My pupils from 2nd year C have created some beautiful comics around this topic. Have a look!!! I haven't uploaded all of them , just some as an example. Hope you like them!!!
see you in class
miércoles, 1 de diciembre de 2010
viernes, 5 de noviembre de 2010
V for Vendetta
Watch and listen to this EXTRACT from the movie
You'll find it easier if, first, you have a look to the script:
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize (pedir disculpas) for this interruption. I do, like many of you, appreciate the comforts of every day routine — the security of the familiar, the tranquility of repetition. I enjoy them as much as any bloke (tipo). But in the spirit of commemoration, whereby (por el cual) those important events of the past, usually associated with someone's death or the end of some awful bloody struggle (lucha), are celebrated with a nice holiday, I thought we could mark this November the 5th, a day that is sadly no longer remembered, by taking some time out of our daily lives to sit down and have a little chat. There are of course those who do not want us to speak. I suspect (sospecho)even now, orders are being shouted into telephones, and men with guns will soon be on their way. Why? Because while the truncheon (porra de policía)may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means (los medios) to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit (veías apropiado), you now have censors and systems of surveillance (vigilancia)coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission. How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror. I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn't be? War, terror, disease. There were a myriad(multitud) of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense. Fear got the best of you, and in your panic you turned to the now high chancellor, Adam Sutler. He promised you order, he promised you peace, and all he demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent. Last night I sought to end that silence. Last night I destroyed the Old Bailey, to remind this country of what it has forgotten. More than 400 years ago a great citizen wished to embed the fifth of November forever in our memory. His hope was to remind (recordar) the world that fairness, justice, and freedom are more than words, they are perspectives. So if you've seen nothing, if the crimes of this government remain unknown to you then I would suggest that you allow the fifth of November to pass unmarked. But if you see what I see, if you feel as I feel, and if you would seek (buscar) as I seek, then I ask you to stand beside me one year from tonight, outside the gates of Parliament, and together we shall give them a fifth of November that shall never, ever be forgot.
CAN YOU TELL ME IN WHICH WAY GUY FAWKES IS CONNECTED TO "V"?
jueves, 4 de noviembre de 2010
Who was Guy Fawkes?
Remember remember the fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
I see no reason why gunpowder, treason
Should ever be forgot...
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
I see no reason why gunpowder, treason
Should ever be forgot...
This Rhyme is to remember a man who was caught in the cellars of the Houses of Parliament with several dozen barrels of gunpowder. Guy Fawkes was subsequently tried as a traitor with his co-conspirators for plotting against the government. Fawkes was sentenced to death and the form of the execution was one of the most horrendous ever practised (hung ,drawn and quartered) which reflected the serious nature of the crime of treason.
In England the 5th of November is still commemorated each year with fireworks and bonfires culminating with the burning of effigies of Guy Fawkes (the guy). The 'guys' are made by children by filling old clothes with crumpled newspapers to look like a man.
Tradition allows British children to display their 'guys' to passers-by and asking for " A penny for the guy".
So... Tomorrow is Guy Fawkes and we will say the rhyme!!!
See you in Class!!!
miércoles, 9 de junio de 2010
Roxette - Chances
Some of the music I used to listen to carefully to practice pronunciation... this group is marvellous for that...
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