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Hundreds injured as meteorite wreaks havoc in Russia's Urals

Another chance to watch the video we saw in class:

A different approach to the Spanish Crisis

Vocab:
- desalination plant: planta desalinizadora
- through thick & thin: through good times and bad times. 
- wind farm: A power plant that uses windmills or wind turbines to generate electricity

SUGGESTED READING FOR 2ND TERM

British Fiction:

-         The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 & 3/4, by Sue Townsend

-         About a Boy, by Nick Hornby  

-       Fever Pitch, by Nick Hornby

-         Stardust, by Neil Gaiman.

-         Bridget Jones's Diary, by Helen Fielding.

-         A Mind to Murder, by P.D. James.

-         A Thousand Splendid Suns, by K. Hosseini.

-   The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams.

American Fiction:

-   The Eyes of the Dragon, by Stephen King.

-    The Lady and the Unicorn, by Tracy Chevalier.

     -   The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K. Leguin.

Spain's corruption eruption

 

Slush fund: a fund for financing political or commercial corruption. A fund raised by a group for corrupt practices, such as bribery or graft. a fund for buying votes or bribing public officials  
Undermine: To weaken, injure, or impair, often by degrees or imperceptibly

Paxman interviews minister Chloe Smith on Newsnight

 
pasty: a round of pastry folded over a filling of meat, vegetables, etc.
chugger:charity+mugger