We´re Full of the Joys of Spring

Full of the Joys of Spring

Since spring is a beautiful and colourful season we´ve decided to make the most of it. We´ve come up with different types of activities to make our classes more lively like: painting rocks and eggs, writing minibooks, vocabulary, egg hunting, and so on.

What different types of thngs do you do to make the most of this season?

In the text there is a phrasial verb and an idiom. Can you find them?

We´ll talk more about this in class. See you there!!!

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Carival isn't over yet !!!!

       

       It´s been about a month since our local carnival has finished. But don´t despair. This time we bring news about a carnival that you won´t want to miss.

        
                            

                                                Notting Hill Carnival

         One of the most popular, and spectacular carnivals in Europe, and possibly not as well known in Spain, “The Notting Hill Carnival” is celebrated in London in August.

         You can see a parade with floats, steel drum bands, and colourful costumes. There are live performances on the main stage and music tents throughout the carnival with many types of music like reggae, bass, jazz, hip hop, swing and blues.

         And while you’re enjoying the different sounds that the carnival has to offer you can take in the aromas of the Caribbean that embrace London’s west end and even enjoy the variety of dishes from the food stalls that are alined along the streets.

         Exploding with colourful costume contests, parades, all types of music, food, and innumerable activities, variety is definitely the spice of life of this carnival.

         And when you’re done you can carry on partying at the many Notting Hill Carnival after parties. We´re sure you won´t want to pass up the opportunity to look into one of the best street carnivals in Europe.

         Exactly how much do you know about this carnival? Read these questions and see if you can the answer them.

See you in class.

Questions:

What are the origins of the Notting Hill Carnival?

How long does it last?

What is the best way to travel to the carnival?

What can you do when the carnival is officallly over?

How many people attend the carnival over the weekend?

What streets does the carnival take place in?

 From now on we´ll be including some idioms and phrasal verbs in the texts and asking you to try and look them up and see if you can find out what they mean, so you know phrasal verbs  are very often used in spoken English

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Since this month we´ve been talking to you about food we´re going to include some idioms that have to do with food. As you may know an idiom is an expression which cannot be understood literally or by the separate meaning of its words. They are understood by the native speakers of the language, but with much more difficulty by non native speakers. Every language has them.

Here are a few:

·        A piece of cake

·       Fresh as a cucumber

·        Not my cup of tea

·        Cry over spilt milk

·        Don´t put all your eggs in one basket

·        Bite off more than you can chew

·        Apple of my eye

·        Variety is the spice of life

·        Smell something fishy

Do you think you can find out what they mean?

  

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Britain´s favourite takeaway

Lately we´ve been talking to some of our students about food.

We would like to share with you typical traditional British dishes.

Throughout this month we´re going to be presenting several typical English recipes and  we´re going to ask you to find a few answers to our questions.  

The first dish we would like to share with you, is “Fish and Chips”.

Questions.

Where were the first fish and chip shops opened?

What are the main ingredients?

What are they wrapped in?

What were they wrapped in the old days? 

What are the modern fish and chips shops called?

When do English people most enjoy eating fish and chips?

Are they usually eaten indoors or outdoors?

What famous book mentions “fish and chips”?

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