Xmas presents 4 all! 2012

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Hi, everyone!

Once again, Xmas time is nearly here, so I thought I could ask you for some presents, once more, just like last year.

The instructions are pretty much the same: you need to write me an email telling me what presents you bought. So let's imagine you won £1000 in a contest and you're going to spend that money on presents for your relatives, friends, and your English teacher -- don't forget to include me!!

You need to visit the following online shops and look for the right present, and explain why you chose them.

THANK YOU AND MERRY XMAS!

Firebox   Apple store UK    Topshop    Topman    Foyles bookshop    Hamleys    Tesco   ASOS

     interflora    HMV    MANGO    MAC

B2 - HEALTH related vocabulary & KEY

Hi, everyone!

This is the HEALTH handout I've given out in class this week. The KEY is at the end of the document.

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B2 - Adjectives: types & order + KEY

Hi, everyone!

You can find below a few exercises on adjective order.

Hope you find them useful! (let me know in class)

 

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VIII Certamen ESTRANGIS

Ya está en marcha la VIII edición de ESTRANGIS, el certamen de teatro escolar en inglés y francés en el que pueden participar los centros públicos y concertados de Andalucía. Este prestigioso certamen consiguió el Sello Europeo a las Lenguas en 2008 a las actividades innovadoras en el ámbito de la enseñanza de idiomas. Para más información, podéis contactar conmigo o con cualquier otro responsable de la asociación ATIFE en estrangisatife@gmail.com o visitando el blog haciendo click aquí.

Para los interesados, el formulario de inscripción al concurso lo podéis encontrar en el siguiente link.

INSCRIPCIÓN.

El plazo de recepción de inscripciones es del 1 al 21 de diciembre.

Como se suele decir en inglés,

BREAK A LEG!

healing songs

Hi, everyone!

As you know, the vocabulary we've been studying in the past few days dealt with health issues, that is, symptoms, illnesses, and treatments. I've always believed that any given topic has a song about it and that's why I'm writing about health (and its counterpart).

To begin with, there's a band whose name comes in handy: The Cure. I'm not a great fan myself, so I don't have a clue whether they speak about health or not, but their name is more than enough so far.

When it comes to songs, well, that's easier. The thing is that singers don't really write about flu, a cough, or even hepatitis. No. It's love and broken hearts what's more sung and written about (even cried about). From Bonnie Tyler's It's a heartache (just for its title) to Bon Jovi's Bad Medicine.



And let's not forget Robert Palmer's Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)




Lack of sleep can also be a good cause for feeling unwell, isn't it? As in I'm so tired, by The Beatles



 

Hope you like the songs and learn a lot from them.

B2 listening comprehension - national stereotypes

Hi, everyone!

These are the recordings, from unit 2A (p.20), on national stereotypes.

track 2.1

[audio="http://www.ivoox.com/nef-upper-intermediate-2-1_md_1571735_1.mp3"]

track 2.2

[audio="http://www.ivoox.com/nef-upper-intermediate-2-2_md_1571737_1.mp3"]

KEY:

2.1

Speaker 1 (American)

(+) individualistic, hard-working, optimistic

(-) materialistic, very interested in money

Speaker 2 (Irish)

(+) sociable, easy-going, religious, family oriented, good storytellers

(-) melancholic, nostalgic, drink a lot

Speaker 1 (English)

(+) tolerant, open to new ideas

(-) self-satisfied, arrogant towards foreigners, lazy, careless in the way they dress, drink too much

Speaker 1 (Scottish)

(+) proud of their identity, inventive, sociable, like to have a good time, great travellers, well behaved abroad

(-) melancholic, negative attitude towards their neighbours (the English), quite negative towards foreigners

2.2  

1. a) achieve  b) inherited  


2. a) emigration  b) climate


3. a) multi-ethnic  b) unwillingness


4. a) attitude  b) wrongs

B2 listening comprehension - unit 1 revise & check

Hi, everyone!

These are the recordings for the listening comprehension exercises on p. 19.

track 1.23

[audio="http://www.ivoox.com/nef-upper-intermediate-1-23_md_1569028_1.mp3"]

track 1.24

[audio="http://www.ivoox.com/nef-upper-intermediate-1-24_md_1569030_1.mp3"]

KEY:

a.  1-b  2-a  3-c  4-b  5-a

b. 

1. Because she was having a lot of problems with her fiancé.


2. That the problems would be resolved.


3. No, it wasn't.


4. That the psychic wasn't very professional.


5. Because Alice believes that psychics can really see into the future.


6. She told Alice she would have a new job.


7. She didn't get depressed when she lost her job.


8. Not to depend too much on psychics.