ONE-HIT WONDERS

 

 We don't want our students to be one-hit wonders, but to succeed in life and their future careers (professional lives). However, do you know what a "one-hit wonder" is? Think about it for a minute.

Well a one-hit wonder is a singer or a group who had a big hit in music, but that is all we can remember of them. For instance, can you remember this song? and do you know any more songs by this singer?

 

 

 

 

Here are some activities for you to do:

• 

  English in a Minute: How do we use the word 'EXECUTIVE'?   (BBC Learning English)
  

• Tenses with Georgie:   When and How to use the PRESENT CONTINUOUS  (BBC Learning English)

• Office English: Making calls and instant messaging at work  (BBC Learning English)

•  The English We Speak:   Cash in on something   (BBC Learning English)

 

 

Newsreview:   Women working more, men working less (BBC Learning English)

 

It is said that since the pandemic women have been working much more. Is it true? Women are not certainly one-hit wonders!!!

Women working more hours in Covid crisis than first thought, study finds (The Guardian)

Women work 39 days a year more than men, report says (BBC News)

 

 

Getting ready for Bachillerato.....

Activities for students in Bachillerato >>>

 

205. CONDITIONALS. Complete the sentences with the appropriate tenses (___) and with the following words (...) : unless, if, when, provided/providing (that), as long as

 

1. Your girl (BE) __________ safe .............. you (FOLLOW) __________ our instructions.

2. I'll buy a sandwich at the school canteen ............ the class (FINISH) __________.

3. We can go to the playground ............ the History teacher (NOT COME) ____________ today.

4. ............ we (STUDY) __________ more, we (NOT PASS) __________ our English exam.

5. ............ you (COME) __________ home before nine, I don't care where you go.

6. ............ I had a Ferrari, nobody in Salobreña (DRIVE) __________ faster than me.

7. ............ Indurain (NOT RETIRE) _______________________, he (PROBABLY WIN)  ____________________ the Tour de France for the sixth time.

 

Now write three sentences using the following words and expressing these two ideas (make any changes if necessary):   I'll finish the job today. You give me £1,000.

 

PROVIDED (THAT) ______________________________________________________

IF   ____________________________________________________________

UNLESS  _______________________________________________________          

 

206. PROBABILITY. Complete the following sentences:

 

1. I __________ be getting a new job. I don't know yet.

2. "Here's a letter for you"  "It's from Greece. It __________ be from Sonia. I don't know anybody else in Greece"

3. "I'm afraid I've crashed your car"  "Oh, no! I __________ believe it"

 

Now think about Jude Bellingham and Taylor Swift. Let's suppose they get married and that they are going to have a baby. What do you think the baby will be like? You can write about his/her possible physical appearance or any other aspect of his/her personality you think of using as many probability structures as you know.

 

207. Suggest doing something next weekend using different structures.

 

 

208. COMPARATIVES. Fill in the gaps with the comparatives of superiority and the superlatives of the adjectives you are given in brackets:

 

1. It's terrible! The petrol is  becoming (expensive) ________________________________ .

2. I think Saudi Arabia is one of (hot) ____________________ countries in the world.

3. (much) _______________ you write, (good) ________________ for you.

4. This is (bad) _______________ football match I've ever watched.

5. I love you (much) ______________  than yesterday and (little) ____________ than tomorrow.

 

Translate the following sentences into English:

 

6. Ella no llegó tan tarde como de costumbre.  ________________________________________

7. Había menos gente en la fiesta que en la iglesia.______________________________________

8. Para más detalles debéis preguntarle a su hermano mayor.

______________________________________________________________________________

9. Es el libro más interesante que jamás haya leído en mi vida.

______________________________________________________________________________

10. Juan es tan alto que puede tocar el techo. _________________________________________

209. Put the following sentences into REPORTED SPEECH:

 

1. "I'm going out now, but I'll be in by nine", he said.

 _____________________________________________________________________________

2. "My young brother wants to be a tax inspector", said Mary. "I can't think why. None of my family has ever been a tax inspector". (use the suitable connectors to link the three sentences)

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

3. "Who has been using my typewriter?", said my mother.

______________________________________________________________________________

4. "Please, please, don't do anything dangerous", said his wife.

______________________________________________________________________________

5. "Do you want to see the cathedral?", said the guide.

______________________________________________________________________________

210. Insert the second sentences into the first ones by means of a RELATIVE CLAUSE.

 

1. The man was sitting at the desk. I had come to see this man.

______________________________________________________________________________

2. I saw several houses. Most of them were quite unsuitable.

______________________________________________________________________________

3. This is Mrs Jones. Her son won the championship last year.

______________________________________________________________________________

4. This firm is sending me to York. I have worked for this firm since 1987.

______________________________________________________________________________

5. I was given his address by a man. I met this man on a train.

______________________________________________________________________________

  

211. Put the following sentences into the PASSIVE VOICE:

 

1. Someone left this handbag in a classroom yesterday; the cleaner found it.

______________________________________________________________________________

2. They haven't stamped the letter.  ________________________________________________

3. Visitors must leave umbrellas in the cloakroom. _____________________________________

4. They are repairing my piano at the moment. ________________________________________

5. We had to give the books back; they did not allow us to take them home.

______________________________________________________________________________

212. Translate the following sentences into English:

 

1. ¿Sabes cual es su nombre? ______________________________________________________

2. Tanto mi mujer como yo tenemos los ojos azules, pero ninguno de los dos somos rubios.

______________________________________________________________________________

3. Hoy ni es lunes ni viernes. ______________________________________________________

4. El es suficientemente fuerte para llevar dos maletas.___________________________________

5. El quería saber si te había visto hoy.   _______________________________________ 

   

Here's my musical hint for today:   Lemon Tree by Fools Garden, and this is a version with lyrics  for you to sing along!

 

 

Can you tell me about other one-hit wonders? Here's a playlist with some of these famous one-hit wonder songs.

 

Has streaming killed the one-hit wonder? (The Guardian)

 

 

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

 Learn English with MOVIES:  Percy Jackson 

 

Working is not easy

 

At the moment you are studying and the world of work is so far away for you, but there are many variables to take into account. You must choose something you like, but that provides you with enough money for a living. Then you have to take into account the working conditions and which quality of life you will have. That includes timetables, working place, possibilities of promotion...

 

 

For me it was easy because I like languages, I love teaching, and the quality of life I have is reasonably acceptable in terms of money, timetables, holidays... and, especially, for the possibility of reconciling work and family life.

 

Consequently, the choice you make regarding the kind of studies you want to do in the near future will be affected by the job you want to do in the future. Bear that in mind! 

 

How artificial intelligence is changing the way sport sounds – BBC News

How birds travel thousands of miles every year - CrowdScience, BBC World Service Podcast

 

 

 

DAY THIRTEEN

SUMMER REVISION  >>  Activities for my students in 1º ESO:

• There was / were  - 1  ,   2   ,   3   
  
• Watch these two NEW THAT'S ENGLISH episodes about the past;
  

  MODULE 2 (NOTES) Unit 9A    Unit 9B

• Translate these sentences into English:

  1. Tengo matemáticas, inglés y francés los jueves.

  2. No había niños en la clase.

  3. No lo entiendo. Mis deberes estaban en mi cartera anoche.

  4. Había un examen.

  5. ¿Había dos páginas? No.

  6. No era pollo. Era pescado.

  7. El libro estaba encima de la mesa hace 5 minutos.  

  8. ¿Había tres vasos junto a la botella? Sí.

  9. Papá estuvo la semana pasada en la República de Irlanda con su hermano.

  10. Mi primer día fue el jueves.

  11. ¿Dónde estaba tu hermana?

  12. Éste fue su tercer gol. (de Benzema)

  13. Ayer por la mañana el tiempo fue realmente malo.

  14. Hacía niebla.

  15. ¿Estuvo Miguel en el cine el sábado pasado? No.

 

And remember that all the activities proposed will be compiled in my site: Summer Revision for 1º ESO

 

Here are some activities for you to do: 

• 

  News Review: Shift work linked to depression  (BBC Learning English)
  

• A listening exercise for you to do: Are you unhappy at work?  (BBC Learning English)

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

• Learn how to speak naturally:  How to agree in informal situations  (BBC Learning English)

English with Lucy: These mistakes are absolutely wrong 

 

 

 

   

Here's my musical hint for today: How am I supposed to live without you? by Michael Bolton. You can have a look at the lyrics in this version with lyrics.

 

 

 

 

HIGHWAY TO B2.....

Answers to part one in the previous post...

A.     31. c   32. b   33. c    34. c   35. d   36. a   37. e   38. c   39. a  40. b 

 

Getting ready for Bachillerato.....

 

170. Reading & Comprehension. Read the text carefully. 

 

WHY HAS POP MUSIC LOST ITS POWER TO SHOCK ?

 

In the early 1950s, before pop music, most young people behaved like their parents. They wore the same clothes and listened to the same music. But in the mid-1950s, Elvis Presley changed all that. Young people for the first time dared to be different. They wore different clothes and listened to different music and they had their own youth culture, which was a reaction against the culture of their parents.

Indeed, parents, teachers and other figures of authority disapproved strongly of this subversive, new culture and the music that the younger generation listened to. It may seem strange to us today,  but in the 1950s, Elvis Presley was asked not to do his hip-shaking dance on television as it was considered 'too sexy'. And in the 1960s, BBC Radio 1, Britain's most popular music station, banned songs that mentioned sex or drugs. Parents all over the world worried about the effects that pop songs would have on their children.

But this situation has changed. Nowadays, people have become used to the subversive behaviour of pop bands. In fact, they are surprised if bands are not loud and rude. Society has caught up with the pop stars. The stars have become, in their own way, conventional, or normal, and pop music seems to have lost its ability to shock.

            Nowadays, the only records that aren't played by Radio 1 are those which disc jockeys think are too old-fashioned and boring. The times have really changed!

 

Glossary.-   subversive: reacting against the dominant culture.

caught up with: arrived at the same point as.

conventional: the same as the dominant culture.

 

A. Read the text quickly and decide which is the best summary: A , B or C.  ________

A. Nowadays, music is no longer part of youth culture, because young people are more interested in videos and computer games.

B. Nowadays, pop music has lost its power to shock because people expect pop stars to be subversive.

C. Nowadays, young people don't like pop stars who are subversive - they think they are boring.

B. Read the text again. Answer these questions about the text.

1. How did young people change after Elvis? _________________________

2. Why was Elvis asked not to do his hip-shaking dance on TV?  ______________________

3. What do people think bands will be like nowadays?  ____________________________

4. What kind of music isn't now played on Radio 1?    _______________________________

C. Choose the correct definitions of these words as they are used in the text.

1. behaved (line 1) (a) thought (b) acted (c) looked

2. rude (line 13)  (a) sexy  (b) impolite (c) simple                                              

 

 

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

 Learn English with films and Will Smith The pursuit of happiness  

 

 

 

Vintage tennis:  Nadal IV 

Rafael Nadal vs Roger Federer - 2008 Final - Roland Garros Finale 2008 - full match in French (vs Almagro: "he'll be coming to RG..." & highlights). Here are also the highlights of the semi-final against Djokovic. The most dominant performance ever. 

 

   And...Bjorn Borg vs Victor Pecci 1/2 Roland Garros 1981 les 30 dernières minutes....