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Friday, 25 November 2016

Black Friday

This Friday is  Black Friday. What is Black Friday? Black Fridayis  the day that signals the start of the shopping season in the USA,




and that can be as dangerous as this:


Do you'd better come and do the Book test this Friday!

Saturday, 19 November 2016

The most typical face in the world

The National Geographic Magazine  revealed last year what the most typical person on the planet looks like, as part of their new series which focuses on the human race called ‘Population 7 billion’.


The research found that a 28-year-old Han Chinese male is the world's most typical person  with 9 million around the globe.
Watch this video and check how similar to/different from the most typical person you are.
Are you richer? poorer? younger? older?

(L3) WATCH : World population
WATCH AND READ:    The Economist: 7 billion   to know more about this topic

 TOO MANY people on this planet!

Sunday, 13 November 2016

Minimal pairs

Chess? Cheese? Beach? .....? Pronunciation IS important. This story, already a classic by now, is particularly funny and illustrative of how a sound can completely change the meaning of a word (By the way sorry about the dirty words -I hope nobody takes offence ...:-)



  These words (Sheep/ship) are called “minimal pairs” (pairs of words which differ in only one 'sound' (phoneme) and have different meanings. Here (and in your book CD) you have many other good examples:
  http://www.shiporsheep.com/page1.html  (just put the cursor on the words, don't click on them)

Thursday, 10 November 2016

Supermoon


Take a look at the moon on Nov 14th and you'll see a bigger and brighter full moon.
It's going o be the biggest full moon since 1948


 Do you need the Transcript? HERE

or try turning on the subtitles (CC button)
- READ AND WATCH More information on the Supermoon HERE
Happy Supermoon!

Wednesday, 9 November 2016

The day after


(sigh) You are awake, by the way. You're not having a terrible, terrible dream.
Also, you're not dead and you haven't gone to hell
This is your life now, this is our election now. This is us. This is our country. It's real.

Wednesday, 2 November 2016

USA elections

The elections are just next week, and this is what Obama has to say :


I don't like Trump either, so I hope Hillary wins!