Hurdles, tough moments, failures (not only power failures)... in life make you stronger and a better person because you are ready to face harder challenges. So you should never give up and you should keep trying and making an effort, like in the song.
Here's my musical hint for today: Stronger by Kelly Clarkson. And now here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along.
Learning English from the News: Huge power cuts in Spain and Portugal (BBC Learning English)
The older you are, the readier you are to face any difficulty in life. You have solutions for almost every problem or at least you don't despair when you come across a really difficult situation and resilience becomes one of your skills.
Today is a holiday in Madrid because of the 2nd May uprising against the French Imperial troops, as the population was being violently repressed with hundreds of public executions.
Do you remember where there was another famous uprising?
The Easter Uprising (IES Mediterraneo students were there!!!)
Today is a holiday in Madrid because of the 2nd May uprising against the French Imperial troops, as the population was being violently repressed with hundreds of public executions.
Do you remember where there was another famous uprising?
The Easter Uprising (IES Mediterraneo students were there!!!)
Here are some activities to make my students stronger:
1º ESO Unit 5
Translate into English :
1) ¿Cómo es la señora Harrison? Es gorda y fea.
2) Tengo mucha sed.
3) Aquellos vasos están en la estantería,¿dónde está el vino?
4) Hay carne en el plato,pero no hay leche en el vaso.
5) ¿Tienes buen vino? Sí,tenemos un vino muy bueno.
6) ¿Cuánto mide tu hermano? Él mide casi 2 metros.
MODAL VERBS >>> Translate these sentences into English.
No debieras comerte un almuerzo grande antes de un partido de fútbol.
Debes llevar sandalias dentro de la piscina. No debes llevar zapatos o zapatillas de deporte.
Un pez no sabe andar, pero algunos pueden saltar muy alto fuera del agua.
¿Sabes hablar alemán? No, pero sé hablar francés bien.
Los alumnos debieran hacer el comic de la Vuelta al Mundo en 80 días rápido.
Tú puedes estudiar duro durante el curso y aprobar en junio, o tú puedes vivir felizmente sin trabajar. Entonces debes estudiar durante el verano para los exámenes de septiembre.
La gente no puede jugar al golf en Itrabo.
3º ESO
41. PASSIVE /ACTIVE. Rewrite these sentences into the Passive or Active Voice :
1. The work has been done by the children.
2. His horse won the race.
3. Many things were being broken by children playing at home.
4. He had said many things.
5. My colleague will do the job.
6. The government might buy that company.
Road towards success in the new PAU (Selectivity exam)
Rephrase/Rewrite these sentences by using another suitable structure:
221. Albert is such a hard teacher, but in the end we are better prepared for the Selectivity exam. Although....
222. During the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities widely used medical robots to take patients' temperatures as these couldn't get infected. Medical robots...
223. The price of olive oil is increasing very much these days. ... getting....
224. Although they grew up in Germany, they have never thought of claiming the German nationality. Despite...
225. Nerea usually plays the piano after lunch. How...
226. It wouldn't be sensible to drive in such a heavy rain. You...
227. His father-in-law invited him for dinner. "
228. We have decided to go to the cinema this evening. We....
229. My grandmother had the habit of washing the clothes in the river. My grandmother...
230. The bookshelf was too high for the small boy to get the dictionary. The small boy was not...
Solution to the exercises in the previous post
Rephrasing
211. "Can we use our calculators in the exam?"
212. Which company does your father work for?
213. If only I had remembered your birthday party. /// If I hadn't forgotten your birthday party, I would have bought you a present and I would have gone.
214. My neighbour's son may/might be studying at the University of Granada.
215. It was such a long book I couldn't finish reading it before Christmas.
216. I wish I had taken my umbrella.
217. You must have a driving licence in Spain to drive a car.
218. "Will/Would/Could you, please, lie on the couch?"
219. My little brother was able to get out of the swimming-pool when he fell into it at the age of 3.
220. The teacher asked his students to do that simple exercise // if they could do that simple exercise.
Here are some more activities to make my students stronger:
Prepositions with Georgie: What is a preposition? (BBC Learning English)
English in a Minute: Verbs to use with METHOD (BBC Learning English)
Listening exercise for you to do: Can cows prevent wildfires? (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)
The English We Speak: Zing (BBC Learning English)
"All work and no play makes Jack/Jill a dull boy/girl"
Learn English with the Simpsons
Dwayne Johnson
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Dwayne Douglas Johnson, or better know as The Rock, was born on 2nd of may on 1972, in Hayward, California, EEUU. He is actually an actor but he had more different jobs.
Actually, he is a famous actor that has made many films like Jumanji, Black Adams, etc. Before being an actor, he was a fighter for the WWE, here, the name of The Rock. He won 10 titles in his career as a fighter. He started professionally in the WWE on 1996 as the name of Rocky Maivia, his first fight in the WWF was in November of that year (1996), but he lose it. After a year of hard training, in the United States Wrestling Association, he started on WWE. He retired in 2019.
Today, Dwayne Douglas Johnson is 53 years old, he is a famous actor, he has got a daughter, her name is Ava Raine, he is 1,96 meters tall and he has got two brothers, Curtis Bowles and Wanda Bowles; and his best films are ``Fast and Furious 5´´, ``Jumanji, Wellcome to the jungle´´ and ``San Andres´´.