- Have you learned anything new?
- Do you enjoy documentaries?
- What topics are you interested in?
Sunday, October 31, 2021
Friday, October 29, 2021
First lines
Can you tell me the title of each of the books below by reading the first line?
1."It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."
2."All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."
3.“As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous vermin.”
4."Mother died today. Or maybe, yesterday; I can't be sure."
5."It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York."
6."All children, except one, grow up."
7."Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show."
Adopting Five Children with Various Disabilities
1. Would you adopt a disabled child?
2. How many children do the people in the video have now?
3. What is the song they sing about?
4. Why do you love an adopted sibling the same as an adopted one?
Out of the mouths of babes...
Getting Fat
When I was six months pregnant with my third child, my three- year-old came into the room when I was just getting ready to get into the shower.
She said, "Mommy, you are getting fat!"
I replied, "Yes, honey, remember Mommy has a baby growing in her tummy"
"I know," she replied, "but what's growing in your butt?"
Thursday, October 28, 2021
Listening Comprehension. Click on the red link to do the exercise.
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Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
The Madrid Players
Dear Friends,
This year, the panto-less Players decided we had to put on a Christmas Show.
Our audience and members deserve it, after their patience and support over the last two years.
So, we have auditioned a smaller cast, donned our cossies… and here it is!
A CHRISTMAS PUDDING!
A Feast of Seasonal Fun
Produced and directed by Judy MacInnes and Thisbe Burns
This little bijou of a show is packed full of tasty ingredients:
Songs, skits, poems and music, with nods (and winks) to our pantomime favourites!
We hope it will quench your thirst for fun in English
- at least until our next show in the Spring!
(We also hope you like the new venue and the tasty Asturian bar!)
Dates:
Saturday, 11th December: 5.00 pm & 7.30 pm
Sunday, 12th December: 5.00 pm & 7.30 pm
Venue:
Centro Asturiano de Madrid
Calle de la Farmacia, 2 (4º)
Metro: Tribunal / Chueca
24-hour Public Carpark in Calle Farmacia
TICKETS: Entradium.com
(Online sales only and 75% seating capacity, so you feel safe)
It will be a busy weekend, with several Christmas Bazaars around town.
Why not make a day of it?
De aperitivo: Christmas shopping.
De postre: Christmas Pudding!
(Washed down with Asturian cider!)
SEE YOU SOON!
https://www.madridplayers.es The Madrid Players | Facebook
THE MADRID PLAYERS is sponsored by Hastings School, Madrid
Sunday, October 24, 2021
Written Mediation
Dear all,
Please have a look at the virtual classroom (news section) where you will find the instructions for the written mediation.
I suggest you use an English spellcheck when writing. And, please, always reread what you write.
See you in class,
MJ
Saturday, October 23, 2021
Christopher Columbus. Listening Comprehension exercise.
1. Where did the people on the western side live?
2. What did most people on the eastern side believe?
3. What did Columbus say one day?
4. Did other people believe him?
5. How long did it take him to convince a monarch to give him the necessary money to prove his idea?
6. He wanted to discover a ................................... to India.
7. When did his voyage start?
8. What were his crew planning to do just before they saw land?
9. Were the natives friendly?
10. Did Columbus know where he was going on his second voyage?
A new idiom
pay through the nose
If you pay through the nose for something, you pay more than the usual price for it.
Source: English Club.
Thursday, October 21, 2021
Phrasal Verb (English Club)
stand for
If letters or symbols stand for something, they represent that thing.
Laughter is the best medicine
Baseball in Heaven
Two seventy year old men, Moe and Sam, have been friends all their lives. It seems that Sam is dying, so Moe comes to visit him. "Sam," says Moe, "You know how we have both loved baseball all our lives. Sam, you gotta do me one favor. When you go, somehow you've got to find a way to get a message to me to tell me if there's baseball in heaven."
Sam looks up at Moe from his deathbed and says, "Moe, you've been my friend many years. This favor I'll try to do for you." And with that Sam passes on.
It is midnight a couple of nights later. Moe is sound asleep when a distant voice calls out to him, "Moe...Moe..."
"Who is it?" says Moe sitting up suddenly, "Who is it?"
"Moe, it's Sam."
"Come on. You're not Sam. Sam died." said Moe, coming awake.
"I'm telling you," insists the voice. "It's me, Sam!"
"Sam? Is that you? Where are you?" asks Moe.
"I'm in heaven," says Sam, "and I've gotta tell you, I've got some good news and some bad news."
"Tell me the good news first," says Moe.
"The good news is that there is baseball in heaven."
"Really?" says Moe, "That's wonderful! What's the bad news?
"You're pitching Tuesday!"
Sam looks up at Moe from his deathbed and says, "Moe, you've been my friend many years. This favor I'll try to do for you." And with that Sam passes on.
It is midnight a couple of nights later. Moe is sound asleep when a distant voice calls out to him, "Moe...Moe..."
"Who is it?" says Moe sitting up suddenly, "Who is it?"
"Moe, it's Sam."
"Come on. You're not Sam. Sam died." said Moe, coming awake.
"I'm telling you," insists the voice. "It's me, Sam!"
"Sam? Is that you? Where are you?" asks Moe.
"I'm in heaven," says Sam, "and I've gotta tell you, I've got some good news and some bad news."
"Tell me the good news first," says Moe.
"The good news is that there is baseball in heaven."
"Really?" says Moe, "That's wonderful! What's the bad news?
"You're pitching Tuesday!"
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
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Friday, October 8, 2021
Thursday, October 7, 2021
Wednesday, October 6, 2021
Pronunciation Chart
Click on this link if you want to learn how to pronounce the different sounds of English:
https://elt.oup.com/student/englishfile/advanced3/pronunciation?cc=global&selLanguage=en
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Eating and Body Dysmorphic Disorders
1. What provoked Lauren's insecurity?
2. What were the only things she ate?
3. What symptoms did she start having?
4. What happened one day when she was jogging?
5. How long did Lauren spend in hospital?
6. How is she doing now?
Monday, October 4, 2021
Phrasal Verb
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