Are you a cyberbully yourself?

Have you ever been cyberbullied? or have you ever been a cyberbully yourself without really knowing it?

Let's begin by defining what cyberbullying is:

cyberbullying  ˈsʌɪbəˌbʊlɪɪŋ/ is the use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically by sending messages of an intimidating or threatening nature.  

Example:

"Children may be reluctant to admit to being the victims of cyberbullying"

Here are some articles to read about cyberbullying:

• Is your child a cyberbully? (BBC News)

• Education key to fighting cyberbullying of children (The Guardian) 

• Cyberbullying follows teen to the grave (CNN)

 

Here's a related Selectivity exam to do: What is cyberbullying?  (2015) 

 

Important piece of advice   >>>>  Here's a guide to educate internet users about the importance of online privacy and how to save themselves from a data breach they have just sent me and which may interest you just in case:

The Ultimate Online Privacy Guide

https://www.bestvpn.com/guides/the-ultimate-privacy-guide/

It includes tips on how to improve one’s privacy online and how to anonymize information online. Also, they crafted useful guides which can be checked out here: https://www.bestvpn.com/guides/

 

Oscar Wilde was also bullied in his days.

The Importance of Being Earnest, Part 4: A visit from Earnest   (Parts 5 , 6 & 7)   Dramas from BBC Learning English

Here are 6 TED talks about the issue:  STAND UP TO BULLYING!

REVISION EXERCISE for 1º Bachillerato  >>>   

108. Express these ideas using "likely":

1. I will probably go to Spain soon.        2. Spain will probably win the World Cup in Italy.

3. Those students who didn't work hard during the year won't       probably pass.

  

109. Write answers with "had better" appropriate to these situations:

1. It is very cold outside and your brother is going out. What would you say?

2. You have an exam tomorrow and you are in a disco at 11 o'clock.     What would you say to your friends?

3. There's very little coffee and it's Saturday morning.     What would you do?

110. Fill in the blanks with STILL / YET / ALREADY:

1. Haven't you finished __________ ? No, I'm __________ working.

2. My father has __________ paid the bill, but I haven't finished       the lunch __________ .

3. Look at the time! It's _________ 8 o'clock and you're ________       cooking.

4. Do you think I'll __________ be working when I'm 64? I don't think so, because you are __________ tired.

Proposed solutions to exercises 105, 106 & 107 in the previous post

Ex105   >>>   
Shampoo is some soap you use to wash your hair.
An alarm clock is a clock that wakes you up in the morning.
A suitcase is something you use to carry your clothes and other things when you travel.
A bicycle is a two-wheeled vehicle you use use to do sport or to go from one place to another.
A dishwasher is a machine that does the washing up for you.   

Ex106   >>>>    
1. What a           2. How           3. What       4. What an        5. How
   
Ex 107  >>>
1. So did I.     2. So would she.     3. Neither do we.     4. So are you.      5. So must we.

LINGOHACK  >>>

• Episode 170809 / 9 August 2017   >>>  Expressions presented: elective, forsaking,  fairly and squarely & top dog.

Are you lost?

How do lost cats and dogs find their way home?  When you are visiting a city, are you good at finding your way to the hotel?  Have you ever been lost? What did you do?

Article to read >>>

The Amazing Science Behind Pets That Find Their Way Home (Time Magazine)

 

Video about >>>  How Do Animals Find Their Way Home Without GPS?

 

 

By the way, what does 'stray cat/dog' mean?

Listening exercise to do: How do pets navigate? (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

How do you call the person who navigates? And in a bus or a coach?

Last year we visited Dublin on our V Trip to the British-Irish Isles, the hometown of Oscar Wilde. Here I present you with one of his most famous comedies.

The Importance of Being Earnest, Part 1: Earnest or Ernest?   (Parts 2 & 3)   Dramas from BBC Learning English

Ernest is a proper name, but do you know the meaning of the adjective 'earnest'? Misunderstanding is one of the techniques used in this comedy to make us laugh.

REVISION EXERCISE for 1º Bachillerato  >>>   

89. Put the sentences into the PASSIVE VOICE :

1. Nobody has been writing a letter.  

2. We must buy all the things because she is going to cook the meat.

3. Somebody gave Albert a wonderful present.    

4. Did John see Rose?   

90. Put these sentences into REPORTED SPEECH. (Use suitable introducing verbs)

1. "We have a lift, but very often it doesn't work", they said.

2. "Who put salt in my coffee?", he asked us.

3. "I'm going fishing with your mother this afternoon", he told her.

4. "Don't open the door!", she told him.   

5. "Can you pass the exam?", the mother asked her daughter.

Proposed solutions to exercises 87 & 88 in the previous post
Ex 87  >>>  1. will pass     2. broke down, was listening     3. have studied    4. come, rains   5. to be carried      6. go    7. had been   8.  would listen    9. were

Ex 88  >>>>

1. The post is about Roger Federer's eighth title in Wimbledon, which is the only major tennis....

2. I've just read an article about Roger Federer, whose family was watching the Wimbledon final.

3. Have you ever been to the lake where Nessy usually swims?

4. Queen Elisabeth II lives in Buckhingham Palace, which is just 300 metres far from Trafalgar Square.

5. The detective was questioning the men I had been speaking with the day before.

LINGOHACK  >>>

• Episode 170712 / 12 July 2017   >>>  Expressions presented: vicious cycle, vices & welfare.