Europe – English Experience Hub

Race the “Tube”

A young man in London named James Heptonstall recorded his attempt to race the subway, which Londoners call the “Tube.” How do you race a subway? He started inside the train, and ran out the moment the doors opened to begin running up the stairs, out of the station, and to the next subway station 380 meters away. The goal was to reach the next station in time to board the same train.

In order to record his attempt, he had a go-pro camera on his head, and left a friend with a video camera on the train to prove he made it onto the same train. In addition to feeling very fast, he can also be proud that his video also went viral, and has over 5 million views!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH_Z8Ghuq6E

Read more about his attempt here. The BBC has a cool report about how the video went viral, and copycats tried the same stunt in over 20 cities. What do you think? Would you try this?

The Duchess is pregnant again!

kate By Carmen Garcia (9th grade)

Kate Middleton with her husband announced formally that she was pregnant. She received the first minister of Singapore and his wife, and toll everybody that she was carrying a child. The British real house said that the Prince George´s sister or brother is going to born in April, so she or he is only three months.

Look for more information here: http://www.huffingtonpost.es/2014/10/21/fotos-kate-segundo-embarazo_n_6020452.html

Luis Suárez will play in the Clasico

By Pedro de la Jarra (9th grade)

Luis Suárez is maybe one of the best soccer players in the world, but his behavior and attitude in the court gave him a 4 month suspension, this suspension just ended the last week, and because of this he will be available to play the most important game of the season (so far) and also he is not only coming back to play in this game, he is also to make his debut with Barcelona fc.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/25/sports/soccer/suarez-may-see-action-in-clasico.html?ref=sports

Real Madrid V.S Barcelona: a classic that can be historical

By José Luis Bravo (9^th grade)

The next Spanish derby will be played next Saturday in Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. This is one of the most expected match of the year which shows the beautiful game of Barcelona and the class of Real Madrid.

If the Argentine Lionel Messi scores, he will be the maximum scorer in the history of the Spanish League Soccer, equaling the mark of Telmo Zarra who is currently the maximum gunner of the Spanish League in history with 251 goals.

Arsenal vs. Spurs

By Rafael Quiroga

The match will be performed at the stadium of Arsenal ( Emirate stadium) . The result ended 2-2 with an excellent Chilean participation, as was scoring and give assistance to his companion Welbeck . The boy wonder said : “It was a tight game with occasions for both teams but the good thing is that we made it at the last minute and stayed with the point ”.

Ebola Infects a Nurse who went to Africa

By Cristobal Castro

A nurse in Spain went to Africa and when she was treating a person, that person infected her with the Ebola and Spain was worried, and all of the population worried by this person because they think that they can be infected by this person.

In the medical clinic the doctors asked this person to do all of the exams to confirm that she had this illness and they found the illness in her, and in a couple of months they eliminate the Ebola from this person, and in this days they are doing a lots of exams that are the final ones to determinate that she is without the Ebola. In a couple of days the doctor discharged her and Spain went to the normally and they get out of the fear of this person that had Ebola and went to live life normaly

For more information:

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89bola_en_Espa%C3%B1a

Is Vladamir Putin just like… Hercules?

This week, Vladamir Putin celebrated his 62nd birthday. This led his supporters to create an art exhibition that shows Vladamir Putin as Hercules, with images of the Russian leader completing 12 brave tasks, just like the Greek hero. For example, one picture shows Putin battling Western countries like Canada and the United States which are drawn just like the multi-headed monster that Hercules battled.

You can see the pictures from the BBC here. The Russian president promotes a macho image and enjoys a cult of personality that seems very strange in comparison to Western politics. Six years ago he was given a tiger for his birthday. What do you think? Do the pictures make Putin look powerful and impressive, or just silly?