For the moment being

 'For the moment being' (look up this interesting expression in LINGUEE) and try to use it in your comments.

 

For the moment being, the return to school has presented no problems at all. We will just have to still comply with all the Covid protocol and regulations and I am sure we will all sort out any difficulties we may come across. Anyway, the flock or herd imminuty required to reach a high level of safety is closer and closer with the vaccination of the younger population.

 

Again fantastic news!!! I have just learned that Mª Trini Ortiz (2º Bach last year) has passed her B1 exam  (Cambridge) CONGRATULATIONS to her!!!

 

 

Understanding a native speaker, two hints by: 

• mmmEnglish  
  

• and English with Lucy   
  

 

However, here are also some bad news...

 

 

News Review: LA PALMA: Volcano erupts   (BBC Learning English)

  

 

Here are some articles for you to read about the issue:

• More towns evacuated as volcanic eruptions on La Palma intensify (The Guardian)
  

• Canary Islands: Airport closed as volcano intensifies (BBC News)

 

 

 

Long-dormant volcano erupts on Spanish island of La Palma | DW News

 

Some activities for you to do: 

• Upper-intermediate grammar reference:   IF & WHETHER   (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

• News Review:   ABBA: pop superstars are back    (BBC Learning English)

• A listening exercise for you to do: Chimps make coalitions and seek power  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

• Drama, Father and Son : Episode 6: Meet Arthur Montgomery    (BBC Learning English)
  

Here's my musical hint for today:  You Got It by Roy Orbison. Here's the song with the lyrics: & official video in 1988:

 

 

Vintage NBA basketball: On this day Dr J walked on air 

 

LINGOHACK  >>>

Episode 210922 / 22 September 2021    >>>  Cancer blood test trial   -    Language related to 'medicine'.  

Need-to-know language: blood samples, tumours, early detection, invasive procedures & symptoms.

And one day the dream came true!!!!

More than 25 years ago, to be more precise in 1992 in the Olympic Games in Barcelona, something amazing happened. Everybody has dreams and in those dreams we have always had an incredible super-team in football, basketball, handball... Well, this is what happened with the DREAM TEAM American basketball team that participated in the Games. 

Here are some videos for those of you who weren't even born to watch:

• Dream Team 1992

• Magic Johnson and Larry Bird: A Courtship of Rivals Basketball

• Magic Johnson - The Magic Show

• Michael Jordan Career Highlights (Hall of Fame 2009)

   

  And other interesting videos:  1  2  3  

And dome articles for you to read:

• 50 stunning Olympic moments No48: the Dream Team win gold in 1992 (The Guardian)

• Kobe's right: The Dream Team would lose (CNN)

• On this date: The Dream Team takes gold (ESPN)

And now I remind you of one of my earliest posts in this blog about two of these fantastic players:

Fly like an eagle or just...the magic?

What would be your team now? in basketball, football, in Spain, in Europe, in USA..?

Pau Gasol in the All-Star 2016 game in Toronto

Latest news: Pau Gasol added to NBA All-Star Game (Marca)

He will be the only white-coloured player and the only foreigner in the game!!!

  

Pau Gasol and his Spanish supporters to play in the All-Star game (Chicago Tribune)

 

 CONGRATULATIONS!!! You deserve it.

 

Jimmy Butler with knee injury misses the All-Star game  (We all wish him a fast recovery << to recover from an injury) >>>  Guess who'll be there for the sixth time!!! 

 

By the way, some questions for you about the venue: Where is Toronto? Which NBA basketball team plays there? Which letter is silent (the way it is pronounced in North America)? 

British vs American | English Pronunciation Lesson

And this is how British pronounce 'Toronto'.

 

Can you tell me any famous player that played in that team? Has any Spanish player ever belonged to this team?

Notes on MODALS for my students in 4º ESO (Can you give me some examples related to our champion Pau Gasol? For instance: "Pau Gasol can play basketball really well. I cannot play basketball as well as him".)

>>  TO TALK ABILITY we use can/can't, could/couldn't, be able to/not be able to.

Examples: I can speak English (Sé hablar inglés)      I will be able to speak English after my five-month course in England.

General ability in the past: Mozart could play the piano when he was four.  (had the ability)

Specific ability in the past: The little boy couldn't swim, but he was able to (=managed to) get out of the water when he fell into the swimming-pool.

>>  TO EXPRESS CERTAINTY we use must.

Examples: Someone is ringing the bell. It must be the postman.

>>  TO EXPRESS IMPOSSIBILITY we use can't.

Examples: 'Someone is ringing the bell. It must be the postman.'    'It can't be the postman because today is Sunday and they don't deliver any letters on Sundays.'

>>  TO EXPRESS POSSIBILITY / PROBABILITY we use may/may not, could/couldn't, might/might not.

Examples: It may rain this afternoon, but I don't think so.

>>  TO EXPRESS OBLIGATION, LACK OF OBLIGATION or PROHIBITION we use must/mustn't, have to/don't have to,  need to/needn't/don't need to.

Moral obligation: You must obey your parents.

Prohibition: You mustn't park here.

External obligation you don't have to agree with: You have to wear a uniform at this school.

Weaker obligation: You need to wear gloves if you are going out. It is freezing.

Lack of obligation: You don't have to wear a uniform at Mediterranean Sea Secondary School. (You needn't wear / You don't need to wear...)

>>  TO GIVE ADVICE OR MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS with a pinch of OBLIGATION we use should/shouldn't, ought to/oughtn't to.

Examples: You should/ought to study more regularly.       You shouldn't/oughtn't go to bed so late.

And what about our ÑBA players?

 

Yes, what about our Spanish basketball players playing in the NBA? Read about them (Pau Gasol, Rudy Fernández, Calderón...)

 

Fly like an eagle or just...the magic?

Which of these two incredible basketball players do you prefer? Or perhaps both?  Who are they? Write a comment about them and your opinion after watching the videos.

 

Fly like an eagle with Michael Jordan   >>>>

 

10 reasons why Magic Johnson is the greatest basketball player ever  >>>

 

10 reasons why Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player ever  >>>