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Tomas Vila sent me this video to share and sing! TKS Tom!

• Do you like the rock band TOTO?

Now, go to:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHzpIG5_fo8





Lyrics (also in the clip) :





http://www.lyricsfreak.com/t/toto/africa_20139798.html





1. Tick the sounds musicians do with their bodies

• clap hands


• rock their heads


• snap fingers


• stamp the floor


• hit their chests

2. The songs says " I bless the rains down in Africa". Is rain something to be happy about? Why / why not? (I expect lots of argument!!)

3. The song is about Africa the continent. Now, how much do you know about The Republic of South Africa?

Go to:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/country_profiles/1071886.stm

• How many official languages are there?


• Who´s the president?


• I want to listen to some R&B... What radio station can I listen to?


• Imagine this: I want to call somebody on the phone. What are first two numbers I dial?

Competition!!!!

First two to comment (one from Level 1, one from Level 3) gets a candy the first day after reccess!!!!!!!;)

Help: DO NOT READ EVERYTHING!!!!!

Where are you from?

1-Where are you from?

2-Choose one place (city or country) from the list below:

• Toronto (Canada)



• Romania



• Auckland (New Zeland)



• New York



• Pennsylvania



• Manhattan



• Massachusetts



• Italy



• New Jersey

3. Which is your favourite? Why?

4. Watch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9PsgBhtsnE

5. Tell us about the places you visited!

JOBS

• Do you like going to the hairdresser´s?

Go to:

http://www.cambridge.org/elt/englishinmind/eimtv/clips.htm

Choose Level 1
Life Swap: Part 2
Hairdressing

Watch Katie washing someone´s hair. Mark the statements true (T) or false (F)

1. Katie knows how to wash her own hair


2. Katie is confident about washing someone´s hair


3. Katie doesn´t make any mistakes


4. Daniel helps Katie

Send me the answers to:

carbelenallende_efl@hotmail.com

SPORTS

1. Before you watch

Put the sports in order from the easiest to the most difficult

• snowboarding


• tennis


• long jump


• volleyball


• swimming


• ice skating


• free diving

NOW, GO TO:

http://www.cambridge.org/elt/englishinmind/eimtv/clips.htm

CLICK ON THE CLIP "LEVEL 2" ICE SKATING

2. While you watch

Watch the clip about Lauren. Choose the correct option

1- She starts lessons at 5:00 / 5:30

2-She warms up / doesn´t warm up

3- She can / can´t spin.

4- Darren is a friend / her coach

5- Louren has blond / dark hair

Send me your answers to carbelenallende_efl@hotmail.com

Maybe, you need a dictionary...or my help...no problem; Remember I´m on-line Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:00 to 9:00

Sorry about the previous mistakes!! And TKS to Patricia and Tomas

Swine Flu

Image from: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8028371.stm








Everybody´s talking, thinking...about SWINE FLU

What is it?

How to avoid it?

Some tips and info at:

http://www.aurainteractiva.com/site/customersanddemos/swineflueng/plainlaunch.htm

• Thinking about Language...

1. What form of verb is used in "How to Wash your Hands"?

Send your answers to carbelenallende_efl@hotmail.com

Or Make a comment

• Finally, are you WORRIED?

Favourite Photo´s

(Unit 2) Let´s share some photos...

Send us your personal or historical photos!!!
Together with:

• A short description of it


• reasons why you like it

Finally, let´s vote!

Here´s my favourite!

http://www.oskaralegria.com/galeria.php?ciudad=3

It´s a photo of Paris taken by Oskar Alegria. Actually, two photos comparing a similar view some years later. Both photos show a person sitting with legs crossed; in the first one, it´s a man, the second one shows a woman wearing high heels. A sociological study? Maybe. ..

I love the way the photographer chooses to display Paris!

Mario Martirena (level 3) Sent me this photo and comment to share:

"It isn’t my favorite photo, but I like it. Ricardo Alfieri took this photo after the 1978 FIFA WORLD CUP final, where Argentina defeated Netherlands and won the tournament. In the photo, Alberto Tarantini is hugging to Ubaldo Matildo Fillol, the Argentina’s goalkeeper, and a fan without arms is coming. The photo became very famous, it called `El abrazo del alma´."

THANK YOU MARIO!

Sandra Romagnoli sent me these great photographs! Together with her comments...

Hello Carla,
this photo was taken this year, on february, from the inside of the Louvre Museum in Paris.
I was watching "French Painting" in the first floor (in the Denon Pavilion), when i looked trough a window. I saw the inverted pyramid and the Triunphal Arch of the Carousel.
The past and the present together, the classcism of Napoleon´s Arch and the modernism of the glass pyramids in the "courtyard" of the Louvre. The Arch is from 1808. It was build to celebrate the triumphs of Napoleon. Behind the Arch is the Garden of Tullerías. The pyramids, the inverted and the big one (it isn´t in this photograph), which is used as the main entrance to the museum, are from 1989. Both of them are made of glass and aluminium.
The second photograph is of the inverted pyramid inside the museum. You arrive there from the subway station. There is a comercial gallery with gift shops and coffee stores and the corridor to takes you to the museum.
In the third photograph you can see the big pyramid taken from the museum hall.
I´m in love with the Louvre, so I think that is the reason of the selection of these photographs. I expect to go there again

(Photos comming soon... when my pc makes up her mind...jeje)