This Week's Romance

This Week's Wedding video was sent to us by Tere (NA2). Although she doesn't know the people, she finds the message very beautiful, and it also helps her improve her listening skill.

This Week's Idea Worth Spreading

Isabel Allende tells tales of passion.

From Idaira NA2

This Week's Photo

 

 

 

In our Intermediate One B class, we've been reading about the photojournalist, Alfred Eisenstaedt. This is one of his most famous photographs. It was taken in New York's Times Square on V-J day, celebrating the end of World War II.

 



This Week's Music

In our NA2 class, we're looking at the theme of Art. Enjoy!

Listening Key CD3: NA2

19

1  the Park rules  2 is illegal  3  seeds and insects  4  uninhabited islands  5  fearless  6 feed
7 litter  8 souvenirs  9 your guide’s instructions

20

1A  2C  3C  4A  5C  6B  7A  8B  9A  10C

21
1  wake up  2  conscious  3  daylight hours  4 measured their levels  5 anticipation  6 inside their minds/brains/heads  7 can control them  8 flying

22
1 tennis final  2 £1265.79  3 membership fees  4 police station  5 Installation of  6 locks  7 £80
8 (new) nets  9 (set of) glasses

This Week's Great Design

Donky Bicycle by Ben Wilson
Donky bike designer Ben Wilson aimed to combine the load-carrying ability of traditional Dutch bikes with the strength and simplicity of a BMX. A steel beam running through the middle of the frame means it can carry heavy loads on both its front and rear platforms.

This Week's Speaking Idea

Readers for this semester: NI1, NI2 and NA2

Strict deadline = Tuesday 7th May 2013.


For NI One. When Summer Comes. CUP. ISBN: 9780521656115 with CDs.

A hot summer and a holiday by the sea: Stephen and Anna Martins are escaping their stressful lives in London, and taking a holiday in the south-west of England. They make friends with a local fisherman, but when Stephen is called back to London for work, Anna is left alone for a few days. And then something happens which changes their lives for ever.

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For NI2: Land of my Childhood: Stories from South Asia. OUP. ISBN: 978-0-19-479235-6 with CDs.

WINNER: The Language Learner Literature Award 2009

'My brother preferred being with mother and me. He used to help us prepare vegetables in the kitchen or make the bread. But what he liked best was listening to my mother's stories.'

But those childhood days are long gone, and now a great distance divides sister and brother, children and mother. The stories in this volume of World Stories come from India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The writers are Romesh Gunesekera, M. Athar Tahir, Chitra Divakaruni, Anu Kumar, Anne Ranasinghe, Ruskin Bond, Anita Desai, Vijita Fernando, and Amara Bavani Dev.

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For NA2: Treading on Dreams: stories from Ireland. OUP. ISBN: 978-0-19-479196-0 + CDs.

At home we started with an innocent life. Walking home from village dances across pale wet fields, looking at birds on the moonlit lake, playing a tune across the water in the early morning with no other sound in the clear cold air.'

Innocence and experience, loss and longing, humour and sadness run hand in hand through these stories.

The stories in this volume of World Stories are by Irish writers Brian Friel, Edna O'Brien, William Trevor, Lorcan Byrne, Frank O'Connor, Claire Keegan, Eamonn Sweeney, and Somerville & Ross.

Answer Key CD3: NA2

17

1 researching  2 writing  3  loneliness  4 three or four   5 relationships  6 run down
7 two or three weeks  8 pyjamas  9 restaurants  10  expenses

 18

1  ninety minutes  2 twenty minutes  3 rapid-eye movement  4 in colour  5 ten minutes  6  half an hour  7 external sounds  8 stimulation

 19

1  the Park rules  2 is illegal  3  seeds and insects  4  uninhabited islands  5  fearless  6 feed
7 litter  8 souvenirs  9 your guide’s instructions

Answer Key CD3 NI One

11.

1. Monday(s)

2. post office

3. 18 February

4. violin

5. photograph

6. (course) books

 

12.

1F

2T

3F

4T

5F

6F

 

13.

1. The music

2. A piano concert

3. A beach bag

4. Cloudy

5. On the dining room table

6. At the bookshop

7. 3:15

 

14.

1B

2B

3C

4A

5A

6C

 

15.

1. (sandy) beaches

2. 70

3. fan

4. teabags

5. owner

6. flight(s)

 

16.

1T

2F

3F

4F

5T

6T

Week beginning Monday 10th March

St Patrick's Day around the World

Egyptian pyramids glow green at sunset in honour of Saint Patrick

What's On This Weekend

Los locales de ocio de Guanarteme pondrán en marcha este sábado una serie de actividades lúdicas para celebrar el Día de San Patricio (St. Patrick's Day), el patrón de Irlanda, a la que asistirán irlandeses que residen en la Isla.
La celebración del Día de San Patricio, en la que profesores nativos y alumnos practicarán el inglés con todas a aquellas personas que se unan a la celebración a partir de las 13.00 horas, forma parte de las actividades que han lanzado los comerciantes del barrio para reactivar el lugar. Habrá gaiteros, una exhibición de deportes autóctonos irlandeses y los actos concluirán con un concierto de la Ruta Playa Viva.
La actividad estrella del plan de dinamización es la Ruta Gastronómica Caña y Pico, que arrancó el pasado viernes y tiene como objetivo reactivar la actividad de comercios y bares, a través de la oferta de pinchos y cañas a precios especiales, encuentros de surf y festivales de parrandas. La experiencia ha sido impulsada por la Asociación Guanarteme Ocio y Restauración El Pilar y por ahora se han sumado un total de 15 establecimientos.
La ruta se celebrará todos los viernes y se singulariza porque buena parte de la misma se desarrolla por la tarde, ya que comienza a las 15.00 horas y se prolonga hasta las diez de la noche. Los que acudan a los bares del entorno de la plaza del Pilar podrán tomarse una caña y un pincho por dos euros.

Fuente: http://ocio.laprovincia.es/gastronomia/noticias/nws-167330-los-bares-guanarteme-celebran-dia-san-patricio.HTML

Submitted by Dani NA2

Answer Key CD3 NI2

9

1A  2B  3C  4C  5A  6B  7B  8C  9A  10B

10

1B  2C  3A  4B  5B  6A  7C  8C  9A  10B

 11

1C  2B  3B  4C  5A  6A  7B  8C  9A  10A

12

1B  2A  3C  4A  5B  6B  7C  8A   9C  10A

Answer Key CD3 NA2

13

1  at the top  2 more famous  3 five million  4  painted it  5 good fun  6  appreciate the painting
7  crowds of people  8 ten seconds  9 impossible to see  10 unresolved mysteries  11 meaningful image
 
14
1A  2C  3A  4B  5C  6C  7A  8C  9B  10C

15

1G  2D  3A  4F  5C  6B  7H  8C  9F  10E
 

16

1  problem-solving  2 fantasy  3 negative consequences/complaints  4 dishonest  5 interrupted
6  dreams  7 time limits  8 thirty days

Answer Key CD3: Intermediate One

6.

1B

2A

3B

4C

5A

6C

7.

1. The dining room

2. 9:15

3. forest

4. village

5. boat

6. (sun) hat

8.

1F

2F

3T

4T

5F

6T

 

9.

1. A lamp for his desk

2. No glasses and blond hair

3. In a house

4. Computer World

5. An opera evening

6. 8:15

7. Making himself some supper

 

10.

1C

2A

3B

4A

5C

6B

This Week's Video: Cats! Cats! Cats!

Week Beginning Monday 4th March

This Week's Speaking Idea

This is a reminder that this Sunday, March 10th, there is another Exchange brunch to come and enjoy with tha Asociación La Concepción de Gran Canaria, next to the Botanic Garden (Jardín Canario).

 

We have some news:

 

You can now pay on arrival, but we recommend you make a phone call beforehand. Ask Diane for the number.

 

Next it's a special Sunday and we have got a surprise dessert!

See you!

Les recordamos que el próximo domingo 10 de marzo pueden participar en el Brunch de intercambio de idiomas que celebramos en la Asociación La Concepción de Gran Canaria, junto al Jardín Canario.

 

Tenemos algunas novedades:
Pueden pagar al llegar, pero les recomendamos llamar antes por teléfono. (Pide el número a Diane.)

 

El próximo es un domingo especial así que tendremos un postre sorpresa!

Les esperamos!

 

For more information click here. 

Answer Key CD3 NI2

5

1C  2A  3C  4B  5B  6C  7B  8B  9A  10C

 6

1B  2B  3C  4C  5C  6A  7B  8C  9A  10C

 7

1C  2A  3B  4B  5C  6B  7C  8A  9A  10C

 8

1A  2B  3C  4C  5A  6B  7A  8C  9B  10C

Amazing News

 

 

The Consejería de Educación has announced that there will be no classes on Monday 4th March because of the stormy weather. I'll send everyone an email soon with some suggested activities to do to compensate for our missed class.

 

Classes will be resumed on Tuesday unless we hear otherwise.

 

Answer Key Listening CD3 Ex 9 - 12 NA2

9

1 (long-distance) running  2 long jump  3 nephew  4 build  5 shooting  6  proper diet 
7 equipment  8 attitude

10

1  a (poor) tailor  2 original  3 18^th century  4 social mobility  5 the details  6 Arabic cultures
7  exotic  8  budget

 11

1D  2D  3A  4C  5B  6C
 
12
1F  2D  3G  4A  5C  6C  7H  8D  9F  10B

Come and join us on

Wednesday 13th March

at 7.00 pm

in the School Library

for a concert

to celebrate

Saint Patrick’s Day

with the fantastic

50/50.

Everyone is very welcome.

Wear something green!

Week Beginning Monday 25th February