SECOND C, D, F

Coca Cola changes recipe after online petition

Players from England's professional football leagues have told a campaign group that racism and homophobia are common in the game. Over 200 professionals playing in the Premier League, and the three divisions below it, took part in a survey conducted by the campaigners Kick It Out. The organization said both racism and homophobia were everywhere in English football. Over half of those who answered the survey said they regularly see racism and homophobia. A quarter said they have had racist or homophobic comments from fans or other players. One in five said they have seen it from their own teammates. Many players said there should be better policing at football matches.

Kick It Out said things were improving but progress was too slow. It said many players complained about the slow progress. Its website said: "During the 2012/13 season, a number of players publicly displayed their discontent at what they believed to be a lack of progress in tackling racism and discrimination across the game." Former Premier League player Paul Mortimer said there was less racism and homophobia now than there was in the 1980s and 1990s. He said: "If you pick any club in the country, any stadium or any training ground, everything in a club has moved on. But some of the discriminatory vocabulary used is from a bygone era. This kind of mentality is still in the dark ages. It has to move on."

1. TRUE / FALSE:Read the headline. Guess if  a-h  below are true (T) or false (F).

a.	Coca Cola is changing the recipe of all its drinks.	T / F
b.	The company is adding a substance called BVO.	T / F
c.	BVO helps stop the ingredients of drinks from separating.	T / F
d.	Coca Cola said its top priorities are safety and quality.	T / F
e.	The U.S. government decided BVO was not "safe" in 1970.	T / F
f.	A U.S. teen started an online campaign to get Coca Cola to drop BVO.	T / F
g.	Over 2 million people signed an online petition against BVO.	T / F
h.	A teenager complained that big companies never listen to consumers.	T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH:Match the following synonyms from the article.

1.	beverage	a.	theme
2	petition	b.	concern
3.	remove	c.	customers
4.	commonly	d.	take out
5.	priority	e.	assumed
6.	ban	f.	drink
7.	subject	g.	prohibit
8.	supposed	h.	slightly
9.	consumers	i.	appeal
10.	a little bit	j.	frequently

Read more:http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1405/140509-coca-cola.html#ixzz33FCYBB1a

 

SECOND C, D, F

Letter of the alphabet for 'the' invented

An Australian businessman has invented a new, 27th, letter for the English alphabet. It is a symbol to replace the word "the". It looks like a combination of a capital "T" and a lower case "h" (Ћ). However, the "new" letter looks the same as a letter from the Serbian language. Paul Mathis believes many people will like his idea. It is already available for download on Apple's iTunes. Mathis is hoping mobile phone, tablet and computer makers will add the letter to their keyboards. He invested $35,000 in his app, but so far Apple has shown little interest. He told the "Sydney Morning Herald": "Is this going to change the world? Not really. But is it something that might be useful for people? I think so."

Mr Mathis believes the new character is useful because it replaces the most common word in the English language – "the". He said it will save people time when they type because they only need to use one key instead of the three needed for each letter of the word "the". He argued that other words have their own character. He pointed out that the word "and" has its own symbol - the ampersand (&) and that is only the fifth most common word. Mathis also says his new symbol will help "in the texting space" such as Twitter or texts where there is a limited number of characters. Not everyone agrees with Mathis. Computer experts don't think manufacturers will change their keyboards or operating systems.

1. TRUE / FALSE:Read the headline. Guess if  a-h  below are true (T) or false (F).

a.	The English alphabet now has 27 letters.	T / F
b.	The new letter looks like no other letter or symbol ever created before.	T / F
c.	You can download the new letter on the Apple iTunes store.	T / F
d.	The inventor said the new letter was not going to change the world.	T / F
e.	The inventor said his idea would save people a lot of money.	T / F
f.	The guy said "the" needs a special character because "and" has one.	T / F
g.	The new character will not be very useful on Twitter.	T / F
h.	It is unlikely that computer makers will add the letter to their software.	T / F

Read more:http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1307/130711-alphabet.html#ixzz32bJiksOm