http://jm-ingles.foroactivo.net/selectividad-f18/-t1.htm Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:55:26 GMT 10 http://i59.servimg.com/u/f59/12/79/57/58/this_i11.jpg http://jm-ingles.foroactivo.net/selectividad-f18/-t1.htm http://jm-ingles.foroactivo.net/selectividad-f18/test-canterbury-t495.htm Compilator CANTERBURY Canterbury is a town in Kent with a population of about 120.000. It is the religious capital of England because its cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury who is head of the Church of England. From the 12th to the 15th centuries, it was a place of pilgrimage. Thousands of people came to pray to the shrine of a former Archbishop of Canterbury who was murdered in the Cathedral in 1170. His name was Thomas becket. Murder in the Cathedral During the ... Selectividad Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:55:26 GMT http://jm-ingles.foroactivo.net/selectividad-f18/test-canterbury-t495.htm#508 http://jm-ingles.foroactivo.net/selectividad-f18/test-canterbury-t495.htm http://jm-ingles.foroactivo.net/selectividad-f18/test-mash-t494.htm Compilator M.A.S.H. A Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in Korea. It’s not an obvious idea for a TV comedy programme, yet MASH is one of the most popular and successful series ever made. Each episode of MASH is a mixture of comedy and drama. The programme doesn’t ignore the pain and suffering of the war, but it shows the courage and humour of the doctors and nurses who have to live with it. Because of this, it’s possible to both laugh and cry when you watch MASH. That’s one of the things that makes ... Selectividad Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:54:22 GMT http://jm-ingles.foroactivo.net/selectividad-f18/test-mash-t494.htm#507 http://jm-ingles.foroactivo.net/selectividad-f18/test-mash-t494.htm http://jm-ingles.foroactivo.net/selectividad-f18/test-the-english-patient-t493.htm Compilator “THE ENGLAND PATIENT” Sven-Göran Eriksson, believes that modern football matches are not won on the ground, but inside the players' minds. This film examines not just how Eriksson got inside his players' brains, but how he is now starting a revolution in English football thinking. Eriksson's plan has two critical elements: to eliminate the harmful effects of the fear of failure from the minds of the England players, and to encourage them to train mentally as well as physically to ... Selectividad Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:39:38 GMT http://jm-ingles.foroactivo.net/selectividad-f18/test-the-english-patient-t493.htm#506 http://jm-ingles.foroactivo.net/selectividad-f18/test-the-english-patient-t493.htm http://jm-ingles.foroactivo.net/selectividad-f18/test-hard-work-t492.htm Compilator HARD WORK Many women from Saudi Arabia are annoyed that occidental observers often criticize the inadequacies of their country and concentrate on questions of sexual segregation, but can't see the real problems that women themselves consider far more frustrating, such as the veiling or the prohibition against their driving. Gihan Ramadan, in a commentary published by the daily Arab News, said Saudi women were more worried about finding good work in a hard jobs market than about wearing ... Selectividad Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:34:05 GMT http://jm-ingles.foroactivo.net/selectividad-f18/test-hard-work-t492.htm#505 http://jm-ingles.foroactivo.net/selectividad-f18/test-hard-work-t492.htm http://jm-ingles.foroactivo.net/selectividad-f18/test-april-fool-s-day-t491.htm Compilator APRIL FOOL’S DAY! In Spain, many people play tricks on December 28, Holy Innocents’ Day. In many other countries, jokes are played on April 1—April Fool’s Day. The reason seems to be that, up until the mid-sixteenth century, France celebrated New Year’s Day on April 1, but in 1562 Pope Gregory XIII introduced a new calendar to the Christian world, which changed the date of the New Year to January 1. At that time news travelled slowly and some people continued to celebrate on April ... Selectividad Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:28:31 GMT http://jm-ingles.foroactivo.net/selectividad-f18/test-april-fool-s-day-t491.htm#503 http://jm-ingles.foroactivo.net/selectividad-f18/test-april-fool-s-day-t491.htm http://jm-ingles.foroactivo.net/selectividad-f18/test-artificial-intelligence-t490.htm Compilator ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Artificial intelligence (AI) is an area of research that goes back to the very beginnings of computer science. The idea of building a machine that can perform tasks perceived as requiring human intelligence is an attractive one. The tasks that have been studied from this point of view include game playing, language translation, natural-language understanding, robotics and the like. Challenging games such as chess have been the subject of intensive study, with ... Selectividad Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:24:02 GMT http://jm-ingles.foroactivo.net/selectividad-f18/test-artificial-intelligence-t490.htm#502 http://jm-ingles.foroactivo.net/selectividad-f18/test-artificial-intelligence-t490.htm http://jm-ingles.foroactivo.net/selectividad-f18/test-mobile-phones-t489.htm Compilator MOBILE PHONES Mobile phones are not a luxury item anymore. While they have improved people’s lives, they have some drawbacks and we need to be careful about when and where they should be used. Admittedly, they facilitate communication with other people anywhere at any time. Parents feel more relaxed knowing their children can get in touch with them immediately if they need help, and emergency services can be called without delay when there has been an accident. Advanced features such ... Selectividad Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:17:51 GMT http://jm-ingles.foroactivo.net/selectividad-f18/test-mobile-phones-t489.htm#501 http://jm-ingles.foroactivo.net/selectividad-f18/test-mobile-phones-t489.htm http://jm-ingles.foroactivo.net/selectividad-f18/test-from-spiderman-to-spider-goat-t488.htm Compilator FROM SPIDER-MAN TO SPIDER-GOAT It all began when Peter Parker was attending a high-school demonstration of radiation technology. A spider affected by radiation bit Peter's hand. This gave him superhuman spider-like abilities. In the original comic book, Peter's new talents inspired him to invent his webslingers, small jets attached to his wrists that fire a special substance that hardens on contact with air. Anyone who has ever walked into a spider's web knows that the silk is surprisingly ... Selectividad Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:13:03 GMT http://jm-ingles.foroactivo.net/selectividad-f18/test-from-spiderman-to-spider-goat-t488.htm#499 http://jm-ingles.foroactivo.net/selectividad-f18/test-from-spiderman-to-spider-goat-t488.htm http://jm-ingles.foroactivo.net/selectividad-f18/test-st-valentine-s-day-t487.htm Compilator ST VALENTINE'S DAY The Morning of St Valentine John Callcott Horsley (1817 - 1903) Oil on canvas, 1865 On 14th February, St Valentine's Day, many people send a card to the one they love. The practice of sending a sweetheart or special friend a gift on Valentine's Day dates at least from the fourteenth century. But who was this Valentine? One might suppose that he was some romantic-minded fellow who pranced around in red tights or a silky toga and spread love throughout the ... Selectividad Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:04:53 GMT http://jm-ingles.foroactivo.net/selectividad-f18/test-st-valentine-s-day-t487.htm#497 http://jm-ingles.foroactivo.net/selectividad-f18/test-st-valentine-s-day-t487.htm