The English language has become an essential issue for most Catalans as getting a driving license or knowing how to swim. For this reason, an industry of Catalonia comprising English audio and video materials, books and exchange trips to English speaking countries has sprung up.
A company Phone of Barcelona is now offering to English language students a service whereby clients choose a date and time to be rung up for a conversation of their choosing in English.
New words - Whereby: per el qual. - Comprising: comprensió.
Last month, the first private documents taken from Catalonia by Franco’s nationalist returned to Catalonia’s National Archive. These documents kept in the Archivo General de la Guerra Civil Española in Salamanca in 1940 and it includes 120 books, that 75 were part of the private library of the writer Antoni Rovira Virgili.
Catalonian officials have campaigned for the return of these books for more than 20 years; now these documents are safely in their correct side.
Mr Coego, a 46-year-old builder from Santiago de Compostela, moved into Barajas airport last Wednesday to search for his pet, which was lost by Iberia staff on December 12th as it was being transferred from a flight from the Canary Islands to the Galician capital.
Trus, the missing dog, has been reunited with his owner, Manuel García Coego, after being found in Barajas town at 7pm on December 20 evening.
New words Sprang: saltar Distraught: espantat, trasbalsat Betrayal: traïció
According to a recent study undertaken by the Savings Banks Foundation (FUNCAS), Spanish and Italian men do less housework than other European people, especially countries like Sweden, Norway and the UK where the household share out between the sexes.
The report called "Spanish family life: Analysis and Reflections from a Sociological and Economic Perspective", indicates that, on average, Spanish women spend more than four and half hours each day cooking an cleaning, more than three times as much as their menfolk.
New words Household: llar Share out: compatir Average: mitjana
Opinion of this new article This article talks about the housework. Actually, this topic is so important; a few years ago, it was only the women who did the housework and the men who went to work outside. Nowadays, as women as men work outside and for this reason, they must share out their housework. I think that is unbelievable that in Spain, a developed country, the women do more than three times as much as their men folk. Also, Spain isn’t the only developed country where the women do more housework, there’re more countries that this happen; sharing out the housework is so important because is an important living together thing. So, the men must give more of their part and the women must be imposed.
The Sagrada Familia is now hanging in the balance after an influential group of intellectuals (inculding the director of Reina Sofia Art Musuem in Madrid). They say that the ideas of Antoni Gaudí who designed the masterpiece haven't been followed.
When Gaudí died in 1926, some anarchists tried to destroy the plans during the Spanish Civil War.
New words Masterpiece: Obra mestra Fate: Destinació Midst: Mitjà
Summary Thousands of travellers have been aground since anti-government groups took over two airports last week.
Bangkok are distribuiting a total of 88 planes to be flown out to other Thai airports, where it is hoped they can evacuate some of the blockaded tourists. The crisis has economically damaged the country since it intensified last week.
Thailand’s deputy premier for economic affairs is reported to be meeting high figures in commerce, industry and tourism today to discuss the damage being done. As the bloked of aground foreigners grows every day, foreign embassies are beside themselves with frustration, at Bangkok airport.
In the Newspaper called Catalonia Today I read an article about Lilly Allen, a singer.
Sumary
Before have an album out, Lilly Allen uploaded her songs in myspace (a social networking site) and had been played close to half million times. Her music is influenced by ska, reggae and calypso. When she did a concert in Barcelona people could see she is a rash and confident young woman.
New words - Sharp: agut. - Witty: divertit. - Live up: demostrar.
Spain has a very high number of organ donors, more than other European countries. It is dues to the fact that there are people that work on liaise the people and also, because you are always able to change your opinion if you said that you wanted it. In Spain the views of relatives are respected, in Austria they ignore it and in Britain you must carry a card to indicate your desire to donate. In UK, to be a donor you have to register with the NHS Organ donor register that have a database shared between European countries. In Spain you can sing up with the ONT, but this only informe relatives of your wishes.
The English language has become an essential issue for most Catalans as getting a driving license or knowing how to swim. For this reason, an industry of Catalonia comprising English audio and video materials, books and exchange trips to English speaking countries has sprung up.
