BEING A TEACHER IS A DIFFICULT TASK NOWADAYS, SO I DECIDED TO FOLLOW THIS PIECE OF ADVICE BY BRUCE LEE:
Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
Before going to the Olympic Games, or any kind of tournament, estimations are made about how many medals will be won, regardless of all the other contenders.
Then when we face the reality we see how hard it is to succeed, even for the strongest athletes or teams.
All things considered, we will appreciate more what María Pérez and Álvaro Martin achieved (do you know the sport they practise?), and the same with our men's football national team!
Yes, step aside and make room for the athletes from all around the world as the Olympic Games Paris 2024 are about to start, so it's time for great and historical moments.
That is also what most US Democrats have told current US President Joe Biden. Please, step aside and let Kamala Harris run for the US Presidency in the next general elections agains former President Donald Trump.
Impeccable cérémonie d'ouverture!!
Superb opening ceremony!!!! Full of references to culture, history, races, sexes... What a tactful taste!! 👏👏👏👏👍👍👍
20. Were these high-end clothes made in Spain in the 1990s?
21. How often did they use to go to the cinema?
22. Mary has got a new boyfriend whose mother is a very well-known writer.
23. What about making a move today?
24. I will punish her /// let me know immediately.
25. After warming up for ten minutes (After Sophie had warmed up), Sophie (she) worked out for two hours.
26. A friend of ours has worked as a hairdresser in the past, but he wouldn't like to do it again.
27. The students said they wouldn't meet their new literature teacher the next day.
28. How long did you wait for the train to come?
Some other interesting aspects to note in the exam:
Text A
bride / bridegroom but not in the way you would expect (pero no de la manera que tú esperarías) Amanda had her wedding dress stolen (causative have) upon returning from the dress had gone missing (disappeared) can't help doing sth (no poder evitar hacer algo) give it a try After overcoming a series of obstacles any further incidents newly wed Amanda
Text B
the world's most widely used language to eliminate miscommunication by changing end up sounding like someone from Kansas somewhat artificial working on doing sth rather than learning to pronounce closely linked it could also assist (help) language learners
It is true that life is full of peaks and troughs, but like in the stock exchange market we must always analyse if the trend is ascending or descending to see if that company is positive for the shareholders or not.
What does the expression 'peaks and troughs' mean? (Check below) Pay attention to the pronunciation of the word 'trough'.
On Friday, 12th July, after defeating Medvedev in the Wimbledon semi-final our great Carlos Álcaraz foretold that the next Sunday could be a great day for Spain, from the point of view of sport.
Two days later, after Carlos having defeated Djokovic in the final and later the victory of Spain over England in the Eurocup 24 final in Berlin, we can say indeed he was right. What a great day for Spain!
Mikel Oyarzabal scored a late winner in Berlin to secure a 2-1 win for the Spanish....
Answers
to to the Selectivity exam included in the previous post (These are my answers,
but unfortunately I haven't been able to double check them with an
external source).
Text A 1. c (lines 3-4) 2. d (lines 7-8)
3.
FALSE (lines 4-5) “Soon, other examples started popping up all over the Internet”
4. FALSE (line 10) “A more likely explanation for the Mandela effect involves false memories.”
5.
TRUE (lines 13-14) “The role of the Internet... in this digital age.”
6.
FALSE (lines 15-16) “This wasn't the result of manipulation either"
7.1 store 7.2 was coined 8.1 vulnerable 8.2 spreading
Text B 9. c (line 2) 10. a (lines 7-8)
11. FALSE (lines 2-3) “You don't need...in some way”
12.
FALSE (line 6) "about the French originators of the discipline"
13.
FALSE (line 7) "One woman from north England... of her body atrophied."
14.
TRUE (lines 13-14) "The aim is to help people... keep improving."
15.1 alive 15.2 crash 16.1 martial 16.2 training
17.1 had already started 17.2 getting up 18.1 of 18.2 since
19. The bride invited us to the wedding.
20. I have been sent a funny text message / A funny text message has been sent to me
21. How many cars were there in the parking lot?
22. That is the lady whose daughter won a chess championship last month.
23. He is such a talented person that he was picked in the top five.
24. If only she could play the guitar. /// If only she had phoned me five hours ago.
25. Although it was raining, we went hiking.
26. You are not old enough to drive in Spain.
27. Mike wondered why she hadn't offered him a mug of coffee the day before.
28. You had better not go out at night.
Some other interesting aspects to note in the exam:
Before going to the Olympic Games, or any kind of tournament, estimations are made about how many medals will be won, regardless of all the other contenders.
All things considered, we will appreciate more what María Pérez and Álvaro Martin achieved (do you know the sport they practise?), and the same with our men's football national team!
