"Ant" expenses

 

 

"Ant expenses" is a term that is beginning to be associated with all these daily little expenses we carry out everyday. 

 

Example: You wake up, get up, go to the bathroom and just leave for work or school without having anything to eat. As soon as you get to the office you desperately need a cup of coffee to have some energy to start work. That is just a couple of euros because you also get some biscuits, but that expense on a daily basis means a lot at the end of the month. 

 

“they are things that we consume on a daily basis and that have a relatively low cost, i.e. all those essential expenses that we need before we start doing anything else”.

 

Micro-expenses: where do your savings go? (11 Onze)

  

Ant Expenses Explained – The Silent Killers of Your Budget   

 

 

It is obvious that all these "ant" expenses are unnecessary as you can have your cup of coffee and something to eat for no more than half the price you pay. Besides, it is much healthier since you can brush your teeth and have them clean the whole morning.

 

What other ant expenses can you think of?

 

 

Real Easy English:   Talking about bad habits  (BBC Learning English)

 

 

 

 

Learning English Grammar (TRY):   Life advice  (BBC Learning English) 

 

Here are some more activities for my students:

• Listening exercise for you to do:   Do you have good dining etiquette?  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

   
  

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  The London Letter Challenge: Episode 7: Help! I feel sick.  (BBC Learning English)  

  
  

• Work in the future: What is wellbeing at work?  (BBC Learning English) 

• English in a Minute: Phrases with HOME  (BBC Learning English) 

 

 

 Here's my musical hint for today:  Silent Wings by Tina Turner. And here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along.

  

 

Learning English from the News:   Death penalty for former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina   (BBC Learning English)

 

 

 

Bassam's interview - PALESTINIAN STATE - #HUMAN

 

 

English with Lucy: British people say these 16 phrases EVERY DAY    

 

  

The English We Speak - Take someone under your wing (BBC Learning English)

 

"All work and no play makes Jack/Jill a dull boy/girl"

Learn English with   Brad Pitt  -  Formula 1  

 

 

 

Football legend Johan Cruyff  | FIFA Classic player

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Who would you like to dance with?

"Who would you like to dance with?"  >>>  Is it a subject or an object question?

Some exercises to do:   1  2  3   

But perhaps it is no time to dance with all the problems we have in our world: climate change and its consequences, unemployment, the future for our younger generations, economy... 

 

Learning English from the News:   Fastest glacier melt in modern history  (BBC Learning English)

 

 

Speed at which world’s glaciers are melting has doubled in 20 years (The Guardian)

What's behind European glaciers' alarming melting speed? | DW News

 

 

Very soon we we will be having one of Albert-coded exams and, although he is said to have a heart of gold, all that glitters is not gold, as he is the hardest teacher we have this year. Everybody says that we are as good as gold, which is an opinion he doesn't seem to share. Anyway, to put things nicely, he is really worth his weight in gold.... but for the worst!! Here you've presented with 4 expressions connected with gold. and one with -coded. You can check the meaning of each of them just below in the English in a Minute section and the English We Speak section. 

 

 

The English We Speak:   -coded    (BBC Learning English) 

 

Here are some more activities for my students:

• Listening exercise for you to do:   Do you like garlic?  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

   
  

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  The London Letter Challenge: Episode 6: The BBC  (BBC Learning English)  

  
  

• Work in the future: Will AI take over our jobs?  (BBC Learning English) 

• English in a Minute: Phrases with GOLD  (BBC Learning English) 

 

 

 

 Here's my musical hint for today:  Dancing on my own by Calum Scott. And here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along.

  

 

 

 

 

Xiaomei's interview - CHINA - #HUMAN

 

 

English with Lucy: Never use THE with these 18 common words    

 

 

Learning English Grammar - Asking strangers - Polite requests (BBC Learning English)

 

"All work and no play makes Jack/Jill a dull boy/girl"

Learn English with   Ice Age  

 

 

 

Football legend Eusebio  | FIFA Classic player

 

Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of Conan Doyle

 

The Irregulars: Why Was Sherlock Holmes Killed Off? | Timeline

 

Our students in 1º ESO B are making an avatar of themselves. Can you guess who they are?

 

                                                                               Who is he?

 

 

 

 

 

Breakfast, the key to a healthy life!

 

Breakfast is and has always been very important in our lives and in all the civilisations around the world. Why? Because it gives you the energy to face the rest of the day. Soldiers in the front, farmers in their fields, clerks at the office, students and teachers at school... 

 

Listening exercise for you to do:   Is breakfast the most important meal of the day?  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English) 

 

 

 

What does the singer of the song "Breakfast in America" want for breakfast? Listen to the song and tell me the answer in your comment. Besides, What do you usually have for breakfast? 

 

In our English classes early in the morning we have got a big problem we haven't solved so far: Certain students arrive, put their schoolbags on their desks and are out like a light as soon as Albert starts talking. After some research a fact has shed light on this problem: our students don't have enough (or anything at all) for breakfast!!! Will there be light at the end of the tunnel?  I hope so. After reading this post maybe our students will see the light and stop giving no importance to breakfast. Here you've presented with 4 expressions connected with light. You can check the meaning of each of them just below in the English in a Minute section.

 

 

 

 

The English We Speak - Make a pig's ear of something (BBC Learning English)

 

Here are some more activities for my students:

• Learning English from the News:   'Storm of the century' hits Caribbean  (BBC Learning English) 
  

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  The London Letter Challenge: Episode 5: Elephants  (BBC Learning English)  

  
  

• Real Easy English: Talking about Halloween  (BBC Learning English) 

• English in a Minute: Phrases with LIGHT  (BBC Learning English) 

‘Storm of the century’: record-breaking Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica and heads for Cuba (The Guardian)

Hurricane leaves trail of destruction across Caribbean (BBC News)

Melissa was one of the strongest storms on record (CNN)

 

 

 

 

 Here's my musical hint for today:  Breakfast in America by Supertramp. And here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along.  

 

 

Kosal's interview - CAMBODIA - #HUMAN

 

   

English with Lucy: Are you saying it wrong? 5 common mistakes in English    

 

 

Learning English Grammar - Describing a job - Relative Clauses (BBC Learning English)

 

"All work and no play makes Jack/Jill a dull boy/girl"

Learn English with   Tangled  - Rapunzel's Mood Swings  

 

 

 

Football legend Fritz Walter  | FIFA Classic player

 

Our students in 1º ESO B are making an avatar of themselves. Can you guess who they are?

                                                                           Who is she?

 

Who is she?

 

 

 

                                                                               Who is he?

 

 

 

And here's a version with the lyrics both in English and Spanish for you to discover what the singer wanted for breakfast.