EU 1. Finish the sentence below.
One MAIN idea of the article is that
A) figure skating is a very popular sport.
B) skating is different from many other sports.
C) some figure skaters have eating disorders.
D) young skaters work on jumps and spins.
2. Read the list of sentences from the article.
1. They have this fear even if they are already very thin.
2. Some skaters think they are being judged on something else: their bodies.
3. People need to stop praising a skater for "looking skinny," Johnson said.
What MAIN idea do these sentences support?
A) People hope that figure skaters will get help for their problems with not eating.
B) People love to watch the pretty and smooth moves made by figure skaters.
C) Some skaters think their dance moves are being compared with other skafers' dance moves.
D) Some skaters do not eat enough because they are worried about how they look
3. Why is eating enough important for figure skaters?
A) They need to weigh more to be able to skate faster and jump higher.
B) Their bodies and bones need to be strong to keep from getting hurt.
C) They need to be able to concentrate on adding songs and dance moves.
D) Their judges will not give them good scores if they appear too skinny.
4. How do people hope skating will change because of Gracie Gold's announcement?
A) They hope that more skaters will quit if they do not feel strong.
B) They hope that more skaters from America will go to the Olympics.
C) They hope that more skaters will talk about their problems.
D) They hope that skaters will work harder on their jumps and spins.

Shrek (Mike Myers), a green ogre that has always enjoyed living in peaceful solitude in his swamp, finds his life disrupted when numerous fairytale beings, including Pinocchio, the Three Little Pigs, and Donkey (Eddie Murphy), are forced into the swamp by order of the obsessive, fairy-tale despising Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow).  Shrek leaves the swamp to ask Farquaad for the return of his privacy, with Donkey happily tagging along. Meanwhile, Farquaad tortures the Gingerbread Man into revealing the whereabouts of the remaining fairytale creatures until his guards rush in with an object Farquaad has been searching for: the Magic Mirror. The Mirror tells him that Farquaad can only become a real king by marrying a princess. The Mirror gives him three princesses to choose from: Cinderella, Snow White, and Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz). Farquaad chooses Fiona and silences the Mirror before he can mention "the little thing that happens at night" (which is later revealed to be a curse).  Shrek and Donkey arrive at Farquaad's palace in Duloc, where they find themselves in the midst of a tournament. The winner will have the "privilege" of attempting to rescue Fiona from a castle surrounded by lava and protected by a fire-breathing dragon so that Farquaad may marry her. Shrek (with some help from Donkey) easily beats the other knights in a fashion that resembles a wrestling match and Farquaad agrees to remove the fairytale creatures from the swamp if Shrek rescues Fiona.  Shrek and Donkey travel to the castle and split up to find Fiona. Donkey encounters the dragon and sweet-talks the beast to save himself before discovering that the dragon is female. Dragon takes a liking to Donkey and carries him to her chambers. When Shrek finds Fiona, she is appalled at his lack of romanticism. As they are leaving, Shrek manages to save Donkey, caught in Dragon's tender clutches, and causing her to become irate, chasing Shrek, Fiona, and Donkey out of the castle. At first, Fiona is thrilled to be rescued but quickly becomes disappointed when Shrek takes his helmet off and she realises that he is an ogre. The three make their return journey to Farquaad's palace, with Shrek and Fiona finding they have more in common with each other along the way, and falling in love. However, at night, Fiona refuses to camp with them, taking shelter in a nearby cave until morning. Shrek and Donkey stay awake and watch the stars while Shrek informs Donkey that he plans to build a wall around his swamp when he returns. When Donkey persists as to why Shrek would do this, Shrek tells him that everyone judges him before they know him; therefore, he is better off alone.  The next night, Fiona takes shelter in a nearby windmill. When Donkey hears strange noises coming from the windmill, he finds Fiona has turned into an ogress. Fiona explains she was cursed as a child and turns into an ogress every night, which is why she was locked away in the castle, and that only a kiss from her true love will return her to her "love's true form". Shrek, about to confess his feelings for Fiona, overhears part of their conversation, and is heartbroken as he misinterprets her disgust at her transformation into an "ugly beast" as being disgusted with him. Fiona makes Donkey promise not to tell Shrek about the spell, vowing to do it herself, but when the next morning comes, Shrek has brought Lord Farquaad to Fiona. The two return to the castle, while a hurt Shrek returns to the now-vacated swamp.  Shrek finds that, despite his privacy, he is miserable and misses Fiona. Donkey comes to the swamp, angry at Shrek, and Shrek reveals that he overheard their conversation. Donkey keeps his promise to Fiona and tells Shrek that she was talking about someone else. He then tells him that Fiona will be getting married shortly, urging Shrek into action to gain Fiona's true love. They are able to travel to Duloc quickly, thanks to Dragon, who had escaped her confines and followed Donkey.

Ontemporary art, modern or antique? No one has to choose, not even me. I am interested in contemporary art, I don't know why but I like it, it represents our times and I think it's very important to live in our times without regrets or nostalgia.

Everyone is free to have their opinion. Modern art is already history and everyone accepts it. How can you discuss Picasso or Kandinsky or Fontana? We don't even discuss Damien Hirst o Jeff Koons and they are unapprochable, they already give a sense of respect to those who don't understand it. Personally, I am for it. I loved Jeff Koons at Versailles and Murakami. Gorgeous.

Yesterday I went to the Prado Museum in Madrid. It wasn't the first time but I left that I was very impressed and had some questions. After seeing El Greco, Velasquez, Goya, Tiziano, Mantegna, Antonello da Messina, Tintoretto or Artemis by Rembrandt, Flemish artists like Van der Weyden and Bosch, I thought about painting and emotions, the fact that they are very strong and keep you wanting to see those paintings again and again.

It's nothing original, a lot of contemporary artists went back to painting. I have nothing against installations, performance art, videos, photos, that I like and appreciate, if not for the job that I do - the emotions you get in front of a painting don't leave you easily.

There is an energy, a strength that gets you, it leaves you out of breath. In museums there are millions of people every year, and the number of young people keeps rising. This is reassuring as well.

Beauty has no age and no time frame. When you look at colors, the modern yellows and pinks, against the greens and cobalt blues, reds all the way to cardinal red, you can't help but wonder what happened to those colors. And that light.

The paintings reflect their times, the life, portray the people, their houses, the beauty. Today we have photography to document everything. The paintings do something different because they have been created manually by men, mixing colors and giving life to those characters and situations. We would say tri-dimensional today.

It's not a blog on nostalgia, I want to make that clear, but on art and creativity and emotions you get from a masterpiece. To make it lighter I will tell something that went through my head. Why don't designers go through those colors for their collections?