The importance of a hundredth

 

Unfortunately just by a hundredth our 2º Bachillerato student Fran Toledo, who got a 13,675 in the Selectivity exams, wasn't able to be among the 30 best students in the province of Granada. What a pity!!! He deserved it.

 

Congratulations, anyway!!!

 

 

 

 

 

This experience should show our students the right way to face the coming school years. 

 

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

 

Talking about worries, here are some articles about the conflict in the Middle East: 

How effective was the US attack on Iran’s nuclear sites? A visual guide (The Guardian)

US asks China to stop Iran from closing Strait of Hormuz (BBC News)

How Trump quietly made the historic decision to launch strikes in Iran (CNN) 

US attacks Iran with strikes on 3 nuclear sites (DW)

 

Road towards success in the new PAU (Selectivity exam)

 

Solution to the exercises in the previous post:

Rewrite... 

a) If only I had started working on the project last month. (if only)
b) Playing football makes me feel very happy. (makes)
c) Nick refused to go to that boring party.
d) After writing his mother an email, David apologised for his behaviour. After David had written... 

Complete the following sentences to report what was said.
 

e) Sue asked me what he was going to do to relax.

Rephrase the sentence beginning with the words given.
 

f) A new high-technology hospital is being built in my town.

 

 

 

 

 

 Here's my musical hint for today:  She loved me that way by Michael DuBois. And now here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along.

 

 

 

Here are some more activities for my students:

• The English We Speak:   Step into the shoes  (BBC Learning English)  
  

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  English in a MINUTE: Verbs to use with NETWORK  (BBC Learning English)  

• Listening exercise for you to do: How do babies communicate?  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English) 

• Learning English from the News: Israel-Iran strikes  (BBC Learning English)  

Clip #13: Love from the most unlikely place - #HUMAN

 

 

English with Lucy providing us with the 10 Easy English words with ADVANCED meanings  

 

 

 

"All work and no play makes Jack/Jill a dull boy/girl"

Learn English with The Chronicles of Narnia — Father Christmas    

 

Let's watch Wallace and Gromit in    The Wrong Trousers    

  

 

 

 

 

 Queen's FINAL Lehecka vs Álcaraz  (Highlights)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MLK, a wise man to bear in mind

 

Read all about this holiday. When, why, what people do....   

 

What can you tell me about Martin Luther King? (Wikipedia)

Articles to read about the issue:

• Life returns -- slowly -- to MLK's old neighborhood (CNN)

• Five myths about Martin Luther King (The Washington Post)

• (Newsweek, The Washington Post)

You can also have a look at this interactive article in the Guardian called THE SPEECH.

Watch these two interesting videos to learn about this great man:

And here's his famous speech "I have a dream":

Link to full speech with English subtitles: I HAVE A DREAM and you can also watch the film: Our Friend, Martin 

Historical moment: the American flag back in Cuba!!

After so many years, the American flag is back in Cuba.

Here are some articles to read:

• Marines who removed flag at U.S. Embassy in Havana see it raised again (CNN) video to watch 

• The Guardian: American flag raised as US embassy reopens in Cuba  

• ABC News: Why these Cubans are rocking the American flag  

• The Washington Post: Kerry calls for democracy as US flag rises in Cuba

And now what is the difference between the verbs 'raise' and 'rise'? What are the opposites?

Baltimore: racism, violence, justice...

Baltimore: is this another case of racism, or police abuse???   Justice is claimed all around the country. Some articles to read and to write your comments about.

• Angry about the Baltimore riots (The Washington Post)

• Baltimore riots: Troops deployed as cleanup begins (BBC)

• Baltimore mother praised by police for dragging son out of riots (The Guardian)

JFK50

Fifty years ago, in Dallas (Texas, United States) something terrible happened:

US PRESIDENT JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY LEE HARVEY OSWALD

Read some articles about it:

- JFK Assassination  (CBS News)

- Assassination of John F. Kennedy

and now watch these videos:

 

 

What do you about the issue? about President Kennedy?

Shutdown in the USA

Federal government shuts down for the first time in 17 years as Congress continues to debate

THANKSGIVING DAY

Tomorrow it is the last Thursday of November and Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in North America, that is to say, Canada and the United States. Read a bit about it and make any comments you wish.

Have we got something similar here in Spain?


Click HERE and read about this festivity.