How to be more polite

These are nice sentences to express some negatives thoughts:

Crave, English Theater

This March

 English Theatre Madrid

presents

CRAVE

by Sarah Kane

Crave is being performed in English on

 Friday 24th March at 20.00 and 21.30

Saturday 25th March at 20.00 and 21.30

Thursday 30th March at 20.00

Friday 31st March at 20.00 and 21.30

at the

Teatro/Sala Trovador

C/ San José, 3  Metro: Antón Martín

Tickets cost 12€ 

The seating capacity is just 55 seats per performance

Book early, don't be disappointed

Book now on 634 952 679 or at

https://entradium.com/entradas/crave-v-o-ingles

Fragments of memory. Shards of poetry. Scattered relics of relationships.

Sarah Kane's starkly beautiful play threads together four frayed voices into a powerful tapestry of words.

English Theatre Madrid presents a dynamic new production of Crave. The company does justice to Kane's dark lyricism, while also showing the shafts of bleak humour that break through and illuminate this dark play of the soul.

Trozos de memoria. Fragmentos de poesía. Reliquias dispersas de relaciones.

La bella y rotunda obra de Sarah Kane ensarta cuatro voces deshilachadas en un poderoso tapiz de palabras.

English Theatre Madrid presenta una nueva y dinámica producción de Crave. La compañía hace justicia al lirismo oscuro de Kane, mientras que muestra las pinceladas de humor sombrío que rompen e iluminan esta oscura obra del alma.

Assignments

Hi,

I wanted to remind you of the activities to work on these days:

American Cities Reader:

• p 97, exercise 1
• Read Chapter 8 on New Orleans
• p 105, exercise 1
• p 106-7, exercises 2 and 3
• p 108-110, exercises 1, 2, 5

My Grammar Lab:

• p 56: Unit 19, -ed/-ing adjectives
• p 62-3: Unit 22, Comparative structures
• p 146-147: Unit 49, Rules

KEY to erxercises on pages 90-1 from American Cities:

Email expressions

Don't miss these useful expressions to write emails!

Living language

The Oxford Dictionary of English is continuously supplemented with over 1,000 new words each year! Some of our favourite recent additions include:

• Yogalates
  

A combination of pilates exercises with youga postures and breathing techniques.

• Moobs

Unusually prominent breasts on a man, typically as a result of excess fat.

As a result

• Westminster bubble

An insular community of politicians, journalists and civil servants who seem to be out of touch with the experiences of British public.

Acronyms:

• YOLO: "you only live once"
• FOMO: "fear of missing out", the sinking feeling you get when imagining that other people have more exciting lives than you, often resulting in -and perpetuated by- excessive interest in social media.

Listen to it on Speak Up magazine #377

3 & 4 Revise and check

Hi,

If you wish to take the quiz again, you can click on the link below:

3 & 4 Revise and Check

February 24th: studying abroad

Hi,

This is some info for those of you interested in studying abroad. We'll hold a meeting at the school on Friday 24th.
Who will come? Write your answer down on the comment, please!

CHARLA OFRECIDA POR OKESTUDIANTE

(ORGANIZACIÓN AJENA A ESTA EOI)

Se dará información sobre el sistema educativo británico, con una conexión por Skype con estudiantes en el Reino Unido para un intercambio de impresiones y ronda de preguntas.

La charla se celebrará en inglés aunque se podrán resolver dudas concretas en español.

Folleto informativo sobre programas de estudio

Love idioms

Happy Valentine!

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Expressions with "get" and "take"

Hi,

These expressions with "get" and "take" will surely be useful for you!

Chapters 7 and 8

Hi,

You can listen to Chapter 7 on Los Angeles and Chapter 8 on New Orleans.
It might be a good idea to shadow read (read and listen at the same time).

Have a good day!

Mother-in-law from hell or daughter-in-law from hell?

After Reading Carolyn's email to her daughter-in-law (Coursebook, p 40), what do you think? Do you think that Heidi didn't behave according to good manners? Do you think she should have written a thank-you letter? Should she have asked before having a second helping? Should she have waited for everyone to start eating?

Write down you opinion on the comment below!

You may want to read the original article on the Daily Mirror.

And about the real wedding between Freddie and Heidi

The world is a beautiful place

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Lawrence Ferlinghetti (born March 24, 1919) is an American poet, painter, liberal activist, and the co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers. Author of poetry, translations, fiction, theatre, art criticism, and film narration, he is best known for A Coney Island of the Mind (1958), a collection of poems that has been translated into nine languages, with sales of over one million copies.

This is the poem Eva chose for her presentation in class yesterday:

The world is a beautiful place
to be born into
if you don't mind happiness
not always being
so very much fun
if you don't mind a touch of hell
now and then
just when everything is fine
because even in heaven
they don't sing
all the time

The world is a beautiful place
to be born into
if you don't mind some people dying
all the time
or maybe only starving
some of the time
which isn't half bad
if it isn't you

-ed pronunciation

Dear all,

To get extra practice of the pronunciation of regular past verbs listen to this podcast from the latest Speak Up magazine issue (# 331).

Reviewing chapters 1, 2 and 3

Hi,

If you would like to review some aspects of American Cities book, you can play the kahoot game again:

American Cities Kahoot

Fact check: President Trump's first week

President Trump made claims about the election, the C.I.A., and his inauguration crowd size. The New York Times checked the facts.

Recommended series

Hi,

These are the series that your classmates recommended. Why not have a look?

TREME

Life after Hurricane Katrina as the residents of New Orleans try to rebuild their lives, their homes, and their unique culture in the aftermath of one of the worst natural disasters in the USA.

Boardwalk Empire
Boardwalk Empire is a period drama focusing on Enoch "Nucky" Thompson (based on the historical Enoch L. Johnson), a political figure who rose to prominence and controlled Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition period of the 1920s and 1930s. Nucky acts with historical characters in both his personal and political life, including mobsters, politicians, government agents, and the common folk who look up to him. The federal government also takes an interest in the bootlegging and other illegal activities in the area, sending agents to investigate possible mob connections but also looking at Nucky's lifestyle—expensive and lavish for a county political figure.

The loop

Chicago's "Loop" is the city's official downtown area. The second largest downtown business district in the United States. The Loop is known for its famous skyscrapers and historic buildings; it has been the site of architectural creativity and experimentation for years.

Chicago's Legacy of Architecture

From its skyscrapers to its bridges, amazing feats of engineering have made the  skyline of Chicago immediately identifiable and completely unforgettable. Watch and listen to CNN's Richard Quest on the legacy of architecture in the Windy City in this CNN segment of "Future Cities". 

      

VOCABULARY

- Stunning: extremely beautiful or attractive: 

- Becknoning a future: if something beckons to you, it is very attractive and you feel you have to do something to get it. A bright future beckoned.

- Backbone:  the determination and strong personality that you need in order to do what is right or deal with a difficult situation. They wouldn’t have the backbone to disagree with him.

- Groundbreaking: using new methods, or achieving new results. A groundbreaking study of plant diversity.

- Stare: to look directly at someone or something for a long time. Don’t stare at people.

- The talk of the town: idle gossip or rumor; "there has been talk about you lately".

- Blank canvas: the term "blank canvas" can refer to a number of different things, both literal and metaphorical. However, all meanings have in common the idea of an empty starting point

- Accomplish to do or finish something successfully; achieve something. 

- Set the tone: if something someone says or does sets the tone for an event or activity, it establishes the way that event or activity will continue, especially the mood of the people involved (often + for ) He was furious when she arrived late, and that set the tone for the whole evening.

- At full throttle: as fast as possible. When the horse reached the back stretch he was at full throttle. 

 - Set the stage: Fig. to prepare something for some activity. The initial meeting set the stage for further negotiations. 

February Mock Exams

Hi,

The exams in February will take place on the following dates as you already know.

	Monday & Wednesday Group	Tuesday & Thursday Group
Reading, listening	20	21
Writing	22	23
Speaking	Feb 15, 20, 22	Feb 16, 21, 23

I'd also like to remind you that there will be C1 exams going on at our school on the last week of February (from Feb 27 to March 3) so there won't be class on those days either.

Monday & Wednesday group: Feb oral exam schedule