Historical moments

 

 During our lives there are important historical moments that we live and that we later tell all our kin. 

 

All along these 13 years we have been working on this blog and we have recorded amazing stories and facts, such as: the pandemics (Coronavirus & Covid-19), an unbelievable Super Skydive!!!! , Nadal's victories Victory belongs to the most tenacious ... 

 

However, this is not just a matter of great facts, but also it can refer to our personal humble careers. For instance, this week our IES Mediterraneo students can also make history as it happened some years ago:  Moments of glory    >>>  UNBEATABLE!!!!

 

 History is being written right now!!!!

 

Last weekend we also lived a historical moment when Real Madrid won its 15th Champions League:   

• ‘It seems like a dream but it is reality’: Real Madrid win delights Ancelotti (The Guardian)

• Real Madrid 'had to suffer' to win 15th Champions League title (BBC News) 

• Champions League final highlights: Real Madrid beats Dortmund to win 15th European crown (USA Today)
  

• No ifs, no buts, this Real Madrid rank alongside Di Stéfano’s as greatest team ever (The Guardian)

• Real Madrid high-wire act brings Champions League glory again (BBC News)
  

 

 

Dortmund vs Real Madrid (0-2) UCL FINAL 2024 Extended HIGHLIGHTS & CELEBRATION!  + Real Madrid Road To Victory 2024   

 

 Nevertheless, this is a non-stop effort towards new goals in this road to success and the same as our students, who must keep on working after the Selectivity exams, Real Madrid is already thinking about the future....

• Mbappé signs for Real Madrid (Real Madrid)
  

• Mbappe's Madrid move 'a dream come true' (BBC Sport)

• Kylian Mbappé finally joins Real Madrid as anointed heir to the greats (The Guardian)

• Kylian Mbappe: Real Madrid sign France forward on free transfer after Paris Saint-Germain contract expiry (Sky Sports)

 

 

Here are some activities for you to do: 

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

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  English in a Minute:   How to use MATERIAL  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English) 

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  Georgie talking about: FUTURE SIMPLE (when and how to use it)  (BBC Learning English)
  

  

• A listening exercise for you to do:   E-rickshaws driving away pollution  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

 

Quizz: Fill in the gap  

Activities for my students.....

in 2º ESO: Exercises on MODAL VERBS:   1   2   3   

in 3º ESO:  Reported Speech   1   2   3   4  

 And we are also living historical moments in Roland Garros 2024...

Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Carlos Alcaraz | Quarter-Final | French Open 2024 Extended Highlights 🇫🇷

 

Sinner vs Alcaraz Semi-final Highlights | Roland-Garros 2024

 

And Carlitos Alcaraz has just become the new kind of clay at Roland Garros (2024) at 19.32 on 9th June in Paris. What a historical moment!!

 

Alcaraz vs Zverev Final Head to Head | Roland-Garros 2024

 

 

Alexander Zverev vs Carlos Alcaraz | Final | French Open 2024 Extended Highlights 🇫🇷

Carlos Alcaraz outlasts Alex Zverev in five-set thriller to win French Open (The Guardian)

Alcaraz overcomes Zverev to land first French Open title (BBC News)

 

Rafa Nadal Comes From Two Sets Down to Make Tennis History! | Eurosport Tennis (You made history) Official GTL song  

 

Our IES Mediterraneo students making history in their study trip to York. Today visiting Liverpool.

And more photos...

 

 

Have a plan B just in case

 

Learning is a long, long road full of bumps, sharp bends, long tunnels.... just like LOVE! (Listen to the song just below). So you must always have an alternative option just in case things don't go the way you wanted, so have always a plan B (an alternative option) in mind.

 

The English We Speak: PLAN B  (BBC Learning English)

 

Here are some activities for you to do:

• Learn   10 easy English words about BABY ANIMALS 

    (BBC Learning English)
  

• Listening exercise for you to do: Invasive species: why not eat them?   (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)
  

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

• News Review:   Fake accident: Youtuber jailed!  (BBC Learning English)

 

   

Here's my musical hint for today:   Love is a long road by Tom Petty. And here's a version with the lyrics.

 

 

 

 

Solutions to the activities for my students in Bachillerato in the previous post.

 

Getting ready for Bachillerato.....

 

193. VOCABULARY. Define the following words (or give a synonym) :

1. Creature.- a living being either human or animal        2. Hell.- the opposite of heaven     3. Hound.- an enornous wild dog        4. Marsh.- a swamp, some ground full of water ver difficult to walk through       5. Moor (geographical feature).- a hill 

Fill in the gaps      1. sink    2. hunt    3. fainted    4. creeping   5. mark  

194. TENSES. 1. didn't allow ,  had failed   2. broke down  ,  was listening   3. got    ,   didn't believe  ,  have you done/have you been doing   4. had listened /  had been listening     5. are going to bring

195. RELATIVE CLAUSES:    

1. The student who sits next to me is from China. 

2. Last Christmas we saw The Flintstones, which  was on TVE1.

3. The music we listened to last night was good.

4. TVE2, whose documentary films I love, is not a very popular television channel.

5. That is the restaurant where I will meet you on Friday at 9 p.m.

196. Write appropriate questions for the following answers:

1. What must John do?    2. Who does Alice love?      3. How often does your brother go shopping?

4. How many cigarettes did Bruce smoke yesterday?  5. Where did you spend the day?

6. Whose father examined Bruce?     7. Where are The Spice Girls from?    8. When do you have lunch?

197. PASSIVE VOICE    1. A letter has been being written.    2. Many presents were brought by Santa Claus for Albert jr. and and only coal was given to his father.    3. Who was Hamlet written by?   4. The murderer wasn't seen, so a reward is being offered by the authorities for any clues.   5. A lot of oranges are grown in Spain. 

198. Translate the following sentences into English:

1. I must have my car repaired, do you know a good garage to take it?   

2. Do you want me to call my brother, who works in the garage which is opposite the church?

3. What do you think the life of a nun is like? Perhaps a little boring, but interesting too.

4. They finally understood what their father had really meant.

5. "I think the baby likes learning English a lot because he is very interested in looking up words in your new dictionary", said the mother to the father.

 

Phenomenadal is about to return to the tennis courts. Here are two videos for you to watch and to remind you what "PHENOMENADAL" is able to do on a tennis court:

 

• 10 Times Rafa Nadal Shocked The World!   

• Phenomenadal!!! 
  

 

 

 

Football legends - Butragueno: Real Madrid must be among the best

When a vulture was flying over the penalty area, two videos in Spanish:   1  (INFORME ROBINSON: LA QUINTA DEL BUITRE) &  2  (REAL MADRID | SE PARABA EL BUITRE Y SE PARABA EL ESTADIO)   ....and years later with the Galácticos!!

 

 

We are still standing

 

We are still standing!!! after all we've gone through with this pandemic, probably thanks to the vaccines and all our efforts to prevent it.

 

 

Here's an interesting video to watch: This is how we prevent the next pandemic by Bill Gates

 

‘If we don’t do it, who will?': a year on the frontline of Covid-19 (The Guardian)

Everyday Covid mistakes we are all still making (The Guardian)

 

 

Some activities for you to do:    

• 2 Listening exercises for you to do:  COVID: One year on  &  Do you enjoy singing?   (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

• English in a Minute:   Pronunciation of 'th'   (BBC Learning English)

• News Review : Trump acquitted   (BBC Learning English)
  

 

Elton John and Michael Caine front NHS vaccine ad (BBC News)

 

 

 

   Here's the song by Elton John:   "I'm still standing" (with English subtitles) 

 

 

 

 

LINGOHACK  >>>

• Episode 210217 / 17 February 2021    >>>  Night walking in the UK -    Language related to 'darkness'.  Need-to-know language: descends, after dark, night walker & forbidding.

 

Football: Real Madrid, a history of 119 years  >>

 

 

Moments of glory

OUR SUPER NON-BILINGUAL STUDENTS  (September 2011- May 2018)

 

The school year is coming to an end. Actually, our students in 2º Bachillerato have already finished with us and are getting ready for their Selectivity exams!!!

Congratulations to our non-bilingual students for their excellent results in English!!!!

However, this is no surprise for anybody as four of them have already got their B1 in French, seven of them their B2 in English and some others their B1.

 

Six years ago, we came to a commitment to fight bilingualism, that is, to have the best proven results in foreign languages and we have done it. 

It has been a real pleasure to work along with you. 

 

I will miss you!!! Here's the song I dedicate to this super non-bilingual generation:

 

And on Saturday, 26th May, another moment of glory:

 

 

Last weekend we had two other moments of glory:

First, in tennis...

Italian Open: Rafael Nadal beats Alexander Zverev to win Rome title for an eighth time (BBC News)

And then in basketball...

REAL MADRID: FACTS OF THE CHAMPION!  

Luka Doncic named Final Four MVP as Real Madrid wins EuroLeague (Arizona Sports)

And the MVP (Most Valuable Player) was Wonder Boy Luka Doncic, a future NBA star? and 1 , 2 

Here's a listening exercise to do: Are you a foodie? (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

Speak English with Vanessa   >>>  Advanced English Vocabulary [The Fearless Fluency Club]

 

  

English in a Minute (BBC Learning English)  >>>  5 ways to use 'hard'   

 

Activities for my 2º ESO students:  Watch the video above, complete the activity included in the link and write 5 sentences with the different meanings of 'hard'.

Another funny episode of John McEnroe talking about tennis in "The self-appointed Commissioner of Tennis":

The Commissioner on Grunt-Gate

 

Football.- Incredible goals by Real Madrid   (another video)

 

 

 

The two faces of life

Latest news on the London terror attack  >>> 

'Skateboard hero' Ignacio Echeverria confirmed dead by family after London terror attack (Daily Telegraph)

 

Some people were enjoying themselves waching a superb football match while other ordinary people were panicking because of another coward terrorist attack. Here are some articles to read about the issue:

 

• London terror attack: Police fired 'unprecedented' number of rounds (CNN)

• Another Terrorist Attack Strikes the Heart of London (The New York Times)

• Real Madrid retain Champions League after 4-1 win over Juventus – as it happened (The Guardian)

• Champions League final: How the players rated as Real Madrid beat Juventus (BBC)

ZIDANE'S SECOND TRIUMPH: UCL 2017 FINAL HIGHLIGHTS (Extended highlights)

 

 

 

Listening exercise to do: Water burial (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

What is the verb that comes from the noun 'burial'?

English with Lucy: 20 words you might pronounce incorrectly 

And remember that when you don't pronounce a word well you mispronounce it.

 

LINGOHACK  >>>

• Episode 170531 / 31 May 2017   >>>  Expressions presented: bacteria, hub & turn their lives around.

History is being written right now!!!!

We are living historical moments: 

• Brexit: NO MAN IS AN ISLAND!!

• Donald Trump becomes US president

• Casillas and the national team

• Leicester, Premier League champion   

not long ago...

• Historical moment: the American flag back in Cuba!!

and now Fidel Castro dies >>>>

• Fidel Castro, Cuba's longtime revolutionary leader, dies at 90 (CNN)

• Fidel Castro, Cuba's leader of revolution, dies at 90  (BBC News)

• Fidel Castro: leader proves as divisive in death as he was in life (The Guardian)

    

 

English at university: Study skills (episode 11)

 

 

English with Lucy >>>> 

10 Difficult Words to Spell | Commonly Misspelt Words 

 

 When dreams come true: Great comeback by Real Madrid against Borussia Mönchengladbach