DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE GIVES BIRTH TO BOY

The Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to a boy. The child was born at 4.24pm on Monday afternoon and weighed 8lb 6oz. The duchess arrived at the Lindo wing of St Mary's hospital, Paddington, in the early stages of labour at about 5.45am accompanied by the Duke of Cambridge. He is on two weeks' paternity leave from his job as an RAF search and rescue helicopter pilot

 

 

KATE MIDDLETON IN HOSPITAL TO HAVE ROYAL BABY

 

Kate Middleton has been admitted to the hospital to give birth, according to a Kensington Palace

spokesman.

"Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge has been admitted this morning to St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London in the early stages of labour. The Duchess travelled by car from Kensington Palace to the Lindo Wing at St Mary's Hospital with The Duke of Cambridge," the palace said in a statement today.

Middleton was admitted shortly before 6 a.m. today with The Duke by her side, and she is progressing normally, the palace said. There is no suggestion that she was induced.

Regardless of the baby's gender, Prince William and Kate Middleton's firstborn will be third in line to the British throne, after grandfather Prince Charles and father Prince William.

Kate and William have chosen to be surprised and do not know the sex of the baby, according to royal sources.

SWAN UPPING ON THE RIVER THAMES

Swan Upping 2013 will take place from 15 - 19 July

The census of people takes place every ten years. The census of swans takes place annually during July on the River Thames in a ceremony known as Swan Upping. Swans are counted and marked on a 70 mile, five day journey up the River Thames.

The Swan Upping event takes place in July each year, commencing on the third Monday at Sunbury and ending at Abingdon on the Friday.

The swans on the River Thames are Mute Swans (Cygnus olor). They are not actually mute, they can honk and hiss alot. Mute swans are seen in Britain all year round and are distinguished by a bright orange beak, which has a knob of black tissue on the top.

Swan Uppers searching for cygnets

The Swan Uppers catch and check the health of the swans and their cygnets through five counties, from Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex, to Abingdon, Oxfordshire.

HAPPY SUMMER

 

ENJOY YOUR SUMMER!!!!

 

ETON STYLE

Rapping, Eton-style: Now pupils at Britain's most exclusive school make a Gangnam parody for YouTube

 

   - The boys, dressed in their tail coats and white ties, performed Psy's trademark horse-style dance moves as they sang about their school.
   - Eton headmaster Tony Little said that he had watched the boys' comedy video and had enjoyed it.

 

ROAD SAFETY RUN

Dino the dog likes running. But there are lots of dangerous things on the road - tyres, rubbish bins and bouncing balls! If they hit him, he's in trouble! In this game you have to help Dino run, and answer questions about road safety along the way. How far can Dino run?

TROLLEY DASH

Welcome to Trolley Dash! You have sixty seconds to collect everything on your shopping list. Finish in time and move to the next level.

GAMES TO LEARN ENGLISH

Games to learn English is a site for students of English as a foreign language. 

A website to practise your English and have fun at the same time.

Enjoy playing games!!!

KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON

What’s the origin of this logo we may see all around Great Britain? Everything started at the beginning of the Second World War …………….

 This is the story: click here. Now watch the video:

THE HOLSTEE MANIFESTO

What is the meaning of this Word?

Manifesto Definition

Now we are going to watch  a short film titled The Holstee Manifesto: Lifecycle Video by Cooper Miller.

Some words you may find a bit difficult: to quit, to seize, to hug, to share, a bit.

 

 

Answer the following questions:

 What is the manifesto?

What values are mentioned in the manifesto?

Who wrote this manifesto?

You are now going to listen and read the manifesto using a kinetic typography video, and you should check anything you didn’t understand while watching the film.

 

What do you think of the manifesto?

What do you identify with personally?

What do you like about the manifesto?

Is there anything you don’t like?

Is it a good guide for life?

Is it too simplistic?

 NOW READ THE MANIFESTO

 

THE EXAM CHEAT - MR BEAN

DO AS YOU OTTER - DON'T POLLUTE THE WATER - THE SINGING SCIENTIST - SONG

DO AS YOU OTTER – DON´T POLLUTE THE OTTER

(Peter Weiss and the Earth Rangers)

 

Otter otter swimming in the water

Otter otter swimming in the sea

Otter otter  father otter daughter

Otter otter family

I said if do as an otter don´t pollute the water

Do as an otter - don´t pollute the

HONOLOKO - THE ENVIRONMENTAL GAME

SUMMER

 

Do people have lots of holidays where you live? Where do they go and what do they do? Read more to find about holidays in the UK!

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIRST CONDITIONAL SONG

USING THE FIRST CONDITIONAL

 

EXERCISES 1, 2,

PRACTISING 1st CONDITIONAL WITH WESTLIFE

THE FIRST CONDITIONAL

If you keep jumping you will break something

THE FIRST CONDITIONAL

Activities 1st Types Conditionals: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

GAZPACHO DAY - 17th MAY MÁLAGA

The coming Friday  May 17th, the “Día del Gazpacho” (Gazpacho Day) will be celebrated in Malaga. 2013 will be the second edition of Gazpacho Day, which is a tribute to this refreshing, healthy and typically Andalusian drink, which has conquered both our hearts and our palates. During Gazpacho Day, gazpacho kits will be sold in the Central Market. These packets will include everything you need to whip up a tasty gazpacho at home. Supermarket chain Eroski in the shopping centre Larios has also signed up to the initiative, and during the day will be offering free samples of gazpacho from its own brand line. Another business that’s joined forces with Gazpacho Day in Málaga is olive oil brand Hojiblanca, which will be giving out bottles of extra virgin during the day. Last (but not least), there’ll be a score of restaurants in the city that will be offering bowls of gazpacho at a practically symbolic price.

Gazpacho Day is organised by the association “Málaga Sana” (healthy Málaga), which aims to promote healthy eating, based on a Mediterranean diet and homemade food. It also forms a part of the initiative “Food Revolution”, headed by British TV chef Jamie Oliver, whose objective is to fight obesity and the illnesses associated with being overweight.

www.malagasana.es/gazpachoday

SOMEBODY HAS STOLEN MORE THINGS!

PRESENT PERFECT

The Happy Verby Gang

Present Perfect (love letter: Dear Jose)

Present Perfect (already, yet)

  

1. Michael Bublé: Haven’t met you yet
And I know someday that it’ll all turn out
You’ll make me work
So we can work to work it out
And I promise you kid that I’ll give
So much more than I get
I just haven’t met you yet
2. Bryan Adams: Have you ever really loved a woman?
When you love a woman
then tell her that she’s really wanted
When you love a woman then tell her that she’s the one
’cause she needs somebody to tell her that it’s gonna last forever
So tell me have you ever really - really really ever loved a woman?
3. Rod Stewart: Have you ever seen the rain?
I wanna know Have you ever seen the rain?
Coming down on a sunny day
4. Charlene: I’ve never been to me. (GPA! GPA!)
I can see so much of me
Still living in your eyes
Won’t you share a part of a weary heart
That has lived a million lives I’ve been to Nice and the isle of Greece
When I sipped champagne on a yatch
I moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo and showed them what I’ve got
I’ve been undressed by kingsand I’ve seen some things that a woman ain’t supposed to seeI’ve been to paradise but I’ve never been to me
5. Madonna: Take a bow
I’ve always been in love with you
I guess you’ve always known it’s true
You took my love for granted why
The show is over say good bye
6. Barry Manilow: I write the songs (GPA!)
I’ve been alive forever
And I wrote the very first song
I put the words and the melodies together
I am music and I write the songs
7. U2: Still haven’t found what I’m looking for
I have climbed the highest mountains
I have run through the fields
Only to be with you
I have runI have crawled
I have scaled these city walls
Only to be with you
But I sill haven’t found what I’m looking for
8. Carpenters: A song for you (GPA!)
I’ve been so many places in my life and time
I’ve sung a lot of songs
I’ve made some bad rhyme
I’ve acted out my love in stages
With ten thousand people watching
But we’re alone now and I’m singing this song for you
9. James Taylor: Fire and rain
I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain
I’ve seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I’ve seen lonely times when I thought I could not find a friend
But I always thought I’d see you again
10. Paula Cole: Where have all the cowboys gone?
I will do the laundry
If you pay all the bills
Where is my John Wayne
Where is my prairie son
Where is my happy ending?
Where have all the cowboys gone?
11. Barbra Streisand: The way we were (GPA!!!)
Can it be that it was all so simple then?
Or has time rewritten every line?
If we had the chance to do it all again
Tell me would we
Could we
12. Elton John: Your song
So excuse me forgetting
But these things I do
You see I’ve forgotten if they’re green or they’re blue
Anyway the thing is what I really mean
Yours are the sweetest eyes I’ve ever seen
And you can tell everybody this is your song
13. SOS Band: The finest
My friends say I’m lucky
To have someone as good as you
My love’s understanding
Understanding how to hold on to you
After all that we’ve been through
Time won’t change the way I feel about you
Out of all the loves before
You’re the finest I’ve ever known
14. ABBA: The winner takes it all (GPA!)
I don’t wanna talk
About things we’ve gone through
Though it’s hurting me
Now it’s history I’ve played all my cards
And that’s what you’ve done too
Nothing more to say
No more ace to play
15. Rod Stewart: Have I told you lately that I love you?
Have I told you lately that I love you? Have I told you there’s no one else above you?
You feel my heart with gladness
Take away all my sadness
Ease my troubles that’s what you do
16. Eva Cassidy: You’ve changed
You’ve changed
That sparkle in your eyes is gone
Your smile is just a careless yawn
It’s all over know
You’ve changed

EUROPEAN OPERA DAYS - 11th AND 12th MAY

A coloured 7th edition which gathers 107 opera houses and companies across 24 European countries during two days (Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 May 2013).

 

European Opera Days Manifesto

Each year on the weekend closest to 9 May (Europe Day), opera houses in Europe and beyond open their doors to new and existing audiences to celebrate the art of opera and the talent of those who make it.

The European Opera Days celebrate opera as an art form.  Their aim is to help bring opera into the mainstream of cultural practice and to enhance its appreciation in today’s society. 

Opera is the European art form par excellence, because it overcomes national and linguistic barriers through the universal language of music. Its core values and themes are central to European culture, which is part of our common identity. For this reason, the European Opera Days are celebrated on the weekend closest to 9 May, Europe Day.

Opera today is alive and kicking.  It explores unconventional spaces and forms, uses state-of-the-art technology and draws inspiration from the world in which we live today. It plays a major role in contemporary artistic and cultural life and contributes to the development of a creative society.

Opera reaches out to everyone.  Europe needs a creative society in order to develop - just as opera needs the involvement of its audiences if it is itself to develop and remain an innovative art form, central to our lives.  Access to opera should therefore be promoted for all European citizens.

THE BOOK FAIR IN MALAGA 10 - 19 MAY

Another year is being celebrated the Book Fair in many Spanish cities, the annual meeting with news
of the publishing world and bookselling in general.


In Malaga the Book fair is celebrating from the 10th  to 19th of May its 43 edition in the Palmeral de las Sorpresas. The Book Fair is also a good opportunity to enjoy the beautiful PORT and  of the best view in Malaga during an excellent season.


If you want to find rarities, old books, comics, encyclopedias, and lots more, just wander to  along the port. If you like reading, this is your opportunity to roam about and buy whatever you want.

Around fifty posts turn the Palmeral de las Sorpresas in a great celebration of the written with the presence many local and national authors.

INTERACTIVE ACTIVITY

INTERACTIVE EXERCISE  BASED ON THE VIDEOCLIP "MOVE MOUNTAINS" FROM OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN

 

SUMMARY

 

In this clip from the movie about a disgraced former Presidential guard, Mike Banning (Gerard Butller) who finds himself trapped inside the White House in the wake of a terrorist attack, temporary head of government House Speaker Trumbull (Morgan Freeman) decides to trust the advice of Secret Service Director Lynn Jacobs (Angela Bassett).

 

 

 

 

MOTHER'S DAY VIDEOS

Here you have two videos about Moms, Motherhood and Mother's Day from all around the Web, and dropped them all right here for you to enjoy.

 

THE MUM SONG

 

LEARN ENGLISH BY SINGING SONGS

100 DAYS OF FASHION IN 100 SECONDS

 

 

100 years of East London style in 100 seconds from 1911 to 2011. Directed by Jake Lunt, and shot over the course of four days in various East London locales, it chronicles a century of fashion, dance, and music.