Entrevista a Quico Cadaval

Aquí a entrevista realizada a Quico Cadaval polos alumnos do grupo SAFTAS, ERASMUS+
Estamos na elaboración da tradución ó inglés para subtitular e compartir cos nosos colegas europeos.

SHAKESPEARE

Shouldn't we dedicate some time to read/learn/ remember/ about Shakespeare?
Everybody is talking about him lately in England, of course you know why but what else do you know?.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/timelines/z8k2p39

Grammar. Conditional sentences

I just love this webpage. Thank you British council for helping my students to understand and work with grammar!!!

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar-vocabulary/grammar-videos/conditionals

Future Tenses:

 After watching  this video and reading the grammar tips you won't confuse the future forms again
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar-vocabulary/grammar-videos/future-forms

TRANSLATE INTO ENGLISH 2º ESO. REVISION UNIT 7

REVISION UNIT 7 TRANSLATE INTO ENGLISH  2º ESO

1.       Aínda non nos imos marchar da festa porque o estamos a pasar moi ben.

2.       -De quen é esa idea? -Non sei.- Ok, quédome con ela.

3.       Que vai preparar o teu pai de cea? Non estou segura, pero estará rico porque é un gran cociñeiro.

4.       Fixo a súa pregunta demasiado rápido pero educadamente.

5.       Como era un libro moi antiguo, pasaba as páxinas con cuidado. Non era seu. Era deles.

6.       Témome que non poderei chegar a tempo. Que pena, dixo con enfado.

7.       -Sempre conduce lento?- Si. -Non importa, non temos présa.

8.       Chamas a casa de Pepa e dis que queres falar con ela. Contéstache que é ela.

To sart reporting

http://moviesegmentstoassessgrammargoals.blogspot.com.es/2008/09/while-you-were-sleeping-reported-speech.html

1º BACH. WRITE A SUMMARY FROM ANY OR THE ARTICLES BELOW.

I find that reading the press in English is a great way to be both informed an learning English.  Next  week I will ask you to write a summary of one of the articles shown below or any you may find interesting.

http://englishasbarxas.blogspot.com.es/2013/05/how-to-write-summary.html

1.Judge sends Mario Conde to jail for money laundering and tax fraud

Spanish High Court Judge Santiago Pedraz decided on Wednesday to send disgraced ex bank chief Mario Conde to prison while an investigation into allegations that he laundered millions of euros back into Spain from accounts held abroad continues. The former chairman of Banesto’s children, Alejandra and Mario, as well as his lawyer, are also under suspicion for supposedly creating a network of companies in Spain and other countries that were used for moving the money that Conde embezzled from the Spanish lender in the 1990s...

To go on reading:

http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/04/14/inenglish/1460618369_967633.html

Vocabulary:

Money laundering : lavado de cartos

Embezzle: defraudar

Bail: fianza

Maze: entramado, laberinto

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2. REFUGEE CRISIS     Brussels rebukes Spain for failing to take in refugees

Spain has only taken in 18 refugees since September 2015, when European countries pledged to help people fleeing conflict in Syria. 

In March, the Spanish government promised to speed up that rate by accepting 467 new refugees within that same month. 

But a European Commission report shows that nearly two weeks after the deadline expired, not a single one of those 467 people has arrived on Spanish soil.

To go on reading:

http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/04/13/inenglish/1460529395_126980.html

rebuke: reprochar

pledge : prometer, dar a palabra

flee:fuxir

soil: chan, territorio

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José Manuel Soria has already resigned but read about what he has said along the week. Lies, lies, lies.

 

3. Industry minister agrees to talk about Panama Papers firm in Congress

Acting Industry Minister José Manuel Soria has backtracked on his earlier refusal to provide Congress with explanations about his alleged involvement in the Panama Papers scandal.

On Tuesday, Soria told reporters that he will appear in the lower house next week to discuss why his name shows up on a list of officials of an offshore company.

The acting minister said it was “a mistake” that briefly saw his name appear on the list of directors of UK Lines Ltd., which was incorporated in the Bahamas in the 1990s. This piece of information was part of a trove of 11.5 million files held by a Panama-based law firm and leaked to the media. 

To go on reading:

http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/04/13/inenglish/1460542738_265260.html?rel=mas

Backtrack: retractarse, dar marcha atrás

Provide: dar

Lower house: congreso,

Trove: tesouro

Tax haven: paraiso fiscal

Offshore: fóra do control financieiro

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4. The chart that proves that Spanish schedules are downright weird 

http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/03/28/inenglish/1459165488_731020.html

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A shorter, easier text.

5. Real-life ‘Lassie’ leads police to 80-year-old shepherd trapped in well

http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/04/15/inenglish/1460712809_623597.html

Present Perfect versus Simple Past

Problems to understand the differences between these two tenses and use them properly?

Come on! It is not that difficult. Have a look at the poster and start practising!

PASSIVE. HAVING SOMETHING DONE

I think we may have had enough practice but for those who still have doubts about when that passive structure is used, have a look at the video you will find in the link below.
http://www.simpleenglishvideos.com/have-something-done/

ALPHA CENTAURI, JUST ROUND THE CORNER. 30,000 YEARS TO REACH WITH CURRENT TECHNOLOGY.

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n astonishing space mission to visit our nearest star system and find out if alien life exists has been launched by Professor Stephen Hawking.

Despite being visible in the night sky without a telescope, Alpha Centauri is 25 trillion miles away (4.3 light years) and would take around 30,000 years to reach with current technology.

However Professor Hawking has joined forces with Russian billionaire Yuri Milner and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, to develop technology which would allow a spacecraft to reach the star system in just 20 years.

IF YOU WANT TO GO ON READING CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINKS.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/04/12/professor-stephen-hawking-to-announce-mystery-space-mission/

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/starshot-project-stephen-hawking-and-mark-zuckerberg-to-send-tiny-rockets-to-alpha-centauri-in-most-a6981101.html