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, 30 de abril de 2018

What are 'manbags' for?

Manbag? No, it is not a man you use as a sort of a bag!!!!! Here's the definition provided by Cambridge Dictionary.


Here's a listening exercise to do: Who needs a manbag? (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

 

Activities for my 2º ESO students:  Has your father got a manbag? What does he use it for? If you had one, what would you use it for?

 

Revision for SELECTIVITY. 

Some exercises connected with the section USE OF ENGLISH.


1. Give one synonym of “FRIGHTENING” (adjective).     
2. Give a verb with the same root as CONNECTION (noun).
3. Turn the following sentence into reported speech: Prince Kretzulesco said: “I have been considering leaving Germany next year”
4. Turn the following sentence into the passive voice:  We would receive him with open arms. 
5. Fill in the gap with a correct adjective: The patient is too __________ to leave the hospital.
6. Give  a question for the underlined words.    Sally went to this school last year. 
7. Complete the following sentence: Mary would look for a place to live in London if…
8. Give one synonym of “GENERALLY” (adverb).
9. Give a noun with the same root as THINK (verb) and a noun with the same root as BEHAVE
10. Complete the series with another word of the same semantic group:  FILM, ACTOR, DIRECTOR, … 
11. Turn the following sentence into the active voice.     Children are easily influenced by violent games.
12. Complete  the following sentences:  a) If films were less violent....     b) Drinking is dangerous for you when....
13. Join the following sentences by means of a relative clause.   He was reading a book. Its characters were zombies.
14. Give one opposite of AGREE and another one of SOFT.


 

The English We Speak: That'll teach you! (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)




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  2. To begin with, a manbag is a bag that a man uses for carrying his money, keys, mobile phone, etc. In fact, these designer accessories are being carried on the arms and shoulders of many modern men but they’re not just for looking good, they’re practical too. Nowadays they are the height of fashion.

    According to a report, in Britain they are still very tied up with that idea of masculinity that is almost so fragile that it can be dented by carrying a bag. They think a lot about that in this country in a way that may not be what European men do. Besides, with people like Louis Vuitton, Fendi, Gucci and Dolce and Gabanna designing these bags they bound to have a hefty price tag. Nearly a quarter of 16-34 year olds have bought one, though.

    On the contrary, women are more into carrying bags. They almost always use this type of accessories. For them there is a great range of bags: handbags, purses, backpacks… Currently our bag says a lot about ourselves. It is very important because it influences too much our image. Having a designer bag is synonymous of being a famous and a wealthy person. The more lavish it looks, the more popular you are.

    To conclude, I think that everybody chooses to wear a bag or not. All of us can wear an additional item added to something to make it more useful or attractive. And this mustn’t be a laughing stock. In my case, I prefer wearing a small bag because it is lighter to transport. Actually, I am not walking up a mountain to need to carry some sturdy bag. Despite this, I usually carry lots of things in my bag, for example some make-up, perfume, a small mirror, tissues, my pocket, my phone…


    Andrea Gutiérrez López 2BACH A

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  3. In my case, my father has a mandag for his job (Lorry Driver), but he take his mandbag for more things like meet with friends, go to a restaurant...
    He use his mandbag for save: a notebook where he write the kilometres that he traveled, his wallet for buy a coffee or food in his travels, his sunglasses, a calculator, his mobile phone...
    I have a mandbag too, but I don't use it much. A long time ago, I use it for save my pocket money, my mobile phone and nothing more.

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  4. Nowadays, it is very typical to see people with manbag. In recent years has increased the sales of these products. But usually they are used in summer, because you can carry your money, keys, mobile phone...it is usually the young people who wear the manbags. They have some advantages and disadvantages, and also there are similar products.

    They have some advantages that she is comfortable because you can carry your mobile or your keys for example when you wear trouseres without pockets. Other advantage it is easier to carry things in the manbag than in the pockets, because you are more comfortable with nothing in them.
    For this reasons I am in favor of this product that I think that every year is more used.

    But the manbag also has replacement but they are less sold, one of them is the fanny pack, she is used for the same as the manbag and she is as sold as this. Other substitution is the briefcase but in this case, this product is used to work when usually you wear a suit. The last option is the classic backpack which the teenagers use for school and this is the more sold product of this kind.

    Finally, in my case I have a manbag and I put him during the summer because I consider that she is more comfortable when you go to the beach or when you go with your friend in the night. But during the winter I hate him because you have pocket in your jacket. also, my friends use manbag by the same reason that me. Because in the last years everybody love him.

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  6. Today it is very common to have a mandbag, it helps us to keep the things we carry with us such as cards, money, our mobile phones, etc., we usually use it so that we do not miss anything, but it is also used by people greater.

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  7. Nowadays some men wear a mandbag, when you go to some cities with many people you see some men with a mandag.It is a very useful and handy accessory, in it we can keep the purse, the cell phone you carry, the cards .. ... It's harder to get robbed
    what you wear in the mandbag.
    a friend of my father has a mandag, because in his work he facilitates to take to him there are the things. Also in other situations it facilitates to take the things to you.
    I like to carry a bag because more things fit

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  11. My father has one and he uses it to keep the keys and car's keys, the cell phone, the cigarettes, his glasses and sunglasses, the wallet, cards, pen drives, money and some pills

    Daniel del Pozo Quesada 2º ESO A

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    2. My father has one and he uses it to keep the keys and car keys, the cell phone, the cigarettes, his glasses and sunglasses, the wallet, cards, pen drives, money and some pills

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  12. My stepfather has a manbag. In his manbag he saves his mobile phone, the keys, his wallet, tissues and gums. He brings his manbag everywhere: to work, to the restaurant... For him, to wear a manbag is very comfortable because he can bring many thing with him and it's more difficult to get robbed.

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  13. In these times, people use a manbag to store their personal things, for example:
    Save the mobile
    Save the purse
    Save the cards, etc.
    It is more difficult to be stolen though it may happen.
    My father is a businessman and he always wears a manbag since everything he has puts him inside and he does not forget anything.
    My sister who is a nurse, also uses it because she says it is much more comfortable to wear.
    In my opinion I would take it because it is useful and simple.

    Irene López Maturana 2º ESO B

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  15. My father use the manbag to helph his mobile phone , the keys and the pocket money but he dont usually use the manbag because he put his thinks in the car.

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  16. My father has a manbag. He doesn´t usually use it, he only uses it when he goes for a walk or when we go on a trip. I have one manbag, too. I use it when I go to a school excursion, when I go for a walk or when I go in a trip with my family or friends. I think it is very useful, because in it you can put many things, like pocket money, the mobile phone, the keys... and you don´t have have to carry them in your hands or in your pockets, and you can be more comfortable.

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  17. Nowadays some men wear a mandbag, when you go to some cities with many people you see some men with a mandag.It is a very useful and handy accessory, in it we can keep the purse, the cell phone you carry, the cards .. ... It's harder to get robbed
    what you wear in the mandbag.
    a friend of my father has a mandag, because in his work he facilitates to take to him there are the things. Also in other situations it facilitates to take the things to you.
    I like to carry a bag because more things fit

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  18. My father has a mandbag he use his mandbag when he travel to france and deutschland for save his keys, his money and his mobile phone, my father says me ,the mandbag is very comfortable because is big enough for save his things and it isn't very big

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