Addicted to Technology

To my dear 1st Year of Advanced Level students:
Here is the video we watched today in class. If you need a copy of the questions, just let me know!
Enjoy and great work today!
Cristina

VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE "WHAT NOW" ENDING!!!

Hi!

You can now vote for your favorite ending to "What now". First of all, we'd like to thank our students at 1º and 2º Avanzado for their effort. Now you've got a chance to participate in the story as well. There are 8 alternative endings to choose from. Just scroll down to read the different versions. It is great reading practice, so enjoy them all and vote!!!

Your beloved teachers ;-)

What now? Ending 8

All the people started to get confused and crazy and when they were about to hit me and the Scotsman the third gadget started to bleep.

Everybody went to the third gadget, and we all thought that the three gadgets had something in common, so we linked together the three parts. Suddenly, a holographic image appeared from the device.

The men who appeared from the holographic image told all of us that we were actually guinea-pigs of a behavior experiment. The men also told us that we also have a chip implemented under our skin. We were being wwatched and controlled from a satellite.

The men also told us that this story was aimed at studying us. We needed to get to a safe place and we also had to be organized to get there. On the way, theree would be some clues and some food and drink.
By the time we got into the safe place we took a flight to our home

III Concurso fotográfico “Pasaba por ahí”

1. Objetivo del concurso: fomentar entre los alumnos el intercambio de experiencias a través de sus viajes y el conocimiento de diferentes culturas.

2. Participantes: todos los alumnos matriculados en la Escuela Oficial de Idiomas de Navalmoral de la Mata en el presente curso escolar 2010-2011.

3. Pautas: cada participante podrá mandar un máximo de tres fotografías realizadas en sus viajes por España o el extranjero, que serán originales e inéditas. El alumno debe ser reconocible en la fotografía. Cada fotografía será acompañada por una frase (en castellano o en cualquiera de las lenguas impartidas en la EOI) que transmita la experiencia que desea compartir. El texto debe enviarse aparte de la foto, no integrado en ella.

4. Presentación: fotografía digital, sin comprimir. No se admitirán fotografías analógicas escaneadas. Cada fotografía se enviará por correo electrónico a la siguiente cuenta: eoinavalmoralconcursos@gmail.com El mensaje debe incluir el nombre y apellidos del concursante, así como el idioma y nivel que cursa.

5. Plazo de presentación: desde el 25 de febrero hasta el 29 de abril (ambos inclusive).

6. Criterio de valoración: se tendrá en cuenta la originalidad en la forma de captar y transmitir el espíritu viajero de los participantes.

7. Sistema de votación: las votaciones se realizarán en las aulas de la escuela.

8. Plazo de votación: días 4 (grupos de lunes y miércoles) y 5 (grupos de martes y jueves) de mayo

9. Premios:

1º premio: dos noches de hotel

2º premio: una noche de hotel

3º premio: una noche de hotel

Se otorgará un único premio por participante, por lo que las fotografías ganadoras deberán pertenecer a tres participantes distintos.

10. Entrega de premios: lunes, 9 de mayo, con motivo del Día del Centro. Se efectuará en la Escuela Oficial de Idiomas.

11. Protección de datos: El nombre de los participantes y las fotografías enviadas podrán ser objeto de comunicación pública, siempre que dicha comunicación esté relacionada con las actividades de la Escuela Oficial de Idiomas. Podrán ser mostradas en los blogs de los tres departamentos que forman la EOI o en el perfil de facebook de la misma.

12. La participación en este concurso supone la plena aceptación de estas bases. La Escuela Oficial de Idiomas se reserva el derecho a no admitir a concurso las fotografías que no se ajusten al objetivo del concurso, o que se consideren ofensivas o de mal gusto. Asimismo, la Escuela Oficial de Idiomas podrá modificar estas bases por causas que considere justificadas.

What Now? Ending 7

And yet one more of our amazing endings for "What now?"

Shortly afterwards, as we were arguing, a tiny plane appeared with the producer. He was holding a megaphone and then suddenly he said: “Don't go crazy, this is also a stage of the programme, so please stop arguing and listen carefully. We've set down a plane deep within the jungle and you must find out where it is. To help you with this task, you can use the gadgets you collected in the plane before. As you can see, they've been bleeping for a while. When two of the gadgets are near, they start bleeping and the higher they bleep, the closer you're of the plane. Now, we'll explain the rules of this stage:

First, you'll be divided in two groups of 3 people. Each group will have a gadget, and you'll need to find the other one so you can find the plane later. You'll get an envelope with a clue inside it in order to help you to find the gadget. The clue will tell you a location of the island, and when you arrive there you'll have to pass a test to get the second clue. As you know, there's only one gadget left, so the fastest group will be the one who'll get it first. Once one time has reached the gadget, the other time will have to get a gadget from them, anyway they want (that means you can even fight, as long as you don't kill each other). The second and last rule is that, the team which loses the game will have to stay in this island for a month surviving all by themselves as a punishment. So, that's all, you can start from... now!

Everybody was shocked at these words but, maybe for a survival instinct that had rised inside me since I fell from the plane, I started to run with the people of my team as fast as I could and, so on, we reached the first test. It consisted in walking on a woods without losing the balance. We could handle to do it in two minutes and then we rushed to the next test. This test was even harder than the last one, because you needed to dive into mud to find the clue and, at the same time, within the mud there were poisonous spiders and snakes. I was slightly scared a the beginning, but just the idea of spending a month in this living hell cheered me up to do it, and then I made out to find the clue. So we headed to the last test and actually, this one was the easiest one. We just needed to use some ropes to jump and get to a rock. We easily did it and then started running to the place where the gadget was. When we arrived the place where the gadget was supòssed to be, we heard some sort of engine noise and then, we saw a plane flying in the sky above us, leaving the island. Shortly after, the producer said that the other team had won the game, and that we'd have to stay in the island.

“What does this mean? Is he serious?” those were the questions I had in that precise moment. My partners started sounding him out with questions frantically, but there was no answer. The plane had already left.

Punxsutawney Phil sees no shadow, predicts early spring!!

Prophetic groundhog has seen his shadow 98 times, hasn't seen it 16 times since 1887

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. — To the relief of the winter-weary, the world's most famous groundhog is predicting an early spring.

Punxsutawney Phil emerged around dawn on Groundhog Day on Wednesday to make his 125th annual weather forecast in front of thousands who braved muddy, icy conditions. Phil's handlers revealed that Pennsylvania's prophetic rodent was rooting for the Steelers in this Sunday's Super Bowl and that he had not seen his shadow.

Phil's handlers, the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club's Inner Circle, concoct the forecasts. Several thousand revelers gathered in the pre-dawn hours on a small hill called Gobbler's Knob to hear the prediction.

Before Wednesday, Phil had seen his shadow 98 times and hadn't seen it 15 times since 1887. There are no records for the remaining years, though the group has never failed to issue a forecast.

The tradition traces its origins to a German superstition.

OFFICIAL WEBPAGE

Edinburgh (última hora)

Os comunicamos que el número de personas inscritas para el viaje a Edimburgo ha sido menor del esperado, por lo que debemos pedir un nuevo presupuesto a la agencia de viajes. Eso nos deja un mínimo margen para que alguien más se apunte. Poneos en contacto con la EOI si queréis participar y no estáis apuntados.