It's great to be a dog in New York

New Yorkers adore their dogs and love making them happy. So what do the dogs think?

-Hello there! Did you know there are about 78 million dogs in the USA? The lucky* dogs like me live in New York. New Yorkers adore dogs.
There are 600,000 of us in the city..and I've got to say we have the best of everyting.

My master ans I
Many of our owners* are single* and they treat* us like their children. Walking* a dog is also a good way* to make new friends! Parks in the city have "dog runs*", where we can run and play. But many New Yorkers employ* dog-sitters or take us to dog day* care centres.

Man's best friend
New Yorkers spend $1,350 a year on their dog, but some owners* spend much more...even in these bad economic times. For some of us - the rich ones in Manhattan - it's normal to stay* in nice dog hotels. We realli are "man0s best friend"!

VOCABUYLARY:

-Lucky: afortunat
-Owner: dueño
-Single: solter
-Treat: tractar
-Walk: passejar
-Way: manera
-Employ: emplear
-Stay: allotjar-se

THE HOST

This is the film of a book by Stephenie Meyer, the autor of the Twilight series.
There arae no vampires this time - Earth has been infiltrated by parasitic aliens* called "souls*", which possess humans. There's a love story, of course, between a boy ans a "soul". Twilight fans will be happy!

 VOCABULARY

-Alien: extraterrestre.
-Soul: alma.

Prison...or church?

When Tyler Alred, 17, crashed a pickup truck into a tree, killing his friend, he might have expected to be sent to a prison. Instead he was sent to church! The judge told Tyler, who had been drinking at the time, that he could avoid prison if he regularly attented his local church for ten years.

AROUND AUSTRALIA IN 33 DAYS

Get ready to visit Australia with two French boys, Félix and Marius and their family. They spent one month exploring the country-its beaches, its cities, its deserts and its strange animals. What an adventure!

FRASER ISLAND

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

SYDNEY 

In three days we visited Sydney's botanic gardens, the aquarium, the beach, the Harbour Bridge and the famous Sydney Opera House. But the Australian Museum was the best part...we saw real boomerangs.

AYERS ROCK (ULURU)

We took a small plane to Ayers Rock. It's in the middle of the desert with just one hotel, a shop and a petrol station. Ayers Rock is a giant rock formation-we saw it at 6am in the morning and the colours were amazing.

ALICE SPRINGS

The best part of our trip to Alice Springs was the hot-air balloon. At 5am we took a bus to Alice Springs and got on the balloon with the pilot and 13 other passengers. The views were superb and we saw 19 kangaroos. But we didn't take photos of them-they were too fast!

BRUNO MARS

 


2012 was a busy year for Bruno Mars. The singer from Hawaii became an international star and played concerts around the world. Bruno released his first album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans, in 2010. Bruno is a talented musician: he grew up in a musical family and plays drums guitar, keyboard, bass, piano and harmonica. His second album, Unorthodox Jukebox, is sure to be a hit!

ROBOT SERVICE

The robots are coming! However, unlike many science-fiction stories, where they want to destroy the planet, these robots only want to serve you food. This high-tech restaurant in Harbin, China, has 18 different types of robots each costing over $30.000, inclugding chefs, singers and waiters. Some can even speak Chinese! The only question is do you still need to leave a tip?

LEGO BRIDGE

Pedestrians can relax: this bridge isn't really made of Lego! It is an old bridge in Germany which artist Martin Heuwold painted to resemble Lego. Martin spent four weeks painting it. The result is amazing: it makes you want to play with your old Lego!