PANDEMIC HUMOUR - THE ANTIDOTE TO GRAVITY IS LEVITY

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IS ROWAN ATKINSON THE REAL MR. BEAN?

Dear students,

I hope you enjoyed the sketch that we watched in today's lesson. After telling your anecdotes in the class and watching Mr Bean, I thought you might enjoy this interview with Rowan Atkinson telling a personal anecdote.

I also recommend the videos on this YouTube Channel from Graham Norton's show. They're really fun to watch.

Enjoy!

GETTING READY FOR THE OSCARS

Who else is excited about the Oscars? Are you making your predictions?

We'll get a chance to talk about them in the next unit, where we will be dealing with films.

In the meanwhile, here's your checklist for next Sunday night

Let me know if you ticked off many items ;) 

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LISTEN TO MUSIC AND YOU'RE HUNGRY

Before you play the videos below, here's a challenge for you:

Pieces of well-known songs appear in these two videos, can you identify any of them playing the video with the sound off?

In this two funny videos the comedian Bec Hill creates humour with a common phenomenon I'm sure you have all experienced at some time when listening to songs in English: MONDEGREEN.

Mondegreen happens when a misheard word or phrase that makes sense in your head, but it's in fact entirely incorrect.

When we listen to something we don't clearly understand we try to extract meaning from "the noise". This happens a lot when we listen to songs, even in our own language, as many times songs tend to have lyrics that are a bit unexpected or unusual.

If you enjoyed the videos you might also like the following website, an archive of misheard lyrics:

Enjoy it (but avoid creating your own mondegreens in listening exams!😉)

BLACK FRIDAY - TIME FOR SOME LAUGHS

NEVER HAVE I EVER

Have you ever played the game 'NEVER HAVE I EVER..."?

It's a great game to get to know your friends and it can be lots of fun, specially if they are honest! In this game players take turns asking other players about things they have done or haven't done.

It is often played as a drinking game in parties and those players who have done the thing take a drink. It can also be played with no alcohol and it will be still be a lot of fun if you ask the right questions and your friends are honest ;)

I'm posting a video from Ellen DeGeneres' show where you can get an idea of how to play the game. I hope you enjoy it while revising your present perfect at the same time!

NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS

Some ideas for your New Year resolutions

CARPOOL KARAOKE (INTERMEDIO 1)

When we talked about dangerous things to do behind the wheel in the class, most of you did not consider driving and listening to music particularly hazardous and some of you even found it relaxing.

Apparently many people think driving and listening to music is fun. So do all the fans of James Corden’s Carpool Karaoke. Carpool Karaoke, a segment of James Corden's Late Late Show on CBS, has become an online phenomenon.

In this part of the programme the host drives around in a car with celebrity guests singing their favourite tunes. Some of the biggest names in music and film, including Madonna, Justin Bieber, Stevie Wonder, Tom Hanks, One Direction, Lady Gaga and Adele have been some of Corden’s passengers.

One of the most popular segments included the then-First Lady singing a song by Stevie Wonder as he drove her around the streets of Washington DC. Thirty-four million people viewed the video of Michelle Obama rocking out to her favourite singer just one week after it first aired.

Watch it and enjoy, but don’t forget to drive safely!

Check the You Tube Channel for other guests:

PROCRASTINATION - AVANZADO 2

Are you already working on your website review? Let me help you procrastinate a little bit practising your listening skills to make you feel less guilty... 

Have a laugh listening to Ellen talk about procrastination. (Min. 4:10-8:00)