IT IS IMPORTANT WHAT IT REALLY IS.

It is horrific to know that the only hot meal eatten by some kids is just the one of the school canteen. That's why two students from de EOI BARAKALDO and a former one are going to participate with the Food Bank of Bizkaia, working as volunteers in the Carrefour of Sestao on Saturday morning.
BANCO DE ALIMENTOS DE BIZKAIA

MY SHOES

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WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU MAKES YOU STRONGER

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IDIOMS: HAPPINESS AND SADNESS

REVIEW OF GRAMMATICAL AND SYNTACTICAL STRUCTURES:

• YOU ARE ALWAYS LEAVING THE LIGHTS ON: IT'S A COMPLAIN.
• YOU ALWAYS LEAVE THE LIGHTS ON: IT'S A FACT.

•  IF YOU'LL OFFER US A LARGER DISCOUNT, WE'LL PAY WITHIN TEN WORKING DAYS. USING will THE SENTENCE IS MORE FORMAL.

• HAD WE NOT SEEN THE ROCK IN TIME... : IF WE HADN'T SEEN THE ROCK IN TIME...

•  HE TRIED TO STOP US PLAYING BUT HE COULDN'T, THE GAME HAD  ALREADY STARTED.
•  HE TRIED TO STOP US TO PLAY BEFORE WE ARRIVE TO THE PARK.

•  HE SUGGESTED THAT I SPOKE / SHOULD SPOKE TO THE DIRECTOR. (I'M THE ONE SPEAKING WITH THE DIRECTOR)
•   HE SUGGESTED SPEAKING WITH THE DIRECTOR. (WE DON'T KNOW WHO IS THE THE SPOKESPERSON).

• IT MUST HAVE BEEN JACK YOU SPOKE TO: 100% SURE HE WAS JACK.
• IT CAN'T HAVE BEEN JACK YOU SPOKE TO: 100% SURE HE WASN'T.

• WE NEEDN'T HAVE TAKEN THE UMBRELLA: NO NECESITABAMOS HABER TRAIDO EL PARAGUAS PERO LO TRAJIMOS. THERE WAS NO NEED TO TAKE THE UMBRELLA.
• WE DIDN'T NEED TO TAKE THE UMBRELLA BUT WE HAD TO TAKE A  VELVET COAT. WE TOOK THE UMBRELLA, BUT THERE WAS NO OBLIGATION TO DO IT EVEN WE DID.
• NEEDN'T VS DON'T NEED TO IN BBC.

•  THE MAYOR CAUSE - THE MAIN REASON. (BE CAREFUL FIX EXPRESSIONS)

• NO SOONER HAD WE ARRIVED AT THE BAR THAN IT CLOSE: AS SOON AS WE ARRIVED TO THE BAR IT CLOSED. (AWESOME INVERSIONS)

• I WAS GOING TO SHUT / I WAS ABOUT TO SHUT.

IDIOMS: ANGER

A MESSAGE OF HOPE

TESTING TIMES

• PRESENT SIMPLE:  I ALWAYS BRUSH MY THEETH BEFORE I GO TO BED.
• PRESENT CONTINUOUS: I AM WORKING AS TEACHER THIS SCHOOLYEAR.
• PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE: i HAVE EATTEN A SALAD A MOMENT AGO SO i'M NOT HUNGRY, THANKS.
• PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS: SURPRISINGLY I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO MY MOTHER-IN-LAW FOR AN HOUR.

• PAST SIMPLE: I VISITED MANCHESTER'S WHARFS LAST YEAR.
• PAST CONTINUOUS: AS USUAL, I WAS HAVING A SHOWER WHEN THE PHONE RANG.
• PAST PERFECT SIMPLE: BY THE TIME THE POLICE ARRIVED, THE ROBBERS HAD GONE WITH THE HAUL.
• PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS: I HAD BEEN READING "CORONATION ST." BOOK  FOR TEN HOURS WHEN I FELL ASLEEP EXHAUSTED.

• FUTURE SIMPLE: I WILL NOT WANT TO BECOME A POLITICIAN.
• FUTURE CONTINUOUS:  I WILL BE LEAVING THE COUNTRY THIS TIME NEXT MONTH.
• FUTURE PERFECT SIMPLE: (HABRÉ ACABADO) I WILL HAVE FINISHED THE ESSAY FOR TOMORROW MORNING.
• FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS: (HABRÉ ESTADO TRABAJANDO) I WILL HAVE BEEN WORKING IN THE SAME COMPANY FOR TWENTY YEARS.

TEEN REACT. GANGNAM STYLE

THE K-POP IS HITTING HARD EVERYWHERE, THAT IS A FACT; BUT DO YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW TEENS REACT WATCHING THE ORIGINAL VIDEOCLIP?
IF YOU WANT YOU CAN WRITE THE TITLE OF THE SONG IN GOOGLE AND WATCH THE VIDEOS PEOPLE HAVE CREATED WITH THAT MELODY. AWESOME!

THE EMANCIPATION OF PRINCE.

WE ARE BACK. LIFE IS HARD AND WE HAVE TO DO OUR BEST. LET'S GO.

• LOATHE: HATE, ABHOR, DESPISE.
• NOTHING WILL GET IN HIS WAY: NOTHING WILL STOP HIM, PREVENT HIM.
• EMASCULATION: DISEMPOWERMENT.
• UNBEARABLE: INTOLERABLE, UNENDURABLE.
• KINDRED SPIRITS: (TWIN SOULS IN SPANISH)
• EXCRUCIATING: (ATROZ, ESPANTOSO). Seeing corpses after an accident can be excruciating.
• HARROWING: ANGUSTIOSO, TERRIBLE. A VERY BAD EXPERIENCE.
• I DON'T HAVE A CLUE: I HAVE NO IDEA, I'M UNABLE TO GUESS.
• LIFE BEACON: A BEACON IS A FARO OR BALIZA, SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT GUIDES SHIPS TO PORT WITH OUT SUFFERING ANY PROBLEM. WHEN YOU ARE A LIFE BEACON YOU ARE A MODEL TO COPY, AN EXAMPLE TO FOLLOW. BE CAREFULL WITH BACON. OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT THE SAME.
• EPIPHANY: A REVELATION. AS THE THREE WISE MEN IN BETHLEM.
• CONTEMPT: DISRESPECT.
• FLAWLESS: A FLAW IS A DEFECT. FOR EXAMPLE: CHARACTER FLAWS ARE THE DEFECTS OF OUR CHARACTER. SO FLAWLESS MEANS WITHOUT ANY DEFECT, SO PERFECT.
• RID MYSELF OF IT: FREE MYSELF FROM /OF

AT LAST, HOLIDAYS...

Now a break to wind down a bit, without any watch or mobile, just relax and enjoy the days. I'll be back soon. I promise, with more books to read and more lovely idioms. Next year will be hard, so we must do our best. Now, relax.....

THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE

I HAVE BECOME A THOMAS HARDY'S FAN.
FIRST, TWO CHRISTMAS AGO, OUR FORMER ENGLISH TEACHER, LEND ME THE BOOK: "FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD"  AND I LIKED IT.
THEN I HAD THE CHOICE TO READ "TESS OF THE D'URDERVILLES" AND I BOUGHT EVEN THE FILM AND THE BBC TV SERIE.
"THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE" IS THE LAST HARDY'S BOOK I HAVE READ AND I HAVE ANOTHER ONE WAITING FOR BEING READ: "THE WOODLANDERS" .
BUT I HAVE TO GO CAREFULLY, IF NOT, BOOKSHOP WILL HAVE A FIELD DAY WITH ME...
I THINK SO.

THOMAS HARDY RULES!

THE WOMAN IN WHITE

MURDER, MENTAL ASYLUM, LIES,... NICE BOOK.
Vocabulary:

• FORGERY: a copy of something that is made to look like the original but is false.
• HUMBLE: as we saw in the book of  David Copperfield, humilde.
• SCAR: the mark in the skin after a cut.
• BRUISE: dark mark in the skin after being hurt.

OFFICIALLY DEAD

UNFORTUNATELY, THAT BOOK SHOWS THAT THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE WAITING TO TRICK YOU.

Vocabulary:

• LYING ON THE BED, WISHING THAT HE WAS SOMEWHERE ELSE.
• THE TWO MEN WERE UNBELIEVABLY ALIKE.
• FLIRT: flitear, coquetear.
• TALKATIVE: hablador, conversador.
• ALIBI: coartada.
• THE TREES THAT LINED THE STREETS OF BATH WERE BARE DEAD LEAVES LAY ON THE PAVEMENT.
• BOOT: maletero, portamaletas.
• REAR SEAT: asientos traseros.
• REAR LIGHT: luz trasera.
• HEADLIGHTS FULL ON: faros
• FIRE CREW: BOMBEROS.
• BREAKDOWN TRUCK: GRÚA.
• WRECKAGE. ruinas, escombros
• STEEL SHUTTER: PERSIANA.
• CAR JACK: GATO DE COCHE.
• HOLDALL: bolsa de viaje, de deportes.

MIDNIGHT

A VERY NICE BOOK ABOUT FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS.
 Vocabulary:

• FORLORN: triste.
• GARMENT: prenda de ropa.
• MEEK: dócil, sumiso, manso.
• CUSTARD: natillas
• STROLL: rollo, pergamino.
• SOAK: dejar en remojo, empapar.
• TREACLE: melaza
• HOSEPIPE
• :TO RUN AMOK: VOLVERSE LOCO.
• CORKSCREW: SACACORCHO

STARRING TRACY BEAKER

THE SECOND BOOK ABOUT TRACY AND HER FRIENDS.

VOCABULARY:

• HAY FEVER: alergia al heno, al polén.
• TO MOP UP: secar, limpiar.
• CRUTCH: muleta
• DOLLOP: porción.
• I GAVE HER A SHOVE: dar empujón.
• TO BE SKINT: ESTAR PELADO.