WHERE THERE IS SMOKE, ...

Hi, there!
A couple of weeks ago we watched a video of the reading out of the  VERDICT  at Michael Jackson's doctor's trial. 
Today you can watch a video on the SENTENCE:


Find out what the sentence is and the reasons the judge gives for passing it.

AS DEAD AS A DODO

Photocopy from 28th November_moles  &  cheeks_conditionals: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_Nb3d84W0THZjcwYmZlNWEtZTAyOC00ZmY2LTllNjQtMDdjOWY3M2Y0ZGM5

Photocopy from 21st November_meerkats: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_Nb3d84W0THMWZjNTdhZDctYTNjMi00MTFhLWEyNDYtMzRjNjk0YjZmZmM1

Listen to this podcast about BEES IN UK:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/sixminute/2009/08/090820_6min_bees.shtml

Now you can take a quiz based on the  podcast above: http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/worldservice/quiznet/quizengine?ContentType=text/html;quiz=1027_bees

A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE

Photocopy from 25th November_Types of walk: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_Nb3d84W0THNzg1MzlmNGYtOTdhYi00OTY2LTgyYzItYzY0NzQzYWI2ZTAz

Photocopy from 25th November_ticks: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_Nb3d84W0THN2I4YjU1YTUtYjhkNy00N2Y0LWEzZDItMDllYTgzOWRmMTEz
link to the video: http://youtu.be/f1yu1FPgUdg
Some quizzes for revision :
      as... as ...: http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/worldservice/quiznet/quizengine?ContentType=text/html;quiz=1320_as_comparatives
      word pairs: http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/worldservice/quiznet/quizengine?ContentType=text/html;quiz=1138_word_pairs
      in court: http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/worldservice/quiznet/quizengine?ContentType=text/html;quiz=1444_court
      funerals: http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/worldservice/quiznet/quizengine?quiz=1149_funerals
      elections: http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/worldservice/quiznet/quizengine?ContentType=text/html;quiz=930_elections

    

ANOTHER FISH TO FRY

PHOTOCOPY FROM 16th NOVEMBER_VAMPIRES & ZOMBIES: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_Nb3d84W0THZjkzNjZlNjEtMzBjZi00Yjc1LTk0ZTQtNGRiZWM5NDI0MWZh
PHOTOCOPY FROM 23rd NOVEMBER_crystal clear: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_Nb3d84W0THZDFiOGFhMjgtZjVkOS00ZmExLTg5NjgtZWMyMjE0YzM1ODZm 
PHOTOCOPY FROM 23rd NOVEMBER_dumping: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_Nb3d84W0THMmRhODc0MDItZDc2ZC00MTlhLThmMzUtZTdlNjNjZjU5OGM1
WATCH THESE VIDEOS ABOUT THE SPANISH ELECTIONS:
   1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15809062
This is the transcript of the first video. After you have watched the video several times, read the transcript and try to GUESS what are the missing words. Then listen and read at the same time and check whether you were correct: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_Nb3d84W0THN2NlYWJlYzctNGI3Yi00OGNmLWE0YWUtOWZkZDRkOTZhNThh
   2  http://www.euronews.net/2011/11/21/socialist-debacle-signals-a-change-in-spain/

EVERY CLOUD HAS A SILVER LINING

We've been working on register and formal and informal language.
In the following video you can hear a lot of formal language, as heard in a courtroom.  The footage belongs to the session when the verdict on the case of Michael Jackson's doctor was published.  Listen to it several times before reading the transcript.


Should you have any problems opening that video, try clicking on this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bBxKoUqsko&feature=BFa&list=PL556D1477CFC23C50&lf=mh_lolz
TRANSCRIPT: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_Nb3d84W0THZDYwZDRkZWEtMjRjNC00NzZmLWJjNjEtMzZhMzBmNjBiMmM3 

BITE MORE THAN YOU CAN CHEW

PHOTOCOPY FROM 16th NOVEMBER:  

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_Nb3d84W0THMmRkZTMwYjgtMjRlOC00YWRlLTllMTEtNWMzNDQ2YzY1NDUw

PHOTOCOPY FOR 21st NOVEMBER:  https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_Nb3d84W0THMjIzNmVhOWUtYTExZC00MDA0LThjYzktYjkwYTk2MTgxYWYz

QUIZ: Take this quiz and then check your answers!:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/youmeus/quiznet/newquiz70.shtml

TAKE IT WITH A PINCH OF SALT

PHOTOCOPY FROM 14th NOVEMBER: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_Nb3d84W0THOGFkNTBhNTQtNzIxOS00ZTBmLTg1NzgtMTM0YTA3ZWM1MzEz

AS HAPPY AS A LARK

I hope this is how you feel. But, do you know what a lark is?  If not, find out!

WRITING TASK:  https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_Nb3d84W0THMGJkMzYwZDgtMWEzMC00ZTZmLThiZjMtNGNmMTkxYmJjYTVm 

      LEARNING TIP: while doing the exercises, make sure you learn some of the new vocabulary!!!

writing task_KEY: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_Nb3d84W0THM2ZlYjU4ZDUtNzM4NC00ZDc4LWEzMjktMWNiZGQyNzM2YTQ3

LISTENING TASK 1: Are you interested in listening to a radio programme about REGRET? Well, here's the link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/2004_31_wed_03.shtml
LISTENING TASK 2: In this short video you will hear some recent news about the eruptions off El Hierro:

YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW

Listen again to Lindsay Nicholson and Tara Patel, guests at the radio programme WOMAN'S HOUR  which  we heard "twice" yesterday and which dealt with the issue of BEREAVEMENT.

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/2003_01_tue_01.shtml

LISTENING TEST + KEY + TRANSCRIPT: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_Nb3d84W0THNDgxMTQ2MjgtYTllNi00MzZmLThkMWYtYzQ5MjUxMmQyMTU0
Photocopy from Monday 7th November: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_Nb3d84W0THMmU5ODRhODAtYTEzMi00Njk4LThlMTgtNDMzZDRhNjExYTI2

SICK AS A . . . J E L L Y F I S H

Listen to our friend Mrs Jellyfish and to other sea creatures and find out what they think of, like, hate or fear in the sea...


And if you want to see it with subtitles, watch it again:
http://dotsub.com/view/73c6edd4-aee2-4990-9ce1-218f2c51c0cc 

Well, yes, those subtitles had gaps. For the video with the complete transcript, click on the following link:
http://dotsub.com/view/bd1ef7fc-cca9-4dad-9790-193509dd4d0c 

DOG IN THE MANGER

Photocopy nº 20_November 2nd: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_Nb3d84W0THNzA1MjRhYWEtNzJlOC00ZmQ3LWJkNzktMTYwODI0MTg2NDVh