Chocolate art

Hi,

Why not read about chocolate when it becomes a work of art!

Listen to the text below in HotEnglish Magazine.

 

Paddigngton Bear Marmite Sandwich

Meet Vivian Westwood

You can listen to this interview with Vivian Westwood in the London Eye. Born in 1941, she is an English fashion designer and businesswoman, largely responsible for bringing modern punk and new wave fashions into the mainstream.

LA and Hollywood

Hi,

 

Elena presented LA and Hollywood. Would you like to visit it some day?

 

English Pancakes

Hi,

After watching the pancake race on Wednesday, you may want to cook English pancakes as they do on Shrove Tuesday:

Source: Video Jug english pancakes

Ingredients

(1) ____ grammes of flour

(2) _____ egg(s)

A (3) _______ of salt

A tablespoon of sugar

(4) ______ ml milk

(5) ______ml water

(6) ______grammes melted butter

Extra butter

Caster sugar

(7) _______lemon(s)

 

Now watch and listen to the whole video. After watching, reorder these steps to make perfect English pancakes.

Step _____: Garnish the pancakes

Step _____: Cook the pancakes

Step _____: Serve the pancakes

Step _____: Get the ingredients together

Step _____: Toss the pancakes

Step _____: Mix the batter 

New Orleans

Hi,

These are you classmates' presentations in class. Aren't they wonderful?
Angel's:

 

and Manuel's:

A final feast before Lent

Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, the day many Christians around the world begin a traditional fast before Easter, this year for 46 days. Custom also has it that the days and weeks before Lent be given up to revelry and indulgence -- the great Carnival on the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Mardi Gras in New Orleans, the famous masked balls of Venice and costume parties and parades elsewhere.
In Britain the last day before Lent is celebrated by boisterous crowds dressed in costumes, who race down streets flipping pancakes. Selah Hennessy has more.

LISTENING COMPREHENSION

Watch and listen to the news clip and then complete these sentences with the missing words.

1. Lent is a time for ___________ things.

2. Shrove Tuesdays is the day for cleaning out the ____________.

3. Pancake races appeal to people’s ____________ nature!

4. Everyone’s got ‘a _______________ tooth’!

5. People in Britain have been celebrating Pancake Day for ______________ years.

6. The tradition started in _____________ when a woman ran to church holding a

______________!

7. Donald O’Kelly is planning to give up ______________ for Lent.

8. Pancake day is a time to __________________.

Elvis Presley

Who doesn't know Elvis Presley? By Paz

Valentine's Day and its interesting history

After binging on chocolotes yesterday, you may find that St. Valentine lost his life to save lovers from the tyranny of the King interesting.

Bring'em Home

Pete's appearance on the Johnny Cash TV Show (1970)

 

Speaking

Why not practice these questions again at home? You may record yourself as well!

WORK

1.   How do you get to work?

2.   How long does it take?

TRANSPORTATION

3.   What do you think is the best way to get around your city?

MEN AND WOMEN

4.   Do you think women are better than men with young children or do you think that’s just a stereotype?

5.   Do women talk as much as men?

6.   Do you think men and women talk about different things?

SUCCESS AND FAILURE

7.   Is there anything you’ve tried to learn but you failed?

8.   Have you stopped trying?

MANNERS AND MOBILES

9.   Is there anything that people do with their phones that really annoys you?

Pete Seeger

Hi,
This is Marcos' presentation on Pete Seeger:

Let's review

Hi,
 
Why not review units 3 and 4 from our coursebook?

1. can, could, be able to (ability and possibility) (1)
2. can, could, be able to (ability and possibility) (2)
3. have to, must, should (1)
4. have to, must, should (2)
5. comparatives and superlatives: adjectives and adverbs (1)
6. comparatives and superlatives: adjectives and adverbs (2)
7. articles: a / an, the, no article (1)
8. articles: a / an, the, no article (2)
9. Dependent prepositions (1)
10. Dependent prepositions (2)
11. Word building
12. Transport

Modals

Hi,
 
I thought it might be a good idea to get some more practice with modals at Grammar Aquarium:

• can, could, be able to
• don't have to, mustn't
• must, have to, should, ought to obligation 

It's also nice to remember the difference between "know" and "meet"

The London Underline Proposal

Could the answer to London’s congestion be a network of subterranean cycleways? Dubbed the London Underline, the project would turn London’s abandoned tube tunnels into living streets beneath the city.

The Costa del concrete

The Mediterranean coastline then and now – in pictures. This is a link Marcos suggested to see how the Spanish coast has changed with time. Don't miss the comments at the end of this The Guardian article.

 

Click on the images to see how the Mediterranean and Spain’s northern coastlines have been redeveloped, using archive pictures and the same locations photographed by Pedro Armestre for Greenpeace

Friendship

This is an example of a nice composition about friendship.

Gold rush

Dear NI1 groups, 

This is a video from American Hisotry Channel. It is related to chapter number 4 from American Cities. Try to answer these questions:

• How was success considered differently in California from New England in the East?
• What were the consequences of gold rush?

 

Lure: attract

Scramble: (with for) to rush, or struggle with others, to get. The boys scrambled for the ball.

Impoverish: to make poor. The long war severely impoverished the country.

 

Breakthrough: a sudden solution of a problem leading to further advances, especially in science. 

The discovery of the structure of DNA was a major scientific breakthrough.

American Cities Listening

Hi,

This is a nice listening from Elllo.org about different American Cities. Listen to it and answer the online questions:

http://www.elllo.org/english/Points/PT06-Cities.html

Mock Exams

Hi,

In the exam you'll be tested of four skills and each will count 25 points. A minimum of 60% (or 15 points) is required to pass each test:

• Reading Comprehension: 25p
• Listening Comprehension: 25p
• Writing: Task 1 (12 points); Task 2 (13 points)
• Speaking: 25 points

The timing will be as follow:

•  65 minutes for Reading 
•  25 minutes for Listening
•  70 minutes for Writing
•  30 minutes approx. per pair for Speaking

Good luck!!

Monday & Wed group speaking pairs

Hi, 

This is the list of pairs for the speaking exam in February and March:

Name	Name	Date
February 23rd
Natalia G	Ana L	18:15
February 25th
Ana F	Aurea C	16
Pedro L	Rocío T	17:45
Judith A	Mariano V	18:15
March 2nd
M.ª Antonia M	Jacinto Á	16:30
Julia A	Veracruz R	17h
Marisa A	Loreto	17:30
Luis R	Susana S	18h
José Antonio P	Amparo H	18:30
March 4th
Zarko J	M.ª Teresa G	16:30
Patricia M	Esther M	17h
Paz C	Sara G	17:30
Sebastián C	Lucía G	18h
Luz M	Ángel F	18:30
Mónica C

Tuesday & Thursday group Speaking Pairs

Hi, 
If you happen to forget the time and day of your mock oral exam, you may check it again here:

Name	Name	Date
February 24th
Alejandro B	Irene	18:30
Marina U	Alberto B	20:45
February 26th
Manuel C	Aroa A	18:30
Rafael N	Begoña J	20:15
Alba A	Elena L	20:45
March 3rd
Sara S	Esther C	19h
José Antonio S	Tatiana F	19:30
Carlos B	Juan Ignacio F	20h
Jezabel S	Jorge Luis R	20:30
March 5th
José Á C	Elena F	19h
Verónica M	Raul C	19:30
Marcos C	Juan José C	20
Leonor B	Violeta P	20:30
Abel G	Juan José G G	21h
Verónica M A

Golden Gate Park

Veronica's smashing presentation on Golden Gate Park. Wouldn't you like to visit it?

Ferlinghetti

This is Esther's presentation on the American poet, painter, and liberal activist Ferlinghetti.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Meet the free thinker Lawrence Ferlinghetti! This is Esther's presentation.

Louis Armstrong presentation

Hi, 

 I've eventually been able to load Rafa's presentation in class. 

 

  

Are you hooked?

Are you hooked on tecnology? This audio will you some tips then :-)