VIDEO: NORWAY'S ICE MUSIC FESTIVAL

Introducing Unit 4's topic on Entertainment, here's the warm up video.

GOING CAMPING

Vocabulary of basic things you need to go camping.

SURVIVING THE 2016-17 SCHOOL YEAR...

... and so we're closing down this blog for the summer break. Hope to be back in September, meanwhile may you all have a great summer holiday!

4thESO: TRIP TO LONDON MARCH 2017

As we already commented back in March, 12 of our 4th ESO students set on a 5 day trip to London between the 22nd and the 27th. Today we can show you a portrait of the photos of their stay and see what a great time they had!

Video:

The following places can be spotted in this photo-presentation in order of appearance:
- Kensington: Natural History Museum, Science Museum, Harrod's.- Piccadilly, Regent & Carnaby Street.
- Waddesdon Manor & Waddesdon Secondary School.
- Covent Garden.- St Paul's. The City. Tower Bridge & the Tower of London.- Tate Modern.- Buckingham Palace.- The Houses of Parliament & The Big Ben. London's Eye.- Trafalgar Square.- Leicester Square.- The British Museum. - Camden Town.

USEFUL VOCABULARY & PHRASES IN A CAFÉ

Here are some useful words & phrases you'll need when you go to a café with different funcions: ordering, offering and paying.

HOTEL BOOKING

Just in case you're going on holidays, here's some vocabulary for hotel booking.

HOW PIXAR FILMS CHANGE FROM ONE COUNTRY TO ANOTHER

Pixar's computer animated films are successful worldwide. But do you know that their films actually change from one country to another? Watch this video to discover the changes Pixar introduces to its films to make international audiences understand well.

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THE CONDITIONAL GAME

Here's a game to practice conditional sentences. Have a try, click on the link below:

- THE CONDITIONAL REVIEW RALLY

THE PLAYGROUND

A PROJECT TO CHANGE YOUR VIEW OF THE YEAR...

SANTA TRACKER

During the last years Google has given the world the gift of the Santa Tracker.  In the days leading up to Christmas Eve the website gives children of all ages fun activities that range from printable Christmas tree ornaments, interactive games, geography quizzes and even lessons oncoding.

On Christmas Eve the Santa Tracker itself goes live and you can then begin to track Santa’s progress across the world on your computer or mobile device.  You can also search for Santa directly in Google Maps or at Google.com to see where he is at and where he’s headed next. Take a look:

Link: Santa Tracker.

SHOPPING EXPRESSIONS

Here are some common expressions & vocabulary you can use when going shopping.

ACTORS & ACTRESSES: CAN YOU GUESS THEIR NAMES?

Some fun for today.

Take a look at this chart.

Can you complete all the actors & actresses names?

- Nicolas...

- Kevin...

- Bruce...

- Denzel...

- Elijah...

- Halle...

- John...

- Megan...

- Jeff...

- Matt...

- Russell...

- Keanu...

- Steven....

- Sharon...

- Gary...

- ... Li

- Harrison...

- Bruce...

-  Anthony...

- Johnny...

- Jack...

- Betty...

- Joaquin...

- Morgan...

- Michael J. ...

- Brad...

- ... Williams

- Sean...

- Glen...

- Vin...

- Robert...

- Benicio del...

- Jean...

- ... Gooding Jr.

- Wynona...

- Chris...

- Jackie...

- Antonio...

Can you name them all?

Have a try...

SUMMER RULES TO ENJOY THE HOLIDAYS

Once again, closing down the blog for the summer holidays. Here are some rules to enjoy them! See you back in September.

A SNAPSHOT OF CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD

Today we're bringing you a link to see and check how Christmas is celebrated around the world through photos and descriptions of traditions. Take a look:

Link: Photobox's Snapshot of Christmas around the world

HAPPY HALLOWEEN 2015!

It's Haloween once again. This year with two extra free days linked to the normal weekend.: so we've got a 4-day long weekend holiday!!! Have a frightening good time!

.+ INFO: 

Click HERE to previous Halloween related post on this blog, and on the following links to:

- HALLOWEEN AROUND THE WORLD.

- EVERYTHING ABOUT HALLOWEEN: SUPERSTITIONS, CUSTOMS & TRADITIONS.

- HALLOWEEN @ THE BRITISH COUNCIL

Video Halloween costumes for kids on Ellen Degeneres TV show:

21st OCTOBER 2015: "BACK TO THE FUTURE" DAY

For many people, October 21st 2015 might be an insignificant date. However if you've seen the film "BACK TO THE FUTURE II", you'll know the day is here. Yes, the date when Doc and Marty McFly got into the DeLorean car converted into a time machine and travelled into the future. 

No doubt, the film starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd has been a hit and has created a great number of fans interested in seeing which things have become true in real life and which not.

"Where are we? When are we?" Driving along a motorway in the sky and Doc shows McFly the time calendar in the DeLorean. "We're in the XXIst century, in Hill Valley, California. It's 4:29 of Wednesday 21st October 2015" "We're in the future!". That's how the second part of "BACK TO THE FURURE" (1989) starts. A film that has become an icon in pop culture and a marketing success selling related memorabilia.

The future is here: this Wednesday is the day. By chance. Because in 1985 when the first film was premiered, no sequel had been planned. But the great success of this first film became a trilogy. With the second film they travelled to the future and Zemeckis, the film-director,  fantasized about how the world would be like in 2015.

Videocalls, digital binoculars, multiple TV channels, online shopping, digital fingerprints to open doors, flying cars and roller skates, total climate control, neon bars on road sides, biofuel... Many of Zemeckis inventions in fiction have become or will soon be true.

Others stay as simple crazy ideas or wild dreams...

“BACK TO THE FUTURE” 2015	TRUE & WRONG PREDICTIONS
TRUE PREDICTIONS	WRONG PREDICTIONS
VIDEOCALLS (SKYPE)	“JAWS-19” FILM
NIKE AIR MAG TRAINERS	FLYING ROLLER SKATES
BIOMETRIC SECURITY  (Fingerprints, iris recognition...)	AUTOMATIC DRONE CONTROLLED LEASHES FOR WALKING DOGS
INTELLIGENT GLASSES (Google glass)	FLYING CARS
PEPSI “PERFECT”	AUTODRYING JACKETS

More about this celebration below:

- OCTOBER, 21, 2015 - BACK TO THE FUTURE DAY @ FACEBOOK

- october212015.com

Video trailer of the film:




Video what's right and what's wrong about 2015 predictions:

HAPPY SUMMER HOLIDAYS 2015!

We're off on holidays, enjoy and relax!

See you again back in September!

BEACH VOCABULARY

It's holiday time, but just in case you go to the beach... here's some vocabulary.

AT A RESTAURANT

Here's vocabulary and functions to be used when going to a restaurant.

- The waiter/waitress says:

- The customer says: