BEING A TEACHER....

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.

by Bruce Lee

lunes, 28 de agosto de 2017

Latest viral video to watch!!!



People just go bananas these days making videos and uploading them onto Youtube or any other digital platform hoping them to become the most watched videos, that is to say, viral even if it is his own baby who smashed the family TV set or if one of his neighbours bumped its car into a street lamp. We may laugh now, but in the mean time we are just waiting for the next one, like the water bottle flip challenge.

Do you know what the yellow-highlighted words mean? Try to use them in your next comment or composition.

 


Here are some articles to read about the issue:

 

Listening exercise to do: What makes a video go viral? (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

 

REVISION EXERCISE for 1º Bachillerato  >>>   


114. RELATIVE CLAUSES. Insert the second sentence into the first one by means of a relative clause:
    1. This is the bed. I slept in this bed when I came last Thursday.
    2. My cousin visited his mother yesterday. She lives in Liverpool.
    3. My fater has got a Mercedes Benz. It is a famous car make from Germany.
    4. I think the house is too expensive. We were looking at the house.
    5. I wouldn't read a book. Its writer has been in prison for murder.
 
115. Put the following sentences into the PASSIVE VOICE:

    1. They don't sell milk in that shop.
    2. My mother was cooking the dinner when I went into the kitchen.
    3. Have you seen my brother at school ?
    4. One cannot eat an orange if nobody has peeled it before.
    5. They gave us some books for you. (two passives)

116. Translate the following sentences into English:
    1. ¿Cree usted que alguna gente puede predecir el futuro? Creo que sí.
    2. Me temo que me estaba preparando para irme a casa.
    3. Necesito un vestido nuevo para la fiesta, ¿tienes uno verde?
    4. En cinco años puede que me compre un coche nuevo.
    5. Cuando trabajabas en la oficina que está junto al supermercado, ¿tomaste alguna vez parte en manifestaciones?
    6. Cuando me haga mayor dejaré de jugar al rugby.
    7. Si conduces cuando estás bebido probablemente tendrás un accidente.
    8. Tan pronto como llegue al colegio hablaré con el profesor.
    9. En Cádiz se construyen muchos barcos.
    10. A tu padre le encantaría trabajar en otra compañía.
    11. Mi hermano quería que fueras a verle esta tarde.
    12. ¿Te levantas tan pronto como te despiertas?
    13. ¿Seguirás trabajando hasta que tengas 60 años?
    14. Ellos descubrieron que tú no hiciste el examen.
    15. ¿Crees que tendrás bastante azúcar para el pastel? No hay demasiada azúcar, pero no hace falta que compres más.






 
Proposed solutions to exercises 111, 112 & 113 in the previous post

Ex111   >>>   
1. How long have you studied English? I have studied English for 10 years / since 2007   
I started learning English ten years ago.

Ex112   >>>>    
1. if he didn't so much homework.     2. if I knew he was going to put an exercise on the conditional sentences.    
3. I would have passed      4. he will buy tickets for Roland Garros.     5. he would drive faster.   6. it boils.
 
Ex 113  >>>
1. David told Liz she should have told that to her family.      
2. The mother asked her daughter why she hadn't waited for her at the hairdresser's.     
3. Brian told his son to go there and not to cry any more.
4. Peter asked a friend if he thought they might help them.
5. Sandy asked John why his sister didn't work harder.
6. Arthur told Mr Steele he would work the following day and he wouldn't be late.




LINGOHACK  >>>

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  2. In this essay I'm going to write about what memes are, who use memes, who invented them and videos which have become viral.

    What is a meme?
    A 'meme' is a virally-transmitted cultural symbol or social idea.

    The majority of modern memes are captioned photos that are intended to be funny, often as a way to publicly ridicule human behavior. Other memes can be videos and verbal expressions.

    The world of memes is noteworthy for two reasons: it is a worldwide social phenomenon, and memes behave like a mass of infectious flu and cold viruses, travelling from person to person quickly through social media, such us Instagram, Twitter, etc.

    Who Uses Memes?
    The most of internet memes are transmitted by millennials. This is because that age group is hyper connected with social media. The average age of meme users is increasing.

    Who Invented Memes?
    The "meme" word was first introduced by evolutionary biologist, Richard Dawkins, in 1976. "Meme" comes from the Greek word "mimema" (meaning "something imitated", American Heritage Dictionary).

    It's greatly difficult to know when a video is going to become viral. However, there are a lot of people who want to create a viral video as you can become famous. The most viral videos and challenges of this year are such us, the mannequin challenge, Andy is coming, The floor is lava, etc. Nowadays, the most seen video in Youtube is the song 'Despacito' created by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee with 3,500 millions of visits.

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  3. In this essay I shall examine what makes a video go viral. By the way, the first video to go viral on the Internet was Dancing Baby, which is a 3D animation of a baby dancing the cha-cha, released in the late 1990s. Recently, a YouTube manager has shared the top five tips to connect with the audiences, and I am going to write the most important ones.

    First of all, caring what we share. It’s because people are more likely to share content when it says something meaningful or valuable to them. Working together with someone famous, since if a famous promotes you; his fan base will engage your content. Last, but not least, knowing that you aren’t alone, since there are lots of great tools and resources available to help you.

    Currently, our social networks are plenty of memes, but what are they? A meme is a picture or video with an amusing caption that a lot of people share with each other online, usually with peers. This word was invented by Richard Dawkins to represent an idea or concept that spreads in human culture in a similar way to a gene.

    To sum up, I think that thanks to these pieces of useful advice we can post something on the internet and almost immediately, it gets passed on very quickly from person to person online, that is to say, it goes viral. Indeed, this is good if your aim is to promote yourself or something of yours.


    Andrea Gutiérrez López

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  4. A lot of people tend to watch social networks. I like to watch Instagram, Twitter and Tik Tok a lot. Before, people used to make challenges to make it go viral on their YouTube channel. I like a YouTuber named Steeck and he uploads food challenges. His most viewed video is 12,500,000 views. Abel Martínez Padilla 2A

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