Beware of the future! AI is here!

 

 

We are told to beware of the AI and all the dangers it brings along. Here are some articles for you to read:

• Artificial intelligence could lead to extinction, experts warn (BBC News)  

• AI could kill all humans in next decade, warn experts: but how seriously should we take them? (The Guardian)

• AI could pose ‘extinction-level’ threat to humans and the US must intervene, State Dept.-commissioned report warns  (CNN)   

• What is AI's biggest risk: Speed or autonomy? (DW)

 

Costs and Risks of Artificial Intelligence (Tufts)

 

 

You should always try to do exercises and tasks yourself so as to learn how good you are, to learn about the difficulties of every challenge and because, after all, you will come to a point when you will have just a piece of paper to do your best. 

COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

FOR, SINCE, AGO

  

 

Learning English from the News:   AI and trade: Will they agree?  & Could AI kill us all?  (BBC Learning English)  

 

 

  Here's my musical hint for today:    When I was young - The Irish song that brings back every childhood memory. Here's a version with the lyrics by Mikhail Bennet for you to sing along.    

 

   

 

Here are some more activities for my students:

• How we talk about the weather:  How can we talk about summer?  (BBC Learning English)  

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  Real Easy English: Talking about AUTUMN  (BBC Learning English)  

• The English We Speak:  Same person, different font   (BBC Learning English) 

• Listening exercise for you to do:   Is rejection good for us?  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English) 

 

The Story of Greece and the birth of the West

     

 

English in a Minute:   4 meanings of JAM   (BBC Learning English)  

Lucy tells us to... STOP MISPRONOUNCING THESE WORDS 

 

  

 

 

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

Learning English with      SPIDER-MAN   -  Peter Parker meets Tony Sparks 

 

US Open 1982 - Semi-finals  Lendl vs McEnroe

 

 

A monster: the alliance of social media & mobile phones

 

It is not the first time I deal with the issue of ITC tools and an incorrect use by our teenagers and kids. Remember this post not long ago:  Loneliness, isolation, teenagers, sex!!!

 

 

... and now the case of social media and pornography related with young schoolchildren in many of our schools in Spain has come up. Our society, especially parents, must be very alert of all dangers and risks our children go through when they have a mobile phone in their hands.

Here I present you with listening exercise about the topic:  Social media and teenage health   (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

 

 

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

• Smartphones, social media use and youth mental health (NIH)

• Smartphones and social media are destroying children’s mental health (Financial Times)

• Social media could be as harmful to children as smoking or gambling – why is this allowed? (The Guardian)

• Teens and mobile phones – helpful or harmful? (BBC News)
  

 

 

 

Here are some activities for you to do:

• Learn how to speak naturally: How to talk about serious incidents  (BBC Learning English)

• Listening exercise for you to do: When wild life invades your home   (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

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

• The English We Speak:   Tread on someone's toes  (BBC Learning English)

 

   

If we don't find a solution quickly, our younger generations may be on the  Highway to Hell (AC/DC), so let's get down on it (Kool & the Gang)!!!

 

 
 

Activities for my students.....

 

in 2º ESO:     Exercise on Comparatives 3   (SUPERIORITY, EQUALITY & INFERIORITY)  -  ToLearnEnglish.com

 

in 3º ESO: Have to, must, should – obligation, prohibition, necessity, advice    (Test English)

    

 

 

 

mmmEnglish - SMALL TALK  >>> What's The Difference? English Prepositions BY | FROM | OF

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

 Learn English with documentaries:  Machu Picchu 

Student life: Star wars or the Eden?

      We have almost finished our first term at school and it has been probably the hardest part of the school year as we had to start the engine and get used to many new things: new subjects, new contents, new teachers... and, what's really important, more and more demanding and challenging. So, is it student life all good? (listening exercise) especially when you go to university and you have to move from home. What big changes have you gone through so far this school year?

Related articles:

• Pros and cons of student life (UK university search)

• Home or away while studying at university?  (The Guardian)  

• What nobody tells you about studying abroad  (The Guardian)

     In my humble opinion, it is just like in the film Star Wars (listening exercise), a life full of experiences, dangers, risks, full of moments of success, failure, disappointment, love, sadness... By the way, what is your opinion about the film and all the big hustle organised around the film premiere? 

 

 

Related articles to read about the film:

• ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ gets the nostalgia-novelty mix just right (The Washington Post)

• 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens': What the critics say (CNN)

• Every emotion you'll feel during the film (BBC)

• Star Wars: The Force Awakens get rave reviews (BBC)

And if you haven't had enough with risks, here's this listening exercise: Why do we take risks?  

LINGOHACK:

  Episode 151216 / 16 Dec 2015   >>>   Expressions presented: plant, broke new ground & to renovate.

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