!Mira que luna! Look at that moon! Resources for learning English
Fernando Olivera: El rapto.- TEXT FROM THE NOVEL The goldfinch by Donna Tartt (...) One night we were in San Antonio, and I was having a bit of a melt-down, wanting my own room, you know, my dog, my own bed, and Daddy lifted me up on the fairgrounds and told me to look at the moon. When "you feel homesick", he said, just look up. Because the moon is the same wherever you go". So after he died, and I had to go to Aunt Bess -I mean, even now, in the city, when I see a full moon, it's like he's telling me not to look back or feel sad about things, that home is wherever I am. She kissed me on the nose. Or where you are, puppy. The center of my earth is you". The goldfinch Donna Tartt 4441 English edition
Showing posts with label 01 Advanced English. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 01 Advanced English. Show all posts
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CHALLENGES
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GRAMMAR: 1.-Our challenge is to improve our grammar
2.-Prepositions after adjectives LISTENING PRACTICE with transcript: 1.-Betty Friedan in Voa news
2.-VIDEO
Example of challenches
WRITING PRACTICE MODEL: "Any free papers"
VOCABULARY: Quizlet
SPELLING VOCABULARY: 1.-SPELLER
2.-Quizlet: how to improve your spelling skills
UNIT 1 CHALLENGES
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Tuesday, November 26, 2013
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Prefixes - under and over. Word formation. 02. 26-04-2011. Revising old entries
Prefixes - under and over. Word formation. 02. 26-04-2011.
picture source: http://froogville.blogspot.com/2008_04_01_archive.html
4.1 Fill in the spaces below with words beginning with under and their opposites.
6 having too few people for the amount of work (adj)
Understaffed/overstaffed
7 not cooked for long enough (adj)
Overcooked or done /undercooked or done.
8 wearing clothes that are not attractive or formal
enough for an event (adj)
Underdressed/overdressed
9 make too little use of something (v)
Underuse/overuse.
10 lacking the money, education, possessions and
opportunities that the average person has (adj)
underprivileged/overprivileged
11 fail to appreciate how skilful, important someone or something is (v)
Underrate/ overrate
12 give too little light to a piece of photographic film (v)
Underexpose/overexpose.
source: focus on advanced English (Cambridge: Grammar Practice).
source: focus on advanced English (Cambridge: Grammar Practice).
22-03-2011. Today's vocabulary PLAYING WITH "COMPUTER SLANG": English vocabulary with images or pictures.
22-03-2011. Today's vocabulary PLAYING WITH "COMPUTER SLANG": English vocabulary with images or pictures.
Icons: A Little picture on a computer screen or window linked to a program or comma.Emoticons The little funny characters you see typed that are supposed to indicate mood.
Monday, November 4, 2013
Advanced English Vocabulary:
Advanced English Vocabulary:
stealthy
adjective
secret, furtive, secretive, sneaking, surreptitious
stealthy
stealthy stealthier stealthiest
Stealthy actions or movements are performed quietly and carefully, so that no one will notice what you are doing.
I would creep in and with stealthy footsteps explore the second-floor.
It was a stealthy sound made by someone anxious not to be heard.
ADJ-GRADED
= furtive * overt
· stealthily
Slowly and stealthily, someone was creeping up the stairs.
ADV-GRADED: ADV with v
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Unit 1 C1 Advanced learners
Unit 1
accessible - easy for anyone to obtain and use
alter - make sth different
aspect - particular part, feature or quality of sth
association - a group of people who have joined together because they have similar
interests or aims
barriers - sth that prevents people from communicating or working together
a gate or a bar that stops people or cars from entering a place
benefit - sth that gives you advantages or improves your life
blend - mix different substances, food or colours together
bossy - someone who keeps telling people what to do in an annoying way
changeover - change from one method, system or activity to another
chatterbox - someone who talks a lot
clap - hit your hands together many times to show that you liked sth
colossal - extremely great or large
complicated - difficult to do, understand
conduct - to do sth in an organised way, take someone somewhere
conference - a large meeting often lasting for days
confusing - not easy to understand, complicated, not well explained
considerable - large in size, amount or degree
consultant - an expert whose job is to give help or advice on a particular subject
convey - communicate ideas or feelings indirectly
corporation - a large company or business organisation
costly - costing a lot of money, expensive
culture - activities involving music, literature and other arts
currently - at the present time
dedicated - spending all your time and effort on sth
discipline - the practice of making people obey rules of behaviour
diverse - very different from each other
dominance - the situation in which one person or thing has more influence or power
than any other
dwarf - an imaginary creature who looks like a very small old man
efficient - sth that works well and produces good results using time and supplies in
the most effective way
enable - give sb an opportunity to do sth, make possible
entire - all or every part of sth
estimate - say what you think an amount or value will be either by guessing or using
the information available
exclude - deliberately not include, leave out
feature - an important part or aspect of sth
format - an arrangement, design or organisation of sth
giggle - laugh in a nervous, excited or silly way that is difficult to control
global - including and affecting the whole world
grasp - take hold of sth, understand sth, take an advantage of an opportunity
immense - extremely large
impatient - annoyed because sth is not happening as quickly as you want or in a way
you want
implications - a possible effect or result, sth that you suggest is true
impression - opinion or feeling you have about sth or someone, sth you have seen
but don’t know very well
inclusive - including all costs, aiming to involve all types of people
independence - freedom from control by another country or organisation
influence - the effect that a person or thing has on someone’s decisions and opinions
or on the way sth happens
inhabitant - a person who lives in a particular place
interact - communicate with one another, react to one another
international - involving several countries, existing between countries
interpret - translate an oral speech
lead - go in front of a group, be winning
legal - relating to the law, allowed by law
lingua franca - a language people use to communicate when they have different first
languages
linguistically - relating to languages, words
literally - to show that what you’re saying is true, obvious meaning of the words that
are used
majority - most of the people or things in a group
mammoth - an animal similar to an elephant with long hair that lived a very long
time ago
manually - to do sth using one’s hands
media - radio, TV, newspapers and magazines considered as a group
mentally - existing in the mind, relating to the diseases or health of the mind
minority - a small number of people or things that are part of a larger group
mother tongue - the main language you learn as a child
multilingual - able to speak several different languages well
negotiations - formal discussions in which people in groups try to reach an
agreement, especially in business or politics
offend - to make someone upset and angry by doing or saying sth
official - done by people in authority, things that are decided by government
operation - a planned activity involving a lot of people, an action necessary to
achieve sth, a process of cutting someone’s body for medical reasons
outdo - be better than someone else at doing sth
patron - someone who supports writers, artists, etc. by giving them money, a
famous person who supports an organisation and allows it to use his
name in its advertising
placement - a process of finding someone a place where they can live work or study
an act of putting someone into a position
platform - a raised structure, a place where one can get on the train, a chance to
express ideas; policies, aim of a party
polished - clean and shiny because of being rubbed with a chemical substance, of
a high quality, confident and skilled at doing sth
process - (n) a series of things that happen and have a particular result
proficient - very skilful at sth that you have learned
projected - planned to happen in the future
prosperous - rich and successful
regional - relating to or typical of a particular area of a country or the world
regional accent - a typical way people speak in a certain area
rehearse - practise a play or a concert before giving a performance
reliable - someone you can trust to behave well, work hard or do what you expect
them to do
religion - the belief in the existence of a god
reward - sth good that happens or that you receive because of sth you have done
rough - not smooth, difficult, not gentle
sharply - suddenly and by a large amount, in a severe way
skilled - having the ability and experience to do sth well
slogan - a short phrase used for advertising sth, a short sentence used by a political
party
spectacle - unusual, exciting or impressive event or sight
target - sth that you try to achieve, someone you’re trying to get as a customer
target market - a region where a salesman wants to start selling his goods
taxation - the system a government uses for collecting money from people in the
form of taxes
thankfully - used for saying you’re pleased that sth unpleasant is no longer
happening or didn’t happen; in a grateful way
tremendous - used to emphasise that sth (amount, achievement, feeling) is
extremely great, important or strong
unbeatable - impossible to defeat in a competition, better than anything else of the
same type
unchecked - not controlled, prevented from happening
variety - collection or number of people, things, etc. that are all different from one
another; a type of plant; entertainment of short performances
version - form of sth that is different from other forms or from the original;
a description of sth that happened according to one person
weep - to cry because you feel unhappy or have some other strong emotion
whisper - say sth very quietly so that others cannot hear
whistle - make a sound by forcing air through your mouth
workload - an amount of work that a person or organisation has to do
yawn - open your mouth wide and take a big breath usually because you’re tired or
bored
yell - say sth in a loud voice, make a loud noise because you’re angry, afraid,
excited or in pain
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Slang with pictures: fix
fix (1)
PICTURE SOURCE: preschoolers.about.com
Meaning: to influence the result of a contest, a vote, or a race by illegal or unethical means
For example:
- The result of the football game was fixed by a group of gamblers who bribed the referee to make decisions that favoured one team.
- The fixing of matches, or match-fixing, has been a problem in sports such as boxing and soccer.
Quick Quiz:
The judges who were involved in fixing the boxing match were
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Listen by numbers: music and maths | Music | The Guardian
Listen by numbers: music and maths | Music | The Guardian: "Listen by numbers: music and maths Who says maths is all cold logic and music all emotion? That's nonsense, writes Marcus du Sautoy – the two are intimately connected Share Tweet this inShare 17 Email Marcus du Sautoy The Guardian, Monday 27 June 2011 22.00 BST Jump to comments (…) Sound thinking . . . composer Karlheinz Stockhausen lecturing. Photograph: Garp/Redferns I used to do a lot of counting as a trumpeter in my local youth orchestra. Sitting in the brass section, counting out rests so I didn't crash in early with a fanfare, I began to realise that mathematics and music had even deeper links. It is certainly a connection people have commented on throughout the ages. "Music," wrote the great 17th-century German mathematician Gottfried Leibniz, "is the sensation of counting without being aware you were counting." But there is more to this connection than counting. As the French baroque composer Rameau declared in 1722: "I must confess that only with the aid of mathematics did my ideas become clear.""
Sound thinking . . . composer Karlheinz Stockhausen lecturing. Photograph: Garp/Redferns
Sound thinking . . . composer Karlheinz Stockhausen lecturing. Photograph: Garp/Redferns
Monday, October 29, 2012
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Friday, July 6, 2012
Listening Homepage
Listening Homepage
This page has some resources to help with your listening.
Source: http://www.actionenglish.com/Lis/Lis_Hm.htm
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
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