Leonardo Dicaprio´s Oscar Award

22 years waiting and it has finally happened. The Oscar went to...Leonardo Di Caprio, who
took a moment to speak about a cause that is very close to his heart: environmentalism and climate change. 
This was his acceptance speech:

"Thank you all so very much. Thank you to the Academy, thank you to all of you in this room. I have to congratulate the other incredible nominees this year. 'The Revenant’ was the product of the tireless efforts of an unbelievable cast and crew. First off, to my brother in this endeavor, Mr. Tom Hardy. Tom, your talent on screen can only be surpassed by your friendship off screen… thank you for creating a transcendent cinematic experience. Thank you to everybody at Fox and New Regency…my entire team. I have to thank everyone from the very onset of my career… To my parents, none of this would be possible without you. And to my friends, I love you dearly, you know who you are.

And lastly I just want to say this: Making ‘The Revenant’ was about man's relationship to the natural world. A world that we collectively felt in 2015 as the hottest year in recorded history. Our production needed to move to the southern tip of this planet just to be able to find snow. Climate change is real, it is happening right now. It is the most urgent threat facing our entire species, and we need to work collectively together and stop procrastinating. We need to support leaders around the world who do not speak for the big polluters, but who speak for all of humanity, for the indigenous people of the world, for the billions and billions of underprivileged people out there who would be most affected by this. For our children’s children, and for those people out there whose voices have been drowned out by the politics of greed. I thank you all for this amazing award tonight. Let us not take this planet for granted. I do not take tonight for granted. Thank you so very much."

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Verb Tense Review

As I told you last Thursday, there are many sites you can visit to help you revise verbal tenses, in case you need it. Here you have some of them, they are all self-correction exercises or have the answer key.

Good luck!!

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3636
https://alvarofronteacher.wikispaces.com/file/view/tense-revision.pdf/322007832/tense-revision.pdf
http://www.ihbristol.com/free-english-exercises/test/esol-smc-basic-verb-tenses
http://www.ihbristol.com/free-english-exercises/test/esol-smc-verb-tenses-mixed

Treasure (Bruno Mars) - COVER

Thanks, Juanma B. (4th Secondary A), for your musical contribution to my blog. 

I also take the opportunity to show you my gratitude for your help at school every day, for being so responsible, my I.T. assistant, and a perfect right-hand person. 

Never change!

First and Second Conditional Exercises (3rd Secondary)

Remember...

Look at the picture and then, click on the following links to practise.

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/conditional-sentences-2
http://www.english-area.com/paginas/Firstandsecondconditional.htm

Loreena Mckennitt

You are probably familiar with her because of her song "The Mystic Dreams", used for the trailers of the TV series  "El Principe".

Loreena McKennitt (Manitoba 1957) is a Canadian composer and a singer. Harpist, accordionist and pianist, she performs music especially with Celtic and Middle Eastern tinges. Loreena, who has even performed for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, is also a highly successful businesswoman who has  created an independent record label with celebrated international success .

Here you have one of her  TV interviews  and one of my favourite songs of hers.

Enjoy them!

Rephrasing exercise on Conditional Clauses

·        We didn't see The Martian because the cinema was closed.

       If the cinema hadn´t been closed, we would have seen The Martian

·        She doesn't understand because you haven't explained the situation to her.

       If you explain the situation to her, she will understand

      If you explained the situation to her, she would understand

      If you had explained the situation to her, she would have understood

·        You won't get a promotion if your work doesn't improve. (unless)

       Unless you improve your work, you won´t get a promotion

·        I never eat octopus because I get sick.

       If I eat octopus, I get sick

      If I eat octopus, I´ll get sick

·        We didn't pick you up at the station because you didn't phone us.

     If you had phoned us, we would have picked you up at the station

·        The government won't win the elections unless they create employment. (if)

       If the goverment don´t create employment, they won´t win the elections

·         I'll buy I new computer when I get a rise in salary.

         If I get a rise in salary, I will buy a new computer

·        She wanted to buy that picture, but she didn't have enough money.

        If she had had enough money, she would have bought that picture

·        Whenever I make a promise, I keep it.

        If I make a promise, I keep it

       If I make a promise, I ´ll keep it

·        We haven't got any matches, so we can't light a fire.

       If we had some matches, we could light a fire

·         I didn't renew my subscription because I lost interest in the magazine's articles.

       If I hadn´t lost interest in the magazine´s articles, I would have renewed my subscription

·        He was too slow to win the race.

        If he hadn´t been too slow / If he had been faster, he (could/would) have won the race

·         I won't go to Rio unless I find a cheap flight. (unless)

        Unless I find a cheap flight, I won´t go to Rio

·        I never sunbathe because I get sunburt easily.

        If I sunbathe, I get sunburnt easily

        If I sunbathe, I´ll sunburnt easily

·        She will ask you to repeat in case you speak too fast.

       If you speak too fast, she will ask you to repeat

·         He won't come for a drink because he's got work to do.

        If he didn´t have / hadn´t work to do, he would come for a drink

·        She's too young to get a driving licence.

      If she was/were older, she would get a driving licence

·        They lost the match because of the heavy rain.

       If it hadn´t rained heavily, they wouldn´t have lost the match 

·        Whenever Peter and I meet, we talk about the good old times.

              If Peter and I meet, we talk about the good old times.

             If Peter and I meet, we´ll talk about the good old times.

·        Will you see Paul? Tell him about the meeting.

       If you see Paul, tell him about the meeting

Tabla de tiempos verbales en inglés

Para aquellos de vosotros que tenéis dificultad aún en distinguir y usar correctamente los tiempos verbales en inglés, os paso un enlace que os puede resultar de utilidad. Dominar bien la activa es requisito indispensable para que os salgan las transformaciones a pasiva y el estilo indirecto, así que....

Ánimo!

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/tenses_table.pdf

Best love songs

In your opinion, what´s the best LOVE song ever?
Waiting for your comments.

A question of balance

"Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling four balls in the air...work, family, health and friends. You will soon understand work is a rubber ball, but the other four balls are made of glass.ª

England Skies - Shake Shake Go

The Coca Cola Story

Do you know how old Coca Cola is? More than a hundred years! It was invented in 1886 by a chemist called John Perberton, who lived in Atlanta, in the South of the USA. (Its name comes from two of its ingredients- coca leaves and kola nuts.) Pemberton tried to sell Coca Cola as a medicine. He told his customers that it was good for headaches. They didn't believe him, and they didn't buy it.

After John Pemberton died,in1888, a man called Asa Candler bought the recipe for Pemberton's medicine He decided to sell it, not as a medicine but as a drink. In 1892, he spent $ 12,000 on advertising it. The Coca Cola advertising campaign hasn't stopped since then! And it has worked brilliantly. Coke has been the most popular drink in the USA for more than sixty years.

In 1941, when the USA entered Word War II, American soldiers began to travel all over the world .The President of the Coca Cola Company promised to send their favourite drink wherever they went, Five billion bottles of Coke were sent around the world to the soldiers! And that's why, since the War, Coke has been famous everywhere. if you look on a bottle of Coke you will find that one of the ingredients is called simply 'natural flavourings'. What are those flavourings? No one will tell you! The recipe for Coke has been a secret for a century. The Coca Cola Company keeps it in a safe in Atlanta. In 1985, the company made a small change to its famous drink. Millions of people complained. The company had to go back to the recipe in the safe!

Listening Skills

Do you need to improve your listening skills? learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/ is an excellent web, with activities and videos for all levels, including listening practice. Click here and find out!
Listening Skills (Practice)

Tales and vegetables

On sick leave

                                           

Hola, chicos!

Pues sí, ando de baja. Espero que no sea por muchos días. De cualquier forma, portaos bien y no dad mucha lata a mis compis, sí? Y sobre todo seguid mis instrucciones:

• Se mantienen las pruebas fechadas para esta semana, ya que es materia trabajada recientemente, tanto en 3º como en 4º de ESO.

• 3º ESO va leyendo y trabajando la unidad 5. Este módulo trata las Oraciones Condicionales (Condicional Cero, Primera Condicional y Segunda Condicional). Estas condicionales requieren exclusivamente memorizar su respectiva estructura. no cometer errores en el Presente Simple (en el caso de la  Condicional Cero y la 1ª Condicional) y manejar bien el pasado y los verbos irregulares (en el caso de la 2ª Condicional), No dan más problema. Leed los textos de la unidad, analizar los cuadros de gramática de Condicionales y haced los ejercicios correspondiente a este punto.

• 4º ESO igualmente lee y trabaja el unidad 5, La Voz Pasiva. Leed los textos de la unidad, analizar los cuadros de gramática correspondiente a La Pasiva (el Causativo no) y haced los ejercicios correspondiente a este punto. La Pasiva requiere un buen dominio de la conjugación verbal (comprobad que construis bien cada tiempo activo que hemos dado, de lo contrario la Pasiva no os saldrá bien construida) y un buen manejo de los verbos regulares e irregulares, ya que requiere el uso de participios.

Esta tarde os subiré posts sobre ambos puntos gramaticales, para facilitaros el trabajo.

Sed buenos.....

Y por cierto...no olvidéis que se puede ir colgando cosas en el aula, en nuestra English Corner. Se acerca San Valentín y puede dar juego e ideas para ello.

See you soon!