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.
That's the way Sean Connery used to ask for his Martinis when he played the role of James Bond.
Interesting fact:Connery was a keen footballer, having played for Bonnyrigg Rose in his younger days. He was offered a trial with East Fife. While on tour with South Pacific, Connery played in a football match against a local team that Matt Busby, manager of Manchester United, happened to be scouting. According to reports, Busby was impressed with his physical prowess and offered Connery a contract worth £25
a week (equivalent to £703 in 2019) immediately after the game. Connery
admits that he was tempted to accept, but he recalls, "I realised that a
top-class footballer could be over the hill by the age of 30, and I was
already 23. I decided to become an actor and it turned out to be one of
my more intelligent moves."
However, we are actually SHAKEN by the terrible piece of news about the death of this famous Scottish actor (former football player and member of the Royal Navy) and which has been broadcasted
all around the world. Watch the news as given in different channels:
As you may have noticed, Sean Connery had problems losing his hair, that is to say, he was becoming bald. Hair implants are the best solution to offset the effects of baldness. Here's a most revealing document about a Spanish company which carries out these treatments and whose semantic field may be useful for you:
As we haven't done things properly, now we have harder laws, bans.... We thought this pandemic was just a joke and now here we are, back to square one (LOCKDOWN II). We have to start all over again to make the figures of infected people and deaths go down. (What does the expression 'back to square one' mean?)
Listen to this song by Survivor and pay attention to the lyrics. RESILIENCE is the key word!!!!
Episode 201028 / 28 October 2020 >>> Camping on a cliff edge - Language related to
'business activities'. Need-to-know language: cooped up, transformed, diversified, saving grace & adapt.
Episode 201021 / 21 October 2020 >>> Plans to land first woman on the Moon - Language related to
'exploration'. Need-to-know language: sustainable, conduct, collaboration, a giant step & discoveries.
I do hope that by the end of the year your dreams come true and that the pandemic is over, we are all safe and sound, and that you get the best possible mark!!!
No need to take PCR tests when we have our beloved friends the dogs around. They are believed to be able to track people infected by Covid-19 virus. Just amazing!
Here are some articles for you to read about the issue:
Episode 201014 / 14 October 2020 >>> The dogs sniffing out Coronavirus - Language related to
'smell'. Need-to-know language: sense of smell, olfanction, sniff out, odour & detect.
I mean Rafael Nadal will be again in Paris for his 13th final at Roland Garros. Apart from Roger Federer, he will be facing his most challenging rival: Novak Djokovic.
What Roger Federer wrote on Twitter after Nadal's win:
“I have always had the utmost respect for my friend Rafa as a person and
as a champion. As my greatest rival over many years, I believe we have
pushed each other to become better players. Therefore, it is a true honour for me to congratulate him on his 20th
Grand Slam victory.”
Changing topics, this year we have in 2º Bachillerato the reader A Foreigner in New York and we will be revising some American English, so here's an activity to revise some American English:
Episode 200930 / 30 September 2020 >>> Making 'plastic' from peas - Language related to
'technology'. Need-to-know language: engineer, protein, microcapsules, perfect & microplastics.
Apart from the James Bond films in which he participated, here are some of the films in which he played important roles:
