Girl on fire

Singing a song aloud is, by far, the best way to improve your pronunciation and have a break. Try this one by Alicia Keys:


Spirit of Marilyn
Callin me, audibly, bawlin she
Said that she would never leave
Continue to torture me
Tellin me to come with her
Underneath my comforter
And she brought a gun with her
Pills and some rum with her
Tip me on the balcony
Tellin me to jump with her
Yeah I'm in the ghost but, I ain't doin stunts with her
I ain't tryna be that
Haters wanna see that
But I got 'em aggy
Cause I win the gold like Gabby

[Alicia Keys:]
She's just a girl and she's on fire
Hotter than a fantasy, lonely like a highway
She's living in a world and it's on fire
Filled with catastrophe, but she knows she can fly away

Oh, oh oh oh oh
She got both feet on the ground
And she's burning it down
Oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh
She got her head in the clouds
And she's not backing down

This girl is on fire
This girl is on fire
She's walking on fire
This girl is on fire

Looks like a girl but she's a flame
So bright she can burn your eyes
Better look the other way
You can try but you'll never forget her name
She's on top of the world
Hottest of the hottest girls, say

Oh, oh oh oh oh
We got our feet on the ground
And we're burning it down
Oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh
Got our head in the clouds
And we're not coming down

This girl is on fire
This girl is on fire
She's walking on fire
This girl is on fire

Everybody stares as she goes by
Cause they can see the flame that's in her eyes
Watch her as she's lighting up the night
Nobody knows that she's a lonely girl
And it's a lonely world
But she gon' let it burn, baby, burn, baby

[Nicki Minaj:]
Dear God, if you're here God
Make the fire disappear when they stare God
Take away the fear when they interfere God
Do you fear God?
Cause I fear God
And in my backyard, that's a deer, God
And that's a horse ranch
And to my core fans, keep reppin' me, do it to the death of me
X in the box, cause ain't nobody checkin me

[Alicia Keys:]
This girl is on fire
This girl is on fire
She's walking on fire
This girl is on fire

Oh, oh, oh...

She's just a girl and she's on fire

The present perfect tense

Present Perfect Tense from IES Rosario de Acuña

Talking to an alien.

I know you get nervous when you face the speaking exam, but perhaps you shouldn't take it too seriously.
Enjoy this interview:

TIEMPOS VERBALES

Vamos a recordar los usos más normales de los cinco tiempos verbales que hemos estudiado hasta ahora. Si necesitáis practicarlos, aquí tenéis un enlace muy apropiado.

Presente simple.

• Verdades generales:

Water boils at 100º

• Rutina y acciones habituales:

I usually get up early.

• Con verbos estáticos: (want, need, like, belong, see, hear, smell, suppose, mean, understand, seem,...)

I want to go to bed now.

• Futuro asociado a horario y viajes:

What time does the film start?

Presente continuo.

• Para hablar de algo que está ocurriendo en el momento de hablar:

Where’s Margaret? She’s having a bath.

• Para hablar de algo temporal:

He’s building his own house.

• Para hablar de situaciones cambiantes:

My Chinese is getting better.

• Para una acción futura que tienes planeada:

I’m having dinner with Peter next weekend.

Pasado simple:

• Acciones ya terminadas:

I lived in Seville for five years.

• Referido a un momento concreto del pasado:

I went to Italy last year.

• No guarda relación con el presente:

The Chinese invented printing.

• En una narrativa, cuando estoy contando los hechos.(Si describo el contexto de la misma uso el pasado continuo):

He woke up, went downstairs and looked through the window, the birds were singing and the sun was shining.

Pasado continuo:

• Coincide con el imperfecto español.
• Una acción en progreso en un momento del pasado:

This time last year I was living in Brazil.

• Con el pasado simple para decir que algo ocurrió a mitad de otra acción:

It was raining when I got up.

• Para acciones simultáneas:

He was washing up while I was ironing.

Presente perfecto:

• Relación con el presente:

I’ve lost my key. (I haven’t got it now)

• Hechos recientes novedosos:

Do you know about Jim? He’s gone to Rome.

• Pasado de la experiencia con “ever” y “never”:

Have you ever ridden a horse?

• Acompañando a un superlativo:

It’s the best film I’ve ever seen.

• Para un periodo de tiempo que continúa hasta el presente:

I’ve worked in this high-school since September.

• Se diferencia del presente perfecto continuo porque insiste en el resultado de la acción.

I’ve been reading all the night. I’ve read a hundred pages.

• Para un periodo de tiempo no terminado:

I’ve smoked twenty cigarrettes today.

Give peace a quote

"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind." Mahatma Gandhi

"History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people." Martin Luther King, Jr.

"The earth is our mother...The earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth." Chief Seattle,1854

After discussing about how to avoid pollution and protect the environment, I would like you to have a look at a couple of videos.
The first one is called "An inconvenient truth" and the speaker in the documentary about global warming  is the former American vice president Al Gore. The film was released in 2006. You've all heard about him in class.
Long time before, in 1854, the Indian chief Seattle gave the most beautiful speech on behalf of the environment and human kind.
This was his wisest answer to the President of the United States, who wanted to buy their native lands.

Relevancia del inglés.

Cuando hablamos de asignaturas instrumentales, enseguida pensamos en lengua y matemáticas; pero rara vez incluimos el inglés. No os preocupéis, es un mal generalizado. Tanto estudiantes como equipos directivos y claustros olvidamos continuamente que la ley equipara esta materia con las otras dos. Nos acordamos de Santa Rita, eso sí, cuando nos cae encima el chaparrón de críticas por lo mal hablante de inglés que somos. Entonces, hacemos propósito de enmienda sin apenas entonar el "mea culpa" porque, al no estar seguros de la raíz del problema, tampoco tenemos clara la solución. Lo que sí parece claro es que necesitamos dominar esta lengua; tanto si deseamos continuar con nuestros estudios superiores, como si queremos incorporarnos a un mundo laboral cada vez más competitivo y restringido. Para contribuir a la consecución de este propósito nace este blog que pretende funcionar como un aula abierta donde desarrollar y ampliar las interrogantes y dudas que a menudo aparecen en la clase, en referencia, no sólo a nuestro proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje, sino también hacia nuestra curiosidad en torno a una cultura y unos países distintos al nuestro. Dicen por ahí que a menos que queráis ser el presidente del gobierno, vais a necesitar hablar inglés. Yo os animo a que os lo planteéis no sólo como una necesidad sino como una aventura placentera. Desde aquí, entre todos, podemos embarcarnos en un proyecto común: aprender una lengua y una cultura. Llegar a buen puerto depende más de la fuerza con que rememos que de los vientos que soplen en contra.