Animal Expressions

Hi, everyone!!!!
Preparing yourself for the coming long weekend? I know I am :-) I really feel like having a few relaxing days, don't you?
If you have a bit of time on your hands, I hope you can check out this webpage: it has a variety of activities for ESL Students such as quizzes, tests, exercises and puzzles to help you learn English as a Second Language (ESL). This project of The Internet TESL Journal (iteslj.org) has thousands of contributions by many teachers.
As I was surfing the podcast section and in The Daily English Show I came across this video on Animal Expressions and thought about sharing it with you... so I could ask you:
Which is your favourite expression?
PLEASE, COMMENT!!!
Next week I will tell you mine ;-)
Cristina

British tourists

Hi!

Now that Easter vacation is over, it’s time to store our pictures and start planning for next year (or hopefully, for the summer).

Look what I found on the habits of British tourist. They have published statistics on their top 10 holiday destinations and…(surprise?) Spain ranks number 1! But what is it that makes Spain so popular with the Brits? AOL tried to find out, and here are the answers.

“1st destination: Spain

Why: Whatever our holiday needs, Spain meets them.

What we like: Historic cities (Seville, Cordoba, Toledo), world-famous landmarks old (Granada's Alhambra) and new (Bilbao's Guggenheim museum) and top-class cuisine (from gazpacho in the south to pintxos in the north), while in Barcelona, it has a city which combines all of the above in the best possible taste- Europe's top destination for a weekend break.

What we love: As far as the average British holidaymaker is concerned, you can't beat good, old-fashioned sun, sex and sangria, whether it be Benidorm, Malaga, Lanzarote or Ibiza.

Number of Brits: Over 12 million per year”

If you like to know more about the rest of the destinations, just click on the link below

http://travel.aol.co.uk/brits-abroad-top-10-countries-no/article/20071115082109990001

WAIT A MOMENT: 12 million coming for Sun, Sex and Sangría? It’s clear the weather helps (among other things). But I have a question for you: if you have good weather here in Spain, why do you keep going abroad on vacation?

What do you look for in a holiday destination?

Thanks in advance for your answers!

Alex

the reshuffle

and I haven´t towel

Brain teasers

Last week´s brain teasers
The answer is .......
Yes, P. Sáez got both answers right. Congratulations!

Its shadow is the part of the bird that is not in the sky.
And, we couldn´t tease you, you are driving the bus so the colour of the bus driver´s eyes is the colour of your eyes.

This week´s brain teasers
You have a fox, a chicken and a sack of grain. You must cross a river with only one of them at a time. If you leave the fox with the chicken he will eat it; if you leave the chicken with the grain he will eat it. How can you get all three across safely?

Tom's mother has three children. One is named April, one is named May. What is the third one named?

You have two weeks ahead of you to figure out the answers.They will come out on April 16.

THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING!!

April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day, although not a holiday in its own right, is a notable day celebrated in many countries on April 1. The day is marked by the commission of hoaxes and other practical jokes of varying sophistication on friends, familiy members, enemies, and neighbours, or sending them on fool´s errand, the aim of which is to embarrass the gullible. Traditionally, in some countries, the jokes only last until noon: like UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa, someone who plays a trick after noon is called an "April Fool". Elsewhere, such as in Ireland, France, and the USA, the jokes last all day.

Source: Wikipedia

Wooden Houses in Salem,Ma.

Eduardo, one of our readers, has sent us this beautiful picture taken in Salem (USA) recently. It´s just a pity you can´t enter our competition as you are not a student at our School, maybe next year?

Thank you very much for sharing your picture with us and for reading us!!

Hello everybody,

I´ve come up with a new idea for our blog...

I´m going to put your mind to the test with some riddles and brain teasers every week. So, browse around and test yourself with these mind puzzles.

An easy riddle to start with.

The part of the bird
that is not in the sky,
which can swim in the ocean
and always stays dry.

Question: What is it?

Now, try this brain teaser.

You're driving a bus that is leaving on a trip from Pennsylvania and ending in New York. To start off with, there were 32 passengers on the bus. At the next bus stop, 11 people get off and 9 people get on. At the next bus stop, 2 people get off and 2 people get on. At the next bus stop, 12 people get on and 16 people get off. At the next bus stop, 5 people get on and 3 people get off. Question: What color are the bus driver's eyes?

Come on, send your answers before next Thursday!!

Good luck.

Carmela.

March 25
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
March 25 is the 84th day of the year (85th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 281 days remaining until the end of the year.
March 25, Lady Day, was New Years' Day in many European implementations of the Julian calendar, preceding by exactly nine months Christmas Day.

Holidays & Observances - March 25th:
Palace Theatre opened, 1913
The first color TV was manufactured by RCA, 1954
The new $100 bill goes into circulation, 1996
Waffle Day (In Sweden, the feast of the Annunciation, Our Lady's Day, has come to be known as Waffle Day and traditionally falls on March 25, nine months to the day before Christmas) www.swedishkitchen.com/sk_other_holidays.html

Celebrity Birthdays - March 25th:
Anita Bryant, 1940 (Singer)
Aretha Franklin, 1942 (Singer)
Elton John, 1947 (Musician)
Jim Lovell, 1928 (Astronaut)
Sarah Jessica Parker, 1965 (Actress)
Cristina Galindo, 1972 (Teacher)

The Emerald Isle

OK, it's out of competition, but I wanted to join our photographers with this picture taken in Ireland (St Patrick's hangover lingers) some time ago.

I hope to see more of your pics soon!

Alex

The Language School celebrates Saint Patrick's Day

To all the Language School students,

Thanks for participating!!!!

Your teachers.