WHAM'S "LAST CHRISTMAS", 40th ANNIVERSARY

Wham's Christmas hit "LAST CHRISTMAS" turns forty this year. It was released on the 3rd of December of 1984 and has become a classic song for this festive season.

"BRAIN ROT", OXFORD'S WORD OF THE YEAR 2024

Oxford University Press (OUP) has named ‘brain rot’ as the Oxford Word of the Year 2024, following a public vote that saw more than 37,000 people worldwide have their say. ‘Brain rot’ was one of the six contenders shortlisted by OUP’s language experts.

‘Brain rot’ is defined as “the supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as the result of overconsumption of material (now particularly online content) considered to be trivial or unchallenging. Also: something characterized as likely to lead to such deterioration”.

+ info: OXFORD WORD OF THE YEAR 2024.

CHRISTMAS ADS 2024

 It's already a tradition here at ClickOnEnglish to browse the web each Christmas season searching the best Christmas ads from British or American TV. Here are this year's... to start the festive season!

Christmas ads 2024:

THE GALICIAN EDUCATION COUNCILOR VISITS 'RAFAEL DIESTE' PROMISING REFURBISHMENT WORKS

 Today, the Galician Education Councilor Román Rodríguez visited 'Rafael Dieste' to supervise the refurbishment works, which the school is undergoing. The works are due to be completed by next summer, with an investment of more than 1.7 million €. They are part of the priority objective of the New Pedagogical Architecture Plan to improve schools energy efficiency and increase comfort for the whole educational community.

In the photo above Román Rodríguez together with the school principal Norma Fariña and the rest of the school's management team: Isabel Viñuela (viceprincipal), Flora García (secretary) and Ramón Barreiro (head of studies).

- More info on Galician government's webpage.

Part of these refurbishment works (the changing of the central roof) had already been announced in the local press ('La Voz de Galicia') in June 2021, photo (with previous principal Mateo Torres and local educational authorities) and link below:

Link to the news on school's blog.

THANKSGIVING MENU VOCABULARY

 

CONFUSING 'FOR' vs 'SINCE' + PRESENT PERFECT

PRESENT PERFECT WITH 'NEVER' & 'EVER' FOR LIFE EXPERIENCES

 

PRESENT PERFECT BASICS

BAND AID 2024 40th ANNIVERSARY

 This year sees the fortieth anniverasry of Band Aid & the song "DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS?" and they've made a remix of the song with some famous artists of today. Again a charity issue. Previous post about BAND AID.

Video "DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS?" 2024, Band Aid:

Original version "DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS?" 1984, band Aid

Documentary "THE MAKING OF BAND AID":

MORE COLOUR IDIOMS (&2) [+specific PHRASES & IDIOMS WITH 'RED']

 

Below 7 PHRASES WITH "RED" & specific IDIOMS WITH "RED":

- COLOUR IDIOMS from a previous post.