Friends - The "I Hate Rachel Green Club" [ Brad Pitt ]

Maybe some of you are watching friends after lunch since they are showing the sitcom again. I used to be a fan long time ago. As I always tell you a great way to improve your English.



You Know how often I use Brad Pitt's name in examples such as:

I am meeting Brad Pitt for dinner. (Agenda plans)

At 10 I will be having dinner with Brad Pitt. (Something happening at an specific moment in the future. It must be in Spain. Nobody has dinner that late in USA)

etc.

So he is not having dinner with me but with THEM. Enjoy the scene. He was gorgeous!!! don't you think?

Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back

THE BIG CHALLENGE TO PLAY AND LEARN

Remember you can practise for your exams using  the big challenge website. Look for it in USEFUL LINKS. On the right hand side.

A few senteces for you to translate. 1 Bach

1. Despois dun día agotador, quedei durmida inmediatamente. Pero durante a noite espertei varias veces.
2. Tivemos que enfrentarnos ó perigo e cruzar o bosque unha vez que quedamos sen gasolina.
3. Solía ter medo á moitas cousas. Aquel día superei o medo a escuridade.
4. Quedou fascinado pola historia do país.  Pouco despois mudouse a vivir alí onde leva xa  20 anos.
5.  Decidimos que iamos a aprender técnicas de supervivencia.
6. A miña avoa sempre quixo facer puenting, así que lle regalamos un salto. vai a facelo o próximo sábado.
7. Cando cheguedes a casa,  terei a carne cociñada (habré cocinada)
8. Non te preocupes, xa lavo eu o coche. 
9. A 10? Estaremos escalando "O galiñeiro" NOn nos levará máis de 2 horas.
10. Terás acabado para as 2,30. 

COSTA-GAVRAS

COSTA- GAVRAS received the CINEEUROPA AWARD  last Saturday in SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA.
He will be the President  of our SAFTAS SPRING FESTIVAL IN LA FLECHE in April.
During the festival, apart from the Saftas awards for short film and theatre play, there will also be the Costa-Gavras award, chosen by him among all the short films and theatre plays shown by the six countries involved in the project.

Costa-Gavras being intervieweb by Isabel Cascante during the festival Premiers Plans in Angers 2017

https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/cultura/2017/11/18/peliculas-habia-presiones-siempre-directas-indirectas/0003_201711G18P37991.htm

PRONUNCIATION. How to pronounce words ending in S

[s]
Voiceless sounds that cause the plural “s” to be pronounced as [s] include:

[p], [t], [k], [f] 

[z]

Voiced sounds that cause the plural “s” to be pronounced as [z] include:

[b], [d], [g], [l], [r], [w], [m], [n], [v], [y]

[ɪz]

The sounds that cause the plural “s” to be pronounced with an additional syllable [ɪz] include:

[tʃ] [dʒ] [s] [z]

The English of Everything - Describing pictures vocabulary

DESCRIBING A PICTURE

HAVE A LOOK AT THE VIDEO AND THE TIPS TO DESCRIBE A PICTURE

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/exams/speaking-exams/describe-photo-or-picture

IF YOU WANT TO IMPROVE IT, GO ON READING

https://create.piktochart.com/output/5159053-untitled-infographic

WITH THE PICTURES GIVEN

Working in pairs, students  have a limited time (e.g. 30 seconds) to look at each picture. Student A takes the picture and asks questions to see how much Student B can remember. Repeat with a different picture, and this time Student B asks while student A answers.

Ondas do mar de Vigo

Known as "Pergamino Vindel" the manuscript of 7 poems/songs written by Martin Codax will be in Vigo till March 2018

This has nothing to do with English but with our history and culture. Some of the students from school will be lucky to go and see it at El Museo del mar in Vigo. Those who are not going to be taken should mention it at home and go with the whole family. This is your chance. If you miss it you will have to go to New York to the Morgan Library to see it. 

http://www.farodevigo.es/multimedia/videos/gran-vigo/2017-09-25-128946-pergamino-vindel-joya-literatura-medieval-gallega.html

https://elpais.com/cultura/2017/09/22/actualidad/1506073950_705284.htmlhttps://elpais.com/cultura/2017/09/22/actualidad/1506073950_705284.html

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