An interesting blog

Hi girls,

Our section "Language Practice" is still growing. Have a look at the interesting blog for students of English. You can't miss it!!
Best wishes

Anna

Keep your English alive!!

Hi girls,
A new link to practise listening comprehension and help you keep your English alive!!
Hope to hear from you soon!!
Anna

SoMe Of My LaST WeeKs

Hello Anna!


How are you? It looks like a lie that each of us already have followed our way on having finished the career of Tourism.The truth is that I remember many moments through that we have lived in the classes, with the teachers, in the excursions, with the girls...I'm still working in Rajadell and I'm studying French at "Escola Oficial d'Idiomes" in Manresa. I would like that you recommend me a good academy to continue studying English and to be able to have titles.



This summer has been incredible, because my parents gave me a trip to the Riviera Maya for finishing the career. I went with my boyfriend and another couple and we we lodge in a hotel of five stars luxury!!! Also I went to Almeria to visit my family.Certainly, if you desire I can send you some pictures of Ireland, but I don't know your e-mail.

Well, I am sorry to have been late in writing, but nonetheless I remember much of you.


Lots of kisses,

Elena Garcia

I'm missing you all!

Today has been our first day at school !! I happened to see Cristina Rodríguez and Raquel Vives in that long corridor at the teacher's room. They made me remember that on 15th you won't be there, cheering, gossiping, making noise or just saying: "Anna, I love you".
DEFINITELY, I'll miss you. Some of you managed to know me quite well. You knew when I was joking or talking seriously! And you learned to respect my intentions because you know I am an honest person! WELL, I must stop all this NONSENSE!!
Why don't you send some pictures on your summer so that we can hear from you?
I hope to hear from you sooooooooooooon!
My Best Regards
Anna

A riddle

Let's imagine for a moment that we are tiny enough to follow a bee into a hive. Usually the first thing we would have to get used to is ....
Can you guess what it is?

A quotation

This is a quotation from a very nice book ( The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd) I'm reading at the moment. I hope you like it:
"I hadn't been out to the hives before, so to start off she gave me a lesson in what she called "bee yard etiquette". She reminded me that the world was really one big bee yard, and the same rules worked fine in both places: Don't be afraid, as no life-loving bee wants to sting you. Still don't be an idiot; wear long sleeves and long pants. Don't swat. Don't even think about swatting. If you feel angry, whistle. Anger agitates, while whisteling melts a bee's temper. Act like you know what you are doing, even if you don't. Above all, send the bees love. Every little thing wants to be loved."

A new website

Hi girls,
How are you doing with your exams? Today I want to show you a website where you can watch videos, meet people, improve your English and contribute. I hope you like it, not now though.You should wait till the end of exams. Good luck.

Riddles

A black dog is sleeping in the middle of a black road that has no streetlights and there is no moon. A car coming down the road with its lights off steers around the dog. How did the driver know the dog was there?

A bit of Philosophy

Here you are some food for thought. Read through the ten rules of life and make your comments.

http://www.businessballs.com/rulesoflife.htm

Know your dream meanings!

Dreams are the images, thoughts and feelings experienced while asleep, particularly strongly associated with rapid eye movement sleep. The contents and purpose of dreams are not fully understood, though they have been a topic of speculation and interest throughout recorded history.

Here you have a dream dictionary!

http://www.dreammoods.com/dreamdictionary/

The rat temple

I hope you like this video from National Geographic.

NURIA'S WEDDING

Hi friends of tourism!!!

Nuria and me are going to explain nuria's wedding!!

The ceremony will be celebrate the 10th of July 2010. It's not a joke, we're preparing the great event with time. We're not decide where it take place, but we have an idea.
If you know some restaurants (special restaurants, not ordinary restaurants) where Nuria can be married, please answer this post.

Nuria is looking for her dress. The idea is a large white dress with "honor word".

The music is already choose by us. For the entrance of Nuria in the church César will be singing "Por ti me casare" (Eros Ramazzoti). Later Cesar will sing "Quiero vivir la vida amandote" (B.S.O El Zorro). The rest of the music is a surprise...

When we know something about the definitive restaurant, we continue explain the wedding of the year!!!!

kisses.

Nuria and Laura

Mona Lisa Smile

It's a very good film!!!

About a teacher who wants to change the society in the 50's. The students only think to get married and to have a family, so they don't make the most of their studies. The teacher taught them to be open minded and to think by themselves.

Amazing!!

What about our future?

Good Morning Ladies!

How are you today?. I'm a little worried about my future because I don't know which is the best way to choose, and more now that we end the career.
I would like to live a heap of experiences like: to be employed at a cruise or in a hotel, to be a tourist guide, to learn languages, to grow as person and worker, to know people of all over the world and share our knowledge and feelings.
Well, as you see, I'm feeling confused and sometimes I am afraid of taking according to that decisions.
When we finish the career of toursim I will miss you and sometimes I will think about what you will be doing or in which part of the world will be you.

My best wishes for you;


HeLenSsS!

Rome

Hello,

I want to explain to you my 4 days in Rome. I went with my boyfriend and 2 friends.

The first day we went to visit the coliseum and the foro, we ate a pizza, a delisious pizza at one restaurant that was in front of the coliseum, and that night I remember that I didn't want to carry my jacket, we went to visit the stadium of Rome futboll team that was at the other side of the city, and when I realize the night was cold and I was freezing, I remember that when I arrived to the hotel the first thing I did was putting my jacket on, and getting into my bed.

The other 3 days I remember to take a jacket.

Well, the monument I like the most was the coliseum, and the most impresive for me was the fontana di trevi.

I hope you enjoy my " little" explanation of my trip in Rome.

Wen

Keep your English Alive

Keep your English alive by listening to the wide range of podcasts that BBC are offering us on the Internet. Below you'll find a new link to those podcasts broadcast by BBC. I hope you enjoy them.

More proverbs

If you are interested in proverbs have a look at the new link in the Language Practice section (amazing!!).

Proverbs wisdom

We all agree that proverbs contain life wisdom which could sometimes be more useful than other types of knowledge. Have a look at these three and say what they mean:

A stitch in time saves nine

You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make him drink

Blood is thicker than water

Umbrella's tale

In the deep India there was a small town, where two men were living with their families. Those men worked as woodcutters.
One day, they decide to get inside the forest to find quality wood. They walked 3 km to arrive at the deep forest, then they had to cross the Browny River which was very dangerous.
Suddenly, while they were crossing the river it began to rain and the waterfall went wild. The young man opened his umbrella and fell off the rock and his foot was broken. The old man tried to help him and take him to the bank.
Later on, they were save and sound but they couldn't return to town because the young man couldn't walk. The old man didn't want to leave him alone because they were in a dangerous forest. They didn’t know what to do, so they waited 2 hours near the river. However, a big cow appeared, the old man thought that he could use it to carry his friend.
Finally, he sat him on the cow and they arrived to the town, they explained the story to people and they keep the cow to be worshipped.
That's the reason why cows are sacred in India.

The umberella's man

Once upon a time, there was a man who was given an umbrella by his grandfather, who died suddenly without any obvious reasons and his last words were: “This is not a normal umbrella, dear; you always have to carry it with you, since this is a lucky umbrella”.
The young man promised him that he would carry it everywhere, but in the bottom of his heart, he thought: “Oh, shit, I have to carry it all the time! People will laugh at me…” And that is what happened because it is strange seeing a man carrying an umbrella even when it is sunny.
This is the reason why the man was called the “Umbrella’s man”. And tired of the gossiping, he decided to go away and forget all, obviously, accompanied with his lucky umbrella.
After thinking a lot about where to go, he decided to go to India, since it is far away and people there, are more tolerant. He travelled for ten hours in a plane and he arrived in India, where a guide was waiting for him. He had paid for the trip with the only worth thing his grandfather had given him, a little money. And this is the beginning of the trip.
Both men entered the thick jungle with the lucky umbrella, of course.
- Damn it!! The umbrella has got hold of a branch! – Suddenly, they slipped and fell down through the waterfall, and because the man broke his leg, he decided to give the famous umbrella to the guide and forget everything. The guide accepted and realised immediately that the umbrella was an ancient worthy object, so, he sold it to a museum, won a huge amount of money and, nowadays, if you go to the most famous India’s museum, you will find it there and it is said that if you touch it, you will be lucky for the rest of your life.
The young man, who came back to Spain, regretted it for the rest of his life, of course.

Umbrella's story

Once upon a time, there were two brothers who lived in a small village in India, near a lake.

One day, the young brother said that he wanted to go near the waterfall where he used to go with his mother to have a walk when he was five years old.

It was a challenge for him because his mum died ten years ago, due to slipping into the water.

So, his brother accompanied him in his journey, because he dared to go to the waterfall alone.

It was a rainy day, so they were carrying an umbrella with them.

When they were crossing the lake, the young man slipped in the same rock as his mother, but his brother helped and saved him. They felt happy, because they thought that it was a miracle of their mother, to protect them.

Nowadays, when they explain their story to their friends and family, it seems incredible, so the others think that they are alive thanks to the umbrella.

Elena and Anna

Time for writing

We have all had "a jealous moment" in the past and will probably have some others in the future. Write about it and share it with others. They might have had the same feeling as you.

Role Play

Make up a dialogue between a travel agent and a client
A: travel agent. Try to please your client by finding the most suitable campsite to his/her needs. Use the list of campsites in your anthology.
B: client. You are starting your holiday on October 1st. You are looking for a quiet campsite. You are interested in fishing. It should be affordable. You are travelling with a friend.
Once you have planned your performance, you will have to record it on a cassette recorder for the class to listen to it later.(take care of your pronunciation).

A new task

We have learnt about Good Camping Citizenship. We have read about what to do to become a good outdoor citizen.
Your next task will be to think about what the rules are to become a good tourist (in the town). Can you list them?

A New Section

Below the archive entries you will find a new section on recommended websites. I hope you find them interesting and useful.

Hope uou've had a wonderful experience in Egypt

Now, you've probably come back from Egypt. I'm sure you must have hundreds of stories to tell us about your trip. We are all dying to hear from you !

Choose the nicest picture of all ( only one) and get ready to tell us what it is about and what happened that day. Why did you choose that picture?

See you on Tuesday !

Rumpelstiltzkin, my favourite tale

As I told you some time ago, this is my favourite fairy tale. Consult the following web and you will enjoy this traditional tale with beautiful pictures. I hope you like it. www.mediainformatics.biz/kidsbook/rumples.html
You might find some words difficult: miller / straw / to spin / downhearted / to weep / greed. Look up their meaning in the dictionary. Try to learn the tale so that you can tell your children in the future.

Your stories

I have already read all your stories. All of them seem very nice. Once you have corrected the few mistakes I've found you should upload the in our blog with a beautiful picture on it so that all the students can read it and make comments.

Keep you English up to date

Naff. N-A-F-F. British slang. It means worthless, tacky, unfashionable - 'that's naff', 'the party was naff', 'those clothes are naff' - unenjoyable, of poor quality. 'Uncool', I suppose people would say these days - 'that décor is naff', 'that software is naff', 'that pub is naff'. In other words, it's used in a huge variety of circumstances as a general dismissive term, and it's also used as an expletive, to avoid the worst swear words - 'naff off!' - you hear people say, 'stop naffing about!' Now, that usage was made popular by the comedian Ronnie Barker in the television series 'Porridge', back in the 1970s. And it became very, very popular in British usage, and went right up the class system too! I mean, there's a story for instance that Princess Anne told paparazzi to 'naff off', back in 1982. At least, that's how it was reported.

The origins of the word are unclear. It might well be a gay usage. Kenneth Williams recalls it from the 1960s used by gay people, and often in a theatrical context as well. It may be an acronym meaning NAFF - not available for fun.

Muppet. Somebody who acts in a way that the speaker considers ignorant or idiotic - 'you're a muppet!' Very friendly kind of tone attached to this word, jocular, affectionate, even. It's much less forceful than, 'idiot' or 'prat' or 'fool'. The tone of voice has got to be jocular. I just can't think of it as a vicious term - I couldn't say 'you horrible muppet!' - that doesn't work for me, though I can imagine some people might use it.

The implications, of course, are - because it's an inanimate thing - that the mind has gone elsewhere, you're being controlled by another, you're being clumsy - it's because the word comes from 'puppet' really, and that's the way puppets act.

The Muppets were, of course, a Jim Henson creation back in the 1970s - you know, Kermit the Frog in 'Sesame Street' and, of course, 'The Muppet Show' from that time onwards. Jim Henson once said that he just made the word up because it sounded good, but when he was pressed, he said it was actually a combination of 'marionette' and 'puppet', and it goes right back to the 1950s.

Well, it's developed all sorts of other uses since - have you ever heard of 'muppetry', for instance? That's a group of people behaving like Muppets! You know, sort of, automata, they're not thinking straight!

Oh, by the way, you have to distinguish it from 'moppet' - that's different - that's a charming, doll-like, little child, often with a mop of hair. Moppets aren't Muppets!

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