8 probanyelvvizsga nyelybol—B2 The authorities in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay) have reduced water supplies by: 30% as it faces one of the worst droughts in its history. The cuts will affect supplies to hundreds of thousands of households as well as hospitals and hotels. Rainfall figures are alarming compared with last year since the area has only received 25% of the rainfall received by this time last year. If more rain does not arrive soon, the lakes which supply Mumbai will recede still further. hutp://news.bbe.co.uk/2/hilsouth_asia/8138273.stm 42. Half a million people have been stranded after floods ruined the north-eastern Indian state of Assam. Local officials warned the situation was worsening because most of the rivers in the state were still rising. The districts worst affected by the flooding were Lakhimpur, Dhemaji and Jorhat, Assam government spokesman Dinesh Deka told the BBC. http:/Inews. bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8138065.stm: 43. According to a long-term study of monkeys, cutting calories may lengthen life and reduce the risk of disease. Over 20 years, monkeys whose diets were not restricted were nearly three times more likely to have died than those whose calories were counted. The diet involved reducing calorie intake by 30% and appeared to lengthen life and im- pact upon many forms of age-related disease seen in monkeys, including cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and brain atrophy. http://news. bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8 141082.stne 44. British researchers have announced the discovery of a rare original copy of America’s Declaration of Independence, which marks the birth of the United States. The copy is incredibly exciting because it is likely that only around 200 of these were ever printed. so uncovering a new one nearly 250 years later is extremely rare, especially one in such) good condition.Aieiyein fly 320 (sf elesi ey ana | It is one of the first copies of the Declaration of Independence which were distributed to political and military leaders, including George Washington. Inttp:/www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ ALeqMSjcFZGF_TArNMHGexwmrexNNjrqyQD996E1K80 A Wisconsin mother and her 16-month-old son were killed in a head-on crash. Nicole Polk, 24, and her son, Tevin Temple, were pronounced dead at the scene; her 2-year-old was also severely injured. The crash happened near Russell Road around 11 p.m. Polk’s 2002 Chevy Cavalier ran into a 20-year-old woman and her three passengers in their 2004 Toyota Camry. The driver and passengers of the Camry received minor in- juries. There is an investigation under way to determine the exact cause of the crash. The crash closed down northbound lanes from 11 p.m. to around 4 a.m. http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfin?id= 79468 ca 3 Some people consider Paleolithic rock art to be the first example of graffiti. As early as 30,000 B.C., humans have been etching and painting on public surfaces. Prehistoric cave paintings, and pictographs commonly feature animals, humans, symbols, and daily life. Most academics agree that they were created either to enhance spiritual rituals or to show daily life. Because these carvings and paintings were most likely permitted by other members of the society, some argue that this form of prehistoric art cannot be called graffiti. Since there has been writing, humans have created graffiti. Graffiti has been found on the walls of Pompeii, in the catacombs of Rome, on the bases of Greek vases etc. Historic traveler graffiti can be found scribbled or etched onto the surfaces of famous heritage sites across the globe. During the early 1800s, travelers, archaeologists, missionaries, and scholars etched their names onto temple walls across Egypt and Sudan. Perhaps the most ubiquitous graffiti of the 20" century was the ‘Kilroy Was Here!” graffiti. The phrase and image of ‘Kilroy’ were created by U.S. servicemen during the Second World War. During the war, ‘Kilroy Was Here!’ graffiti began to appear at home and wherever the American military traveled abroad. The phrase and cartoon soon became 2 symbol of America’s presence throughout the world. ‘Kilroy Was Here!’ can be found ‘on the Statue of Liberty, atop Mount Everest, on huts in Polynesia, and even on the surface ‘of the moon. People first recognized graffiti as art during the 1970s and 80s when graffiti artists ‘Began coloring the NYC subway trains. The movement has been traced to a young kid ‘om Washington Heights who would write his alias TAKT 183 on subway trains, stations, posts and buildings as he made his way across the city as a foot messenger. The New “York Times published an article about the mysterious TAKI 183 tag, making him the first graffiti writer to be recognized outside the subculture. cae8 probanyelvvizsga nyelybol|=B2 _ ale | Once writers discovered that they could ‘hit’ as many trains as possible at the train yards overnight, with little fear of being caught, the emphasis shifted from quantity to quality. Writers also began to add design elements to their names, including arrows, stars, clouds, and crowns. More elaborate ‘pieces’, often covering entire train cars, got the at- tention of the art world. The NYC Metro Transit Authorities (MTA) launched a campaign to rid the subway system of graffiti (‘No graffiti will run’) in the late 1980s. Though this act in many ways ended the NYC subway art era, the idea of creating graffiti art had already expanded out- side the NY area. In many ways, graffiti art has become a global phenomenon, Contemporary graffiti art- ists’ works can be often found in multiple cities around the world. The World Wide Web and temporary exhibitions have enabled writers to show their work and to view others” work across international lines. Today, graffiti has expanded to include other forms of public art, including stencil graffiti, stickers, and sometimes public sculptures and mosaics. Many people label the conglomeration of these forms, street art, or post-graffiti. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museumstudies/websites06/ancelet/thehistoryofgraffiti.htm . You call the BBC Weather Centre and hear the following There are three types of warnings issued from the BBC Weather Centre by the Met Office forecasting team. The Initial Warning of severe weather is provided, when the risk of a severe weather event occuring in the next five days is under 40%. This is followed by Early Warnings when the overall risk is above 60%. A Weather Warning is issued when severe weather is expected within the next few hours. Weather warnings will also be highlighted on TV broadcasts. hitp://news. bbc.co.uk/weather/hi/uk_warnings/default.stm (@F) You hear the following announcement in the Radio News Seyeral stores and a medical centre have been forced to close following fiash flooding in parts of Derby. The Osmaston Road Medical Centre was evacuated after heavy rain fell in the city on Tuesday afternoon. Patients are now advised that they should use the Open Access Centre on St Thomas Road instead. The bad weather has also caused several shops in the city centre, including Wilkinson and Staples, to close. More heavy rain is expected later. hitp://news. bbe.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/derbyshire/8139196.stm (58) You hear the following advertisement on the radio Are you someone who’s always dreamt of a career in the media, like radio or TV, but didn’t think you were cut out for being in front of the mike or the camera? There are) A\ianoanyagezovegatirata= TELG, many other career choices in radio and TV that could be perfect for you. Everything from promotion to advertising and production. The New York State Broadcasters’ Association and the Capital Region Radio and TV stations welcome you to a free career expo! You'll meet Radio and TV people from every field, and discover what career would suit you best. Plan now to attend the free Radio and TV Career Expo, Thursday, September 23 from 4 to 7 at the Carousel Sky Deck. hitp:/Avww.scottymatthews.com/Script.htm '59. You hear the following announcement on the train Ashford, this is Ashford. The train at platform 4 terminates here. All change please, all change. Customers for stations to Folkestone, Dover, Deal and Ramsgate, please remain on this platform and listen for further announcements. Customers for stations to Rye and Hastings should cross via the subway to platforms 1 and 2. All change please, all change. http: //groups. google.com/group/Railway-recorded-announcements/ web/contents-of-announcements 160) You call AA Roadwatch Traffic Information Helpline and hear the following You have phoned AA Roadwatch traffic information helpline. Please choose options on your phone keypad for the following roadwatch services: Option 1. For motorway information, live traffic and incident news choose 1 on your phone keypad. Option 2. For text alerts for your regular journeys, choose option 2 on your keypad. Speak to one of our advisers to arrange to receive text messages when there are traffic problems for the times and roads of your journey. Option 3. Choose option 3 to tell us about traffic problems you see. We will record your ‘own eyewitness account. Our traffic team will check your information before adding it to our traffic news. Thank you for calling AA Roadwatch Traffic Information Helpline. http://www. theaa.com/travelwatch/roadwatch jsp TELC Test 2 Police are appealing for information about a number of incidents at Loughview estate, Holywood, County Down.8 probanyelvvizsga nyelvbol= Bz) Shortly after 12.50am on Tuesday 23" June it was reported that windows had been broken at a house at Priory End by a group of people. Paint was also thrown at the house. Windows in a car had also been broken and a second car had been damaged with paint. Windows had also been broken at two houses at Abbey Place. In addition, the front windscreen of a van parked at Abbey Ring was smashed in the early hours of this morning. Anyone with information should contact police by calling 0845 600 8000. Alternatively. information about crime can be passed anonymously to the Crimestoppers charity on 0800 555 111. hittp:/www psniipolice.uk/index/news-archive/news-2009/ news_releases_june_2009/pr_criminal_damage_holywood_230609.htm a2. A pedestrian was seriously injured in an early-morning hit and run collision. The man was struck around 3.10 am near Eglinton Avenue and Dufferin Street. When emergency crews arrived on the scene, he was rushed to Sunnybrook Hospital, where he remains in serious condition. There’s no information yet on a description of the vehicle. It was reported a short time later that a car had struck a vehicle at Eglinton Street, Portrush. A report was then received shortly after 7.50 am that a car had left the road at Priestland Road, Ballytober, outside Bushmills. Police are treating the incidents as connected. http://www psni.police.uk/pr_pedestrian_injured_east_strand__portrush_23_04_09 43. Following a planned operation by detectives in Organised Crime earlier today, Friday 22 May. a firearm and a quantity of ammunition were recovered. Four males and one female were arrested in the Cregagh area of East Belfast and have been taken to the serious crime suite in Antrim. The four men, aged 36 and 28, and two aged 27 and the one female aged 38 were later charged with Possession of a Firearm in Suspicious Circumstances. One of the males has also been charged with dangerous driving. All five are expected to appear at Newtownards Court on Monday 25 May. As is normal procedure the charges will be reviewed by the PPS. hittp:/hvww psni.police.uk/index/news-archive/news-2009/news_releases_may_2009/pr_arrests_ and_firearms_recovered_cregagh_220509.htm ae Brave men and women are getting ready for the first ever Super Plunge at Bangor Marina on 12 and 13 June, Participants will jump into a pool of water and ice, every hour on the hour throughout the day to raise funds for the local Special Olympics athletes. 130Avangenyagscovegatrata— TELCy The Super Plunge which is organised by the PSNI Law Enforcement Torch Run com- mittee will take place during the North Down Borough Council Bangor Maritime Festival. This is the first ever Super Plunge for Special Olympics to take place in Northern Ireland and everyone is encouraged to come and support the courageous volunteers taking on this challenge. http:/Awwwepsni.police.uk/index/news-archive/news-2009/ news_releases_may_2009/190509_take_the_plunge.him Police are warning shops and businesses to be vigilant following a report of counterfeit notes being passed in the town. If in doubt, compare a suspect note to one that is known to ‘be genuine as this can often help to determine the authenticity of a note. Itis a criminal offence to try to pass or keep a banknote that you either know or suspect to be counterfeit. If you happen to receive a note that you believe to be counterfeit, you should take it to the nearest police station as quickly as possible. The counterfeit bank note should not be returned to the person passing it. If necessary a seceipt should be issued to them. A description of the person passing the suspect currency should also be noted and your local police contacted straight away on 0845 600 8000. hitp://veww psni.police.uk/index/news-archive/news-2009/ news_releases_may_2009/200509counterfeitnotewarningstrabane.him The kiwi bird is found only in New Zealand. Although primarily a bird of New Zealand =aative forests, kiwis also live in scrub and native grasslands. Because the kiwi is a semi socturnal, secretive bird, few New Zealanders have seen their national bird in the wild. A flightless bird about the size of a domestic fowl, the kiwi has coarse, bristly, hair-like ‘fathers. Females are larger than males. Kiwis grow lw about the size of a chicken and weigh between three and nine pounds. ey have no tail and tiny two-inch wings which for all practical purposes, are useless. pite its awkward appearance, a kiwi can actually outrun a human and they have ble them to kick and slash an enemy. Using its excellent sense of smell and flexible bill, the kiwi feeds on worms, insects ad grubs, supplemented by leaves, berries and seeds. main breeding period is from late winter to summer. Nests may be in hollow logs, der tree roots, in natural holes or in burrows excavated mainly by the male, Most nests contain one or two eggs. Eggs are smooth, and coloured ivory or greenish-white. Kiwi s2gs are proportionately larger compared to the size of the adult female than the eggs of8 probanyelvvizsga shy | = 3 any other bird. An egg may reach one-quarter of its mother’s weight. After the first egg is laid, the male takes over incubation and nest maintenance. Incubation takes about eleven weeks but if the female returns to lay another egg, the male has to sit on the clutch for a much longer time. Leaving the nest only occasionally, the male’s weight can decrease by up to one third. The young chick is not fed by the adult, but survives on a large reserve of yolk in its belly. Gaining strength, the chick remains in the nest for six to ten days. The young kiwi then leaves the burrow, and, accompanied by the male, begins to search for food. Kiwis have been known to live up to twenty years. Before the coming of the Maori, the kiwi had no predators. Although the Maori valued kiwi feathers for making cloaks, the number of birds killed by Maoris was prob- ably insignificant. During the latter part of the last century, many thousands of kiwis were captured by Europeans for zoos, museums and private collections. Bush clearing, intro- duced predators, opossum traps and motor vehicles have all contributed to the reduction in the kiwi population. As long as suitable habitat is set aside, and the remaining kiwis are left undisturbed, the survival of this unique bird should be assured. The Kiwi as an emblem first appeared in the late 19” century on New Zealand military badges symbolising the confinement of the kiwi to the islands of New Zealand. In 1905 students of Auckland University College began publishing a magazine called “The Kiwi which survived until the mid 1960s. http:/www.chemistry.co.nz/kiwibird.htm 56. You hear the following weather forecast on the radio The week begins with low pressure centred over the UK. As a result there will be frequent. heavy and slow-moving showers and thunderstorms giving torrential downpours in places. On Tuesday and Wednesday, the low will drift north-eastwards, which will mean the showers will also begin to clear away. More settled conditions will move in from the west This will be followed by a northerly airflow, which will result in much cooler conditions across the UK compared with last week. As a result, temperatures are expected to be close to the seasonal average. Thursday and Friday are expected to be mainly dry across the UK. However, a weather front close to western fringes may give a little rain across these areas. By the weekend conditions are expected to become more unsettled with further showers. http://www. bbe.co.uk/weather/ukweather/monthly_outlook.shtmlDUE eee cer iris TEC 167) You hear the following announcement at the railway station Clapham Junction 008 — Platform 13 for Portsmouth Harbour and Littlehampton. Join any part of the train for East Croydon, Gatwick Airport, Haywards Heath, Hove, Shoreham- by-Sea and Worthing where the train will divide. Join the front 4 coaches for Barmham, Chichester, Southbourne, Emsworth, Havant, Fratton, Portsmouth & Southsea and Port- smouth Harbour. Join the rear 8 coaches for West Worthing and Littlehampton. Join the middle 4 coaches for Durrington-on-Sea, Goring-by-Sea and Angmering. huip://groups. google.com/group/Railway-recorded-announcements/web/contents-of-announce- ments 158. You hear the following advertisement on the radio During A Ford Vehicle a Day Give Away you can win up to £1,000 towards the purchase of your vehicle plus, every day, someone in Britain wins a new Ford. And you will get a £500 cash card with virtually all new in-stock models. Be the winner of your Alberta Ford dealer today. Offers are available for a limited time. See our website for details. Ford. Built for life. http:/{forums focaljet.com/steeda-autosports/ 509670-focus-day-four-days-prize-give-away-list.html 159) You hear the following announcement in the British Museum The Keeper of the Western Asiatic Antiquities of the British Museum regrets to inform you that the Assyrian sculptures, which have been exhibited in the Assyrian Saloon and the Assyrian Basement at the British Museum, will be unavailable for study or inspection until further notice, owing to the rebuilding of the Assyrian Saloon and the insertion of a new floor. It is expected that work will begin on 5 July, but no date for the return of the ‘sculptures can at present be forecast. We are sorry for the inconvenience caused. hittp:/ijss.oxfordjournals.org/egi/pdf_extract/10/2/315 160) You hear the following traffic news on the radio Road crews began the construction phase of Prop1b funded Road Rehabilitation projects Monday June 29. Projects include chip-sealing nearly 29 miles of Glenn County roads. Travelers will experience traffic delays on Monday, 29 June and Wednesday, 1 July, from 7:00 am to 4:00 pm when using County Highway 99W to travel between the City of Willows and the City of Orland. County Road Crews will be providing traffic control with Pilot Car guidance through the construction zone and motorists could experience up to 20 ‘minutes in delay. Please take alternate routes to avoid delays. hutp://gcppwa.net/announcements.aspx ea® 8 probanyelvvizsga nyelvbol-B2 41. A restaurant in Nagoya, Japan called the FuA-Men (Fully Automated raMen) is run by robots. It features a chef and an assistant which are both robots. They perform all the cooking tasks needed to make 80 bowls of noodles per day in their small shop. The customers say there is a small difference in the noodles prepared by the robots and humans, The robots are made to time the boiling of noodles, and to add toppings to them, and to make sure the taste and temperature of the noodles is right. The robots work well together and also work hard to entertain customers. They put ona comedy show where one robot has a knife and the other has a pot lid to defend itself. The restaurant is working on getting a robotic busboy. hitp:/www.shortnews.com! 42. Scientists from the US and UK are behind a project that would create a 1-2% reduction in sunlight by launching 1,900 ships powered by the wind that would take seawater and create clouds by spraying it skyward, taking their directions from satellites. They say that this will cancel out emissions of carbon dioxide that are responsible for the greenhouse effect. The ships would stay far at sea so that normal rainfall patterns aren’t affected. The decade-old idea was chosen above a number of others. Only costing $9 billion, it is a far cheaper solution than others, including CO,-cutting measures being considered by leading nations that amount to $250 billion. A panel of Nobel laureates will pick a solution in a vote next month in Washington, DC. http:/www.shortnews.com/start.cfin?id=80103 43. Scientists have decoded the entire genetic structure of the HIV-1 strain of HIV, the strain that is most likely to cause AIDS in humans. The decoding could mean a potential accel- eration in the development of drug treatments. The research was published in the journal Nature. HIV does not consist of the double- stranded DNA, rather its genetic makeup consists of RNA, which is more complex because of its single strand. One scientist, Dr David Robertson of England, said: “More generally, if we can unpick the structures then we can compare the systems of different viruses and gain new understand- ing of how they work.” http:/oww-shortnews.com/start.cfm? id= 80068AIBN yay Ove el ene | 44. Posters are being put up in parts of Worcestershire to try to trace the owner a winning lot- tery ticket. The ticket, bought in the Malvern and Worcester area, contains the numbers 6, 9, 20, 21, 31, 34, and was drawn on 11 March yielding a record sum of £2.5m. The owner of the ticket has until 7 September to claim their prize and if the deadline passes the money will go to the lottery’s Good Causes scheme. People are being urged to check their wallets and old tickets. “We have the champagne on ice and our fingers crossed that the lucky winner, wherever they are, comes forward and takes the win,” a lottery spokesman said. Anyone who believes they have the winning ticket is urged to call the National Lottery Line. Aittp://news. bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_midlands/8077306.stm 45. Britain’s Justice Secretary Jack Straw has signed the release of Ronnie Biggs, one of the world’s greatest train robbers. The release was signed on what Straw called compassionate grounds, as Biggs is close to death. The release means that police guards at the hospital room in Norfolk will leave tomor- row, following the signing of the release papers. Biggs’s lawyer said: “This man is ill, he’s going to die, he is not going to any pub or going to Rio...” The move was criticised by the UK’s train drivers union, which said: “It’s ludicrous that a man who was part ofa gang that committed a violent crime and attacked an innocent man and hit him with an iron bar should be a person who deserves clemency.” hutp://www.shortnews.com/ Green Christmas: tips for an eco-friendly holiday. The holidays draw out the best in most of us each year. They also bring what seems like an environmentalist’ worst nightmare: tons of extra garbage, millions of chopped-down trees, and megawatts of flashing lights. Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s day, Americans throw away a million extra tons (900,000 metric tons) of garbage each week, including holiday wrapping and packaging. So why not recycle holiday gift wrap? If every family reused just 2 feet (0.6 meter) of holiday ribbon, the 38,000 miles (61,000 kilometers) of ribbon saved could tie a bow around the entire planet. And not all gifts need wrapping. Think back to your three favorite holiday memories. Probably they all involve time you spent with your family and friends. By giving gifts that can be experienced, like tickets to a haseball game or a homemade dinner, you can minimize wrapping and still win points with the receiver. eeee Ne deo seu ysluyrase Yah So) = — For many, Christmas wouldn’t be the same without a live, fragrant Christmas tree in their home. Today nearly all of the trees sold at seasonal Christmas-tree lots are grown on tree farms. So forests aren’t hurt by choosing a cut tree. Artificial trees are not a good solution because they consume significant energy and petroleum-based materials during their manufacture. But a one-time purchase of an artifi- cial tree can save petrol otherwise used for annual trips to the local tree farm. Recycling fresh trees after Christmas can make a huge difference in reducing holiday waste. Instead of taking up space in the landfill, trees can be ground into wood chips, which can be used to mulch gardens or parks and to prevent erosion at a local watershed. The newest energy-saving stars on the holiday scene are Christmas lights made with light-emitting diodes, or LEDs. First introduced in 2001, LEDs incorporate the same computer-chip technology used to light calculators and watches. The lights, which use semiconducting material rather than incandescent filaments, are 90 percent more effi- cient than traditional Christmas lights. According to one U.S. Department of Energy study, if everyone replaced their con- ventional holiday light strings with LEDs, at least two billion kilowatt-hours of electric- ity could be saved in a month. The savings would be enough to power 200,000 homes for a year, according to Lit- tleton, Colorado-based Holiday Creations, which makes and distributes a popular line of LED light strings. The LEDs release little heat, and they last about 200,000 hours. In the unlikely event that one does burn out, the rest of the lights keep on glowing. hutp://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/ 2004/12/1220_041220_green_christmas.himl arcs shirtless | 156) You hear the following advertisement in a shopping centre ‘Are you ready for this? UVA has all the hottest Sport Utility Vehicles you have been dreaming of. Today only, enjoy the test drive and the opportunity to drive one of the most powerful vehicles of the lot at half price. Now is the time to get yourself to UVA by car, on foot or even by air to take advantage of this unbelievable offer. You had better get there quickly because this promotion is only going on for 24 hours and the automo- biles are leaving a lot faster than you can say 4-wheel drive. http://mdpathak. blogspot.com/2008/07/test-drive-with-chevrolet-uva. html 87) You hear the following in the early morning traffic news Work is due to start on the replacement of a sewage drain under Midsummer Common in July — after the Midsummer Fair. The whole project will take about a year. WorkL MiEnganyay szovegatrata gic | will start at the Four Lamps Roundabout at the junction on Victoria Avenue and Maid’s Causeway and is likely to cause disruption in that area for around two months. Attp://www.ecoln.com/nws9504.him! 158) You hear the following announcement in the National Gallery Enjoy an evening visit to the the best show of the year, to celebrate the Cambridge Dar- win 2009 Festival. On Tuesday 7 July, the National Gallery is opening from 6pm until 9pm for a special late-night opening of Endless Forms: Charles Darwin, Natural Science and the Visual Arts. Make a night of it at the Museum with an evening viewing of this acclaimed exhi- bition, with the chance to meet the curators. Visitors can also enjoy the Courtyard Café, which will be launching its new seasonal menu, as well as the Museum Shop. They are open during the usual opening hours of the museum. hitp://www fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/news/latest/article.html? 1926 159) You hear the following announcement at the railway station Platform 3 for the London Victoria train. Calling at Ford, Arundel, Amberley, Pulbor- ough, Billingshurst, Horsham, Crawley, Three Bridges, Gatwick Airport, East Croy- don, Clapham Junction and Victoria. Passengers for London Bridge please change at East Croydon. Passengers for Amberley and Billingshurst must travel in the front four coaches. The London Victoria train will leave from platform 3. Calling at Ford, Arun- del, Amberley, Pulborough, Billingshurst, Horsham, Crawley, Three Bridges, Gatwick Airport, East Croydon, Clapham Junction and Victoria. hitp://groups.google.com/group/Railway-recorded-announcements/ web/contents-of-announcements 160. You hear the following advertisement in Morrisons supermarket Ladies and gentlemen, our Morrisons offers for this week include your favourite crisp white or fruity red wine for better than half price. Morrisons have also teamed up with Evian, market leader bottled water producer, to give you the chance to win a VIP experience for 2 at the 2010 Wimbledon Championship. Make big savings for your little ones — get half price and loads more great value baby offers at Morrisons this week. It’s goodie bag give-away time again! If you buy any Chicco baby product this week, you can win one of the 2 goodie bags full of pampering prizes including a DAB radio, spa vouchers and a bottle of bubbly. hitp://mww.morrisons.co.uk/AN ded us yal aures: fe) yalysel— 32 ie vit. a. A 17-year-old Brazilian girl arrested by police breaking up a street fight has confessed to 30 murders carried out in the town of Aparecida do Taboado. The girl allegedly used the same knife for all the stabbings, but police remain baffled by her true motive. The revelations come just days after popular Brazilian TV presenter Wallace Souza was arrested for allegedly organising murders to boost his crime show’s ratings. The teen says she hopes the news doesn’t upset her parents. It is believed that she confessed because she will soon turn 18 and doesn’t want to be tried as an adult. Police are unclear as to the underlying motive. The girl says she has killed for justice, money, and revenge. In one case she murdered someone who threw a drink over her. She reportedly smiled as she recounted that killing and others. The teen told police that she saw missing posters for a number of her victims. http://www.shortnews.com/ a2. The Canadian Medical Association on Monday reported that the universal health care system in Canada is running on empty and not giving patients quality care, with officials saying the current system is “not sustainable.” “We all agree that the system is imploding, we all agree that things are more precarious than perhaps Canadians realize,” says incoming association president Dr. Annie Doig, saying that the sick and their families have not always been helped by the system. The current president of the association, Dr. Robert Ouellet, believes that there could be a huge role in the public system for private health care to step in, saying “that competition should be welcomed, not feared.” http:/wwwe shortnews.com/ 43. An 86-year-old woman from Chicago was charged with shoplifting. This is because she took wrinkle cream and other items from a grocery store in Chicago. Since the year 1956 the woman has been arrested a total of 61 times. The woman, named Ella Orko, was arrested on Saturday afternoon and was held in jail on a $10,000 bail after she stuffed $252 worth of items into her pants. The items she took include cosmetics, salmon, batteries, and instant coffee.Nit ls 13) SAH see TELG, Ella was charged with felony shoplifting. In the past she has gone by as many as 20 aliases. Her court record indicates that she has been arrested 61 times, and 13 of those were convictions for shoplifting. In 1956 and 1958 she was caught for larceny. hitp:/www.shortnews.com/ A stunt man filming a car chase in New York City has crashed his car into a store front in Times Square, injuring two bystanders. The streets were closed down to film a scene for Disney’s The Sorcerer s Apprentice which involved a Ferrari passing several vehicles on Seventh Avenue in pursuit of a Mercedes, But the Ferrari took a sharp right and lost control, swerving across the lanes, taking out a lamppost, a news stand and crashing into a Sbarro. The stunt man was uninjured. Walt Disney Pictures said: “On site production medics responded immediately and two pedestrians were taken to the hospital for evaluation.” The statement continued to read: “All safety regulations were followed and second unit filming will continue as planned.” hitp:/hww.shortnews.com/ British pop star Robbie Williams is being questioned as part of the investigation into a robbery in Exuma, where Williams is currently holidaying. The robbery involved photo- graphy equipment from paparazzi. The group had been seen photographing Williams earlier in the day, and was con- fronted by members of the star’s entourage who were seen arguing with two paparazzi when they were spotted taking pictures of Williams with a zoom lens. Soon afterward, the paparazzi alleged that four armed men broke into their rented room and stole $20,000 worth of cameras and other equipment. Police told the Associated Press that although Williams is being questioned in the investigation, he is not considered a suspect, but the investigation is looking into whether or not the two incidents are related. “We don’t think he was the one who actually committed the robbery, but it may have been a spinoff or may have been triggered by what reportedly happened with his party on the beach,” the police spokesman said. Attp://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm? id= 79383 Over the past few months, Radio6 has interviewed a number of different people from all over the television industry. Today Cari Goldsmith, the winner of this season’s Britain’s Next Top Model, took time out of her now hectic schedule to sit down with us here at Radio6 and discuss her experience on the TV show. We discussed what happened behind the scenes, how she dealt with the pressure, and her plans for the future.oro ysi auras) Valu se) = yd — Interviewer: What were you doing before Top Model? Cari: 1 was working as a photographer in Hastings! Interviewer: Have you always aspired to be a model? Cari: Oh, absolutely! I’ve always loved the camera, always looked to perform and everything. Interviewer: How confident were you going into the show? A lot of people got a sense that you’d be the winner, or at least one of the top few, early on. At what point did you start thinking to yourself, I really have a chance to win this thing? . Cari: Not until I was in the top 2, actually, because my whole thing was just to make it to the next cut, make it to the next cut. I never thought about the overall prize. So I wouldn’t just focus on that only, I just focused on getting to the next step, one step at a time. Interviewer: What was the final runway show like? Was there an audience? How many people turned out? It was a little hard to tell on TV. Cari: Yeah it was hard for us too because it was so dark. You know, like, the audience was dark. And it was actually a lot longer than what they showed; we ran each dress like twice. Interviewer: How nervous were you? Cari: Oh, it was absolutely nerve-racking. Everything was riding on it. I felt like every- thing before didn’t really matter, besides that one. Interviewer: On the show, they portrayed a lot of tension between you and Melrose. Was that exaggerated by the producers at all or did you girls really just not get along? Cari: Well, it’s not like we didn’t get along. There was just tension because we were both really good competitors. Interviewer: Can you tell us what really happened with the dress-ripping incident? Cari: Oh, it was totally an accident. If you re-watch it, you can tell that we were turning to each other, and then we suddenly turned away really fast to continue on our opposite ways, and my heel just got caught on her train. It was a wedding gown that had a four foot train, so total accident. Interviewer: Do you think the show portrayed you as the real you? Do you think your true personality came through? Cari: Oh, definitely. I’m funny and I’m goofy. I mean, the one thing they did, is they showed the extreme highs and the extreme lows to make me look a little manic. There was a lot of times when I was really chill, but that’s not really fun to watch I guess. No, | am outgoing and silly and I really don’t care what people think of me. Interviewer: You’ve become a role model and an inspiration for a lot of young girls. How does that make you feel and was that something you were conscious of during the show, and do you have anything you’d like to say to them?Pwangenyaoeeovegsnrata= Cari: Oh, I think that’s so hard for young girls to look at someone and realize that they’re not just a winner because they’re beautiful, but that they’re a winner because they showed who you are, and that’s a lot of things that people don’t understand. They think that image is everything, especially young girls. Image isn’t everything. What sets you apart and what makes you memorable is how you act — that’s the most important thing. Don’t be someone else that you're not and don’t try to be, because it’s just not worth it. You’ve got to stay true to yourself because if you’re not true to yourself, then you’re lying to yourself and it’s no fun to lie to yourself. Interviewer: Is there anything that you'd like your fans or viewers to know that maybe they couldn’t have guessed watching the show? Cari: That’s a good question. I mean, during especially the last episode, they said a lot of negative things about me, but that’s just the part they showed to trick the viewers. A lot of editing is to trick the viewers not to let them guess who’s going to win. Interviewer: Now you're going to Sydney, Australia. What are you going to be doing there? Cari: ’'m doing my first CoverGirl shoot! I can’t wait! Interviewer: What are your plans for the future and what do you have on tap for the next few months? Cari: Keep modeling and getting my book filled and just stepping out of the reality world. I want to make it to the top more, and more and more. I just want to keep on working! Interviewer: Thank you for your answers, it was nice listening to you. hitp:/www. buddytv.com/articles/americas-next-top-model/more/ exclusive-interview-caridee-en-2657.aspx '56. You hear the following announcement at the railway station Platform 9 for London Waterloo service calling at Totton, Southampton, Southampton Parkway, Eastleigh, Winchester, Basingstoke, Woking, Clapham Junction and London Waterloo. Passengers for Totton and Clapham Junction should travel in the front 5 coaches. Passengers for stations to Fareham, Portsmouth, Romsey and Salisbury should change at Southampton. Passengers for Southampton Airport must change at Southampton Parkway. For stations to Reading, please change at Basingstoke. http://groups. google.com/group/Railway-recorded-announcements/web/contents-of-announce- ments BF) You hear the weather forecast for July We expect to see low pressure centred over Scandinavia and high pressure over the Azores, resulting in a westerly airflow over the UK. This will generally result in average tempera-1 Resa we 8 probanyelvvizsga Vahl = ye — tures for the time of year for the whole country, as well as some unsettled conditions with a mixture of sunshine and showers for all. Strong summer sunshine could trigger fairly intense showers and thunderstorms. How- ever due to the scattered nature of these showers, rainfall amounts will vary considerably across the country. There will also be plenty of sunny intervals between the showers resulting in above- average sunshine amounts for the time of year across the country. The average sunshine amount for July is around 174.3 hours. http://www.bbe.co.uk/weather/ukweather/monthly_outlook.shtml 58. You hear the following announcement in the museum The Fitzwilliam Museum regrets to inform visitors that Galleries 21 and 22, displaying objecis frum the muscum’s Greck, Roman and Cypriot collections, will be closed from 5 August. During this period, Gallery 21 will be undergoing complete refurbishment. Work is anticipated to be complete in autumn. In addition, individual pictures and objects are sometimes sent on loan to other museums. It is also necessary from time to time to change the contents of a display or remove items for conservation. If you are planning to visit the Museum to see a particular item, please check in advance whether it is on view at the time you want to visit the museum. http://www fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/visit/tempchanges. html (9) You ring the British Telecom Shop Information service and hear the following Hello. Welcome to the BT Shop information line. Here comes our special offer for this week. Press | to hear about BT Freestyle 350 Twin, a digital cordless phone with answer machine which features a colour screen, a BT button that gives you easy access to a range of useful services such as the 30 number calls list and Directory Enquiries. Now for only £78.29. Press 2 for BT Freestyle 750 Twin, a light, easy to grip phone with big buttons and a builtin answer machine. It is compatible with hearing aids & has a call indicator light. Now for only £58.70. Press 3 for BT Synergy 4500, a very popular matt black phone with a built in answer machine, caller display & 255 name and number directory which is great value at this price. Now for only £29.34. http://www productsandservices.bt.com/consumerProducts/ displayCategory.do;JSESSIONID_ecommerce=7S2yKgZLFkLwJDL3D2LCjdppy9gB- AyT1k4kCl cvjJsSTpFsf2wd8!-1213116921?categoryld= CON-BT-SHOP-R1Avienganyagszovegutrata Tellog (60. You hear the following advertisement on the radio The national Exhibition Centre opens its doors to the public at this year’s British Ski and ous Board Show, one of the best winter sports shows in the country from Friday 30° October to Sunday 1° November. Find everything you need for the coming season in our extensive retail village with leading names offering exclusive show bargains. With over 150 exhibitors offering the latest fashions, equipment, ideas and innovations, new product launches, international resorts, tourist boards and holiday companies from all over Europe and North America. And with tickets priced at just £5 for Friday and £11 for Saturday or Sunday and extra discounts for advanced booking, your winter holiday starts here! Call 0844 581 0734 or visit www.britishskiandboardshow.co.uk. http://www. thenec.co.uk/whatson/britishskiandboardshow aaahBe Te ey auras: fe) nyelybol=B2 Teenagers are a famously careless species. They floor the gas and experiment with drugs and play with guns; according to Center for Disease Control and Prevention fig- ures, more than 16,000 young people die each year from unintentional injuries. The most common-sense explanation for teens’ carelessness is that their brains just aren’t developed enough to know better. But new research suggests that in the case of some teens, the cause is just the opposite: the brain matures not too slowly but, perhaps, too quickly. Ina paper just published in PLoS ONE, a team led by psychiatrist Gregory Berns of Emory University in Atlanta shows that adolescents who engage in more dangerous activities have white-matter pathways that appear more mature than those of risk- avoiding youths. Berns and his colleagues gathered 91 kids aged 12 to 18 and asked them to fill ina questionnaire about their tendencies to engage in behaviours such as driving without a licence, having unprotected sex and using drugs. Then they had the kids undergo a relatively new kind of brain scan. After analyzing the scans, the authors found a strong link between how risky the students described their behaviour and how sophisticated their white matter was. The more mature the look of the brain is, the more risk-taking the teenager tended to report. The results challenge the accepted notion that teens make silly decisions because their brains are immature. Although previous research has shown that most teens’ gray matter structures are less advanced than those of adults, as you would expect, until now noone has studied teens’ white matter, which works along with gray matter to produce decisions. Why would kids who take more risks turn out to have more adult-like white matter than other kids? The authors suggest that some risk-taking among adolescents is evidence that they are trying out more adult-like roles. Having unsafe sex and driving too fast may be mistakes, but kids often have to experiment with limits in order to learn how to live within them. This is a sign of maturity. “Adolescents who engage in risky behaviours obtain more experience in a variety of fields,” the authors write. “Their more conservative peers, in contrast, do not have as much ‘life experience’ and therefore might be expected to have more immature brains.” Another possible explanation is that some teenagers whose brains develop more quickly than others become uncomfortable with the gap between their biological capabilities and the social rules they must follow as kids. For now, these theories are just speculation, and the researchers concede that the interaction of white and gray matter is so complex that hard conclusions remain elusive.A Guan) SOs dee) — eel. | “We have a new piece to the puzzle here,” says Emory’s Monica Capra, one of the study’s authors. “But we don’t have it all together.” QOrianka Kilcher has never pumped a gallon of gasoline into her car. Never. Then again, she’s never owned a car that needed gasoline. You could say she is at ground zero of the ZE, or zero-emission, vehicle future. A 19-year-old actress living in Santa Monica, California (she played Pocahontas in the 2005 movie The New World), Q’Orianka is on her second hydrogen-fuel-cell car, a Honda FCX Clarity, a four-door with a 200-mile range. “I don’t think I will ever buy a gas car,” she says. “I can go everywhere I want to go with this. Plus, it’s a guy magnet.” Auto-marketing gurus take note: the brave new world of ZE cars is here, ready or not, and please make them sexy. There are three types of zero, or near zero, emission cars: electric plug-ins, hybrid plug-ins and hydrogen fuel cells (which create power by having oxygen and hydrogen pass over electricity-generating electrodes). But each major automaker has its own take on which advanced technology will win 10 years down the road. The automaker's first electric, the Nissan Leaf, was launched last month and is re- ferred to as the world’s first affordable ZE. No price has been announced (the Leaf is still 14 months away from being available), but it’s estimated to come in under $30,000. It seats five adults, goes 100 miles on a charge with V6 performance, offers advanced electronics and will reach 90 m.p.h. Nissan says it will produce 50,000 electric cars globally by 2010, and it’s scaling up plants. “You'd never think of training consumers on how to fill up a gasoline-powered car,” says Honda’s Ellis. “But it’s the very first thing we show them.” Dealers will ask prospective buyers some strange questions too, such as “Do you own a garage, for in-home refuelling?” If the answer is no, an old-school, fuel-efficient Civic might be a better choice. And if your commute is more than 40 miles, well, you might want to kick the tires on a nifty hybrid. If, like Q’Orianka, you want a fuel-cell car, but you're not living in the Southern Californian hydrogen-fuelling cluster, sorry. Only a dozen hydrogen-fuelling stations exist, all in a 60-mile stretch between Newport Beach and Santa Monica. But this same internal research shows some big inconveniences too. Some 21% of consumers will not consider a pure electric car because of the need to plug-in at home, according to Nickerson. “We believe that 10 years on, the winners will be all new technologies, but hybrids will be the largest winner of them all.” Then again, as Honda’s Ellis says, “It all depends on the price of gas.”Ey eo eu yaiaurassse) Yah y |= 33 ECL Test 2 For the ailing music industry, Norah Jones is a sure thing. Every one of her first three records has gone to No. 1 both inside and outside the US — she’s sold more than 36 mil- lion albums around the world, and she’s not even 30. “My first album was made by just throwing stuff to the wall to see if it stuck,” she has said about Come Away With Me, which won eight Grammy Awards. The songs on that album were wildly successful, they were the beginning of an evolution: as she has said, “I hadn’t even figured out what kind of music I wanted to do yet.” As NEWSWEEK was allowed an exclusive first listen to some of The Fall — her fourth album, due out in November — it’s clear she’s still figuring it out, and that’s a good thing. The simplest conclusion after four tracks is that Jones is sounding much more like the downtown New York where she lives now than the Texas where she grew up. That’s for good reason: Jones did most of the songwriting on the guitar, something new for her. If listening to her old albums was like sipping light beer, The Fall is like swallowing whisky straight up. The change amplifies what Jones is making into a trend. Her second album, Feels Like Home, sounded more assertive, but fell very much in line with her first. With guests including Dolly Parton, many of the songs drew the country roots out of Jones’s Texas upbringing. Soft-sounding pianos and rolling beats made for easy listening. It was on her third record, Not Too Late, released in 2007, that she refined her sound. The songs were more produced and featured a more mature voice willing to take risks. On The Fall, it’s not just the instruments that have changed. The album was produced by Jacquire King, a new addition whose rock credits include Kings of Leon and Modest Mouse. Several co-writers made the album, too, including the prolific rock wunderkind Ryan Adams. But the new approach also poses the biggest risk to her longtime fans: with the louder hand, her voice, rather than a shining jewel, may be lost amid the ruckus. But it shouldn’t. Any ruckus on The Fall is still tame by most standards. The likely first single, “Chasing Pirates,” is a compact little song that could put Jones on radio stations this year that may have played her songs only rarely before. Somewhere in Iowa, a pig is being raised in a pen, packed in so tightly with other pigs that their tails have been chopped off so they won’t bite one another. To prevent him from getting sick in such close quarters, he is given antibiotics. The waste produced‘i 5 - EMI) S40 Vesicles Cl | Re by the pig and his thousands of mates on the factory farm where they live goes into manure lagoons that blanket neighbouring communities with air pollution and a bad smell. He’s fed on American corn that was grown with the help of government subsidies and millions of tons of chemical fertilizer. When the pig is killed, at about 5 months of age, he'll become sausage or bacon that will sell cheap, feeding an American addiction to meat that has contributed to an obesity epidemic currently affecting more than two- thirds of the population. And when the rains come, the excess fertilizer will be washed into the Mississippi River and down into the Gulf of Mexico, where it will help kill fish for miles and miles around. That’s the state of your bacon — circa 2009. Horror stories about the food industry have long been with us ~ ever since 1906, when Upton Sinclair’s landmark novel The Jungle told some ugly truths about how America produces its meat. In the century that followed, things got much better, and in some ways much worse. The U.S. agricultural industry can now produce unlimited quantities of meat and grain at remarkably cheap prices. But it does so at a high cost to the environment, animals and humans. Those hidden prices are the erosion of our fertile farmland, cages for egg-laying chickens so packed that the birds can’t even raise their wings and the scary rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria among farm animals. You can also add to the price tag the acceleration of global warming — our energy-intensive food system uses 19% of U.S. fossil fuels, more than any other sector of the economy. And perhaps worst of all, our food is increasingly bad for us, even dangerous. There have been several cases involving contaminated foods this year, including an outbreak of salmonella from tainted peanuts that killed at least eight people and sickened 600, which has made consumers worried about the safety of their meals. A food system that generates cheap, filling food at the expense of healthier produce is also a principal cause of America’s obesity epidemic. At a time when the nation is close to a civil war over health-care reform, obesity adds $147 billion a year to our doctors’ bills. “The way we farm now is destroying the soil, the environment and us,” says Doug Gurian-Sherman, a leading scientist of the US Food and Environment Program. Some Americans are listening to such warnings and are working to transform the way the country eats — ranchers and farmers who are raising sustainable food. Documentaries like the Food Inc. and the work of investigative journalists like Fric Schlosser and Michael Pollan are reprising Sinclair’s work, awakening a sleeping public to the uncomfortable realities of how we eat. Change is also coming from the very top. First Lady Michelle Obama’s White House garden has so far yielded more than 225 Ib. of organic produce — and tons of power- ful symbolism. But hers is still a losing battle. Despite increasing public awareness, sustainable agriculture, while the fastest-growing sector of the food industry, remains a tiny enterprise: according to the most recent data from the U.S. Department of Agri- culture, less than 1% of American cropland is farmed organically. Sustainable food is also pricier than conventional food and harder to find. And while large companies like General Mills have opened organic divisions, purists worry that the very definition of sustainability will be co-opted as a result.8 probanyelywizsga nyelvybol = Bz Be wit ECL Test 3 4 Jay Leno drove to work today in an 80-year-old car. It sits in his parking space in the NBC lot, on this sweltering summer morning in Burbank, a 1925 Model T Roadster. “That’s part of my social experiment, being green,” he tells me. “It’s my theory that if you drive the same car for 80 years, you’re more environmentally friendly than buying a new car every five or six years, even if it’s a hybrid. I mean, that is the original green car, It has nothing on it. There’s no water pump, no oil pump. There’s none — it just has what you need to get from point A to point B.” Leno has newer, fancier cars and motorcycles, more than 100 of them; he drives a different one nearly every day to his job, which presently involves figuring out how to make sleepy people laugh and keep a legendary TV network from imploding. But his eco-Tin Lizzie is a particularly good metaphor for Leno’s new show. It’s a simple antique being repurposed to solve a 21“ century problem of limited resources. No offense to the former Tonight Show host — who at 59 is a quarter-century younger than his wheels — but NBC’s The Jay Leno Show, which is on air on September 14 at 10 p.m., is the oldest thing on TV: a comedy-variety show, with a funnyman, a stage, guests and in-show ads. And yet it is also a radical experiment: a single show airing every week- night during prime time on a major broadcast network, cheaper to produce for an entire week than a single hour of the pricey scripted dramas that usually hold such a time slot. If The Jay Leno Show succeeds — where succeeding means not getting more viewers than the competition but simply increasing NBC’s profit margin — it suggests a TV future in which ambitious dramas become the stuff of boutique cable, while the broadcasters become a megaphone for live events and cheap non-fiction. “If the Leno Show works,” says former NBC president Fred Silverman, “it will be the most significant thing to happen in broadcast television in the last decade.” Por 2 ani SSI Coss elon As the only male in a household of four females, Matt Damon’s life is filled with love and fairy princesses. “J call it the ‘testosterone deficit.’ But I'm happy with that,” Damon told PEOPLE at Friday’s premiere of The Informant! at the Toronto International Film Festival of his home life. “I love my girls and it’s a lot of pink, a lot of princesses and a lot of fun.” With his bachelor days behind him, Damon, 38, and his wife, Luciana, are in domestic bliss, celebrating special milestones in the lives of their daughters: Gia, 13 months, Isa- bella, 3, and Alexia, 11.“Gia is just ready to start talking and making sounds,” said the proud papa. “It’s been really exciting and we are anxious to hear what she says.” The budding linguist, however, already isa skilled walker. “She’s been walking since 9 months, which is pretty incredible,” he said, Gia’s big sister Isabella is getting ready to altend pre-school — possibly leaving the star in tears. “I think I will get emotional when we take her. Her mom and I will probably be a big mess. She’s ready but I don’t know if I will be.” As for his oldest, Alexia, she has been thoroughly entertained by the Oscar winner’s trans- formation of gaining 30 Ibs. in order to play his new role in the black comedy The In- formant! “She had fun with it by squeezing all the soft squishy parts and called me ‘Fatty Matty,”” Damon said with a laugh. In fact, some believed Damon’s pudgy physique was an upgrade over his normal weight. “Every day people would come down to watch us shoot and invariably someone would say, ‘Wow you are so much better looking in person,’” the star told PEOPLE at the film’s press conference Friday aftemoon. “And I said, ‘thank you.’ But I really did wonder, was it the wig, the moustache, the 30 Ibs. and the fake nose, or maybe the wardrobe that helped?” And what did Luciana think of her husband’s extreme transformation? “She was a good sport about it, There was just more of me to love. I loved parading around with my belly.” ECL Test 4 Por Simi anaR Coee Noise pollution or environmental noise is displeasing human-, animal- or machine-created sound that disrupts the balance of human or animal life. The source of most outdoor noise worldwide is transportation systems, including motor vehicle noise, aircraft noise and rail noise. Poor urban planning may give rise to noise pollution, since side-by-side industrial and residential buildings can result in noise pollution in the residential area. Other sources of indoor and outdoor noise pollution are car alarms, emergency service sirens, office equipment, factory machinery, construction work, barking dogs, appliances, power tools, lighting hum, audio entertainment systems, loudspeakers, and noisy people. Noise health effects are both health and behavioural in nature. Unwanted sound can damage physiological and psychological health. Noise pollution can cause annoyance and aggression, hypertension, high stress levels, hearing loss, sleep disturbances, and other harmful effects. It can even lead to severe depression and at times panic attacks. Chronic exposure to noise may cause hearing loss. Older males exposed to significant noise at work show significantly reduced hearing sensitivity than those not exposed to it, though differences in hearing sensitivity decrease with time. A comparison of Maaban8 probanyelvvizsga Yeh) | tribesmen, who were hardly ever exposed to transportation or industrial noise, to a typical U.S. population showed that chronic exposure to moderately high levels of environmental noise contributes to hearing loss. Noise pollution is also a cause of annoyance. A 2005 study by Spanish researchers found that in urban areas households are willing to pay approximately four Euros per decibel per year for noise reduction. Noise can have a detrimental effect on animals, as well, by causing stress, increasing risk of death by changing the delicate balance in predator/prey detection and avoidance, and by interfering with their use of sounds in communication especially in relation to re- production and in navigation. Noise can lead to temporary or permanent loss of hearing. An impact of noise on animal life is the reduction of usable habitat that noisy areas may cause, which in the case of endangered species may lead to extinction. One of the best-known cases of damage caused by noise pollution is the death of certain species of beached whales, brought on by the loud sound of military sonar. As can be seen, noise pollution affects all walks of life. Steps should be taken immediately to minimise the harmful effects. One step can be noise mapping, which is a well-established practice in many European countries. It is an integral part of the proc- ess of developing a noise strategy, in order to ensure that current and future noise levels are in compliance with existing EU legislative standards. When not making blockbusters, Johnny Depp likes to relax far from Hollywood — around his 45-acre private Bahamian island, Little Hall’s Pond Cay, to be exact. As experienced from aboard his 156-ft. yacht, the Vajoliroja, an amalgam of the names of his children, himself, and partner Vanessa Paradis, “I don’t think I’d ever seen any place so pure and beautiful,” the Public Enemies star, 45, tells Vanity Fair for its July issue, on sale nationally June 9. The Pond Cay life, he says, “is my decompression. It’s my way of trying to return to normalcy,” he says. “Escapism is survival to me.” On the island itself, one can snorkel among barracudas and neon-coloured fish, and nurse sharks in what Depp has named Heath’s Place, after Heath Ledger. “You can feel your pulse rate drop about 20 beats. It’s instant freedom. And that rare beast — simplicity — can be achieved. And a little morsel of anonymity,” he says. “Whenever I was getting frustrated about being ‘novelty boy’ and making movies, I told myself, ‘Calm down’. I can come down here and disappear. I spent the Christmas season here with Vanessa and the kids. You can feed hot dogs to the nurse sharks in the Exumas [the out islands of the Bahamas] — but it’s best not to swim when doing it.” Owning one’s own island also affords its special privileges, and Pond Cay allows Depp to indulge in his hobbies, which include reading, playing guitar and painting. Quoting anWIESE S20 Vere sel old adage, he admits, “Money doesn’t buy you happiness. But it buys you a big enough yacht to sail right up to it.” What might have brought happiness to Depp recently is the fact that he has been among the world’s Most Beautiful People according to readers of WHO — Australia’s version of PEOPLE. Topping their list of international stars, Angelina Jolie, followed (in order) by Kate Winslet, Jessica Alba, Halle Berry and Jennifer Aniston. In the men’s vote, Johnny Depp took the crown, trailed (in descending order) by Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Orlando Bloom and David Beckham. When it came to picking apart the stars for their enviable body parts, the WHO readers included Depp again. The ideal guy, in their opinion, would consist of Hugh Jackman’s hair, eyes, nose, abs, backside, arms, chest and legs — with Brad Pitt’s mouth and Johnny Depp’s cheekbones.