Pretty Hurts - Beyonce

Remedios liked this song and wanted to share it with you. Watch the video and read the lyrics so that you can answer the questions. The lyrics are very interesting, although I'm not sure Beyonce's image is coherent with the message she delivers here. Anyway, listen to the song and answer Remedio's questions:

1. What physical characteristics of women's bodies are mentioned?
2. The singer talks about some disease. Which one?
3. At the end of the song there is a question. What would be your answer for that question?

Welcome back to school! ;)

I'd like give you a warm welcome from your school trip with a song. What's more, it will open a weekly section. If you want to publish your favourite song, you just have to write an entry with the videoclip of the song and a couple of questions about it for your classmates.

Listen to it and answer the following questions:

1. What currency is mentioned in the song?
2. What contradictions does the singer talk about?

Try to answer the questions after listening to the song a few times. If you can't still answer the questions, you can look for the lyrics on the Internet.

Bullying is wrong

Last year the world was shocked by the news of a girl who announced her suicide on youtube because she could not endure being the victim of cyberbullying anymore. Today I want you to take a look at his controversial picture:

Hailey's mother posted this picture on Facebook. Hailey had been cyber-bullying other girls and her mother wanted to teach her a lesson. She forced Hailey into selling her iPod and posing with a shaming poster confessing her crime. Now some people accuse Hailey's mother of using her own bullying tactics against her daughter. What do you think?

Bicycles

This term we are reading Three  Men on the Bummel. It is about three men who decide to go on a bicycle tour around Germany.

Nowadays citizens know that traffic problems are an important issue in big cities: traffic jams, pollution, expensive petrol... These are some of the reasons why more and more people have decided to start using their bicycles to move around the city.

Have you got a bicycle? Do you usually use it as a means of transport? In case your answers are affirmative, you may be interested in Riderstate.

Click on the link and discover what it is about. Then, write a comment explaining what you think about it.

Learning phrasal verbs

The Phrasal Verbs Machine is a great app developed by Cambridge University. It is a free app that will help you to learn the meanings of phrasal verbs. The Phrasal Verbs Machine provides short animations that illustrate the meaning of many common phrasal verbs. There is a written definition below each animation. You can view the animations and definitions as many times as you like before doing the exercises. Enjoy it!