Conchita, 3 decades opposite the WHITEHOUSE

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Have you ever known about Conchita Martín in Washington DC? She is actually an anti-nuclear protester and she has been protesting opposite The White House since 1981. She can speak several languages, specially Spanish and English. She is from the North of Spain, Vigo (La Coruña), she got married with an American and they had a daughter. Some years later, she was abandoned by her husband and daughter. From that moment onwards, she started protesting opposite the White House. Conchita has a special tent, some food and that's all. She never celebrates Christmas, goes on holidays, ... she's actually a bit crazy, but really kind with tourists, specially with Spanish. If you go there, you can talk to her, she will show you some propaganda papers, she strongly defends her beliefs. Obviously, Conchita is respected and has met every president of the United States, as a matter of fact, she is the president's neighbour.
Now, I encourage you to watch these videos, you'll see and understand Conchita better.

WASHINGTON DC

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Washington DC, as many other American cities, is really famous due to the American movies. So, I suppose you watch Lincoln Memorial thanks to The Simpsons or the film Forrest Gump.

This is the capital of the United States since 16th July in 1790. Washington DC is located on the country's Pacific coast, on the north of the Potomac River and surrounded by the states of Maryland and Virginia. There are many interesting museums, interesting historical sites such as The National Mall where you could see the the Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, The Reflecting Pool, The National Archives (where you could see The Declaration of Independence, The United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights); besides, the Capitol and the White House.
Thus, if you watch the following videos, you can know Watshington DC better. I hope you'll like it!

RIO DE JANEIRO, 10 things you need to know

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As you well know, there are many places and cities that I'd like to go and see! But in the meanwhile, all of us can travel using internet! If you want to "travel" and improve your listening, just take a breath and enjoy this video about RIO DE JANEIRO, in South America, Brazil, famous because of its fantastic beaches, such as Copacabana, Carnival, beautiful scenery, ... let's see ...

GoSSiP GiRLs, TV WorKSheeT

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Thanks to my dearest pupil, Manuel Navarro, we can enjoy this TV worksheet based on the American Sitcom GOSSIP GIRLS.

1. Link.
http://www.megavideo.com/?s=seriesyonkis&v=OIDNNZ5H&confirmed=1
Episode: POISON IVY

2. Information about the characters.
Serena van der Woodsen: she is Lily's daughter and Eric is her brother. She fall out Blair because Serena deceived her with the Blair`s boyfriend. Due to that, Serena left her city.

Blair Waldorf: Serena's friend until she was deceived by her boyfriend and Serena. In this episode she tries to take revenge on her.

Dan Humphrey: he is Rufus` son and he was Serena`s boyfriend. His family isn`t rich and his parents are separated. His siter is Jenny.

Nate Archibald: his family is quite rich and they have influence on him. He is Chuck`s best friend.

Chuck Bass: his family is quite rich and he is rude and selfish. He is Nate`s friend.

Lily van der Woodsen: she is the mother of Eric and Serena.

Eric van der Woodsen: he is Lily`s son and Serena is his sister. He tried to commit suicide and now he is in a rehab`s center.

Rufus Humphrey: he is Dan and Jenny`s father. He is separated and he tries help to Dan. He is a musician.

3. Listening and Comprehension:
a) Questions:
1. What is the disadvantage of the millionaire`s children?
2. Why is Serena late to the assembly?
3. Where is Serena going after class?
4. Why is Eric in the Ostroff center?
5. Why is the Ostroff`s doctor going to the party?
6. Who does Nate run to?
7. Why does Blair know where Serena is?
8. Why didn`t Blair send her letter to Serena?
9. What does Nate happen during the episode?
10. Who call to Nate? Why?

d) Dialogue(30 to 35 minutes).
Lily: Please tell me this isn't happening.
Eric: It's not.
Serena: No.No, you're not going up there. You're gonna stay right ______(1), okay?
Lily: What ever you're doing, think about who's standing in this room right now.
Blair: Don't try to deny it.Chuck saw you.
Serena: Hi! I'm Serena van der Woodsen. I just wanna thank my friend, Blair Waldorf, for recognizing the Ostroff center and all of the good things that they do. Thanks, Blair. At the center, one of the ______(2) things that we learn is forgiveness.
Dan: She's in rehab?
Jenny: No, it's not her. It's her _______(3) who's there.
Dan: What? Jenny: You can't tell anyone, okay?
Dan: I won't, but why is she doing this?
Serena: I've learned _____(4) how, in order to move forward with our future, we must forgive those who have wronged us in the past, and we must, ourselves, ask for forgiveness from those whom we've wronged. Without this forgiveness, innocent people get hurt. Blair: All right, thank you, Serena. Thank you.Thank you.
Gossip girl: Honesty may be the best policy in some zip codes, but not in this one, and not this week, because "I was a teenage ______(5) addict" is not exactly a winning college essay.

4 Blair: And now can I please have dr.Ostroff join me on stage?
Lily: Why is Blair outing you for a drug problem that you don't have? You don't, do you?
Serena: Mom! Lily: Well, it's not like we have some ______(6), open relationship. Serena: And that's my _______(7)?
Lily: Look, what's happened to Eric has put a huge strain on our family, but we are still a family. Serena: Why do you think I did what I just did? Will you excuse me? I'm gonna go end this with Blair now. Blair,what the hell was that?
Blair: Will you excuse us, please?
Boy: Sure.
Serena: So we good now? Are we square?
Blair: No, because nothing I do will ever be as bad as what you did to me.
Serena: Look, I'm asking you,please. I'll _______(8) if you will stop it.
Blair: You're just saying that because today you lost, and you're gonna keep losing. Now if you'll excuse me,unlike you, I have a future to get back to.
Dan: Serena. Serena! Serena: What? What, do you want to congratulate me on _________(9) my future?
Dan: No, no. To ask if you're okay, because what you did in there for your brother, that was... that was very cool.
Serena: Wait, how did you know about my brother?
Dan: It's okay. Really, no one will ever hear it from me, but if you ever ______(10) anybody to talk to, or not talk to, I'd be happy to do either.
Serena: I'll keep that in _____(11).
Dan: And, um, I know I said some things about you and your world, and I' sorry. Obviously, I don't know anything about __________(12). Serena: Thank you, but I've really got to get out of here.
Dan: Yeah, sure, sure.

5 Serena: But... maybe, you know,I can take you up on that getting _______(13) and not talking thing sometime? Will you call me?
Dan: Yeah.
Lily: Okay, let's go.Let's get out of here.
Eric: No, there's someone I need to talk to ____(14). Please, mom,I can do this. Okay. Blair, can I talk to you? It'll just take a moment.
Blair: Sure.Sure.
Eric: Serena's not a patient at the Ostroff center.
Blair: Eric, you've always been a sweet kid, and I can understand you are trying to protect your sister.
Eric: I am. Blair: I've never even seen you take a drink.
Eric: I'm not an alcoholic. I did this. And today, serena ________(15) me. Blair: Eric, I...I didn't...
Eric: See that coming?Yeah. Oh, it must be a shock for someone who thinks she knows everything.

4. Vocabulary:
a) What do these words mean?
1. chain saw: motosierra
2. honestly: sinceramente
3. assembly: asamblea 4. crew: tripular
5. ammunition: munición
6. surrender: rendirse

b) Some remarkables idioms.
1. a little wake an ke?: ¿una caladita?
2. go, green!: ¡piensa en verde!
3. damn it: ¡maldita sea!
4. Oh, don't your la perlasin a bunch: no busques perlas entre piedras.
5. yeah, a touch: si, una pizca

5. Detective`s questions.
1. What did she take of the table at beginning of the episode?
2. What time is it when they are wearing at beginning of the episode?
3. Who is wearing long socks in the choir?
4. What game is Eric playing when Jenny came in the room?

6. Key answers:
3. Listening and Comprehension:
a) Answers.
1. Their parents want to they is going to go to the best universities, and they expect great things of their son.
2. Because she slept at the hospital with her brother.
3. She is going to the rehab`s center.
4. Because he tried to commit suicide.
5. Because Chuck call him and so Blair can ridicule to Serena before all.
6. He runs with the head teacher and with her father.
7. Because Serena always goes there when she is worried.
8. Because Serena knew that Blair was in a bad way and she didn`t call to Blair, and Blair decided not to send her.
9. Nate don`t want to go to the university which his father say, but he don`t know how say him because he won`t be able to be faced with his father.
10. His father, because he want to go to run together.

d) Solutions. 1. here. 2. main. 3. brother. 4. about. 5. drug. 6. free. 7. fault. 8. stop. 9. destroying. 10. need. 11. mind. 12. life. 13. together. 14. first. 15. protected.
5. Detective`s answers. 1. A ring. 2. It`s a quarter to eight. 3. Jenny. 4. To solitaire.

FRIENDS, TV serie Worksheet (3)

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Thanks to my sweet pupils: Julia, Irene and Mª Carmen (U R GR8!!!, GIRLS), we can enjoy this funny episode taken from one of my favourite American sitcoms "FRIENDS". We hope you'll find this TV worksheet funny and useful, pleased to help U! ;-) **

TV series: FRIENDS Season: one Episode: one
http://www.tu.tv/videos/friends-01x1-primer-episodio-completo

Chandler Muriel Bing (Matthew Perry) : He was Ross' friend at university. He had a terrible childhood due to his parents divorce. As a matter of fact, his father declared he was homosexual, so Chandler uses sarcasm as mechanism of defense.

Rachel Karen Green (Jennifer Aniston) : Monica’s Best friend since they were children. She has two sisters who also are pampered. She decides to leave her easy life and look for a job in NY city. Firstly, she became a waitress in Central Perk.

Ross Eustace Geller (David Schwimmer) : Monica’s brother. He is a university teacher. He has been abandoned by his wife, she is lesbian now.

Monica E. geller (Courteney Cox) : She is Ross’ sister.
When she was a child, she was obsessed, then she became slim. She is a very good cooker . She is obsessed with cleanliness and she can't stand any mess.

Joseph Francis Tribbianni (Matt LeBlanc) : He is the less intelligent of the group and He works as an actor and he is a womanizer.

Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrou) : She is the most distracted of the group. She and her twin sister were abandoned by their mother. Later, their mum committed suicide, so their childhood was dreadful .

3. Listen to this episode and answer these questions:
a) Answer these:
Where do they usually meet ?
Why is Rachel wearing a wedding dress when she comes into the bar ?
Why did Rachel decide not to marry ?
Why is Rachel worried about ?
What does Monica say to Rachel ?
What did Paul break to his ex-girlfriend?
Why did Rachel break her credit cards ?
What happened Phoebe's mum ?
What did Rachel and Ross eat while they were talking ?
Where did Rachel go when Ross and she stopped talking ?


b) Choose the correct anwer:
What are colours of the umbrellas that appear at the beginning of the episode ?
1.Green,yellow and pink
2.Yellow,blue and pink
3.All are the same colour

What colour is the Ross' cup ?
1.Blue
2.Green
3.Yellow

Who meets Rachel when she comes into the bar ?
1.Monica
2.Phoebe
3.Joseph

Who called Chandler in his dream ?
1.His girlfriend
2.His mother
3.His father

How many credit cards are they going to cut ?
1. Four
2. Five
3. six

c) Say if these sentences are TRUE or FALSE:
1. Monica is wearing a wedding dress when she comes to Central Perk.
2. Rachel puts sugar in her coffee.
3. While everybody was watching TV, Rachel was talking on the phone.
4. Chandler is building something.
5. Joseph strips the coffee pot.

4. Vocabulary:
a) casarse –to get married
entrar – go into
telenovela – soap opera
suicidarse – suicide
independizarse – independent
consejo – advice
tarjeta de crédito – credit card
vestido de novia – wedding dress
taza – cup
empleo – employment
cita – date
ligar – tie
romper con alguien – break up
llevarse bien con alguien – get on well/with
cerveza – beer
vecino – neighbour
boda – wedding
entrevista – interview
botas de cuero – leather boots
mujeriego: womanizer

5. BE A GOOD SPY and ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS:
1. What was hunged on the wall when Ross arrived ?
2. Which colour is Ross’ umbrella ?
3. What is above the microwave ?
4. What were they watching on TV ?
5. What did Rachel find on the floor ?
6. Who was Rachel talking on phone to ?
7. What is the name of Ross ex-girlfriend ?

6. KEY ANSWERS: 3a  In Central Perk
 Because She is going to get married
 Because she has tried to do all the things that her father said
-  Because she feels guilty for leaving the wedding
 To be independent
 Her clock
 Because she wants to earn her own money
 Her mother's suicide
 An oreo cookie
 She goes to bed

3b 1-2, 2-3, 3-1, 4-2, 5-2
3c 1-FALSE- Rachel is wearing wedding dress 2-FALSE-ross put sugar in Rachel’s coffee 3-true 4-false-chadler , ross and joseph are bulding Something. 5-true. 5. 1- two masc 2-black 3-a little yellow cat 4-a soup opera 5-the paul’s watch 6-to his parents 7-carol

PS: Thank you, girls, have a nice summer!!!

BONJOUR, Here I Am

Hi, Guys!,

How R U? I hope you'll be relaxing on holidays...

I've just come back from Paris, once again, I fell in love with this exciting city:) I think Paris was more beautiful than eight years ago.

I strongly recommend you to visit it! You could walk around its large glamorous boulevards, sit and relax at its fantastic parks, see its amazing museums, travel by ferry along the River Seine, hang around Montmartre, the artistic street in Paris, the Champs Elysses, the Concorde Square, the world's most visited tourist sight the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe , the Notre-Dame Cathedral, the Louvre Museum, Moulin Rouge, ... nice French people, delicious fromage sandwiches, croissants... there are many entertaining things to do in PARIS... And if you can't speak French well, don't worry, you can speak English, they can understand you... Well, you'd better go and check! ;-)

Paris is always regarded as the City of Light, the City of Love and of course, the City of Fashion!

PS. If you travel to Paris, don't forget to go to Versalles and EuroDISNEY, great experiences!

I HoPe U'll Be Fine! TaKe CaRe ;P

GomaespumEnglish supports the SPANISH TEAM!!!

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Are you ready for another English Lesson? Once again, we can learn English THANKS to GOMAESPUMENGLISH. Let's see how they support our Spanish team!!!

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