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25/10/2019

Walkout: The School Funding Rebellion

Watch the video about the teacher walkout movement pushing back against low pay and poor school funding 

13/09/2019

The New Yorker Short Stories

Here you can find a treasure trove of short stories: Click Here
You can find even more stories HERE

12/09/2019

La Clase de Destrezas orales de B1 a las 16h no tendrá libro de texto

La clase de Destrezas orales de B1 de 16h. no va a tener libro de texto.
Aún quedan plazas.

No course book for C1 Oral Skills class

I've decided not to use a course book for this class (4pm).
There are still places left! Hurry!

06/05/2019

Houses

One of those renovation programmes with lots of decoration and renovation vocab. Watch here

29/03/2019

Charity Market

You can now donate any books, cds, dvds you no longer need/want. You can also buy the items donated  by others. The proceeds will go to Project Niger

28/01/2019

Passers

You can watch the video again here
Find a review of the book here

Nelson Mandela's Remarkable Life

Sky's Special Correspondent Alex Crawford looks back on Nelson Mandela's life.

 

Vocab 
 - to open fire on sb: to shoot sb
- ANC: African National Congress
- to mellow:  To become genial and pleasant; relax
- The Springboks: The South Africa national rugby union team
- Mourning: great sadness because someone has died.

20/01/2019

Adverbs & formal letters answer key

3 POSSIBLE ANSWERS
infinitely preferable
vitally important
grossly offensive
wildly inaccurate
deeply / vehemently opposed to
wholly unfounded
deeply unpopular
drastically improved
gravely mistaken
hopelessly inefficient
frankly ludicrous
fully justified
4 POSSIBLE ANSWERS
a Apparently the bus crashed because of faulty brakes.
b Admittedly there are still some lingering concerns about safety.
c Ultimately, parents should decide what is best for their children and not the politicians.
d Frankly, I’m not surprised he hurt himself.
e If you use a mobile phone while driving, you are obviously a risk to other motorists.
f They were driving incredibly fast when they crashed but, amazingly, no one was hurt.
g Put simply, smoking is bad for you.
h Realistically, we will never eliminate all risks.
i He took us out for a spin and, typically, drove way too fast.
j Theoretically, we will be able to rescue them before nightfall.
k The new law will also logically lead to a reduction in fatalities on our roads.
l Generally, drivers in my country don’t buckle up when driving.