Extra Listening 5: Signs of the Times

Open your workbook on page 43 and go to the following webpage
http://www2.burlingtonbooks.com/spain/Page.aspx?PageID=173
and download the listening for Extra Listening 5. Then do the activities on page 43 and write the right answers in a comment.

Extra Listening unit 4: No plastic Bags Here

Open your workbook on page 35 and go to the following webpage
http://www2.burlingtonbooks.com/spain/Page.aspx?PageID=173
and download the listening for Extra Listening 4. Then do the activities on page 35 and write the right answers in a comment.

Review Relative Clauses

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Futures Review

Here I you have some exercises which can help you to understand better the difference between all types of future tenses. I hope you you find them useful.

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Libya: Gaddafi’s Son Warns of “Rivers of Blood”

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son Seif has warned of “rivers of blood” in a televised statement. He said Libya was in danger of civil war if the pro-democracy protestors did not stop their demonstrations. He told Libyans that his father was too strong to be ousted like the leaders in Tunisia and Egypt. Seif gave a chilly warning to those protesting, saying: "We will fight to the last minute, until the last bullet." He added that if the situation got more out of control, Libyans would have to find a gun to defend themselves. Seif asked Libyans to stop the unrest or there would be “violence worse than Iraq”. He also indicated many more people could lose their lives: “Instead of weeping over 84 dead people, we will weep over hundreds of thousands of dead,” he said.
Hundreds of people have been killed in Libya since protests began six days ago. One doctor reports there are over 200 dead bodies in his hospital in the second largest city of Benghazi. Another doctor from Benghazi's Jalah hospital said they were receiving a non-stop flow of victims: "This is not a well-equipped hospital and these injuries come in waves. All are very serious injuries, involving the head, the chest and the abdomen. They are bullet injuries from high-velocity rifles," he said. The unrest in Libya started there but is now breaking out in other cities, including the capital Tripoli. Protestors in Benghazi showed off anti-aircraft guns they had taken from the military. There are also reports that an army division in the city has gone over to the people’s side.


What did you think when you read the headline?
What do you think of the unrest in Libya?
What do you think of Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi?
What message would you like to give to the Libyan people?
Why do you think Gaddafi’s son told the people the government would fight to the last bullet?
Do you think there really would be violence in Libya worse than in Iraq?
Will the regime in Libya be the next to fall?

Relative Clauses: Defining and Non-Defining

Hey Guys,
here you have some activities in order to clarify some aspects we have been having problems in class. I hope you find them useful. Do them and we will check them in class next week.

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Egyptian Joy as Mubarak Resigns

Read and express your opinion on this article.

Celebrations have erupted across Egypt after Hosni Mubarak resigned (dimitió) as president. His resignation came after 18 days of pro-democracy protests in which millions of Egyptians voiced their desire for change. The end for Mubarak was a U-turn (dió un giro de 180º). On Thursday night he vowed (juró) to continue in power until September elections. Just 24 hours later, vice president Omar Suleiman announced to the nation that Mr. Mubarak had gone. The announcement brought wild scenes of joy (alegría)in Cairo’s Tahrir Square and the rest of the country. A protestor speaking on Al Jazeera TV said there was an “explosion of happiness”. Fireworks lit the sky and car horns continued all night as people partied in the streets. Most people were too overcome with emotion to express their feelings.

News of Mubarak’s fall from power was welcomed across the world. There was dancing in the streets outside the Egyptian Embassy in London and parties in many major cities. People across the Middle East took to the streets in solidarity with the Egyptian protesters. Egypt’s revolution took inspiration from Tunisia’s and was three days faster. The Associated Press quoted Tunis resident Safia Ruwees, who said: "These are democracies that we are bringing with our hands, no one has brought them to us, not America, not France, no one." An Egyptian in Beirut, Issam Allawi, said: "We are very happy today that we were able to overcome (derrotar) the dictator Hosni Mubarak. Tomorrow, the next dictators throughout the entire Arab world."

What's happening in Egypt??

Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians are continuing their angry protests against the rule of President Hosni Mubarak. Al Jazeera news said the unrest could be the biggest pro-democracy demonstrations in Egyptian history. Riot police are out in force and fighting protestors with their batons and tear gas. One young woman is reported to have been killed after being struck on the head by a tear-gas canister. In Suez, demonstrators took over the main police station and freed protestors jailed in the past 48 hours. The police have lost control of the city. Forty thousand people in Mansoura, north of Cairo, are reported to have raided and destroyed the ruling party’s headquarters. Similar scenes are happening all over the country.
Egypt’s leaders have done their best to stop people communicating with each other. At midnight, Thursday, the government shut down Egypt’s Internet. Authorities are refusing entry to Arab and non-Arab journalists at Egypt’s international airport and the police are also trying to stop journalists filming the unrest. They smashed CNN cameras and shut down Al Jazeera’s television broadcasts in Egypt of the protests. Opposition leader Mohamed El-Baradei is trapped in a mosque surrounded by riot police. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on Egypt’s leaders to listen to their people. Egyptians are calling for regime change and are carrying banners that say, “We hate you Mubarak”.

Listening: RECOGNISING WOMEN IN SPORT

Here comes the listening of the week.
1. Open your workbook on page 27
2. open the following link http://www2.burlingtonbooks.com/spain/Page.aspx?PageID=173 and open Extra Listening 3 to listen to it online.
4. do the activity in your workbook.
5. In order to check every answer, send only one answer by student (of the 8 answers).

I hope you find it useful and interesting! See you in class!

P.S. Sorry that I could not get up earlier today, jeje

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Reading of the week: Extra Reading unit 3

Take your workbooks and do the Extra Reading from unit 3 on page e26ntitled
CHILD SPORT CAMPAIGN and do the activities proposed. Then, write the answers to the activities 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 in this blog by means of a comment. Please, write only one answer per student(for example, so that each of you has a chance to get an extra point for homework.
After answering all the activities,those of you who did not answer anything can write a comment giving your opinion or giving a summary of the text in about 15 words in order to get an extra mark.
Do this before the 13th January.