Korea will have greatest life expectancy by 2100: UN report

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Korea will have greatest life expectancy by 2100: UN report

A new UN report says that Koreans are the people who will live the longest by the year 2100 .
The UN's 2012 World Population Prospects report shows that the life expectancy of Koreans is set to increase to 95.5 years between the years 2095 and 2100.
Koreans currently have a life expectancy of 81 years, according to the World Health Organization.
UN officials attribute the increase in longevity to a decreasing gap between rich and poor and to people leading a relatively healthier lifestyle.
The report also noted that the global population will increase to about 11-billion around the year 2100 due to population growth in Africa and other developing countries.

Reporter : connie@arirang.co.kr

Korea Longs to See Yoo Again

Korea Longs to See Yoo Again (31-05-2013)

군복무 On May 14, an interesting poll attracted the public’s attention! According to Open Market, 11st, one actor was chosen as the most anticipated star among entertainers who reached their majority this year. Can you guess who? It was none other than Yoo Seung-ho, who made his film debut in 2002’s The Way Home집으로. Above all, the survey result reminded us of the handsome actor, who has been out of the public’s sight since entering the army to perform his military service. In October 2012, Yoo succeeded in letting go of his image as a little boy from his first film, after playing a more manly role in MBC’s Missing You보고싶다. However, Yoo suddenly joined the army on March 5 this year. In doing so, he was recognized as an actor who has a strong sense of civic duty, unlike several stars who have famously tried to avoid military service. When will Yoo come out of the army? Let’s look forward to that day!

Lab-grown organ breakthrough

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In this jar, hope for many who need a transplant. In a Boston laboratory, a rat kidney has been stripped of its cells, leaving just this white scaffold. Then the organ was reseeded with fresh cells and put into another rat. It filtered the animal's blood and produced urine. The results are promising but human trials are still a long way off.

                                      http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23382-kidney-breakthrough-complete-labgrown-organ-works-in-rats.html

What do you think ?

1. Do you agree on bio-engineered human organs?

2. What springs to your mind when you hear the word "transplant''?
3. What came to your mind after watching the video?

4.  Do you think it would be a breakthrough on health problems?
5.  What do you think are the disadvantages of this bio-engineered organ.
6. Would you think that there will be a monster which will be created in the future?

Vocabulary

transplant

a new organ put into someone's body when the old organ fails

kidney

organ that takes away waste from the blood and produces urine

stripped of

had its parts removed

scaffold

structure that helps something to keep its shape

reseeded

here, had some new cells added, which multiply to fill the whole organ

Exercise

Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from news reports.  Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence correctly.
transplant / kidney / stripped of / scaffold / reseeded
1. Madonna was said to have been angered that she and her entourage were __________ their VIP status on their way out of the country, the UK's Daily Telegraph reported. They had to line up with other passengers at the airport and were frisked by security officials, the report said. 

2. Scientists have developed a new way of generating stem cells which could boost research and drug screening. Edinburgh University has produced material that acts as a "tiny __________" to which cells can cling as they grow.

3. Carrying excess weight around the abdomen is linked to an increased risk of __________ disease, a study suggests.

4. George Best is widely regarded as one of the greatest footballers to have graced the British game. But the Manchester United icon's lifelong battle with alcoholism led to drink-driving, bankruptcy, a liver __________ and eventually death, aged 59, in 2005.

5. "Even if the lungs aren't going to be resuscitatable, and you've tried everything you can, designer drugs, we aren't going to throw those lungs away. We are going to decellularize those lungs in a bioreactor and we are going to __________ it with your stem cells which we are already trying to do and we are going to grow you new lungs," he said.

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An unusual sight in a tough environment.

Inmates in a Brazilian prison have been learning how to knit.

The scheme, which sees prisoners working on intricate woollen designs, is a collaboration between prison authorities and a fashion designer.

Prisoners are paid 75 percent of the local minimum wage and also earn days off their sentence.

tough

strong and difficult

inmates

people in prison

to knit

to make woollen clothes by creating knots with needles

intricate

complex

minimum wage

the least amount of money to be legally paid for work done

Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from news reports.
Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence correctly.

tough / inmates / to knit / intricate / minimum wage

1. Each doll takes at least a month to make because of the __________detail and design, and thousands of brush strokes are used to create and layer the colour of each doll to make them as life-like as possible.

2. The 136-year-old jail was one of seven prisons shut by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to cut costs. The last __________were transferred to other prisons at the end of February.

3. Bangladesh's __________ for garment workers is currently $38 (£25) a month, the lowest in the world.

4. The parrot had plucked out most of its feathers was said to resemble an oven-ready chicken. A vet said it should be put down but Rebecca Blagg, the charity's coordinator, __________ jumpers to keep it warm.

5. The cave environment is a __________ place in which to make a living, limited in food and essential nutrients, forcing microorganisms to fight over limited resources.

General Tips for Living on a Budget

General Tips for Living on a Budget

Discuss, Ask and Suggest 

Short-term or long-term, living on a budget is easy. The key is putting some dollars away for that rainy day. Cooking on a budget is always very cheap when you do grocery shopping 1 or 2 times every month instead of doing the same shopping every week. You only need to look through the grocery store ads and note down the items you are going to be in need of. You should also consider other things that are a great deal at that time. You don’t need to buy everything from the same store. Just go from one store to another. It is not always easy doing this, but it will save you a lot of money at the end of the month.

1. Use a weekly budget planner

By planning a budget it is easier to see areas where spending can be cut back.

2. Get rid of credit cards

This will limit your spending to only the cash you actually possess.

3. Embrace a simplistic lifestyle

Eliminate purchasing any items that you have no real need for.

4. Dress in layers to avoid using the heat

Avoid the budget stretching during the winter months by dressing warmer instead of turning on the heat.

5. Only use electricity when necessary

Avoid turning on lights during the day and instead rely on natural lighting.

Amazing Car

Have you ever imagined that you might ride in a flying car someday? You might wish this when you are stuck in a traffic jam. Guess what! It is no longer just a dream. Recently, a company called Terrafugia announced its vision for the future of personal transportation. According to experts, a flying car will be available to the public within 10 years! So what kind of car is it?

The vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) flying car is called “TF-X.” The maximum seating capacity of the car is four. It can do a maximum speed of around 322km per hour. TF-X, also known as an eco-friendly hybrid car, is equipped with both an electric motor and a gasoline engine.

How can the car fly in the sky? The secret are wings that are hidden in its body. The wings come out when the car takes off. The car can fly for up to 800km on a single charge. It is said that anyone will be able to drive it, because the car has artificial intelligence technology. It is simpler and safer than a light plane, and you do not need a pilot’s license to fly it. It also has a detailed and automatic navigation system.

“Terrafugia is about increasing the level of safety, simplicity, and convenience of aviation. TF-X is an opportunity to provide the world with a new dimension of personal freedom,” said Terrafugia CEO Carl Dietrich.

New Born Baby

http://news.yahoo.com/video/newborn-rescued-sewage-pipe-china-105339937.html

BEIJING - Dramatic and graphic video emerged over the weekend from China showing a newborn baby boy being rescued from a sewage pipe.

The 5-pound infant was discovered by residents in Jinhua, in the eastern province of Zhejiang, when they heard cries coming out of a fourth floor squat toilet in a local apartment building.

When the firefighters arrived on the scene they discovered a two-day old baby lodged in the piping below the toilet. After attempts to pull the baby out of the toilet failed, the rescuers resorted to sawing off a whole section of piping containing the baby and brought it to the neighboring hospital.

The video shows firefighters and doctors taking apart the sewer pipe piece by piece under the newborn was finally revealed from inside. State media reports said that the boy's umbilical cord and placenta was still attached at the time.

"Fortunately the baby survived. But the person [who abandoned him] is still suspected of attempted murder," an unidentified police officer told the state media on Hangzhou.com.cn. Police were looking for the parents of the baby boy.

The incident has conjured up intense emotions on Chinese social media especially after the news this weekend of separate newborn discovered in a dumpster in Hebei province. That newborn did not survive.

Posting on China's twitter-like Sina Weibo user @bhdrswxjs wrote: "This should be sentenced to death, they are killing their own baby. This is not the only abandoned baby case I saw in the past ten days, one threw in dumpster and died; the other one was fleshed into toilet, those are not actions human beings should do."

Positive Words

Encouraging, comforting and positive words, either written or spoken have the power to heal, inspire and transform thoughts and emotions. This is why you see people paste motivational posters on their walls. You probably have received and sent greeting cards with words of encouragement and words of wisdom.

Why do you think people go to “get motivated seminars” or listen to sermons? They want to get some inspiration and enlightenment. The speakers have lots of inspiring words and energy to share.

How To Decide What Is Right For You

What Do You Think 

                                                                                                               

Say something about the tips given:

Here are 6 tips to help you decide what is right for you

1. Think of the End Result.

      Right thinking produces right actions. When you know what you want, you will persist in spite of the initial lack of progress.

2. Stop Thinking Start Doing.

     You can think and think again all day long on. You can listen to many opinions and suggestions. But if you don’t take action, you don’t get any result and you wouldn't know the outcome. The best way to determine for sure if something works is to take action.

3. Don’t Be Afraid to Be Wrong.

      As Charlie T Jones said, “Don’t worry about having to make a right decision. Make it and then work to make it right.”

4. Educate Yourself.

    Continue to feed your mind with useful information. It opens your mind to more options. When you have plenty of options, you can make better choices and do what is right and at the right time.

5. It’s Alright If You Don’t Fit In.

     Don’t try to fit in to make people happy. What is right for others doesn't mean it’s decent for you too. You can’t please everyone. When it comes to determining your own life, you shouldn't allow others to do it for you.

6. Trust Your Intuition.

     In order to hear, you must listen. And to enable you to listen to the voice within, you must learn to relax and be still.

 Discussion                                                                        

                                                                                             

1. Have you ever been in a dilemma when you wonder what is right for you?

2. Have you been in a situation when you didn't know which appropriate action to take?

3. How did you solve your problems before?

4. When you did make a decision, how did you come to the conclusion?

5. Did you rely on other people’s opinions?

6. Did you go against your own needs just to fit in?

 7. Or did you go ahead and did what you felt was proper and fitting even when you were uncertain of the outcome?

http://www.about-personal-growth.com/how-to-decide-what-is-right-for-you.html#more-3335

Reasons Why People Stay Single Longer.

Single women used to be on the lookout for guys out there to give them something to fill their needs. They wanted to feel loved, have someone to provide security, strength and support. And they dreaded the thought of being labeled a spinster or an old maid.

Now, many women and men choose to live unmarried, independent and without companions and still feel comfortable with the single life. With the increase in divorce rate more are living alone. And many widows and widowers choose to remain single. They have found that being single has its advantages and benefits compared to being coupled.

These singles still date and have occasional flings but they aren't in a hurry to get tied down. They are taking their time and most of them feel that if it happens that they don’t get married by a certain age, so be it.

Reasons Why People Stay Single Longer

1. Satisfying lifestyle.
2. Freedom to make own choices.
3. Have not healed from a hurt over the lost of someone special.
4. Turning away from demands and crisis that can happen in intimate relationships.
5. Pursuing careers and focusing mainly on financial and material rewards.
6. Stopped dating for fear of rejection.
7. Afraid to fall in love.
8. Being selective.
9. Feeling unworthy because of low self esteem.
10. Have lost faith in finding love.
11. Fear of commitment.
12. Taking time off to uncover self.

 YOUR OPINION                                                                                                               

1. What  would you think is an ideal age to settle down?

2. What advice would you give to single women?

3. Do you know someone who is at the age of 35 but was still single?

Bill Gates 'disrespects' South Korean president with casual handshake

Bill Gates has been accused of disrespecting Park Geun-hye, the South Korean president, after being pictured shaking hands with her, with one hand in his pocket.

The picture of the meet-and-greet between the Microsoft founder and Ms Park on Monday was front page news across the country. Some newspapers cropped out the offending pocketed hand, but most chose to highlight it.

"Cultural difference, or an act of disrespect?" the JoongAng Ilbo wrote in the accompanying caption.

"Disrespectful handshake? Casual handshake?" the Dong-A Ilbo asked.

While the presidential Blue House declined to comment, social networking sites were clogged with opinion.

"Even considering the cultural difference, there is an appropriate manner for certain occasions ... how can he put his hand in his pocket when meeting a leader of the state?" tweeted @msryu67.

Some news portals posted montages of Mr Gates shaking hands with other world leaders, which showed that he has some form when it comes to informal greetings.

In a 2008 meeting with Ms Park's predecessor Lee Myung-Bak, Gates also kept one hand pocketed, although a 2001 picture with then-President Kim Dae-Jung showed him adopting a more respectful, two-handed shake.

"Gates is a casual man who's not bound by customs so he shakes hands in this manner even when meeting heads of international organisations or top political figures," Dong-A Ilbo quoted an unnamed friend of his in Seoul as saying.

Some Koreans suggested the media criticism was misplaced.

"Please, people ... don't think your Confucian mindset is a universal norm elsewhere in the world," tweeted @itanomaly.

Mr Gates was in South Korea as chairman of the nuclear start-up TerraPower, promoting its project to develop a next-generation nuclear reactor.

Ms Park, meanwhile, was seeking the Microsoft founder's advice on her plans to build a "creative economy".

OPINION SAMPLES :

1. Diplomacy is not just for diplomats it is also a form of courtesy.
He is a very rich philanthropist he should be educated in the common cultural courtesies of the people he is visiting.  And true he is not a official representative of the USA but if he wants to not be seen as what we have been called for years as an ugly American he would be better served and better educated in the ways of the rest of the world.   

2. Even in a Western context, Gates' posture and hand-in-pocket would be considered casual and not quite suited to the occasion. So would his pronounced slouch. Doesn't anyone remember the days when Western mothers/aunts/teachers would forever be telling boys to stand up straight and not stand or walk with hands in pockets? They were always considered loutish habits.

But...

1. Gates probably is a tad Aspergers. Cut him some slack. He almost certainly was not delivering an insult. He has also been raised in a Western world and a particular subculture in which the old manners are lightly regarded if known at all.

2. What is it about Asian and Middle Eastern cultures and their taboos? Remember when the entire Middle East would go apeshit because some American put his feet up and showed the sole of his shoe? Fine, they should have attended Arab taboo training and known better. But still, it's just the sole of a shoe. No Westerner could really internalize the idea  that such a harmless thing is insulting. More to the point, while we also have our taboos, no one ever goes to such extremes in reacting to them. Some dignitary could fart or pick his nose at our dinner tables. Personally I think it obvious and rational that these should be considered more disgusting than the harmless, relatively clean and non-smelling sole of a business shoe. But if some other culture thinks them weird Western taboos, so be it. What we don't do is have a public freakout or even threaten to kill people when our taboos are violated.

Girls Kidnapped now found after 10 years

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/missing-cleveland-girls-found-alive-decade-amanda-berry-19123556

It's been less than a day since Amanda Berry, Gina Dejesus and Michelle Knight were rescued after ten years of captivity in the home of Ariel Castro, and already some gruesome details of what the girls were forced to deal with during their kidnapping have come to light.

Among the disturbing details are reports of sex, beatings and miscarriages.

The women, who were found safe last night on Seymour Avenue, were forced to have sex with their captors, resulting in up to five pregnancies, several police sources tell Channel 3 News.

According to the source, one of the victims had two to three miscarriages in the Seymour Avenue because she was malnourished.

Another police source who is actively working on this investigation told NewsChannel5 at least five babies were born inside the home. It’s not clear if that number includes Berry’s 6-year-old daughter who was found in the house with the women.

One of those sources tells investigator Tom Meyer that the captors would beat the pregnant girls. Both sources say the babies didn't survive. The sources say it is unclear what happened following the pregnancies.

Investigators are going through the home for clues, including the backyard where they found "disturbed" dirt. 

Read more: http://globalgrind.com/news/details-amanda-berry-gina-dejesus-michelle-knight-kidnapping-victims-faced-revealed-photos#ixzz2UTz9Lewz

DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
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Read more:http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1305/130518-sad_music.html#ixzz2UTzgaPHv

United Nations asks us to eat insects

         A new United Nations report says that we should all eat insects. The report is from the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization. It is called "Edible Insects: Future Prospects for Food and Feed Security". The U.N. says it is important we eat insects to help the Earth. It gave three reasons why we should be adding insects to our diet. The first is they are good for our health. "Insects are healthy, nutritious alternatives to mainstream staples such as chicken, pork, beef and even fish." The second reason is they are better for the environment than breeding cows, sheep, and other animals. Finally, "insect farming" would help millions of poor families around the world eat and start a small business.


         
      Many cultures already include insects in their diet. The report says: "Many people around the world eat insects out of choice, largely because of the [tastiness]….More than 1, 900 species have reportedly been used as food." However, most people in Western or "developed" countries think the idea of eating insects is disgusting. The report says governments need to educate Westerners about the benefits of eating bugs so they get over the "disgust factor". Ento, a company in London that sells insect-based food, said it is difficult to get people to eat creepy-crawlies. It told the "New Scientist" magazine: "On paper, insects are fantastic, but on a plate, most people won't touch them."

Read more:http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1305/130516-insects.html#ixzz2TY2wv22A

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1.	What did a United Nations report suggest we do?
2.	How many reasons did the U.N. give?
3.	What food can insects replace?
4.	What's the second reason given?
5.	How could "insect farming" help poor families?
6.	Why do many people around the world eat insects?
7.	How many different types of insect do people eat?
8.	What do most Westerners think of eating insects?
9.	How could governments get Westerners to eat insects?
10.	What did a shop say about insects on a plate?

INSECTS DISCUSSION

A.

a)	What did you think when you read the headline?
b)	What springs to mind when you hear the word 'insects'?
c)	What do you think about what you read?
d)	Do you think insects are a healthy food source?
e)	What insects could and couldn't you eat?
f)	Do you think we will all need to eat insects to help the Earth?
g)	How could insects replace meat and fish?
h)	If you ate a pie, loved it, and then found out it was insect pie, how would you feel?
i)	What do you think of the idea of insect farming?
j)	Which is better, worm curry or bee soup?

B.

a)	Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
b)	Why do some cultures love eating insects while others don't?
c)	Would it be exciting to try all 1,900 insects?
d)	What is the most disgusting food you can think of?
e)	Could Westerners ever be educated to eat bugs?
f)	Would insects taste better if they didn't look like insects on the plate?
g)	Could you date someone who ate insects?
h)	What would you do if you found a jar of insects in your fridge?
i)	If scientists found insects were the healthiest food ever, would you eat them?
j)	What questions would you like to ask an insect eater?

DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
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Read more:http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1305/130516-insects.html#ixzz2TY6mFcDB