Impacto de la Televisión, Declive de Anfibios, Arte Corporal y Conservación de Felinos

Too Much Television

A.D.D. experts say that A.D.D. involves an over-stimulation. This new study tested the idea that television watching...

Key Findings on Television

• Watching too much television is directly related to attention problems such as the inability to read for a long time or pay attention.
• Earlier studies linked the habit of watching television in children to the increase of weight and aggressiveness.

Vocabulary and Grammar

a) amount. b) signs. c) tested. d) earlier

a) began, between. b) often. c) on, are. d) He asked the girl what she would do when she finished her homework.

Amphibian Decline Serves as Global Warning

The report shows that 122 amphibian... the discovery... of all 5,743...

Environmental Impact

• Amphibians have a sort of skin much more delicate than other types of animals, that's why they will be the first to suffer from environmental disaster.
• They are able to live throughout the world except the Antarctica since they have improved a great variety of species due to their adjustment to several types of aquatic and terrestrial habitats.

Vocabulary and Grammar

a) comprehensive. b) since. c) drastic. d) remarkable

1. continues 2. will rise 3. has created 4. protecting 5. has caused 6. most important 7. polluting 8. to

Skin Art

Romans considered decorative tattooing barbaric... Cook also introduced to the English language...

Cultural History of Tattoos

• Polynesian islanders got tattooed because for them it was a way of being protected against enemies.
• Sailors chose to have crosses tattooed because they thought that as a symbol of Christ those tattooed crosses would keep them safe from being hit.

Vocabulary and Grammar

a) mummies. b) nearly. c) deep. d) fully

a) becoming, his. b) what. c) who, It. d) were linked, is worn

South American Wild Cats Find Hope in a Test Tube

Since time immemorial felines have been... So far the problem has been addressed by introducing...

Conservation Challenges and Solutions

• The number of felines has gone down due to human activities. Forests have been reduced so that these animals have little space to live in their habitat.
• They want to resolve the problem by making assisted reproduction using semen from other felines in order to enhance the number of these kinds of animals in the future.

Vocabulary and Grammar

a) declined. b) threat. c) farming. d) so far

a) to be reproduced, have to. b) carelessly. c) very, to make. d) When he began his new wild cat project