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.
Last week I made a mistake and my site was all gone, but thanks to Google I could get it back completely. The work of almost 15 years!!!
Yes, I got it back, but the URL is slightly different (you have it on a banner on the top right hand side of this blog): https://sites.google.com/view/albertomeditutor/
In this site you have loads of resources for the different levels at ESO and Bachillerato levels. It is full of exercises to practise for the NEW PAU EXAM (SELECTIVITY) with exams and their solutions, pages to practise REPHRASING / REWRITING, links to the OLD THAT'S ENGLISH & the NEW THAT'S ENGLISH with a thorough analysis of the contents of each chapter.
You've plenty of exercises to practise the RELATIVE CLAUSES, the PASSIVE VOICE, the REPORTED SPEECH, the CONDITIONAL SENTENCES... for the new PAU exam:
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
Always in the seach of the light in this heart of darkness with our great master Dr Neil McLaren leading us!!!
In the Middle Ages armies would set siege on castles or even entire towns so as to make them surrender because of the lack of food supplies or just water. Now with the Strait of Hormuz blocked we are actually having problems with petrol, but also with certain fertilisers and... food!
Road towards success in the Selectivity exam.....
(and here's the rubric to evaluate the composition)
A1- d (line 3: "in conjunction with quite varied intonation and expressive gestures.") A2- b (lines 16-18)
A3: FALSE (lines 3-4). “He spent the rest of his life hospitalized.”
A4: FALSE (lines 9-10). “Auburtin was attempting to support the hypothesis that the brain did not work as a homogenous mass, at least when it came to higher functions such as language.”
A5: TRUE (line 13). “He could count (and understand time).”
A6: FALSE (lines 19-20) “Although not all of Broca’s colleagues accepted his conclusions (, the road to studying the biological basis of language had already been taken).”
Still
in the clay season and just before Roland Garros, with Jannik
Sinner seeded number 1, Carlos Álcaraz out of that race for the moment
being because of his wrist injury, but with the emerging new Spanish
champ Rafa Jódar, here we are in Rome, just before Roland Garros.
Once upon a time there was a great (tennis) emperor who ruled all over clay courts named RAFA NADAL ( L'imperatore di Roma , NADAL: l'imperatore è tornato a Roma!!! ).
We all thought "there ain't no sunshine when he's gone", but life goes
on. So, I wonder now who will the be the next (tennis) emperor in Rome.
Now that summer is almost over and we have so many projects in mind, it is time to ponder about our future and consider all the possibilities and proposals ahead. So many friends and relatives give you tips about what you should do, but it is really you the person who must take his own decisions.
Beaches are not so crowded and sunsets are splendid and make us do all these reflections better just walking in the wind, dreaming... on your own. You need some time to yourself to sort out all these matters because we need to crank up after such long holidays.
The English We Speak: Crank up (BBC Learning English)
Answers
to to the Selectivity exam included in the previous post.
Text A 1. c (line 6) "The mysterious stranger who had helped me out of my smashed car..." 2. b (line 8) "found a small envelope - line 12 I opened the envelope. Among a bunch..."
3.
FALSE (lines 1-2) “His sunglasses masked his eyes”
4. FALSE (line 4) “stare at the tiny scar across his cheek”
5.
TRUE (line 11) “Missing that job interview...”
6.
FALSE (line 13) “I said a silent prayer for him and got back to work, smiling."
7.1 explode 7.2 lift 8.1 remove 8.2 kindness
Text B 9. b (line 1) 10. d (lines 9-10)
11. TRUE (lines 4-5) “or they make puppy-dog eyes at us to beg for a bite of whatever we are eating”
12.
FALSE (line 7) "Smith inspired Alexis Divine.... to communicate"
13.
FALSE (line 13) "his reaction was entirely skeptical"
14.
TRUE (line 14) "The dogs will inevitably develop close bonds with their owners because of the many hours of training."
15.1 couch 15.2 wonder 16.1 scratch 16.2 eventually
17.1 lending 17.2 rings 18.1 off 18.2 everyone
19. Who is tutoring Peter in his Study Abroad Programme?
20. Lisa's debts are going to be paid as soon as the money gets through.
21. How could they afford to go to France on holiday?
22. The sound which was like a shot / which woke me up
23. You'd better not staying on the blazing sun without a hat.
24. I could have my weekend free.
25. If I had noticed...., I would have helped him.
26. Everybody here is looking forward to seeing you.
27. Jake apologized for having torn/tearing her shirt. // Jake told her he was sorry he had torn/ tore her shirt.
28. The money in her bank account was not enough.
Some other interesting aspects to note in the exam:
Text A
sipping lemonade (sorbiendo) hardly paid attention to him (apenas) stare (mirar fijamente) cheek - cheeky to explode - explosion rush back (volver rápido) to remove the remains underneath to shiver to head for an interview (to go) to miss an interview a bunch (of flowers) a brand-new thousand-dollar bill
Text B
and scientists alike to bridge instead of learning alternative communication devices within the field of develop close bonds reward
Here's my musical hint for today just when our summer is fading away: Walking in the Wind
by Traffic.
Listen and try to fill in the gaps...
(9 words) ______________________________________________ Your friends telling you you are doing fine ________ ________ ________ ______ __________ as it hurtles Through the shattered membranes of _________ __________ (10 words) _______________________________________________ Then you would know what it is I am getting at But there again your head's got nothing in it ______ ______ ________ you left without your hat
I'm walking in the wind __________ _________ _________ __________ Hanging on a breeze and wondering why, why Your old man's headed for the final pay-off ________ _________ _______ _________ got is fading too And all the ___________ that come around for the rip-off Are gonna tear the flesh right off you The plastic princess hangs her head in wonder at the silver glittered boys ______________ , ___________ _______ ________________ And all at once the room begins to thunder And all that's left is the stain on the sheet
The prostitute is standing on the corner (7 words) _______________________________________________ She's so real, that life itself bows down before her She couldn't make that nine to five ________ _______ ________ ___________ , crying in the White House The prime minister's really got the blues All the heads of state are busy playing cat & mouse 'Cause you can see ___________ _______ ___________ have ever paid their dues
God knows why, why, why
Then sing along with this version with the lyrics and check!
No, it is not the first time this has happened in history. Actually, it has happened many times if we take into account not only plagues or pandemics, but also wars. So it is a DÉJÀ VU (this is a French expression used in English to refer to something that has happened before).
By the way, have you ever seen the film "Déjà vu"?
Deja Vu - Official Trailer
And this is also what happens in the next episode of LINGOHACK >>>>
Episode 200401 / 01 April 2020 >>> Coronavirus: Learning from the past - Language related to
'survival'. Need-to-know language: isolate, measure up, acts of kindness, close-knit & humanity.
Breaking news >>>> These are no fake news!!! The Official Language School has cancelled the period of registration for the freelance students for the B1 and B2 exams!!!! I'll let you know when the registration time is open.
Visits to blog and site during quarantine:more than 4,300 (Average of 300 visits per day)
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE QUARANTINE
Thursday, 2nd April
Tasks for today & Easter:
Still revising GIVING DIRECTIONS. Watch these 2 other episodes from the NEW THAT'S ENGLISH : Unit 4AUnit 4B (MODULE 2)
Do exercises on pages 73-75 (Unit 6)
Study for the exam (first 5 units) that we will do after Easter. It will probably be on Tuesday and I will give you 2 hours to do it and send it to me. You will write the answers (handwriting) and send me photographs or scanned images of them.
TIENEN QUE ESTUDIAR PARA EL EXAMEN DE LAS 5 PRIMERAS UNIDADES, QUE HAREMOS DESPUÉS DE SEMANA SANTA. SERÁ PROBABLEMENTE EL MARTES A UNA DETERMINADA HORA Y LES DARÉ 2 HORAS PARA HACERLO (A MANO) Y MANDÁRMELO O EN FOTO O ESCANEADO. TAMBIÉN LO PUEDEN IMPRIMIR Y HACERLO EN EL MISMO EXAMEN.
INTENTEN SER HONESTOS PORQUE YO SÉ LA NOTA QUE SUELEN SACAR Y LA QUE SACARÁN DESPUÉS CUANDO HAGAMOS UN EXAMEN NORMAL. ESTABLECERÉ DISTINTOS NIVELES Y LES DIRÉ EXACTAMENTE QUÉ NIVEL TIENE QUE HACER CADA UNO.
¡FELICES VACACIONES, AUNQUE SEA EN CASITA!
English with Lucy >>>> SHOULD'VE | WOULD'VE | COULD'VE - Complete Grammar & Use
No homework for today as we have no classes onThursdays.
Comp08:
Composition (A review) about: Write a review of your favourite film or film series after doing all the activities
on pages 80-81.
After Easter, remember that we will have a little exam on the reader the Hound of the Baskervilles, as soon as we haver ordinary classes. And also remember to read the book we have for the third term: "Cervantes Meets Shakespeare".
Your digital project will have to make reference to the two writers and you'll have to write a comment in the post in my blog:
