Jake Bugg

Look out for the English singer Jake Bugg. The 18-years-old's first album, called Jake Bugg, was Numer One in the UK. Jake makes his own* version of folk-rock music. He started playing guitar at the age of 12. By age 16 he was writing songs and giving* concerts. The British love him. What do you think?

VOCABULARY: 

Own: Propi.

Writing: Compondre.

Concerts: Concert.

Superman

Superman was created by two Americans in the 1930s. They imagined that Superman came from the planet Krypton, far away in the galaxy. When Krypton was destroyed*, Superman's father put him in a spaceship and sent him to Earth*. After many light* years, the boy arrived in Kansas, USA. A farmer and his wife found him and named him Clark Knet. They raised* him as their son but soon Clark started to show superman powers*. He could fly and protect the inhabitants of a city called Metropolis. But the identity of this new superhero was a mystery...

VOCABULARY: 

Destroyed: Destruir.

Earth: Terra.

Light: Llum.

Raised: Criat.

Powers: Poders. 

Tyler Alred

Prison... or church?

When Tyler Alred, 17, crased a pickup truck into a tree, killing his friend, he might have excepted to be sent to prison. Instead he was sent to church! The judge told Tyler, who had been drinking at the time, that he could avoid prison if he regulay attended his local church for ten years. Defending his controversial decision, Judge Mike Norman told ABC News: "I've done a little bit of this kind of thing before, but never on such a serious charge".

Drugged drink

A teebager whose parents wouldn't let her use the internet after 10pm was so desperate to go online that she spiked her parents' milkshakes with sleeping pills. When her parents were asleep, the girl and her friends were able to use the internet. However, alerted by a strange taste in their drinks, the gir'ls parents took a drug test the next day. Now the girls face not only an internet ban but time in a juvenile prison!

ROSA PARKS

In 1955, one black woman refused to give her seat to a white man on a bus. The woman was immediately put in prison. Her name was Rosa Parks...

Rosa lived in Montgomery in the southern state of Alabama, USA. She was a respected member of the black community. She worked as a seamstress in a depertment store and took the bus to work every day. Because she was black, she had to sit in a separate section at the back of the bus.

LES MISÉRABLES

Victor Hugo's Les Misérables is one of the most popular novels of all time. Now you can see the new musical film. An innocent man, Jean Valljean (Hugh Jackman), escapes from prison and wants to start a nre life. But Police Inspector Javert (Russell Crowe) is looking for him. Anne Hathaway also stars in the film as FAntine. And the best thing is... she's a fantastic singer!

ALICIA KEYS

Alicia Keys is famous for he pop songs, but did you know she is also an excellent classical pianist? Her first album was a big success and made her the best-selling R&B artist of 2001. Her new album is doing well too. Alicia says she wants it to inspire her female fans. You might know the songs "Girl on Fire" and Brand New Me". Do they inspire you?

BRUNO MARS

2012 was busy year from Bruno Mars. The singer from Hawaii became an international star and played concerts around the world. Brunso released his first album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans in 2010. Bruno is a talented musician: he grew up in a musical family and plays drums, guitar, heyboard, bass, piano and harmonica. HIs second album, Unorthdox Jukebox, is sure to be a hit!

GANGNAM STYLE

"K-pop" is short for "Korean pop music". K-pop stars dance and sing catchy songs, in Korean and in English. The industry is controlled by talent agencies which teach teenagers music, choreograhpy and English. This makes them into stars. A lot of K-pop singers have plastic surgery on their eyes which gives them a manga look. But none of them look, sing or dance like Psy!

THE HOBBIT

This fantasy-adventure film is perfect for fans of the Lord of the Rings films. A hobbit, Bilbao Baggins, goes to Lonely Mountain with a group of dwarves to take treasure that the dragon Smaug stole from them. They cross dangerous lands, meet strange creatures and fight battles. But will BIlbo get the Treasure?

THE HARRY POTTER

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is a theme park based on the Harry Potter films. It opened in 2010 and is great fun. I love English visited the park with three 14-years old Americans, Eliott, MEgan and Emily. They loved the atmospehe. As you walk around, you see Hogwarts school, Hosmeade village and people dressed in wizard clothes... it's just like in the films!

IN TIME

I magine a future where you pay fot things with time, not money. That's what happens in this action-thriller. To live beyond the age of 25, people must work to earn time. A poor man, Will Salas (Justin Timberlake), is accused of murdering a rich man to steal his time. Can Will escape from the police?

PAUL McCARTNEY

Sir. Paul  McCartney is in Guinness World REcord book as the most successful musician in history. His Beatles song "Yestarday" has been covered by 2.200 artists and played more than 7 million times in America. After The Beatles, he formed a group called Wings. He also defends animal rights, promotes vegetarianism and charities.

CENTRAL PARK

Central Parks looks natural, but most of it was created artificially, even the lakes. People go there to jog cycle, skate and walk their dogs.