From lost to the river: 2018

29 Nov 2018

PINK FLOYD "WISH YOU WERE HERE"

LYRICS

So, so you think you can tell

Heaven from hell

Blue skies from pain

Can you tell a green field

From a cold steel rail?

A smile from a veil?

Do you think you can tell?

Did they get you to trade

Your heroes for ghosts?

Hot ashes for trees?

Hot air for a cool breeze?

Cold comfort for change?

Did you exchange

A walk on part in the war

For a lead role in a cage?

How I wish, how I wish you were here

We're just two lost souls

Swimming in a fish bowl

Year after year

Running over the same old ground

And how we found

The same old fears

Wish you were here

Autores de la canción: David Gilmour / Roger Waters

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25 Oct 2018

Halloween

ACTIVITY 1. Learn the following words

spooky

evil spirit

horrified

terrified

petrified

frightening

creepy

scary

darkness

demons

ghost

corpse

ACTIVITY 2. LISTENING COMPREHENSION

True or False? Justify your answer

The narrator and his brother had just bought a Ouija board
The narrator’s brother was willing to play with the board
The first time, the narrator’s brother moved the planchette.

Answer the following questions in your own words:

Why did they decide to play a second time?
What is the ideal environment for a Ouija board?
Why did the narrator leave the room?
Why did he run back to the room and what did he see?

ACTIVITY 3. READING.
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/magazine/life-around-world/history-halloween

14 Mar 2018

Stephen Hawking dies aged 76

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43396627

QUOTES

'While there's life, there is hope'

On an imperfect world: "Without imperfection, you or I would not exist" - On Into The Universe With Stephen Hawking, The Discovery Channel, 2010

On euthanasia: "The victim should have the right to end his life, if he wants. But I think it would be a great mistake. However bad life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. While there's life, there is hope"- Quoted in People's Daily Online, June 2006

On the possibility of contact between humans and aliens: "I think it would be a disaster. The extraterrestrials would probably be far in advance of us. The history of advanced races meeting more primitive people on this planet is not very happy, and they were the same species. I think we should keep our heads low" -In Naked Science: Alien Contact, The National Geographic Channel, 2004

On being diagnosed with motor neurone disease: "My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus" - Interview in The New York Times, December 2004

On death: "I have lived with the prospect of an early death for the last 49 years. I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first." - Interview in The Guardian, May 2011