The force is calling you!

When it comes to talk about science fiction, space battles, army of robots, legendary heroes, interplanetary trips or dozens of weird alien tribes, most of the people think about one of the main known movie sagas: Star Wars.

If you are a fan of them, you can enjoy next Christmas with the newest episode: “The force awaken”.

Remember, “The force is calling you”.

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Extra information.

1^st question.

Can you remember the names of the most popular Star Wars’ robots?

Yes, you’re right. They are called C3PO and R2D2.

2^nd question.

Can you call those robots in Latin Spanish?

Can’t you? It’s worth it.

Citripio (in English “ce” “three” “pee” “ou”) and Arturito (“are” “two” “dee” “two”)

It’s crazy. Isn’t it?

BLACK FRIDAY

"Black Friday" is the  term for the phenomenon that takes place in the U.S. on the day after Thanksgiving Thursday, when millions of consumers who get the day off from work or school crowd into stores for what is traditionally considered the beginning of the Christmas shopping season.

To know more about its origin let's watch the video!

HELLO

Should I say “hello” in class, everybody would say “hello”, but if I added “Adele”, I bet most of you would answer “it’s me”. Who, in this planet, hasn’t heard Adele’s new single a thousand times already? And this is good, believe me, at least for teaching purposes.Mindful of the fact that one of the most important ingredients in learning a language is motivation, what could be more motivating than singing along Adele’s song now that it is being played everywhere?

I’ve just got here, and I think I’m losing signal already. Hello? Can you hear me now? Sorry. I’m sorry, I’m — Sorry
Do you know the meaning??

You are going to watch the video without sound; your task will be to narrate the story in the video.

Find the following answers in the video:

• a verb meaning  to desire to know something.
• three phrasal verbs.
• an informal contraction that some people consider incorrect.
• an idiomatic expression meaning to be lucky, successful and greatly admired.
• a modal+ perfect infinitive
• an idiomatic expression meaning to cause someone great emotional pain.
• a combination that goes against grammar, but which is very common in casual registers.
• an idiomatic expression meaningto achieve a goal, to be successful.

  We hope you learn by singing out loud!!

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IT'S THANKSGIVING DAY!!

It's Thanksgiving, a very important day in the USA and in Canada. It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. Watch this video to learn more about this holiday. And don't forget to leave a comment!

Simple past vs Present perfect

If you want to check and practise for these two tenses, just click below! Have a try!

http://myenglishscrapbook.blogspot.com.es/2011/10/past-vs-present-perfect.html

GREENWICH MEAN TIME

Have you ever wondered....
How many degrees does the Earth rotate in an hour?
Why the time in England is 5 hours ahead of the time in Virginia... for example?

To find all these answers let's watch this video!