(CNN) -- Dutch speed skating star Sven Kramer was left in tears after confused communication with his coach cost him a gold medal at the Winter Olympics on Tuesday night.
The 23-year-old was hot favorite to add the 10,000-meter title to his 5,000m victory earlier in the Vancouver Games, and he completed the grueling circuit in what would have been an Olympic record time.
However, his dreams of a double gold crumbled when he was disqualified for an incorrect change of lanes, meaning that the man he was paired with -- Russia's Ivan Skobrev -- won the silver medal and South Korea's Lee Seung-Hoon was promoted to first place.
Kramer, the world champion and record-holder at both distances, blamed his coach Gerard Kemkers for the mistake, the Vancouver Sun reported.
"Usually, I don't want to blame anyone else, I take responsibility as the skater on the ice. But this time I can't do anything else,'' the son of two-time Olympic speed skater Yep Kramer told reporters after the race.
"I wanted to go on the outer lane, then just before the cone Gerard shouted, 'Inner lane!' I thought he was probably right. At first I thought my skates passed the cone on the wrong side, and I will be disqualified. Then I noticed in the stadium, something was wrong.
"You have to decide in a split second. I should have gone with my own thoughts but I was brought into doubt. This really sucks. This is a real expensive mistake. This really sucks.''
Kemkers, a former speed skater who won a bronze medal in the 5,000m at Calgary in 1988, was also devastated by the turn of events, the Vancouver Sun reported.
"My world collapsed. This is a disaster. This is the worst moment in my career. Sven was right, I was wrong,'' he said.
Kramer will have the chance to bounce back and try to claim a second gold in the team pursuit event on Saturday -- and erase another embarrassing Olympic memory.
At the 2006 Turin Games, Kramer stepped on a block and fell during the team pursuit semifinals and meant the Dutch ended up with only a bronze medal.
In such speed skating events, also known as long-track, the athletes race to set the fastest times in staggered starts.
In short-track speed skating, the competitors race against each other, with passing the finish line first after a set number of laps taking precedent over elapsed times.
1. Summary
Sven Kramer, a 23-year old skater, was favourite to win the 10,000 km speed skating. He completed the circuit in an Olympic record time. But unfortunately he made a mistake in the change of lanes. Sven Kramer was disqualified and the South Korea’s Lee won the golden medal. Sven Kramer blames his coach, Kemkes, for this mistake. Sven says he never blames someone else, but in this case he does. Kemkes told Sven at the last moment that he had to take the inner lane. Kemkes admits it was his mistake, not Sven’s.
2. Why did you choose this text?
I was watching the Olympic Games, yesterday. I saw the race between Sven Kramer and Ivan Skobrev, as I watched this race I was convinced that Sven Kramer was going to win the golden medal. He was skating a very good race. Then the moment came that Kemkes sent Kramer in the wrong lane. I felt so bad for Sven Kramer! So that’s why I’ve chosen this article.
3. Typical examples of style and vocabulary
This is a news article, based on the speed skater Sven Kramer. There are a lot of quotations made by Sven Kramer, what he said a few minutes after the lost race. Of course there are a lot of quotations, because no one knows what happened at the moment of the change of lanes. What did Kemkes say to Kramer, the only ones who know are Kramer and Kemkes.
4. Type of text
This is a news article, about sports, namely speed skating. This is mass communication, because CNN reaches a lot of people all over the world.
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/02/24/olympics.sven.kramer.skating/
woensdag 24 februari 2010
dinsdag 9 februari 2010
Did you hear about the Morgans?
A decent romcom with Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker. By Peter Bradshaw.
I know, I know. Some movies – most movies – get a bigging up before they are released and this one has had an awful littling down. No one has had a civil word to say on the subject of Did You Hear About the Morgans? The word of mouth, in this case, appears to begin with S. I spoke to some people who had seen this romcom, before settling down to watch it myself, and they had the shocked, glassy-eyed expression of people who have witnessed two buses, full of children from two separate orphanages, involved in a head-on collision. And the littling down process hasn't been helped, particularly, by the film's star, Hugh Grant, who gave a cheerfully detached performance on television with Jonathan Ross, indicating that he wasn't exactly pinning Oscar hopes on it. His pairing with Sarah Jessica Parker doesn't look promising either, given their expressions of cod dismay, or possibly real dismay, on the poster. And yet, and yet … in a silly way, it is entertaining, the mismatch is actually weirdly plausible, and try as I might, I couldn't be grumpy about it.
Grant and Parker play the eponymous Morgans, Paul and Meryl, a super high-flying couple in Manhattan: he's a top lawyer and she's a top estate agent. But they are separated, due to Paul's infidelity, which he now desperately regrets. Walking away from a restaurant after a stilted would-be romantic dinner, which Paul has staged in the hope of a reconciliation, they witness a mob hit in a back alley. As state witnesses, they now have to be relocated to rural Wyoming under an assumed identity – and forced to share quarters as a couple – under the benign protection of local married cops, amiably played by Sam Elliott and Mary Steenburgen. And so the time-honoured procedure of troubled city slickers learning hometown values gets underway. SJP even learns to milk a cow, like Harrison Ford in Witness.
It's silly and zany and, as so often, Grant gives the impression that he could give slightly less than a monkey's about the whole business. But that never stops him being a very watchable comic actor, and there's a very funny joke about the respective sizes of the cops assigned to the couple's personal protection. There's also an excellent sight gag about a wealthy family in a nearby block silently suspending their breakfast to watch Meryl escaping her assassin by climbing out of her window on to her neighbour's balcony.
Grant also has a very funny mannerism of walking self-consciously along while goofily rolling his shoulders, as if he is miming "walking" in some street theatre play. So what can I say? SJP and Hugh aren't going to be taking home any statuettes for this one: but it's amiable and good natured. There are plenty of ostensible comedies that are neither.
1. Summary
This is a review about the film: Did you hear about the Morgans? The film is about two people: Paul Morgan (Hugh Grant) and Meryl Morgan (Sarah Jessica Parker) who are getting divorced, because of Paul’s infidelity. They’re together when they witness a murder and become targets of a killer. Together they have to go to a village: Wyoming, where they are put in custody by the Wheelers family. They go on a date, where Paul is alienated when he hears that Meryl had an affair while they were separated. After six months they are married and have adopted a Chinese child, so they lived happily ever after. The reviewer thinks that Hugh Grant is a very watchable comic actor. And he thinks that they aren’t taking home any statuettes. I totally agree on this. It’s a nice film, with some really funny scenes. But that’s is it. But I don’t agree on the fact that the reviewer thought Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant are a mismatch, they are both good actors. So I thought they’d made a good match.
2. Why did you choose this text?
A few weeks ago I went to the cinema with friends, we watched the film: “Did you hear about the Morgans?” I really enjoyed watching it, but it isn’t the best film I’ve ever watched. So I was very curious what a reviewer thinks of the film, because it’s his or her job to look in a critical way to a film.
3. Typical examples of style and vocabulary
A review is of course based on an opinion, so the reviewer uses words like: ‘cheerfully’, ‘entertaining’, ‘weirdly’, ‘silly’ and so on. Also the reviewer used a abbreviation I had never heard of before, namely romcom: romantic comedy.
4. Type of text
This is a review, a film review, written by Peter Bradshaw. It’s an evaluation of a publication, in this case of a film. It is published on the website of the Guardian, so many people will read it. This text belongs to mass communication.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/dec/31/did-you-hear-about-the-morgans-review
I know, I know. Some movies – most movies – get a bigging up before they are released and this one has had an awful littling down. No one has had a civil word to say on the subject of Did You Hear About the Morgans? The word of mouth, in this case, appears to begin with S. I spoke to some people who had seen this romcom, before settling down to watch it myself, and they had the shocked, glassy-eyed expression of people who have witnessed two buses, full of children from two separate orphanages, involved in a head-on collision. And the littling down process hasn't been helped, particularly, by the film's star, Hugh Grant, who gave a cheerfully detached performance on television with Jonathan Ross, indicating that he wasn't exactly pinning Oscar hopes on it. His pairing with Sarah Jessica Parker doesn't look promising either, given their expressions of cod dismay, or possibly real dismay, on the poster. And yet, and yet … in a silly way, it is entertaining, the mismatch is actually weirdly plausible, and try as I might, I couldn't be grumpy about it.
Grant and Parker play the eponymous Morgans, Paul and Meryl, a super high-flying couple in Manhattan: he's a top lawyer and she's a top estate agent. But they are separated, due to Paul's infidelity, which he now desperately regrets. Walking away from a restaurant after a stilted would-be romantic dinner, which Paul has staged in the hope of a reconciliation, they witness a mob hit in a back alley. As state witnesses, they now have to be relocated to rural Wyoming under an assumed identity – and forced to share quarters as a couple – under the benign protection of local married cops, amiably played by Sam Elliott and Mary Steenburgen. And so the time-honoured procedure of troubled city slickers learning hometown values gets underway. SJP even learns to milk a cow, like Harrison Ford in Witness.
It's silly and zany and, as so often, Grant gives the impression that he could give slightly less than a monkey's about the whole business. But that never stops him being a very watchable comic actor, and there's a very funny joke about the respective sizes of the cops assigned to the couple's personal protection. There's also an excellent sight gag about a wealthy family in a nearby block silently suspending their breakfast to watch Meryl escaping her assassin by climbing out of her window on to her neighbour's balcony.
Grant also has a very funny mannerism of walking self-consciously along while goofily rolling his shoulders, as if he is miming "walking" in some street theatre play. So what can I say? SJP and Hugh aren't going to be taking home any statuettes for this one: but it's amiable and good natured. There are plenty of ostensible comedies that are neither.
1. Summary
This is a review about the film: Did you hear about the Morgans? The film is about two people: Paul Morgan (Hugh Grant) and Meryl Morgan (Sarah Jessica Parker) who are getting divorced, because of Paul’s infidelity. They’re together when they witness a murder and become targets of a killer. Together they have to go to a village: Wyoming, where they are put in custody by the Wheelers family. They go on a date, where Paul is alienated when he hears that Meryl had an affair while they were separated. After six months they are married and have adopted a Chinese child, so they lived happily ever after. The reviewer thinks that Hugh Grant is a very watchable comic actor. And he thinks that they aren’t taking home any statuettes. I totally agree on this. It’s a nice film, with some really funny scenes. But that’s is it. But I don’t agree on the fact that the reviewer thought Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant are a mismatch, they are both good actors. So I thought they’d made a good match.
2. Why did you choose this text?
A few weeks ago I went to the cinema with friends, we watched the film: “Did you hear about the Morgans?” I really enjoyed watching it, but it isn’t the best film I’ve ever watched. So I was very curious what a reviewer thinks of the film, because it’s his or her job to look in a critical way to a film.
3. Typical examples of style and vocabulary
A review is of course based on an opinion, so the reviewer uses words like: ‘cheerfully’, ‘entertaining’, ‘weirdly’, ‘silly’ and so on. Also the reviewer used a abbreviation I had never heard of before, namely romcom: romantic comedy.
4. Type of text
This is a review, a film review, written by Peter Bradshaw. It’s an evaluation of a publication, in this case of a film. It is published on the website of the Guardian, so many people will read it. This text belongs to mass communication.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/dec/31/did-you-hear-about-the-morgans-review
dinsdag 2 februari 2010
"Thank you, we love you daddy"
MICHAEL JACKSON's children gave an emotional tribute to their father at the Grammys as they collected his Lifetime Achievement award and revealed he was due to perform at the show.
PRINCE, 12, and PARIS, 11, both looked like little stars as they collected the gong and told the world how they missed their father.
Paris said: "Daddy was supposed to be here. Daddy was going to perform this year but couldn't.
"Thank you, we love you daddy."
Prince also thanked fans, telling them their father's message was simply love.
He said: "We will continue to spread his message and help the world. We love you daddy."
Legendary SMOKEY ROBINSON joined forces with CELINE DION, JENNIFER HUDSON, USHER and CARRIE UNDERWOOD to perform a touching tribute in honour of the King of Pop.
As the stars belted out No1 hit Earth Song, a 3-D video was also played to the audience. The footage, produced by Michael before he died, was intended to be used during his This Is It tour.
There were several rumours Michael's father JOE JACKSON was not happy his grandchildren were accepting the Grammy, but he released a statement to the contrary to CNN.
Joe said: "There has been some recent rumours that I am displeased with the idea that Michael's children are accepting the award on my son's behalf.
"On the contrary, I am very proud of my grandchildren. KATHERINE (his wife) and I are the ones who initiated their participation."
Elsewhere at the top music show BEYONCE won six awards but young country star TAYLOR SWIFT walked away with the best album prize for Fearless.
1. Summary
On the 31st of January 2010 the Grammy Awards took place. Michael Jackson won the Lifetime Achievement award. His children: Prince (12) and Paris (11) gave a tribute to their father at those Grammys. They’d both ended their tribute with the words; “Thank you, we love you daddy”.
During the Grammys several artists performed a tribute also in honour of Michael Jackson. Also 3-D video was played, the footage was intended to be used during the This is it but of course couldn’t because he died.
2. Why did you choose this text?
I’ve chosen this text, because Michael Jackson is a legend. The Grammys took place one day before I read this article. I read the title: “Thank you, we love you daddy” and I was very curious, because I remembered his children during the memorial service speaking emotional words to the audience and their daddy. So I wondered what they said during their tribute during the Grammys
3. Typical examples of style and vocabulary
This is an article from the Sun, which means that there is an easy use of language, namely; colloquial. This difference is seen when you should compare it to an article from the Times or the Guardian. This article includes a lot of statements, done by the children of Michael Jackson.
4. Type of text
This is an news article from The Sun. The Sun is a daily tabloid newspaper, this means that the size of the newspaper is smaller than for example the Times. In a tabloid are articles with local-stories and entertainment, it also includes gossip columns about for example celebrities or sport stars. The Sun is probably read by a lot of people, so this article belongs to mass communication.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/2833634/Michael-Jacksons-children-gave-an-emotional-tribute-to-their-father-at-the-Grammys-as-they-collected-his-Lifetime-Achievement-award-and-revealed-he-was-due-to-perform-at-the-show.html
PRINCE, 12, and PARIS, 11, both looked like little stars as they collected the gong and told the world how they missed their father.
Paris said: "Daddy was supposed to be here. Daddy was going to perform this year but couldn't.
"Thank you, we love you daddy."
Prince also thanked fans, telling them their father's message was simply love.
He said: "We will continue to spread his message and help the world. We love you daddy."
Legendary SMOKEY ROBINSON joined forces with CELINE DION, JENNIFER HUDSON, USHER and CARRIE UNDERWOOD to perform a touching tribute in honour of the King of Pop.
As the stars belted out No1 hit Earth Song, a 3-D video was also played to the audience. The footage, produced by Michael before he died, was intended to be used during his This Is It tour.
There were several rumours Michael's father JOE JACKSON was not happy his grandchildren were accepting the Grammy, but he released a statement to the contrary to CNN.
Joe said: "There has been some recent rumours that I am displeased with the idea that Michael's children are accepting the award on my son's behalf.
"On the contrary, I am very proud of my grandchildren. KATHERINE (his wife) and I are the ones who initiated their participation."
Elsewhere at the top music show BEYONCE won six awards but young country star TAYLOR SWIFT walked away with the best album prize for Fearless.
1. Summary
On the 31st of January 2010 the Grammy Awards took place. Michael Jackson won the Lifetime Achievement award. His children: Prince (12) and Paris (11) gave a tribute to their father at those Grammys. They’d both ended their tribute with the words; “Thank you, we love you daddy”.
During the Grammys several artists performed a tribute also in honour of Michael Jackson. Also 3-D video was played, the footage was intended to be used during the This is it but of course couldn’t because he died.
2. Why did you choose this text?
I’ve chosen this text, because Michael Jackson is a legend. The Grammys took place one day before I read this article. I read the title: “Thank you, we love you daddy” and I was very curious, because I remembered his children during the memorial service speaking emotional words to the audience and their daddy. So I wondered what they said during their tribute during the Grammys
3. Typical examples of style and vocabulary
This is an article from the Sun, which means that there is an easy use of language, namely; colloquial. This difference is seen when you should compare it to an article from the Times or the Guardian. This article includes a lot of statements, done by the children of Michael Jackson.
4. Type of text
This is an news article from The Sun. The Sun is a daily tabloid newspaper, this means that the size of the newspaper is smaller than for example the Times. In a tabloid are articles with local-stories and entertainment, it also includes gossip columns about for example celebrities or sport stars. The Sun is probably read by a lot of people, so this article belongs to mass communication.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/2833634/Michael-Jacksons-children-gave-an-emotional-tribute-to-their-father-at-the-Grammys-as-they-collected-his-Lifetime-Achievement-award-and-revealed-he-was-due-to-perform-at-the-show.html
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