English in Madrid

Source: Wikipedia (mariomasone) Here's the transcript of the video about the fox we watched in class today. What are the 5 missing words? R = Reporter    V = Vet R: Life jacket on and ready to go. R: A (1) dose of doggy paddle is exactly what the doctor ordered for fox cub Basil after she was found dehydrated and (2), trapped in a crisp packet. V: To be fair, when she came in, she was very, very poorly , she was extremely dehydrated and erm it was a case of make a decision: do we try for her or we kindly let her go? So we decided to give her a chance . R: Swimming helps to (3) her broken hip but she's by no means being tamed . V: Our (4) is not to make this a pet. It's to basically to get the little girl released and it sounds awful but she'll just have to take her chances Erm but the quicker we can get her back in the (5), then I think the less chance she's got of being humanised or rely...

Photo Source: Wikipedia (Luv) ingresar : She was admitted suffering from shock. pedir hora : I'd like to make an appointment for Tues morning with Dr Rodriguez. estar de baja : I've been off sick for the last month / I've been on sick leave for the last month. ie I haven't been at work for the last month due to illness. hacerse un análisis de sangre : My doctor sent me to get a blood test to find out what is wrong. que le tomen  la presión arterial: She has high blood pressure. She needs to get her blood pressure taken every three months. ( to get stg done ) urgencias : The doctor suspected that I had appendicitis so he sent me to casualty / accident and emergency . una revisión / un chequeo médico : She needs to go every 6 months for a revision   check-up . las muletas : He was on crutches  for a week after spraining his ankle playing football. dar el alta : I was discharged from hospital . ie I was allowed to go...

Source:  Maria Lin Kim en Unsplash Spanish town fights back against dog poo by parcelling it up and POSTING it back to the owner A Spanish town has hit back at dog owners who let their animals foul in public and fail to remove  the mess . Brunete, a small town 20 miles west of Madrid, employs 20 volunteers who patrol the streets on the lookout for dog owners who fail to clean up after their pets. The volunteers ascertain the name of dog after striking up conversation with the owner before parcelling up the mess and sending it back to them. A council spokesman said: 'With the name of the dog and the breed it was possible to identify the owner from the registered pet database held in the town hall,' reports the Telegraph. The volunteers scoop up the mess and package it in a box with town hall branding . It is marked 'Lost Property' and delivered by courier to the pet owners' address. The campaign has been a huge success with a 70 per cent drop in the...

Source: JamesDeMers from Pixabay Middle Lane Hogs Face £100 On-The-Spot Fines The Government is to announce a crackdown on anti-social motoring with penalties for tailgating and using the wrong lane.   Drivers who hog the middle lane or tailgate other cars will face on-the-spot fines of £100 and three points on their licence.   Police are also expected to get powers to issue instant fixed penalty notices for not giving way at a junction or using the wrong lane at a roundabout. Details of a crackdown on anti-social motoring are due to be released by the Government in a statement to Parliament today. Transport minister Stephen Hammond said: "Careless drivers are a menace and their negligence puts innocent people's lives at risk.  "That is why we are making it easier for the police to tackle problem drivers by allowing them to immediately issue a fixed penalty notice rather than needing to take every offender to court.  "We are also increasing penalties for...

Source:   Nathan Dumlao en Unsplash Vegetarian diet could cut early death risk A vegetarian diet could be the key to living a longer and healthier life, according to new research Experts claim that cutting meat from the daily intake may be all that is needed to slash the risk of heart disease and early death. A study showed that vegetarians were less likely to have died than meat-eaters when checked several years later. The latest research analysing the lives of more than 70,000 people revealed that those who shun meat and fish completely had the best lifespan benefits. The researchers from Loma Linda University in California showed that vegetarian diets were associated with lower death rates, with more favour­able results for men than women. As a whole, the vegetarians studied were 12 per cent less likely to have died during a six-year follow-up period than their meat-eating peers, according to the study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine. Led by Dr Mic...