BEING A TEACHER....

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.

by Bruce Lee

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sábado, 27 de enero de 2024

Good news for dogs

 

This month's full moon is called the Wolf Moon because it is a time when wolves howl a lot during the night.


 

Newsreview:   Dog meat banned by South Corea   (BBC Learning English)




   

Here's my musical hint when you come across bad days:   Bad Day by Daniel Powter, and this is a version with lyrics  for you to sing along!







 

Here are some activities for you to do:


 

 


 Activities for my students.....

 

in 2º ESO:   Make these people agree with the statements.


in 3º ESO: POLITE OFFERS AND POLITE REQUESTS

 


Tourist brochure on Ireland by Gemma García (3º ESO A)



 

 

 https://www.canva.com/design/DAF4eBoqTsY/view

  

Remastered tourist brochure on Ireland by Laura Ruano (3º ESO A)

 

 

by Laura Ruano Fernández

 

Tourist brochure on Ireland by Laura Ruano (3º ESO A)

 

 


 

 

 mmmEnglish teaches us about PLACE PREPOSITIONS



 

Tourist brochure on Ireland by Iris Lozano (3º ESO A)


All About Ireland de Iris Lozano López

 

sábado, 4 de diciembre de 2021

DART mission

There are times when fiction becomes reality and that is the case of the Dart mission. Here you've got an article for you to read to learn about what it really is:


Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission (NASA)

 

and another one explaining the reasons why:

 

Dart mission: why is Nasa crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid? (The Guardian)

 

 

And here's "Armageddon", the film whose plot is similar to what it is really going to be done:

Armageddon - Official Trailer 


Another video related to the film: Armageddon - Shuttle Crash 

 

The original soundtrack of the film is my musical hint for today: I don't wanna miss a thing by Aerosmith and here are the lyrics, which I recommend you to have a look at. 

 

 

 


 

Some activities for you to do: 

 

* "if I were in your shoes" means, according to Cambridge Dictionary: used when you want to tell someone what you would do in their situation. For example, "If I were in your shoes, I think I'd write to her rather than try to explain over the phone".

 

Omicron variant in Europe earlier than thought - BBC News 


 

 

LINGOHACK  >>>

Episode 211201 / 01 December 2021    >>>  Dog rescue with a drone   -    Language related to 'seeing things'.  

Need-to-know language: thermal imaging, heat signatures, spot, the naked eye & jumps out.

 




 

TENNIS  >>>  Vintage Forest Hill

NASTASE-MC ENROE FOREST HILL 1978 


 

 

domingo, 1 de agosto de 2021

Super-Tramp living his American dream

 

Who is Tramp? Does it mean anything as a word? Just read option A of the following Selectivity exam and you will discover his amazing story.

 

2020 >> OPTION A: Rescue dog to become Disney star & OPTION B: First Nasa All-Female Spacewalk (interesting posts to have a look before doing them: labels: Disney , Gender equality , pets , pets finding their way home & posts: Super-Tramp living his American dream , Women to set foot on Mars?? )

 

 

Here are some articles for you to read:

 

 



Lady and the Tramp | Official Trailer and "Lady Meets Tramp" Clip  



Justin Theroux and Tessa Thompson talk new ‘Lady and the Tramp’ roles (Good Morning, America)





What does 'tramp' mean? Who is the most famous tramp you've ever known? Mine is Supertramp. Here's my musical hint for today: Supertramp - The Logical Song (Breakfast in America)  and here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along: 

 


 

 

Some activities for you to do: 

REVISING FOR 2º ESO STUDENTS

 

37. Develop the following headlines into full sentences with the verbs in the PAST SIMPLE 

and adding any necessary words:

 

1. Sixteen-year-old Boy Sails Across Pacific Ocean – Fights White Shark Before Reaching Australia 

___________________________________________________________________

2. Man Takes Bus to Go to Granada – Makes Mistake and Goes to Málaga.

_____________________________________________________________

3. Woman Finds Book Written by Cervantes in Park.

___________________________________________________        

 

38. Complete the text with the verbs in brackets in the PRESENT CONTINUOUS 

or the PRESENT SIMPLE.

Mike (visit)  _________________ his cousin Ahmed today. 

They (spend) ________________ the day in London. 

They (want) _____________ to go to Covent Garden 

because their favourite band (play) _________________ in a festival these days. 

The band is called Latinfunk and their music is a mixture of Latin and jazz. 

Both Ahmed and Mike (like) ______________ Latin and jazz music. 

Later they (meet) ______________ some friends in a restaurant.     

 

39. Translate these sentences:

1. Mucha gente no solía tener suficiente dinero para dar de comer a sus familias.

______________________________________________________________

2. No había demasiada comida para los gatos y los perros.

____________________________________________________________

3. ¿Cuánto costó el collar? No mucho. ________________________________

4. A los primos de Andy les solía encantar jugar al baloncesto.

_______________________________________________________  

 

40. Write questions with the words below using the Past Simple. Then match them to the answers.

 

1. Alastair Humphreys / walk / around the world > _______________________? (    )          

2. how many / countries / he / visit  > __________________________? (    )  

3. he / meet / a lot of interesting people > _______________________ ?  (    )          

4. how long / his trip / take   >   _________________________ ?   (    )                       

5. why / he / do / it   >   ___________________________ ?   (     )                  

          ......   a.  Because he wanted to collect money for poor families.

          ......   b.  No, he didn’t. He rode his bike.

          ......   c.  Four years.

          ......   d.  Yes, he did. But sometimes he didn’t see any people for days.

          ......   e.  Sixty.

     



Our studenst at work during the summer time...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LINGOHACK  >>>

  • Episode 210728 / 28 July 2021    >>>  Could planting giant trees offset a lifetime's carbon footprint?   -    

    Language related to 'the future'.  Need-to-know language: patient, legacy, long-term, lifetimes & generations to come.

 

 

 


Olympic legends: Jesse Owens (and Luts Long) in Berlin Olympics 1936: film clip & documentary  Jesse Owens at the Berlin Olympics 1936   (Enduring Spirit) and one in Spanish  






Jesse Owens - 1936 Olympics  


sábado, 17 de octubre de 2020

Dogs tracking COVID-19

 

No need to take PCR tests when we have our beloved friends the dogs around. They are believed to be able to track people infected by Covid-19 virus. Just amazing!

 

Here are some articles for you to read about the issue:

 

LINGOHACK  >>>

  • Episode 201014 / 14 October 2020    >>>  The dogs sniffing out Coronavirus -    Language related to 'smell'.  Need-to-know language: sense of smell, olfanction, sniff out, odour & detect.

 




 

Maroon 5 - Girls Like You ft. Cardi B (Official Music Video)


Some activities for you to do: 


American English:  Understanding the US Elections 2020  // US presidential election: can you trust polls?   


 

Here are some Easy Daily Study Routine to Improve English - DO THIS DAILY for FAST results!  (English with Lucy)



 


mmmEnglish revising English Auxiliary Verbs | BE, DO & HAVE    






Tennis  >>>

  Top Reactions of Tennis Commentators on Nadal 

 

jueves, 4 de julio de 2019

Setting limits with a new app

 

Think of a synonym of the word 'limit' or the word that refers to that thing around a building or between fields made of wood, wire... which prevents animals or people from going into that property. 


The answer is 'FENCE'!!! Well, now think what an app called GEOFENCING may be used for. Here's a document that explains it: GEOFENCING   


You can also watch this video:



and here's another one:

Geofencing: 7 Things You'll Kick Yourself for not Knowing

 


And here are also: Latest Mobile App Development Trends (by Makeen Technologies) 

 

 

Breaking news: the University of Granada (UGR), among the best in the world, according to the Shangai ranking (IDEAL DE GRANADA)



News review: Puppy dog eyes (BBC Learning English)




 

English in a minute: 'Go on doing' vs 'Go on to do' 






 

English with Lucy  >>>>  7 Most DIFFICULT Interview Questions ANSWERED | Business English Course Lesson 5

 

 

 

REVISION FOR 1º Bachillerato

139. Say what you do when you do not do something yourself.

1. Your mother wants you to paint the house, but you can't paint it yourself, .....
so you ________________________________________________________
2. Some students don't like doing English homework,....
so they ________________________________________________________


140. Translate the following sentences into English:

1. Se beben milliones de latas de Coca-Cola todos los días.
 
2. ¿Cómo crees que es la vida de una monja? Quizás un poco aburrida, pero interesante también.
 
3. El no quería que nadie viera su nuevo coche.
 
4. Ellos finalmente entendieron lo que su padre había querido decir.
 
5. "Creo que al bebé le gusta mucho aprender inglés porque está muy interesado en buscar palabras en tu nuevo diccionario", le dijo la madre al padre.



Tennis >>>  2019 French Open Highlights: Wawrinka wins five-set thriller; Federer, Nadal cruise | NBC Sports








SOLUTIONS to the exercises in the previous post:


137. My proposals   >> 1. What did you have for main course?   2. How much did they pay?
3. Where did he go?   4. What do you do?  5. Who is she writing to?  6. What film are you going to watch?

138.  1. Internet is used by millions of people nowadays.  2. Lunch must be cooked for his baby every day by Albert.   3. That green van is being followed by a police car.  4. How many times was this window broken by the children last year?    5. John wasn't asked a lot of questions  //  A lot of questions weren't asked to John.


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

Where do we get milk from