According to the Mayan Calendar, tomorrow (21st December 2012) is the end of the world. If you're reading this on the 21st December or later... Good news! The world hasn't ended!!
Click on the following link to the BBC Learning English section 6 Minute English to listen about this topic and learn some vocabulary related to it.
Hey, I know these songs are cheesy, but it's Christmas!
'Mistletoe' is a Christmas song by Justin Bieber and was released last year.
I'm not a 'Belieber', believe me! I just wanted to work with new Christmas songs. The next one is not precisely new. It's a remake of Mariah Carey's classic, 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' Sing along!!!
'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For' is a song by the Irish rock band U2. It was released in 1987 and it's influenced by Gospel music. You can practice present perfect with it!
I have climbed the highest mountains
I have run through the fields
Only to be with you
Only to be with you.
I have run, I have crawled
I have scaled these city walls
These city walls
Only to be with you.
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for.(x2)
I have kissed honey lips Felt the healing in her fingertips
It burned like fire
This burning desire
I have spoke with the tongue of angels
I have held the hand of a devil
It was warm in the night
I was cold as a stone.
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for (x2)
I believe in the Kingdom Come
Then all the colours will bleed into one
Bleed into one.
But yes, I'm still running.
You broke the bonds
And you loosed the chains
Carried the cross
Of my shame
Of my shame
You know I believed it.
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for. (x4)
Each year the Oxford English Dictionary chooses its 'Word of the Year'. It has recently announced the winner for 2012: omnishambles.
But what does it mean? Who coined (=invented/made up) this word? Click on the following link to listen to a discussion about the origins of this word in the section 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. If you find it difficult to understand, you can download the transcript and read it while you're listening to it. You can also read the related links at the end of the page.
Listen to the following hit by the Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen and fill in the gaps bellow with the past simple or past continuous of the verbs in brackets.
CALL ME MAYBE by CARLY RAE JEPSEN
I (throw)________________
a wish in the well,
Don't
ask me, I'll never tell
I (look)_________________
to you as it fell,
And
now you're in my way
I'd
trade my soul for a wish,
Pennies
and dimes for a kiss
I (look)_____________________
for this,
But
now you're in my way
Your stare
(hold)_______________________
Ripped jeans, skin (show)_______________
Hot night, wind (blow)__________________
Where you think
you're going, baby?
Hey, I just met
you, and this is crazy
But here's my number, so call me, maybe?
It's hard to look
right at you baby
But here's my number, so call me, maybe?
Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy,
But here's my number, so call me, maybe?
And all the other
boys try to chase me,
But here's my number, so call me, maybe?
You
(take)_________your time with the call,
I
(take)__________________no time with the fall
You
(give)_________________ me nothing at all,
But
still, you're in my way
I
beg, and borrow and steal
Have
foresight and it's real
I (know)______________________
I would feel it,
But it's in my way
CHORUS
Before
you (come)__________________ into my life
I (miss)____________________you
so bad
I (miss)____________________you
so bad
I (miss)_________________you so,
so bad
Before you (come)__________________ into my life
I (miss)_____________________you
so bad
And you should know
that I
(miss)______________you so, so bad
What a funny video, don't you think? Poor Carly...
Barack Obama has been re-elected as US president today, beating his Republican rival Mitt Romney. Watch his victory speech in Chicago (You can activate English subtitles)
Halloween is coming soon. Why don't you surprise your family or friends with a 'spooky' dinner? Have a look at this webpage to find some ideas for your menu!
Hello, I'm a very interesting and intelligent woman. And today this blog and I are getting together to teach you some idioms in English. I bet you've never been taught by a blog before XD.
Well, in fact the Teacher from BBC Learning English will do it. Click on the following links and he'll teach you some idioms related to sport.
One Directionare an English boy band formed in London in 2010 after being third in the seventh series of the TV programme The X-Factor.
'What Makes You Beautiful'was their first single. The beginning of the song is very similar to that of 'Summer Nights' from Grease. It's about a girl who doesn't think she's beautiful.
The video shows the band on a California beach. Google the lyrics if you don't know them and sing along!
To form the Simple Past of regular verbs we add-ed to the infinitive. This ending can be pronounced in three different ways:
1) /t/ after a voiceless consonant sound : /p, k, f, ʃ, ʧ, s/The -e- is not pronounced!!
stopped /stɒpt/
worked /wɜːkt/
laughed /lɑːft/
washed /wɒʃt/
watched /wɒtʃt/
danced /dɑːnst/
2) /d/after a voiced sound:/b, g, v, ʒ, ʤ, z, ð, l, m, n/ or a vowel
sound The -e- is not pronounced!! It remains silent!
robbed /rɒbd/
hugged /hʌgd/
lived /lɪvd/
massaged /ˈmæsɑːʒd/
managed /ˈmænɪdʒd/
pleased /pliːzd/
breathed /briːðd/
sailed /seɪld/
seemed /siːmd/
rained /reɪnd/
enjoyed /ɪnˈdʒɔɪd/
3) /Id/ after /t/ or /d/
wanted /ˈwɒntɪd/
needed /ˈniːdɪd/
If you click on the following link you will find out more information about this and you can also practice what you have learned by doing some quizzes.
