ANIMAL FARM
The historical connections between Animal Farm and Stalin's Russia. A very interesting short film, which will probably clear up some of your doubts.
AN INTERESTING SITE ON GLOBAL WARMING
EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT HALLOWEEN TIME...
FIRST CERTIFICATE in ENGLISH
REMEMBER TO RETURN THE SIGNED SLIP AND PAY BY FRIDAY 31st of AUGUST !
Those of you 4th Seniors Level A who do not hand it in by Friday 31st will lose the opportunity to have a great part of this exam paid for by the school, which means that , either you don't give it, or you'll have to pay for it entirely.
http://www.cambridgeesol.org/exams/fce.htm#why
Above is a link which will take you to the official site of Cambridge examinations. There is information about the exam, what it involves, how it will help you in the future, and so on.
ANIMAL JOKES
A kangaroo kept getting out of his enclosure at the zoo. Knowing that he could hop high, the zoo officials put up a ten-foot fence. He was out the next morning, just roaming around the zoo. A twenty-foot fence was put up. Again he got out. When the fence was forty feet high, a camel in the next enclosure asked the kangaroo, "How high do you think they'll go?"
The kangaroo said, "About a thousand feet, unless somebody locks the gate at night!"
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An unemployed guy got a new job at the zoo. They offered him to dress up in a gorilla's skin and pretend to be a gorilla so people would keep coming to the zoo.
On his first day on the job, the guy put on the skin and went into the cage. The people all cheered to see him. He started really putting on a show, jumping around, beating his chest and roaring.
During one acrobatic attempt, though, he lost his balance and crashed through some safety netting, landing square in the middle of the lion cage! As he lay there stunned, the lion roared. He was terrified and started screaming, "Help, Help!"
The lion raced over to him, placed his paws on his chest and hissed, "Shut up or we'll both lose our jobs!"
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The manager of a large city zoo was drafting a letter to order a pair of animals. He sat at his computer and typed the following sentence: "I would like to place an order for two mongooses, to be delivered at your earliest convenience."
He stared at the screen, focusing on that odd word mongooses. Then he deleted the word and added another, so that the sentence now read: "I would like to place an order for two mongeese, to be delivered at your earliest convenience."
Again he stared at the screen, this time focusing on the new word, which seemed just as odd as the original one. Finally, he deleted the whole sentence and started all over. "Everyone knows no full-stocked zoo should be without a mongoose," he typed. "Please send us two of them."
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Father and son standing outside the elephant's cage in the Moscow Zoo. Father tells son, "If we stand around here long enough, one of them will throw some food at us."
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A man went to work for a zoo veterinarian.
"Look in the lion's mouth," the vet told him.
"How do I do that?" he asked.
"Carefully," replied the vet.
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Two older men are standing in front of the Hotel Duluth when they see a penguin walking by. Pat grabs it and asks Mike, "what should I do with him?"
Mike says, "Why don't you take him out to the zoo?"
The next day in front of the Hotel, Mike sees Pat walking with the penguin on a leash. "I thought I told you to take him to the zoo," says Mike.
"I did," says Pat, "and we had such a good time that tonight I think I'll take him to the hockey game!"
VIRTUAL TOURING
Even if we can't travel, either because of lack of time or money, there are other ways to visit places in foreign countries, and get a taste of what places we would like to visit look like. The following link offers a lot of virtual tours to different places. Choose your destination and click.
http://www.travelape.com/tape/360.html
http://www.virtualfreesites.com/tours.html
ANIMAL FARM SUPPORT MATERIAL
If you click on the following links, you will be taken to pages which list summaries of the ten chapters of Animal Farm. There are also some quizzes, and other material you might be interested in.
ONLINE TEXT of ANIMAL FARM
http://www.netcharles.com/orwell/books/animalfarm.htm
BACKGROUND MATERIAL
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Farm#Plot_summary (lots of information which is useful )
http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/titles/animalfarm/
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/Animal-Farm.id-12.html
VIRTUAL VIEWER OF THE GLOBE THEATRE
Investigate this link, and experience the sensation of being present at one of Shakespeare's plays. The instructions are on the left of the page.
http://www.classbrain.com/artteensb/publish/interactive_globe_theater.shtml
LISTENING COMPREHENSION EXERCISES
Dialogues and talking articles to improve your listening skills and comprehension. Click on the link and choose your level. Elementary, Intermediate or Advanced. The more you do, the better for you!
http://www.ompersonal.com.ar/omlisten/contenidotematico.htm
NEW GOOGLE SKY
Have a look at the new Google feature, Google Sky. Feel like you're looking at the Universe with a telescope.
AN ARMY ANT ATTACK (for the next Second Seniors dictation)
Aren't you glad we don't have these in Chile?
SCHOOL-RELATED CARTOONS
I hope you enjoy these...from Randy Glasbergen, a great cartoonist.
ASSORTED VOCABULARY EXERCISES
Click on the following links. ALL the following exercises are useful for you. DO THEM. There's nothing like a few minutes of practice every day. The more the better, obviously.
http://www.grammar.cl/Games/Two_Too_To.htm
http://www.grammar.cl/Games/Countable_Uncountable_Nouns.htm
http://www.vocabulary.cl/Games/Food_Containers.htm
http://www.vocabulary.cl/Games/Numbers_1-100.htm
http://www.vocabulary.cl/Games/Family_Members.htm
http://www.bradleys-english-school.com/online/concentration/opposite2.html
WEBCAMS TO THE WORLD
A web camera is a real-time camera, usually a video camera, whose images can be accessed using the internet. The first webcam was started in 1991 in the computer science department of Cambridge University. Today there are millions of webcams that provide views into offices, buildings, parks, streets, and can also give us panoramic views of cities and the countryside. Webcams are used to monitor traffic, to keep track of volcanic activity, to keep an eye on the weather conditions, and also to provide us with an inside view of places we may never have the opportunity to see personally. They can also be used for security reasons.
Here there are some links to webcams that may interest you.
San Diego Zoo
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/videos/index.html
Abbey Road in London
http://www.abbeyroad.co.uk/virtual_visit/webcam/
Viña del Mar (different intersections) (You'll need to install WebEye for this- it's on the site)
http://www.scat-gv.cl/camaras/c01.html
South Beach, Miami
http://www.earthcam.com/usa/florida/miami/
Panama Canal
http://www.pancanal.com/eng/photo/camera-java.html
Amazon River (National Zoo-Washington)
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/Amazonia/default.cfm
Asian Elephants(National Zoo-Washington)
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/AsianElephants/default.cfm
I hope you enjoy some of these views!
ELVIS...THE GREATEST
Lyrics THE GHETTO
As the snow flies
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin
A poor little baby child is born
In the ghetto
And his mama cries
cause if there's one thing that she don't need
It's another hungry mouth to feed
In the ghetto
People, don't you understand
The child needs a helping hand
Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day
Take a look at you and me,
Are we too blind to see,
Do we simply turn our heads
And look the other way
Well the world turns
And a hungry little boy with a runny nose
Plays in the street as the cold wind blows
In the ghetto
And his hunger burns
So he starts to roam the streets at night
And he learns how to steal
And he learns how to fight
In the ghetto
Then one night in desperation
A young man breaks away
He buys a gun, steals a car,
Tries to run, but he don't get far
And his mama cries
As a crowd gathers round an angry young man
Face down on the street with a gun in his hand
In the ghetto
As her young man dies,
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin,
Another little baby child is born
In the ghetto
LIMERICKS
Limericks are five-line poems, often witty or humorous, and were popularised by Edward Lear.They are simple and short and easy to learn, and when you read them, acquire a very characteristic intonation.
Sample Limericks
There was an Old Man in a tree,
Who was horribly bored by a Bee;
When they said, 'Does it buzz?'
He replied, 'Yes, it does!'
'It's a regular brute of a Bee!'
There was an Old Person whose habits,
Induced him to feed upon rabbits;
When he'd eaten eighteen,
He turned perfectly green,
Upon which he relinquished those habits.
There was a Young Lady whose eyes,
Were unique as to colour and size;
When she opened them wide,
People all turned aside,
And started away in surprise
There was an Old Man who supposed,
That the street door was partially closed;
But some very large rats,
Ate his coats and his hats,
While that futile old gentleman dozed.
There was an Old Person of Chili,
Whose conduct was painful and silly,
He sate on the stairs,
Eating apples and pears,
That imprudent Old Person of Chili.
There was a Young Lady whose chin,
Resembled the point of a pin;
So she had it made sharp,
And purchased a harp,
And played several tunes with her chin.
FUNNY PICTURES
OPTICAL ILLUSIONS
If you stare at the following picture long enough, you should see a giraffe. Have patience.
Were you beginning to think it was impossible?
Really, I am only pulling your leg! That was NOT an optical illusion. The following pictures are optical illusions.
What do you read in the black letters? What do you read in the white ones?
And now?
What two words can you read in the folowing illusion?
The following pictures are not animated, they just seem to be.
Your eyes are making them move. If you stare long enough at one spot, they will not move any more.
Count the people in the following picture. Count them again after they shift places.
Moral: Never trust your eyes completely. Things are not always what they seem!
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JUST TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO DO OVER THE WEEKEND
SNOOPY FOR EVER
