An Article FromThe Guardian

Doctor Who and Sherlock Holmes in Struggle For Bafta awards
Both characters are known for their ability to solve riddles and prove their companions wrong but only one of them does it with a sonic screw. Now, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Who will go up against each other at next month's Bafta TV awards as the stars of both dramas were nominated for best actor prize. Matt smith, who returned as the Doctor will compete with Benedict Cumberbatch, the star of BBC1's retold version of the Sherlock Holmes story. Doctor Who has previously been named best drama by Bafta, but never has it received a nomination for its lead actor.

The nominations were a double reward for Doctor Who's producer, Steven Moffat who is also one of the creators of Sherlock.The show was also nominated for a best drama with a best supporting actor nomination for Martin freeman, who plays Dr. Watson. Moffat tweeted ''Congrats to Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman and Matt Smith for their Bafta nominations. Sherlock, with three nominations tied with another BBC drama, The Road To Coronation Street, about the creation of the ITV soap. It is running for best single drama with two of its cast, Jessie Wallace and Lynda Baron, who were both nominated.

Channel 4 drama, Any Human heart also received three nominations including one for its actor, Jim Broadbent but none of them could beat E4's sci-fi hit, Misfits.

BBC1 had the highest number of nominations with 24 followed by channel 4 with 16 and BBC2 with 14. BBC4 had 10 nominations and ITV1 had just 8. Meanwhile, Sky had its highest nominations ever with six across four different channels. The baftas will be shown on BBc1 on 22 May.

An Article from the BBC

 World's Oldest Man, Walter Breuning, Dies In US Aged 114

Breuning died of natural causes in a Montana hospital. He had been in hospital since the beginning of the month with an undisclosed illness.

Breuning was 26 days younger than Besse Cooper of Georgia, USA, who was the world's oldest person at 114.

In an interview last autumn, Breuning said that the secret to his old age was eating just two meals a day, working as long as he could and always embracing change - especially death.

"We're all going to die. Some people are scared of dying. Never be afraid to die. Because you're born to die," he said.

Breuning was born on Sept 21, 1896, in Minnesota and spent his early years in South Dakota. That first decade of the 1900s was literally a dark age for his family.

They had no electricity or running water. A bath for young Walter would require his mother to fetch water from the well outside and heat it on the coal-burning stove.
  

GLOSSARY

Natural causes- Something happening naturally 

Spokesman-noun ,a person who makes statements on behalf of a group: 

Retirement -noun the action or fact of leaving one's job and ceasing to work:

Undisclosed -adjective, it is secret

Illness -a disease of the body or mind

Embrace -to accept something enthusiastically

Secret -a piece of information that is only known by one person or a few people and should not be told to others

Afraid- feeling of fear, or feeling worry about the possible results of a particular situation

Decade- a period of ten years, especially a period such as 1860 to 1869, or 1990 to 1999

Dark Age -the period of time in the middle ages

Fetch-to go to another place to get something or someone and bring them back

Well-A deep hole or shaft sunk into the earth to obtain water, oil, gas, or brine.

Coal-burning stove-A Stove that runs on coal

An Article from The Metro

Future Queen Seen In Bean

After toilet seats, teabags and baby bibs, Kate Middleton probably thought she had seen her face just about everywhere.

But in a sign that royal wedding hysteria may have reached fever pitch, the future Queen’s visage has now appeared on- a jelly bean.

Two weeks before Kate walks down the aisle to marry Prince William, trainee accountant Wesley Hosie, of Taunton, Somerset, is convinced he can see the bride-to-be staring back at him from the yellow sweet. Mr Hosie, 25, ‘spotted’ the 29-year-old while he tucked into a 700g jar from The Jelly Bean Factory with his girlfriend Jessica White, 24.

Kate’s facial features, long hair and even smile are visible in the yellow sweet’s blotches. Apparently.

“As Jessica opened the jar, I saw her immediately,” said Mr Hosie. “She was literally staring back at me.”

Richard Cullen, joint manager of The Jelly Bean Factory in Dublin, said: “This sounds truly incredible, I would have to see the bean myself to believe it.

"All of our beans are handmade and this looks like one of our red speckled mango beans, the natural speckles are unique to each and every jelly bean due to the handmade process.’

The couple now plan to sell the “lucky” bean on eBay and hope to pocket as much as £500. Mr Hosie said: “Given that the royal wedding is only a few weeks away, we hope to make a few pounds out of it by selling it on the internet to a collector.”

You might think even the keenest royal enthusiast would be wary of parting with hard-earned cash to secure the bean.

GLOSSARY

Tucking into: starting to eat

bib: a cover made of cloth which is worn by children when eating to ptotect their clothes

hysteria: extreme exitment which can not be controled

fever pitch: a state of very strong emotion

visage: the face

jelly bean: a small sweet in the shape of bean which is soft in the middle and covered with hard sugar

walk down the aisle: to get married in church

bride-to-be: a woman who is going to get married soon

spotted:the person who has noticed somthing

visible:able to be seen

blotches: a mark that is not regular in shape

literally: used to emphesize what you are saying

speckled: covered with dots

to pocket: to earn

keen:very intrested, eager or wanting to do something very much

royal enthusiast: aperson who is very interested in and involved with royal family

wary: not completely certion or trusting something

parting with hard-earned cash: to give up the money that you have worked hard for it

An Article from The Sun

Manchester United Player, Paul Scholes Says Manchester City Are Not Their Main Rivals

Manchester United's veteran midfielder Paul Scholes believes that the FA Cup semi-final opponents Manchester City are not his club's main rivals.

The two teams meet on Saturday at Wembley with United aiming to win the Premier League, the FA Cup and the Champions League this season.

City, on the other hand, have only the FA Cup to play for.

"When they are fourth or fifth [in the league], I don't think they can be classed as a main rival," said Scholes.

"Our main rivals are obviously Arsenal and Chelsea. I think City are just a rival because of where they are [geographically] and Liverpool the same."

City will have to beat United without injured skipper Carlos Tevez as they attempt to win their first major trophy since the 1976 League Cup but Sir Alex Ferguson's team go into this encounter missing the suspended Wayne Rooney.

One of those defeats was in the Premier League last season where Scholes' injury-time header at Eastlands gifted United a crushing 1-0 victory.

The 36-year-old midfielder, who has still to decide whether he will retire at the end of this season, said that goal was "one of the best things I have ever done".

And he is under no illusions as to the significance of Saturday's tie.

"It's an FA Cup semi-final at Wembley, it's massive, there will be 30,000 fans from each side... it's the biggest game we've had against City for a while. Whoever loses will be devastated," added Scholes.

Scholes has long been lauded as England's greatest midfielder by many of the world's best players but he added that he would wait until the end of the season before making a decision about his future.

"I really don't know what I am going to do yet," he said. "I've got these games to think about now and I will decide from there.

"People always say you should play as long as you can but there comes a time when you can't physically do it. I'm wary of that. I just want to make sure it is done at the right time."

GLOSSARY
Veteran- A person who has a long experience in a particular field.

Rival- A person commpeting for the same goal as another.

Skipper- the captain of a team.

Encounter- a meeting between a team or a group of people

Massive - large, big.

Devastated - amazed by something.

Midfielder - a football player active in the midfield.

FA cup- an annual knockout competition for a silver trophy, open to all member teams of the Football Association

opponent- a person or group of people who are in an opposing side in a game.

Wembley- a football stadium in London

Premier league-The premier league is an English professional league for association football clubs.

Champions league - A football league in which teams around Europe take part in.

Lauded - Praised.

Retire- To withdraw from active football.

Fans- A follower or admirer of a sport.

Wary - Watchful.

What’s ape, duck?

 

 A GORILLA amazes zoo visitors by gently cradling a duckling.

They had feared the worst as the bird strayed into the ape's enclosure.
Four-year-old Western Lowland gorilla Komale repeatedly picked up the tiny duck and pulled it towards his mouth.
But Komale was just playing with it - and then gave his feathered friend a cuddle.
The duckling had crossed a moat that surrounds an island where gorillas live at Bristol Zoo. It finally broke free and rejoined its family.

Refference:

                   
cradling  

care for or nurture in infancy.

 strayed
To become lost.

Duckling
A young Duck
  
Repeatedly
adv.
More than once; again and again.


 Feathered
Having feathering, as an animal's coat.

Ape
A monkey,Gorilla

 Cuddle  

 hold close in one's arms as a way of showing love or affection

 

 

Riyadh and Manchester

Riyadh is in the middle of Saudi Arabia with a population of 4,000,000. The most of year is summer which mean scorching but we have 3 months very dry cold winter.

With this number of population there are a lot of sports centre where they can swimming ,playing football and tinnes. Riyadh has fantastic restaurants you can find our food and also forign food, make sure you try Kabsa. I suggest going to scyscraper which is the most picturesque part.

When I say bustling,spacious,elegant,hectic and crowded I should mean Riyadh. in Riyadh we have a rush day not a rush hour because cars are the only way to travel.

As an industry city, pollution is one of the most problems. The other problem is
 unemployment which is become an universal problem.

comparing between Manchester and Riyadh, Riyadh is bigger and hotter than Manchester and its miles easer to drive in Riyadh than Manchester
in my opinion the main point is transport, they have train and trams and of course cars.

In Manchester people quiet friendly and helpful but they prefer to be with themselves.
Education and helth system in Manchester as similar as in Riyadh.

 Riyadh is nothing like as historic as Manchester.

So, I'm better studing in Manchester than in Riyadh.

by Hadil

tehran capital of iran

tehran ,the city which i came from ,with the population of almost 8,000,000 is much bigger and more hectic than manchester and though it's population is growing day by day and like other big cities tehran, suffers from sever airpollution,which sometimes makes breathing hard. infact it has been reported that each month many died as a result.

comparin to manchester tehran has milder weather.it can generally describe as mild in spring and autumn,hot and dry in summer and cold in winter.
people ,however, have absolutly different cultural behavior manner than in manchester.they are much more frindly and always care and look after each other even if you are a complete stranger you can find friend so easily.

in my openion manchester transportation network is much better than what we have in tehran.here has a well-managed transpotation system which covers many routs and even without a car you can go almost everywhere in or outside the city.it has'nt as much traffic jam as we does have in tehran.

one undeniable fact is that manchester has alot of beautiful landscape just like other parts of England.which is infact beacuse of its weather,i guess, and i really enjoy just gazing at its beautifull scene specialy on the outskirts.there are a lot of scene which i wish i could picturesque them.

hanna

Man & Mad

Manchester is a great city for studying English because there are many things to do all the time in the morning, afternoon and at night. If you compare the social life in Manchester with the social life in Madrid, I am sure Madrid is better but you came to England to learn English . If want to party and relax you should go to Madrid. Anyway Spain and Madrid have more things than just parties and bulls. You must go to Spain and learn about our culture. Now I will try to compare my city with Manchester.

Madrid is the Capital of Spain, has about 4,300,000 inhabitants and is situated in the middle of the Iberica peninsula. Is the biggest city in Spain and you have all things in the world except a beach.

Manchester is the third biggest city in England after London and Birmingham. I dont know actually about the population of Manchester but anyway it is less than 2,000,000.

Manchester and Madrid are very different. Manchester is small and in Madrid there is business and growth every day.

The weather obiously is better in Madrid more sun, less rain etc. But after six months in Manchester I think the weather is ok. Only that in the same day it may rain and snow.

The cost of living is cheaper than in London but more expensive than Madrid in basic things like milk, fruit, vegetables etc. But if you compare the price of renting one house or room., Manchester and Madrid are equal.

Night life. Manchester has many pubs, bars and discos. You only need to get used to the timetables. People in England go out at 7 o'clock and come back home at 3 o'clock. In Madrid or Spain people go out at 12 oclock and come back at 6 oclock. But i can say that maybe the English people are more wild than Spanish people. "maybe" I'm not sure about my last sentence. Anyway if your favourite music is Rock or Indie music you should choose Manchester because there are many pubs such as Factory, Fifth avenue, south etc.

Very important thing. FOOD . If you want to lost weight come to England without your mother. The food is more expensive than in Madrid and the quality is worse. Don't come to England if you want to eat great food. Anyway remember you came English to learn English.

Public Transport. The people from Manchester sure tell you " ohh yes the public transport in Manchester is great, Fantastic". In my opinion it is very bad awful.,dirty, expensive and slow if you live in the suburbs of Manchester you need to spend one hour on the bus if you have good luck. In Madrid it is cleaner and cheaper but sometimes have problems and break down.

If you like football come to England and choose Manchester. The people are crazy about football and about United and City. You can watch the match with 100 people in pubs like Footage on Oxford Road. People in Madrid are crazy about football as well but the people are passionate

In conclusion Manchester is as amazing as Madrid.