Wednesday 24 November 2010

Fashion. A Makeover Story

A Makeover Story is a reality show I used to watch -not that I liked it particularly, but I thought it was a good way to learn and revise vocabulary about fashion. Click here to watch an extract and tell me how well you understand it.

Wikipedia says: A Makeover Story is a reality show on TLC Network in the United States. Each episode runs for 30 minutes and features two people who get makeovers including clothes, hairstyling, and makeup.

And these are the questions Na1B made. See if you can answer them:
  • Why does the girl want to buy the clothes?
  • Which of the dresses has a double strap?
  • Why doesn't she like the first dress?
  • How does she feel in the second dress that she tries on?
  • Which of the dresses is described as timeless?
  • What is said about the colour of the third dress?
  • Why doesn't she choose the third dress?
  • How does she feel in the fourth outfit she tries on?
  • What detail is mentioned about the fouth outfit?
To work with the vocabulary from the extract, click here

Wednesday 17 November 2010

Short answers, a doctor's surgery and British classic humour in Nieves's blog

Hey. And this is for the oldies like myself, who enjoy a bit of good old English humour. The first sketch will help you revise short answers and the second one will give you an insight into private medicine (?), all of it according to Monty Python. Don't miss it. Click here to watch it all.

Health and medicine from Nieves's blog

Hey, guys. Click here to learn about the American sitcom Becker and watch an episode. Who knows, you might even get hooked on it. Nothing better to improve your English than getting hooked on a series (in the original version, of course) Oh, by the way, what's with misanthropic doctors and series? Becker, House, Dr Mateo...

National Stereotypes

Check out the Popular post section on the right and click on National Stereotypes. The English, to do the listening comprehension exercise. To check your answers you just have to scroll down to the Comentarios section.

Revising Health and medicine

Here's a link to an earlier post from last year to revise Health and medicine.

Wednesday 3 November 2010

Revise vocabulary from the reading on File 1C.

Do this cloze test to revise vocabulary from the reading "Get stressed, stay young". Tell me how many words you got right!