Stand and deliver!

 

"Stand and deliver!" , the typical command in a hold up in a western film. Do you know what 'hold your horses' or 'get the hide out of this place' mean?

 

You can find the solution below.

 

And now stand and deliver the answers to these activities: 

• Learn how to speak English naturally: How to make informal invitations "Do you fancy a pint?" (BBC Learning English)
  

• Quizz on the PAST PERFECT TENSE: Simple or Continuous?  (BBC Learning English) 

• The English We Speak: Thanks a bunch  (BBC Learning English)

• News Review:  Turkey and Syria earthquakes  (BBC Learning English) 

• A listening exercise for you to do:  The health benefits of apples (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

 

 

Have you seen the film CARS with 'Lightning McQueen' (Rayo McQueen)?

 

Well, it was in honour of the famous actor 

STEVE MCQUEEN - The Best of Steve McQueen - MGM  

 

And here are further details about this actor...

Tom Horn  ,  The life and sad ending of Steve McQueen  ,   

 

 

 

Inglés con serie: Poldark Lesson 2   

Here's my musical hint for today: Dust in the wind by Kansas. Here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along!!

 

 

Diets rich in tea, berries and apples could lower blood pressure – study (The Guardian)

 

Podcast for you to listen to: Turkey-Syria earthquake (BBC News)

 

Solution: 'Hold your horses!' means "stop, slow down, don't rush" and 'get the hide out of this place' means "get out of here" meaning 'hide' the skin of an animal. And "stand and deliver" where the typical words nasty cowboys used in a hold up to order the people 'to stop and give them all the money and valuable things they had on'.

 

 

And our students at school at work... 

Project on Rabbit-Proof Fence by Oliver Lozano (4º ESO A)

 

 

 

Teachers armed with...

... books, pencils, values, etc NOT WITH GUNS!!! Schools are not the Far West, where cowboys used to solve every matter shooting.

Here's a real cowboy, John Wayne, and the way he solved matters. Is this what we want for our schools?

And here's Gary Cooper in High Noon (Click here to watch the full movie). Again any resemblance with a school?

 

 

Here are some related articles to read about the issue:

• Trump Suggests Teachers Get a ‘Bit of a Bonus’ to Carry Guns (The New York Times)

• Would arming teachers be a 'deterrent' or 'a recipe for disaster'? (CNN)

• Cops And Educators Agree: Arming Teachers Is A Terrible Idea (Huffington Post)

• Florida shooting: Teachers want to be armed, but not with guns (BBC News)

• Giving guns to teachers? That's an army we don't need – or want (The Guardian)

What is the verb that comes from the adjective 'deterrent'? How would you say in English: "La alarma disuadirá a los ladrones de entrar en la casa".

Activities for my 2º ESO students:  What would you like your teacher to be like?

HIGHWAY TO B2.....

VOCABULARY

24. Fill in the gaps with these words:     bargain  ,  deal ,  exchange ,  change  ,   rate  

1. There was a fascinating ________________ of views in the debate.

2. It was quite cheap. It was a tremendous _______________ in fact.
3. Let's make a _______________ . You have my sweater, and I'll have your jeans.
4. This isn't the right _______________ . I gave you twenty pounds, not ten!
5. What's the _____________ for dollars today?

And now with:     advice   ,   intention  ,   meaning  ,   mind   ,   opinion

6. In my ___________, I think that marriage is definitely a good thing.
7. I took my mother's ______________ . I didn't get married until I was twenty-five.
8. I can't make up my _____________ whether to get married or not.
9. I have no ____________ of ever getting married.
10. Marriage? My husband doesn't understand the real _____________ of the word!

Solutions to  VOCABULARY exercises in the previous post.

A. 1. borrow    2. lend    3. lend      4. lent    5. borrow   6. borrowing   7. lending

B. 1. fault   2. mistake   3. fault  4. error   5. mistake  6. error/mistake

Here you can read about the difference between error and mistake.   FAULT/ERROR/MISTAKE, further explanation and exercises.