BLACK FRIDAY!!!!

What does it mean?      BLACK FRIDAY 

Some articles to read:

• Black Friday fever: police deal with desperate shoppers

• Black Friday in Britain: where are the best deals?

• Bargains and brawls: Britain embraces Black Friday

 

 

Your classmates' entries

Here are some entries done by your classmates in their own blogs. You can read them, write your comments here about any of them and then, once I have sent you the corrections, make your comments directly into their blogs:

• Carmen Trujillo (3º ESO A) : Blending Coca-Cola and milk 
• Elena Pérez (3º ESO A) : Let's laugh at death  ,    Texas   ,  Pregnancy  ,   Parkour  ,  Some people      

Violence, racism, verdict... at Ferguson (USA)??

Can you remember the case of this teenager being shot some time ago and all the riots that came after that?

Here are some articles to read and videos to watch:

• Violence after Ferguson grand jury verdict
• Violence in Ferguson after no indictment announced
• CNN: Ferguson waits
• The Guardian: In Ferguson the violence of the state created the violence of the street

LATEST NEWS!!!

INCREDIBLE SIBERIAN SINKHOLE

Interesting article about this huge crater found in Siberia:

Russian research team explores giant Siberian sinkhole

And now in pictures

GOOD NEWS: BBC Learning English's new site!!!!

BBC Learning English's new site

 with his renewed section: 6 minute English

We have a listening exercise about this topic in our 2nd Bachillerato textbook. Here's another listening exercise (Random act of Kindness) and an article to read (Kinder children are more popular) that can help you to enrich your vocabulary.

You can also watch this video (Prison bank) to learn about the crime issue.

The rage in Spain that turned into a political party..... PODEMOS??

 Some time ago we were in the middle of a most serious economic crisis and people went on demonstrations and took the streets. Two years later we have a new political party whose origins were probably in these street protests. What is your opinion about the issue?

 Podemos hopes to cement rise of citizen politics in Spain after election success

We are living hard times in Spain, which is also the name of a novel written by Charles Dickens. Here you have got an article to read about how the world sees all these street riots, but remember the case of the hoodies some time ago in London or the problems they had in France.

The euro

The rage in Spain

The very first footballer from Motril to make his debut for the Spanish national team: CALLEJÓN

Callejon: 'Spain dream come true'

Debutant Callejon looking to prove himself with Spain

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, another impressive match by our local player in yesterday's match Ajax Amsterdam-Real Madrid.

What two goals he scored with such a skill!  How beautifully he played! He's so fast when he's got the ball in his feet.

Read about him: JOSÉ CALLEJÓN    and the POST-MATCH CHRONICLE    
HIS PROFILE

Twitter and its origins

As you know, your English teacher has just opened an account in Twitter, which you can follow, of course. Are you into social networks? What are the pros and the cons? (What does this question really mean?)

What does 'tweet' mean? Discover the origin of this popular means of communication.

Interesting listening exercise to do.

  TWEET OF THE DAY 

Smuggling and endangered species

Interesting article to read:  

Indian stuffed toy tigers used to scare elephants

To begin with, what does 'smuggling' mean? What are the typical items that are smuggled? Give examples.

Article to read:

Thailand bids to combat species smuggling

Listening exercise to do:

Animal species 'extinction crisis'

Other articles to read related to the issue:

• Animal smuggling in Bangkok

• Wildlife smuggling

• 

  6 Bizarre Animal Smuggling Busts

Latest news on THE EBOLA OUTBREAK!!!!

What is Ebola? Interesting video to watch

What is Ebola? from Geert Coppens

Further news on the Ebola outbreak:

• Fatalistic forecasts aren’t helping Ebola efforts – greater positivity is needed

• WHO: several hundred thousand Ebola vaccine doses expected by mid-2015

• Spanish nurse free of Ebola after more than two weeks in hospital

 And to find further information about the Ebola crisis:   EBOLA

Here are two health issues to read and listen about that can be very useful for you.

Ebola epidemic

• Ebola outbreak worsens: Liberian doctor dies, virus spreads to Nigeria

• The Guardian: Concerned about Ebola?  

Article to read: RESOLVING THE ETHICS OF THE EBOLA DILEMMA   
Listening exercise to do: The Ebola outbreak   

Purple tomatoes

• BBC article to read: Genetically-modified purple tomatoes heading for shops
• Listening exercise: Purple tomatoes 

GRAMMAR CHALLENGE:  UNLESS 

THE ROMANS IN BRITAIN

Interesting video about Chester.
Click on Module 7 Unit 4 B    Actually, there's a mistake because it is Module 9 Unit 4B   At the end of the programme you've got the visit to Chester.

 Lately, there have been some interesting films about the time when Romans were in Britain, and especially when they were attacked by the Picts and other tribes. As well, in our study trips to UK we have been able to visit some of these Roman sites (baths in Bath last year or the ancient castle in Chester, which comes from the Latin word 'castra, castrorum').

Here are some fascinating articles about the issue:

• Romans
• Roman defence of Britain (the Hadrian Wall)
• Hadrian's Wall

The fall of the Berlin Wall

Not long ago, actually 25 years ago, there were two Germanies and there was a wall between them.

Some articles to read about the issue:

• Berlin Wall

• As Germany marks fall of the Berlin Wall, Gorbachev warns of new cold war  

• The 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall  

Are there any examples in the world?

Are people still building this kind of walls nowadays?

And now listen to this song by Pink Floyd:  Another Brick in the Wall