We have always wondered this big question: What is it better: the countryside or the city? Living in a small village or in a big city?
There are, as always, pros and cons to each option, but if we have a look at countries in Central Europe, we'll see a combination of both options is the best. That is to say, British, German, French... people like living in quiet places and perhaps work in the city if they can't find a good job in the village itself.
City centres are more and more uninhabitated places, especially in the evenings or at weekends. However, it is also true that people prefer going shopping to cities, but big shopping malls near cities. With the improvements in the means of communication, public transport and flexibility in timetables everything is possible.
What would be your option?
Some activities for you to do:
Leadership: Being a social entrepreneur by Charmian Love (BBC Learning English)
A listening exercise for you to do: Eating bugs: Would you eat insects? (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)
The English We Speak: Don't mind me (BBC Learning English)
Leadership and communication: The war of words (BBC Learning English)
My musical hint for today: Thank God I'm a country boy! by John Denver. Here's a live version and another one with the lyrics:
And this would be the Spanish version Somos Catetos by El Koala (Don't miss the video, which was filmed at Salobreña and Motril beaches).
Let's get serious again. Here's an interesting exercise for you to have a look at about PHRASAL VERBS & MISSPELT words (BBC Learning English).
LINGOHACK >>>
Episode 220223 / 23 February 2022 >>> Britain's lost lego - Language related to 'the beach and the ocean'.
Need-to-know language: wash up, shoreline, off the coast, ocean currents & tide.
Our students at work again...
Project about A Foreigner in Britain by Sergio García (1º Bach A)
Project on All about Ireland by Andrea Valdés Padial (3º ESO A)
Project on All about Ireland by Fco. José Prados Espinosa (3º ESO A)
Project on All about Ireland by Javier Rivas López (3º ESO A)
Project about A Foreigner in Britain by José Adrián González Rodríguez (1º Bach A)
