Today's link is an article about the end of the News of the World. The newspaper will be closed after 168 years following the phone-hacking scandal. The article explains why the owners have decided to close the newspaper.
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/868665-news-of-the-world-closes-james-murdochs-statement-in-full
jueves, 7 de julio de 2011
miércoles, 6 de julio de 2011
A HANDBAG!
Today our link is more light-hearted. This is a short article from the BBC Learning English website, talking about how Mrs Thatcher's handbag has recently been sold for a high price. I attach the link mainly to introduce people to the BBC Learning English website which is a useful resource to use at home. Have a look at other articles also. They include listening, reading and help with vocabulary.
The link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2011/07/110701_witn_thatcher_page.shtml
The link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2011/07/110701_witn_thatcher_page.shtml
martes, 5 de julio de 2011
Tax and Tennis
One of the most colourful Conservative politicians in British politics is the eccentric Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, who writes an entertaining column in the Daily Telegraph, otherwise known as the Torygraph for its obvious right-wing leanings. This column is an entertaining reflection on why high income tax in Britain prevents the British from ever winning Wimbledon.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/borisjohnson/8614808/Wimbledon-2011-Game-set-and-tax-why-Andy-Murray-will-always-get-clobbered.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/borisjohnson/8614808/Wimbledon-2011-Game-set-and-tax-why-Andy-Murray-will-always-get-clobbered.html
lunes, 4 de julio de 2011
INDEPENDENCE DAY
The idea of this blog is to create a space for teachers and learners of English to communicate thoughts and links to assist in the learning of English.
The main objective is to provide interesting or stimulating content for personal reading and/or for use in classes.
Today is the 4th July 2011, so why not start with the inspiring words of the United States Declaration of Independence?
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,[70] that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
For background reading on the Declaration of Independence click on the link below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence
The main objective is to provide interesting or stimulating content for personal reading and/or for use in classes.
Today is the 4th July 2011, so why not start with the inspiring words of the United States Declaration of Independence?
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,[70] that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
For background reading on the Declaration of Independence click on the link below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence
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