the rites of passage

Fast plane goes down (news)

FAST PLANE GOES DOWN

Turkish armed forces have taken down a Syrian plane that they believed was violating their airspace.

A video posted online appears to show the aftermath of the downed plane with plumes of white smoke rising behind Mound Turkman in Lattakia.

The Turkish Prime Minister told supporters at a rally that the country’s forces had taken down the plane.

“A Syrian plane violated our airspace. Our F-16s took off and hit this plane. Why? Because if you violate my airspace, our slap will be hard.”

Syria’s condemned the move, calling it “blatant aggression” and said their jet was pursuing rebel fighters on Syrian territory. The pilot survived, as he managed to eject before the plane crashed. 

SUMMARY:

A plane is shot down. It is a Syrian plane. Turkey shoots the plane. Turkey thinks that the plane is a threat.

There is a video on the Internet. It shows the situation after the crash.

The Turkish Prime Minister talks about the incident. The pilot of the plane survives. He left the plane before it crashed.

VOCABULARY:

take down (shoot down), violate (do something against a law), aftermath (time right after a disaster), plume (cloud), rally (large public meeting), condemn (disapprove), blatant (done openly), pursue (chase).

Ear on the arm (news)

EAR ON THE ARM

A Chinese man lost an ear during a tragic car accident and ever since felt incomplete. Doctors in the city of Xi'an are trying to change that.

To begin the pioneering procedure, they took cartilage from Mr Ji’s ribs and then cut the cartilage into the shape of an ear. Subsequently, they implanted the cartilage under the skin of the man’s forearm, which was perhaps the most complicated and dangerous step but it was a success.

The artificial ear now needs to grow for at least another three months before the final surgery when it will be transplanted onto his head.

Mr Ji has gone through many operations since his accident, not only for his ear, but also for his skin and cheeks. He hopes that the operations will eventually bring him back a normal life.

SUMMARY

This news is from China. A man has a car accident. He loses his ear. Doctors try to help him. They make him a new ear.

They take a piece of his ribs. They make the piece into an ear. They put the ear under the skin of his arm. It grows there.

This takes 3 months. When it is finished, the doctors put it on the man’s head.

The man has many operations. He has many operations for more than his ear. He also has them for his skin and cheeks. He wants to have a normal life

VOCABULARY

pioneering (innovative, new), cartilage (a flexible material of the body), subsequently (then, afterwards), i.e. (that is).

The Clash - London Calling (Official Video)

[Verse 1]
London calling to the faraway towns
Now war is declared and battle come down
London calling to the underworld
Come out of the cupboard, you boys and girls
London calling, now don't look to us
Phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust
London calling, see we ain't got no swing
'Cept for the ring of that truncheon thing

[Chorus 1]
The ice age is coming, the sun is zooming in
Meltdown expected, the wheat is growin' thin
Engines stop running, but I have no fear
Cause London is drowning, and I, live by the river

[Verse 2]
London calling to the imitation zone
Forget it, brother, you can go it alone
London calling to the zombies of death
Quit holding out and draw another breath
London calling and I don't want to shout
But when we were talking I saw you nodding out
London calling, see we ain't got no high
Except for that one with the yellowy eyes

[Chorus 2]
The ice age is coming, the sun's zooming in
Engines stop running, the wheat is growin' thin
A nuclear error, but I have no fear
Cause London is drowning, and I, I live by the river

[Chorus 2]
The ice age is coming, the sun's zooming in
Engines stop running, the wheat is growin' thin
A nuclear error, but I have no fear
Cause London is drowning, and I, I live by the river

[Verse 3]
Now get this
London calling, yes, I was there, too
An' you know what they said? Well, some of it was true!
London calling at the top of the dial
And after all this, won't you give me a smile? (London calling)
I never felt so much a' like a'like a'like

SUMMARY:
In this song is situated in London. The song protest about pollution and by the proximity of the end of the world where he believes it will be zombies among other bad things. One of the causes according to the singer, the excessive use of the machines closer this final "London calls hell" where hinting at how bad people that are the English thus then to "call in" to hell for 'book site' to all of them.

USA elections special

TRUMP OR CLINTON?

Positive things about Donald Trump's policies: he tries to protect the econmy of USA using free trade.

Positive things about Hillary Clinton's policies: she isn't a racist politician.

Negative things about Trump's policies: he is very acist with the latin and musulman people but he don't argument this obsession with this theme.

Negative things about Hillary Clinton's policies: sometimes lies and she deleted a lot of emails about USA's politic.

KNIFE IN THE HEAD (news)

Knife in the Head

SUMMARY

This happens in Peru. Two men are in an argument. One of the men has a knife. He stabs the other man. He stabs him in the head.

The stabbed man is confused. He is walking around. He comes to a hospital. The knife is still in his head. The doctors operate on him. They take out the knife.

VOCABULARY
argument (when you have a problem with someone and you do not talk nicely about it), stab (hit with a knife), confused (when you do not know what is happening).