Climate change vs Traditions

 

How the climate crisis threatens Indigenous traditions in Canada (The Guardian)

 

Traditions are also being affected by the climate change, as everything in general. That is another reason to take care of our planet and preserve our identities.

 

Nature Is Speaking: Shailene Woodley is Forest  

 

 

 

Here are some articles to read about climate change affecting our traditions:

• How climate change is affecting cultural heritage (Lund University)

• How climate change has altered Christmas (BBC News)

• How climate change causes culture clashes in Iraq's cities (DW)

• Alaska: Climate change threatens indigenous traditions (DW)

• How will climate change affect culture? (Chicago Booth Review)

 

Here are some activities for my students:

1º ESO    Unit 5   

• Write a comment about pieces of advice to give anyone who wants to pass 

  English with Albert using the Modals and adverbs learned in the unit.

3º ESO 

Comments to make: 

• Mediation (Ex 11, page 87) Write a short message about Michael Kiwanuka to a a friend about 

  his life and music with information from the listening exercise.

Michael Kiwanuka - Cold Little Heart   ,  Love & Hate

 

 

 Here's my musical hint for today:  The River by Bruce Springsteen. And now here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along.

 

 

Nature is so smart that scientists have discovered that octopuses even punch fish to make them work!!!

 

Learning English from the News: Octopuses and fish work together (BBC Learning English) 

 

 

 

 

Road towards success in the new PAU (Selectivity exam)

 

Solution to the exercises in the previous post

 

Rephrasing

 

231. How do we come to school?

232. She accepted my invitation to go to the cinema.

233. My students were interested in what ...

234. My choice for our holidays was to go to Greece.

235. What they said about your girlfriend was really nasty. 

236. Mozart could play the piano when he was 3.     

237. I did the washing at the weekend.

238. There aren't enough chairs in the classroom for 22.

239. I was delighted to spend the summer with your family.

240. She didn't look very enthusiastic when I gave her my present. 

241. Nadal is the best tennis player on clay.

242. Roads are very dangerous when it is raining.

243.  Who did you buy a birthday cake for last year?

244. We are too many people for my small car.

Here are some more activities to make my students stronger:

• Prepositions with Georgie:   Prepositions of time  (BBC Learning English)  
  

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  The pronounciation lounge: How to use SENTENCE STRESS  (BBC Learning English)  

• Office English: Cold calls: calling people you don't know at work  (BBC Learning English)

• Real Easy English:   Talking about visiting places  (BBC Learning English)  

 

English with Lucy  >>>  12 Confusing English Nouns  

  

 

 

 

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

Learn English with Troy  - Epic movie with Brad Pitt & Orlando Bloom   

 

 

20-Year-Old Rafael Nadal vs 19-Year-Old Djokovic - Rome 2007 (Extended Highlights) & interviewed by Andy Roddick   discovering amazing facts about keys to his success!!!

 

Santa is coming tonight!!!

Tonight is Christmas Eve and we all have a family dinner, listen or watch to the King's speech and some people, most in the world, wait for Santa Claus' gifts. Tradition is very important these days. What traditions do you keep in your family?

 

And talking about tradition, have a look at this fishing tradition in China:

Winter fishing at Chagan Lake: A tradition of 1,000 years   (CGTN)

Here's a good way to read a book  >>>   Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (Audiobook) from the BBC School Radio   

 

Activities for my 2º ESO students:

What do you usually have for dinner tonight? Who do you have dinner with? Do you get any gifts tonight or on the Three Wise Men Eve?

Here's a listening exercise to do: The Perfect Santa (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

 

Lucy teaches us how to pronounce 12 brands you may pronounce incorrectly.

LINGOHACK  >>>

• Episode 171213 / 13 December 2017    >>>  The science of singing   -  Language related to 'hearing'.  Need-to-know language: hearing impairment, stimulate, hearing acuity, discriminate.

Related articles you can read about the issue:

• Singing Changes Your Brain (Time)

• Boost Your Brain and Memory by Singing (Lifehacker)

• Singing lessens stress (The Guardian)

Now let's listen to Good Vibrations by the Beach Boys   >>>>

Afternoon tea: a very British tradition

I have updated one of my most popular entries with new material I have just come across. I hope you find it interesting.

Listening exercise: How would you like your tea? (BBC Learning English, 6 Minute English)

Here's a new activity to do: William Shakespeare telling us a story from the Merchant of Venice   All that glisters is not gold (BBC Learning English, Shakespeare speaks) comes from the expression "all that glitters is not gold"

We have one Selectivity exam about this topic that we will be doing very shortly. Here you have got an interesting article, which the examiner may have based on:

THE HISTORY OF AFTERNOON TEA

And what is the name of the cake that is on the picture?

And now what is the difference between 'have to' and 'must'?

LINGOHACK  >> 

Episode 160203 / 3 February 2016   >>>> Expressions presented: hailed, hampering, blacklog & prediction.