Legends will be legends for ever!!

 

Legends are legends and they will be legends for ever, but time passes for everybody and this is the case of Rafa Nadal, who has just announced that he is not going to play in Roland Garros and that he is going to stop for a while until the end of the year, when he will try to go back to competition if it is possible, being 2024 his last year in his long successful career.

 

 

L'attente fébrile, l'émotion, et une note d'espoir : récit de la journée où Nadal a renoncé à Roland-Garros (L'Équipe)

 

Whatever it happens, he will stay in the hearts and memories of tennis lovers for things like the ones you can watch in these videos.

 

Rafael Nadal | Legends Never Die   (and Ultimate competitor, the King of Clay , 2022 Tribute  , Halo  and Here comes a fighter)

 

And always keep this in mind (previous post):  Victory belongs to the most tenacious

 

Some activities for you to do: 

• News Review: Learning to smile again  (BBC Learning English)
  

• A listening exercise for you to do: When does adulthood start?  (BBC Learning English) 

• English in a Minute: How to use 'CHARGE'  (BBC Learning English)

• Learn how to speak naturally:  How to express no strong feelings  (BBC Learning English)

 

 

 

How do you know you've really become an adult? An illustrated essay (The Guardian)

You’re an adult, but your brain might not be, experts say (CNN health)

Why teenagers aren't what they used to be (BBC Future)

 

   

Here's my musical hint for today: Legends never die by pop rock band Against the Current. Here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along!! 

 

 

 

Some activities for my students in 1º ESO:

Write a comment comparing any of these legends using the comparative of equality.

Example: There is nobody as good on clay as Rafa Nadal.

 

Tennis: Another tennis legend was Chris Evert. Here are her  Top 10 Moments in the US Open.

 

Martina Navratilova v Chris Evert: Wimbledon Final 1978 (Extended Highlights)

 

 

Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova: Bitter rivals. Beloved friends. Survivors.
Interview | Chris Evert & Martina Navratilova

Legends of the past

Nowadays we have got rivalries such as Federer-Nadal, Nadal-Djokovic, Djokovic-Murray... but not long ago we had one of the most legendary rivalries of all times in tennis and that was between Jimmy Connors, who managed to reach the semi-finals of the US Open at the age of 39, and John McEnroe, a genius with such a moody character who is remembered not only for his excellences in tennis, but also for his ill-tempered arguments with the umpires.

By the way, did you know that the chair umpires in tennis are like the referees in football?

Here are some videos about these two great players, John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors:

The Legend of John McEnroe

Legends of tennis - Jimmy Connors

Jimmy Connors Chronicle

Duels - Connors vs McEnroe - Documentary (in French)

 

Jimmy Connors - Magical US Open Run of '91 

 

Some articles to read about the issue:

• CONNORS SEES TROUBLE IN ROW WITH MCENROE (The New York Times)

• McEnroe and Connors Agree: There Is No One Around Quite Like Them (The New York Times)

 

Activities for my 2º ESO students:  Using the superlatives, write about the worst and best things of 2017?   

Example: Itrabo has the best wine in the world, but the people in Molvizar it is the worst wine in the world.

 

Lucy tells us about 10 boy names YOU pronounce INCORRECTLY.

HIGHWAY TO B2.....

VOCABULARY. 

1. Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the word in CAPITALS.

1. That man is a police....     INSPECT     2. Jack is a very bad....      LOSE      3. Einstein was a great....   THINK 
4. I've always wanted to be an.....   ACT      5. The ...... all went back to the ship.     SAIL    
6. The town is full of tourists and other....    VISIT    7. Jack the Ripper was a famous....     MURDER

2. Word combinations. First, say what the thing is and does. Secondly, try to guess the item we give the definition of.

1. a cassette-player     2. a stain-remover     3. a water-softener    4. a water-purifier    5. a cigarette-lighter   6. a voice-stress-analyser     7. a machine that washes dishes     8. a special kind of pot that cooks things under great pressure   9. a liquid that is used to thin paints    10. another kind of liquid that removes paints   11. a machine people use to dry their hair   12. a kind of medicine or liquid that some men hope  will restore their hair     13. a small gadget people use to open tins     14. a very simple kind of machine that people use when they sweep carpets     15. a powder which kills ants     16. a screw that pulls corks out of bottles    17. a small gadget that opens bottles

Solutions to USE OF ENGLISH exercises in the previous post.

1.  1d   2c  3a   4b

2. 1. I wish I hadn't said that.     2. I wish you wouldn't ask me so many questions.   3. I wish you hadn't asked that question.    4. I wish you wouldn't make that noise.      5. I wish I hadn't done that.    6. I wish you wouldn't do that.    7. I wish I had got here earlier.    8. I wish you wouldn't say things like that.    9. I wish you hadn't said that.    10. I wish you hadn't done that.    11. I wish I hadn't asked that question.

Olympic legends in Rio 2016

The Olympic Games in Rio finished last Sunday (Olympics Closing ceremony, News Review, BBC Learning English) and it's time to make a balance of the achievements obtained. 

 

First of all, what and who will these Olympic Games be remembered for? For instance, the Summer Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936 will always be remembered for all the victories Jesse Owens obtained in front of Hitler.

Articles to read:

• Legends Bolt and Phelps bidding to make history in Rio (Euronews)

• Olympics legend Michael Phelps hanging up the suit for good after stellar career and overcoming 'athlete's death' (The Daily Mail)

• Jamaican legend Usain Bolt takes third Olympic gold in Rio (France24)
  

  
  

VOCABULARY: 8 uses of 'round'  (BBC Learning English)

The English we speak (BBC Learning English)  >>  'to pull something out of the hat'

Two listening exercises to do:

• Have you walked off your pizza? (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

• How to cure writer's block (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)