A shark at Calahonda beach (Newspaper: El Ideal)!!
Now that humans have abandoned the streets of our cities, towns and villages, wildlife is taking over. Isn't it bizarre to see wild goats strolling around the city centre? People had never seen the water of the canals in Venice so clean and clear in their whole lives!!
Just amazing!!!! Wild horses taking over skiing tracks in Sierra Nevada!!! Link to the piece of news (IDEAL: El espectacular vídeo de unos caballos salvajes tomando las pistas de Sierra Nevada)
Wild comes marching back while humans kept at bay
When Humans Are Sheltered in Place, Wild Animals Will Play (The New York Times)
House sparrows flocking back to British gardens, survey shows (The Guardian)
Coronavirus: Venice canals clearer after lockdown (BBC News)
Have you noticed changes to wildlife due to the UK lockdown? (The Guardian)
Breaking news >>>> These are no fake news!!! The Official Language School has cancelled the period of registration for the freelance students for the B1 and B2 exams!!!! I'll let you know when the registration time is open.
US death rates v UK, Italy and South Korea - BBC News
Quarantine Scoreboard
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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE QUARANTINE
Friday, 3rd April
No homework for today as we have no classes on Fridays.
Study for the exam (first 7 units) that we will do after Easter. It will probably be on Tuesday and I will give you 2 hours to do it and send it to me. You will write the answers (handwriting) and send me photographs or scanned images of them.
Smart Planet Digital books
These are the tasks for today:
Do this exercise about the difference between TOO & ENOUGH: Exercise on TOO & ENOUGH
Unit 7 (Smart Planet 4) >>> page 80 , and start having a look at unit 8.
Writing exercise for you to do based on what you learned on page 79 >>>>>
Wr13: Ejercicio de producción escrita sobre el tema: "Describing a celebration" teniendo como referencia lo visto en la página 79. No se olviden de utilizar lo visto en la lección, además del TOO & ENOUGH.
Listening exercise for you to do: Music with a smaller carbon footprint- Touring bands and climate change (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)
No homework for today as we have no classes on Fridays.
Final musical hint >>>>
Bobby Charles - See You Later Alligator
See You Later, Alligator (w/lyrics) ~ Bill Haley & His Comets
