New season: SPRING!!!

 

 

Spring is said to be the best of seasons, as it's got the perfect temperature, neither too warm nor too cold. Birds singing, flowers blooming!!!

 

However, spring also brings allergies (especially this year), the change of the time, perpetuous drowsiness... We would be sleeping the whole doing and we don't feel like doing anything. Time for procrastinate (procrastinating) and kick the can down the road. But don't worry, that's just the first two weeks, then we begin to feel better and better!

Spring has officially sprung – reawaken your palate with zingy, zesty seasonal ingredients (The Guardian)

When does spring start? (BBC News)

Learning English from the News:   Cuba protests: Millions without power  (BBC Learning English) 

 

Learning English Grammar ('itself' , 'in itself' & 'by itself'):   Fixing problems  (BBC Learning English) 

 

  Here's my musical hint for today:    Beautiful things by Benson Boone. And here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along.

 

 

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

 

 

Here are some more activities for my students:

• English in a Minute:  More phrases with LOOK  (BBC Learning English)

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  The English We Speak: Kick the can down the road  (BBC Learning English) 

  
  

• Office English:  Disagreements  (BBC Learning English) 

• Listening exercise for you to do:   How do we adapt to the cold?  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

     

 

Here are some activities for my students:

• in 4º ESO... Exercises on Reported Speech:

21. CONDITIONALS. Write the appropriate tense of the verbs in brackets:

 

1. If it (rain) ________ this afternoon, we (not have) __________  to water the flowers.

2. If it (rain) ___________ more often in Spain we (not have) __________ such serious problems with water.

3. If Rosa and Lourdes (be) __________ quiet for more than five minutes, it (be) __________ a miracle.

4. Johan Cruyff (live) ____________ much longer if he (not smoke) ___________ so much in his life.

   

   

28. Put the following sentences into REPORTED SPEECH:

 

1. Mother Teresa: "Our work brings people face to face with love".

2. Janet to Fred:"What does your father do?"

3. Jill: "Violence can influence young people"

4. The policeman told the boy: "Be careful near an open fire and do not turn any electrical equipment"

5. He asked me : "Is Jumping Jake Jones your real name?"         I answered him: : "No, it isn't"

    

29. Translate the following sentences into English :

 

    1. Sentí oir que tu madre estuviera en el hospital.

    2. Si mi primo estuviese aquí, sabría lo que hacer.

    3. No me dí cuenta de que usted estaba conduciendo hacia atrás.

    4. Estoy seguro de que Don Quijote fue escrito por Cervantes.

    5. Me sorprendió oir que el señor Solana fuera el nuevo Secretario General de la OTAN.

    6. Probablemente es verdad que Alberto juega al tenis mucho mejor que la mayoría de sus alumnos.

   

English with Lucy: Avoid VERY if you want to speak beautiful English  

 

 

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

Learning English with Disney Movies -  Cruella  

 

 

 

Vintage tennis:  Borg vs Nastase  1976

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You've got a friend in me

It is not that easy nowadays to find a true friend. Here are some articles for you to read:

• How to choose your inner circle: With friends like these... (The Independent)

• Seven ways to make new friends (The Guardian)

• What is it like to live without any friends? (BBC)

 

 

You have been listening in this blog to 4 different versions of the song: "You've got a friend". Which one do you like the most? Why?   

1. the one which is sung by James Taylor   

2. the one sung by Carole King   

3. the one sung by both of them   

4. the one which appears in the film Toy Story (Randy Newman) 

SPRING IS HERE!!!!

Can you tell all the different meanings of the word 'spring'?

What's your to-do list for this spring? for Easter?

• Go to York and come back safe and sound

• Make the video sketch for Albert

• Write all the comments

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Here's the song What do I have to do by Kylie Minogue >>>

 

In Unit 6 in the level of 4th of ESO we have seen some MODIFIERS, here's further information on the issue: Very vs Really vs Absolutely  (English in a Minute)

 

And now let's revise the RELATIVE CLAUSES (i)

Phrasal verbs with "UP" - Learn English prepositions

 

LINGOHACK  >>>

• Episode 190313 / 13 March 2019    >>>  Electrifying Africa -  Language related to 'Environmentalism: resources and solutions'.  Need-to-know language: sustainability, convert, surplus, small scale & solar system.

Emoji? An international language?

This is the new language to communicate and that everybody in the world understands. Here are some interesting articles to read about the issue

• Will emoji become a new language? (BBC)

• Emoji: the first truly global language? (The Guardian)

Listening exercise to do: The rise of the emoji (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

 

Learn 5 Spring idioms with Lucy  >>

Albert is no longer a spring chicken, I'm afraid!!!  ;-)))))

 

What does 'an all-you-can-eat buffet' mean? You can also spell it without hyphens. Here's an interesting article to read.    

How to BEAT the all-you-can-eat buffet (Daily Mail)

LINGOHACK  >>>

• Episode 170322 / 22 March 2017   >>>  Expressions presented: underway, stands out & making history.

HIGHWAY TO B2.....

A. VOCABULARY. Here are some words connected with 'crime'. Match them with their appropriate definition. Two of them are synomyms, so they have the same definition.

cunning  ,   to cheat   ,    a trick   ,    to take someone in  ,  to betray   ,  

to deceive   ,    to pass yourself off as   ,   a crook

1. to make someone believe something that is not true   ____________________
2. a thief or dishonest person   __________________
3. to act like someone or something you are not   ___________________
4. to act dishonestly in order to gain an unfair advantage (especially in games, sports or exams) __________
5. clever in a dishonest way   _________________
6. an act done to confuse someone or sometimes to amuse   _______________
7. to be disloyal to a friend or to your country ________________

B. VOCABULARY. Complete these sentences with one of the words presented above.

1. Redford and Newman play the parts of two  ____________________ in the film.
2. He hasn't really been ill. He has __________________  you.
3. I read a story in the paper about a man who put on a white coat and managed to _____________  himself ____________ a doctor.
4. Animals such as foxes are famous for their ________________
5. Don't play cards with him. He always _________________
6. Don't let that woman   _______________  you  _____________ with all her lies.
7. The man who _______________ his country by giving away secrets was later hanged.
8. Magicians know all sorts of ________________, which they use to entertain people.

Solutions in the next post