been sent to trial the world's first environmentally friendly shark barrier.
They're designed to protect swimmers, whilst not hurting the sharks, and they're even removed every night.
600 sharks are killed there every year because they're caught up in nets designed to catch them. What makes these different is that they act as barriers - not traps.

vocabulary:

developed: desenvolupat

environmentally: medi ambient

RSPB says marine spill is 'one of the worst in decades'

Almost 3,000 seabirds have now been affected by a chemical spill off the south coast of England earlier this year.

The RSPB say the spill of a chemical known as PIB (polyisobutene) is 'one of the worst UK marine pollution incidents in decades'.

PIB is used in ships' engines to help them run more efficiently and it's currently legal to dump it in the water under certain conditions.

But the chemical sticks to birds feathers and makes it hard for them to feed and fly.

New figures released by the charity show almost 2,500 birds have died and at least 500 have been rescued since February.

Animal welfare groups are now calling for the dumping of PIB at sea to be banned.

voscabulary:


chemical: vessament

spill: substàncies

dump: bolcar

welfare: benestar

Cangaroo or Wallaby?

Officers heard about a kangaroo crossing a the road while they were running a rural crime operation in the area at the weekend.
Police were shown a photo of the animal but were not convinced it was real at first.
They are now investigating where the animal was from and who owned it.

A police spokesman said there were suggestions that the animal was not a kangaroo, but a wallaby, which may have escaped from a nearby farm.

Kangeroo or wallaby?

• Kangaroos and wallabies are marsupials which are closely related, though adult kangaroos are larger than wallabies.

• They can be identified from their teeth, which are different as kangaroos mainly eat grass while wallabies mostly eat leaves.

• They are native to Australia but been introduced in the UK in parks, zoos and farms.

Source: Australia Zoo

The Host

This is the film of book by Stephenie Meyer, the autor of the Twilight series. There're no vampires this times- Earth has been infiltrated by parasitic aliens called "soulds", which possess humans. there's a love story, of course, between a boy and a "soul". Twilight fans will be happy.

Voabulary

aliens: estraterrestre

soul: alma 

Top 10: Hignest paid actors

1 Tom cruise 75 million

2. Leonardo Di Caprio and Adam Sandler 37 million

3 Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson 36 million

5. Ben Stiller 33 million

6 Johnny Deep, Will Smith and Sacha baron Cohen 30 million

9. Mark Wahlberg 27 million

10. Robert Patiison and Taylo Lautner 26.5 million

Idiot of the month

Police is the wetern Australian city of Geralton had an incredible piece of luck when they were chasing a young criminal. The 17-year-old tired to scaped the police by jummping over the fence. Unfortunately for him, he landed on a trampoline on the other side and bounced back into the air where the police were able to catch him. "I think it was one of those situasions you probably couldn't repeat if you tried to," Said Sergeant Grant Rosman.

Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt 

after his Chanel No.5 advert was voted the worst of 2012. Even director Joe Wright admitted he didn't understand Brad's script which included lines such as "I't's not a jurney Every journey ends, but we go on."

Australia in 33 days: Coral Nay. Eploring the coral reef

This morning we took a boat to the coral reef. While I was swimming, I saw a leopard shark. I jumped back into the boat because I thought ot might be hungry. But these sharks eat fish, not people. We also saw strange fish and whales with their babies... I heard a whale song for the first time. It was magic.

Australia in 33 days: Monkey Mia a dolphin show

On the way to the MOnkey Mia, we stopped at the beach which was covered with little shells. THe best part in the Monkey Mia was the dolphins- they were great,especially when they jumped out of the water. TH enext day we diceded to go back to the beach to feed them. 

Australia in 33 days (fraser Island) Beautiful beaches and jeeps

NA our fist day we took the ferry to Fraser Island, where you can go whale-watching. It was incredible to see whales next ot our boat. We also hired a Jeep to visit the island and its betches. But we couldn't swim: the water was cold and had lots of sahrks!

Around Australia in 33 days (Adeline river) a paradise of crocodiles

In Australia, some crocodiles can jump, tehy're called "jumping crocodiles". We went on a boat trip on Adelihne river to see these crocodiles. A woamn put pieces of meat on the water and an enormous crocodile jumped out of the water to eat it. Incredible. We wont forget that day!!

Frankenweenie

This is a remake of Tim Burton's first Franwenweenie film, made in 1984. Disney said the first film was too scary and fired Burton! So didn't watch this DVD alone...

Los Misérables

Victor Hugo's Les Misérables is one of the most popular novels of all time. Now you can see the new musical film. An  innocent man, Jean Valejant (Hugh Jackman), escapes from prison and wnats ti start a new life. But Polide Inspector javert (Rusell Crowe) is looking for him. Anne hathaway alsio starts in the film as fantine. And the best thing is... she's a fantstic singer!

Book of the month: Dark Life

In this triller, entire regions of the Earth have been flooded. A boy called Ty and his family live in a new town under the sea, called Dark Life. When bandits attack dark Life, Ty realizes there are big streets in hties underwater world. He soon discovers a taklenty and uses it to defend hi new home.

The ocars Hollywood's big night

This month is the 85th Academy Awards,or Oscars. the oscars are the most famous film awards in the world. Las year a French silent film, The Artist, won five awards including best film,best direcotr, best acotr for Jean Dujardon. WHo will win at the Oscars this year?

2013 Oscar Nominees for Best Picture

Lincoln 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKK3OKYz9Q8

Bestias del sur salvaje 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVWHCuA0slY

El lado bueno de las cosas

Los miserables 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZngbEj3W1Y

La vida de Pi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxAGTwzMb7w   

Amor

Django desencadenado

Argo   


2013 nominees for best actrees 

Naomi Watts (Lo Imposible)

Jessica Chastain (La noche más oscura)

Emmanuelle Riva (Amor)

Quvenzhané Wallis (Bestias del sur salvaje)

Jennifer Lawrence (El lado bueno de las cosas)

2013 nominees for the best actor 

Daniel Day Lewis (Lincoln)

Denzel Washington (Flight)

Hugh Jackman (Los Miserables)

Bradley Cooper (El lado bueno de las cosas)

Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)

2013 nominees for the best director 

Haneke (Amor)

Spielberg (Lincoln)

Russell (El lado bueno de las cosas)

Benh Zeitlin (Bestias del sur salvaje)

Ang Lee (La vida de Pi)

2013 nominees for the best script

El vuelo

La noche más oscura

Django desencadenado

Amor

Moonrise Kingdom

2013 nominees for the best animation picture

 Frankenweenie

Los piratas

Brave

Rompe Ralph

ParaNorman

Super Mario Bros U

All your favourite Super Mario characters are back in this new version of the classic game of nintendo wii. Play as mario, Luigi or Toad and try to save the Princess from the evil Bowser. It's a really fun game!