Family Album, part XVIII

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Beyoncé, Helo

 Source: http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2979

Author: Viviana Botello 

Answer the following questions

1. Who is she?

RiahnnaMariah CareyBeyónceWhitney Houston

2. Where is she?

At homeOn the beachAt schoolOn the park

3. What is the song's tittle?

AngelYellowHaloHello

4. She is helping him to put his...

shirtshoespantstie

5. What color is the sofa?

BlackWhiteGreenBrown

6. What color are his eyes?

GreenBlueBrownBlack

7. Which animal is on the video?

BirdDogCatMouse

Listen to the song and complete the lyric with the appropiate words.

There are some pictures to help you.

Remember those    I built, Well baby they're tumbling down
And they didn't even put up a    They didn't even make a sound

I found a way to let you in, But I never really had a doubt
Standing in the light of your   , I got my      now

It's like I've been awakened, Every rule I had you breaking
It's the risk that I'm taking, I ain't never gonna shut you out

Everywhere I'm looking now, I'm surrounded by your   

Baby I can see your halo, You know you're my saving grace
You're everything I need and more, It's written all over your face
Baby I can feel your halo, Pray it won't fade away

I can feel your halo, halo, halo Can see your halo, halo, halo, Can feel your halo, halo, halo...

Hit me like a ray of   , Burning through my darkest      

You're the only one that I want, Think I'm addicted to your light.

I swore I'd never fall again, But this don't even feel like falling
Gravity can't forget, To pull me back to the ground again

Feels like I've been awakened, Every rule  I had you breaking
It's the risk that I'm taking, I'm never gonna shut you out

Everywhere I'm looking now, I'm surrounded by your embrace
Baby I can see your halo, You know you're my saving grace
You're everything I need and more, It's written all over your face
Baby I can feel your halo,   it won't fade away

I can feel your halo, halo, halo, Can see your halo, halo, halo, Can feel your halo, halo, halo...
Halo, halo

Everywhere I'm looking now, I'm surrounded by your embrace
Baby I can see your halo, You know you're my saving grace
You're everything I need and more, It's written all over your     Baby I can feel your halo, pray it won't fade away

I can feel your halo, halo, halo...

How the world celebrates New Year

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New Year

How the world celebrates New Year

The New Year is not only celebrated withfireworks [1] and champagne. Countries have different ways to see the New Year in

In Portugal people go to the windows of their houses and beat saucepans [2]. In Spain it is traditional to eat 12 green grapes [3] at midnight to make sure the next twelve months are prosperous. In Japan it is common to carry out a house-cleaning ceremony. In Islamic countries, and in China and in Israel, New Year is celebrated on other dates. InBrazil one of the most traditional ways to see in the New Year is the São Silvestre footrace, held every year in São Paulo on the last day of the year. Another tradition is the fabulous New Year’s Eve [4] on Copacabana beach - Rio de Janeiro (see photo), considered to be one of the most beautiful events of its kind in the world. There are, however, some common ways countries celebrate New Year:  fireworks and champagne toasts [5]. The tradition of people making end-of-year resolutions [6], such as stopping smoking or drinking, or going on a diet, is also common in Braziland other countries.

Traditional songs

Music is part of the New Year traditions. In Brazil almost everyone knows the song “Fim de Ano,” better known as “Adeus Ano Velho, Feliz Ano Novo!” It was written in 1951 by  David Nasser and  Francisco Alves. English-speaking countries also have their New Year’s  song.  It was written in 1788 by Robert Burns as a poem and is called “Auld Lang Syne.” In England and the USA this song is known as ‘the song that nobody knows’. 

Matéria publicada na edição de dezembro (número 52) da Revista Maganews.

Áudio – Andy Shepherd (sotaque britânico)

Foto - Riotur

Vocabulary

1 fireworks – queima de fogos

2 saucepan -  panela

3 green grape – uva verde

4 New Year’s Eve – véspera de Ano Novo / Réveillon

5 champagne toast – brinde com champanhe

6 end-of-year resolution – promessa (s) de Ano Novo

Hugh Laurie: Dr. House

Source: Speak Up

Language Level: Basic

Standard: American accent

DR HOUSE

Dr. House has a dry, cynical smile and no time to waste on his patients’ feelings. He is a very unconventional doctor who tells his patients they are dying. Is this simply cruel, or necessary to save their lives?

ARROGANCE

Hugh Laurie stars as Dr. Georgy House in the successful US series House. Each episode focuses on a patient who is dying from a rare disease; Dr. House and his team of experts must discover the cause and find a solution. He’s arrogant and cruel. He’s a grumpy, middle-aged man, who is crippled and walks with the aid of a walking stick. This is not the recipe for a successful American TV show: so why is House a worldwide success? It’s the eccentricity and genius of Dr. House, a man who is ready for risk his career for his patients. He refuses to accept the obvious, ignores orders to stop investigations, and eventually reveals the truth. Executive producer Paul Attanasio inspired by the New York Times Diagnosis Column, wanted to create a medical version of the American hit series CSI. The show’s principal writer David Shore decided, however, to focus on the characters of the medical team. House, an infectious disease specialist, bullies and argues with his group of young colleagues, especially Dr. Eric Foreman (who regularly questions House’s ability), House also ignores hospital administrator Dr. Lisa Cuddy’s frequent reprimands. He has just one friend who he confides in, Dr. James Wilson.

ELEMENTARY…

The creator of the series, David Shore, modeled the doctor’s character on Sherlock Holmes (even the name “House” is a synonym of Ho ( L )mes. Both men have supreme deductive powers, are addicted to drugs, and play musical instruments. Arthur Conan Doyle in fact based the character of Holmes on the famous medical diagnostician Joseph Bell.

Hugh Laurie won the starring role in the hit series when producer Bryan Singer saw his audition: “This is what the show needs,” he declared, “ a real American actor!” Hugh Laurie, an Englishman who does an excellent American accent, isn’t embarrassed, but he feels guilty because he now earns far more than his father, a real doctor.

Who is Hugh Laurie? (no audio)

Laurie says he’s best known as a pair of ankles in the Stuart Little movies he was adopted mouse’s father.

The truth is that Laurie has been as success comedian in Britain for over 20 years: he starred with Stephen Fry in the British comedy shows A Bit of Fry and Laurie and Jeeves and Wooster, he also appeared in Rowan Atkinson’s BBC series Blackadder.

The Boat Race

Laurie was born in Oxford on June 11^th 1959. He went to the exclusive public school Eton and studied Archaeology and Anthropology at Cambridge. He was a successful rower at school and university; his crew narrowly lost the 1980 Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race.

The Footlights

Glandular fever forced him to give up rowing, so he joined the university’s Footlight Revue –an annual show which has produced many stars such as Monty Python’s John Cleese and the actress Emma Thompson produced in the 1980 Footlight Revue called The Cellar Tapes with Stephen Fry.

Laurie has also written a novel, The Gun Seller, a light-hearted thriller.

Where's Amelia Earhart? Listening

Source: www.englishexercises.org

Author: ArgTeacher

Watch the video and answer the following questions:

1) What date is it mentioned in the video? 

2) What was the name of her navigator? 

3) What was the US navy conclusion? 

4) Is there any evidence to prove that she ran out of gas? 

5) How many years have investigators been trying to solve the enigma? 

6) How did Amelia return to the USA?

7) Which are the hypothesis mentioned in the video for Amelia´s disappearance? 

Get more words!

TEACHER’S CORNER

Source: SpeakUp

Language Level: Basic

Standard: American accent

This month we continue our analysis of one of the most confusing words in the English language: get. There’s no way to get around (or avoid) it: this word has dozen of meanings. English students may feel that they are getting nowhere, that they are making no progress. Hopefully, they’ll get over it – that is, recover from the trauma.

LIKE A ROLLING STONE

Let’s try a different angle and look at how “get” is used in pop songs. Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones famously complained: “I can’t get no satisfaction.” Here the meaning is simply “obtain.” That double negative isn’t correct (it should be “I can’t get any satisfaction”), but the Stones get away with it because it sounds right. The Stones were also to have a hit with the song “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.” Here again the meaning of “get” is to obtain.

WITH THE BEATLES

In the 1960s the Rolling Stones, who were from London, were the rivals of the Beatles, who were from Liverpool. Ringo Starr was perhaps the least talented member of the group, so it was no surprise to hear him sing “I get by with a little help from my friends.” This means he manages to survive because his friends help him. This was a hit, as was another Beatles song, Get Back, in which two characters, Jojo and Sweet Loretta Martin, are told: “Get Back to where you once belonged.” Here get back means to “go back” or “return”.

AND MARVIN…

We may get into hot water (that means trouble) with our next song, but you don’t get ahead (that is succeed) without taking risks. Right? So, when Marvin Gaye sang, “Let’s get it on” he was suggesting his girlfriend join him in bed. Yet if you get into bed with someone, it isn’t always for sex. Figuratively, we may say that rock stars “get into bed with” the establishment when they accept enormous amounts of money for their music. They sang their protest songs, but then joined the “enemy.” We can see clearly now: we’ve got their number, i.e. we know what they’re really like.


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Family Album, part XVII

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