These are the bare facts

 

 

 

Facts are facts, and you cannot disguise them. We see it everyday in our lives. Countries attack other countries and they say it is on behalf of the freedom of the other country's citizens. Nonsense! 

 

Some articles for you to read about the issue: 

• US and Israel strike Iran as Netanyahu says ‘many signs’ Khamenei ‘no longer alive’ (The Guardian)

• What we know so far about the US-Israel attacks and Iran's retaliation (BBC News)

• Attacks on Iran trigger global Shiite protests (DW News)

 

 

It is said that there are different types of English teachers, some better than the others, but the bare facts are that there is only one English language and that at the end of the road you will have the same control for every student in our secondary schools. And that will the moment when we will learn what we have really learned.

 

My congratulations to our student Martín Toledo (4º ESO A) for having just passed his B1 in English (Cambridge) obtaining excellent results in certain skills (he even got a B2 level in the Reading skill). Facts are facts!!!

 

🔊FULL EPISODE: Bubblevicious/The Bare Facts | Powerpuff Girls | Cartoon Network

 

 

The English We Speak:   Go through a rough patch  (BBC Learning English)  

 

 

 

Beating Speaking Anxiety:   I'm scared I won't forget the joke  (BBC Learning English)   >>>>  How to show your funny side in English     

 

Learning English from the News:   Violence after Mexican drug leader killed  (BBC Learning English) 

 

 

  Here's my musical hint for today:    Riding with the King by BB King & Eric Clapton. And here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along.

 

 

Learning English Grammar (I was thinking..., Let's not..., Might I suggest...):   Making suggestions  (BBC Learning English) 

 

Here are some more activities for my students:

• Listening exercise for you to do:   Dreaming of being a chef  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)  

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  Real Easy English: Talking about BIRTHDAYS  (BBC Learning English) 

  
  

• Office English: Do you always follow the rules?  (BBC Learning English) 

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

     

English with Lucy: If you laugh, you are fluent  

 

 

 

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

Learning English with  SUITS   -  Rachel discovers Mike's secrets

 

 

 

Old stories about Nadal:

Nadal vs Wawrinka  - Full Match Nadal vs Wawrinka 2017 Men's final | Roland-Garros

 

 

The importance of a hundredth

 

Unfortunately just by a hundredth our 2º Bachillerato student Fran Toledo, who got a 13,675 in the Selectivity exams, wasn't able to be among the 30 best students in the province of Granada. What a pity!!! He deserved it.

 

Congratulations, anyway!!!

 

 

 

 

 

This experience should show our students the right way to face the coming school years. 

 

Real Easy English:  Talking about WORRIES  (BBC Learning English)

 

Talking about worries, here are some articles about the conflict in the Middle East: 

How effective was the US attack on Iran’s nuclear sites? A visual guide (The Guardian)

US asks China to stop Iran from closing Strait of Hormuz (BBC News)

How Trump quietly made the historic decision to launch strikes in Iran (CNN) 

US attacks Iran with strikes on 3 nuclear sites (DW)

 

Road towards success in the new PAU (Selectivity exam)

 

Solution to the exercises in the previous post:

Rewrite... 

a) If only I had started working on the project last month. (if only)
b) Playing football makes me feel very happy. (makes)
c) Nick refused to go to that boring party.
d) After writing his mother an email, David apologised for his behaviour. After David had written... 

Complete the following sentences to report what was said.
 

e) Sue asked me what he was going to do to relax.

Rephrase the sentence beginning with the words given.
 

f) A new high-technology hospital is being built in my town.

 

 

 

 

 

 Here's my musical hint for today:  She loved me that way by Michael DuBois. And now here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along.

 

 

 

Here are some more activities for my students:

• The English We Speak:   Step into the shoes  (BBC Learning English)  
  

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  English in a MINUTE: Verbs to use with NETWORK  (BBC Learning English)  

• Listening exercise for you to do: How do babies communicate?  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English) 

• Learning English from the News: Israel-Iran strikes  (BBC Learning English)  

Clip #13: Love from the most unlikely place - #HUMAN

 

 

English with Lucy providing us with the 10 Easy English words with ADVANCED meanings  

 

 

 

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

Learn English with The Chronicles of Narnia — Father Christmas    

 

Let's watch Wallace and Gromit in    The Wrong Trousers    

  

 

 

 

 

 Queen's FINAL Lehecka vs Álcaraz  (Highlights)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I told you!

 Yes, I told you that the way you sit in class can affect your health and the way you learn. I have told you so many things so as to learn more and better, again not because I'm incredibly smart, but because I've got the experience of so many years teaching and I have behaved like an old wise owl!

 

 

By the way, do you know the story of the old wise owl? Listen to the song (nursery rhyme) and discover:

 

 

And you can also read the story about it.

 

Going back to the way we sit, here's an interesting listening exercise for you to do: Why sitting is bad for health (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

 

Here are some activities for you to do:   

 

• English in a Minute: How to use SITUATION   (BBC Learning English)

• Office English:   Bad news  (BBC Learning English)

• Georgie talking about TENSES: When and How to use the PAST CONTINUOUS  (BBC Learning English)

• The English We Speak:   In on it  (BBC Learning English)

 

News Review: Israel protests   (BBC Learning English)

 

 

Food charity demands independent inquiry into Israeli killing of aid staff  (The Guardian)

 

 

 

 

Road towards success in the Selectivity exam.....

• 2023_ANIME: A GLOBAL POP CULTURE PHENOMENON  //  THIS JOB IS A PIECE OF CAKE!      
  

Some other interesting aspects to note in the exam: 

Text A

The origin of anime can be traced back to the beginning of the 20th century.

It wasn' until 1958 that Hiroshi Okawa....   >>>  Example of cleft sentences (visit this post to check: The only thing Casillas wanted to say is....  )

Two phrasal verbs with the verb TURN: turn it into the "Disney of East" (Text A) = convertir //  It turns out...  (Text B) = resultar (ser)

His efforts were worth it (sus esfuerzos valieron la pena) 

What is the plural of  'phenomenon'?

Translate: "In order to understand how significant this phenomenon is...."

"One reason why anime gained such popularity internationally..."

"The second trait, the huge eyes..."  Can you give me a synonym of 'trait'?

"Big eyes make it easier for animators to express emotions powerfully by concentrating on just one body part."

"Audiences are positively drawn to big round eyes"

SINCE in line 12 as a synonym of BECAUSE

"Anime has stayed hugely successful worldwide"

"The emotional soundtracks and eye-catching colours keep hooking fans today." 

Text B

"for a living"

"The job can be remote" (you can work from home)

monthly

must reside = live

the chief candy officer will also undergo "extensive palate training"

So far

inquiries on the job are so numerous that the company...

the daily calorie intake = consumo diario de calorías

 

 

 

English with Lucy >>>> Telephone English: Speak English clearly on the phone and understand everything!  

 

 

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

 Learn English with movies:  Pirates of the Caribbean

Lucía Petrut and Nerea Sánchez presenting Motril  (2º ESO B)