Time to fill your boots

We all have had plenty of time to fill our boots with energy during these holidays so as to be ready for the second term.

 

The English We Speak: Fill your boots  (BBC Learning English)

 

 

I also wish that the Three Wise Men fill your boots tonight!!! 😉😉👍

 

Here are some activities for you to do:

• Newsreview:   Powerful earthquake hits Japan on New Year's Day 

    (BBC Learning English)
  

• Listening exercise for you to do: Can we live without plastic?   (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)
  

• English in a Minute: Different uses of WELL  (BBC Learning English)
  

• Learn  10 easy English words connected with COLOURS  (BBC Learning English) 
  

 

Some articles for you to read about the earhquakes striking Japan:

• Japan earthquakes: ‘battle against time’ to find those trapped under rubble as death toll rises (The Guardian)

• Japan earthquake: Fires hit quake zone as rescuers race to reach survivors (BBC News)
  

 

   

Here's my musical gift for those of you who haven't had many presents or feel alone:   Alone by Heart, and this is a version with lyrics  for you to sing along!

 

 

 

mmmEnglish teaches us how to use the prepositions of place: IN / ON / AT / BY analysing some common mistakes.

 

 

 

Activities for my students in Bachillerato.....

 

Getting ready for Bachillerato.....

 

Answers to the exercises in the previous post.

 

199. DEDUCTIONS. 1. , so you must be tired.   2. , so you can't be hungry.    3. , so I may/might/could pass it.    4. They must have got lost.   5. She can't have been Ann's sister.

 

200. 1. I wish I were taller.   2. If only she gave me a kiss.    3. I wish I had brought my new tennis racket.

201.  1. Take your coat in case it is cold.    2. I won't probably go out tonight.   3. My wife will certainly/surely phone before I leave.     4. I have to write down everything so as not to forget it.   5. A lot of people are required/needed to make this film.

202. 1. b   2. c   3. a    4. c    5. a     6. c    7. a    8. c                                           

 

English with Lucy shows us that YES, it's possible - Daily Routine at C1 (Advanced) Level of English! .

 

 

 

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

 Learn English with:  SOUL 

 

 

Earthquakes!!! & Happy birthday, your Majesty!!

Notice the difference between the impact earthquakes have in two different countries: Ecuador and Japan. Compare the consequences in each case.

Read the articles about the issue:

• Ecuador earthquake: Death toll jumps to 272; more than 2,500 injured (CNN)

• Japan earthquakes: Dozens killed; 'race against the clock' to find survivors (CNN)

• Japan hit by 7.3-magnitude earthquake (The Guardian)

• Ecuador earthquake: at least 272 killed with many still trapped (The Guardian) The disaster in pictures    

Other interesting articles to read and listening exercises to do:

• Words in the news: "Record-breaking royal" (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

• News report: "Destroyed Syrian arch rises again in London" (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

LINGOHACK >>> 

Episode 160420 / 20 Apr 2016   >>>  Expressions presented: to date, precious & released.

FREE WILLY!!!! What would you do?

Is it possible that Japan resumes Anctartic whale hunt (listening exercise)? What does 'resume' mean?

Articles to read and videos to watch about the issue:

• Japanese whaling fleet to set sail for Antarctic (The Guardian)

• Japan resumes 'scientific' whale hunts (The Washington Post)

• Japanese whaling ships depart for Antarctic hunt (BBC news)

Have you seen the film Free Willy? Here's a video about this kind of whales. Do you know what their name is?

Here's a song by Michael Jackson:

Learn about the different uses of WOULD (BBC Learning English)

Tsunami in Japan and four years later... debris found in US coasts, JUST AMAZING!!!

 AMAZING PIECE OF NEWS four years after the tsunami in Japan: Japan Tsunami Debris (some articles to read)

Creepy ghost boat ashore in Washington (Daily mail)


Watch this interesting video about what a tsunami is:

and remember what happened in Japan a few years ago in 2011 >>>>

Earthquake and tsunami in Japan & Lorca (Spain)

 

AWESOME NATURE  playlist  >>>  interesting videos to watch 

 

Japan switches off nuclear power

Read this newspaper article (The Guardian) and listen about this issue:

Japan switches off nuclear power

and what can you tell me about GREEN ENERGIES?

What does 'nukes' mean?