El Torreón” is located in El Condado, in the town of Laviana, province of Asturias. It is a medieval fortified tower ROMINA ALONSO has sent us this beautiful photo. Thanks very much, Romina NB2 Homework: Only Clara did her homework and ,as a result I got angry . Write a story about "I felt awful because I couldn´t help him/her" .It has to do with this topic. I´ll collect it next Thursday.Remember that you cand send them to my mail, there´s no excuse. Speaking: Shopping. A pair work activity we started doing last week. I grew angried when I realised that some of you hadn´t done anything. Listening: A mock exam for Certificacion. Very easy I must say. Grammar: Prepositions of movement. St.B.p. 134. Rules and a couple of exercises Speaking: St.B.p. 117. Cross country . To plan a race that your partner will draw on his book. Writing: A very useful handout about linking words with many examples, writing letters and punctuation. You should keep these photocopies when it comes to writing a composition and doubs about spelling , connectos or the layout of a letter pop up. Homework : Some exercises about verbs followed by infinitives and gerunds and expressions of movement. NI2 Homework: Only Inma gave the composition you had to do for homework.Please, it´s a serious matter, do it and I´ll collect it next Wednesday. Vocabulary: Crime and punishment . some more words and expressions related to crimes and and court. Speaking: St.B.p.84. Questions about crimes, juries, judges,prison...you had to give me your opinion and support your ideas with examples. Speaking and Listening: St.b.p. 85. A photo of someone stealing from a car, car theft, to describe. Then after the listening there were a couple of questions and 10 true-false statements. Reading: a mock exam for Certificación. Homework: I distributed photos for the speaking exam. you´ll describe them on Wednesday. a reading on St.B.p. 86, about trials and also remember to study this specific vocabulary. As usual, ALBERTO PINTOS NOVO has been so kind so as to send us a beautiful song. thank you Alberto.
SPEAKINGS This is the speaking guide you should know by heart. Wednesday, 16,December,2009. In this post you have plenty to practice you speaking skills
GRAMMAR Grammar ,units: - 64 : A an. - 65: Flower(s), buse(s) . Singular and plural - 66: A car/some money 1 (countable and uncountable) - 67: A car/some money 2 (countable and uncountable)
I´m afraid I can´t go to class today. I´m very sorry for the trouble I´ve caused you but both yesterday and today have been hectic and I have had hardly time to inform the head of studies. As I´m not totally sure if on Monday I´ll be ok , please browse the EOI web page : www.eoilangreo.net where you´ll have accurate information about teachers´attendance to class. In the meantime you should carry on working. NB2 - Here you have the same listening about directionswe did last time in class and the audios : activity 1,2 and 3 - Another listening about directions with its exercises andaudio - Some exercises about the first conditional - Grammar, units 59 about possessive adjectives, unit 70 about "go home, go to work"... and unit 71 about " like/hate exams, music" (without the definite article) - Speaking: Practise asking for and giving directions with the plans you have. You can also go back to a post in Christmas with many photos .
Teacher: Can anyone give me the name of a liquid that won't freeze ? Pupil: Hot water !
Teacher: Does anyone know which month has 28 days ? Pupil: All of them !
Why was the head teacher worried ? Because there were so many rulers in the school !
Teacher: I told you to stand at the end of the line ? Pupil: I tried, but there was someone already there !
Teacher: I said to draw a cow eating some grass but you've only drawn the cow ? Pupil: Yes, the cow ate all the grass !
Teacher: and what is "don't" short for Pupil: Doughnut !
Teacher: In 1940, what were the Poles doing in Russia ? Pupil: Holding up the telegraph lines !
Teacher: Why are you standing on your head ? Pupil: I'm just turning over things in my mind, sir ! From: schooljokes.com
NB2 Homework: Grammar, units 17,95 Grammar: Present perfect: a series of exercises we did thoroughly to make sure everybody understood this tense. Speaking: Pair work "Are you Telling the Truth?" with questions in present perfect such as "have you ever been...?" and in the simple past to ask for more details. Listening: "I was really scared", a ghost story with specific question about the sequence of events. First we saw some vocabulary. Exercise, script and audio. Homework: Grammar, unit 9( I have, I´ve got), 30 (I am I don´t). An extra set of exercises in the present perfect with answers. NI2 Homework:Grammar. Units 10,11 and 39 Reading. St.B. p.54,55 Sections a,b,c,d. "Clothes to die for" Grammar: Grammar Bank, p.136. Position of adjectives: Rules and exercises. Grammar, unit 99 Vocabulary:A crosswords about clothes. A photocopy with more specific vocabulary :adjectives describing clothes and verbs.eg.fit,suit,match. Speaking: Communication: Fashion show:Describe a man and a woman using two adjectives. Student A:p. 117, Student B:p.121. Another activity:"Guess the drawing".A student has to draw what his partner says using two adjectives. It was fun and we laughed a lot. Homework: Grammar, unit 37. Requests. Wk.p. 33,34,35.
Crude oil (called "petroleum") is easier to get out of the ground than coal, as it can flow along pipes. This also makes it cheaper to transport.
I ought to point out that some scientists are claiming that oil is not a 'fossil' fuel - that it is not the remains of prehistoric organisms after all. They claim it was made by some other, non-biological process. Currently this is not accepted by the majority of scientists,
Natural gas provides around 20% of the world's consumption of energy, and as well as being burnt in power stations, is used by many people to heat their homes. It is easy to transport along pipes, and gas power stations produce comparatively little pollution.
Advantages
Very large amounts of electricity can be generated in one place using coal, fairly cheaply.
Transporting oil and gas to the power stations is easy.
Gas-fired power stations are very efficient.
A fossil-fuelled power station can be built almost anywhere, so long as you can get large quantities of fuel to it. Didcot power station, in Oxfordshire, has a dedicated rail link to supply the coal.
Disadvantages
Basically, the main drawback of fossil fuels is pollution. Burning any fossil fuel produces carbon dioxide, which contributes to the "greenhouse effect", warming the Earth.
Burning coal produces more carbon dioxide than burning oil or gas. It also produces sulphur dioxide, a gas that contributes to acid rain. We can reduce this before releasing the waste gases into the atmosphere.
Mining coal can be difficult and dangerous. Strip mining destroys large areas of the landscape.
Coal-fired power stations need huge amounts of fuel, which means train-loads of coal almost constantly. In order to cope with changing demands for power, the station needs reserves. This means covering a large area of countryside next to the power station with piles of coal.
Is it renewable?
Fossil fuels are not a renewable energy resource. Once we've burned them all, there isn't any more, and our consumption of fossil fuels has nearly doubled every 20 years since 1900. This is a particular problem for oil, because we also use it to make plastics and many other products.
www.darvill.clara.net/altenerg/fossil.htm
NB2 I gave you the exams you had done the week before and checked the answers. Homework: Grammar unit15 ,17 Speaking: Have you ever ...? and the simple past to know more specific information Listening: song: "True Blue" by Madonna. Lyrics and audio. "Just Shopping" Two women who have been shopping meet and talk about clothes. Exercises, script and audio Grammar: A photocopy about the present perfect and the simple past. HomeworK: I´ll collect the compositions you didn´t do for Thursday. Last call. workbook.p. 31,32, NI2 I gave you the exams you had done the week before and checked the answers. Homework:Workbook.p.30,31,32. Grammar. Unit 29 about may,might and could. Grammar: a handout about connectors Listening: st.B.p. 52. Section 4A "Clothes to die for". two people being interviewed about their taste in clothes. A who -says-what exercises and secondly another to listen more in detail. Vocabulary: St.b.p. 151 . Words related to fashion, items of clothing and materials , shapes and adjectives describing clothes. Test your partner. Speaking: St.B.p. 52 ."You and your Clothes" To make a speech following and linking one question to the following. Homework: Reading: St.b.p. 53, activities a,b,c.. Modal verbs , the end of the murder case. Please, focus on modals of possibility and deduction.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is the greatest fourteenth century text. It was written by an unknown author between 1375 and 1400. The story begins at Christmas time, and there are many symbolic elements. The Green Knight is a color which symbolizes Christmas. Also, changing seasons and the coming of winter symbolize the passing of life and reminds us that Death is unavoidable. The author also skillfully illustrates human weaknesses in the descriptions of Gawain's temptations. The story tells about adventures of Sir Gawain, who takes the Green Knight's challenge. One year after cutting Green Knight's head off, which did not kill him, Gawain has to travel to find the Green Knight and take his blow in return. He finds a strange castle, and while he awaits there for the final day, his knight's ethical code is put to a test by the host and his wife. In this part, Green Knight, in an unmannerly way, enters the hall where King Arthur and his Knights feast and cleverly gets them committed to take his game without revealing what it is he wants to play. In this passage from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The Green Knight enters the hall on his horse. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table are having their feast. They are astounded to see a green knight on a green horse. They don't take any action; instead they stare at the stranger. The Green Knight challenges the king and his companions to take his game. He is arrogant, and he uses their pride to get them committed to his game. He is successful, as the king promises to take the game, although he does not know what it is yet. The Green Knight comes into the hall where King Arthur and his knights feast on a horse, and does not greet anyone. He carries a huge axe with "The Spike of green steel" (Norton 207) and with green engravings. He carries no armor and no other weapons. When he enters, not only he does not greet the people present, but he looks down rudely at them and asks: "Where is the captain of this crowd? Keenly I wish to see that sire with sight, and to himself say my say." The knights of the Green Table are so surprised, they fail to protect their king. They stare at the Green Knight, for they have never seen such a sight. They do not take any action, waiting what he will do. King Arthur answers saying he is the head of the party and invites Green Knight to introduce himself. The Green Knight is not kind, for does introduce himself when asked. He says that he comes in peace for he has no armor, but first he tells them how brave they are: "If you be so bold as all men believe, you will graciously grant the game that I ask by right." This is only to get them to take his challenge. And King Arthur promises somebody will take his challenge: "Sir courteous knight, if contest bare you crave, you shall not fail to fight." This passage reveals the way The Green Knight gets King Arthur's promise to take his challenge without knowing what the challenge is. The Green Knight appears as a rude, but clever challenger. He plays on their pride in a way they cannot refuse his challenge and keep their honor. From this point on, the knights are committed to the challenge, and this becomes the prediction of the next part of the story.
NB2 - Homework Grammar, unit 106 about the prepositions in ,at and on. - Grammar: Grammar, unit 107,108 with more uses of these prepositions. - Speaking: 6 students talked about their summer holidays. - Grammar: A handout with practce of tenses: simple past-past continuous. - Speaking: a thorough practice describing a drawing. This activity took a great deal of time. - Listening. Song: Imagine. Exercises and audio - Homework: Grammar, unit 107,107 about the prepositions in,at, on.
NI2 - Homework: Let me tell you that I was a bit cross with you when I realised that very few students had done their homework. It´s you who are going to sit the exam , so you´re supposed to do your best in order to achieve your goal, otherwise you´ll fail. As simple as this. Reading. ST.B.p.22, grammar, unit 39,49, the remaining exercises we hadn´t done in the previous class. - Listenning: St.B. p. 23 "It´s my Party" using conditional 1 and 2.Exercise , audio and answers - Speaking: St.B.p. 24 "Do you want to be young for Ever?" Picture discussion . -Listening: St.B.p. 24 An interview to a doctor who made a research abouth the "superyoung" and the factor that help to be young. Listen to some extracts and write the exact words. - Speaking: St.B. p, 24. Formation of abstract nouns from adjectives.e.g. insecure-insecurity. - Homework : the speaking activity about the different ages , their advantages and disadvantages and your personal experience. Reading: St.B.p. 25 "Eternal Youth" with a multiple choice exercise. Tomorrow we´ll do some picture description, so get it ready. some more exercises on conditionals and the answers.
Peoples of Britain By Dr Simon James The 'Dark Ages'
Were the 'Celts' displaced or absorbed by the invaders? In western and northern Britain, around the western seas, the end of Roman power saw the reassertion of ancient patterns, ie continuity of linguistic and cultural trends reaching back to before the Iron Age. Yet in the long term, the continuous development of a shifting mosaic of societies gradually tended (as elsewhere in Europe) towards larger states. Thus, for example, the far north-western, Irish-ruled kingdom of Dalriada merged in the ninth century with the Pictish kingdom to form Scotland. 'It was once believed that the Romano-British were slaughtered or driven west by hordes of invading Anglo-Saxons, part of the great westward movement of 'barbarians' overwhelming the western empire.' The western-most parts of the old province, where Roman ways had not displaced traditional culture, also partook of these trends, creating small kingdoms which would develop, under pressure from the Saxons, into the Welsh and Cornish regions. The fate of the rest of the Roman province was very different: after imperial power collapsed c.410 AD Romanised civilisation swiftly vanished. By the sixth century, most of Britannia was taken over by 'Germanic' kingdoms. There was apparently complete discontinuity between Roman Britain and Anglo-Saxon England; it was once believed that the Romano-British were slaughtered or driven west by hordes of invading Anglo-Saxons, part of the great westward movement of 'barbarians' overwhelming the western
NB2 - Homework: Grammar, unit 24 - Speaking: Five students talked about their summer holidays and were given a mark. - Listening: Holidays, the last part of a set of three .EXERCISES,AUDIO : ACTVITY 2, ACTIVITY 3, ACTIVITY 4, ACTIVITY 5, ACTIVITY 6,ACTIVITY 7 . SCRIPTS. Here you´ll find all the activities related to this topic. - Reading: St.B.p. 18 "A Moment in Time" dealing with the simple past and the past continuous. A read and match exercise. - Grammar: I wrote a few examples on the blackboard with the use of these two tenses and once you got it ,we went to St.B.p.128 to see the rules and do the exercises. We also saw in your grammars , chapters 13,14 - Reading:St.B.p.19 "The Lovers of the Bastille" . A couple who had their picture taken without knowing it. - Listening: About the same French couple but many years later. True-false statements which seemed to be more difficult than the other listenings we had previously done. I suggested that you should listen to the CD at home and do the exercise again. - Homework: Grammar, unit 14, Wk.p. 15
NI2 - Homework: Grammar, unit 111. Yet, still and already. - Speaking: Describing a photo. As nobody had done the activity, I encouraged you to do it in written form. So, send me both a picture and its description following the guidelines I gave you and I´ll post them in the blog. - Grammar: Conditional sentences. TYPES 0,1,2 , sorry if you see the exercise of linking words first, carry on moving the mouse and the conditionals will come out soon. TYPE 3,ANSWERS. - Speaking and Reading: A fotocopy to match sentences with LINKING WORDS. - Homework: Do the grammar activities , you also have to pick up a photo , describe it and send it to my blog, so that I can post it.
A strong economy and guaranteed funding Brazil's economy is now the tenth largest in the world - and predicted to be fifth by 2016. We are the world's second biggest food exporter, one of the world's largest oil and ore producers and the fifth largest advertising market. Our diverse economy is the engine of South America and one of the world's top 10 consumer markets. We have the highest levels of Internet use in the world. The enduring strength of our economy - even in the current global climate - has enabled the Government to guarantee the investments needed for the 2016 Games, including direct funding of US$700m for the OCOG.
Spirit, sport and a powerful legacy We will unite Rio's unique spirit with the power of sport to stage an exceptional event, full of Brazilian passion. Rio 2016 will provide memories of a lifetime for every athlete and all other members of the Games Family. And the Games will leave a powerful legacy by meeting the long-term needs of the city and its residents. Every aspect of the Rio Games concept has been designed to align with the strategy for the future of the city and country.
Uniting sport and youth Rio is committed to bringing together Brazil's youthful population - including 65 million under 18s - with the full range of Olympic and Paralympic sport. One example is the X Park, a sports complex that will combine Olympic disciplines with many of the modern sports that have emerged in recent years . In keeping with Rio 2016's clear strategy to align Games plans with the long-term development of the city, the X Park will be built in Deodoro - the area of Rio with the youngest population and a recognised need for more sports facilities.
From :www.rio2016.org
NB2A/C - Homework: We checked Grammar, unit 59 about object pronouns. - Grammar: St. b. pg 5. word order in questions . A re-order the words exercise. Page 126 . grammar Bank Word Order in Questions. We saw the rules and did the exercises on the following page. _Speaking: a photocopy with questions about your partner: name, age,nationality called STUDENT´S PROFILE. you had to note down the answers of the interview because on Thursday I´ll collect the compositions made out of these questions. - Listening: St. b. pg 5 .LISTENING DATES AND NUMBERS AUDIO, to see the exercises LISTENING DATES AND NUMBER ACTIVITIES, to see the answers LISTENING DATES AND NUMBERS ANSWERS - Vocabulary . Section 1B. St.b. pg .4. Who Knows you Better? About members of the family and adjectives. Vocabulary Bank, pg 145. Personality adjectives - Homework : Composition for next thursday and Grammar, unit 44
