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Note: all News from January 2011 onwards will now be published WEEKLY on Tuesdays here.
Monthly News Digest Online for ESL Learners

A "news digest" is a summary of news stories. Each month EnglishClub creates a digest in easy English with four short audio news reports from the past 30 days. With this resource you can practise your listening, reading, writing and even speaking.
1. Preview the vocabulary and read the cloze passage.
2. Play the news report (double click green arrow) and try to fill in the blanks.
3. Answer the comprehension questions by writing full sentences.
4. Use the discussion question to write an essay or discuss the story with other students.
5. Pretend to be a news anchor by reading each story out loud.
Study one story a week and watch your English skills grow each month!
Go to the bottom of the page to view the full text of each story and check the answers.
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Guide for Teachers: how to use Monthly News Digest in your classroom!
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Year in Review: 2006 News / Quiz - 2007 News / Quiz - 2008 News / Quiz - 2009 News / Quiz

Гигантский астероид проходит близко к Земле

Nov / 8th / 2011 

Giant asteroid passes close to Earth

An asteroid the size of an aircraft carrier passed within the moon's orbit Tuesday, the closest approach by an object that large in more than 30 years.

Asteroid 2005 YU55 passed within 202,000 miles of Earth -- about four-fifths of the distance to the moon -- at 6:28 p.m. Tuesday, NASA said.

Marina Brozovic, a researcher at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, said the space agency was able to train a great deal of high-powered instruments -- including the massive radio telescope at Arecibo, Puerto Rico -- on the asteroid as it approached. 

"This is a rare event, and we learned a lot," Brozovic told CNN.

Follow space and science news on Light Years

Though the space agency classified the asteroid as a "potentially hazardous object," it posed no threat of a collision, according to NASA's Near Earth Object Program.

If the asteroid had crashed into Earth, it could have caused a 4,000-megaton blast and a magnitude 7.0 earthquake, according to scientists at Purdue University. If it fell into the ocean, it could have caused a 70-foot-high tsunami within 60 miles of the crash site, the experts said.

The last time a space rock in the same league as 2005 YU55 passed as close to Earth was in 1976, NASA said. The next similar encounter is projected for 2028, Brozovic said.

Podcast: Asteroid close encounter

As the object neared Earth, NASA studied the asteroid with the Goldstone radar antennas in California's Mojave Desert. Goldstone antennas are very sensitive radio telescopes used to investigate quasars, radar mapping of planets and comets.

Scientists plan to reconstruct the shape of the asteroid with a resolution as fine as 13 feet (4 meters) using the antennas.

Share your view of the asteroid

The approach also provides a rare opportunity for amateur astronomers to directly observe an asteroid with optical telescopes. But because the object is so dark, NASA said stargazers would need a telescope with an aperture of 6 inches (15cm) or larger to see it.

"It's visible across North America in the ensuing hours, dim at 11th or 12th magnitude and moving fast," Sky & Telescope magazine said. 

CNN Com / Asteroid 

http://articles.cnn.com/2011-11-08/us/us_asteroid-flyby_1_optical-telescopes-space-rock-space-agency?_s=PM:US   

Mon Journal Français * Blogspot

Los Manuscritos de 'El Ché'...

En la tierra hacen falta… personas que trabajen más y critiquen menos…
que construyan más y destruyan menos..
que prometan menos y resuelvan más…

Dr Ernesto Guevara de la serna

Alias ‘El Ché’

PRÁCTICA DIARIA Comenta con tu padre, (madre, hermano, vecino, etc) o profesor(a) el contenido de esta entrada, ya sea en imágenes o texto. Utiliza las siguientes frases en inglés: a) What's this? ¿Qué es esto? * b) How do you say ______ in english? ¿Cómo se dice ___ en inglés? c) How do you say ______ in spanish? d) How do you say ______ in french? My Homework Network * Non-Profit Learning Ring * Languages * School Projects * Prof JML * Mexico 

 When you learn English, you have to learn in whole sentences and in context * Aprende idiomas leyendo periodicos y revistas * Learn languages by reading newspapers and magazines * Imprime diariamente de 10 a 40 renglones de algún texto o noticia interesante o curiosa en tu idioma. Subraya de 10 a 40 palabras (según tu disponibilidad). Anótalas en columna en el espacio disponible abajo del texto o en el reverso de la hoja. Traducelas al inglés u otro idioma deseado. Anota el significado al lado de cada palabra. Si ya entiendes lo que lees al 50% en un idioma extranjero, repite lo anterior pero ahora con oraciones cortas en lugar de palabras en el idioma extranjero que ya conoces. Revisa tu trabajo y compáralo con el de otros compañeros para corregir errores. Muestra tu trabajo a tu profesor. Pídele que te sugiera otra actividad que expanda lo que acabas de realizar. Copia y comparte sin fines de lucro este trabajo, súbelo a tu blog o página personal. My Homework Network * Non- Profit Sharing Ring * Languages * Collaborative School Projects * Prof JML * Mexico

William Kamkwamba * Africa

William Kamkwamba * Projects

AFRICA * PROJECTS * CHILD PRODIGY

William Kamkwamba

Most inspiring 2009:

It has to be TED and their amazing stories, among them I have selected the story of, 14 year old William Kamkwamba, who decided to build a windmill to get electricity to his familys home in rural Malawi.

He simply went to the library, read up on the rudimentary workings on a electric generator, decided to improve on the design and then built the windmill with salvaged scrap parts, providing electricity for his family’s home. The power of human curiosity, willingness to learn, triumph of reason and dispersion of information.

This story resonates with everything that is good about humanity and our inherent power to overcome obstacles. Watch and learn !!!

READ NOW IN FRENCH LANGUAGE

CELUI QUI A DOMPTE LE VENT

William est un jeune du Malawi (c’est en Afrique pour ceux qui ne savent pas !) qui a été obligé d’arrêter l’école à 14 ans parce ça famille n’arrivait pas à payer les 54€ de frais d’inscription nécessaire à la poursuite de ces études. Mais en rentrant dans son village natal, dans l’intérieur du pays où il n’y avait pas d’eau courante ni d’électricité, William Kamkwamba ne s’est pas laissé décourager par sa situation. Lorsqu’il n’était pas en train d’aidé ses parents à la ferme, il passait son temps à la bibliothèque municipale à lire. Un jour à la bibliothèque, William a vu la photographie d’une éolienne et un commentaire qui affirmait qu’avec l’énergie du vent l’éolienne arrivait à produire de l’électricité et à alimenter des pompes à eaux.

Déterminé à aider sa famille, et a s’en sortir malgré la pauvreté et la sècheresse qui frappait sévèrement son village cette même année, William construit à 14 ans sa propre éolienne de 5 mètre de haut, à partir de matériaux usagers. Cette invention permit à William d’alimenter la maison de ses parents en électricité.

Henry Junior Fr * Read more, http://www.henrijunior.fr

http://www.henrijunior.fr/post/237937547/celui-qui-a-dompte-le-vent

Google's new laptop

WE ARRE EXPLORING TODAY ...

A la venta ya la laptop Chrombook de Google

Famosa por su motor de búsqueda, Google ya puso a la venta las primeras computadoras portátiles con sistema operativo Chrome, autoría de la compañía.

WASHINGTON, D.C.- El diferenciador entre los sistemas operativos en otras computadoras portátiles y las Chromebooks es que el sistema está diseñado para funcionar completamente en la nube, de manera que todos los datos generados por ésta, suben de manera automática a la red y pueden ser utilizados de manera remota.

Los Chromebooks fueron presentadas durante el conocido ciclo de conferencias de Google, el Google I/O 2011, y ya están disponibles en el mercado estadounidense. Pronto se encontrarán en México y Latinoamérica.

Habrá versiones de Samsung y Acer, su sistema se actualizará de forma automática y el tiempo de encendido será de entre 8 y 10 segundos, debido a que se encontrará conectada con la nube (internet). (FIN)

Vanguardia Com Mx
TO READ MORE PRESS THIS LINK

http://www.vanguardia.com.mx/alaventayalalaptopchrombookdegoogle-910455.html

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El Portal Educativo de America

El Hombre que Calculaba De una mirada sabia hasta las hojas que tenía un árbol...

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S e l f - t a u g h t

Autodidact / 10 ways

EDUCATION
Become an Autodidact:
10 Ways to Become a Self Taught Master
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Some of the greatest people in history have educated themselves to a large degree using a process known as autodidacticism.
This is something that's more easily undertaken these days with the great wealth of online tools available to anyone.

Whether you've gone to college or not, you can learn just about anything these days on your own. Want to learn about the classics? Carpentry and home maintenance? Philosophy or cooking? Chess or computer programming? It's all online, and with a little bit of excitement, you can motivate yourself to learn a subject in a growing number of ways.

Why self-education?
Well, besides the obvious reasons of wanting to improve yourself, prepare yourself for success, and just learn as much as you can, self-education offers a few extra benefits: you can learn at your own pace, and in your own way. You can follow your passions, and learn about things that excite you. There's no price for failure, but there's every reward for success.

How do you go about becoming an autodidact?
The answer is simple: any way you want. I would suggest you set aside just a little time each day to learn a specific subject, but that really depends on your learning style. Some people learn all in one great rush: they'll stay up late hours for a few days in a row, consuming everything they possibly can about a subject. Others are overwhelmed by an approach like that, and would rather learn a little each day.

However you go about it, here are some of
the best tools for the modern autodidact:

Wikipedia
A vast repository of great and useful articles, Wikipedia is the autodidact's dream. You could surf it for hours, days on end, or you could use one of many tools to make daily learning a breeze. One of the best is the Articles of the Day feature --sign up to get it in your email box. Another great option that I've tried is making Wikipedia's random page your home page.

Online Courses
Today you can learn from the best colleges and universities, from the comfort of your own home. Just a few of the online offerings: Berkeley, MIT, Carnegie Mellon, Johns Hopkins, Notre Dame.

Chapter a day
Don't have time for books? Read them the easy way: a chapter a day is emailed to you or added to your RSS reader by DailyLit.com, which has a growing selection of free books.

Word a day
Improve your vocabulary by leaps and bounds through the FreeDictionary, which has some great features you can subscribe to,including these RSS feeds: Article of the Day, In the News, and This Day in History.

Take quizzes
One of the most fun ways of learning is through games and quizzes. If you do a quick Google search, you can find quizzes on just about any topic, including math, grammar, the U.S. Constitution ... you name it. Also try flashcards for effective learning.

Art a day
If you'd like to learn about art, one of the best tools is Your Daily Art. Subscribe to the feed, and every day you'll get a famous piece of art, along with some notes to help your contemplation.

Podcasts
Not a fan of heavy reading? Get your knowledge through listening. You can listen to a course while driving, while relaxing in the bath, or while your boss thinks you're working. Just kidding about that last one. Here are just a few of the available podcasts: UCLA podcasts, Berkeley on iTunes, Stanford on iTunes, Purdue University Podcasts, University Channel (Princeton).

Free ebooks
Of course, there are thousands of great books online, available for free. Read them during your spare time, print them out for bathroom reading ... it doesn't matter how you use them, they're free! Here are some sites to start you out: Project Gutenberg, Wikibooks, Free Audio Books, Free Academic Textbooks.

Learn languages.
Tons of language courses are available online (BBC languages, FSI Language Courses to name a couple), and you can even learn them through iTunes: Chinese, Arabic, French, German, Italian, Greek and much more.

Wikiversity
A growing number of courses are being offered through a great resource, Wikiversity. Also try BBC Learning.
Written for Dumb Little Man by Leo Babuata of Zen Habits

Laptop for everyone

WE ARE EXPLORING TODAY

Imagine If Every Student Had a Laptop by Ryan
Filed Under (blogging, technology, writing) by Lee Kolbert on 20-02-2010

Imagine if each student got a free laptop in school and you are allowed to use it. It’s an outstanding idea because it has learning games that can give your teacher a break, it can help you understand technology and I can leave a comment on my classmates or teachers’ blog on our school’s website. I bet laptops will make school ten times better!

Let’s go to Brainpop or Learning Tools! With all these learning games online, we can learn anything we want or do anything our teacher assigns. All these games you can play and learn can also lead to terrific grades and magnificent report cards. You can not believe how fun learning can be when playing a learning game. Learning games online can also give your teacher a break while you learn. There are a variety of learning games you can play during school. For example, Brainpop has videos, activities, and games you can play. You just click Learning Tools and you will see it along with many other games as well. Learning games are extremely helpful when it comes to learning, you have to just wait and see.

Having a laptop can also help you learn about using technology. It can teach you to type, how to use a computer and a whole lot more. Soon I will be an expert at technology just like my teacher Mrs. Kolbert. She loves teaching us about technology when we ask her. When you get a new computer it usually comes with an instruction manual that tells you exactly what to do. Always read the directions given to you or something wrong will happen. The computer might also have some information about setting it up. Getting a laptop at school would be a great way to learn about technology.

Let’s Blog! Blogging is another reason why we should have a laptop at school. I get to comment on many of my teachers and classmates and they are amazing to read and comment every day. Guess what? I can make my own blog post too! I type what I want and put a picture on top. When my teacher edits and approves it, my blog is ready for people’s comments. I haven’t blogged yet, but know that my teacher is making it better, so there’s no time to lose. Now I know that blogging can be as easy as ABC, and I can blog about whatever I want to when we get a laptop for school.

Oh Yeah! Having a computer at school can be an astonishing experience. We can play learning games, learn about technology, and blog anytime we want to. Having a laptop computer at school will make me as happy as a pig in a mud puddle!

TO READ MORE PRESS THIS LINK
http://weblogs.pbspaces.com/mrskolbert/2010/02/20/imagine-if-every-student-had-a-laptop/

Sur le chemin de la sagesse

WE ARE EXPLORING TODAY *
Nous explorons aujourd'hui
En el camino a la sabiduria *
Sur le chemin de la sagesse

1er paso es el silencio * C'est le silence
2º paso es escuchar * C'est à l'écoute
3º paso es recordar * Est de se souvenir
4º paso es practicar * E pratique
5º paso es enseñar a otros * Enseigner à d'autres

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