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

sábado, 29 de enero de 2022

Under pressure


Some  are claiming that they are under such a high pressure, but that's life and we must learn how to handle these difficult situations because this is just the beginning of their careers. Later in this post you will see one of the best people to cope with high pressure. I mean Rafa Nadal.


Anyway, now it is time to keep on doing our best and then calm down so as to get the best outcome by the end of the school year.

And this is what some people do under stressful situations:

 


The Big Bang Theory 1x1 | Meeting Penny


Some activities for you to do: 

  

Some articles for you to read about the winter Olympic Games:

 

 

My musical hint for today: Under Pressure by Queen. Here's one version with the lyrics:

 


 

 


LINGOHACK  >>>

Episode 220126 / 26 January 2022    >>>   Reducing construction waste   -    Language related to 'construction'.  

Need-to-know language: wooden pallets, skip, manufacturing, supply chain & building sites.



 


John McEnroe on the GOAT debate in tennis | Eurosport

 


 

And the one who knows to be under high pressure and overcome it is our Rafa Nadal. Here are some examples...  1  ,  2  , 


The day 16-year-old Nadal Outplayed an Ex No.1 and coach Moyá


 

 

Rafael Nadal's first strike

 



 


Let's hope that he can do it once again tomorrow!!! We wish him all the best in the AO final against Medvedev.

 

Breaking news  >>>>   Nadal wins his 21st Grand Slam!!!!

 

Rafa Nadal Comes From Two Sets Down to Make Tennis History! | Eurosport Tennis

 

After nearly 3 hours and having this score against, Nadal's resilience made him come back!!!! (FULL MATCH)

 

McEnroe states that Nadal is the “humblest, classiest champion of almost every athlete I’ve ever seen in any sport.” “I’ve watched a lot of tennis and I’ve seen a lot of unbelievable champions, I’ve seen Nadal give these kinds of efforts in the past and I didn’t think he could top it. To do what he just did here, at this point in his career, and shift the narrative again from Djokovic and shift it to him, it’s hard to believe.”


Rafael Nadal | Top 5 Shots (F) | Australian Open 2022

Rafael Nadal's Incredible Journey To Grand Slam 21 At The Australian Open | Eurosport Tennis

Rafael Nadal: Australian Open 2022 (Summary) ● ON COURT   

 

 


Rafael Nadal vs Daniil Medvedev - Australian Open 2022 Final Highlights HD

 

Rafael Nadal overwhelmed with emotion after 21st Grand Slam victory | Australian Open 2022

 


 

Rafael Nadal beats Medvedev in epic Australian Open final to claim 21st slam (The Guardian)

 

Australian Open: Rafael Nadal beats Daniil Medvedev from two sets down in Melbourne epic (BBC News)

 

Rafael Nadal Wins the Australian Open, His 21st Grand Slam Title (The New York Times)

 

Comment Nadal a renversé Medvedev (L'Équipe)


Australian Open: Rafael Nadal makes history with comeback for the ages (The Times)

Best 21 Nadal's points ever by ATP

domingo, 23 de enero de 2022

Enjoy the long journey to Ithaca

 

“When you set sail for Ithaca,
wish for the road to be long,
full of adventures, full of knowledge.”
C.P. Cavafy 

 


The Greek poet from Alexandria Constantino Cavafis (1863-1933) tells us about the importance of enjoying the long journey, whichever journey, and not only be thinking about our goal, our destination. This is a metaphor to be applied to any targets in our life, or to the life itself. 

 

That would be the case of our students in the quest for the best future they can expect and that is the case of teachers. Teaching is not an easy task, but with the rucksack full of eagerness and hopes this long vital journey will be more enjoyable. When I look back and see how much I have gone through (here's my blog and my site as an example) and the expectations I have for the future, I realise the importance of Cavani's poem making reference to Homer's voyage to Ithaca, his home.


 

 

I would like you to discover the real meaning of the poem and of what I have just said by having a look at the videos and articles I have prepared for you: 

 

The Poem Ithaca by Constantine Cavafy (explanation in Spanish)

The legend of Ithaca explained     

Everything you need to know to read the Odyssey (Episode 1: The Odyssey)  


 

Ithaca by C.P.Cavafy (with Sean Connery & Vangelis)

Version with lyrics  >>>  Ithaca by C.P.Cavafy (Read by Sean Connery) | Powerful Life Poem | STRYV


Tourist destination:

 

 

And here's the official trailer to the film Ithaca  (2016)

 






Some activities for you to do: 



 

Here's my musical hint for today: The Long Road by Mark Knopfler.

 

 

LINGOHACK  >>>

Episode 220119 / 19 January 2022    >>>   Following whales round the southern ocean   -    Language related to 'researching animals'.  

Need-to-know language: conducted, tags, track, migrations & transmitting.



And what about our great Rafa Nadal in his quest to become the G.O.A.T. in tennis? Now it is time for the Australian Open, where Carreño, Badosa and Alcáraz have done a great job too. Today he had a tough match against the French tennis player Manarinno, especially in the tie-break they played in the first set.



World No.5 Nadal Cruises To Quarterfinals After Beating


Our students at work   >>> Project on England by Abel Martínez (3º ESO A)


martes, 18 de enero de 2022

Our Mediterranean Sea Secondary School students in hospital!!!



What will the future be like? The 'metaverse'? (Look for an interesting listening exercise below) I don't know, but we're still struggling to get through this pandemic. Here's a bunch of our students at work during Christmas holidays:

 


Mediterranenan Hospital - Your Students Hospital ("This is a project made by some 1º Bach and 2º Bach students for the subject of English. I hope you enjoy it" by David Bp)


Some articles for you to learn about the 'metaverse': 

 

Apparently, it's the next big thing. What is the metaverse? (BBC News)

Enter the metaverse: the digital future Mark Zuckerberg is steering us toward (The Guardian)

Why Silicon Valley is betting on making this dystopian sci-fi idea a reality (CNN)

 

 

The Metaverse and How We'll Build It Together -- Connect 2021

 


 


Some activities for you to do: 



 

Here's my musical hint for today: For the first time by Rod Stewart and here's another one with the lyrics  for you to sing along.

 


 

 



LINGOHACK  >>>

Episode 210105 / 05 January 2022    >>>   Protecting sea horses   -    Language related to 'Sea and boats'.  

Need-to-know language: teeming with life, mooring chains, sea bed, tide & seafarers.


 

Breaking news >>> Football legend Francisco Gento has passed away today, the only player to win 6 European Cups, the last of which with 11 Spanish players on pitch!!!

 

Gento talking about the European Cup and other interesting videos to watch: 1  2  3  4  5  

Farewell, Paco Gento!!!  R.I.P. (Rest in Peace) 

 



Real Madrid: Six-time European Cup winner Francisco 'Paco' Gento dies aged 88 (BBC News)

Paco Gento, la carrière d'une légende du Real Madrid en images (L'Équipe)

Francisco Gento dead: Real Madrid legend and European Cup record holder dies at 88 (Daily Mirror)

Addio a Francisco Gento, leggenda del Real Madrid e del calcio spagnolo (La Gazzetta dello Sport)

 


Gento, the legend   and here's a report in Italian  


sábado, 15 de enero de 2022

Long live the King!!


 Long live the King!!! But who's the king? There are many kings as you will see in minute: in politics, in sport, in music... and something is for certain kings don't live for ever and we are all kings in a way.


 

 

And when talking about kings we can't help this blues singer coming to mind!!! Here's my musical hint for today:
Lucille by B. B. King and here are the lyrics for you to learn about what the singer meant to say.

 


 

 


Some activities for you to do: 

 


Once upon a time, there was a king in football named Johan Cruyff: The Impossible is nothing



Other kings....

King Kong Official Trailer #1 - Jack Black Movie (2005) HD

The Circle of Life Lyrics - The Lion King

 

 

 

LINGOHACK  >>>

Episode 220112 / 12 January 2022    >>>   Robotic surgery   -    Language related to 'surgery'.  

Need-to-know language: operation, medical field, patient, surgeons & keyhole surgery.

 


Tennis >>>  The Commissioner of Tennis: McEnroe On The Next Icon Of Tennis | The Commissioner of Tennis | Eurosport

 


 In tennis there is always a search for the KING or the G.O.A.T. (the Greatest Of All Times). Once, the dilemma was between Borg and McEnroe (Wimbledon 1980) and episode 2.

He is not a king, but watch how you have to face life and how to volley: Hurkacz's amazing volley   (Australian Open 2022)

miércoles, 5 de enero de 2022

Thinking about you

As you may have noticed, I can't stop thinking of you and I keep preparing things for you (posts, exercises, exams...). This is a most common feeling among people who love each other as in the case of Lagertha and Ragnar in the series Vikings.

 



 

Here's my musical hint for today: Skin by Rag'n Bone Man used in the series of Vikings and here are the lyrics for you to learn about what the singer really means.

 

 


Vikings: Queen Lagertha Joins Ragnar in Valhalla (Season 6) | History

 

Some activities for you to do: 



English with Lucy: Causative Verbs - HAVE, GET, MAKE, LET, HELP - English Grammar Lesson

 

 


LINGOHACK  >>>

Episode 211229 / 29 December 2021    >>>   Walrus counting   -    Language related to 'walrus'.  

Need-to-know language: blubbery, grumpy, beasts, scouring & icon.

 

 



Vintage tennis... Björn Borg, one of the GOATs >>>


Björn Borg vs Vitas Gerulaitis Semifinals at Wimbledon 1979

Borg vs Tanner Wimbledon 1979 Final (5th set) (Highlights)

Björn Borg vs Stan Smith  1973 Final at Bastad

 


 

Project about A Foreigner in New York  by David Bacas (2º Bach A)