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Saturday 19 November 2011

AMONG OR BETWEEN?

Is it correct to say Let's keep this between you and me or Let's keep this among you and me? In fact, the correct option is Let's keep this between you and me, but why?

Many people believe BETWEEN should be used for choices involving two items and AMONG for choices that involve more than two items. That can get you to the right answer some of the time, but it is not so simple...

You can use the word BETWEEN when you are talking about distinct, individual items even if there are more than two of them. For example, you could say, "She chose between Harvard, Brown, and Yale" because the colleges are individual items.

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On the other hand, you use AMONG when you are talking about things that are not distinct items or individuals; for example, if you were talking about colleges collectively you could say, "She chose among the Ivy League schools."

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Are there any IDIOMS with these two words? Yes!! Let's see...
To be sandwiched between... It is to be so close to two people or things that there is not enough space to move. e.g. My poor little car was sandwiched between a Rolls Royce and a Mercedes.
To read between the lines... It is to discover a meaning in something that is not openly stated. e.g. He is not going to say what he really feels, but you can read between the lines and guess that he isn’t happy with the situation.
Between you and me, or between ourselves... They are used to mean that something is or should be kept a secret. e.g. Now between ourselves, for this is strictly confidential, I'm quite alarmed at the prospect.
If you are between the devil and the deep blue sea, you must choose between two unpleasant situations. e.g. We seemed to be between the devil and the deep blue sea: it didn’t matter which way we went.
To come between two people... It is to disrupt their relationship. You have a nice example in Sade’s song Nothing can come between us.


AND NOW... LET'W PRACTICE!!!

Click on the exercises below and let's see how much you know BETWEEN these two words!

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

GLOBAL WARMING - WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

WHAT IS GLOBAL WARMING?
It is the gradual increase of temperatures in the surface of the Earth.

WHEN DOES THIS HAPPEN?
When greenhouse gases(carbon dioxide, water vapor, nitrous oxide, and methane)trap heat and light from the sun in the earth’s atmosphere, which increases the temperature.

WHAT DOES THIS INCREASE OF TEMPERATURES PRODUCE?
This hurts many people, animals, and plants. Many of them cannot take the change, so they die.

WHAT CAUSES GLOBAL WARMING?
Many things cause global warming. One thing that causes global warming is electrical pollution. Electricity causes pollution in many ways. In most cases, fossil fuels are burned to create electricity. Fossil fuels are made of dead plants and animals. Some examples of fossil fuels are oil and petroleum. Many pollutants (chemicals that pollute the air, water, and land) are sent into the air when fossil fuels are burned. Some of these chemicals are called greenhouse gasses.
We use these sources of energy much more than the sources that give off less pollution. Petroleum, one of the sources of energy, is used a lot. It is used for transportation, making electricity, and making many other things. Although this source of energy gives off a lot of pollution.

CAN WE STOP GLOBAL WARMING?
It is too late for that, but we can slow it down and lessen its effects. The big problem is slowing human use of fossil energy, especially coal.

THE FOLLOWING VIDEO WAS CREATED BY TWO OF MY STUDENTS IN COMERCIAL 32. WATCH IT.



 IF YOU WANT TO ENLARGE THIS VIDEO PRESENTATION, CLICK ON THE YOUTUBE LOGO ON THE RIGHT 

AFTER HAVING WATCHED THE VIDEO, CAN YOU ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS?
1. What are the main consequences of global warming?
2. What are the man-made causes that produce this global warming?
3. In you opinion, can we do anything to slow down these consequences?

FINALLY, CLICK HERE AND CHECK HOW GREEN YOU ARE

ENVIRONMENT QUIZZES

1. HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING?

2. CLIMATE CHANGE QUIZ

3. GOING GREEN QUIZ

4. NATURAL DISASTERS QUIZ

Some information has been retrieved from http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215471/global_warming.htm, and it has been adapted for this use

Saturday 12 November 2011

LET'S PLAY WITH RODNEY, THE MOUSE





Click HERE and try playing with Rodney, the mouse. You'll find different games to practise vocabulary we have learnt in class!

Try each game as many times as you like!!

PLACES IN THE TOWN

Let's practise about different places in the town, click HERE.

You'll listen the name of the place and the word written below. Have fun!!

MAP OF MY SCHOOL




To practise about the different places of a school, click HERE

ENJOY IT!!

Friday 21 October 2011

WHAT SHOULD I DO TO LEARN ENGLISH? SIX TIPS FOR LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE


Have you studied English for years and all you can now say is hello? Have you tried to speak and you mix Enlglish and Spanish? Not everything is lost. Read these tips that will help you to learn faster and easily.

1° CHOOSE A FUNNY WAY OF LEARNING: Learning a new language should be a fun adventure, not a chore. Using games is a great resource. And if you have internet at home, you can find a lot of very good material around the Internet for free!

2° PRACTISE REGULARLY: As with any skill that you are trying to learn, progress and mastery come with regular practice. A good daily routine is 10-15 minutes a day. And if you have a friend who is also learning the same foreign language than you, talk to them using that language. It will be very useful and funny.

3° REPEAT WORDS AND PHRASES OFTEN AND RECORD YOUR VOICE: Start right away with learning real language. You want to be practicing phrases and sentences that are part of a conversations that you would encounter. At first you'll feel that you are way in over your head, but you'll be surprised how quickly you improve.

4° FIND A FAVOURITE SINGER AND LISTEN TO THEIR SONGS: Sing along everytime you can. Mary McLaurin explains in her article about music-based learning: "Music exaggerates stresses [and sounds] and makes them easier to hear and understand.… It's a much more subtle way to get at the grammar and syntax.”

5° START READING FUN THINGS: For example, follow Twitter posts in the language you want to learn. Or find online news texts, etc. Reading, any kind of reading, has a huge, positive impact on second language learning. (Google now has an instant translation service for any text. The translation may be horrible, but you'll get the gist of the meaning.)

6° REINFORCE YOUR LEARNING WITH THINGS YOU ENJOY: Watch a movie from time to time, look at YouTube videos, or news videos in your new language. Find a language-exchange partner on a social networking site and start conversing via Chat or Skype.

So, what are you waiting for? Learning English has become you choice!


This article has been retrieved in October 21, 2011 from A blog About Games, Languages & Learning. Web site: www.gamesforlanguage.com.blog and it has been adapted for this use.

Thursday 20 October 2011

WHO'S THIS MAN?

Look at this photo: who's this famous actor?


This tips will help you:
He's American.
He was one of the Ocean Eleven.
He was mental insane patient in a fanatical defense of Twelve Monkeys.
He was a Troyan warrior.
He's married to a tomb raider.

If you haven't discovered it yet, CLICK HERE to know who he is.

Now make a short biography about his life. Don't write more than ten lines. CLICK HERE to find information

Wednesday 19 October 2011

A DAY IN REBEKAH'S LIFE

She is Rebekah. She's an 18-moths-old-baby. This is an habitual day in her life...

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Now use these verbs to write a day in Rebekah's life:

WAKE UP - DRINK HER BOTTLE - HAVE A BATH - HER MOM/CHANGE DIAPERS - PLAY WITH THER TOYS - GO ON SHOPPING WITH HER MOM - HAVE LUNCH - HAVE A NAP - WAKE UP FROM NAP - THINK - GO TO THE DOCTOR - COME BACK HOME - ENJOY BABY STORIES - HAVE DINNER - CRY IF NOT LIKE FOOD - LOVE HER ROOM - WATCH TV - HER MOM/CHANGE DIAPERS - GO TO SLEEP

Add the necessary words and make the necessary changes to write proper sentences