Time to fill your boots

We all have had plenty of time to fill our boots with energy during these holidays so as to be ready for the second term.

 

The English We Speak: Fill your boots  (BBC Learning English)

 

 

I also wish that the Three Wise Men fill your boots tonight!!! 😉😉👍

 

Here are some activities for you to do:

• Newsreview:   Powerful earthquake hits Japan on New Year's Day 

    (BBC Learning English)
  

• Listening exercise for you to do: Can we live without plastic?   (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)
  

• English in a Minute: Different uses of WELL  (BBC Learning English)
  

• Learn  10 easy English words connected with COLOURS  (BBC Learning English) 
  

 

Some articles for you to read about the earhquakes striking Japan:

• Japan earthquakes: ‘battle against time’ to find those trapped under rubble as death toll rises (The Guardian)

• Japan earthquake: Fires hit quake zone as rescuers race to reach survivors (BBC News)
  

 

   

Here's my musical gift for those of you who haven't had many presents or feel alone:   Alone by Heart, and this is a version with lyrics  for you to sing along!

 

 

 

mmmEnglish teaches us how to use the prepositions of place: IN / ON / AT / BY analysing some common mistakes.

 

 

 

Activities for my students in Bachillerato.....

 

Getting ready for Bachillerato.....

 

Answers to the exercises in the previous post.

 

199. DEDUCTIONS. 1. , so you must be tired.   2. , so you can't be hungry.    3. , so I may/might/could pass it.    4. They must have got lost.   5. She can't have been Ann's sister.

 

200. 1. I wish I were taller.   2. If only she gave me a kiss.    3. I wish I had brought my new tennis racket.

201.  1. Take your coat in case it is cold.    2. I won't probably go out tonight.   3. My wife will certainly/surely phone before I leave.     4. I have to write down everything so as not to forget it.   5. A lot of people are required/needed to make this film.

202. 1. b   2. c   3. a    4. c    5. a     6. c    7. a    8. c                                           

 

English with Lucy shows us that YES, it's possible - Daily Routine at C1 (Advanced) Level of English! .

 

 

 

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

 Learn English with:  SOUL 

 

 

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)

 

 

 

I'll never surrender... if there's a chance

 

There are many challenging situations in life where our determination is essential. That would be the case with difficult groups where the teaching-learning process is not easy, but also in real life like the catastrophe they are living in Turkey and Syria after the terrible earthquatkes they have gone through.

 

In all those situations what we have to say and what all the firefighters that have gone there to help is: "I'll never surrender... if there's a chance".

 

   

Obviously, my musical hint for today will be the song: Never Surrender by Shangrii-La. Here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along!!

 

 

Some activities for you to do: 

• English in a Minute: Different meanings of 'CHARACTER'  (BBC Learning English) 

• The English We Speak: Know the score  (BBC Learning English)

• News Review:  'Spy balloon' row  (BBC Learning English) 

• A listening exercise for you to do:  Can AI have a mind of its own? (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

 

 

And here are some interesting articles related to the issue for you to read:

• Thousands killed in major quakes – as it happened (The Guardian)

• Turkey earthquake: Erdogan announces three-month state of emergency in quake area (BBC News)

• Death toll rises after massive earthquake rocks Turkey-Syria border (ABC News)

 

Learn ALL 16 TENSES Easily in under 30 Minutes - Present, Past, Future, Conditional with Lucy

 

 

Shakespeare speaks: All that glitters is not gold  (BBC Learning English)

 

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

Mind Your Language - Hello Sailor Giovanni     

 

 

A lot to solve and to discover :-(((((

Our world is full of paradoxes. A lot of efforts and investments are made to travel in the universe and find planets elsewhere, building glass bridges... while we still have areas in our world where a natural disaster can cause hundreds of victims. It is fantastic to make discoveries, but shouldn't we invest more money to solve ordinary problems on Eath such as: famine, droughts... or earthquakes?

Natural disaster:

Italy earthquake: Death toll rises to at least 159 (BBC)  >>> The latest: Italy earthquake: Death toll reaches 247 amid rescue efforts  

Astronomy:

Discovery of potentially Earth-like planet Proxima b raises hopes for life (The Guardian)

Advances:

'I'm not afraid – it seems safe!': China opens longest glass-bottomed bridge (The Guardian) Watch this video.

Make a glossary with the most prominent words you find in both articles. Remember other articles related to these two issues in this blog:

• Earthquakes!!! & Happy birthday, your Majesty!!

• Earthquake and tsunami in Japan & Lorca (Spain)

• Cleaning up space junk

• Super Skydive!!!!

 

LINGOHACK  >>>

• Episode 160831 / 31 August 2016   >>>  Expressions presented: marine reserve, orbiting & mourning.

• Episode 160824 / 24 August 2016   >>>  Expressions presented: peer, underestimated & put (something) down to.

Earthquakes!!! & Happy birthday, your Majesty!!

Notice the difference between the impact earthquakes have in two different countries: Ecuador and Japan. Compare the consequences in each case.

Read the articles about the issue:

• Ecuador earthquake: Death toll jumps to 272; more than 2,500 injured (CNN)

• Japan earthquakes: Dozens killed; 'race against the clock' to find survivors (CNN)

• Japan hit by 7.3-magnitude earthquake (The Guardian)

• Ecuador earthquake: at least 272 killed with many still trapped (The Guardian) The disaster in pictures    

Other interesting articles to read and listening exercises to do:

• Words in the news: "Record-breaking royal" (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

• News report: "Destroyed Syrian arch rises again in London" (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

LINGOHACK >>> 

Episode 160420 / 20 Apr 2016   >>>  Expressions presented: to date, precious & released.

Earthquake and tsunami in Japan & Lorca (Spain)

ENVIRONMENT: Read these articles about these issues:

1. earthquake 
2. and tsunami in Japan
3. Nuclear energy and crisis

  0   1    2   3   4   5    6    7    8

and reply to the articles read making any comments about the news or the specific vocabulary used.

In addition, Miguel Figueroa has just sent me this article about the earthquake in Lorca.

It's time for you to answer!!!

Thanks.