This blog has been created to share news, projects, videos and everything I may find interesting with my students. I will also upload their work and anything I consider useful for them to improve their English. Everybody is welcome. Formerly known as Englishasbarxas, I have now adopted the name of my new school: IES ROU. PALMIRA CALVAR
ONE charity worker from Twickenham, West London received the shock of her life when she discovered a “glass”ring that she bought thirty-three years ago was actually a diamond ring all along.
Fifty-five-year-old Debra Goddard had been keeping the ring in a box for the past 33 years. She bought it for £10 ($13 or around P680) at a boot sale and only brought it out when her 72-year-old mom June Boyle lost all her money to a relative’s fraudulence.
Goddard was hoping the ring would be worth around £750 (around $980 or P51,000), but she was surprised when a jeweler told her it was a 26.27 carat diamond.
“When I went to the jeweler he nearly fainted and said, ‘Do you know what this is? It’s a diamond,’” Goddard was quoted as saying. “I sat up all night looking at it, wondering what to do.”
The ring, which was valued by auction house Sotheby’s at £740,000 ($964,000 or P50.5 million), earned Goddard £470,000 ($612,000 or P32 million) after auction costs. Goddard called this unexpected twist of fate “karma” for all the terrible things that befell their lives.
I must have a look among my belongings. Who knows? I might be a millionaire!
I love markets. The old camera was bought at a car boot sale on the way to Norwich.
The cups at Coven Garden Market in London.
Who were they previous owners? What kind of people and landscape has the camera captured over the years? Which fingers and lips have touched and enjoyed coffee with my beautiful cups before?
This is Diego’s only fault. But honestly I have never seen ( this is for Martín) a song with more verbs in the simple past. Let’s go for it!!! Yes, we can!!!
Simple Past. Regular and irregular verbs
Can you write the verbs on the right in the past to complete the song?. I know, it is really long. The longest I have ever used in my lessons! But when you have finished, you will know most of the irregular verbs. ( Always look on the bright side of life... and that is another one)
American Pie by Don McLean
A long, long time ago, I can still remember How that music ………. ……. make me smile use And I ……… if I ……… my chance know have That I ……… make those people dance can And maybe they'd be happy for a while
But February …………. me shiver make With every paper I'd deliver Bad news on the doorstep I ………… take one more step can’t I can't remember if I cried When I …….. about his widowed bride read But something ……… me deep inside touch The day the music ………….. die
So, bye, bye, Miss American Pie ………….. my Chevy to The Levee, but The Levee was dry drive And them good old boys …….. drinkin' whiskey in Rye be Singin', "This'll be the day that I die This'll be the day that I die"
Did you write the Book of Love? For those who didn’t remember how to ask questions!!! And do you have faith in God above If the Bible tells you so? Do you believe in rock 'n' roll? Can music save your mortal soul? And can you teach me how to dance real slow?
Well, I know that you're in love with him 'Cause I ……… you dancing in the gym see You both ………. off your shoes Then I dig those rhythm and blues I ………. a lonely teenage broncin' buck be With a pink carnation and a pickup truck But I ………… I was out of luck know The day the music died
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Now for ten years we've been on our own And moss grows fat on a rollin' stone But that's not how it used to be When the jester ……… for the king and queen sing In a coat he ………… from James Dean borrow And a voice that …………. from you and me come
Oh, and while the king was looking down The jester ……….. his thorny crown steal The courtroom was adjourned No verdict was returned And while Lennon read a book on Marx The quartet practiced in the park And we ……….. dirges in the dark sing The day the music died
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Helter Skelter in the summer swelter The birds ………. off with a fallout shelter fly Eight miles high and fallin' fast It ………….. foul on the grass land The players t……… for a forward pass try With the jester on the sidelines in a cast
Now, the half-time air was sweet perfume While the sergeants ……… a marching tune play We all ……… up to dance get Oh, but we never ………… the chance get 'Cause the players tried to take the field The marching band refused to yield Do you recall what was revealed The day the music died?
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Oh, and there we were, all in one place A generation …………… in space lose With no time left to start again So come on, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick Jack Flash ………. on a candlestick sit 'Cause fire is the devil's only friend
Oh, and as I ………….. him on the stage watch My hands were ………… in fists of rage clench No angel born in Hell Could break that Satan's spell And as the flames ………. high into the night climb To light the sacrificial rite I ……….. Satan laughing with delight see The day the music died
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I ………… a girl who sang the blues meet And I ………. her for some happy news ask But she just ……….. and turned away smile I ……… down to the sacred store go Where I'd heard the music years before But the man there ………. the music wouldn't play say
And in the streets, the children ………. scream The lovers …….. and the poets ………. cry-dream But not a word …….. spoken be The church bells all ……… broken be And the three men I admire most The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost They ………. the last train for the coast catch The day the music ……. die
