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.
Talking about real bilingualism, there are obvious advantages to speak several languages, but all that glitters is not gold, as we will see in a minute. That would be the case with certain news we come across from time to time.
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And now changing topics, what do you know about the post truth world? Actually, it is connected with fake news, which we had a post in this blog some time ago (FAKE NEWS!!!)
By the way, what is the noun that comes from the verb 'eroding'?
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Learn about this expression: "Out of order" (The English We Speak)
Episode 190501 / 01 May 2019 >>> Using cow waste to fight climate change: Language related to
'soil quality'. Need-to-know language: erosion, degradation, dung, pasture & depleted.
Episode 190130 / 30 January 2019 >>> The recycled-goods shopping mall - Language related to
'the condition of goods'. Need-to-know language: second-hand, upcycled, broken-down, handmade & worn-out.
Here's a listening exercise to do: Improving your memory (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)
And you, how do you think you can improve your memory?
(1) TRUE because the text says: "Tens of
thousands of people were on their way to work"
(2) FALSE because the text says: "The war had finished in Europe in May"
(3) TRUE because the text says: "but it was not yet over in the Pacific"
(4) TRUE because the text says: "like nearly every other city
in Japan"
(5) FALSE because the text says: "like nearly every other city
in Japan"
(6) TRUE because the text says: "because at the very moment an
atomic bomb, the most terrible and powerful weapon ever made, exploded over the
city"
Definitions >>>>>
CITY is a large town which is very populated /// BUSES are means of public transport people use in cities /// WAR is the opposite of peace /// QUIET is the opposite of noisy, when there is no noise.
Talking about real bilingualism, there are obvious advantages to speak several languages, but all that glitters is not gold, as we will see in a minute. That would be the case with certain news we come across from time to time.
