President of Venezuela looking for food

Venezuela cuts red tape on imports of essential goods

You can read this article and this one about the problem and then listen to this news report:   Dealing with Venezuela's food crisis   (Pay attention to the vocabulary used because it could be applied to other similar food crisis in the world)

Japan switches off nuclear power

Read this newspaper article (The Guardian) and listen about this issue:

Japan switches off nuclear power

and what can you tell me about GREEN ENERGIES?

What does 'nukes' mean?

A lucky escape

Watch this video about an amazing LUCKY ESCAPE.

And some extra practice: TRAIN OF THE FUTURE 

Have you ever felt homesick???

In which situations can you feel homesick?

The adults who suffer extreme homesickness

and listen to this podcast about HOMESICKNESS   (By the way, what does this word mean? and where does it come from?)

Learning English

Read this article: Why Learn English: 10 Reasons to Learn English

 and now listen to this podcast: 70 years of learning 

NADAL, THE LEGEND

Rafael Nadal has done it again and this time on hard court. What an incredible match and what an amazing season for him!!!!

• Nadal Beats Djokovic to Win U.S. Open

• Rafael Nadal beats Novak Djokovic to win U.S. Open

• US Open final: Rafael Nadal beats Novak Djokovic – as it happened

• BBC Sport: Rafael Nadal beats Novak Djokovic to win second US Open title

  (most emotional win)

   

And here's the longest rally of the match and of the whole tournament:

 

 

His 13th Grand Slam!!!!! and remember his record of 26 Masters 1000

  and some photos of the match. You can also check the ATP ranking live and see how close Nadal is now to Djokovic.

Asking permission and polite requests (business English)

You may find in the future how useful the hints here presented could be as you will probably have to face situations in which you will need to find a job or ask for a grant.

Listening exercise:

Business English: Asking for permission & polite requests

Examples of real semi-formal letters asking for something and their replies:   EXAMPLES

Going where the work is

 Hard times to find a good job. Sometimes we are forced to go abroad to find a suitable job opportunity. Here are some hints.

How to move your career abroad: tips, tricks and insights

Facts About Hunting Jobs Abroad

and you can do this listening exercise: GOING WHERE THE WORK IS  

Cleaning up space junk

This could be a huge problem in the future:

Study: clean up space before dangerous debris collisions increase

 

9 Concepts for Cleaning up Space Junk

and here is a listening exercise:  Cleaning up space

TINY HOUZZ!!!

Could you live in a tiny house? Here are some ideas.

What would be the advantages and disadvantages?

Here is the link for the listening exercise: link  

ROYAL BABY TALK

Last Monday, 22nd July, 2013 a new Royal baby has come to this world.

Baby Cambridge - how the national newspapers covered the royal birth 

Here is a listening exercise: Royal baby talk  

What is a landline?

A podcast on the possible death of the landline phones  and interesting article to read: the slow dead of landline phones.     

Have you ever tried to repair one of the gadgets you have got at home?

Have you ever tried to repair one of the gadgets you have got at home?

Another interesting listening exercise: RESTART PARTIES  and read this article about the restart project.  

At last after 77 years!!!!

A new exercise for the B1:

Andy Murray wins Wimbledon

A new exercise for the B1:

Andy Murray beats Novak Djokovic to win Wimbledon

Congratulations to Anna!!!!

Congratulations to our student for having achieved one of the highest marks in the Selectivity exams in the province of Granada.

Link to the newspaper article in El Ideal.