That's the favourite number of almost all the population

Everybody, or almost all the people, has a favourite number. Having said that: which factors make us to prefer a number or antoher? Is there any number that is more popular than the rest?

These are some of the questions that wanted to answer the mathematic and writter Àlex Bellos. That's why he prepared an online survey form where he asked to the participants to choose a favourite figure. And which was the result? Number 7 was the clearly winner, followed by number 3 and number 8.

According to what Bellos thinks, the reason why we like so much this figure is because it's "special". "It's the only number between  2 and 10 that it's not multiple and a factor either  of any other number. And that it's a thing that distinguishes 7 from the rest"- claims in the "El Confidencial".

On the other hand, when we have to choose our favourite figure it also influences other emotional factors, such as our date of birth or the dates birth of our loved ones, for example. And you, which is your favourite number? :)

WORDS I'VE LEARNT:

-Survey form: enquesta

-Figure: xifra

-Distinguish: distingir

-Loved ones: sers estimats

-Multiple: múltiple (número)

Stay alert for a cyber-attack; that's what you must to avoid it

FBI, the north-american agency of inteligence, has recommend  to restart routers of all around the world because of the risk of a cyber-attack and to change the access password. This warning has been explicated this morning by a radio program called "El món a RAC1" and the same information has been also shared by the local police, els Mossos d'Esquadra, on Twitter.

The origin of this problem is the "infection" that a cybercriminals had thrown out to more than 500,000 devices in 54 countries. "With this action you will avoid to be a victimi of a cyber-attack", add the catalan police.

FBI believes that this attack could come from Russia and the responsibles of it aimed to compile users' information and to destroy devices, a part from use them as an antenna to amplify the attack. A threat that may finish with the connection of a zone or run all the routers againt a specific objective. Although FBI hasn't set which may be the motivations of the hackers, several media claim that their intention was to take profit of the Champions final to make a global cyber-attack.

WORDS I'VE LEARNT:

Restart- reiniciar aparell electrònic
Throw out- lanzar
Devices- dispositius
Antenna- antena
Run- dirigir
Aim- tenir com a objectiu alguna cosa
Compile- recopilar

This girl changes her "look" and demostrates an awkward truth

Unfortuantely, our society is still plenty of stereotypes and labels. Nowadays, most of the people remain judging people by their gender, physique or simply by their look.

To demostrate that, a girl whose Twitter account was @Pilkunnussita, decided to get her hair cut off because otherwise it was so uncomfortable and she wanted also to know the reaction of others. According to what she said on social medias days ago, what more impacted her, was that after her radical change any boy moved closer to her. "This made me wonder if I became in someone less sexy and interesting, for the simple fact of shaving my hair" she wrote on Twitter.

Moreover, @Pilkunnussita alsa had to put up with all types of comments."You looked better before" or "you seem a lesbian now" were some examples. Not only that, at work people threatened her to get her hair long again because otherwise they would fire her. "All these comments only because I wanted to have less hair. I left my hair short as many men, but the difference is that with them there was any repercussion...", concludes the girl. All in all, we have to improve many aspects as a society.

WORDS I'VE LEARNT:

Remain- continuar
Físic- pysique
Get your hair cut off/ Shave your hair- repar-se
Put up with- aguantar, suportar
Threaten- amenaçar

This curious sign of a public WC is going around the world

Public toilets sometimes aren't hygienic. And it's not because they aren't cleaned, but it's because the people who use them don't take care of them. There are persons who throw papers in the ground, don't pull the chain,... among other uncivilised manners.

That's why some companies decide to put signs reminding to users which attitudes they should avoid when they're in a public WC. Although logical warnings- throw out the residues in the garbage or to not draw the doors of the toilet- there are some of them that stand out.

One of them was found by @seculito, who wanted to share it on Twitter. In the sign, as you can see, points out that it's forbidden to peeing backwards and trying to do a good shot inside of the toilet. To be honest, it's a little bit weird, but if they decided to put this warning is for some good reason...

WORDS I'VE LEARNT:

Pull the chain- tirar la cadena del lavabo
Manner- comportament
Sign- cartell
Stand out- cridar l'atenció
Point out- indicar

This is what makes men more attractive, according to the science

A study done by the Cambridge University and published this month in the scientific website of the Royal Society Open Science claims that the men's attractive is found in their limbs. In particular, researchers claim that boys with proportioned legs - the ones that measure a little bit more than the half of the boy's heigh- turn out to be more attractive.

According to the autor of the study, Thomas Versluys, society prefers men with proportioned limbs for a traditional question. Scientifics say that slim and long legs are associated in a good shape and in a good healthy state, two characteristics that which we all always have in mind when it comes to fall in love with someone.

Having said that, it's necessary to highlight that the investigation is only focused on the physical appearance and it doesn't include other relevant features. When you want to find someone the pysichal attraction is important, but it's not as outstanding as getting along with your partner or trusting in each other.


WORDS I'VE LEARNT:

Claim- assegurar
Limbs- extremitats humanes
Researcher- investigador
Highlight- destacar
Physical appearance- aspecte físic
Outstanding- important
Having said that- ara bé

Two students were expelled from a Mataró's high school for sexual abuses to a minor

A girl from Mataró, who was fourteen, was a victim from sexual abuses, done it by two classmates. According to what ACN knows, the incidents happened on Friday 23rd of February and they were reported to the Catalonia's police, els Mossos d'Esquadra. The attackers took advantage of teacher's absence during a class changing to take the girl in front of the class. The high school which took place this event confirmed the facts and they announced the preventative expulsion of the two students. One of them is expelled one month, until the next 6th of April, while the other, who had a minor role, is expelled five days.

School's sources tell that a disciplinary record was opened againt the most troubled student, that could end with the definitive expulsion from this high school.

Moreover, the assault of Friday wasn't the first. Last November had starred a similar episode another girl, but in this case the victim's family didn't want to report it.


WORDS I'VE LEARNT

-Sexual abuses. abusos sexuals.
-Report: denunciar.
-Minor role: paper secundari.
-Record: expedient.
-Assault: agressió.

A girl find out that her father is not what she thought during a university class

A girl found out that her father was not what she thought in a biology class. That explained it a degree's classmate through social networks, as Daily Mail informed.

All started during a blood type's debate. The teacher was giving examples when a student- the protagonist of this news- interrupted him. The girl didn't understand how could be possible that her mother was of the type A, her father was of the type O and she was of the type AB instead. But, according to the theory, A and O can't have AB descendants.

The teacher, confused, asked to her that when she arrived at home she asked to her parents which blood type they had, because he was sure that there was a mistake. The student, as her teacher said, asked to her mother, who confessed that she had an affair with her uncle, that was the brother of her father. It's because of that that the blood type didn't fit in with what the student told.


WORDS I'VE LEARNT

-Blood type: grup sanguini.
-Debate: debat.
-Have an affair: tenir una aventura amb algú.

These are the 10 best cities of the world for teenagers, according to a new study

The millenials, the gereation borned between 1980 and 2000, it's charachterized not only for their control of the new technologies, but also for their traveller spirit. That was revealed for several studies during the last years, like the one published by the search's motor of Nestpick's lodgings.

In particular, this new analisys is focused on examinte 110 cities around the world to find what could offer each one to the millenials. To do it, they kept in mind different factors such as the price of the flats, the opportunities to find job, the immigrants' tolerance, the public transport, the party... The results situate Berlin as the best city for the young people, followed by Montreal and London. These countries are the top 10:


1. Berlin

2. Montreal

3. London

4. Amsterdam

5. Toronto

6. Vancouver

7. Barcelona

8. New York

9. Colonia

10. Manchester

WORDS I'VE LEARNT
-Reveal: revelar.
-Lodging: allotjament.
-Traveller spirit: esperit viatger.

The model who tricked thousands of followers on Instagram

In 2017 appeared on Instagram an account of a model called Shudu Gram. As times went by, the young girl started getting followers until become the image of popular brands, such as Rihanna's sports brand.

But, don't wait for her to walk by a catwalk because she's not real. As some people suspected- others had no idea-, Shudu  Gram is a supermodel created digitally by the photographer Cameron-James Wilson.

In fact, he's who sign the contracts of the "model" and answer her followers on Instagram. The photographer told to Metro.co that he was learning to design 3D images for graphic novels when he realize he could make his dream true: to create the model that he dreamed of.

This curious case has divided the social network into two different groups: the ones who applaud initiative of James Wilson for his "originality" and the others who criticise him to not contract a real model.

WORDS I'VE LEARNT:

-Catwalk: passarel·la.

-Suspect: sospitar.

-Criticise: criticar.

During how many seconds should we wash our hands to get rid of bacterias?

Most of us wash our hands even unconsciously. When we were little our parents said to us that, after going to the toilet and before eating, we had to wash them "if we didn't want to have stomachache, because in the hands there're a lot of  microbes". But which is the correct way and the appropriate time to do it?

A scientific investigation has studied which is the minimum time to wash our hand- with soap- to eliminate all the bacterias and germs that we have.

After some experiments- washing the hands and analyzing them through a microscope- they arrived at the conclusion that the minimum time we should spend washing them is 20 seconds. That's the minimum period which we need to remove the bacterias. Doing this action less than the established time it's like doing it only with water. It's useless.

And how can you count until 20? Well, if you sing the "Happy Birthday Song" twice, it would be enough.

MY OPINION

Most of the times I wash my hands in 5 seconds because I've thought that with this time I would get rid of these undesirable germs, but now that I read this news, I will wash them more time and carefully.

Only a 5% of the people don't let theirselves to be fooled by this optical illusion

What do you see in this photo? A group of rectangles? The 95% of the people see it.

The creator of this optical illusion which its objective is trick our brain, is called Anthony Norcia and he designed it in 2017 (this year). He took advantage from our "weakness" that has our brains to recognize easier the square and rectangle shapes than the circular ones.

With this premise. he designed an image where there are some circles hidden, but at first sight, we're unable to see them because the human brain can't interpret these kind of shapes. Most of the people take some seconds to identify the circles, but once you get it, it seems the easiest thing in the world.

MY OPINION

The first thing I saw was the circles and then, after few seconds, I could see also the rectangles, looking as a door. It's very weird because, according to this news, the first thing I should see would be the circle shapes. Maybe I'm within this 5% of the people who didn't let theirselves to be fooled by this image...

What does someone running after you mean?

There are different interpretations of some of the most recurrent dreams. For example, dream that someone is running after you. Most of us we lived this anxiety situation in some of our dreams and it's isn't pleasant at all. But what does it mean when it repeats more than once?

The most common interpretation for this kind of dream defends that it can be relate to stressful problems. Actually, it's comfirmed that the persons who dream this have something pending to resolve really important for them. On the other hand, it can point out that you aren't reaching your goals that you decided and this situation causes nightmares.


And can we avoid bad dreams?

We can't control the dreams, therefore, they are difficult to avoid. The best way to try to get it is distracting our problems and those things that worry us watching a film, reading a book, listening to the radio until you fall asleep. Doing these activities, we avoid to go to bed brooding on something that will cause us nightmares.


MY OPINION

I've never had a nightmare which someone was running after me, but I wrote this news because the topic of dreams it's very interesting for me; how the subconscious gives us some messages when we're sleeping. Only a few people are able to understand some of their dreams and that's very important to know what we really want, need or fear.

Luis Vuitton doesn't want this model because she's too "fat"

Ulrikke Hoye becomes viral to report through her Instagram Luis Vuitton's brand. The model measures 1,75 cm height, and her mesaures are 79 of chest, 61 of waist and she's between 34 and 36 size. She works a lot with her body and for constituation she's like this, but she said in some interviews that she doesn't want to stop eating like a lot of models do on their professional careers.
She received the news that the brand didn't choose her because she should be thinner than now. So she decided to share in social medias this photo:


Link of the photo

Thanks to this post I think the people have seen how the industry of style still enslave the woman's body and shows a prototype of body which doesn't adequate in the real life at all.

If you click here you will see the full news.

WORLD I'VE LEARNT

Enslave: esclavitzar
Waist: cintura
Brand: marca

Japan's princess renounce to her titles after falling in love with a classmate

Princess Mako of Japan, nephew of the emperors, has decided to renounce her post to get married with the boy who loves but does not belong to any aristocratic family. The couple has announced that they're gonna get married the following year, for that reason Mako will lose all her titles of princess and the privileges of the imperial life because in this country is forbidden that royal ladies get married with a plebeian.

The girl met Kei Komuro when both of them started study at the Leicester's University, they fell in love and at the beginning they started dating in secret because the family of her didn't want that Mako was with any boy who didn't belong to nobility. Finally, she decided to say it in public, now that she represents the Crown of Japan.

I think that the princess needed a lot of courage to be against her relatives and her love towards Kei was also very strong to renounce to all her titles, which were so important. The first time I read this I thought this was like a Disney's couple stories which they would lose all the things only for love. This story is very unbelievable and romantic.

If you click here you will see the full news.

WORLDS I'VE LEARNT:

Renounce: renunciar
Forbidden: prohibir
Plebeian: pleveu


Link of the photo

Ariana Grande's terrorist attack

The terrorist attack of the 22th of May in the exit of Ariana Grande's concert died 22 mortal victims and there are sixty of them who are still admitted in the hospital (the majority of them have lost some extremities of their bodies and have deep injuries).

Among the victims there are children, teenagers and parents or relatives who were waiting for the youngs outside the enclosure.

The perpetrator of this awfull event was Salmon Abedi who was 22 years old. He was born in Libi but he lived in Manchester until the attack. Salmon wore an explosive which was tied around his body and he let it exploded when the concert was finished.

I think this is very unfair because more than twenty innocent kids have died without having the blame of anything. Ariana wrote a Instagram's post saying that she was very sorry what have happened and she's going to perform a concert again to earn money and give it to the victims' families. She also said that she won't cancel the Dangerous Woman Tour to honour of the victims but I think she just wants to continue earn a lot of money. The world is getting worse every day...

WORLDS I'VE LEARNED:

Admitted: ingressat

Enclosure: recinte

Tied: lligat

A DIVORCE LAWYER REVEALS THE SECRET TO TRIUMPH IN A MARRIAGE

Roy Martin is a divorce lawyer since 1996 and he has learnt necessarily a lot of stuff about love, the live with a couple and a marriage and he said:

"I've learnt that the action to love someone truly is not enough. The marriage needs an agreement when you want to feel good the other person who must need also be deeply admired".

4 Things that you need to ask yourself bedore get married with someone:

 1. If you will want to stay with your couple when you get older.
2. If you will want to accompany him/her for months or years in chemotherapy sessions if your couple suffers cancer.
3. If you will want to take care of this person such as a baby when he/she can't do it.
4. If you consider a privilege to stay next to him/her for ever.

I am completly with Roy. A lot of people, currently, are getting married without being sure that this will last forever and every time, is very common to see your friend's parents divorced. There are relations that won't last although are very deep in this moment because this doesn't mean that will last when they get older. I think that the list he done will be very useful to the future couples who will want to get married.

WORDS THAT I'VE LEARNT:

-Lawyer: Advocat
-Chemotherapy: Quimioteràpia
-Triumph: Triumfar

THE MISSAGE OF A KID WHO'S 3 YEARS OLD TO HIS LITTLE BROTHER WHO HAS TERMINAL CANCER

Sheryl is an australian blogger who has two sons: Kuya (3 years old) and Thomas (4 months old). The last son, when he was born, he was diagnosed with a terminal cancer and now he won't life so long. Kuya, even though he's only three, knows the hard situation that lives his brother.

The following story was written by his mother, together with a photo, in her Instagram's account.
This is what happened:

Her family was in vacation, her husband was in the kitchen while she was preparing a bath for her kids when, suddenly, she didn't hear any sound from her living room where there were his sons. There was too much calm, and she decided to take a look. She found her old son laying down on the sofa, just next to Thomas, stroking his face and whispering something... Sheryl paid more attention and that's how she can finally listen what he was saying: "You're old brother is here. Nothing can go wrong..."

This setence is very emotional and shocking at the same time because is from a little kid's mouth!
I've always think that, between sisters or brothers, there's like a special relationship, it's not  a simple love, it's more than that. They complement each other. Nothing can replace this strong relation!

WORDS THAT I'VE LEARNT:

-Diagnose: Diagnosticar.
-Stroke: Acaricar.
-Replace: Substituir.

A PENGUIN TRAVELS 8.000 KM EVERY YEAR TO SEE THE MAN WHO SAVED HIS LIFE

One man found a little penguin coated of oil in a Brasil's beach and he decided to help and take care of him until the animal was totally recovered. Since then, both have became inseperable, and the penguin returns, every year, to meet again with his old friend.

 This brasilian man was very surprised because he hadn't got any idea that he will come back to expressed his gratitude for look after him.

The penguin swims more than eight thousand kilometres every time that he returns to Brasil. The man who took care of him said: "Nobody, apart from me, can touch him because, if other person do it, he bite them".

Since four years, this loyal animal has return every year.

MY OPINION

I think that this event it's so amazing, the relationship that can exist between animals and humans. When I see this new for the fist time I couldn't believe it was real, I thought it was just a kind of joke or a fake new. After that, I started to search for more information or videos, and finally I watched many videos that belied my first hypothesis.
The penguin recovered by oil is a real proof of the ocean's pollution. Is like a message that we must try to do not throw the trush, that we must take care of our environment.

WORDS THAT I HAVE LEARNT:

-Recovered: Recuperat
-Coated: Cobert
-Look after: Cuidar