English in Madrid

Source: Behnam Norouzi on Unsplash   Here are some tweets from July to September 2021. Click on a tweet to read the full story. You can reply in Twitter or here in the blog. What new words and expressions did you find? July Raffaella Carrà, Italian entertainment icon, dies aged 78 https://t.co/VjKcTEcvem — English in Madrid (@madteacher72) July 5, 2021   #monarchy #OnThisDay : 29 July 1981 – The Royal Wedding of Prince Charles and Diana https://t.co/HhyRzACKJH — English in Madrid (@madteacher72) July 29, 2021 August @Augus171717 https://t.co/RWiZJDgsg1 — English in Madrid (@madteacher72) August 6, 2021   #animals https://t.co/NVArUzrDtd — English in Madrid (@madteacher72) August 8, 2021   #football https://t.co/4RpleJ7oex — English in Madrid (@madteacher72) August 8, 2021 September Have a go at this #lyricstraining https://t.co/DB8AvcQLXr Can you find the words/expressions that mean: 1. to find sb attractive 2. to have fun 3. very rich 4. (used to show you feel so

Source:  engin akyurt on Unsplash Here are some tweets from April to June 2021. Click on a tweet to read the full story. You can reply in Twitter or here in the blog. What new words and expressions did you find? April Spain blocks export of painting that could be a lost Caravaggio https://t.co/ymGNWpIHGp — English in Madrid (@madteacher72) April 8, 2021   https://t.co/eIju2oQ439 — English in Madrid (@madteacher72) April 9, 2021   Watch this guide to my part of the world - the Highlands of #Scotland . Put on the subtitles - they are pretty accurate. Take a note of any useful words. Have you watched the ones on Madrid and London? https://t.co/R5Ctduqyt1 — English in Madrid (@madteacher72) April 20, 2021   What is 'survivalism' and why is it getting so popular in Spain? https://t.co/pzpDz40Kfg — English in Madrid (@madteacher72) April 21, 2021   ‘They capture history’: the projects saving Spain and Portugal’s shop signs https://t.co/DSL86hzN8y — English in Madrid (@madteach

Source:  Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash Royal scandal as King's disgraced brother-in-law admits to affair with colleague  Iñaki Urdangarín, the brother-in-law of Spain's King Felipe, admitted to hav ing an affair after pictures emerged of him holding hands with a woman on a beach King Felipe of Spain has been embroiled in a royal scandal as his brother-in-law admitted to an affair with a colleague.  Iñaki Urdangarín has been married to Infanta Cristina, 56, the youngest of the king’s two sisters, since 1997.  This morning he admitted to having an affair as he arrived at work this morning at a law firm in Vitoria.  It comes as he was pictured holding hands with Ainhoa Armentia, 43, on a beach in the south of France. Mr Urdangarin, a former handball player for Spain’s national team, said: “These things happen…it is a difficulty that we will manage with the utmost tranquillity and together as we have always done.”  Sources told Hola!, the sister publication of Hello!, h

Source: Behnam Norouzi on Unsplash Here are some tweets from January to March 2021. Click on a tweet to read the full story. You can reply in Twitter or here in the blog. What new words and expressions did you find? January  "Spain’s former King Juan Carlos seen struggling to walk in rare glimpse of disgraced royal | Royal | News | https://t.co/Znwv7CMpOV " https://t.co/2bCiKuUHfG — English in Madrid (@madteacher72) January 5, 2021   https://t.co/TMDCXBFA8F — English in Madrid (@madteacher72) January 11, 2021 https://t.co/hx724IsmEN — English in Madrid (@madteacher72) January 13, 2021   @Augus171717 You can read and comment on this blog post (keep an eye out for cold weather words): https://t.co/Tbz27lBx7k The original article has lots of photos: https://t.co/RZCperqxHq — English in Madrid (@madteacher72) January 14, 2021   https://t.co/Dj80lAtsWE — English in Madrid (@madteacher72) January 14, 2021   https://t.co/5s3grzIEhk — English in Madrid (@madteacher72) Janua

  Source:  Nacho Arteaga on Unsplash Choosing pets over babies is ‘ selfish and diminishes us’, says pope   Pontiff laments ‘ denied parenthood ’ and people who ‘substitute cats and dogs for children’ In a move likely to raise the hackles of millions of cats, dogs and their human cohabitees , Pope Francis has suggested that couples who prefer pets to children are selfish. Wading into a debate noted for its toxic tone on social media, the leader of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics said substituting pets for children “ takes away our humanity”.  During a general audience at the Vatican, he said: “Today … we see a form of selfishness. We see that some people do not want to have a child. Sometimes they have one, and that’s it, but they have dogs and cats that take the place of children. This may make people laugh but it is a reality.”  Pet keeping was “a denial of fatherhood and motherhood and diminishes us, takes away our humanity”, he said. The consequence was that “civil