Have a look at this video and read the article from the www.guardin.co.uk!!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/video/2012/nov/26/milking-the-new-internet-craze-video
First came planking, swiftly followed by Batmanning and owling. Now students are 'milking' – pouring milk over themselves in public places.
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| Planking |
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Last week, many students travelled to London
to protest against being milked by the government. Back on campus,
other students were busy milking themselves. Almost literally. Among the creme de la creme of British youth, an udderly bizarre trend has emerged: milking.
Undergraduates stand in public spaces, open a four-pint bottle of milk and pour its contents over their fully clothed bodies.
Undergraduates stand in public spaces, open a four-pint bottle of milk and pour its contents over their fully clothed bodies.
The trend started in
Newcastle, where students have been filmed milking themselves in stations, shopping centres, hotels and
roundabouts, and there are reports of the craze in Edinburgh, Oxford, Nottingham and Cirencester.
This is of course just the latest in a long line of pointless
student crazes. The first was planking, which saw the world's
youngsters lie face down in unlikely places and post the
evidence on Tumblr.
Then there was Batmanning, which took planking to a whole new level. Or rather, a
whole new angle: instead of lying face down, they hung upside down. Somewhere in this
mix came owling – for people
more comfortable with squatting than lying.
Some vocabulary:
•udderly (udder=ubre)
•To pour (verter)
•Trend (tendencia)
•Craze (moda, manía)
•Evidence (prueba)
•To squat (ponerse de cunclillas)
Why are they protesting against?
What do you think about this way of protest? Is it useful?
Why are they protesting against?
Would you do it? Where? What for?
