Listening (3)

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Listening Practice (2)

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Crime And Punishment

Unit 8A

These days in class we've been looking at the unit of crime.

Click HERE and do a listening activity about Security.

Click HERE to do some Passive voice exercises...






Watch this video now to revise and extend your 'Crime' Vocabulary:

Have a nice weekend!

Some revision on Sickness

'Doctor, I don't feel well'




Watch the video and asnwer the questions (in the video)

Explaining your problem

Look at these two forms we can use to talk about our health problems:
'I have been coughing a lot these days / recently / for the last few days / since yesterday.' (PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS)'I have a cough.' (PRESENT SIMPLE)

'I have been sneezing.'
'My head has been hurting.'
'I have been having headaches.'
'I have been feeling tired.'
'I haven't been sleeping well.'

I have + noun

'I have a bad back'
'I have a sore throat.'
'I have a fever/ a temperature.'

I feel + adjective

'I feel dizzy.'
'I feel under the weather.'
'I feel rundown.'

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Types of illness

Allergy

(adjective Allergic) To have a bad reaction to animals, dust, foods or plants. The symptoms are red eyes, runny nose and sneezing.

Cough

(verb to Cough) Pronounced 'coff'. To force air out of the lungs making a loud and uncomfortable noise:
'Smoking makes me cough.'

Dizziness

(adjective Dizzy). To have the feeling that everything around you is spinning.
'I felt dizzy after standing up too quickly when I was in the bath.'

Fever / Temperature

A rise in body temperature. To feel hot.

The Flu

(also called Influenza) A very strong cold caused by a virus. Symptoms include: fever, headache, runny nose and sneezing.

 Hay Fever

An allergy to plants and the pollen from flowers. The symptoms are red eyes, a runny nose and sneezing.

Insomnia

Not being able to sleep at night.

Rash

Uncomfortable, itchy, red spots on the skin. A skin condition.
'She got a rash on her hand after touching a strange plant.'

Rundown / Under the Weather

(idioms) Both of these mean a general feeling of sickness. Rundown usually comes from living an unhealthy lifestyle. Under the weather means to not feel your usual, healthy self.

Runny Nose

Mucus coming from the nose. The need to blow your nose a lot.

Sneeze

(verb to Sneeze) An uncontrollable movement of air from the nose and mouth.
'The strong smell of flowers makes me sneeze.'

Sunburn

Red and painful skin that comes from being in the sun too long.

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- ache / sore -

These three forms are usually used to talk about general problems. These are the common collocations:

+ ache

headache
backache
stomachache
muscle ache

sore +

sore throat
sore eyes
sore feet

Listening & Reading: Globalization

Listen to the conversation and take notes on what you can/ cannot understand.

Then listen with the script and check.

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Defining Globalization

   Globalization is the process that makes economies and societies from all around the world become more and more connected. This means that people, ideas, technology, money, services, and many other things are moving between countries and changing the way people think and act.

Good or Bad?

   Not everyone thinks the same way about globalization. Some people think it is good, some people think it is bad. Some believe that globalization helps rich people get richer and makes poor people poorer. These people say that globalization helps big companies like Coca-Cola and McDonald's destroy local businesses. The people who think globalization is a good thing argue that globalization helps poorer people to become richer. They also think that it doesn't damage local cultures. These people also believe globalization helps prevent conflicts like wars. This is because countries that have economic connections will try hard to maintain good relationships with each other so their economies aren't damaged.

Effects

   Despite whether you think globalization is good or bad, it affects the world in two important areas: jobs and culture.

Globalization has had a very strong effect on employment and jobs throughout the world. For some workers, such as engineers, lawyers, and bankers, globalization has been a good development. These workers are able to successfully compete globally and have seen an increase in their salaries. But for those who work in factories or in the service industry (at hotels, shops and restaurants), it has not been good. These types of jobs have been exposed to increasing competition from workers from poorer countries. A worker from a poorer country will do the same job for less money. This decreases the salaries for that job, so people get paid less to do it.

Cultures have also been effected by globalization. Foods such as Japanese noodles, Indian curry and French cheeses have spread around the world. We can also see an increase in the use of Chinese characters in tattoos. Some people get these tattoos without actually knowing what the characters mean. Another area effected by globalization is the film industry. Most people have seen American movies. But due to globalization, Korean, Indian and Japanese movies have become more popular worldwide.

No one knows the future of globalization. Most experts agree that it will continue to grow and have an increasingly larger impact on people's lives in the future.

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Listening Test Practice

Hello everyone!

Today I am giving you some extra practice for the listening tests.


For B2 level tests, click HERE.

For a bit more advanced (C1) level, click HERE.


Enjoy!!!

Looking at a painting (UNIT1B)

Hello everyone,
Today we are going to analize the picture by Goya seen in class a bit further...

One of the most famous Goya paintings -- and a splendid example of how art paintings capture history - is his Family of Charles IV.  When Francisco Goya (1746 - 1828) created this masterpiece, he was 54, had been deaf for seven years, and had recently been appointed first painter to the Spanish king, Charles IV...

Watch the video and take notes about the comments the speakers make about it.





Next day in class, some of you will tell all you can remember about this painting.:-).
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. HAPPY WEEKEND!

Is English Changing?

Mr Crystal and myself :-)

In my last trip to Madrid-  where the VII Congress for EEOOII took place, I happened to meet David Crystal!!!!

I  listened to the outstanding speech he gave about the language of text messaging and ITCs in general. I was astounded by his confidence and correct English and I was lucky to get a photo of myself with him (and also I told him  a bit about my blogs...) :-)

Anyway,  I think he is a genius whose knowledge and wisdom broadly support the work of us teachers.


Hoping you enjoy the video, which is only part of a quite interesting interview!

David Crystal is a writer, editor, lecturer, and broadcaster. He published the first of his 100 or so books in 1964, and became known chiefly for his research work in English language studies, in such fields as intonation and stylistics, and in the application of linguistics to religious, educational and clinical contexts, notably in the development of a range of linguistic profiling techniques for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. He held a chair at the University of Reading for 10 years, and is now Honorary Professor of Linguistics at the University of Wales, Bangor. These days he divides his time between work on language and work on internet applications.

David Crystal's authored works are mainly in the field of language, including several Penguin books, but he is perhaps best known for his two encyclopedias for Cambridge University Press, The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language and The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language. Recent books include A Little Book of Language and Begat: the King James Bible and the English language (both 2010) and a linguistic autobiography, Just a Phrase I'm Going Through (2009). Co-authored books include Words on Words (2000, a dictionary of language quotations compiled with his wife and business-partner, Hilary - Wheatley Medal, 2001) and Shakespeare's Words (2002) and The Shakespeare Miscellany (2005), the last two in collaboration with his actor son, Ben.

Other Shakespeare work includes a regular article for the magazine of Shakespeare's Globe, Around the Globe. Think On My Words, an introduction to Shakespeare's language, appeared in 2008. All Shakespeare books can be viewed at The Shakespeare Portal. A new version of the glossary went live in 2008: see Shakespeare's Words.

Tigers... A documentary .

Sir David Attenborough is Britain's best-known natural history film-maker. His career as a naturalist and broadcaster has spanned nearly five decades and there are very few places on the globe that he has not visited.
Over the last 25 years he has established himself as the world's leading natural history programme maker with several landmark BBC series, including: Life on Earth (1979), The Living Planet (1984), The Trials of Life (1990), The Private Life of Plants (1995), The Life of Birds (1998), The Life of Mammals (2002) and Life in the Undergrowth (2005).
‘The final chapter in the Life series, Life in Cold Blood is surely a grand finale to David’s survey of life on earth.‘
* Here I present you the first of a series of six parts of a breathtaking documentary. If you like wildlife, if you like animals, if you especially like tigers, this a good opportunity for you to watch, learn and listen to good English!

Click to see PART 2, PART 3, PART4, PART 5, PART 6

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Listening Test Practice

Bribes 
    bribe/brʌɪb/

▶verb dishonestly persuade (someone) to act in one's favour by a payment or other inducement. ▶noun an inducement offered in an attempt to bribe.

 

Click HERE to listen

ACTIVITIES

A.  Choose the correct answer:

1) Aiman has worked in _______ .

a) finance
b) IT
c) many fields

2) He says people might pay a bribe for ____.

a) anything
b) few things
c) nothing

3) What does he give as an example? .

a) driving
b) speeding
c) making a wrong turn

4) How much would a bribe be?

a) One dollar
b) Fifteen dollars
c) Fifty Syrian pounds

5) He says ______ ask for bribes.

a) policemen
b) doctor
c) officials

       

    B.    Complete with

bring up • come up with • standards
supplement • out in the open

1. We need to a good idea for the party.
2. I never politics when I first meet someone new.
3. The secret is now for everyone to know about.
4. She tries to her diet by taking vitamin pills.
5. The work at that company are very high.

Check answers in comment #1

Source: elllo

Ends...

Hey!

It's time to relax and have some fun!
:-)

Hoping you are all doing well at your final tests...

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A Visit to 'Le Louvre'...

Are you getting Bald?

Here is an interesting piece of BBC News
on why we men go bald!

Enjoy it!
:-)

D.

LIstening ADVANCED

Some extra listening practice 

for advanced students

JOB HUNTING

Click on link and do the activities.


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All the Americans Know...

Do you KNOW more than these people?

The Media (Video)

Gore Vidal is a novelist, essayist, playwright, and provocateur whose career has spanned six decades, beginning in the years immediately following World War II and continuing into the early years of the twenty-first century. In addition to a major sequence of seven novels about American history, and such satirical novels as MYRA BRECKINRIDGE and DULUTH, he has written dozens of television plays, film scripts, and even three mystery novels written under a pseudonym. He has also written well over a hundred essays, gathered in several volumes published between 1962 and 2001. Taken as a whole, this seemingly varied work has an uncanny unity, exhibiting a tone of easy familiarity with the world of politics and letters, an urbane wit, and a supreme self-confidence on the part of the writer. Vidal’s lineage in American literature may be traced back to Henry James, the sophisticated American from the upper echelons of society who mingles with European sophisticates, and Mark Twain, the raw humorist and critic of American empire.

by Jay Parini

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NI1 Listening TESTS

(1)
For NI1 students who need some extra practice on listening, especially the type Filling in gaps...

.... Click ENTRY to listen to Rosemary talking about her childhood...

( I hope now you have no problems to get there!!!!!)

- Click here to print test.

- Click to see KEY.



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(2)
Another LISTENING Test practice on
fill in the gaps.
Click to print or see activity.
Click to listen to the story...

Check answers in class!

NA1 Listening Test

Extra listening test practice for NA1 students who need to improve the matching type.
Click to print activity.

-Click on each speaker to listen to them one by one ...

Speaker 1

Speaker 2

Speaker 3

Speaker 4

Speaker 5

CHECK ANSWERS IN CLASS!
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Transport & Travel

NI1

To revise and extend what we have studied in unit 2C

Click HERE to practice vocabulary and pronunciation

Click HERE and do a listening activity...


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AIR TRAVEL (NA1)

As these days we are working with air travelling we are going to listen to some people about waht they do while they on board...

Click HERE to do the listening activity.