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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Today is Saint Patrick's!

Go here and join the celebration

St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17, the saint's religious feast day and the anniversary of his death in the fifth century. The Irish have observed this day as a religious holiday for over 1,000 years. On St. Patrick's Day, which falls during the Christian season of Lent, Irish families would traditionally attend church in the morning and celebrate in the afternoon. Lenten prohibitions against the consumption of meat were waived and people would dance, drink and feast--on the traditional meal of Irish bacon and cabbage.

Have a look at these interesting videos.
:-)

D.

Enjoy your Sunshine Summer :-)

Hey, the course is gone and done.

Congrats to all of you whether you did it or not, everyone has surely done their best... and that's what realy matters. :-)

You'll be missed.

Hoping you keep your English alive, I'll also keep this blog alive, but close for the so needed summer holiday!

Enjoy ALWAYS! and remember to
Let the good vibes get a lot stronger

To all of you, this forever great hit song.

Dulce

G..... is the word

Frankie Valli

Grease Lyrics




LISTEN and choose the correct word:


I solve my problems and I see the (LIGHT or LIES?)


We gotta plug and think, we gotta (FEEL or FEED?) it right

There ain't no ( DAMAGE or DANGER?) we can go to far

We start believing now that we can be who we are

Grease is the word

They think our love is just a (GROWING or ROARING?) pain

Why don't they understand, It's just a crying (SCENE or SHAME?)

Their lips are( LYING or LINING?) only real is real

We start to find right now we got to be what we (FEEL or FEED?)


Grease is the word

Grease is the word, is the word that you heard

It's got groove it's got meaning

'Cause Grease is the time, is the place is the (MOTION or EMOTION?)

Grease is the way we are feeling


We take the (PROCEDURE or PRESSURE?) and we throw away

Conventionality belongs to yesterday

There is a chance that we can make it so far

We start believing now that we can be who we are


Grease is the word

Grease is the word, is the word that you heard

It's got groove it's got meaning

Grease is the time, is the place is the (MOTION or EMOTION?)

And Grease is the way we are feeling

This is the life of (ILUSION or DELUSION?)

Wrapped up in trouble laced with (ALUSION or CONFUSION?)

What are we doing here?

We take the( PROCEDURE or PRESSURE?) and we throw away

Conventionality belongs to yesterday

There is a chance that we can make it so far

We start believing now that we can be who we are


Grease is the word

Grease is the word, is the word that you heard

It's got groove it's got meaning

etc

Grease is the word
Is the word
Is the word
Is the word
Is the word
Is the word
Is the word
Is the word

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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Synonyms

Lots of words we tend to confuse... 

Learning synonyms can help us improve our advanced vocabulary.

HERE is an interesting link to practice on different topics. Starting with Business & Employment.

As blind as a bat...

Loca como una cabra...

If you tell someone 'he is as crazy as a goat', they won't understand what you are talking about... because

This Spanish idiom expression does not exist in English as such. It so happens with most idiomatic expressions of the like: they have not an equivalent in our language or viceversa. 



I've found this link which will help you study some of these so called 'similes' > as ..... as/ like...

Eg. He is as cool as a cucumber...

      I've got a head like a sieve...

 

 

(C) Dulce               :-)

Saint Patrick is coming...

On March 17th they celebrate Saint Patrick
The patron saint of IRELAND*
Here you have a few activities to know about it...

1. A reading activity. See here.

2. Listen and watch the funny video below and
do activity: Click to see/print it.

*Find more about Saint Patrick holiday and traditions HERE!
KEY to activities.

I hope you enjoy it and improve your English and knowledge of Irish Culture!
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