Columbine massacre

Los Hechos...

Dos adolescentes, Eric Harris, de 18 años de edad, y Dylan Klebold de 17, entraron en la escuela, de donde eran alumnos, armados con dos escopetas (una de ellas recortada), una carabina Hi-Point 995 semiautomática de calibre 9 mm, una pistola Tec 9 semiautomática de calibre 9 mm, varios dispositivos explosivos caseros y una bomba compuesta por un tanque de propano de 9 kilogramos; los adolescentes, antes de suicidarse, realizaron numerosos disparos en la cafetería y en la biblioteca de la escuela, asesinando a 13 personas (12 alumnos y un profesor) e hiriendo a 24 alumnos, resultando un total de 15 personas fallecidas, en el que sería el tercer peor tiroteo en un recinto educativo y el más mortífero en un instituto en la historia de EE.UU.. En total hubo dos tiroteos: el primero desde que los dos adolescentes abandonaron el párking hasta que entraron en el interior del instituto; primero asesinaron a Rachel Scott, que estaba almorzando junto a su compañero Richard Castaldo (éste quedó paralítico tras recibir impactos de bala en la columna), luego a Daniel Rohrbough, cuando intentaba huir del instituto y finalmente a Dave Sanders, el cual falleció horas después de recibir los disparos por pérdida de sangre. El segundo tiroteo fue el más sangriento, en el cual fallecieron 10 alumnos y otros muchos fueron heridos. Los asesinos, tras veinte minutos disparando en la cafetería e incendiándola, subieron de nuevo a la biblioteca donde lanzaron una última ráfaga de disparos a la policía y se suicidaron, primero Eric Harris, disparándose en la boca, y después Dylan Klebold disparándose en la sien.

Ocurrio en...

Columbine, una escuela secundaria situada en el Condado de Jefferson, Colorado, conocida por el asesinato masivo que tuvo lugar el 20 de abril de 1999 en sus instalaciones.

Los que murieron...

Steven Curnow

Kelly Fleming

Matthew Kechter

Kyle Velasquez

Isaiah Shoels

Dave Sanders

Cassie Bernall

Rachel Scott

Daniel Mauser

John Tomlin

Corey DePooter

Lauren Townsend

Daniel Rohrbough

Dylan Klebold (Asesino)

Eric Harris (Asesino)

A day in the life

I read the news today oh, boy
About a lucky man who made the grade
And though the news was rather sad
Well, I just had to laugh
I saw the photograph
He blew his mind out in a car
He didn't notice that the lights had changed
A crowd of people stood and stared
They'd seen his face before
Nobody was really sure if he was from the House of Lords
I saw a film today oh, boy
The English army had just won the war
A crowd of people turned away
But I just had to look
Having read the book
I love to turn you on.
Woke up, got out of bed
dragged a comb across my head
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup
and looking up, I noticed I was late
Found my coat and grabbed my hat
Made the bus in seconds flat
Found my way upstairs and had a smoke
Somebody spoke and I went into a dream
Ah
I read the news today oh, boy
Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
And though the holes were rather small
They had to count them all
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall
I'd love to turn you on

Light Pollution

1)Indicate whether the following statements are true or false, according to what the report says about light pollution.

A. Its not easy to pass legislation concerning this issue because nobody owns the sky TRUE

B. Bob Mizon says that now in the center of London it is hard to see any stars at all FALSE

C. Nick Schoon defines light pollution as unnecessary light created by industry FALSE

D. Bob Mizon believes that part of the problem of light pollution lies in man's selfishness and sense of importance TRUE

2)Place the following topics (A-D) in the order in which they are mentioned in the article.

A. Sky Glow ------------------------------------C

B. The Travelling Planetarium--------------D

C. Research undertaken by Cizano---------A

D. London in the 1950's-----------------------B

3)Bob Mizon uses the expression "night sky" a number of times. Below are some other common adjective/noun+noun collocations used in the report. Can you remember them?

A. Most starts cannot be seen with the naked eye.

B. A lot of environmental pollution is created by power stations

C Appreciating the night sky makes us aware of the immense scheme of things

D A lot of the world's contamination comes from fossil fuels

E. Nick Schoon belongs to a pressure group which campaings to protect the environment

F. The best night skies in Britain can be seen from rural areas.