Thanksgiving Day

Last Thursday, it was Thanksgiving Day in the USA. You have probably heard a lot about this holiday in films and TV shows, but do you know why it's celebrated or what people do on this day? Thanksgiving is a very important celebration for Americans, coming from their first days as pilgrims. If you want to know more about the origins of Thanksgiving and how people celebrate it today, click on this link:

http://www.holidays.net/thanksgiving/

Thanksgiving Day is mainly a family celebration, a time when all family members get together to have a special dinner and tell each other the things they're thankful for. Watch these TV commercials if you'd like to see several American families having a typical Thanksgiving dinner:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXQsXhBZbmk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVLOydduvqg

And who's the king in every Thanksgiving dinner? The turkey, of course! There's no Thanksgiving without a big roast stuffed turkey. But, what can happen if your turkey is too big? Watch this funny TV commercial if you want to find out:

Thanksgiving Day is also a recurrent topic in American TV shows. These are two funny Thanksgiving moments from The Simpsons and Friends.

Enjoy them!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhvgqSyWZA0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx5Wpqf4-OM&feature=related

Before finishing this post, I'd like you to think about something:
What are you thankful for? We can talk about this in our next class.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

First Aid

Hi students!

We've been learning some tips about first aid these days and I think this is good for everybody, don't you agree? You never know when you're going to need to use your first aid skills and, in some cases, they might even help us to save someone's life.

One of the first things you learn in any first aid course is how to perform to CPR (Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation). We watched a video on how to do so in our last class, with a clear explanation given by the British Red Cross:

If you'd like to know more first aid advice from the British Red Cross, follow this link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7TZ_KZCrSc

Have a nice weekend and see you in class next week!

Star signs and palmistry

Hi students!

Do you remember the "Speed Psychics" activity we did in class last week? I hope you enjoyed it! As I said, here is some information you for you to check about some of the topics you could learn about in that class: palm lines and star signs. Whether you believe in them or not, I'd advise you just to give these websites a look just for curiosity and, of course, to practise your reading skills and learn some more vocabulary :)

Palm Lines: http://www.fatelines.com/palm-reading/palm-lines.htm

Star Signs: http://www.psychicguild.com/horoscopes_explained.php

See you in class!

So do I, Neither do I

Hi students!

This is the video we watched in class the other day. You can have a look at it to practise the structures for agreeing with "so" and "neither" a little bit more.

Have a nice weekend!

Javier

Halloween in The Simpsons

Hi students,

Did you like the special Haloween episode from The Simpsons we watch yesterday in class?

In case you'd like to watch it again, here it is!

Enjoy it and happy Halloween...again!

Thriller

Hi y'all!

Did you have a good (and scary) time in class today? We learnt some new things about Halloween, didn't we? I know the exercise about Thriller was hard, but you all did quite a good job, so congratulations on that! As a reward, I'll post the full video and lyrics, so you can enjoy it and sing along if you like. As someone said in class today, it's probably one of the best, if not the best, music videos of all time, don't you think? Even though some time has passed, I still find its quality really good, it almost looks like a real horror movie!

This is my Halloween present, so whether you celebrate Halloween tonight or not, have fun and enjoy tomorrow's holiday!

See you Wednesday

Music video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnqjkJTMaA&ob=av2n

Full lyrics: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/m/michael+jackson/thriller_20092727.html

Happy Halloween!

Halloween is a worldwide famous holiday and I'm sure you all know a lot about it, but, do you know what its origins were? Here's a link where you can find out all about this tradition:

http://www.halloween-website.com/history.htm

Pretty interesting, don't you think? How about watching a video in which we can see how Americans actually celebrate Halloween? Do you know the TV show Friends?

Follow this link if you want to watch a clip from a Halloween episode of this TV show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9w66c21a9k&feature=related

Quite funny, isn't it?

I wish you a happy (and scary) Halloween!