INFECTION.

There are a lot of people who’re more vulnerable than others to get infections, so during this new summary I’ll tell you why and how we can prevent them.

The causes of the infections are the microscopic organism, which can be bacteria, viruses and fungi. We are surrounded of bacteria, viruses and fungi, so we can't escape from their. Micro-organisms are unavoidable, they’re in the air we breathe, every surface we touch and the food we eat.

The three biggest causes that we get infected from these micro-organisms are these:

• Infections from food: for example when we don’t clean as we must clean an apple. Also we must pay attention with the water that we clean something or we drink, ‘cause depending of the zone it can be infected or full of bad micro-organisms.

• Close contact: like the first contact that we have with the world, with our mother’s skins, or simply, don’t practicing safe sex.

• Hospital-acquired infections: Hospitals are full of bacteria, viruses, fungi and a lot of other micro-organisms that we don’t know that exists, so it’s a place where it’s really easy catch an infection, so we must pay attention and if we are bad, we mustn’t go there, ‘cause we will bring more micro-organisms to the hospital and it will be dangerous for the patients.

If in one place are a lot of people and only one person takes the virus it’s for his immune system, he has low defenses.

The people who’re exposed to more infections are young and old persons, persons with a malnourishment...

To prevent infections we must wash our hands regularly, follow a healthy diet, practice safe sex...

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NEW VOCABULARY LEARNED:

Surrounded: envoltat
Acquired: adquirides
Malnourishment: malnutrició

SWINE FLU.

During this time, in Mexico City, doctors have detected a case of swine flu. The person who took this virus is a young boy of five years old who’s name is Edgar.

He is known as “patient zero”, ‘cause he survived the earliest documented case of swine flu.
The lab tests confirmed that Edgar was the only patient in Veracruz to test positive for the sine flu virus.
To protect all the other habitants of the city, Mexico decided close all the bars, clubs, movie theatres, pool halls, theatres, gyms, sport centers…
The symptoms include fever, runny nose, sore throat, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.

NEW VOCABULARY LEARNED:

Pool halls: sales de billar
Sore throat: mal de coll

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TRADITIONAL FARMS, FABULOUS FOOD.

Catalonia it’s a region which it’s proud of his products. There are a lot of very high quality products around Catalonia that are delicious. There are a lot of fruit and vegetable.

Firstly, we can find the “Calçots de Valls”, that are a type of little onions that are originally from the Alt Cap and Baix Cap, two different regions of Catalonia. The time when people eat this type of food it’s on January.

Also, in Delta de l’Ebre, in the South of Catalonia, we can find the rice, because it’s a really good zone to cultivate it. Rice has always been a feature of popular festivals in the surrounding area and in the gastronomy of the region. Also, we can find rice in Baix Empordà, in Pals.

Other important vegetables cultivated in Catalonia are potatoes and beans. The best high quality potatoes are from Prades, situated on the Baix Camp. The people of Prades said that their potatoes aren't easily forgotten. The Potato Day is in September. Other place where you can find really good potatoes is in Osona.

Others important products of Catalonia are the beans. The most common beans in Catalonia are Ganxet and Santa Pau. They are from El Vallès and El Maresme. In these zones of Catalonia there are farms growing this type of beans. Santa Pau’s beans grow in volcanic earth and can be tried in numerous restaurants in this zone.

About the fruit, we can find excellent fruit in our region, Girona. To be precise, these fruits are apples. Also, in Ribera d’Ebre we can find really good peaches, and in Lleida, we can find excellent pears.

Apart from all these products, we mustn’t forget, for example, the artichokes of the Baix Llobregat that are renowned for their excellent flavour and quality.

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NEW VOCABULARY LEARNED:

Artichokes: carxofes
Renowned: reconegut

AUSTRIAN FRITZL SENTENCED TO LIFE.

Fritzl, 73, was found guilty of all charges against him, including rape, incest, murder and enslavement.
He's condemned in a life imprisonment.
He had his daughter in a cellar, he had sexual relations with her and even, he had daughters and sons with her.
The court ordered that Fritzl should serve his life sentence in a secure psychiatric facility. If in a few years after he will be better, he would be able to go in a normal prison, not in a psychiatric prison.

Below, you can see the genealogic tree of Fritzl and his daughter:





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NEW VOCABULARY LEARNED:

Guilty: culpable
Cellar: soterrani
Court: tribunal