English in Madrid

Source: Jordan Whitfield on Unsplash What's the difference between job and work ? Work is a both a verb and a noun (uncountable)  whereas job is used as a noun (countable) : I don't have much work this week.  He has a lot of work at the moment. He has a lot of works at the moment. She has two jobs . She is a travel agent and she also works as a waitress at weekends. He's a lawyer. He has a well-paid job in a multi-national. He has a well-paid work. We say go to work , start work and finish work : I go to work by underground. I go to my job by underground. She starts work at eight on Fridays. She starts her job at eight on Fridays. Job is more specific than work . Job refers to your particular employment position such as a teacher, lawyer, shop assistant and so on. I like my job ; I'm a journalist.       My job is a journalist. I'm looking for a new job (= a new position).     ...

Mathematical formula finds the number one song to listen to 'if you wanna have a good time' A mathematical formula has been created to discover the number one song that will really make you happy - and it's not by Pharrell Williams. Queen's hit, Don't Stop Me Now, topped the charts after expert in cognitive neuroscience and emotion, Dr Jacob Jolij, sifted through 126 songs from the last 50 years. He then combined the songs with feedback from Brits to analyse why certain tunes make people happy and even developed a mind bending equation to go along with it. The formula is as follows - FGI= ?L postivie / (BPM-150) +(K-[1/3+?,1/3,1/3-?])+1. Boffins from tech brand Alba teamed up with Dr Jolij and found that more than three quarters (78 per cent) of Brits used music to lift their mood and close to six in ten (54 per cent) using it to motivate them. The research found that people in Norwich (76 per cent) and Newcastle (74 per cent) are least likely to be influen...

Source: PACMA (Wikipedia) Bull is speared to death at Spanish festival – but judges cancel medal  Activists and festival’s supporters clash in Tordesillas before bull is set loose, but the way it is killed is in breach of the rules Men on horseback in a Spanish town chased down a bull and speared it to death on Tuesday during the annual Toro de la Vega festival – a tradition reviled by animal rights activists, who turned out in their hundreds to protest.  Scuffles broke out between activists and the festival’s more numerous supporters before the bull, weighing more than half a ton, was set loose in the north-central town of Tordesillas.  The activists staged a sit-down protest but scattered, along with festival supporters, when the bull was released and headed towards them before being driven to a field.  The bull-spearing event has been held for centuries. The person credited with killing the bull usually gets a medal, and on Tuesday a young man was initially hai...