BEING A TEACHER IS A DIFFICULT TASK NOWADAYS, SO I DECIDED TO FOLLOW THIS PIECE OF ADVICE BY BRUCE LEE:
Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
Last Monday, 16th October, was World Bread Day. How much bread do you eat in your family? Do you usually eat bread with your meals or do you substitute it by rice, pasta...? How important is bread for you? Do you buy any special bread or do you eat any bread?
Here are some articles for you to read and videos to watch related to the issue:
Our students in 2º ESO have been presented with several attractive holiday destinations in the world. Well, here's an interesting country to visit. Pay attention to the superlatives and comparatives. Let's start with some videos (you can watch them with English subtitles):
By the way, do you know Hakeen Olajuwon? He's a Nigerian sportsman. Which sport did he practise? Which team did he play for? Why is that team called like that? Here's a video for you to see >>>>
Learn 13 idioms for ILLNESS, SICKNESS & HEALTH with English with Lucy
By the way, what is the slight difference between 'feeling sick' or 'feeling ill'?
Activities for my 2º ESO students:
Answer the question above and tell me what language you know about health, doctors and patients.
SHOW SURPRISE FIRST. THEN AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH THE STATEMENTS (Have a look at the examples first)
"I bought some mineral water" YOU: "Did you? So did my mother." OR "Did you? My mother didn't" "I didn't buy any beer" YOU: "Didn't you? Neither / Nor did my mother." OR "Didn't you? My mother did."
1. "My brother is very tired." YOU: "................? __________________ I".
2. "I always study before dinner." YOU: ".................? ____________________ my sister."
3. "I've missed my bus to Motril" YOU: "............? __________________ my parents."
4. "I'm not very good at English." Víctor: "...................? I ___________________"
5. "I can't speak German" YOU: ".....................? ________________ we."
6. "I can't find any photos for my tourist brochure." YOU: "..........................? My English teacher ____________"
7. "We are going to Edinburgh at the end of March." YOU: "..................? _________________ Albert's students."
8. "She has got a new boyfriend." YOU: "................? I _______________"
9. "I don't smoke Havana cigars." YOU: ".............? ________________ smurfs."
10. "I was born in Salobreña." YOU: "..........? Albert ____________. I think he was born in Colone, Germany."
- We use HAD BETTER instead of 'should' or 'ought to' to give advice or as a kind of threat.
Examples:
You'd better hand in all the compositions Albert asks you to do.
You'd better not be late for class if you don't want the teacher to tell you off.
- We often use WOULD RATHER
to express preferences either for yourself or a preference someone has that another person does something. We use past tenses.
Examples:
I would like to play tennis rather than football
I'd rather play tennis than football
I would like you to drive her to the airport. >>> I would rather / I'd rather you drove her to the airport
Exercises to do connected with HAD BETTER /WOULD RATHER:
No, no, this is no fake post. This post has a lot to do with sexism in language and in life. Ironically, the Anglo-Saxon World has got a big problem with this as women usually graduate with a surname, they get married and lose it, they get divorced and change it again, they get married a second time and they change it again. This is a neverending story and labour market can't stand all this, so many women choose to keep their original surname or even... Have a look at this listening exercise and discover it: What's in a name? (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English).
Here are some related articles you can read about the issue:
You can also do this old Selectivity exam: Sexism in language (I will give you the key to this exam in my next post)
So what is your opinion? Do you agree or do you disagree with any of these trends? Actually, we don't have to care about this in Spain as women keep their family names even if they get married. Anyway, there are certain words in Spanish used in the masculin to refer to both sexes as these are the non-marked terms. There are also new non-sexist terms coming to replace some of the old sexist terms, such as...
Vocabulary. Fill in the gaps with suitable words. >>> 1 abroad 2 experience 3 hours 4 Staff
A high-flyer is an ambitiously competitive person with high aspirations/expectations.
page 49 Vocabulary. Fill in the gaps with suitable verbs. >>>> 1 take 2 earn 3 have 4 took
Activities for my 2º ESO students:
Give me your opinion about the issue dealt in the post. Do you know the meaning of the word 'shortcut'? Have a look at the LINGOHACK section and tell me which means of transport do you prefer. You can do this exercise online.
POSSESSIVES ADJECTIVES AND POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS :
1. Whose book is this? It's your book. It's yours. 2. Whose pencils are these? They are his pencils. They are his. 3. Whose omelette is this?
It is our omelette. It's ours. 4. Whose spoons are these?
They are my spoons. They are mine. 5) Whose cars are these?
They are their cars. They are theirs.
Fill in the gaps with the right
prepositions :
1. about 2. with 3. to, on 4. into, in 5. from 6. in, in
Episode 180131 / 31 January 2018
>>> Hyperloop: the train of the future? - Language related
to 'Speed'. Need-to-know language: glimpse, hurtling, miles an hour,
test track & cut the journey (remember the word 'shortcut'
>> How would you translate it into Spanish).
Last Monday, 16th October, was World Bread Day. How much bread do you eat in your family? Do you usually eat bread with your meals or do you substitute it by rice, pasta...? How important is bread for you? Do you buy any special bread or do you eat any bread?
