TIME TO REACTIVATE THIS BLOG

My intentions are clear in my head. But today, Ian Anderson was on the news - I think he's appearing at the FIB... temptation exists. The problem is the PAY CUT.

MON THE TULL!!

And let's not mention Aqualung:

LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL (OR AT LEAST THEY DID, 1978...)

MON IAN ANDERSON AND THE TULL!!

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Volcano of the Year!!

How about this for a spectacular photo of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano. This photo is from the Boston Globe. If you would like to see more photos like this, follow this link: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/04/more_from_eyjafjallajokull.html

On the BBC learning English website you can read a report about the volcano: "Scientists say the cloud of ash from the eruption of the Icelandic volcano, which has caused chaos to air travellers across Europe, appears to be changing". The full text is here: Iceland Volcano, BBC Learning English

Pronunciation

Hi everyone - here's the link to the BBC Learning English pronunciation tips page:

 

BBC pronunciation exercises 

I hope you find it useful - I think you will. Have a nice weekend and see you on Monday

Haiti

Here's an article from the BBC Learning English page about the earthquake in Haiti, in their section "Words in the News"

Earthquake in Haiti

Remember that you can listen to the article too.

BBC Learning English

OK people, after our class yesterday I started thinking about your comments and how you find "listening" difficult. Apart from the Oxford English web page that you have in the activity pages, the BBC have a very good web site. I have decided that what I am going to do is select at least one activity a week, one that I think will be useful for you. This page has so many possibilities that it is probabably a good idea for me to suggest sections for you to visit.

This week, I would like you to look at the "How to ... page". In yesterday's class, we were looking at the "language tests" that a student had to do in Polish. Here's a link to the BBC activity HOW TO TELL THE TIME. Remember you can listen only, or open the pdf file with the script. Don't forget to do the activities!!

The home page for the BBC Learning English page is here: Learning English BBC

See you all on Monday

Alicia went to Stockholm

My summer holiday was wonderful. I went to Stockholm with my boyfriend Carlos in August. We met his family and I got on well with them. We stayed in their home for fifteen days.
We had an exciting holiday because we had lots of things to do. We had his brother’s wedding. We visited all of Stockholm by car, bus and boat.
We visited the town hall, where there are forty weddings every Saturday. We also visited a Stockholm museum, a theatre…but the most interesting was the centre of the city with its stone small streets and their names. Although, the most fun was Gröna Lund (The Green Grove). This is an amusement park located in the seaward of the Djurgården island. In this attraction park we will find many attractions for children, teenagers and adults.

Gröna Lund

Also we visited a relaxing place in Dalarna. It’s located in the centre of Sweden. We stayed in a little house near the sea. It was romantic. We could fish and bath in the lake. But I was very sad because we couldn’t see a reindeer.

Dalarna