Halloween

Some Halloween jokes ....

 

• ... the History of Halloween : Read about the  origins of Halloween and see in which way it is similar to our traditions.
  

•  ...and a classic for Halloween, Michael Jackson's THRILLER, the complete story,  with Vincent Price, the master of horror stories and movies, in the rap (read lyrics here) , You'll recognize his laugh HERE
  

  Happy Halloween, or castanyada, or whatever you celebrate!

Lou Reed: A tribute

Lou Reed with Soul Asylum - Sweet Jane .mp3

Found at bee mp3 search engine

 Sweet Jane, the lyrics

The driving ban

Back to a real video: Have you ever been to Saudi Arabia? Saudi Arabia is the only country were women can't drive. They are allowd to ride a camel but they are banned from driving a car,  and this is one of the many things they don't like.


Do you need the transcript?
What's a "ban"? An official prohibition

• KEY WORDS: to ban, marching in the streets, threats, human rights. 
• READ:What Saudi Women can and cannot do

Boring Vegetables?

How healthy is your diet? Some of you said the other day that vegetables are boring. Are you eating enough vegetables? This video is part of the British National Health Service (NHS) campaign to encourage people to eat at least five portions of fruit and vegetables a day.  Courgette, lettuce, cucumber, peas, chick peas, carrots, celery ...so many colours and tastes and textures... how can they be boring? You'll find some tips on how to include them in your diet: 

• Questions and Answers:  How Healthy is your diet?
• What did you eat yesterday? The test
• And a more challenging video (with transcript!) for L3:
•  Mcdonad's adds calorie count to menus . Would you order that Big Mac if you knew the amount of calories you are about  to eat?

*By the way, an easy recipe for eggplant parmesan ...with a heavy Italian accent!

What are you like?

 

Words and explanations here
What are you like?
Take The World's shortest Personality Test: Short but accurate.

 In Level 3 we talked about how birth order can influence your personality. Are you a firstborn? a middlechild?,  lastborn , or an only child?

WATCH this video . No transcript but some key words here:   
Natural leader, siblings, an only child, twins, goody-goody, strengths and weaknesses,  adopted,  they don't take criticism very well, leadership roles, romantic capabilities, real evidence, narcissistic relationship, highly compatible relationship.

Hope you know yourself a bit bettter after this!

What are they like?

We are doing descripton, both in L2 and L3.
What are the Americans like?

- Ok, so now,  What are the British like?  Longer version, first  without subtitles, second listening with subtitles.
- You can also  READ about British stereotypes.
- And finally, don't forget:
 What do they look like? Tall and handsome.
What are they like? Friendly.
What do they like? They like going to the beach

Do you agree with what people say in the videos?