INVERSION

Check these links out:

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Hope you find it helpful.

Cheerio

Australia's fast food addiction

Here's a video on fast food.

 

 

1. How many times a week is the baby given take-away?

2. What does Zoe give her baby for lunch?

3. Does Zoe consider herself a bad mum? Why?

4. Does Zoe's baby only get KFC?

5. According to the health specialist, why isn't fast food healthy? What does it contain?

6. According to the expert, what are the reasons for people having take-away so often?

 

 

NEW TECHNOLOGIES

Hi there,

I've just found this interesting video on how our life has changed.

Enjoy

A TRADITIONAL WEDDING

Watch this video.

LIFE EVENTS



Here's a list of some of the most important life events:

2. Bring up your children
3. Get a degree
4. Go to university
5. Have children
6. Rent or buy a house
7. Retirement
8. Fall in love
9. Get a job 
10. Start work
11. Move house
12. Get married
13. Leave school 
14. Get engaged
15. Get promoted
16. Start school
17. Leave home
18. Pass your exams
19. Celebrate an anniversary

• Can you add any more life events?
• Now do this quiz
• What are your top ten stressful events in life? Make a list.
• Now read the following text. Do they coincide with the ideas on your list?
• Finally, watch this video on the life of a SEN teacher. (School Education Needs)

LIFE EVENTS

THE WEATHER

Exercise 

LETTER OF COMPLAINT

This is the ad:

CD World

English conversation in a week
set of 6 CDs
English conversation for business and pleasure

You need to make a plan. The letter should be divided into 3 paragraphs, as follows:

 - State problem, say why you bought the CDs and that you are dissatisfied

- Detailed explanation of problems (no business conversations, not enough time to repeat, the price)

- Conclusion, what you want CD World to do


Dear Sir or Madam,

I am writing to express my disappointment with the course of English language CDs which I purchased from your company a few days ago. I have a good theoretical knowledge of English grammar and I was hoping that your course would help me to improve my conversational fluency and my knowledge of business English, but I feel your product is unsatisfactory and your advertisement is misleading in several respects.

To begin with, your advertisement states that the course provides English conversation for pleasure and business. This naturally leads one to expect that there are commercial English conversations on the CDs, and yet no such conversations are included. In addition, the student is expected to listen and repeat the conversations, but there is not enough time to do this without constantly pressing the "pause" button. Finally, your advertisement gives the impression that the price for the whole course is 20 euros, whereas in fact the CDs cost 20 euros each. The total price is thus 120 euros. I feel this is, to say the least, somewhat misleading.

For these reasons I am most dissatisfied with your product. I am returning the CDs and expect a full refund. I hope to hear from you soon.

Yours faithfully

(your name)

HOBBIES AND ALZHEIMER

The following video will help you practise your listening. It's about hobbies and alzheimer.

Hope you like it.

EDUCATION IN GREAT BRITAIN

Here's a video which explains education in GB.

How does it compare to education in Spain?

RED NOSE DAY

Hi,

I wonder whether you've heard about RED NOSE DAY. Well, it's all about raising money for charities. It's in fact a telethon that takes place every 2 years.

Anyway, after today's class I found this sketch; you will laugh your head off.

I don't know whether you follow the British X-Factor, but David Walliams keeps on teasing Simon and pretending he is in love with him.

Cheerio

MIND THE GAP

Here's a video on one of the voices that could be heard when travelling on the London underground.

Listen and answer the following questions:

1. What did Oswald Lawrence do for a living?
2. In which line could his voice be heard?
3. In which station could his widow hear his voice?
4. What happened in November last year?
5. How did she feel?
6. How long was Tim Bentinck's voice played in the Piccadilly line?
7. Why didn't he tell anyone about it?

COMPLAINT LETTER

If you want to find out more about complaint letters, click here.

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE vs CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE

AN APPLE A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY

Today we spoke about conventional and alternative medicine.
If you want to find out more, click here.

I'm sure you know lots of different remedies to avoid taking medication. Can you list them? For example, if my stomach hurts, I normally have chamomile tea.

HOW TO WRITE AN OUTSTANDING PERSONAL STATEMENT

PERSONAL STATEMENT



Your potential employer will ask you to write a personal statement to get additional information about you, i.e. information which was not mentioned in your CV. He or she wants to make a decision about your suitability for the position you are applying for.

We normally include the following sections:

1. Reasons for applying
2. Education and qualifications
3. Experience
4. Personal qualities
5. Extra skills relevant to the course
6. Future plans

And don't forget to convey your enthusiasm and motiviation for the job you are applying for, stressing your strengths.

Apart from the skills studied in class, here are some other personal skills you could mention:

When you had to use your initiative.

Determination/resilience. Have you had to overcome any obstacles or hardships in your life?

Creativity and imagination 

Time management and organising skills

Listening skills

Teamworking

Energy and enthusiasm

Flexibility and versatility

Responsibility and dependability

Ability to work with little supervision

Desire to continue learning

Other useful expressions:

- The course has given me broad knowledge about ...
- I have acquired skills and knowledge that ...
- The courses I have followed ...
- I hav always had a particular interest in ...
- Over the past two years, I have worked as ...
- To gain further insight into the specifics of (field), I plan to ...
- My working experience in varied environments has enabled me to develop a range of practical skills.
- I believe that the knowledge I acquired whilst working towards my degree ...

Here's a video that might be useful as it teaches you how to write a successful personal statement step-by-step.

BACK TO THE TOPIC OF NATURE

Isn't it inspiring?

Watch the video and fill in the gaps: (click on it)

I SEE TREES OF GREEN,
RED ROSES TOO
I SEE THEM _______
FOR ME AND YOU

AND I THINK TO MYSELF
WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD.

I SEE SKIES OF BLUE
AND CLOUDS OF WHITE
THE BRIGHT _______ DAY,
THE DARK ________ NIGHT

AND I THINK TO MYSELF
WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD.
THE COLORS OF THE RAINBOW
SO PRETTY IN THE SKY
ARE ALSO ON THE _________
OF PEOPLE GOING BY
I SEE FRIENDS SHAKING HANDS
SAYING "HOW DO YOU DO"
THEY´RE REALLY _______
"I LOVE YOU"

I HEAR BABIES CRYING,
I WATCH THEM _________
THEY´LL LEARN MUCH MORE
THAN I´LL EVER KNOW

AND I THINK TO MYSELF
WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD
QUITE SIMPLY,  WONDERFUL.

1. bloom

2. blessed

3. sacred

4. faces

5. saying

6. grow

HABEMUS PAPAM... THE FIRST FRANCIS

Newspaper front pages from around the world have rolled out news about the new Pope, Francis.

Here's a video which summarises what happened yesterday evening at Saint Peter's Square.

EXPRESSIONS

Join these words to form common expressions that include weather-related terms:

1. a sunny                           a. discussion
2. a breezy                          b. stare
3. a heated                          c. smile
4. a stormy                          d. manner
5. an icy                              e. relationship


KEY:

1C
2D
3A
4E
5B

LOL

MICROSOFT & APPLE