Coronation Party in Madrid

 

Good news

Not all news is bad. Have a look at the links below:

Good News | Positive News Stories | Happy News (sunnyskyz.com)

Good News, Inspiring, Positive Stories - Good News Network

Good News: Inspirational, Uplifting and Happy News | TODAY | TODAY

NewsForKids.net – Real News, Told Simply.™

Kids Archives - Good News Network

La La Land (2016 Movie) Official Trailer

Let's do a Cloze Test (C22)

Practice Tests: Multiple Choice Cloze | C2 Proficient (CPE) | engxam.com

Writing

Write a 100-word paragraph describing a horrible monster. Your composition can be humorous and your monster can be 'cute' like the one below. There's only one catch: he must have a special super power.

The principle of mine

If I like it, it's mine.

If I can take it away from you, it's mine.

If I had it a while ago, it's mine.

If I say it is mine, it's mine.

If I saw it first, it's mine.

If you're having fun with it, it's definitely mine.

If you lay it down, it's mine.

If it's broken, it's yours.

The mosaic house in Chiswick – BBC London News

Use the STAR METHOD for success in your JOB INTERVIEW

Practice

Have a look at this page. I think it's most interesting and contains all sorts of exercises for different levels:

home – idiomium

Polyamory & The Risk Of Being Left Behind: Louis Theroux

The World's Worst Place To be Gay

Inside the World's Most Notorious Gaol

What's your opinion of this?

A crying baby sumo competition returns to Japan for the first time in four years, following COVID-19 cancellations in previous years.

In the event, held at Tokyo's Sensoji temple, the babies are encouraged to cry in the sumo ring, and the infant who cries louder than the other is declared the winner of the bout. 

Traditionally, the babies have been held aloft by genuine sumo wrestlers, but due to concerns over COVID-19, this year they were carried by their parents. 

The event is intended to promote the babies' health, in the belief that a baby which cries loudly will grow up healthily. Source: Euronews

What do you think of this?

Writing

Here you have some interesting information on how to write opinion essays:

How to Write an Opinion Essay (With Tips and Examples) | Indeed.com Canada

What is this song about?

Resulting in around 300,000 fatalities, the Battle of the Somme is considered one of the bloodiest and deadliest conflicts of the First World War and in human history. The battle, which was fought between British and French forces versus German forces, kicked off on July 1, 1916, and ended on November 18 that same year.

Vocabulary

 

What would you do?

 

An English teacher asked her class to write an essay on what they'd do if they had a million dollars. Alec handed in a blank sheet of paper. "Alec!" yelled the teacher, "you've done nothing. Why?" "Because if I had a million dollars, that's exactly what I would do!"

Magician

"What's your father's occupation?" asked the school secretary on the first day of the new academic year.

"He's a magician, Ma'am" said the new boy.

"How interesting. What's his favorite trick?"

"He saws people in half."

"Gosh! Now, next question. Any brothers or sisters?"

"One half brother and two half sisters."

If you could choose, where would you live?

 

Class exercise: How does this story end? Who do you think the narrator is? Try to guess in pairs.

No More Crying

Silence at last. She's finally stopped crying. I feel so relieved that I sigh real loud. Then I get up and go to the fridge. I help myself to a beer and a jar of Spanish olives.

How long has it been? Six hours? Seven? I'm not sure. All I know is that my nerves are as taut as the strings on a violin. I have a terrible headache and my neck muscles are tensed.

I sit on the couch and put the olives on the table. Then, for some reason, I look around me.

The house could do with a lick of paint, there are cracks on the walls and cobwebs everywhere. The truth is that I could find the time to clean a bit, but I'm too lazy.

When I finish my beer, I get another one. I repeat the operation several times and soon there are five empty bottles on the table.

I haven't seen my dog since I fed him this morning. I guess he's in the yard. The yard. That's something else that needs some TLC. Maybe one day.

I'm feeling sleepy and tipsy. I lie down and close my eyes.

'I'll just rest for a few minutes,' I tell myself.

Writing

How to write an email:

How to Write an Email: Formal and Informal (With Examples) (wikihow.com)

Please read this at home. It might be useful the day of the exam. I will share more advice about writing in the future.

Let's discuss this text (Source: DailyOM)

Celebrating the In-Between Times

Real life most often happens during the in-between times, when we are not celebrating a special occasion.

While celebrations are intended to honor life’s more momentous occasions, much of real life tends to happen during the in-between times. While moving from one moment in time to the next is seldom considered a significant occurrence, it is during those in-between times that we are most in tune with life’s most profound, albeit simple joys. Between birth and death, triumph and sorrow, beginnings and endings, we enjoy innumerable experiences that often happen unnoticed. These times are just as worthy of celebration.

The in-between times are seldom about landmark moments. How you choose to celebrate them or which moments you choose to celebrate is up to you. You may want to celebrate the simple facts that you are alive and that every day is a chance to spend time with the people you care about or do the work that you love. Then again, when you look at the good that exists in your life, many reasons for celebrating the in-between times may become clear: a cup of your favorite tea, a beautiful sunrise, a good book, and the smell of fresh air can be reasons for celebration.

Celebrating the in-between times can be as easy as paying special attention to them when they do happen, rather than taking them for granted. It’s your focus of attention that can turn an in-between time into a celebration. You can also pay homage to the in-between times by slowing down and allowing yourself time to look around and allow your heart and mind to take in all of your life’s wonders. Far too often, we can let those simple moments of awe pass us by. The in-between times are when life happens to us between the pauses that we take to honor our milestones occasions. Without the in-between times, there would be no big moments to celebrate.

60 Meditations for Greater Happiness

By Gina L

Modern slavery, hidden in plain sight

'My life as a modern day slave' - BBC News

An evil that hasn't been banished yet.

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