News to explain the passive to my B1 students

2. “THE SCREAM” SOLD FOR 120
MILLION DOLLARS
• WHAT? The painting “THE SCREAM” by Munch has been
sold for $120 m.
• BY WHO? The painting was bought by a millionaire (must
have been bought) by a millionaire
• WHERE? In New York, in an auction at Sotheby’s
• WHEN? Last Wednesday
• HOW? 7 people were interested in the painting, which
started at $40 million
• OTHER INFO: This is the most expensive painting that has
ever been sold
• The second most expensive painting was
made by Picasso, which was sold for $ 106 million in 2010

4. BOLIVIA FOLLOWS ARGENTINA
• WHAT? A Spanish electric company (Transportadora
de Electricidad) has been nationalized
• BY WHO? By the Bolivian government
• WHERE? In Bolivia
• WHEN? 2 days ago
• HOW? Apparently,
• WHY? Apparently, after the Spanish company REPSOL
had also been nationalized there, the international
image of Spain has been affected by this and Spain has
lost power so that Bolivia has thought it was not a
problem to take another Spanish company

6. BEING BILINGUAL
• WHAT? It has been discovered that being bilingual is beneficial for
your brain, including having more attention to sounds.
• BY WHO? By experts in an English University
• WHERE? In England
• WHEN? Some weeks ago
• HOW? 48 volunteers were analysed doing different tests. 23 of
them were bilingual and could listen to things with more attention
and avoiding the noise that the others couldn´t.
• OTHER INFO: Although we have known this for a long time,
recently it has been demonstrated scientifically.
• Musicians are supposed to have similar benefits too.
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7. PREDICTION FOR THE WEATHER IN
SEVILLE
As you can see, there will be rain.
The temperature will be between 13
and 20 degrees.