There are several ways to die but certainly some are more stupid than others. Have a look at this list and put them in order according to the song. Then check your answers with a version of the song with the lyrics
Interesting, food for thought speech of the late Steve Jobs, founder of Apple and Pixar, about various issues related to motivation, life, love and death. Watch the first 5 minutes and answer the questions:
This one is subtitled in English
STEVE JOBS STUDENT A
What do you know about the founder of Apple, who died recently?
Say whether these statements are True or False, Then watch the video and check your answers:
1. He had a degree on Electronic Engineering
2. He continued studying once he finished his degree
3. He was given for adoption
Continue watching the video and complete this information:
1. The first people who were going to adopt him were a …………………….. and his wife, who changed their mind when they found out that he was …………………….
2. His present parents were ungraduated, his mother never went to …………………. And his father didn’t finish ……………………………..
Now answer these questions briefly:
1. Why did Jobs give up going to regular college classes?
2. How did he feel when he decided to give up college?
3. Which classes did he go to?
4. How did he get money to buy food?
5. Where did he go for his meal on Sundays?
6. What does “connecting the dots” mean? How long did it take him to do that?
STEVE JOBS STUDENT B
What do you know about the founder of Apple, who died recently?
Say whether these statements are True or False, Then watch the video and check your answers:
1. He quit college after 6 months
2. He was adopted
3. His biological mother was a single parent
Continue watching the video and complete this information:
1. One of the requirements to be chosen as possible adopting parents was to ……………………………………….
2. His biological mother accepted to give him on adopting once his adopting parents promised to ………………………………………….
Now answer these questions briefly:
1. Did he know what he wanted to learn and do?
2. Looking back now, what does he think about this decision?
3. Where did he sleep?
4. How long did he have to walk to get a proper meal on Sundays?
5. What did he learn at college?
6. What does “connecting the dots” mean? How long did it take him to do that?
A deep ……………………language, from his …………………… background
The language of the ………………………….., a completely contemporary language
9. What did the African National Congress want to establish?
10. What did the ANC adopt as a policy?
11. What campaign did the ANC launch in 1952?
12. What did Nelson do?
13. What did the National Party government do?
14. What did Mandela and Oliver Tambo set up? What for?
15. What kind of firm was it? What kind of clients did they have? Who did they defend their clients against?
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16. When was Mandela arrested? What was he charged with?
17. When did he marry his second wife, Winny?
18. What did the S African government do in 1960?
19. What happened during a peaceful demonstration?
………………….. people were killed, …………………… were wounded
20 What did Mandela realise?
21. What was Mandela charged with while he was in prison?
22. Why did he stand trial but refuse to defend himself? What happened?
23. Where is Robben Island?
24. When was the ANC declared legal and Mandela released?
25. When did he win the Nobel Peace prize?
24. What happened in 1994?
KEY
1. When and where was he born?
July 18th 1918 in a small S African village
2. What did his father do?
He was a tribal chief
3. What kind of education did he have?
British
4. Who gave him the name “Nelson”?
His teacher
5. What happened to him when his father died?
He went to live with the leader of the Fendu people, who educated him for leadership and sent him to the finest schools
6. Why did he run away from home?
In order to avoid a pre arranged marriage
7. What did he come face to face with?
The brutal reality of racially divided S Africa
8. What 2 languages did he have?
A deep ……historical……language, from his tribal background
The language of the law, a completely contemporary language
9. What did the African National Congress want to establish?
A democratic government
10. What did the ANC adopt as official policy?
Non violent civil disobedience
11. What campaign did the ANC launch in 1952?
A campaign for the defiance of unjust laws
12. What did Nelson do?
He travelled S Africa and supported that effort
13. What did the National Party government do?
They took steps to restrain Nelson’s movements, banning him to attend any gatherings and confining him to Johannesburg
14. What did Mandela and Oliver Tambo set up? What for?
A law firm specialised in serving the black population.
15. What kind of firm was it? What kind of clients did they have? Who did they defend their clients against?
*Low price, accessible.
*Black clients
*Defending them against apartheid laws
16. When was Mandela arrested? What was he charged with?
In 1956. Treason
17. When did he marry his second wife, Winny?
In 1958
18. What did the S African government do in 1960?
Outlaw the ANC
19. What happened during a peaceful demonstration?
67 people were killed, 180 were wounded
20 What did Mandela realise?
That non-violent resistance was not enough
21. What was Mandela charged with while he was in prison?
Sabotage and conspiracy to overthrow the government
22. Why did he stand trial but refuse to defend himself? What happened?
So as not to legitimise the state’s case. He was sentenced to life imprisonment
23. Where is Robben Island?
A desolate rock island 7 miles of the coast of Cape Town
24. When was the ANC declared legal and Mandela released?
In 1990
25. When did he win the Nobel Peace prize?
In 1993
24. What happened in 1994?
Black people were allowed to vote for the first time in 300 years. Mandela was elected president in a landslide.
domingo, 28 de octubre de 2012
SWITCHED AT BIRTH
This is the video we have seen in class related to the article about the women who were switched at birth. Who needs a DNA test with this similarity? Watch the news items, then answer the questions below:
True or False?
1)They were switched at the hospital where they were born
2)It was the midwife who made the mistake
3)Dee Ann Angel and Kay Rene Reed went to the same school
4)They lived 30 miles apart
5)Neither them nor their mothers had any suspicions about their origins
minute 0:25
Answer these questions
2)Where were they born?
3)When were they switched?
4)What did one of the mothers say?
5)What is Dee Ann Angel like? And her
family?
6)Who did Dee Ann Angel express her
doubts to?
7)What is Kay Rene like? And her
family?
8)When did Kay Rene start to feel
different?
9)Did the mothers find out the truth
before they died?
minute 1:54
Finish watching the news and answer these questions
1)Why is Dee Ann sad?
3)Where did Kay Rene live? What connection does this fact have with Dee Ann?
5)What kind of feeling did Dee Ann have from time to time?
6)Who knew about the doubts that Kay Rene’s mum had about her daughter?
7)What didn’t exist at the time of their birth so as to scientifically check their origin?
8)How were the mothers at the hospital after giving birth?
9)Where did they all find out the truth?
10)Who’s Juanita?
11)What did they say when Kay Rene and Juanita met for the first time?
A website in Britain has just released a (1)…………………into the strange
names some people have. TheBabyWebsite.com created a list called „The Most
Unfortunate Names in Britain‟. Some of the names have been with people from (2)
…………………….; others got the names after they married. The bizarre, unlucky names
include Barb Dwyer, Hazel Nutt, Jo King, Justin Case, Barry Cade and Mary
Christmas. A (3)……………………. for the website gave one reason for why people have
these names, saying: “When the parents of some of those people named their
children, many probably didn't even (4) …………………….. the implications at the
time.” He added: "Parents really do need to think carefully though when
(5)………………………….. names for their children.” The list is a wake-up call for
today‟s parents to think more carefully about the names they give to their
children. It is very common to (6) ………………………… babies after pop stars and
actors. Popular names for children today include Miley, Britney and Brad.
TheBabyWebsite explained how difficult life must be with a strange name: “There
must be tremendous embarrassment every time they have to (7)……………………….
themselves to anyone, (8)………………………. to a crowd. Even their teachers must have
had to hold back their smiles sometimes.” Americans also have some (9)…………………………..
names, such as Carrie Oakey and Bill Board. We found the best married-couple
names on the BBC‟s (10)…………………..; Mr and Mrs Mee – Rob‟s a banker and Sue‟s a
lawyer.
Here is the first episode of the series "Doc Martin" about this stroppy ex-cardiovascular surgeon who goes to live and work in Portwenn, a tiny village in a remote place in Cornwall, in the South West of England. These series have been going on for some years in Britain now and were the inspiration to do the Spanish counterpart, "Doctor Mateo" (the British were first, though)
Watch the first episode and write a review of it, including a brief summary of the plot, describing at least 2 of the main characters (choose from the list), where and when it is set, the strong points and the weaknesses of it, the atmosphere, the English lifestyle portrayed and finally give your personal opinion about it.
Here is the list of the main characters:
Dr Martin Elligham
Louisa Glasson, the teacher
PC Mark Mylow, the police officer
Bert Large, the plumber (father)
Al Large, the plumber (son)
Joan Norton. Doc's aunt
Elaine Denham, the receptionist
Coronel Gilbert Spencer, the patient
