Give me one reason why...

 

You have thousands of reasons not to do what you have to do, but just give me one reason why we should keep fighting to get to the summit. 

Well, life consists of challenges and the moment we have no more challenges in our lives, it is time to quit and that is not my case because I'm still here in the front line!!!! 

 

 

Here's my musical hint for today: Give Me One Reason sung by Tracy Chapman & Eric Clapton and here are the lyrics for you to learn about what the singer really means.

 

 

Here's my very good friend Porty, electrical guitar player who used to perform along with Pablo Alborán, Café Quijano, Diana Navarro, among others, presenting his brand new website and the jingle piece of music he has just made for CANAL FIESTA RADIO.

 

Some activities for you to do: 

• English in a Minute:   How to use INFINITIVES OF PURPOSE   (BBC Learning English)

• News Review: Increase in extremist online content  (BBC Learning English)

• International Law : Can you commit a crime in space? & our water series: What's the future of water?    (BBC Learning English)

• A listening exercise for you to do: Algorithms (BBC Learning English)

 
 

How algorithms rule our working lives (The Guardian)

The algorithms that make big decisions about your life (BBC News)

Max Hawkins: I let algorithms randomize my life for two years | TED talk

What is an algorithm?  (another explanation)

And now give me one reason not to consider Pau Gasol one of those people who love accepting challenges!!!

 

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LINGOHACK  >>>

Episode 211222 / 22 December 2021    >>>  Queen's Christmas pantomime costumes displayed   -    

Language related to 'royalty'.  Need-to-know language: state rooms, princesses, on the throne & monarch.

 

Project about A Foreigner in New York  by Miguel Ángel Rufino (2º Bach A)

Breakout from the outbreak (QUARANTINE: DAY 31)

 

Drawing can be the perfect breakout from the outbreak (Have a look at the bottom of this post to see what 'outbreak' means. And, by the way, do you know what 'breakout' means).

 

 

Now that we have so much time we can learn how to draw. And drawing can be a wonderful way to go through these hard times of quarantine. I know some of you are already quite keen on drawing, but how good are you? I am a hopeless case, although I had technical drawing at school until I was your age.

 

 

Actually, my teacher was Mr Ramón Portillo, a great famous paintor from Seville, whose son used to play the guitar for Pablo Alborán. His son, Porty, used to play tennis with me!!! Could you believe it?

 

Here's one of my earliest posts, where you can read about the issue and just below some musical hints by my good friend Porty:

People from here who have success in life!!!!

 

Porty - Touché  

 

And if you want to listen to the whole album: TANGRAM   

Anyway, going back to drawing, here's a Lingohack episode for you about the issue:

LINGOHACK  >>>

• Episode 200408 / 08 April 2020    >>>  Marvel's Spider-Man artist teaches kids to draw online -    Language related to 'emotions'.  Need-to-know language: a little bit down, brought a bit of a smile to my face, in (really, really) good spirits, a bit worrying & can't help but feel good.

Listening exercise for you to do:  Music with a smaller carbon footprint- Touring bands and climate change   (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

Quarantine Scoreboard

Posts uploaded:  20

Students participating:  about 76 out of 110 (70%)

Comments written and corrected: 400

Emails exchanged: about 1200

PASEN announcements & messages: more than 1400

Things handed in and corrected: about 600

Visits to blog and site during quarantine: about 6,500 (Average of 300 visits per day)

Video lectures (ONLINE CLASSES):    3

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE QUARANTINE

 Wednesday, 15^th April

Tasks for today:

• Unit 6 (page 74)

• Watch this video about the comparatives: The Game Show    

• And remember to hand in the dialogue (writing 11) by Friday. 

 

Smart Planet Digital books

These are the tasks for today: 

Unit 8 (page 82- Exercises 1-4)   >>>> Apart from doing these exercises, you will have to bear all this vocabulary in mind when you read OUR THIRD TERM COMPULSORY READER: Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde   and when you do your digital project or the Control Sheet of the reader.

As a continuation of yesterday's post, where I presented you with a video on the MODAL VERBS, and the ones we saw before Easter in the posts:

• CORONAVIRUS: Critical global issue to tackle!

• It is not the first time (QUARANTINE: DAY 18)

 

... here's another one that may interest you:

How to use English Modal Verbs | Possibility & Probability  (mmmEnglish)

Coronavirus outbreak: Half of coronavirus deaths happen in care homes, data from EU suggests (The Guardian)

Note the uses of these two words: 'outbreak' and 'care homes'

What do they mean in Spanish?

People from here who have success in life!!!!

Some time ago we talked about José Callejón and there are other famous sportsmen whose origines are connected with our whereabouts. For instance, Pedrosa or Lobo Carrasco, who played for FC Barcelona some time ago.
However, it is not only sport where our fellow countrymen are famous.
Here are some examples:

• PORTY, electric guitar player and part of an incredible family of artists (Ramón Portillo, Aurora Oliva & Darío Portillo, painters)
• JUANJO GUARNIDO, a Spanish illustrator and the co-author of the comic book series Blacksad, whose sister (Lucía Guarnido) is also a famous flamenco dancer.

Tell me other famous people from our whereabouts and send me articles about them (in English, if possible).