There’s jubilation in India over its famed music composer, AR Rehman, becoming the first Indian to win a Golden Globe for scoring the music of the film, Slumdog Millionaire, which swept three more awards today. Our correspondent Zubair Ahmed reports from Mumbai:

The winners of the Golden Globes are often seen as favourites to win at the Oscars, and Indians now have their hopes pinned on further success when nominations for the Oscars are announced on January the 22nd.

But it’s the film’s composer, AR Rehman, who’s the toast of Bollywood. Even with all his talent, he had never won an international award of such standing before. The film’s co-director, Loveleen Tandon, said Mr Rehman had made India proud. Irrfan Khan, one of the film’s leading actors, told the BBC it had been a long time in coming but that Mr Rehman’s Golden Globe had made them very happy.

Zubair Ahmed, BBC News, Mumbai

high-profile
attracting a lot of attention and interest from the public and mass media

delighted
gave great enjoyment to

in euphoric mood
extremely happy and excited

thrilled with
very excited/pleased by

pinned on
if you have your hopes pinned on something, you wish and expect that it will happen

the toast of
someone who is given a lot of attention and greatly admired

of such standing
that is so important and prestigious

a long time in coming
anticipated/expected for a long time

Fuente: www.bbc.co.uk

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What to wear?

One of the biggest shocks when you arrive in a new country can be the clothes people are wearing. You may look fashionable at home, but you suddenly find you are behind the times or simply someone to laugh at when you arrive abroad. With this in mind, let’s take a look at teenage fashion in the UK for girls.

One of the things that may shock an outsider most is piercings. These days it is not enough to simply wear rings in your ears. You will see many teenagers with rings in their navel, or belly button, nose, lip, or even their eyebrow. Ouch!

Some girls go for a ‘glam‘ look. They wear T-shirts; trousers are usually preferred, blue or black, and the look is finished off with metallic bags and shoes and arms full of bracelets. Another alternative is the ‘rocker‘ look. You start with a T-shirt of your favourite band and tight jeans or a long skirt. On top of this you can wear a denim jacket. Jewellery tends to be large and metallic, and to add colour, wear a scarf.

If neither of these is for you, why not go ’sporty’? T-shirts are usually tie-dyed in hot colours. Wear long shorts, short jeans or a denim skirt. And on your feet? Beach sandals, of course! If you prefer something more feminine, there’s the ‘girly’ look. Skirts are long, to the floor. Wear a top with butterflies or flowers printed on it!

Finally, how about the ‘Tom Boy’ look? Wear flared jeans and a T-shirt with a logo. Don’t forget your waistcoat, of course!

Follow the fashion tips above, and you shouldn’t feel out of place. However, it’s important to remember to wear clothes and choose a look that you feel comfortable with. Don’t just be one of the crowd – be yourself!

Vocabulary

behind the times
out-of-date, unfashionable, not modern

piercings
holes made in the body for wearing jewellery, such as rings or studs

glam
short for ‘glamorous’, i.e. dressed and/or made up to be extremely good-looking and very fashionable

finished off
completed, given final touches

rocker
someone who really likes rock music (and dresses like a rock music fan)

denim
a thick strong cotton cloth, often blue in colour, used especially for making jeans

scarf
a piece of cloth worn around the neck

tie-dyed
designs on cloth dyed by tightly tying portions of it with waxed thread so the dye only affects the exposed areas

sandals
light open shoes with straps

flared
(trousers or skirts) that widen significantly below the knee (popular in the late 1960s - early 1970s)

waistcoat
a sleeveless garment worn on the upper body over a shirt and usually having buttons down the front

out of place
strange, as if you don’t belong

Fuente: www.bbc.co.uk

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Newly released figures show that the eurozone (countries that use the Euro) has gone into recession for the first time in its history. Germany went into recession on Thursday, prompting fears that other major economies might follow suit. Greg Morsbach has more:

The Spanish government also reported its first negative growth in fifteen years.

But France bucked the trend of gloomy news today: they defied economic forecasts and narrowly escaped recession by announcing minimal growth for the period between July and September.

VOCABULARY

figures
here, official statistics

officially in recession
‘recession’ means a period, shorter than a depression, when there is a stable decline in a country’s economy; a country is officially in recession when its economy declines, or becomes smaller, for two consecutive quarters

consecutive quarters
periods of three months each, one following the other

negative growth
when economy declines

shrank
declined, became smaller

posting
finishing with, registering, announcing

bucked the trend
didn’t do what most others did

gloomy
leaving no hope, causing despair

defied economic forecasts
showed different - better - results than many expected

narrowly escaped
only just managed to avoid

Fuente www.bbc.co.uk

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