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MUMMIFYING OR EMBALMING

Here are some links to places where you can learn more about embalming mummies in Egyptian times. Some are interactive and you can help in the mummification process!

http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/ED/mummy.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/launch_gms_mummy_maker.shtml

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/media/tv/mummy/index.html

http://www.salariya.com/web_books/mummy/index.html

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/egypt/mummies.htm

 http://www.guardians.net/egypt/postcards/index.html

 

 

 

 

  

Curious British Customs

 

         Great Britain is the birthplace of Newton, Darwin, Shakespeare and The Beatles: home of the world’s largest foreign exchange market, the world’s riches football club – Manchester United, the inventor of the hovercraft and J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series . It is also a country full of customs and traditions, some interesting and some strange. But they’re all interesting and a part of the British way of life.

 

         One of these is the annual Cheese Rolling competition, which takes place in spring, in several parts of the country. A round cheese is rolled down a hill chased by competitors. The first person to catch it is the winner.

 

         Another curious festival is one by the name of Up-Helly-Aa, which is thought to be Britain’s largest fire and torchlight festival. Its origins are in the Viking invasion of Scotland and it takes place in the Shetland islands. The Shetlanders make a model of a Viking ship, and drag it through the town to the sea. They then throw burning torches onto the ship and create a massive bonfire, all the while singing Up-Helly-Aa songs.

 

Wonderful Chile

         Stretching down half the length of South America’s western coast, Chile’s skinny shoelace form is a wonderland of geographical and climatic diversity. The country offers countless natural attractions, from arid desert expanses to volcanoes, lakes, rivers, waterfalls, beaches and mountains, all waiting to be explored.

         Although Chile has many urban centres, the country’s most compelling feature is its incredible natural environment and the leisure and adventure opportunities that it presents. Visitors are drawn to the country by the superb coastline, made up of almost 4,800 km of sandy beaches, sheltered caves and hidden inlets, and the snow-capped peaks of the Andes, with their fabulous skiing areas. Additionally, there is the mysticism of the Atacama Desert, the remote allure of Patagonia and the scenic splendour of the country’s volcanic regions. And if this weren’t enough, Chile also offers visitors mysterious Easter Island and the frozen beauty of Antarctica.

Bigfoot

         Is it possible that a reclusive, man-like creature inhabits the remote areas of our planet? We cannot assume that we know about all the species on our planet. Only a few years ago, several new creatures were discovered: the okapi and the coelacanth. So is it so hard to believe that a hair-covered, man-like creature could exist, on the verge of discovery?

         In remote areas there have been sightings of just such a creature. Known by many names, such as Bigfoot, Susquatch, Yeti, Almas, and more, the descriptions of the creature are very similar from one place to another. This creature has been seen in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia. Most of the people who say they have seen it coincide in the general details, although there are differences in the reports of its height, which varies from 5’5’’ to 8’+. This could be explained if the age were taken into account. Did they see an adult or a juvenile?

ARTICLES (EXERCISES)

Articles(a/an/the)

Easy

http://esl-efl.webpark.pl/english_articles.html

http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/lefg2_articles1.html

http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/lefg2_articles2.html

http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/sp/articles6.html

http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/sp/

http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/sp/new_articles1.html

http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/sp/articles7.html

 

More difficult

http://engli.webpark.pl/articles.html

ENGLISH EXAM MARKS

Second Seniors

 Aspillaga, Florencia6.5 
 Bustamante, Catalina6.3 
 Fernandez, Jorge6.3 
 Ferrari, Giovanni6.1
 Freeman, Michael6.6
 Duran, Francisca6.7 
 Hernandez, Pilar6.6 

 Maluk, María José

6.6 
 Navia, Mariana6.1 
 Olivares, Nicolás6.5 
 Orrego, Gabriel6.7 
 Palma, Beatriz5.8 
 Silva, Pablo6.8 
 Ancic, Dusan5.9 
 Espinoza, Camila6.3 
 González, Javier6.0 
 Magasich, Juan6.8
 Navia, Amanda5.7 
 Ollino, Franco6.0 
 Reyes, Catalina6.8 
 Tyrer, Sebastián5.6 
 Simpson, Manuel6.4 

CAUSATIVE USE OF HAVE

http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/lefg1_causative.html

http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/lefg1_causative2.html

Good Luck!

PASSIVE VOICE (Second Seniors)

PASSIVE

Good Luck in your studying!

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

http://www.usingenglish.com/members/quizzes/286.html

http://www.usingenglish.com/members/quizzes/227.html

http://perso.wanadoo.es/autoenglish/gr.pas.i.htm

 

 

SECOND SENIORS INTERACTIVE EXERCISES THIRD CONDITIONAL

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/3cond.htm

http://www.smic.be/smic5022/conditionaltype3.htm

 

Wishes and regrets

http://www.5minuteenglish.com/apr21.htm

http://valenciaenglish.netfirms.com/wish.htm

http://valenciaenglish.netfirms.com/wishex.htm

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/naturalenglish/upp/a_grammar/unit01/neup_grammar01_2/

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/headway/upperint/a_grammar/unit11/hwy_upp_unit11_1/

http://www.5minuteenglish.com/may8.htm

 

 

Dictations Second Seniors

Multicultural Britain              

      Britain has always been a mixed society, a nation peopled by immigrants. Britain has benefited from ethnic diversity in all fields, from industry and commerce to sports, science and the arts.  The history of immigration in Britain goes back to the time of invasions by Romans, Saxons, Vikings and Normans.   

     Many people went to Britain, often encouraged by the government to bring money, skill or labour to the country. Refugees from Europe also fled to Britain to escape persecution and poverty.            

     The British Empire, which by the time of the First World War included 25% of the world, was a source of soldiers during the wars and of labour after the Second World War. Although immigration was promoted at first, by the end of 1970 it was strictly controlled. Today, however, immigrants often encounter hostility and resentment, so a law was passed in the year 2000, which makes it unlawful to discriminate against anyone on grounds of race, colour, nationality, or ethnic or national origin.  

    

Two Years up a Tree

         On December 19th, 1999, twenty-five year-old Julia Hill climbed down a giant redwood tree in the middle of a forest in California, after having spent more than two years living in a tree house placed 55 metres above the ground.

        Why did she do this, resisting the cold, the rain and El Niño winds? The answer is simple. Julia is an ecologist, and she was defending the tree and the forest from destruction by the wood company Pacific Lumber. While she was living in the tree, she attracted enormous media attention. She answered more than 100 letters a week and used her mobile phone to defend the forest on radio and TV. She also learned a great deal about trees and nature. She learned to recognise the birds flying around her, and when high winds were blowing, she learned to copy the branches that survive by bending.        

        After two years and one week, the company promised to make the forest a protected area, and that’s when Julia climbed down the tree.

   

Spanglish

          During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, millions of Europeans and Latin Americans went to live in the USA. Within a couple of generations, most of the French, German, Italian and Russian immigrants spoke only English, but many of the Spanish speakers became bilingual.  

       Today there are about thirty million Hispanics in the USA who speak Spanish and English. Often the Spanish they speak is Spanglish, which is Spanish, but contains many words of English origin. Some examples of CyberSpanish are maus and chatear. Other words refer to everyday activities, and show a sense of humour: when Spanish speakers want to buy groceries, they ‘compran groserías’, and when they vacuum the carpet, they ‘vacunan la carpeta’.

         Spanglish is not only found on the Internet, but it is also spoken on TV, sung to the rhythm of rap and salsa, and even used by a number of famous Puerto Rican poets.

Spanglish           by Andrada Ianosi


And there I was in front of me
Just me y nadie más,
Un poco vieja ,como a ti
Te encanta que me veas.

Estaba yo más old que yo,
But this you loved so much
To be the one that looked like you,
The one that had your touch,

Porque en mí you had your soul,
Your dreams and all your secrets,
Yo te esperaba con temor,
Paciencia de los ancients.

E intenté tocar mi piel,
Oir mi voz distante,
Out of the blue you touched my hair,
Mi alma tan pulsante...