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Scary Short Film!

Hi everyone!

How was your Halloween? I hope you had a terrific time!

After your requests, here you are the short film we watched.

Enjoy!

St. Patrick's Day

Hi there!

Here you are a video in which a really kind teacher explains things about St. Patrick's Day such as culture and expressions.

Watch the video and then go to an Irish pub to have a pint and celebrate it properly ;)

Enjoy,
Leticia.

Paul Auster

Instructions are no hell!

Out of the box from Vitamins on Vimeo.

Santa Baby

Dear Students,

Here you are the version of Santa Baby by Kylie Minogue that Marta (NI1) suggested. A classic revisited.

Enjoy! but don't get too carried away by consumerism ;)

Brazilian Forest Law

Dear Students,

Please have a look at the following video by WWF about the consequences of changing the Forest Law in Brazil.



For further information and to do something, if you feel like doing so, please go to:
http://www.llamadadeemergenciadebrasil.org/

The doodle I fell in love with

Razzle Dazzle them

This is for NA2 students...

http://youtu.be/YW3MIixEps4


BAILIFF(Spoken)
Mr. Flynn, his honor is here

BILLY(Spoken)
Thank you. Just a moment.
You ready?

ROXIE(Spoken)
Oh Billy, I'm scared.

BILLY(Spoken)
Roxie, you got nothing to worry about.
It's all a circus, kid. A three ring circus.
These trials- the wholeworld- all show business.
But kid, you're working with a star, the biggest!

(Singing)
Give 'em the old razzle dazzle
Razzle Dazzle 'em
Give 'em an act with lots of flash in it
And the reaction will be passionate
Give 'em the old hocus pocus
Bead and feather 'em
How can they see with sequins in their eyes?

What if your hinges all are rusting?
What if, in fact, you're just disgusting?

Razzle dazzle 'em
And they;ll never catch wise!

Give 'em the old Razzle Dazzle

BILLY AND COMPANY
Razzle dazzle 'em
Give 'em a show that's so splendiferous

BILLY
Row after row will crow vociferous

BILLY AND COMPANY
Give 'em the old flim flam flummox
Fool and fracture 'em

BILLY
How can they hear the truth above the roar?

BILLY AND COMPANY
Throw 'em a fake and a finagle
They'll never know you're just a bagel,

BILLY
Razzle dazzle 'em
And they'll beg you for more!

BILLY AND COMPANY
Give 'em the old double whammy
Daze and dizzy 'em
Back since the days of old Methuselah
Everyone loves the big bambooz-a-ler

Give 'em the old three ring circus
Stun and stagger 'em
When you're in trouble, go into your dance

Though you are stiffer than a girder
They'll let you get away with murder
Razzle dazzle 'em
And you've got a romance

COMPANY(The same time as BILLY's)
Give 'em the old
Razzle Dazzle

BILLY
Give 'em the old Razzle Dazzle
Razzle dazzle 'em
Show 'em the first rate sorceror you are
Long as you keep 'em way off balance
How can they spot you've got no talent
Razzle Dazzle 'em

BILLY AND COMPANY
Razzle Dazzle 'em
Razzle Dazzle 'em

And they'll make you a star!

The time

Dear NB1 students,

here you are a video to listen and practice telling the time in English.



Enjoy!

New links

Dear NB1 and NI2 students,

I've added a couple of links to our listening section.

Words in the news is specially good for NI2 students, so that you can practice news English. You can listen and read at the same time as well as learn new vocabulary.

English central is good for any level students. You have to register and then choose your level (easy,medium or hard). The procedure is simple:
- watch a video with subtitles
- then record yourself reading the subtitles.
- the software will give you feedback on your speech.

This way you will learn:
- pronunciation of words
- sentence intonation
- sentence rythm

I hope you like it!

Flamenco Maestro Enrique Morente dies at 67

The music and arts world in Spain is in shock. Flamenco maestro Enrique Morente died today in Madrid at Madrid’s clínica La Luz. The legendary singer, composer and producer had been in a coma for several days and this morning he had been pronounced brain dead. Spanish newspapers are reporting that the family may sue the clinic for malpractice.

The clinic has become a focal point for Morente’s friends. At the time of death, Morente was surrounded by flamenco singers Arcángel and Carmen Linares, producer Javier Limón and singer-songwriter Joaquín Sabina.

The Morente family put out a new press release. “The Morente Family announces that today, Monday, December 13th, after 5:00 pm, Enrique Morente has died. After several days of tireless fight against death, Enrique Morente, an extraordinary creator and a wonderful person, leaves an enormous emptiness in our hearts and in music, to which he dedicated himself entirely and with passion during all his life.”

CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL NEWS

Do / Does

Dear NB1 Students,
Please go to this webpage

REAL ENGLISH LESSON 21

to listen and read some people using DO and DOES in conversations.

Have a nice day!
Leticia.

small talk

Dear NI2 students,
Here you are a video on small talk. Relax, because you can read the most important information while you watch and listen:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/10/06/earlyshow/leisure/books/main917356.shtml?tag=currentVideoInfo;videoMetaInfo

Enjoy,
Leticia.

Alphabet Time!

Dear NB1 students,

Sing along with Elmo and have fun with the alphabet!

Where are you from?

Dear NB1 students:

Here you are a video to practice 'Where are you from?'

Enjoy!

Larry King: Interview to Lady Gaga

Dear NI2 students:

Here you are the full interview:



Enjoy!

Pleased to meet you

Dear NB1 students:

Here you are a video to practice greetings and meeting people language.



Have a nice day!
Leticia

The Earth

Dear B2 Students,

Please have a look at the complete documentary about the Earth. I'm sure you're going to enjoy it much more in this format.

I've also copied the video script so that you can listen and read at the same time.

Have a nice weekend!


Solar System:
All About Earth

Here is short video all about planet earth. Full of information on our very own planet Earth, this film covering physics, chemistry and biology shows you a vey different side to Earth as we know it.

1.

Earth is the third planet from the Sun and is the largest of the rocky planets in the Solar System, in both diameter and mass.
2.

It is located about 150 million km from the Sun between Venus and Mars.
3.

Home to the human species, it is also referred to as "The Earth", "Planet Earth", "Terra", "The World", and "The Blue Planet". It is the only planet not named after a Roman or Greek God. The name derives from old English and Germanic.
4.

It was not until the time of Copernicus in the 16th Century that it was understood that the Earth is just another planet.
5.

The Earth is the first planet known to have liquid water on the surface and is the only place in the universe that is known to harbour life.....up to now.
6.

The Earth was formed around 4.5 billion years ago and its only known natural satellite, the Moon, began orbiting it around 4 million years later.
7.

The Earth travels around the Sun at nearly 30km per second or 67,000mph. It makes one complete orbit for every 365.25 times it rotates about its axis. It is this quarter day that produces a leap year or extra day every four years.
8.

The Earth's axis of rotation is tilted 23° away from the perpendicular to its orbital plane, producing seasonal variations on the planet's surface.
9.

Ice caps of frozen water at the North and South poles are gradually receding because of the build up of carbon emissions in the atmosphere causing the overall temperature to rise in a greenhouse effect.
10.

Earth has a magnetic field that, together with a primarily nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere, protects the surface from radiation that is harmful to life. The atmosphere also serves as a shield that causes smaller meteors to burn up before they strike the surface.
11.

The Earth's atmosphere is composed of 77% nitrogen, 21% oxygen with traces of argon, carbon dioxide and water. But the atmosphere is very thin. There is no definite line between atmosphere and space, it just gradually thins out the higher you go. Although humans cannot exist over about 10,000m without oxygen. At 80km you are considered to be an astronaut.
12.

The atmosphere is coloured blue because of the light scattering abilities of water molecules and other gases. Blue light is scattered more than the other colours.
13.

At Sunrise and Sunset the sky appears red because the longer red wavelengths are more prevalent.
14.

Magnetic radiation streams from the Sun and congregates at the poles in the upper atmosphere and cause the Aurora, coloured lights that dance across the sky at extreme latitudes.
15.

Clouds in the atmosphere are caused by a build up of water molecules. Clouds can be created at ground level (fog) and can extend to a height of over 8000m in the case of cirrus clouds.
16.

The presence of life on Earth has greatly affected the composition of the atmosphere. Plant life inhales carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and emits oxygen as a by-product.
17.

Mammals on the planet inhale oxygen and emit carbon dioxide, a wonderful arrangement!
18.

It is estimated that there are 6.6 billion humans, this figure is expected to rise to 7 billion by 2013.
19.

The 29% of land mass consists of deserts, mountains, plains and plateaus. The tallest mountain is Mount Everest on the border of Nepal and China it is nearly 9,000m or 29,000ft.
20.

The surface of the Earth is made from a crust of rock 0 to 60km thick, known as the Lithosphere. Below this surface is a superheated and viscous liquid inner core.
21.

The Lithosphere essentially floats on the surface of this liquid inner core, in what are known as tectonic plates.
22.

Tectonic plates are rigid sections of the Earth's surface that move in relation to each other. It is when two or more of these plates grind together that we get Earthquakes.
23.

Collisions between the plates give rise to high mountain ranges as the surfaces are pushed up.
24.

71% of the surface is covered by salt water oceans. The abundance of water on the Earth's surface is what makes it unique amongst the other planets in the Solar System.
25.

The deepest underwater location is the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean with a depth of almost 11,000m (35,798ft or 6.78mi).
26.

If all of the land on Earth were spread evenly, the water would rise to an altitude of more than 2.5km (approximately 1.7mi).
27.

About 97% of the Earth's water is saline, while the remaining 3% is fresh water. The majority of the fresh water, about 68%, is currently in the form of ice.

The Latest Weather Report

Dear B2 students,

Here you are a really charming 1950's video on weather forecasts.



You can practice and learn vocabulary such as:
haze
overcast
below zero
chance of...
risk of ...
fair
freezing
partly cloudy
cool
mild

Don't forget to use the dictionary!