BEING A TEACHER IS A DIFFICULT TASK NOWADAYS, SO I DECIDED TO FOLLOW THIS PIECE OF ADVICE BY BRUCE LEE:
Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
Everywhere in the world you can see and hear people crying for help. Wars, droughts, poverty, floods... There are few solutions to all these problems, but those in charge must have the will. There is still hope, as the quote below states.
In Spain we have got plenty of problems everywhere (housing, corruption, immigration, jobs...), but "we still have a cup" and we have got the power in our hands to try to change things if we make the effort. We should not waste that possibility, especially our students.
I think my students have got enough on their plates (check the meaning of this expression in the section at the end of this post Learning English with...), but the problem is that they haven't started eating yet. With their teacher on medical leave they were supposed to be working following his directions, but...
So, look out before the sky is falling on you (another expression used in the section Learning English with...).
Here's my musical hint for today: No more tears (Enough is enough) by Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer. And here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along.
Without Rafa Nadal on court, but with Number 1 Carlitos Álcaraz, the clay season in tennis started a few weeks ago and this is the moment for our Spanish tennis players. The first big tournament has been held in Montecarlo, but the winner this time has been the Italian Jannik Sinner.
Meanwhile, matters in the world still remain unsolved. Talks in Pakistan has not been very successful, war doesn't find an end, innocent people keep being killed and the economic crisis is becoming a reality. At least we have some good news from space mission Artemis II returning home safely from their trek around the Moon.
1. Do we study English at school. We don't study German at school.
2. Is Tom Cruise American? He isn't from Brazil.
3. Does James like playing football? He doesn't like English at all.
4. Has my mother got a big car? She hasn't got a motorbike.
5. Are we studying English? We aren't studying German.
6. Do trains go faster than motorbikes? Trains don't go faster than a Ferrari.
7. Have we got a new French teacher? We haven't got a new English teacher.
8. Does Albert have cereals for breakfast? He doesn't have any tea.
9. Are you listening to the radio? I'm not watching TV.
10. Do they read Sinbad? They don't read Braveheart.
27. 1.
Where does Mrs Wagner work? 2. Does George like fast cars? 3. What is
the girl eating? 4. What does your wife usually have for breakfast?
28. My proposal: My mother is working in hospital, my father is driving to Granada and my little brother is still sleeping.
This
afternoon my mother is going to buy a new folder for me, my father is
going to order some pizza for dinner and my little brother is going to
play with his toys.
29. 1. Penny played the guitar a lot when she was young. 2. Last summer we took lots of photos. 3. We watched a very interesting programme last night. 4. William Shakespeare wrote many famous plays.
30. 1. Beethoven didn't write drama; he wrote music. 2. We didn't see fire; we only saw some smoke. 3. Greek philosopher Socrates didn't live in Rome; he lived in Athens.
Are
you addicted to anything? Remember that all addictions are harmful for
your mental health because you cannot stop doing them whenever you want.
There
are many things we may like, even love doing, but we must always bear
in mind that they are always under control. And this control belongs to
you and if you decide to stop, you can stop without affecting your
anxiety, your mental health.
Social
media, TikTok, YouTube... can be addictive for many teenagers and they
literally waste hours and hours on them when there are so many things in
life to carry out: sport, face-to-face relationships, books, homework,
studying...
BREAKING NEWS ABOUT YOUR B1 EXAMS IN ENGLISH...
Remember
that after Easter the time will come for you to register at the
Language School in Motril for your B1 exams as a freelance student!!! I
believe you can do everything on line.
1. Do we study English at school? We don't study German at school.
2. Is Tom Cruise American? He isn't from Brazil.
3. Does James like playing football? He doesn't like English at all.
4. Has my mother got a big car? She hasn't got a motorbike.
5. Are we studying English? We aren't studying German.
6. Do trains go faster than motorbikes? Trains don't go faster than a Ferrari.
7. Have we got a new French teacher? We haven't got a new English teacher.
8. Does Albert have cereals for breakfast? He doesn't have any tea.
9. Are you listening to the radio? I'm not watching TV.
10. Do they read Sinbad? They don't read Braveheart.
27. 1. Where does Mrs Wagner work? 2. Does George like fast cars? 3. What is the girl eating? 4. What does your wife usually have for breakfast?
28. My proposal: My mother is working in hospital, my father is driving to Granada and my little brother is still sleeping.
This afternoon my mother is going to buy a new folder for me, my father is going to order some pizza for dinner and my little brother is going to play with his toys.
29. 1. Penny played the guitar a lot when she was young. 2. Last summer we took lots of photos. 3. We watched a very interesting programme last night. 4. William Shakespeare wrote many famous plays.
30. 1. Beethoven didn't write drama; he wrote music. 2. We didn't see fire; we only saw some smoke. 3. Greek philosopher Socrates didn't live in Rome; he lived in Athens.
in 2º ESO... Do exercise 2 on page 95.
Possible answers:
a. Did they catch the criminal? Why were they chasing the criminal? What happened when the earthquake began?
b. What did the criminal steal? How fast could the criminal run?
c. Why did the criminal fall? Was he hurt?
d. What time did the criminal enter the house? How much did he steal from the house?
e. How much did the computers and mobile phones cost? Why did he steal their jewellery?
f. When did the witness call the police? Was the witness nervous or afraid?
Solutions to the Reported Speech exercises in the previous post:
D. 1. My friends suggested having a picnic. 2. The little boy asked for another biscuit.
3. Her boyfriend asked her to drive. 4. The student offered to open the window.
5. My father asked me to bring him the newspaper.
60. 1. He said he was out then. 2. He said he would be home by nine.
3. Mary said her young brother wanted to be a football player.
4. My mother asked who had been using her typewriter.
5. His wife asked/warned us not to do anything dangerous.
6. The guide asked the tourists if they wanted to see the cathedral. 7. Albert to Nick to close the door.
8. The teacher asked the student to take those dictionaries to the English Department.
61. Arthur asked her what the matter was and told her not to cry. Finally he asked her if she wanted to borrow his handckerchief.
Mary
apologised for being so boring / said she was sorry to be so boring,
but she hadn't seen Bruce for the whole weekend and asked him if he had
seen him.
Arthur answered he had.
Then Mary asked him where he had seen him.
And Arthur said he had seen him at the dentist's the previous Thursday.
Mary said he hadn't come for her on Thursday, but that there had to be quite a simple explanation.
