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Proverb of the Week

PHRASE OF THE WEEK... "To have a sweet tooth" (to be fond of sweet things like candy and desserts) - Charles has a very sweet tooth - Carlos es muy goloso.
Showing posts with label Songs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Songs. Show all posts

Saturday, 29 January 2011

I dreamed a dream...

Do you often remember your dreams? According to some experts, you can remember dreams you had during the night when you wake up the following morning. However, if you don't tell somebody about it, or write it down in a piece of paper, you very quickly forget it.
NOTE: Next week on Tuesday, we are going to talk about dreams. And this is something you can do these days before our next lesson: write down any dream you have so you don't forget it and can tell your classmates about it. That way, you will be able to make a detailed description of your dream. 
For example you could begin your speech saying something like this: "Last night I had an awful dream. I dreamed about my boss. I dreamed that we were having an argument at work because..."



And here you go another video. Do you remember the Scottish lady Susan Boyle? Click HERE to watch how she sang this amazing song two years ago. It's fun!

A big thank you to your classmate Begoña for these wonderful videos.

Thursday, 27 January 2011

White Flag by Dido

Full song without subtitles (live concert)


Full song with English subtitles


Full song with English and Spanish subtitles

Wednesday, 19 January 2011

Paul McCartney - I will

Do you fancy (in this context "apetecer") listening to Paul McCartney? If so, listen to this wonderful song.
Instructions: First, click on "I will - gapped" to download the worksheet so you can fill in the nine gaps. There you can find the phonetic transcription for those nine words. Then watch the first video, without lyrics. Guess what those words are and write them in the correct gap in your worksheet. Finally, watch the second video with the full English lyrics and check your answers! Best of luck!
Step 1: "I will - gapped"

Step 2: Video (No English lyrics)



Step 3: Video (English lyrics)


Ps (Post Script - Posdata): A big thank you to my colleague María José for this wonderful activity.