Multi-word verbs with 'break'

Mark the monkey robber.

Mark broke in at midnight. He stuffed as much cash as he could into a sack and ran back to his car. But just as he was driving away, the car ...

BBC Learning English Activity 1

Crime Vocabulary

Let's recommend a film to watch

The cinema

I'd like you to think about the answer to these questions. Then, listen to the aswers provided by the native speaker and take note of the vocabulary and expressions he used.

Can you think of a film which ...

• was incredibly funny? Porkey
• you've seen several times? Se7ven or Seven
• sent you to sleep? The last days on Mars is not worth watching
• had a very sad ending? Atonement 1 What is Atonement? Answer
• made you buy the soundtrack? Gladiator's Did you like Gladiator's ending? Answer

Do you prefer ...?

• seeing films at home or in the cinemas? Answer
• seeing American films, Spanish films or films from other countries? Answer
• seeing foreign films dubbed or with subtitles? Answer

Tell me about a really good film you've recently seen.

• Trainspotting 1
• Is it based on a book or on a real event? Answer
• Are sequels worse than the original movie? Answer

Narrative Tenses

Dramas from BBC Learning English

Listen and read these popular stories:

BBC Learning English - Dramas from BBC Learning English www.bbc.co.uk

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier

The Race, Phil and his friends as they attempt to sail around the world in just 80 days. 

The White Elephant, serving up lots of functional English phrases as it follows the story of a brand new restaurant

A disastrous journey

Is there ...

Hi,

Let us go back to when we were younger and think about these situations. Listen to the answers Evan gave on these as well:

Is there 

• a kind of food or drink you didn't use to like at all, but which you now like?
• a TV series you used to be addicted to? Why did you like it? Answer 1
• a singer or a kind of music you used to listen to a lot (but you don't any more)? Answer 2
• a sport or game you used to play a lot, but which you've given up?
• a place you used to go in the summer holidays, and you'd like to go back to? Answer 3
• a machine or gadget you used to use a lot, but which is now out of date? Answer 4

Why don't you think about three of the above and record yourself on soundcloud? 

Talk about your close friend

Hi,

These are the aswers Evan provided on the topic of a close friend. Listen to it again and take note of expressions you would like to use:

1 How long have you met your close friend?

2 How did you meet?

3 Why do you get on well?

                               Answer 1

4 Do you ever argue? What about?
5 How do you kee in touch?
                           Answer 2
6 How often do you meet?   Answer 3
7 Did you ever lose touch? Answer 4;
8 Do you think you'll stay friends for ever? Answer 5

VOCAB:

• down-to-earth
• pick up where you left off
• a former classmate

Facebook

After listening to people talking about Facebook, p.51 from the coursebook, think about it and try to answer these questions:

• Do you use Facebook or other social networking site? Answer
• Is using Facebook a way to hide behind the screen? Answer
• How do you feel about it?
• Can you really have 1,000 friends?
• Are social networks making us unhappy? 
• Do you agree with "people who spend a lot of time on Facebook become more dissatisfied with their own lives"? Answer
• Do you think Donald Trump won the election thanks to social media? Answer

Nelson Piquet Junior

Nelson Piquet (born July 25, 1985 in Heidelberg, West Germany), also known as Nelson Piquet Junior or Nelsinho Piquet, is a Brazilian stock car racing driver and former Formula One driver. He currently competes in Global Rallycross for SH Racing.
The son of three-time Formula One world champion Nelson Piquet, he was signed as test driver for Renault Formula One team for the 2007 season, and was promoted to the race team for 2008, before being dropped midway through the 2009 season. After losing his drive, it emerged that he had, under instruction from senior members of the team, crashed deliberately at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix to help his teammate, Fernando Alonso, win the race; the resulting scandal became one of the most significant in the sport's history. Source: Wikipedia

The Harlequins, FC

Hi,

I'd like you to read about these sports issues so that we can work with it in class.

The Harlequin Football Club (Harlequins or Quins for short) are an English rugby union team who play in the top level of English rugby, the English Premiership. Their ground in London is The Twickenham Stoop. For sponsorship reasons they were formerly known as NEC Harlequins, but principal sponsorship is currently held by DHL, Adidas and IG.
Between 2006 and 2011, the club shared its stadium with the rugby league team London Broncos, who were known during this period as Harlequins Rugby League and used a similar kit to the rugby union side.
In 2009 the club's reputation was seriously tarnished by its abuse of the blood-substitution, in an incident which became known as Bloodgate. Since then Harlequins have worked hard to re-establish their good name. They were crowned winners of the European Challenge Cup in 2011, the English Premiership for the first time, in 2012 and won the LV= Cup in 2013.
Source: wikepedia

Immersion English Course

You may be interested in this immersion English course.

Application: from March 17th to April 20th of 2017

Curso de inmersión lingüística en inglés

Thursday 23rd - Lively talk and performance - "Guiri & the City" 

EOI EMBAJADORES

Thursday March 23rd, 7 pm.

ROOM 15

Where do superstitions come from?

Are you afraid of black cats? Would you open an umbrella indoors? How do you feel about the number 13? Whether or not you believe in them, you’re probably familiar with a few of these superstitions. But where did they come from?
Stuart Vyse shares the weird and specific origins of some of our favorite superstitions.

WARM-UP

·         Are you afraid of black cats?

·         Would you open an umbrella indoors?

·         How do you feel about the number 13?

Everyday dialogues

Hi,

These are basic dialogues that you may use in your interactions.

Listen to them and take notes:

Speakup everyday dialogues

Reviewing

IN PAIRS, TRY TO GIVE AN ANSWER TO THESE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CLASS READER (20 marks)

1.  Can you name three important landmarks in New York?
2.    Do you remember any important person from Chicago?
3.    Can you name important writers from San Francisco?
4.    What is the nickname of San Francisco? And Chicago?
5.    Who were the first settlers in the USA?
6.    Where can you go for free to the beach?
7.    Can you explain the meaning of these expressions? (1,5 each)

• The roaring twenties
• Melting pot
• The Haight
• The Gold Rush
• The Big Easy
• Creole
• The Louisiana Purchase

8.    Can you place the following places in this map? (0’5 each)

New York                          

Chicago

New Orleans                    

Lake Michigan

San Francisco                   

Mississippi River

Los Angeles

How Braille was invented

How was your visit to the Thyphlogical museum? Did you learn a lot of new things?
Here is some information about Braille language, the universally accepted system of writing for the blind. It translated into almost every language in almost every country across the globe. But it didn’t actually start out as a tool for the blind. Jessica Oreck details the surprising wartime origins of Braille.  
 
 

10 ways to improve your life

This text shows you how to improve your life. Have you tried any of these? Any other suggestion?
You may listen to the text at: HotEnglish Magazine

Improve life143 from Majorick

Sports collocations

Student Writing Models

Hi,

These are some good examples of email compositions from the exam in February.