THINGS TO DO AT THE WEEKEND

1.- If you like partying, you can enjoy yourself at the fair of Saint Martin of Arrieta (Biscay)
2.- If you prefer reading something in English, you can go to the BBC LEARNING ENGLISH WEBSITE and read or listen to things.
3.- If you are worried about your grammar level and would like to REVISE PAST SIMPLE/ PAST CONTINOUS  or any other grammar point, just do the exercises in this website.

4.- If you are a poet, or you like writing prose, or feel like being a journalist you can write something and send it to me (I can publish it here for you)

FASHIONABLE PEOPLE

Can you describe what type of clothes they are wearing?

Do you think they are trendy?

Do you think their look is nice?

From stilettos to tuxedos, and from head to heel, are you sure you know the names of these items of clothes in English?

Give it a try! You can become a personal shopper or a fashion advisor...

REMEMBER,REMEMBER, THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER...

It's time for baked potatoes and peas, for bonfires and fireworks.

 This night, more than four hundred years ago, there was a plot to kill the king of England and burn the houses of Parliament. A man named Guy Fawkes was said to be responsible. Londoners and British people in general celebrate this day. If you want to know more about it, you can click in this link.

WILL THE EURO SURVIVE?

. Did we live better when the "peseta" was still the currency in Spain?
. Will we go even more bankrupt than what we are now?
. What saving measures have you applied to your own life?
. According to you, what will take us out of this crisis?
. How long will it take us to recover from this bankrupcy?
. Redundancy plans, laid-off workers, unemployment, cuts in education, ... are poor people always suffering the consequences of the thrifty new rich people?

Suggestions are welcome

HALLOWEEN OCTOBER 31ST.

Friday 28th I hid some clues around the school playground and the corridors of the school. Students had to follow the clues to find the different bones of a skeleton, and build it up. The prize was a pumpkin full of sweets. Unfortunately none of them found the clues, nor build the skeleton up. Sadly, teachers will have to eat all the sweets  ;) . So sorry...HAHAHAHA  (Nobody said "Trick or Treat?" can you believe it?)

LEONARD COHEN, PRINCE OF ASTURIAS AWARD FOR WRITERS

Here you have some of the jewels sung by Leonard Cohen, who has won the Principe de Asturias  de las letras Award for writers. Some of his best songs were inspired by Federico Garcia Lorca, and his lyrics are really moving.

This is one of my favourites. Do you think it's a sad song? What it is about?

Another of my favourite songs, the "Hallelujah" was written by Leonard Cohen, and then Bon Jovi sang it, and it was used in the film "Shrek". The lyrics are a bit changed and the meaning of the real poem gets a bit lost. Enjoy it:

This is the lyrics by Leonard Cohen:

Now I've heard there was a secret chord

That David played, and it pleased the Lord

But you don't really care for music, do you?

It goes like this

The fourth, the fifth

The minor fall, the major lift

The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Your faith was strong but you needed proof

You saw her bathing on the roof

Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you

She tied you

To a kitchen chair

She broke your throne, and she cut your hair

And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

You say I took the name in vain

I don't even know the name

But if I did, well really, what's it to you?

There's a blaze of light

In every word

It doesn't matter which you heard

The holy or the broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

I did my best, it wasn't much

I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch

I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you

And even though

It all went wrong

I'll stand before the Lord of Song

With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Hallelujah

To understand the meaning of the poem you may find useful to look at the life of King David and Bethsheba from the Bible. Why did they lose their power?And why did they sing Hallelujah to the Lord?

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