I'm in the need of...

 We are all in the need of something in life, but this thing should be a real challenge, not just a matter of a foolish wish of a spoilt mind. So bear that in mind when you really wish something.

 

 

Some activities for you to do: 

• Learn how to speak English naturally: How to decline invitations  (BBC Learning English)
  

• A listening exercise for you to do: Dos and Don'ts of trying to discuss climate  (BBC Learning English) 

• The English We Speak: Rabbit on  (BBC Learning English)

• News Review:  No university for Afghan women  (BBC Learning English)

   

Here's my musical hint for today: When I need you by Leo Sayer. Here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along!!

 

 

JOHN WAYNE (The Duke) - The Untold Truth   (Tonight Show starring Tony Carson)

 

And here's one of his appearances on screen...

Film - The Undefeated  , American Western, Cowboys, Adventure

 

 

Inglés con serie: Poldark Lesson 4  

 

 

English with Lucy  >>>  Please, learn the rules! When do we use “THE” in English? (+ when DON’T we?)  

 

 

 

 

And our students at school at work... 

Project on A Christmas Carol by Oliver Lozano (4º ESO A)

 

 

 Do you like Formula 1 races? Magic Alonso is back with Austin Martin!   >>>   Bahrain race highlights and Alonso overtaking Hamilton     

 

Vintage tennis: 

"I'm the only GOAT" - Gulbis & the most insane dropshots ever made in tennis history...  

 

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

Mind Your Language - How's your father?     

 

Don't you see eye-to-eye with me?

My students may not see eye-to-eye with me about how I make them work and the decisions I take regarding the teaching-learning process now, but perhaps in the near or far future they will understand me and they will find out what I meant to do, hopefully!

 

 

Some activities for you to do: 

• Learn how to speak English naturally: How to make polite invitations  (BBC Learning English)
  

• English in a Minute: Common ways to use 'present'  (BBC Learning English) 

• The English We Speak: Call it a day!  (BBC Learning English)

• News Review:  USA & Canada government TikTok bans  (BBC Learning English) 

• A listening exercise for you to do:  When you forget your first language (mother tongue) (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

 

By the way, did you like the play in English (Pandora's box) we attended last Thursday? Will you, please, write a comment making a summary of the plot or just giving the opinion of the experience? Will you repeat it next year?

 

 

 

Kirk Douglas doesn't see eye-to-eye with John Wayne  - The Dick Cavett Show 

 

 

And here are both of them working together in The War Wagon!!!

 

If two people see eye to eye, they agree with each other: My sisters don't see eye to eye with me about the arrangements.  to have the same opinion as someone else.

English idiom: see eye-to-eye

 

 

Inglés con serie: Poldark Lesson 3  

 

   

Here's my musical hint for today by Eagle-Eye Cherry: Save Tonight . Here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along!!

 

 

 

And our students at school at work... 

Project on A Christmas Carol by Oliver Lozano (4º ESO A)

 

 

 I think I'll call it a day! What do you think? Do you remember what this expression meant?

Stand and deliver!

 

"Stand and deliver!" , the typical command in a hold up in a western film. Do you know what 'hold your horses' or 'get the hide out of this place' mean?

 

You can find the solution below.

 

And now stand and deliver the answers to these activities: 

• Learn how to speak English naturally: How to make informal invitations "Do you fancy a pint?" (BBC Learning English)
  

• Quizz on the PAST PERFECT TENSE: Simple or Continuous?  (BBC Learning English) 

• The English We Speak: Thanks a bunch  (BBC Learning English)

• News Review:  Turkey and Syria earthquakes  (BBC Learning English) 

• A listening exercise for you to do:  The health benefits of apples (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

 

 

Have you seen the film CARS with 'Lightning McQueen' (Rayo McQueen)?

 

Well, it was in honour of the famous actor 

STEVE MCQUEEN - The Best of Steve McQueen - MGM  

 

And here are further details about this actor...

Tom Horn  ,  The life and sad ending of Steve McQueen  ,   

 

 

 

Inglés con serie: Poldark Lesson 2   

Here's my musical hint for today: Dust in the wind by Kansas. Here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along!!

 

 

Diets rich in tea, berries and apples could lower blood pressure – study (The Guardian)

 

Podcast for you to listen to: Turkey-Syria earthquake (BBC News)

 

Solution: 'Hold your horses!' means "stop, slow down, don't rush" and 'get the hide out of this place' means "get out of here" meaning 'hide' the skin of an animal. And "stand and deliver" where the typical words nasty cowboys used in a hold up to order the people 'to stop and give them all the money and valuable things they had on'.

 

 

And our students at school at work... 

Project on Rabbit-Proof Fence by Oliver Lozano (4º ESO A)

 

 

 

Don't take it to heart!

   

 Don't take it to heart! It is for your own good. We are all trying to do our best and have the best results. Don't become a procrastinator!!!

How would you translate the expression 'Don't take it to heart!' into Spanish? (Look for the solution below)

 

Here's a listening exercise for you to do about procrastinating: Are you a procrastinator?  (BBC Learning English)

   

 

So, I hope my musical hint for today will deter you from procrastinating and not wasting your time : Wasted time by Keith Urban. Here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along!!

 

 

 

Some activities for you to do: 

• Learn how to speak English naturally: How to ask for permission  (BBC Learning English)
  

• English in a Minute: Learn 5 meanings of 'accept'  (BBC Learning English) 

• The English We Speak: Take something to heart  (BBC Learning English)

• News Review:  Ozone layer improving  (BBC Learning English) 

• A listening exercise for you to do:  Underwater living (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

 

Here's an interesting TED talk for you to watch about the issue:

Tim Urban: Inside the mind of a master procrastinator | TED Talk

Some previous posts in this blog about the issue:

• Ready to resume activity? Some superfoods, just in case!

• We keep committing the same mistakes, perhaps because it's human nature??

• Don't leave it for tomorrow!!! Start now and you'll be ready for next school year.

 

 

HARRISON FORD - HILARIOUS INTERVIEW 

 

 

And Harrison Ford's first screen appearance...

 

 

By the way, there's a good drama series now on Spanish television called Poldark, which you can watch in English on RTVE play. You can even choose the subtitles in English.

Inglés con serie: Poldark Lesson 1  

 

 

 

And this is the original series!!!

Solution to previous question:  'Don't take it to heart!'  =  '¡No te lo tomes a pecho!'

Learning to fly

 Every time I start with a group in the level of 1º ESO, it is a sort of a challenge for me. They come to me and they know barely anything about English and about how to learn a language, so I have to go back to square one and start from the very beginning.

 

 

This is what happened again this year in September and it is now in February when I have the feeling that things are beginning to go better and better. I believe this learning process must be similar to the one birds follow when they want to learn how to fly. Later it will come the time when they leave the nest to carry on with their lives.

   

So, my musical hint for today will be the song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Learning to Fly . Here's a version with the lyrics for you to sing along!!

 

 

 

Some activities for you to do: 

• Learn how to speak English naturally: How to show you've taken offence  (BBC Learning English)
  

• English in a Minute: 5 common uses of 'while'  (BBC Learning English) 

• The English We Speak: Steal someone's thunder  (BBC Learning English)

• News Review:  'Burnout': Jacinda Andern resigns  (BBC Learning English) 

• A listening exercise for you to do:  Doomscrolling: Why do we do it? (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

 

 

Papa English teaches us how to express when you feel "Annoyed" at different levels...

 

 

And our students at school at work... 

Project on A Christmas Carol by José Carlos Escribano (4º ESO A)