English in Madrid

Source: albaoilcommunity  (You Tube) Key words: tennents advert This is the advert for a popular lager made in Scotland. The song, a popular one in Scotland, is called "Caledonia" (the Latin name for Scotland and now a romantic or poetic name for Scotland). The man in the advert is a Scot who lives and works in London. He returns to Scotland. Can you tell the story of what happens to the man? How does he feel? Why do you think he leaves London? Describe all that you see in the advert. Then try to complete the lyrics to the song .

Source:   Ryan Wu en Unsplash My worst journey was last Christmas when it took me 50 hours (without much sleep) to get from Madrid to my hometown in Scotland. But it is too long a story to tell here. My worst car journey was from Madrid to Bilbao in February four years ago. A friend of mine was going to Bilbao on a business trip and invited me to join him there at the weekend. He flew there during the week and lent me his car to drive up to meet him. I don't like driving much as I often get stressed out behind the wheel . However, I thought the journey would be worth it because I had never been to Bilbao before. I was looking forward to the weekend. I began to worry after seeing the weather forecast for that weekend. It warned  that there was going to be heavy snow in the north of the country and advised against travelling. But my friend was already in Bilbao so I felt I had to go. I set off , quite apprehensively, early on Saturday morning. The motorway was...

Source: You Tube (Steven Brice ) Key words: Mondays Boomtown I don't like Mondays - The Boomtown Rats (When) The silicon chip inside her head Gets switched to overload And nobody’s gonna go to school today She’s gonna make them stay at home And daddy doesn’t understand it He always said she was good as gold And he can see no reasons 'Cos there are no reasons What reason do you need to be show-ow-ow-ow-own? Tell me why I don’t like Mondays Tell me why I don’t like Mondays Tell me why I don’t like Mondays I wanna shoo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oot the whole day down The Telex machine is kept so clean And it types to a waiting world And mother feels so shocked Father’s world is rocked and their thoughts turn to their own little girl Sweet 16 ain’t that peachy keen   Now that ain’t so neat to admit defeat They can see no reasons 'Cos there are no reasons What reasons do you need? Oh Oh Oh Oh Tell me why I don’t like Mondays Tell me why I don’t like Monda...

Source: Wikipedia       "die" (Dutch) - "that one"   False Friends are words that look similar but have different meanings. They can  lead to  confusion and embarrassment. Take for example - actual: Actually there are 100 people on the staff but the company hopes to expand in the near future. (This is incorrect - "actualmente" doesnt translate as " actually") The sentence should read: Currently there are 100 people on the staff but the company hopes to expand in the near future. Depending on the context "actually" can translate as "now", "at present" or " nowadays ". " Actually " is used in a few different ways: Student: This is my teacher, Graham and he's from England. Graham: Actually, I'm from Scotland. Here is an A - Z List of some other False Friends. And here is a list of Fickle Friends ; words that are sometimes used similarly, other times not. Look ...

Photo Sources: Caltagirone Group  (Wikipedia) Michael Vadon  (Wikipedia) Dmitry Rozhkov  (Wikipedia) Mark Freeman  (Wikipedia) VisitCopenhagen  (Wikipedia) Malta Today I bet you don't know anything about the people above but they are in fact famous in their country. Describe their appearance. What do they look like? Can you guess their nationalities? There is an American, an Australian, a Russian, an Italian, an Englishman, an English woman and a Frenchman or woman. How old do they look? What do they do? Among them there is a businessman or woman, a princess, a writer, a politician, a journalist, an actor or actress and a chef. Also three of them have relatives who are much more famous than they are - do you see any resemblance? e.g. The woman in the centre is very pretty. She's got long, dark hair and dark brown eyes. She has a pale complexion . I think she looks French . She looks in her late twenties . She looks like an ...