Never too much!!!

It is never too much. You have to get the highest marks. There are loads of things still to do, to learn, to achieve in life, so "don't whine like a mule" (watch the video below). 

I don't want to hear ever in class: "That's too much for us!!". Actually, students are used to "whining like mules",  as Morgan Freeman would say to Robin Hood in the film...

 

Robin Hood - 1991 - Hadrian's wall   

 

Some activities for you to do: 

• News Review:   Earthshot Prize: Prince's new awards   (BBC Learning English)

• Another listening exercise for you to do: Smart tech and climate change  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

• Space-International Law : How do we stop islands sinking?   &  How and why is the environment protected (BBC Learning English)

 

 

 

  All the efforts we make to save the planet and prevent climate change are NEVER TOO MUCH!!!

>>>> Why smart cities will help save the world (The Guardian)

>>>> To decarbonize we must decomputerize (The Guardian)

 

 

How can smart tech tackle climate change? - BBC World Service

 

 

 

Here's my musical hint for today: Luther Vandross - Never too much   and here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along:

 

LINGOHACK  >>>

Episode 210915 / 15 September 2021    >>>  Working on Big Ben   -    Language related to 'clocks'.  

Need-to-know language: hands, demarcations, belfry, chiming & hammer.

 

 

 

Post-Brexit life

No more countdowns!!!  Brexit is just a fact, a part of our history books. There are certain things that have changed back to what it was like some years ago, but there are some other things that still remain and that it will difficult to make them move back in the past.

Here's a good summary of all the changes that can affect British citizens:

Brexit: how the new rules will change your visits to the EU (The Guardian)

 

Other related articles:

• Life after Brexit: What will change for people in 2021 when the UK is free of EU rules? (Euronews)
  

• Life post -Brexit: The ins and outs of travel to the EU get complicated for British people (Euronews)
  

 

What Happens to Gibraltar After Brexit? Britain's Territory Stranded Post Brexit? - TLDR News

 

 ....And what about the post-Trump times in the USA?

News Review: Trump tells official: 'Find' votes   (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

 

 

Some activities for you to do: 

• Coldplay's Best Songs To Learn English (Learn English with songs)

  

• Talking about TECHNOLOGY  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)
  

• A listening exercise for you to do: What is fat-shaming?   (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

• English in a Minute:    Ways to say 'tired' in British English (BBC Learning English)

 

 

Better as a team!!!

"Better as a team", said Nadal.  He was really proud of having participated and won the Davis Cup last weekend, and emphasized the fact he felt even better because the victory came from a team. Tennis is an individual sport and he is used to fighting, winning and losing on his own, so he has come to the conclusion that nothing beats a victory when it is achieved as a team.

 

 

Talking about tackling problems, today was...

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

 and again the solution doesn't come from an individual action, but from the actions carried out by a whole society.

Click on this label for related posts on the issue: violence against women

It's better as a team  >>>

Here some quotes from "15 Quotes to Inspire Great Teamwork" (Inc.) related to the greatness of teamwork:

• "Individual commitment to a group effort--that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work." --Vince Lombardi

• "Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships." --Michael Jordan

• "Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results." --Andrew Carnegie

• "Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much." --Helen Keller

• "None of us is as smart as all of us." --Ken Blanchard

• "Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success." --Henry Ford

• "If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself." --Henry Ford

• "The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team." --Phil Jackson

• "It takes two flints to make a fire." --Louisa May Alcott

• "Unity is strength. . . when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved." --Mattie Stepanek

And as a team, Spain has won their 6th Davis Cup....

Davis Cup: Rafael Nadal secures Spain the title (Tennisnet.com)

Rafael Nadal (ESP) vs Denis Shapovalov (CAN) 2019 Davis Cup Final

 

 

Auger Aliassime CAN vs Bautista Agut ESP 2019 Davis Cup Final

Nadal/Granollers (ESP) vs Gonzalez/Mayer (ARG) DAVIS CUP 2019

RAFA NADAL: 2019 ATP Highlight Reel

Listening exercise to do: Can robots care for us? (Can technology look after us) (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English) Related post you can also have a look at and which is connected with 'wearable technology':  Wearables to help and save patients

 

Quiz for you to do: WHY? Expressing purpose

 

LINGOHACK  >>>

• Episode 191113 / 13 November 2019    >>>  Do we need toys to play? (Toy-free play trial):   Language related to 'play'.  Need-to-know language: nursery, imagination, dexterity, deprive & gender.

Technology is not that bad!!!

 

Technology is becoming more and more important. Have a look at this Lingohack episode:

LINGOHACK  >>>

• Episode 191002 / 02 October 2019    >>>  Mind-reading machine helps man walk again:    Language related to 'technology'.  Need-to-know language: robotic, exoskeleton, implants, beamed & kit.

Paralysed man walks using mind-controlled exoskeleton (The Guardian)

 

This reminds me of this previous post in this blog:

Christmas amazing story: One-armed teenager made himself a prosthetic extension arm out of LEGO blocks!!!!

 

Actually, our robotics teachers and students at IES Mediterráneo are doing a fantastic job at school. Here's the latest challenge they have in mind for the coming school year:

We wish them the best of lucks!!!

Nature is speaking. So listen!!!

 

mmmEnglish: Pronunciation Practice 👄 Difficult Vowel Sounds [DIPHTHONGS]

Have a look at this and discover which of the four groups Albert is teaching this year is a REAL BUZZKILL!!! I hope this will shortly change or we'll all have a rough time.

 

The English We Speak: Buzzkill  (BBC Learning English)

Football:  Top 10 Legendary Moments In Football   

Popeye the Sailor is 90 years old!!!

Long, long time ago young children were encouraged to eat healthily by watching this cartoon series: Popeye the Sailor. Have you ever watched any of these episodes?

 

 

Popeye: How has he changed in 90 years? (BBC)

 

 

New Popeye Videos Show What 90 Years of Spinach Can Do for a Guy (The New York Times)

 

 
POPEYE® PREPARES TO CELEBRATE 90 IN 2019!  

Time is flying and we will shortly be flying to York on our VII Study trip to the British-Irish Isles  >>>

Here's a listening exercise to do: Is music getting faster? (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

Lucy advises you to stop saying this not to sound rude in English

Studying in the UK: the pros and cons

 

 

HIGHWAY TO B1.....

Part three. Look at the picture and read the questions. The picture will help you to answer the questions. Choose the correct option: 

21. So he went back ....  fish.    (A  cut   B  for cutting    C  cutting   D  to cutting)

22. The more Bert works,  ........ he smells of fish.    (A  the more    B  much more  C  the most    D   mostly )

23. When he ........ home this evening, he will have a hot bath.     ( A  goes      B   will go     C  is going   D  will be going )

24. His wife expects .......... this.    (A  his doing    B   that he does   C  him to do this  D  him doing) 

25. "I don't mind him working in a fish shop ....... I don't want to live with fish," she says.    (A  so   B  nevertheless   C  however   D  but) 
26. "He gets no supper ........ he cleans up," she adds.    (A  but    B  if   C  unless   D  suppose) 
27. He never brings .........  fish home.   (A  some    B   no   C  any   D   the) 
28. He sees ............. fish throughout the day.     (A  too much of    B  more enough   C  more of   D  those many) 
29. Mr Talbot .... likes fish.      (A   , however,      B   although      C   because he      D  instead) 
30. He has the appetite ........  a cat.      (A  as     B   of    C  like   D  same as)

Solutions to PART TWO in the previous post.11. a    12. c    13. d    14. b    15. d   16. c   17. b   18. b  19. c   20. a

And still talking about the health problems the screen overuse may bring along (remember this previous post about the issue: Screen overuse, possible cause of digital eye strain ), here's another Lingohack episode for you to analyse.

 

LINGOHACK  >>>

• Episode 190109 / 9 January 2019    >>>  Is screen use really bad for kids? -  Language related to 'technology and health'.  Need-to-know language: digital entertainment, toxic, sedentary occupation, keep you up at night  & screen time limits.

Teachers are unbeatable!!!

Neither translators nor computers nor any other machine can beat a good teacher. Believe it or not, there are so many things machines can't do. Can you tell me about them?

Here are some articles to read about the issue:

• Computers can't replace real teachers (CNN)

• What Machines Can’t Do (The New York Times)

• Are we becoming too reliant on computers? (The Guardian)

• Man v machine: can computers cook, write and paint better than us? (The Guardian)

 

Machines can't even make jokes >>>>

On the way to SELECTIVITY   >>>  Replace the underlined phrases with the correct form of these phrasal verbs connected with RELATIONSHIPS: ask someone out, turn someone down, break up, chat someone up, get over something, find out, fall out, go out with someone.

1. He invited her to go on a date with him, but she refused his invitation.

2. She spoke to him because she was attracted to him, but when she discovered he already had a girlfriend she lost interest.

3. She had a relationship with him for more than a year, but then she had an argument with him.

4. They decided to end the relationship. When it finished she took a long time to recover.

 

Listening exercise to do: What can't computers do? (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English) Something that they can't certainly do is TRANSLATE!!!  At least so far. So stop using translators to write your compositions.

 

Stop translating in your head with Lucy

 

 

LINGOHACK  >>>

• Episode 170927 / 27 September 2017    >>>  Language related to 'technology'.

MONEY, MONEY, MONEY!!!!

Do you still carry cash to go shopping?  >>>  Listening exercise: How would you like to pay?  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

 
Tell me different ways to pay.

However, rich men don't always know what to do with so much money.   Listening exercise: Giving away your fortune   (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

Do you happen to know Mark Zuckerberg? Where is he now?   MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS 


Article in the Guardian about the issue 




LINGOHACK: 

Episode 160217 / 17 Feb 2016   >>>  Expressions presented: restoring, seized & went under the knife.

Technology at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, 2014

Listen and read the article: Technology at the Winter Olympics

Articles to read: Winter Olympics: Sochi 2014   &   Sport-by-sport explained 

Where is Sochi? What do you know about the Winter Olympic Games to be held in Sochi?

Here are some articles to read and websites to visit:

•  Official website 
•  BBC 
•  The Guardian 

Here is the link of the most emotional moments in the Games sent by Margarita Llanes (2º ESO A):

THE MOST EMOTIONAL MOMENTS
 

Send me any interesting articles that you find or news about the Games.

Electric cars

An article sent by Carmen Presenta about electric cars. Here's the link.
Can they be a solution for the future? Give me your opinion.