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.
I don't know now, but it used to be like this. There was nothing like mummy to take care of you. What do you think? Is it still the same? What adjectives come to your mind when thinking about your mother? Caring, supportive, loving... It must be due to the fact that we all came from their bellies, we are part of them.
And it seems to be the same in the animal world. Have a look at this mummy sea otter...
Are really men weaker than women regarding suffering from an illness? Or do men pretend they are so ill they can't do anything and they just stay in bed? or just become couch potatoes? The enigma is there for you to solve after doing the listening exercise and reading about the matter.
Here's a listening exercise to do: Is 'man flu' real? (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)
Activities for my 2º ESO students: You can write about your mother comparing her with your father using comparatives of superiority and inferiority. You can also write about all the vocabulary you have learned about Christmas.
Lucy teaches us 10 festive phrasal verbs >>>>
Revision for 2º Bachillerato.
73. MIXED TENSES. Fill in the gaps with appropriate tenses. Note that
sometimes you have to use modal
verbs.
1. Real Madrid and PSG (play)
___________________________ on St Valentine’s day, 14th February, in the Champions League. Do you know
who (win) ______________________ ?
2. You (get) _____________________ into the car as
soon as it (arrive) _____________ .
3. My teacher of English (never, smoke)
______________________________ in his life.
4. It can't be true. You (modal verb of probability
+ joke) ___________________________ .
5. Some students (modal verb of obligation/advice +
cut) ___________________ theirhair ________.
6. Where
(your mother, work) ________________________ ? She is a teacher in a
schoolin Granada.
74. Put the following sentences into the ACTIVE VOICE.
1. I was given many presents for my birthday.
2. Further information on the comparatives can be
found in the book.
75. CONDITIONALS. Put the verbs in brackets into their appropriate
tense:
1. I would have gone mad if they (not, turn off)
______________ the radio ____.
2. You (not have) _______________ so many accidents
if you drove more slowly.
3. If water (reach) _____________ a temperature of 0ºC, it freezes.
76. Put the following sentences into REPORTED SPEECH:
1. 'How much does it cost a bus ticket to Motril?',
the tourist to the girl.
2. 'Last weekend I corrected your compositions and
they were not too bad', Albert to students.
3. 'Don't go into this room if you are afraid of
ghosts', the host to the guests.
77. Insert the second sentences into the first ones by means of
RELATIVE CLAUSES :
1. The man was sitting at the desk. I had come to
see him.
2. Not many students passed English in the first
term. This didn't surprise anybody.
3. Sherlock Holmes asked the witness for the chair.
The suspect had been sitting on the chair.
78. LANGUAGE STUDY. Write a sentence with the following words and
expressions: FEWER // AS MUCH AS
79. Rewrite these sentences in the PASSIVE VOICE :
1. Did the idea interest you?
2. I'm sure nobody touched your things while you
were out.
3. People say he is a policeman.
80. Rewrite the following sentences using the following beginnings:
1. What time is it?I wonder
........................................................................................
2. Who won the championship in 1998? I can't remember
..............................................................
3. Have your parents ever been to Britain?
I haven't a clue
.................................................................................
81. Translate the following sentences into English :
1. ¿Me podría decir dónde está el Ayuntamiento de
Salobreña, por favor?
2. Nunca me he sentido lo suficientemente fuerte
como para dejar de fumar.
3. Se dice que tiene novia.
4. Yo que tú, estudiaría inglés durante las
vacaciones.
I don't know now, but it used to be like this. There was nothing like mummy to take care of you. What do you think? Is it still the same? What adjectives come to your mind when thinking about your mother? Caring, supportive, loving... It must be due to the fact that we all came from their bellies, we are part of them.
