Everybody's talking...

... that winter is coming!!

 

What is Winter Solstice? | Winter Solstice Fun Facts for Students

 

 

 

Everybody's talking that once upon a time a young man from a little village in the far west in the United States wanted to move to New York city. Here's the main theme of the film I am talking about (MIDNIGHT COWBOY: some scenes from the film: the opening scene, classic trailer, that's strictly for Fags!, Spanish-subtitled trailer,   ): Everybody's Talkin' by Harry Nilsson and here are the lyrics, which I recommend you to have a look at.

 

Here's also a harmonica theme  (live) and the whole album for you to listen to, plus a film review done some years later.

Everybody's talking about some activities for you to do: 

• Merry Christmas:   What is an Advent Calendar?   (BBC Learning English)

• News Review: Tornadoes devastate US states  (BBC Learning English)

• International Law : What are human rights and why do they matter?   (BBC Learning English)

• A listening exercise for you to do: Body language online (BBC Learning English)

 

 

There is a poverty of body language in telehealth appointments – but there is tenderness too (The Guardian)

More than 80 feared dead after tornadoes hit central and southern US (CNN)

 

Everybody's talking about a Romanian tennis player called Ilie Nastase, who once upon a time did things like this...

or his Grand Slam highlights or playing against Connors in Wimbledon 1972!!!

 

LINGOHACK  >>>

• Episode 211208 / 08 December 2021    >>>  The future of shopping   -    

  Language related to 'consumerism'.  

  Need-to-know language: charged, stock shelves, unmanned, mainstream & digitalisation.

 
 

 

Everybody's talking that our students are doing a good job.... and if you want to learn more about the city of New York  >> New That's English episodes to watch

MODULE 12 (NOTES)

 Unit 1B      Unit 2B

  or the differences between American and British English  >>>

MODULE 11 (NOTES)

  Unit 2A

Project about A Foreigner in New York  by Álvaro Martín (2º Bach A)

 

Project about A Foreigner in Britain  by Raquel Peinado (1º Bach A)

 

 

 

Project about The adventures of Tom Sawyer  by Rocío Valdés (2º Bach A) 

DART mission

There are times when fiction becomes reality and that is the case of the Dart mission. Here you've got an article for you to read to learn about what it really is:

Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission (NASA)

 

and another one explaining the reasons why:

 

Dart mission: why is Nasa crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid? (The Guardian)

 

 

And here's "Armageddon", the film whose plot is similar to what it is really going to be done:

Armageddon - Official Trailer 

Another video related to the film: Armageddon - Shuttle Crash 

 

The original soundtrack of the film is my musical hint for today: I don't wanna miss a thing by Aerosmith and here are the lyrics, which I recommend you to have a look at. 

 

 

 

 

Some activities for you to do: 

• 6 Minute Vocabulary:   Weather words and MODAL VERBS   (BBC Learning English)

• News Review: Omicron: New Covid strain, new travel restrictions  (BBC Learning English)

• International Law : Who are the actors in international law?   (BBC Learning English)

• A listening exercise about you borrowing a person you wouldn’t usually meet for a half-hour candid conversation and learn what it is like to be in their shoes: The Human Library: Life as an open book (BBC Learning English)

 

* "if I were in your shoes" means, according to Cambridge Dictionary: used when you want to tell someone what you would do in their situation. For example, "If I were in your shoes, I think I'd write to her rather than try to explain over the phone".

 

Omicron variant in Europe earlier than thought - BBC News 

 

 

LINGOHACK  >>>

Episode 211201 / 01 December 2021    >>>  Dog rescue with a drone   -    Language related to 'seeing things'.  

Need-to-know language: thermal imaging, heat signatures, spot, the naked eye & jumps out.

 

 

TENNIS  >>>  Vintage Forest Hill

NASTASE-MC ENROE FOREST HILL 1978 

 

 

Slow, but where's the point in hurrying?

 

People may think I'm a slow learner, perhaps the world is going too fast, so where's the point in worrying if I get to my destination in time or I achieve my goals? However, what is the point in living a pointless life? A life without goals to achieve?

 

Listen to the song below and then: first, fill in the gaps in the first verse and, secondly, how would you translate the expression: "where's the point in + Verb in the -ing form"?

"Slow Learner"

People say '_______  _______  ________  __________?'
Or '________  ___________  ____________  _____________?'
I'm a slow learner
________  ___________  ____________  _____________
It's my way, has to be true
The world ________  ___________  ____________  _____________
But where you're concerned
________  ___________  ____________  _____________ to last
Where's the point in worrying
If we should start a little late
Where's the point in hurrying
When waiting feels so great?
I'm a slow burner
________  ___________  ____________  _____________ a while ago
I'm a slow learner
I do everything slow

Breaking news:

Covid: New variant classed 'of concern' and named Omicron (BBC News)

New UK Covid measures to be announced to tackle Omicron spread (The Guardian)

Omicron: What we know so far about the new COVID-19 variant | DW News

 

 

 

Some activities for you to do: 

• The English We Speak:   Another string to my bow   (BBC Learning English)

• News Review: Adele gets spotify to take shuffle button off all album pages  (BBC Learning English)

  

• International Law : Who are the actors in international law?   (BBC Learning English)

• A listening exercise for you to do: How green is nuclear energy? (BBC Learning English)

   

   

   

   
  

  

 

Here's my musical hint for today: Slow learner by Mark Knopfler and here are the lyrics, which I recommend you to have a look at. 

 

mmmEnglish talking about Zero and Real Conditionals, and when to use them

 

Project about  Jane Eyre  by José Corzo (2º Bach A)

 

LINGOHACK  >>>

• Episode 211124 / 24 November 2021    >>>  Denmark's green hydrogen   -    Language related to 'energy'.  

  Need-to-know language: renewable, clean fluel, plant, grid & fossil fluel.

Never give up!!!

No matter how hard the situation you are facing is, you should never give up. Try to do your best and at the end of the day, even if you don't get your goal or sort out the difficulties, at least you will be proud of yourself. 

 

In a society and at a time where there's only place for success, you must also be ready for failures and be ready to overcome them or any other obstacles. That's what makes us stronger. We are succeeding in overcoming the Covid-19 pandemic and we are far stronger now than two years ago.

Here's my musical hint for today and that's what Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush advise us to do: Don't give up  and here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along... 

 

 

 

Some activities for you to do: 

• English in a minute:   How to use adjectives without nouns    (BBC Learning English)

• News Review: Austria: Lockdown for unvaccinated  (BBC Learning English)

• International Law : National law vs International law   (BBC Learning English)

• A listening exercise for you to do: Do you find it difficult to memorise things? (BBC Learning English)
  

 

And we tell the people living in La Palma (Canary Islands) never to give up!!!

As a sea of lava destroys livelihoods on La Palma, it also offers a lifeline (npr)

 

 

mmmEnglish talks about: AT, BY or ON? English Prepositions Lesson & Quiz

 

Two interesting articles for you to read and watch about consequences of climate change:

Space-International Law : How do we stop islands sinking?   (BBC Learning English)

 

LINGOHACK  >>>

Episode 211117 / 17 November 2021    >>>  Alaska's fading coastline   -    Language related to 'survival'.  

Need-to-know language: getting harder, lifeline, medevacs, let go of & face.

 

 

Online safety has become of paramount importance especially during this pandemic we are going through. Children are spending more time online, and most parents are not aware of the risks they are putting their children through by allowing them unlimited access to streams on the internet. Here's a guide I have been sent and it may be useful for you:

How to Keep Kids Safe on YouTube (SafetyDetectives.com)

Super Mario Bros

Why is SM so popular? (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English). I'm not very familiar with this famous video game icon myself, but I know that generations of teenagers have played this kind of games.

Have you played any of his games?

 

 

 

Some activities for you to do: 

• Advanced grammar:   Inversion 2: reduced conditionals, adverbs of place and movement, consequences of an adjective   (BBC Learning English)

• News Review: COP26: Fossil fuel industry has largest delegation  (BBC Learning English)

• Space-International Law : Where do international laws come from? (conventions and protocols)   (BBC Learning English)

 

 

LINGOHACK  >>>

Episode 211110 / 10 November 2021    >>>  Climate change: Islands at risk   - Language related to 'climate change'.

Need-to-know language: front line, unpredictable, challenge, vulnerable & mitigate. 

 

 

 

mmmEnglish teaches us some Interesting English Idioms | Everyday Phrases to describe how you FEEL

 

 

 

TENNIS  >>>  Vintage US Open... when it was played on grass!!!

Bjorn Borg v Arthur Ashe in a breatkthrough match! | US Open 1973 Round 3 

 

And now Carlos Alcaraz, the present and the future of tennis, has just become the Next Gen Master in Milan beating Korda in the final. Here's an example of his unbelievable tennis!!!

 

 

Here's my musical hint for today: Super Mario - Suite (Live: SCORE Orchestral Game Music) by the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and here's another Super Mario Bros... 

 

 

Project about A Foreigner in New York  by Johana Gutiérrez (2º Bach A)

 

A cop to sort out climate change matters?

Yes, we need the COP26 in Glasgow!!!

 

Remember that the word 'cop' is a colloguial way to refer to a police officer in the United States. Can you remember the film ROBOCOP (short video to remind you)?

 

Actually, in this case COP26 stands for Conference Of Parties dealing the issue of climate change in our planet and it is the 26th time they meet. 

 

Three terms to unlock COP26 (BBC Learning English): net zero emissions, circular economy and 1.5 degrees + renewables, reduce emissions, change our diets, the clock is ticking.

 

Here some articles for you to read about this matter:

• News Review: Countries try to change UN climate report (BBC Learning English)
  

• What is Cop26 and why does it matter? The complete guide (The Guardian)
  

• COP26: What is the Glasgow climate conference and why is it important? (BBC News)
  

 

 

This tool will help us get to zero emissions (by Bill Gates) & Sir David Attenborough talking about The Climate Crisis: Towards Zero Carbon 

 

 

Norway and CO2 emissions | DW Documentary

 

 

Some activities for you to do: 

• Advanced grammar:   Inversion 1: After Negative or Limiting Adverbs   (BBC Learning English)

• Listening exercise for you to do: Should fast food sponsor sport?  (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

• Emma teaches you:  11 Important English Collocations to Improve your English Mind   (mmmEnglish)

 

A History of the English Language (with subtitles)

 

 

Here's my musical hint for today: The House of the Rising Sun by Joan Baez  and here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along... 

LINGOHACK  >>>

Episode 211103 / 03 November 2021    >>>  World's oldest known art cave   -    Language related to 'old things and the past'.  

Need-to-know language: ancestors, archeologists, ancient, decaying & crumble.

 

 

Project about A Foreigner in New York  by Natalia López (2º Bach A)