More webpages with videos

I haven't got time to check these out, so I'd appreciate any feedback. Thanks!

http://australianetwork.com/englishbites/

http://en.yappr.com/welcome/VideoList.action

http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/eslvideo/esl_movieclip5.html

http://www.newcineonline.com/index.php?do=cat&category=peliculas-vos

http://www.teachertube.com/

Are you an idiot?

Probably not, but it's always a good idea to check, I suppose.



Idiot test

Videos in English

Lots of videos here: www.videojug.com

Courtcases

Mónica (4S) has sent me these extracts from actual courtcases. I haven't got time to check the veracity, but I do know they've been going round the internet for a long time, so we might as well just enjoy them. :)


These are taken from actual court cases (apparently!?!).


ATTORNEY: Are you sexually active?
WITNESS: No, I just lie there.
______________________________________

ATTORNEY: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
WITNESS: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.
______________________________________

ATTORNEY: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at
all?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: And in what ways does it affect your memory?
WITNESS: I forget.
ATTORNEY: You forget? Can you give us an example of something you forgot?
_____________________________________

ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said to you that
morning?
WITNESS: He said, 'Where am I, Cathy?'
ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you?
WITNESS: My name is Susan!
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ATTORNEY: Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in
voodoo?
WITNESS: We both do.
ATTORNEY: Voodoo?
WITNESS: We do.
ATTORNEY: You do?
WITNESS: Yes, voodoo.
_____________________________________

ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his
sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning?

WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam?
_____________________________________

ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the twenty-one-year-old, how old is he?

WITNESS: Uh, he's twenty-one.
______________________________________

ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken?

WITNESS: Are you shitt'in me?
______________________________________

ATTORNEY: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: And what were you doing at that time?
WITNESS: Uh.... I was gett'in laid!
_____________________________________

ATTORNEY: She had three children, right?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: How many were boys?
WITNESS: None.
ATTORNEY: Were there any girls?
WITNESS: Your Honor, I think I need a different attorney. Can I get
a new attorney?
______________________________________

ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated?
WITNESS: By death.
ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminated?
WITNESS: Now whose death do you suppose terminated it?
______________________________________

ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual?
WITNESS: He was about medium height and had a beard.
ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female?
WITNESS: Guess.
_____________________________________

ATTORNEY: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a
deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?

WITNESS: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
_____________________________________

ATTORNEY: Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead
people?
WITNESS: All my autopsies are performed on dead people. Would you like
to rephrase that?
_____________________________________

ATTORNEY: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to?
WITNESS: Oral.
______________________________________

ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.
ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time?
WITNESS: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy on him!
________________________________________ ____

ATTORNEY: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?
WITNESS: Huh....are you qualified to ask that question?
________________________________________ ____

--- And the best for last: ---

ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
ATTORNEY: I see, but could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?
WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practising law.

Compulsive communication?

Now that we can communicate in so many different ways, is it possible that we MIGHT be overdoing it a little?

Do YOU over-use your mobile (Messenger, Twitter, etc.) ?

Strike on 19th

Some of you have asked, so just to inform you: I will NOT be going on strike on the 19th basically because I can't afford to. :P

So, although I totally agree with the reasons for going on strike, there will be CLASS AS NORMAL this Thursday.

See you there!

More reading practice

Have you tried the weblinks on your coursebook's webpage? I'm sure you have, he he, but here's the link just in case.

Upper-intermediate: http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/upperint/y_weblinks/

Intermediate: http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/englishfile/intermediate/h_weblinks/

Did you know?

Get ready to read fast. There's lots of information and statistics here.

Watch and see if there's anything that you didn't know.

Sentence Transformations (2)

Hope you had great fun doing them. Now you can check to see if you got them all right. :)

PS. SORRRRRRRRRRRRY! Victoria from 4S has spotted another mistake. In sentence number 29, the verbs in brackets should be "visit", not "go". Thanks, Victoria!

Summarising

Here is a simple online exercise where you can practise summarising short texts, and it also gives you feedback in order to help you distinguish between main ideas and secondary information.

http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/reading.cfm?str=reading&num=6&act=1

There are other reading-related exercises on the same page: http://www.tv411.org/reading/

Dolphin rings

One of my ex-students from "Fuenlabrada City" sent me this video. As usual, I was sceptical and Googled it, but according to Snopes.com, it's true.

I would appreciate any more information, if anyone has any.

Enjoy!