11 Feb 2010

This Modern Love (Bloc Party Lyrics)




To be 1_______ in the forest
To be 2_______ adrift
You've 3________ trying to reach me
You bought me a book
To be 1_______ in the forest
To be 2_______ adrift
I've been paid
I've been paid
X 2
Don't get offended
If I seem absent-minded
Just keep telling me facts
And keep making me smile
Don't get offended
If I seem absent minded
I get 4_______
Baby, you've got to be more 5_______
I've never 6_______ what's good for me
Baby, you've got to be more 7_______
I will be yours
I'll pay for you anytime  X 2
You told me you wanted to 8_______ _______my sadness
Well jump on, enjoy, you can 9_______ _______
You told me you wanted to 8_______ my sadness
Jump right
Baby, you've got to be more 5_______
I've never 6_______ what's good for me
Baby, you've got to be more 7_______
What are you 10 _______ _______ _______?
What's always in the way?
Why so damn absent-minded?
Why so 11_______ _______ romance?
This modern love 12_______ me
This modern love 13_______ me
Do you wanna come over and kill some time?
Tell me facts, tell me facts, tell me facts
Tell me facts
Throw your arms around me

Rockers in Love

Watch the acoustic version of the most popular song by the English band Bloc Party. Try to get as many past participles as you can. Then complete the lyrics on the post above:


HISTORY OF VALENTINE'S DAY

Watch this video and learn about Valentine's Day. Then, answer these questions:
>What's the origin of St. Valentine's? Is it pagan or religious? What was the first name given to the festival?
>Who was Valentine? Whose emperor's times did he live in?
>What happened on the first 14th February?
>What does Cupid stand for?
>How much candy is sold on that day?

9 Dec 2009

Christmas homeworks ... ho ho ho!!



A CHRISTMAS CAROL (by Charles Dickens)

VIDEO



-PREFACE

I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their houses pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it.

Their faithful Friend and Servant,

C. D.

December, 1843.

AUDIO




-STAVE 1: Marley's Ghost

-STAVE 2: The First of the Three Spirits

-STAVE 3: The Second of the Three Spirits

-STAVE 4: The Last of the Spirits

-STAVE 5: The End of It

26 Nov 2009

Listening better

Listening is a very important skill both professionally and in personal life, but most people are not too good at it.


Here are some tips to help you listen to other people better.

Thanksgiving Day

Answer the following questions about this video:

>How were the guys who fled from England called? and the ship where they sailed?
>When and why did it happen?
>What is the name of the first place they arrived in?
>Which troubles did they go through in America?
>Who helped them?
>How was and is it still celebrated?

Thanksgiving History Lesson

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12 Nov 2009

Pump it!

Find some tricks you need to take into account when writing a composition: