Tuesday 9 December 2014

FABRICS AND MATERIALS DAMAGE THE ENVIRONMENT.





 TASK 1 
Find out how big your environmental footprint is by answering a few questions 
http://footprint.wwf.org.uk/ 
Task 2
If you have doubts about fabrics and materials, if you are not sure about what leather or concrete is, have a look at the link below( you may also listen to their pronunciation)

Task 3 : Here you have some extra-work on the position of English adjectives , the "ODA SCOMP exercice"
  1. http://www.learn4good.com/languages/evrd_grammar/adjective_order.htm
  2. http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/adjective-word-order 
  3. http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=6877
  4. http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/adjord2.htm
  5. http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-2418.php
  6. http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-42493.php
  7. http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-9901.php
  8.  http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-59720.php

THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE



 I am sure you have seen this advertisement by Sainsbury (the third largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom) as it has been considered the best 2014 Christmas ad.


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But do you know what this commercial refers to? Did what you see in the ad really happen?  The Christmas Truce has become one of the most famous and mythologised events of the First World War. But what was the real story behind the truce? Why did it happen and did British and German soldiers really play football in no-man's land?

TASK 1 : Listen to the following video and answer these questions: