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Wonderful Wine

Drinking red wine is good for your health. This is well known, but a new study reports that it contains a compound, Resveratrol, which is the elixir of life. Scientists have searched for a substance to stop aging(1) for centuries, and Dr David Sinclair of Harvard Medical School says he has discovered it. His team combined live yeast(2) and Resveratrol. Surprisingly, the yeast samples(3) didn't die, instead they lived 60 per cent longer. The compound turns on genes(4) which increase longevity and Sinclair is now developing drugs to cure diseases of aging, such as diabetes, cancer and even Alzheimer's disease. He compares his breakthrough(5) to the discovery of antibiotics: people lived 40 years on average before their introduction. His discovery will not only increase the length, but also the quality of our lives.

Matéria publicada na revista Speak Up edição 232 - Setembro/2006

VOCABULARY

1- aging - envelhecimento

2- live yeast - fermento biológico

3- samples - amostras

4- the coumpound turns on genes - o composto ativa os genes

5- breakthrough - descoberta

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McKittrick, California.

“A penny saved is a penny earned(1).” Mike Moore took this proverb to heart and invested all his pennies in Mike & Annie’s Penny Bar in California. Quite literally, that is. For the last six years, Moore has been gluing(2) pennies on every available surface(3) in his bar, including the sides of the pool table(4). Today the bar contains one million pennies and become a regional tourist attraction.

By Moira Shea.

Matéria publicada na revista Speak Up edição 239 - Abril/2007

Vocabulary

1- " a penny saved is a penny earned" (provérbio) - um centavo economizado é um centavo ganho.

2- has been gluing - vem colando.

3- available surface - superfície disponível.

4- the sides of the pool table - nas laterais da mesa de sinuca.

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