Will Smith: “Hollywood is my family, but we have a problem…”

Article about Will Smith`s last work.  You can also listen to him watching the video.

http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/01/28/inenglish/1453987782_377311.html?autoplay=1

A NEW STUDENT FROM "AS BARXAS" IS GOING TO SPEND AN ACADEMICAL YEAR IN THE STATES

CONGRATULATIONS TO LAURA DURÁN! 

SHE GOT A SCHOLARSHIP TO SPEND A YEAR IN THE USA!
YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT TIME, LAURITA!

IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBT ABOUT IT, YOU CAN VISIT AREA'S BLOG 

http://areainwonderland.blogspot.com.es

Area is so happy there that she wants to stay another year. Since her family can't afford it, she has started to raise money. If you want/can donate some, you can go to the next link. But you can also help just sharing the link!

https://www.gofundme.com/xdexr97c

THE BREADWINNER BY DEBORAH ELLIS

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:ZWx2Abs7IswJ:
www.pineisland.k12.mn.us/UserFiles/Servers/Server_242282/File/Breadwinner.doc
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Connie Picciotto, a Spanish lady from Vigo, dies after spending 30 years protesting outside THE WHITE HOUSE

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/concepcion-picciotto-who-held-vigil-outside-the-white-house-for-decades-dies/2016/01/25/e0f829e2-c3b0-11e5-a4aa-f25866ba0dc6_story.html

CONVOCATORIA DE UNA BECA PARA PARTICIPAR EN EL INSTITUTO DE VERANO BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 2016

CONVOCATORIA DE UNA BECA PARA PARTICIPAR EN EL INSTITUTO DE VERANO BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 2016

EN LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA PARA JÓVENES ENTRE 16 Y 18 AÑOS
http://englishasbarxas.blogspot.com.es/p/blog-page_25.html

Deborah Ellis, Activist and Author. THE BREADWINNER

Before reading the book, watch and listen to this video about Deborah Ellis

OMISSION OF BLACK NOMINEES

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/19/michael-moore-joins-oscars-2016-boycott-lack-of-black-nominees

1 BACH TRANSLATION

TRANSLATE INTO ENGLISH.  January 2015 1º Bach

1.           A xente que tiña coche puido marchar da cidade antes de que a auga entrara.

2.           Chegaron a unha hora na que todos estaban fóra.

3.           O noso cuñado Pepe, que vive en Londres, vai vir visitarnos o próximo mes. Así que en catro semanas estará ceando con nos e contándonos todas as novas.

4.           Comín a empanada de pulpo  máis sabrosa da miña vida. Quen a cociñou? Eu. Estou moi orgullosa de min mesma.

5.           O vestido que mercou a miña amiga é de Gucci. Debe ter pagado unha fortuna. Non, só 45 €.  Atopouno nas rebaixas do Corte Inglés.

6.           Recórdame que escoite algo en inglés todos os días. É a mellor forma de aprender. 

7.           “En marzo terei aprendido todos os verbos irregulares” prometeuse a si mesmo unha vez máis. A profesora tampouco o creu esta vez.

8.           Na parte de atrás da foto facilmente recoñecerás unha das catedrais máis famosas de Francia.

9.           Hoxe en día as persoas son máis altas que hai uns anos e viven máis tempo. Según o ministro de economía xaponés isto é un grave problema.  

10.      Está claro que é unha persoa moi optimista sobre o futuro. Acaba de supender un feixe delas (=un montón de asignaturas) e segue a dicir que o ano que ven estará a estudar na “London School of Economics”.

INTERVIEW

https://bloguionistas.wordpress.com/2015/11/23/entrevista-a-tomas-aragay-coguionista-de-truman/

PPT ABOUT AFGHANISTAN

SUSANA'S POWER POINT PRESENTATION

WE HAVE DISPLAYED MOST OF THE PROJECTS IN THE CLASSROOM BUT SUSANA HAS DECIDED TO PREPARE A PPT INSTEAD.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2VrhoCPyzjEdThhZmowdG44Nmc/view?usp=sharing

MY DAVID BOWIE ALIVE FOREVER

If you wish to read about the effect his music had over people,  you can have a look at the next article by Suzanne Moore

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jan/11/my-david-bowie-alive-forever

Charlie, Sam & Patrick " Heroes" - The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

FOR THOSE WHO WATCHED THIS FILM WITH ME, JUST REMEMBER "HEROES" BY DAVID BOWIE COULD BE HEARD IN THE TUNNEL SCENE

David Bowie - Heroes

Eddie Izzard 

✔@eddieizzard

Please could every radio station around the globe just play David Bowie music today - I think the world owes him that.

I, I will be king
And you, you will be queen
Though nothing, will drive them away
We can beat them, just for one day
We can be heroes, just for one day

And you, you can be mean
And I, I'll drink all the time
'Cause we're lovers, and that is a fact
Yes we're lovers, and that is that

Though nothing, will keep us together
We could steal time, just for one day
We can be heroes, forever and ever
What'd you say?

I, I wish you could swim
Like the dolphins, like dolphins can swim
Though nothing, nothing will keep us together
We can beat them, forever and ever
Oh we can be heroes, just for one day

I, I will be king
And you, you will be queen
Though nothing will drive them away
We can be heroes, just for one day
We can be us, just for one day

I, I can remember (I remember)
Standing, by the wall (by the wall)
And the guns, shot above our heads (over our heads)
And we kissed, as though nothing could fall (nothing could fall)
And the shame, was on the other side
Oh we can beat them, forever and ever
Then we could be heroes, just for one day

We can be heroes
We can be heroes
We can be heroes
Just for one day
We can be heroes

We're nothing, and nothing will help us
Maybe we're lying, then you better not stay
But we could be safer, just for one day
Oh-oh-oh-ohh, oh-oh-oh-ohh, just for one day

 David Bowie - Heroes Lyrics | MetroLyrics 

“FOR AND AGAINST” ESSAY

HERE YOU ALSO HAVE A LINK TO REVISE HOW TO WRITE AN ESSAY.

http://elblogdelingles.blogspot.com.es/2012/10/como-escribir-un-ensayo-essay-fce-part-2.html

 “FOR AND AGAINST”  ESSAY  

1.Write a draft with your  ideas.

2.You must clearly indicate where your paragraphs start and where they end.  Leave a line empty between paragraphs.

3.Express your  thoughts and opinions clearly and logically.

4. It helps to know how to use certain LINKING DEVICES to connect sentences logically. So here you can find some.

INTRODUCTION

What comes to my mind when discussing....is...

Today we are repeatedly confronted with the problem of....

Some (experts/people/of my friends) say...

My point of view on the subject is that ...

I personally / honestly think that ...

I totally agree with ... (the view that ...)

I sincerely believe that ...

As far as I’m concerned ...

From my point of view ...

My opinion is that ...

“PROS”  HOW TO INTRODUCE YOUR IDEAS?

Firstly/In the first place....

Let us start by considering...

Let us first consider the question of...

I should like to begin with...

The first obvious advantage/disadvantage of...

Secondly....

Moreover....

Furthermore....

Another thing is....

Another point in favour of/against... is...

In addition to that ... / On top of that ... / Besides that ...

And what is more,...

“CONS” HOW TO INTRODUCE YOUR IDEAS?

So far we have only talked about the advantages. What about the disadvantages?

So much about the advantages. There are also a number of disadvantages that must not be overlooked.

Let us now turn to the drawbacks of...

Now it would also be interesting to ...

And what is more,...

Furthermore,...

For contrast :

On the other hand ...

However,...

Nevertheless,...

On the contrary,...

It’s quite the opposite

Despite the fact that...

Although...

It is always a good idea to include examples:

Take for example.....Take for instance...

One example out of many is...

Just look at....

This idea can best be illustrated by an example...

Such as

For instance

CONCLUSION

In conclusion, let me say that....

All things considered, I must say that...

From all this one must conclude that...

In conclusion ...

Finally ...

To sum up...

For or against essay

Today we have started to talk about how to write a for and against essay.

In case it was not clear enough, here you have tutorials to revise it before you start writing your own essay.

CANADA 2015 PLAN DIFUSIÓN PIALE

 IN CASE YOU WANT TO WATCH THE VIDEO AGAIN!

SOME OF THE PROJECTS ABOUT AFGHANISTAN WHERE HANDED IN TODAY, ONE WEEK BEFORE THE DATELINE!!! YOU ARE GREAT. A FEW EXAMPLES.

LET'S START THE YEAR WITH A BIT OF MUSIC! HAPPY 2016!!!

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The sporting Spanish cyclist who refused to overtake his rival.

Lying in third place, Ismael Esteban was less than a kilometer from the finishing line of the Santa Bárbara cyclo-cross race in Cantabria, northern Spain, when his bike, which had been giving him trouble throughout the grueling competition, suffered a puncture.

Determined to complete the race, Esteban slung the bike over his shoulder and began running. With just 300 meters to go, his rival Agustín Navarro caught him up. But instead of overtaking, Navarro slowed down and, to applause from spectators, allowed Esteban to continue and finish ahead of him. Video footage of his sportsmanlike gesture was shared by more than 3,000 people in the first 48 hours after the race, which was held on December 8 in Puente Viesgo.

“Great sportsmanlike gesture by Asturian cyclist Agustin Navarro Vidal in the Puente Viesgo race,” wrote local sports publication Deporte Astur in its Facebook post. “Agustin Navarro came across Ismael Esteban in the last 100 meters. After sitting comfortably in third place, Ismael ended the race suffering a puncture. With just a short way to go to the finishing line, he took to his feet and with a 100 meters to go Agustín found him and didn’t want to overtake, allowing him to place third carrying the broken bicycle on his back. After finishing, Ismael offered him his prize, which the Asturian rejected. These guys are a cut above the rest!”

Published by El Pais in ENGlISH. REMEMBER, A GREAT WAY TO BE UPDATED AND LEARN ENGLISH.

I HOPE YOU DON'T NEED THE DOCTOR'S HELP BUT IF IN THE FUTURE YOU DO IT IS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE DOCTOR!

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