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Why should you read "One Hundred Years of Solitude"?

8/30/2018

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Gabriel García Márquez's novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude" brought Latin American literature to the forefront of the global imagination and earned García Márquez the 1982 Nobel Prize for Literature.
What makes the novel so remarkable?
​Go HERE to find out.
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Learning English can be easy and fun...with Songs

8/29/2018

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Made with Padlet
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The Bridge

8/21/2018

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  1. Watch this Video...stop at 18 seconds - what do you think will happen? - What will they do?
  2. Continue watching the video...stop at 2:10 -  what do you think will happen? - What will they do?
  3. Imagine what the animals were saying to each other - create a dialogue.
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See Colombia through the eyes of the people who live there

8/13/2018

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Let's go on a journey through four starkly different regions of the country, guided by the very people who call Colombia their home.
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Do you like to "think outside the box"?

8/13/2018

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...You might like THIS 
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Diet Hit A Snag? Your Gut Bacteria May Be Partly To Blame

8/12/2018

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  1. What do you know about dieting? - Do you know anything about gut bacteria?
  2. Review the collocations below:

  • ever been on a diet
  • in our guts
  • help — or hinder
  • tracked the progress of
  • enrolled in a
  • a low-calorie diet
  • an increased abundance of
  • there's a certain part of
  • providing energy
  • to conduct a larger, follow-up study
  • these findings are
  • Down the road,
  • the results hold up
  • could lead to
  • currently on the market
  • linked to successful
  • to manipulate
  • is just the first step
  • mass-produced
  • difficult to work with
  • it could be challenging
  • at least some years off
 
  • Listen to the article below
  • Prepare some questions for me, using the Question Grid
  • HERE'S the script
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A quick Linking Words quiz

8/8/2018

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Off Your Mental Game? You Could Be Mildly Dehydrated

8/5/2018

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Was it hard to concentrate during that long meeting?
Does the crossword seem a little tougher?
​You could be mildly dehydrated.
  1. First, think about drinking water and dehydration - what do you know, what have you heard?
  2. Next, review these key phrases below - use THIS tool to get an idea of meaning.
  3. After that, Listen to the audio - follow the transcript HERE if you need to.
  4. Finally. make some questions for me, use the Question Grid to help you.
  • Off Your Mental Game
  • A growing body of evidence
  • a range of subtle effects
  • muddled thinking
  • hiking
  • the feeling of thirst
  • imperceptible effects 
  • a card game
  • ​was not impeded
  • a growing body of  evidence
  • her findings fit with
  • As a general rule of thumb
  • No need to chug huge amounts
  • A good rule of thumb is
  • sip fluids throughout the day
  • didn't hamper performance on
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Is climate change to blame for the extreme weather we're having at the moment?

8/4/2018

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We're seeing some dramatic weather events happening around the world, lately - heat-waves, flooding, wildfires.
​It looks like 2018 could be the hottest year ever recorded.
LISTEN to this podcast below - and follow the transcript HERE
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Neymar admits that he was faking it...

8/2/2018

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One of Brazil's star players – Neymar – was criticised by many during the World Cup because he seemed to react very dramatically after being fouled.
Now he's admitted that at times he did indeed 'exaggerate' his reactions.
He also defended himself by saying that he suffered a lot on the pitch – meaning he got fouled a lot.
Neil and Catherine discuss the key language from this story.
Learn about the language the world's media is using to report this story.


Key words and phrases:

faking = pretending something is real
• Faking illness to miss an exam can get you in serious trouble.
• He was sent to prison for faking banknotes.


confession = the act of admitting you did something wrong
• His murder confession led to a short trial.
• Rob's confession to biscuit theft came as no surprise to anyone.


come back to haunt (someone) = return as a problem for a long time
• That photo from the Christmas party has come back to haunt Carlos.
• Don't say anything on social media that might come back to haunt you.


Watch the video below & test your understanding HERE
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