6-minute English: "Growing old" ( Listening file)

Hi everyone!

This is the listening file I couldn't attach on my last e-mail to you due to too many attachments in it. Here you have the listening file on its own. Click here
to go to that listening or copy and paste the URL below on your address bar:

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/how2/rss.xml

the purpose of this activity is that you pay attention to the set phrases or expressions explained in that conversation so that you can explain them to me after your holidays.

hope you like it!

A bit of grammar revision on "USED TO/BE USED TO/GET USED TO

Hi Everyone!

I guessed you might be interested in getting a bit of more practice on "USED TO" and the like. For that reason, I have posted a link with a quiz on this grammar item so that you can do it. Click here and you will be taken to that website.

Also, I thought it would be necessary for you to get some extra practice on the different uses of "GET" we have looked at this week. Click here to do the quiz.

Have fun !
JL

FANCY A BIT OF GOOD MUSIC?

Hi everyone!

The other day, while I was just enjoying an icy cold pint of Murphy's beer at an Irish pub called "Black Sheep", which is quite popular here in Valencia, I could have the privilege of listening to the first notes of "November Rain" by Guns N' Roses.

At the time, I felt so good that I just wanted to share it with all of you.
Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

Click here to listen to the song.


"NOVEMBER RAIN"
When I look into your ......................
I can see a love restrained
But darlin' when I hold you
Don't you know I feel the .......................
'Cause nothin' lasts forever
And we both know hearts can (change/place)
And it's hard to hold a candle
In the cold November rain
We've been through this
Such a long long time
Just tryin' to kill the(train/ pain)
Yeahh..
But lovers always come
And lovers always go
And no one's really....................
Who's lettin' go today
Walking away
If we could take the time
To lay it on the ......................
I could rest my head
Just knowin' that you were mine
All mine
So if you want to love me
Then darlin' don't refrain
Or I'll just end up walkin'
In the cold November rain

Do you need some time
On your own
Do you need some time
All alone
Everybody needs some time
On their own
Don't you know you need some time
All alone

I know it's hard to keep an open heart
When even friends seem out to harm you
But if you could heal a broken heart
Wouldn't time be out to charm you

Sometimes I need some time
On my own
Sometimes I need some time
All alone
Everybody needs some time
On their own
Don't you know you need some time
All alone

And when your fears subside
And shadows still .....................
I know that you can love me
When there's no one left to(pray/ blame)
So never mind the darkness
We still can find a way
'Cause nothin' lasts forever
Even cold November rain

Don't ya think that you
Need somebody
Don't ya think that you
Need someone
Everybody needs somebody
You're not the only one
You're not the only one

Don't ya think that you
Need somebody
Don't ya think that you
Need someone
Everybody needs somebody
You're not the only one
You're not the only one

Don't ya think that you
Need somebody
Don't ya think that you
Need someone
Everybody needs somebody
You're not the only one
You're not the only one

Don't ya think that you
Need somebody
Don't ya think that you
Need someone
Everybody needs somebody


Just a couple of questions on the song:
1) Can you find a synonym for " on my own" in the song?
2) "We've been through this". What dou you think it means? Can you give me a synonym for it?
3)There's an expression on the song similar to this one:" we will be able to work out a solution". Can you spot it on the song?

FALLAS time is getting near!!

We are about to celebreate "FALLAS" and one of the most popularand traditional desserts of this particular time are "bunyols".
I'm sure you all know how to cook them and all the ingredients needed to make them, but... do you think you know how to make the bunyols recipe in English?

Here you have the link to a website where you will find the recipe of it in English.

let's see if you can tell me next class how to prepare bunyols in English, ok?

A bit of Irish humour!

Hi, everyone!

Here you have an Irish joke that one friend of mine sent over to me. As you know, St Patrick's day in getting near, so I do hope this joke make you chuckle at least. I do hope you all understand it, ok?

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Mrs. Donovan was walking down O'Connell Street in Dublin when she met up
> with Father Flaherty.
>
> The Father said, 'Top o' the mornin' to ye! Aren't ye Mrs. Donovan and
> didn't I marry ye and yer
> hoosband two years ago?'
>
> She replied, 'Aye, that ye did, Father.'
>
> The Father asked, 'And be there any wee little ones yet?'
>
> She replied, 'No, not yet, Father.'
>
> The Father said, 'Well now, I'm going to Rome next week and I'll light a
> candle for ye
> and yer hoosband.'
>
> She replied, 'Oh, thank ye, Father. They then parted ways.
>
>
>
> Some years later they met again. The Father asked, 'Well now,
> Mrs. Donovan, how are ye these days?'
>
> She replied, 'Oh, very well, Father!'
>
> The Father asked, 'And tell me, have ye any wee ones yet?'
>
> She replied, 'Oh yes, Father! Two sets of twins and six singles, ten in
> all!'
>
> The Father said, 'That's wonderful! How is yer loving hoosband doing?'
>
> She replied, 'E's gone to Rome to blow out yer fookin' candle.'