http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/fast_track/9626507.stm
31 October 2011
29 October 2011
28 October 2011
27 October 2011
24 October 2011
15 October 2011
10 October 2011
Penguin Man
Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets (past simple, present perfect, present perfect continuous)
One day, Alfred David’s wife ________________ (1-tell) him that he walked like a penguin. Since then, his identification with the creatures _____________ (2-become) almost total. For the past twenty-five years he ______________ (3-walk) around in a penguin suit. People in his home town in Belgium long ago ______________ (4-accept) this harmless eccentric as part of the scenery.
All this time, he ______________ (5-collect) penguin objects, and so far he ______________ (6-accumulate) over two thousand. A few years ago he ______________ (7-open) the European Museum of the Penguin.
As far as anyone knows, he ______________ (8-never go) to Antarctica but this ______________ (9-not stop) him frim making friends among the penguin population. Since his fascination ______________ (10-develop) he ______________ (11-buy) tons of fish to feed his ’friends and family’ in the local zoo. If he looks more and more like one it could be because he ______________ (12-eat) too much raw fish himself.
(from Clockwise Upper-intermediate
http://elt.oup.com/catalogue/items/global/adult_courses/clockwise/upper-intermediate/?cc=global&selLanguage=en)
Penguin obsessed pensioner wants to be buried in Antarctic
(http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/bizarre/penguin-53923.html)
A Belgian man, who is obsessed with penguins, has revealed his wish is to be buried dressed in his black-and-white costume in the Antarctic so he can be close to the flightless birds.
A Belgian pensioner wants to be buried in the Antarctic, dressed in his penguin suit in a coffin decorated with the flightless birds.
Alfred David, 79, became obsessed with penguins after he developed a limp following a car accident in 1968, leading colleagues to dub him Monsieur Pingouin or Mr. Penguin and regularly wears a hooded black-and-white costume in homage to the creatures.
He said: "My ultimate dream is to be buried in a deep ocean close to where penguins live."
However, his obsession has cost him dearly as after setting up a museum with 3,500 items of penguin memorabilia and attempting to change his name to Mr. Penguin, Mr. David's wife dumped him.
He later donated the collection - which ranged from penguin lavatory paper to cups and toys - to a local soccer team to raise money for the club.
More:
http://mysendoff.com/2011/10/a-life-in-black-and-white/
In the last decade penguins have been making quite a cultural impact around the world.
For the last 40 years of David’s life, the man has been collecting penguin paraphernalia; everything from portraits of penguin to lavatory paper, cups and toys.
KEY:
1 - told, 2- has become, 3 - has been walking, 4 - accepted, 5 - has been collecting, 6 - has accumulated, 7 - opened, 8 - has never been, 9 - hasn't stopped, 10 - developed, 11 - has bought / has been buying, 12 - has been eating
9 October 2011
4 October 2011
Mika - Relax
Useful expressions, collocations, prepositions
take a ride
end up somewhere
scream for help
be lost
take it easy
play with fire
the last thing on my mind
blame something on somebody
"Relax (Take It Easy)"
Took a ride to the end of the line
Where no one ever goes.
Ended up on a broken train with nobody I know.
But the pain and the longing's the same.
Where the dying
Now I'm lost and I'm screaming for help.
Relax, take it easy
For there is nothing that we can do.
Relax, take it easy
Blame it on me or blame it on you.
It's as if I'm scared.
It's as if I'm terrified.
It's as if I scared.
It's as if I'm playing with fire.
Scared.
It's as if I'm terrified.
Are you scared?
Are we playing with fire?
Relax
There is an answer to the darkest times.
It's clear we don't understand but the last thing on my mind
Is to leave you.
I believe that we're in this together.
Don't scream - there are so many roads left.
Relax, take it easy
For there is nothing that we can do.
Relax, take it easy
Blame it on me or blame it on you.
Relax, take it easy
For there is nothing that we can do.
Relax, take it easy
Blame it on me or blame it on you.
Relax, take it easy
For there is nothing that we can do.
Relax, take it easy
Blame it on me or blame it on you.
Relax, take it easy
For there is nothing that we can do.
Relax, take it easy
Blame it on me or blame it on you.
(Relax)
It's as if I'm scared.
It's as if I'm terrified.
It's as if I scared.
It's as if I'm playing with fire.
Relax
It's as if I'm terrified.
Are you scared?
Are we playing with fire?
Relax
Relax
The Pursuit of Happiness
http://moviesegmentstoassessgrammargoals.blogspot.com/search/label/past%20continuous
6:27-12:30
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Fill in the gaps with the past simple or the past continuous:
Chris ______________ (phone) his wife when the bus ______________ (arrive).
Chris ______________ (run) when the guy ______________(start) to talk about the sports game.
Christopher ______________ (play) in the kindergarden when his dad ______________ (come) to pick him up./
Vitamin D - Video
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15165497
useful expressions:
measure their vitamin D level
behaviour
figure
take supplements
pale skin
don't seem to be able to
people should be aiming for
some level of uncertainty
essentially
may also need to consider that
excrete
fortified foods
overdose
who should be taking extra supplements
in terms of their risk of cancer
sunburn triples the risk of melanoma
never getting sunburnt
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