Reported Speech Review

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Are you in love? Celebrate St. Valentine's Day with Roxette!

In 1991, the Swedish duo Roxette (Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle) released the album Joyride, in which they included the song "Church of your heart".
More information:
Roxette in Wikipedia

Roxette Official Site

Complete the lyrics, enjoy the song and dedicate it to those you love!!!

Roxette - Church of your heart

Can't we 1._________ the world outside
Just for a while? Just for a while?
2._________some time, you and I
Under this bright glorious 3.__________

It's been so long 4.__________ I first saw you
But I still love that 5.____________ in your eyes

Yes it's true, right from the start
I believed in the church of your heart
Yes it's you, that make me part of
And I believe in the church of your heart

Step inside, lay 6.___________ down
Just for a while, rest for a while
I can hear a thundering 7.__________
Beating inside when you're around

It's been so long 8._________ I first met you
Since we made love, you know 9.________ time flies

Yes it's true, right from the start
I believed in the church of your heart
Yes it's you that make me be part of
And I believe in the church of your heart
In the church of your heart

Yes it's true, right from the start
I believed in the church of your heart
Yes it's you that make me be part of
And I believe in the church of your heart

10._______ baby it's true, right from the start
I believed in the church of your heart
Yes it's you that make me be part of
And I believe in the church of your heart
In the church of your heart

Charles Dickens's 199th anniversary

English people in the 19th century loved novels. Some educated people, especially women, had lots of time to read. There were private libraries, public and lots of  bookshops. Long novels came out in cheap episodes, once a month. They were very popular.

The most popular novelist was Charles Dickens. If he were alive, he would be 199 years old today, February 7th. This post just intends to be a small tribute to the greatest novelist in the history of English literature.
His books were funny and exciting, but with a serious message. He described the hard lives of poor people. The rich read his books and began to understand the terrible social problems which existed at that time.

In Oliver Twist we meet a little boy in an orphanage. He is hungry and asks for more food. He gets into serious trouble and that is when his adventures begin.

One of his most famous stories is A Christmas Carol. In it we see the mean employer, Scrooge. Even at Christmas he gives nothing extra to his poor employees. One of them, Bob Cratchitt, has a son who can´t walk, and they have a very hard life. But this is a happy story. In the novel Scrooge meets some ghosts who make him change his ideas. He becomes loving and generous, and gives wonderful Christmas presents to everyone. Today, his name is part of the English language: we often call a mean person a "scrooge".

 Source: The World of English  by Mark Farrell with Regina Ceriani and Franca Rossi. Longman 1995

Now, say whether the following sentences are TRUE or FALSE. Give evidence from the text:

1. Life was easy for most English people in the 19th century.

2. Scrooge had always been a generous man.

3. Everybody in England used to read Dickens´s novels.

4. Bob Cratchitt and his family used to have difficulties.

Find words in the text that mean:

1. Low in price

2. Chapters

3. Difficult

4. Starving

5. Spirits

6. Gifts 

The Black Donnellys - Episode 2 Questions

QUESTIONS

 1. What did Tommy mean when he told Kevin that they both were going "shopping"?

2. What methods did Dokey Farrell use to interrogate people?

3. What had Jimmy done with the corpse of Louie Downtown? 

4. What plan did Kevin Donnelly have to make the corpse disappear? Did the plan work?

5. What did Tommy have to do to the corpse in the end? Did Kevin help him? 

6. What did Kevin want to do with the ransom money? What did finally Tommy do with it?

7. What did Jenny Reilly see at the cellar of Jimmy's bar? What did she do then?

8. Why was Tommy surprised when he entered Nicky Cottero's bar?

9. What did Nicky Cottero tell Tommy?

10. What happened between Jenny and Tommy that night? 

The Black Donnellys - Pilot Episode Questions

QUESTIONS

1. How many are the Donnelly brothers? Can you name them?

2. What had happened to Jimmy when he was a child? How did it affect him later?

3. How did Joey "Ice Cream" get his nickname?

4. Did the Donnellys have a father? What had happened to him?

5. What things was Tommy good at? What kind of relationship did he maintain with Jenny Reilly?

6. What had Jimmy, Kevin and Séan stolen? What happened then?

7. Why did Jimmy and Kevin kidnap Sal Minetta's nephew?

8. What happened to Séan Donnelly then? Who did it?

9. Did Huey Farrell solve the problem the Donnellys had with Sal Minetta?

10. What things did Tommy do to save Jimmy from death? Who helped him?

Are you interested in watching the whole episode again? You can do it here:

PART 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpE4uJAHnNo

PART 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0rgUc8eeo4

PART 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHrGe1pfkPo

PART 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2rbiuKG2aQ

PART 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ1PArAfX1M

Prank Call - Little Becky from Dublin

8 year old Becky from a Radio program pranks a demolition company in Newry (Northern Ireland). Just hilarious!!! Have fun!!!



Now, leave your comments and answer the following questions about the phone conversation:

1. What does Becky want the demolition company to do?
2. What does she want them to do with her teachers?
3. What does she think about her teachers? Why?
4. Do the woman and the man at the company take her seriously? How do we know?
5. What different options does the demolition man give to Becky in order to destroy her school?
6. Find at least three words in the conversation which are connected with the concept of "loud noise".
7. Find two expressions that mean "wait for a short period of time".

In Dublin's fair city...

The English department at Matemático Puig Adam is organising trip to Dublin, the capital city of the Republic of Ireland. We are staying in Dublin from the 20th to the 28th of June. Students will have the chance of learning English in the real environment of a beautiful city, staying with their host families, attending to classes every morning and enjoying afternoon activities.