THE EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF ALEX LEWIS. READING. BACH

This week I have mentioned and showed to some of my Bach. students an article about a brave man, an amazing family. Their case is going to be shown in a documentary if you want to read about it.
The Extraordinary Case of Alex Lewis

Reported speech. Bach

For those who need to keep prectising grammar.
I am posting some links to web pages where you can practise reported speech and check your results. There are lots more. I hope they are helpful.

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/reported-speech-exercise-4.html
http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-reported-speech.php
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/reported.htm

Feeling optimistic

Some of our students  have visited " El salón del libro " today so they have missed our lesson.

Here you have one of the activities we did. 

Amazing news: Flavia is getting married (wow!), Adrián is running a marathon, Laura is moving abroad, some feel bad... But all of them get positive responses from their classmates. 

That's the spirit!

Purple Rain Prince AVI

Prince – Purple Rain Lyrics

I never meant to cause you any sorrow
I never meant to cause you any pain
I only wanted to one time to see you laughing
I only wanted to see you
Laughing in the purple rain

Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
I only wanted to see you
Bathing in the purple rain

I never wanted to be your weekend lover
I only wanted to be some kind of friend
Baby, I could never steal you from another
It's such a shame our friendship had to end

Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
I only wanted to see you
Underneath the purple rain

Honey, I know, I know
I know times are changing
It's time we all reach out
For something new, that means you too

You say you want a leader
But you can't seem to make up your mind
I think you better close it
And let me guide you to the purple rain

Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
If you know what I'm singing about up here
C'mon, raise your hand

Purple rain, purple rain
I only want to see you
Only want to see you
In the purple rain

Prince Dead: Legendary Singer, Musician Prince Dies at age 57 - RIP

REPORTED SPEECH. GRAMMAR. ESO.BACH

One of those videos provided by the British Council to help you understand the REPORTED SPEECH

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar-vocabulary/grammar-videos/reported-speech

Entrevista a Quico Cadaval

Aquí a entrevista realizada a Quico Cadaval polos alumnos do grupo SAFTAS, ERASMUS+
Estamos na elaboración da tradución ó inglés para subtitular e compartir cos nosos colegas europeos.

SHAKESPEARE

Shouldn't we dedicate some time to read/learn/ remember/ about Shakespeare?
Everybody is talking about him lately in England, of course you know why but what else do you know?.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/timelines/z8k2p39

Grammar. Conditional sentences

I just love this webpage. Thank you British council for helping my students to understand and work with grammar!!!

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar-vocabulary/grammar-videos/conditionals

Future Tenses:

 After watching  this video and reading the grammar tips you won't confuse the future forms again
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar-vocabulary/grammar-videos/future-forms

TRANSLATE INTO ENGLISH 2º ESO. REVISION UNIT 7

REVISION UNIT 7 TRANSLATE INTO ENGLISH  2º ESO

1.       Aínda non nos imos marchar da festa porque o estamos a pasar moi ben.

2.       -De quen é esa idea? -Non sei.- Ok, quédome con ela.

3.       Que vai preparar o teu pai de cea? Non estou segura, pero estará rico porque é un gran cociñeiro.

4.       Fixo a súa pregunta demasiado rápido pero educadamente.

5.       Como era un libro moi antiguo, pasaba as páxinas con cuidado. Non era seu. Era deles.

6.       Témome que non poderei chegar a tempo. Que pena, dixo con enfado.

7.       -Sempre conduce lento?- Si. -Non importa, non temos présa.

8.       Chamas a casa de Pepa e dis que queres falar con ela. Contéstache que é ela.

To sart reporting

http://moviesegmentstoassessgrammargoals.blogspot.com.es/2008/09/while-you-were-sleeping-reported-speech.html

1º BACH. WRITE A SUMMARY FROM ANY OR THE ARTICLES BELOW.

I find that reading the press in English is a great way to be both informed an learning English.  Next  week I will ask you to write a summary of one of the articles shown below or any you may find interesting.

http://englishasbarxas.blogspot.com.es/2013/05/how-to-write-summary.html

1.Judge sends Mario Conde to jail for money laundering and tax fraud

Spanish High Court Judge Santiago Pedraz decided on Wednesday to send disgraced ex bank chief Mario Conde to prison while an investigation into allegations that he laundered millions of euros back into Spain from accounts held abroad continues. The former chairman of Banesto’s children, Alejandra and Mario, as well as his lawyer, are also under suspicion for supposedly creating a network of companies in Spain and other countries that were used for moving the money that Conde embezzled from the Spanish lender in the 1990s...

To go on reading:

http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/04/14/inenglish/1460618369_967633.html

Vocabulary:

Money laundering : lavado de cartos

Embezzle: defraudar

Bail: fianza

Maze: entramado, laberinto

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2. REFUGEE CRISIS     Brussels rebukes Spain for failing to take in refugees

Spain has only taken in 18 refugees since September 2015, when European countries pledged to help people fleeing conflict in Syria. 

In March, the Spanish government promised to speed up that rate by accepting 467 new refugees within that same month. 

But a European Commission report shows that nearly two weeks after the deadline expired, not a single one of those 467 people has arrived on Spanish soil.

To go on reading:

http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/04/13/inenglish/1460529395_126980.html

rebuke: reprochar

pledge : prometer, dar a palabra

flee:fuxir

soil: chan, territorio

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José Manuel Soria has already resigned but read about what he has said along the week. Lies, lies, lies.

 

3. Industry minister agrees to talk about Panama Papers firm in Congress

Acting Industry Minister José Manuel Soria has backtracked on his earlier refusal to provide Congress with explanations about his alleged involvement in the Panama Papers scandal.

On Tuesday, Soria told reporters that he will appear in the lower house next week to discuss why his name shows up on a list of officials of an offshore company.

The acting minister said it was “a mistake” that briefly saw his name appear on the list of directors of UK Lines Ltd., which was incorporated in the Bahamas in the 1990s. This piece of information was part of a trove of 11.5 million files held by a Panama-based law firm and leaked to the media. 

To go on reading:

http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/04/13/inenglish/1460542738_265260.html?rel=mas

Backtrack: retractarse, dar marcha atrás

Provide: dar

Lower house: congreso,

Trove: tesouro

Tax haven: paraiso fiscal

Offshore: fóra do control financieiro

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4. The chart that proves that Spanish schedules are downright weird 

http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/03/28/inenglish/1459165488_731020.html

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A shorter, easier text.

5. Real-life ‘Lassie’ leads police to 80-year-old shepherd trapped in well

http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/04/15/inenglish/1460712809_623597.html

Present Perfect versus Simple Past

Problems to understand the differences between these two tenses and use them properly?

Come on! It is not that difficult. Have a look at the poster and start practising!

PASSIVE. HAVING SOMETHING DONE

I think we may have had enough practice but for those who still have doubts about when that passive structure is used, have a look at the video you will find in the link below.
http://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/have-something-done/

ALPHA CENTAURI, JUST ROUND THE CORNER. 30,000 YEARS TO REACH WITH CURRENT TECHNOLOGY.

A


n astonishing space mission to visit our nearest star system and find out if alien life exists has been launched by Professor Stephen Hawking.

Despite being visible in the night sky without a telescope, Alpha Centauri is 25 trillion miles away (4.3 light years) and would take around 30,000 years to reach with current technology.

However Professor Hawking has joined forces with Russian billionaire Yuri Milner and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, to develop technology which would allow a spacecraft to reach the star system in just 20 years.

IF YOU WANT TO GO ON READING CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINKS.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/04/12/professor-stephen-hawking-to-announce-mystery-space-mission/

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/starshot-project-stephen-hawking-and-mark-zuckerberg-to-send-tiny-rockets-to-alpha-centauri-in-most-a6981101.html

SUMMER CAMPS/ CAMPAMENTOS A TRAVÉS DA XUNTA 2016. SOLICITA ATA 23 DE ABRIL

 Hi again, if you are interested in applying for a summer camp, click on the link below. You will find all the information.
There are different options according to your ages.
Note that you can also apply for English summer camps in Galicia (students born between 2002-2007) and  (for those born from 1998-2001)

http://xuventude.xunta.es/accion-de-veran.html

Emma Watson to United Nations: I'm a feminist

While in Canada, I saw the teacher I was shadowing showing this video to her students. She wanted to show them how to  behave when giving a speech, how to deal with an oral presentation. They could appreciate she was nervous but also that she had learnt her lines and knew how  to address her audience.

I also think what she says is very sensible and we should learn from her.
Please, watch during the weekend and let me know what you think.

PRESENT PERFECT FORM AND USE

PRESENT PERFECT: FORMA

·              El "present perfect" se forma con el auxiliar "to have" en presente del indicativo (simple present), más el participio (past participle) del verbo principal:

I have listened to the news.	Yo he escuchado las noticias
She has watched TV.	Ella ha visto la tele

·              La forma negativa se forma con la partícula de negación "not" entre el auxiliar y el verbo principal, y la forma interrogativa se construye con el auxiliar al comienzo de la oración, seguido del sujeto y del verbo principal:

I have not done my homework.	Yo no he hecho mis deberes.
Have you been to Seville?	¿Has estado en Sevilla?

PRESENT PERFECT: USO

·              1. El "present perfect" es un tiempo que sirve para describir acciones que acaban de suceder en el pasado y que guardan alguna relación con el presente. Equivale en castellano al pretérito perfecto:

I have bought a car.

Yo he comprado un coche: nos indica que la acción de comprar el coche acaba de realizarse.

·              Si por el contrario utilizáramos el "past simple" esta conexión con el presente se pierde:

I bought a car.

Yo compré un coche: no implica que la acción haya sido reciente, ni que aún siga teniendo ese coche.

·              En las oraciones con "present perfect" no se suele mencionar el momento en el que se ha desarrollado la acción:

I have read a book.

Yo he leído un libro: la acción acaba de finalizar.

·           2.   Sí se puede mencionar el periodo de tiempo en el que la acción se ha desarrollado, pero únicamente si este período de tiempo aún no ha finalizado: today, this morning, this week, etc.

This morning I have drunk three coffees. She has visited her parents twice this week.

Esta mañana me he tomado 3 cafés: utilizo en este caso el "present perfect" si el periodo de la mañana aún no ha terminado. Ha visitado a sus padres dos veces esta semana.

  

·                3. Otro uso típico del "present perfect" es para describir acciones que empezaron en el pasado y que aún no han finalizado:

I have lived in this city since 1980.	He vivido en esta ciudad desde 1980: implica que sigo viviendo en la ciudad.
I have played tennis since my childhood.	He jugado al tenis desde mi infancia: y sigo jugando

En este uso es muy común usar :

FOR- durante, desde hace. Para hacer mención a un período de tiempo

SINCE- desde. Para hacer mención a un momento concreto  en el tiempo cuando comienza la acción

They have swum for hours.	Han nadado durante horas.
He has lived in this city for years We have been here since 5 o’clock	Ha vivido en esta ciudad durante años. Llevamos aquí desde las 5./Hemos estado aquí desde las 5

·              Si la acción hubiera ya finalizado entonces habría que utilizar el "past simple":

I lived in this city for 10 years.	Yo viví en esta ciudad 10 años: pero ya no vivo ahí.
I played tennis for many years.	Yo jugué al tenis muchos años: pero ya no juego.

4. Se usa para preguntar y hablar sobre experiencias a lo largo de toda la vida. También con EVER (alguna vez para interrogativas )

Have you ever found money?                ¿Alguna vez has encontrado dinero? I have been to Paris several times          -  He estado en Paris varias veces.

5. JUST –ACABAR DE

Se usa present perfect con “just” para indicar que una acción acaba de suceder.

They have just arrived	Acaban de llegar
She has just eaten.	Acaba de comer

ALREADY  (YA) PARA EXPRESAR QUE YA HEMOS REALIZADO UNA ACCIÓN.

Normalmente lo usamos en AFIRMATIVA. También lo podemos usar en INTERROGATIVA para expresar sorpresa porque una accion está finalizada.

We have already sent the e-mail	Ya hemos enviado el e-mail
Have you already come back?	¿Ya habeis vuelto? (no lo esperaba)

YET se usa  en negativa (aún, todavía) e interrogativa (ya).

Se coloca al final de la oración.

He hasn’t  bought his new car yet	Aún no se ha comprado su coche nuevo.
Have they called yet?	¿Ya han llamado?

Yet as an adverb

We use yet as an adverb to refer to a time which starts in the past and continues up to the present. We use it mostly in negative statements or questions in the present perfect. It usually comes in end position:

Kevin hasn’t registered for class yet.

I haven’t finished my breakfast yet.

Has she emailed you yet?

Yet with negative statements

When we use yet in negative statements, it shows that an event is expected to happen in the future:

Jason hasn’t phoned yet. (I am expecting him to phone.)

I haven’t seen ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ yet. (I am expecting to see this film.)

Yet with questions

When we use yet in an affirmative question, it shows that the speaker is expecting something to happen:

Is he home yet? (I expect that he will be home at some point.)

Has your passport arrived yet? (I expect that your passport will arrive in the post.)

Negative questions with yet can express an even stronger expectation that something will happen. When we ask this type of question, we expect a negative answer:

Hasn’t Richard arrived yet? (I strongly expect that he should have arrived.)

Haven’t you done your driving test yet? (I feel you should have done your driving test by now.)

Yet with affirmative statements

When we use yet in affirmative statements, it shows that a situation is continuing, even when we might expect it not to continue:

There’s plenty of time yet. (even though you don’t think so)

We’ve got a lot more work to do yet. (even though you think we have finished)

‘Still’ is used to talk about something that hasn’t finished – especially when we expected it to finish earlier.

• I’ve been waiting for over an hour and the bus still hasn’t come.
• You promised to give me that report yesterday and you still haven’t finished it.

‘Still’ usually comes in ‘mid-position’

Still is often used with other tenses as well as the present perfect.