PLAYING THE BLAME GAME

Whoops! The other day I did not upload Obama's victory speech but a previous one that took place during the presidential campaign. I'm to blame. It's all my fault.
So here you are the real McCoy:

SUGAR DADDY

WORLD DIABETES DAY

Learn a bit about why World Diabetes Day is celebrated on November 14th: http://www.idf.org/worlddiabetesday/about

Rise in diabetes cases

Ian Foster was diagnosed with diabetes when he was just 32. He is suffering from a condition which is increasing at an alarming rate across Northern Ireland.

Every day about ten new cases are diagnosed here.
While not life threatening, if left undetected this common illness can have huge consequences.
The figures are so worrying that they have triggered urgent calls for the Health Service to sit up and take notice. Find out more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8041152.stm

MONEY DOESN'T MAKE THE WORLD GO ROUND?

Spanish bank halts foreclosures after evicted woman's suicide

Sun Nov 11, 2012 4:30PM GMT
You can read the complete article if you click on the following link: http://www.presstv.com/detail/2012/11/11/271621/spanish-bank-stops-homeowner-evictions/

Politics

EVICTIONS

Spanish banks suspend evictions after woman´s suicide sparks outrage

STAFF

Nov 12,  2012

There have been nearly 400,000 evictions in Spain since a property bubble burst in 2008

Read the rest of the article by clicking here

IN A FIX

 Photocopy from 8^thNovember_HOMOPHONES: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_Nb3d84W0THdk9xaGNrT2JTcDQ 

Photocopy from 8^thNovember_TRAMPLE_PUT THE BLAME ON MAME:  https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_Nb3d84W0THN0xPUmxocER3aEE                                                                                                               

You can listen to the guitar version of PUT THE BLAME ON MAME (with Mrs O'Leary's cow, the blizzard in Manhattan and all that) if you click on the following link: http://youtu.be/v3uzB-q0jsU

Here's Obama's acceptance speech on 6th November 2012:                         
 

And here's Mitt Romney's concession speech:


You can compare Obama's speech with that George Bush gave in 2004:
 

LET YOUR HAIR DOWN

If you click on the link below you will be able to see a scene from the film Gilda where Rita Hayworth sings a famous song.

The song is divided in two parts, each  with a reference to a past event.
-In which part does she make reference to an earthquake?
-Does she use the word "earthquake" or the word "quake"?
-What is the other  'incident'?
-Was Lou guilty?

Find out!! : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY2IpSCV-Nk&feature=share&list=PLNY_d3Ecd8GRS-QWAUKK-FjxkYqx7tAM0

Photocopy 1 from 6^th November 2012_Hurricane Sandy: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_Nb3d84W0THNnc4NnpqdW9YMEk

Photocopy 2 from 6^th November 2012_WORK_SENTENCE MARKERS: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_Nb3d84W0THUFdfcjB0WjZQT1E

BRACE YOURSELVES!

BBC NEWS
29 October 2012
Millions of residents of the northeast of the United States are bracing themselves for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy.
President Obama has urged residents of low-lying areas to heed warnings to evacuate their homes.
Experts are predicting Hurricane Sandy could be bigger than anything seen in the eastern states of America in decades.
David Shukman reports on a weather system that is already being referred to as a 'super storm'.

Listen to this piece of news and see if you were right when predicting which words might appear in the text: floods?  gale-force winds?  swamp?  disaster? death toll? storm? ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20128931

What category is hurricane Sandy?
Why is it considered "extremely unusual"?
What effect is "the mass of cold air coming from the Artic" having on the hurricane?
The weather has forced the financial market __________________________________

Photocopy from 30th October_Tsunami:https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_Nb3d84W0THSzR1aV9pa3JreE0

Photocopy from 30th October_Sunset Park_exercises:  https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_Nb3d84W0THVVJJang4bEJSS1k
Sunset Park_Key to exercises: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_Nb3d84W0THMHo1eHFzMGt6TjA

 

IN FULL SWING

Do you remember the quizz we did on Friday about WORK?  Here's the link where you can check whether you were right in your answers?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/youmeus/quiznet/newquiz100.shtml

How well did you do? Why don't you take other quizzes from that site? There are scores!!

And here are the photocopies I've given you so far:
1. Tuesday 25th September: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_Nb3d84W0THc3dqOVBHS3FJTVE
2. Tuesday 16th October: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_Nb3d84W0THUTFfc1pCV2tjd2c
3. Thursday 18th October: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_Nb3d84W0THRUFHMUNCZHdlNGM
4. Tuesday 23rd October: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_Nb3d84W0THY2N6dE8zSm0wdGc
5. Friday 26th October: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_Nb3d84W0THcDRDWkZ5cFd2bEE