dimecres, 29 d’abril del 2009

Montana pops to the top of film chart

Teenage popstar Miley Cyrus has achieved the top of the North American box office chart with Hannah Montana: The Movie.
The film took $34m over the weekend taking Fast&furious off the top. Miley had previoulsy sung her way to the top with a filmed concert, which took $31.1m on its first weekend.
Hannah Montana: The Movie is the latest show in the story of a girl who has an alter-ego as a singeing star.
"Her average opening weeken is around $30m" claimed the president of box office analysts Media By Numbers. While her opening weekend's rivals twice her age.


New vcabulary learnt:

chart-llista d'èxits
instalment-entrega

box office-taquilles

dimecres, 22 d’abril del 2009

Brussels to probe seven airlines.

The European Comission has started anti-competition into seven transatlantic airlines. They has opened two different investigations. The first one into proposed additional cooperations between British Airlines, American Airlines and Iberia. The second one into existing and planned cooperation between Air Canada, Continental, Lufthansa and United.
BA complained saying the Comission didn't have any proof of any infringement. Nevertheless, the comission answered they wouldn't have started them unless they didin't have reasons to do it.
They investigate into transatlantic routes run by One World alliance with memebers of all those airlines excepting Continental one, however it is in talks to join the Star Alliance.

New vocabulary learnt:
proposed-propusat
launch-fundar

dijous, 16 d’abril del 2009

informal letter.

Dear Iris,
I received your letter yesterday. How's everything in Canterbury? Are you enjoying it and improving your English? Well, I hope you're having fun!
In Chester everything is going perfectly. My host family is very nice. There's a woman called Jane and her daughters who are twins. They're eighteen so we get on really well.
The town is so charming. In the venings we usually go to such a lovely park near the river which we found out the second day. I've done many good friends here. What about you? Are there many nice persons?
Yesterday was a strange day for me. Jess, one of my host sosters, was bringing me to the downtown when the car broke down suddenly. We had to call the crane and I finally arrived an hour late to the meeting. Then, luckily for me, I came across twenty pounds on the floor and later I received your letter so I was really happy!
When are you setting off from Canterbury? I'd like to meet you when we'll be both home.
Best wishes,

Júlia

dimecres, 15 d’abril del 2009

Federer weds long-term girlfriend.

World number two Roger Fedrer (27) married his girlfriend Mirka Vavrinec in Basle. They met in 2000 at the Sydney's Olympic Games and they are expecting their first child.
He's going to take part of the Monte Carlo Masters next week after he was given a wildcard although he originally said he was not going to play. Federer has finished runner-up three times in Monte Carlo and he hasn't won a tournament since October.

The only member of the world's top 10 who won't be taking part of the championship is Andy Murray. Number one Rafael Nadal will try to win the tournament for the fifth time.


New vocabulary learnt:
'wildcard'-comodí
'runner-up'-subcampió

dimecres, 1 d’abril del 2009

Wimbledon.

We couldn't see the whole movie, so I'm just going to summarize the part we saw.

Peter Colt is a British professional tennis player once ranked 11th of the world who is now ranked 119th. Peter is 31 and he has decided to retire after the last tournament, Wimbledon. He actually has already got a job as a coach at a club.
The championship begins so he goes to the hotel. The receptionist gives him the wrong key and he meets Lizzie Bradbury by chance in what was supposed to be his room. She is American and she seems to be a great promise in tennis; she's supposed to win Wimbledon. Peter finally gets another room. From a long time ago, he was used to lose most of matches, he starts to win after meeting Lizzie, though. Peter invites her to fish and chips in her room and they start falling in love. However, there's someone who deosn't like it, Lizzie's Father. He just wants her to focus on the game and not to get the head on Peter or any other thing.
One day, they are in a party when the paparazzies start taking photos on them so they decide to go away. They go to an apartment from Peter in his native town. They go running along the promenade, have a lot of fun and enjoy these days until Lizzie's father arrives and she has to come back London.

New vocabulary learnt:
promenade-passeig marítim
tournament-torneig