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.
Although I'm a bit annoyed with some of my students, I can't help reminding them this most important piece of news (What does 'can't help + verb in -ing' mean?):
REMINDERS FOR OUR STUDENTS >>>>>> B1 & B2 exams!!!!
You can register for the B1 and B2 exams as freelance student (estudiante libre) from 1st April to 15th April.
Here's the LINK to the website of the Official Language School in Motril.
And you must also remember that you can apply to be an official student next school year from 1st May to 20th May. Here's the LINK, and all the dates for ...
Episode 210331 / 31 March 2021 >>> Changing how we view the Universe -
Language related to
'scientific discovery'. Need-to-know language: profound consequences,
hints, baffling, shed some light on & large improvement (in
something).
Well, two years ago this was the topic of a Selectivity exam. Have a look at it and try to do it and you'll see how important it is to read regularly authentic English in the press or whereever>>>>
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT >>>> Instructions to the English exam in the New Selectivity exam in Andalucia.
HIGHWAY TO B2.....
Rewrite these sentences using the beginnings given.
1. It is a long
time since he last visited us. He hasn’t... 2. It is too
cold to go swimming today. It isn’t ... 3. I’d rather
stay at home than go to a bad film. I
prefer ... 4. ‘Isn’t it a
beautiful day?’ exclaimed George. ‘What ....’ exclaimed George. 5. Although he
felt ill, Jeremy still went to school. In spite ... 6. The meal was
so awful that they refused to pay the bill.
It was ... 7. Are you still
doing your homework? Haven’t you ... 8. ‘Anne, what
about staying for dinner?’ Jane said. Jane invited ... 9. Somebody will
steal your bicycle unless you lock it.
Your bicycle .... 10. I’ve never
been to a safari park before. This is the first time ... 11. ‘I did not take
the money’ said Simon. Simon denied ....
Episode 170215 / 15 February 2017 >>> Expressions presented: fall from grace, rip-off goods & a range of. SOLUTIONS to the VOCABULARY exercises in the previous post: 1.room 2. make 3. brand 4. heavy 5. ruins 6. fit 7. hard 8. desire 9. average 10. seriously 11. discover
MAKE...a mistake, a decision, trouble, progress, money, the beds, a noise, a cake DO.... harm, the washing-up, well, the cooking, the housework, homework, someone a favour
REMINDERS FOR OUR STUDENTS >>>>>> B1 & B2 exams!!!!
And all this brings to my mind a couple of songs that I present you in this post as my musical hint for you. The first one is by Elvis Presley "Can't Help Falling in Love" (1961). Here's a version with the lyrics both in English and Spanish, and another one just with the lyrics in English:
