Friday 31 October 2008

It's Halloween, folks!

Thanks again to my dearest friend Sara, for this video with English subtitles about the history of Halloween . If you are interested in the subject and enjoy terror movies click here to see what Sara has on her web.

Friday 24 October 2008

To revise character adjectives.

Nieves sent this link. It's a "hot potato" to revise character adjectives. Study first and then click here to do the online activity.

Thursday 23 October 2008

Even the BBC makes big mistakes.

Click here to see the video, and then on "más información" on the top right hand corner of the screen to see the explanation and the transcripts. Unbelievable!

Tuesday 21 October 2008

The Catherine Tate Show. Derek at the men's health clinic

Click here to see it. And if you want to find out more about Catherine Tate herself, click here. Enjoy!

Monday 20 October 2008

Sex and the City. Romance-intolerant.

This is part of what we did on Friday. If you didn't come to class and want to do it at home, or simply you liked it so much you want to see it again and again, click here to see the document and here to see the video.

Friday 17 October 2008

Thank you, Nazaret, for sending "you gotta be".

We worked with "You gotta be", by Des'ree, in class and Nazaret has been kind enough to send this link. It's cool because you can watch the video, read the lyrics and the translation at the same time, but some translations are not very accurate.

John Cleese, ex- Monty Python, on Sarah Palin

Click here to watch the video and then answer the following questions:
  1. What does he think of her?
  2. Would he vote for McCain, if he was American? Why? Why not?.

Thursday 16 October 2008

US rivals in final debate

If you want to see the report on BBCNews about the final televised debate between Obama and McCain, click here.

Friday 10 October 2008

The "Don't vote, please" link is working again

Yes, I re-posted it, with the help of my dear friend and collegue Sara. It works now. Take a look at it, see if you understand, then report to the class!!!!!

Monday 6 October 2008

Goodbye, Paul Newman.

Yes, Paul Newman died. A tribute to him here.

What Viggo had to say about success.

I don't know if you know, but I'm a big Viggo Mortensen's fan. So, occasionally I check up on him. And look what I found. A very short interview where he gives advice on how to be successful. Click here to see the video and them answer the following question:
  • what's his advice?
Post your answers in the comment section.

If you want to understand the finantial crisis...

This has been sent to me by my friends in Ourense, Ana & Matt. I want to share it with you because it made me laugh. So, if you want to understand how this finantial crisis came to be, click here.

Thursday 2 October 2008

Please, don't vote.

One of the topics we are going to be dealing with this year is politics. You may know there are general elections in the US this year and this is the video some of Hollywood's biggest stars have released to encourage American citizens to vote.

Wednesday 1 October 2008

More about speed dating.

This time a video from the BBC. They use the terms "sugarmmamma" and "toy boy". What do they mean? Don't be shy, add your comments!!!

Speed dating

Click here if you want to read the original article from The Observer.