I can identify with this

Can anybody else?

Sentence transformations - Answer key

As I told you in class (3rd level), we did these sentences last year, so here's the link to the post with the answer key: http://quevienelateacher.blogspot.com/2009/03/sentence-transformations-2.html



On the subject of transforming, do you know this song? It's called "Transformer", and it's by Gnarls Barkley. I love it! It's a little bit hysterical, but maybe he was doing sentence transformations himself.

Gnarls Barkley: Transformer from Mike Echo on Vimeo.

The lyrics: (Don't worry if you can't understand it all, I can't either and I haven't got time to Google the slang expressions. You can, of course.)

Transformer - Gnarls Barkley

I, I, I, I, I, I know how to transform
I can transform, I'll transform
I'm a transformer
I, I, I, I, I, I know how to transform
I can transform, I'll transform
I'm a transformer

I'm just being myself
Plus I gotta be me too
Silly of me to think that
I couldn't bring myself to be you

Ah, but behold there is benevolence
Behind this but don't stare though
Be careful 'cause I'll kill you
With kindness

That why I'm dressed quite neatly
'Cause it's easy and discreetly they seek me
And when they reach me and see me
They believe me completely

I'm a real live wire
If it's between me and you
I can transform, I can transform, I can transform
Without even trying

I, I, I, I, I, I know how to transform
I can transform, I'll transform
I'm a transformer
I, I, I, I, I, I know how to transform
I can transform, I'll transform
I'm a transformer

Now I'm someone else
Now someone can be me too
Behold 'The Beautiful and Bold'
Everyday I wake up to be new

Oh, but it's simple but they still can understand why
I think I can, I think I can, I think I can or can I

I'm a microchip off the old block
You know not but I was a robot
And I sold Rock and you would get
For sho' shoot with a gold glock boy I rode pac

Something that you won't see again
What the hell might as well be a friend
I can transform, I'm a transformer
No telling who I will have to be again

I, I, I, I, I, I know how to transform
I can transform, I'll transform
I'm a transformer
I, I, I, I, I, I know how to transform
I can transform, I'll transform
I'm a transformer

Speaking exam dates

Remember: if you are not on the list, you will NOT be able to do the speaking exam.

IMPORTANT: Please be at the school at least 30 minutes before your turn in case the people before you don't come.

Group 2C

Monday 7th June

17.30 Jordi Morer - Ismael Sánchez

17.50 David Albiñana - Joan Masip
18.10 Ester Conte - Manuel Martínez
18.30 Sandra Cedó - Guadalupe Cid

19.30 Carla Royo - Sandra Cedó (who repeats the speaking part because she likes English so much :P)

19.50
20.10
20.30 Jose Murias -Raúl Ortigosa

Wednesday 9th June

17.30 Yolanda Herrera - Montse Nin

17.50 Antònia Rosal - Joan López
18.10 Montse Ruiz - Dèlia Bernat
18.30 Josep Puig - Victòria Gual

19.30 Mònica Soler - Laura Arbalat

19.50

Marta Ramos - Selene Ramírez

20.10
20.30 Anna Candela - Núria López

Group 3B

Monday 24th May

17.30 Meritxell Calpe - Àlex Civill
18.00 Sonia Arias - Núria Ortís
18.30 Julio Ruiz - Juanjo Elena

19.30 Teo Muniategui - Andreu Camps
20.00
20.30


Wednesday 26th May

16.00
16.30 Cristina Jiménez - Agustín Cáceres
17.00 Angy Trejo - Meritxell Ríos
17.30 Montse Paretas - Judith Masip
18.00 Inma Urgell - Gemma Marín

19.00 María Álvarez - Laila Hamam
19.30 Ariadna Cubillo - ?
20.00 Analía Ghiglione - Xavi Tobarra


Group 3C

Tuesday 25th May

17.30
18.00
18.30 Oscar Huerta - Jordi Cáncer

19.30 Jordi Sans - Mireia Bernardo
20.00 Silvia Ruiz - Jessica Fernández
20.30 Carolina Carrillo - Raúl Arco

Thursday 3rd June

17.30 Francesc Mondéjar - Agustín Justo
18.00 Carmen Sánchez - Lourdes Iglesias
18.30 Pere Farrando - Javi Pérez

19.30 Yolanda Tortajada - Aleix Fuentes
20.00 Sara Romero - Santi Breña
20.30 Judith Palau - Xavier Ávila

Group 3D

Thursday 27th May

17.30
18.00
18.30

19.30 Albert Sánchez - Àlex Solà
20.00 Janna Mas - Eulàlia Nogués
20.30 Elisenda Butí - Sílvia Ibars

Tuesday 8th June

17.30 Joan Miquel - Maribel Santos
18.00 Clàudia Montserrat - Olga Cafferata
18.30 Patrícia Cornelles - Núria Gonzalvo

19.30 Adriana Guardia - Mònica Doñate
20.00 Elena Álvarez - Mercedes Navas
20.30 Gemma Argente - Mario Molina

IMPORTANT: Please be at the school at least 30 minutes before your turn in case the people before you don't come.

See you!

The world's smallest baby horse

CUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTE!!! ♥♥♥ I want one!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1268831/Meet-Einstein-worlds-smallest-horse-weighs-newborn-baby.html

La Trinitat

Last Saturday I joined the "Secta" for one of their outings, in this case to La Trinitat, near Sitges.

It was really nice and I'd certainly recommend it to anyone who feels like a day out in harmony with beer and nature.

Here are some of the photos I took. They aren't very good, but you get an idea:

http://picasaweb.google.com/107490891356820666867/LaTrinitat#

Don't drink and drive (a Barbie car)

:D

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7606600/Man-loses-licence-after-drink-driving-in-toy-Barbie-car.html

Wakes up with Chinese accent after migraine

Ok, so maybe a coma is not necessary: this British woman only needed a migraine headache in order to acquire a foreign accent, Chinese in this case.

Apparently it's called Foreign Accent Syndrome (FAS). :D

Read about it (and listen to the accent) here: http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/1042352/british-woman-wakes-up-sounding-chinese

Vatican finally forgives the Beatles

44 years later, the Vatican has finally forgiven the Beatles for Lennon's "bigger than Jesus" comment.

Better late than never!

More here: http://www.nme.com/news/the-beatles/50655

Croatian teenager wakes up from a coma speaking fluent GERMAN

Apparently it's not the first case of people waking up from a coma speaking a foreign language.

Of course, from a student's/teacher's point of view, it's quick and effective way to learn languages.

However, doctors can't really explain how it happens, so the only thing I can do, if you want, is try hitting you on the head with a chair, computer or something hard and heavy, and see if the induced coma produces the desired language.

Any volunteers? Bear in mind that you have your exam in 6 week's time. :P

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1265433/Croatian-teenager-wakes-coma-speaking-fluent-German.html#ixzz0l3Yd10xu

Do you believe in aliens?

Apparently 20% of the world's population believe that there are aliens living among us.

http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE6370S720100408

I was surprised to see that more men believe in aliens than women. I'm not sure how to interpret that information. What do you think?

Make or Do?

Last summer I posted a list of pages that explain the difference between MAKE or DO, so I'll just post the link to that entry:

http://quevienelateacher.blogspot.com/2009/07/more-make-and-do.html

The most simple explanation, plus a list of common expressions (often exceptions), is on this page: http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/doormake.htm

Verb tenses - basic revision

Here is a webpage which explains the use of different verb tenses and provides practice exercises:

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar

For those of you who need to revise when/how to use the different tenses.

It has other grammar practice, too: passive voice, conditional sentences, etc.

Certificat Intermedi

Hiya!

I've mentioned this in class many times, but in case you missed it, or weren't there, the official dates for the Certificat Intermedi (=3rd year) are out: 31st of May. It's a Monday.

That's the date for everything EXCEPT the speaking part, which will be done either the week before or the week after.

Link to EOI Catalunya page: http://phobos.xtec.cat/eoi/index.php

Exam samples, if you haven't seen them already, and if that's the case, what are you waiting for? ;): http://phobos.xtec.cat/eoi/index.php?module=detic_portal&ref=mostres

Sunset Planet Alert

If you're a fan of sky-watching, this Saturday and Sunday (3rd and 4th of April) are the best days to see both Mercury and Venus together in the West at sunset.

More info from Nasa: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2010/31mar_sunsetplanets.htm?list940097

This is how they looked in Japan two days ago.

What's on your "bucket list"?

This Florida woman, arrested for robbing a bank, apparently did it because it was on her "bucket list".

Read about it here: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/03/30/florida-woman-reportedly-robs-bank-citing-bucket-list/

Then listen to her here:

I wonder what will happen to her. I hope she doesn't go to prison.

I'm not a great cinema fan, but after Googling the term, I've found out that "The Bucket List" was a film where two people make a list of things they really want to do before they die, and they call that list the "bucket list".

What's on your bucket list?

I've never really thought of it, but seeing the Northern Lights, somewhere like Alaska or on a Scottish Island, or in the Polar Circle would be high up on my list.