"WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD"

"WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD"

Let's start a new school year

with the famous song

"What a wonderful world".

Let´s enjoy simple things in life

and let's share the hopeful, 

optimistic tone of the song 

with regard to the future

(... and to the present).

Watch the following video

and pay attention to the song...

Warming-Up Activity.-

Fill-in-the blanks :

I see _____ (1) of green, _____ (2) roses too

I see them bloom for me and _____ (3)

and I think to myself _____ (4)

I see skies of _____ (5) and clouds of _____ (6)

the bright blessed _____ (7), the dark sacred _____ (8)

and I think to myself _____ (9).

The _____ (10) of the _____ (11) so pretty in the _____ (12)

are also on the faces of _____ (13) going by

I see _____ (14) shaking hands saying _____ (15)

They're really saying _____ (16).

I hear ____ (17) crying, I watch them grow

They'll learn much more than I'll never know

And I think to myself _____ (18).

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If you need some HELP,

Have a look at the missing words:

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD (*)

BABIES

I LOVE YOU

HOW DO YOU DO

FRIENDS

PEOPLE

SKY

RAINBOW

COLORS

NIGHT

DAY

WHITE

BLUE

YOU

RED

TREES

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SELF-CORRECTION

http://www.lyricsfreak.com/l/louis+armstrong/what+a+wonderful+world_20085347.html

Good Luck

 for the new school year !!

I LOVE CEUTA !!

    I  LOVE  CEUTA !!

                                                    

  To all those who don't know Ceuta... yet 

... let me show you my home-town,
CEUTA
a beautiful small Spanish town 
located on the north coast of Africa,
and share with you the following video...

** Please, if you cannot watch te video, use this LINK. **

What do you think?

Do you like it?

I hope so!

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And talking about the music...

... Do you know the song?

... and the singer?

Perhaps not!

Let me answer those questions for you...

The music from the video is the song "Life is beautiful", by the singer Tim McMorris.

Tim McMorris is a music producer, a composer and a singer-songwriter living and working out of Niagara Falls, in Canada.

Music has been one of his greatest passions and over the years he has been honored to have had his work featured in various large scale projects around teh world.

Musically speaking, his main focus is currently on creating Royalty Free Music, that is, music specifically created for use on TV, films, animations, commercials, documentaries, webs and any place commercial music is needed.

For more information about Tim McMorris or his music, please visit his  website.

If you feel curiosity about the lyrics of the song

this is simply for you...

"Life is beautiful", 

by Tim McMorris

Hey now

Come on

Let’s go

The music’s playin’

I've got
To move on
To go out
No more delayin'

Pack my things up
Care free
Adventure's waitin'

I´m headin' out
Headin' out to see the rest of the world
Yeah, yeah

So kick it up to stir it up
Alive will make you feel
Press reset with no regret
Make sure to keep it real

The possibilities, right in front of me
Oh all the things that I can be
Got me feelin' free
Yeah

So turn it up and shout about
'Cause you got something to shout about
And let the world just spin around
As you go on and make more ground

And throw your hands up, ya put em up high
Walk a new path, and go on
And let the cares fly by

And if you take some time to ask me why
You always see me with a smile
I´ll tell yo that

Life is grand, life is great, life is good
Life is beautiful
Ya gotta give it all ya got
Everything you got to give
Time to shine, time to live

Life is grand, life is great, life is good
Life is beautiful
Now your living out your dream
With your hopes up high
Your only limit is the sky
Hey, hey, hey, hey

Standing in a brnad new place
I feel the sun shine on my face
The weather's good, the day is bright
I watched it turn from dark to light

And keep the music going
Keep the good times rollin'
And now I'll never let it stop
You'll only find me growin'
Come on

Sing out a song
And don't be shy
'Cause you'll never know
Till you give it a try

Colourful like a work of art
A brand new day, a brand new start

And once you go up, you´ll never come down
Like your walking right on the air, with you feet far off the ground

And if I take some time to ask you why
I always see you with a smile
You'll tell me that

Life is grand, life is great, life is good
Life is bautiful
Ya gotta give it all ya got
Everything you got to give
Time to shine, time to live

Life is grand, life is great, life is good
Life is beautiful
Now your living out your dream
With your hopes up high
Your only limit is the sky
Hey, hey, hey, hey

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TASKS.-

Now, have a look at the lyrics of the song and ...

1.- Find 3 Synonyms of "beautiful".

2.- Find as many examples of colloquial English as possible.

3.- Find as many examples of Phrasal Verbs as possible.

And finally,

a funny and hard task...

Play the video again 

and try to sing aloud the song

 "Life is beautiful" with Tim McMorris 

- following the lyrics.

(Can you finish the song?)

Good Luck !!

;-)

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Merry Christmas 2013

 

 

Our blog

"English@Edrissis"

wish you all

Merry Christmas

with this home-made video...

 

I hope you like it...
 

... and have a great time

at Christmas!

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I wish you all...

A very Merry Christmas

And a Happy New Year!!

 

Jesús Canca

 

 

PS.  The video has been produced -for this very occasion- by my friend Victor Ferrer. Thank you, Victor! ;-)

International Day against Breast Cancer

Many of us are affected by cancer every day ...

... by the memories of the loved ones we've lost,

by the struggle that friends and family members are enduring,

or by our own experiences battling the disease.

Let's celebrate this day remembering all the people

who have suffered or are suffering from this disease.

 Today is the International Day against Breast Cancer.

This Breast Cancer day is marked on 19 October 

to raise awareness of this type of cancer 

and to encourage its prevention, detection and treatment.

We want all women become aware of the importance

of timely diagnosis and discovering the illness in its earliest stages.

Because the earlier the disease is detected,

the more likely to eradicate that cancer.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in Spain

and about 22.000 new breast cancers are diagnosed per year.

Thanks to early detection programs and advances in diagnosis and treatments

the number of women living with breast cancer is growing year after year. 

For Further Information 
about this topic (in Spanish) 

you can have a look at these links: 

Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer  

y  Comunidad Asociaciones de Pacientes.

***
To commemorate this date, 
watch the following video and listen to the song 
"Ain't no mountain high enough", 
by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell...



TASK.-

You can check, if you wish,the lyrics of the song at:

http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/stepmom/aintnomountainhighenough.htm
and paying attention to the lyrics...

Find a synonym in the lyrics for the following words:

AIM

PROBLEM

PROMISE

Find an antonym in the lyrics for the following words:

DEAD

NARROW

HOT

Find a word in the lyrics whose definition is:

... a low area between hills or mountains.

... a large natural flow of water travelling along a channel to the sea.

... a muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system.

***

Just to finish, paying attention to the Chorus,

listen to the song "Ain't no mountain high enough" again

and write down the (4) lines that form the Chorus of the song:

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----------

----------

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Now translate them into Spanish:

----------

----------

----------

----------

And select which of the following English idioms or idiomatic expressions 

summarizes the message of the song:

                                                                 a) "Go to a hen party".
                                                                 b) "Be a guinea pig".
                                                                 c) "Be an early bird".
                                                                 d) "Never give up the ship".

 ***

PS.-

This post has been written with love to share our support 

to all those women and their families who have suffered 

or are suffering nowadays this illness.

Jesús Canca

COLORFIELD

COLORFIELD

                                                         Photo by Jesús Canca

Welcome to this new school year 2013/2014.

Let's celebrate it with a song called "COLORFIELD" 

by Loheem, a French artist singing in English.

As we can see later, "Colorfield" is a metaphor

for our new academic year.

Now, watch the following video

and simply enjoy her voice/music: 

A LISTENING TASK.-
PAYING ATTENTION:

Watch the video again and pay attention just to the first part of the lyrics
(1st paragraph/stanza) and Identify the 3 invented lines:

                                        1.-  The morning came before the sun
                                        2.-  I don't know how, I don't know why

                                        3.-  I don't know what, I don't know where

                                        4.-  I feel the rainbow in my hands
                                        5.-  I see the rainbow in your eyes

                                        6.-  Red and black orange and grey
                                        7.-  Blue and green pink and white
                                        8.-  Yellow waves all around us
                                        9.-  I know we have to share
                                       10.- This so amazing trip we're gonna do
                                       11.- Don't be afraid all day, I stay with you

                                       12.- Don't be afraid all day, I stay with my dog 

ANSWER: The 3 Invented Lines are the lines number ...

SELF-CORRECTION: 

You can check your answers here.

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And just to finish,
... Think about a question:

Which lines (from "Colorfield") can be considered a metaphor
for our new academic year?

***

Welcome and 

 ... Good Luck !!

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Summer, at last !!

 Summer ...

... At last !!

 

"Parque Marítimo del Mediterráneo"-  Ceuta  (Spain)

Photo by Jesús Canca

Let's celebrate the school year 2012 / 2013 is over!

And to start our Summer Holidays

We have chosen a real summer holiday classic...

... "Summer Holiday".

This is the Karaoke version 

of Cliff Richard's "Summer Holiday"
and this is also the theme song
from the film by the same name.

                                                             We hope you like it!

As you can observe,

the lyrics of the song are simple and short,

and above all... very easy lo learn by heart.

Try it !

;-)

***

“Summer Holiday”

Cliff Richard

We're all going on a summer holiday
No more working for a week or two
Fun and laughter on our summer holiday
No more worries for me or you
For a week or two
We're going where the sun shines brightly
We're going where the sea is blue
We've seen it on the movies
Now let's see if it's true
Everybody has a summer holiday
Doing things they always wanted to
So we're going on a summer holiday
To make our dreams come true
For me and you
For me and you

***

Enyoy your summer time !!

Jesús Canca

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"Only Teardrops"

"ONLY  TEARDROPS"

Do you know this young woman ?

??

Her name is Emmelie de Forest
...
She is the singer representing Denmark and

 the WINNER of the

Eurovision Song Contest 2013

celebrated in Malmö (Sweden)
with the song "Only Teardrops".

**

This is the video-clip of her song:

Do you like it?

"Only Teardrops"

The sky is red tonight
We’re on the edge tonight
No shooting star to guide us

Eye for an eye, why tear each other apart?
Please tell me why, why do we make it so hard?
Look at us now, we only got ourselves to blame
It’s such a shame

How many times can we win and lose?
How many times can we break the rules between us?
Only teardrops

How many times do we have to fight?
How many times till we get it right between us?
Only teardrops

So come and face me now
Here on the stage tonight
Let’s leave the past behind us

Eye for an eye, why tear each other apart?
Please tell me why, why do we make it so hard?
Look at us now, we only got ourselves to blame
It’s such a shame

Tell me
How many times can we win and lose?
How many times can we break the rules between us?
Only teardrops

How many times do we have to fight?
How many times till we get it right between us?
Only teardrops

(Tell me now) What’s gone between us has come between us
Only teardrops
(Tell me now) What’s gone between us has come between us

How many times can we win and lose?
How many times can we break the rules between us?
Only teardrops

How many times do we have to fight?
How many times till we get it right between us?
Only teardrops, only teardrops

Only teardrops
Only teardrops

How many times can we win and lose?
How many times can we break the rules between us?
Only teardrops

How many times do we have to fight?
How many times till we get it right between us?
Only teardrops

***

        Now, Have a look at the lyrics of the song "Only Teardrops" 

to complete the following ...

TASKS.-

*Revising Synonyms, Antonyms and Definitions (in English):

 Read the lyrics of the song and look for...

a) a line where you can find a pair of Antonyms (a word and its antonym):
......................................................................................................................
b) an adjective that is an Antonym for "uncomplicated, gentle, painless, relaxed or friendly":
.............................
c) a verb that is a Synonym for "battle, conflict or struggle":
.............................
d) a word whose meaning/definition is:
"a drop of liquid that comes from your eyes especially when you cry":
............................

SELF-CORRECTION.-

* You can use the following dictionaries to check your answers:

For a), b) and c) you can use the Thesaurus.

For d) you can use Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary.

***

Congratulations to Denmark for winning this European competition,

and Congratulations to three of my students

(Patricia Reinoso, Sukaina Ait & Hanan Lahsen)

who guessed right the winner of this year's Eurovision Song Contest!!
 

Patricia Reinoso

 

Sukaina Ait

Hanan Lahsen

Well done, girls!!

Could you also foretell the future??

;-)

EUROVISION 2013

 

EUROVISION

2013

 

 

Next Saturday, 18th of May 2013,

the European Song Contest Grand Final

will take place in Malmo (Sweden).

 

39 Countries compete this year

but only 26 can take part in the Final.

 

As you know,
Only one song can win the Final...

... So tell us ...
We would like to know your opinion!
 

What is your favourite song

in the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest ?

 

Watch the following video

and vote for your favourite song

from all of the 39 countries in this year's contest.

 

 

 

 

 

 You have all the 39 songs from the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest
on the following list:

 

SWEDEN - Robin Stjernberg - "You"
NORWAY - Margaret Berger - "I Feed You My Love"
UKRAINE - Zlata Ognevich - "Gravity"
ITALY - Marco Mengoni- "L'essenziale"
ISRAEL - Moran Mazor - "Rak bishvilo" (Only For Him)
SERBIA - Moje 3 - "Ljubav je svuda"
DENMARK - Emmelie de Forest - "Only Teardrops"
GERMANY - Cascada - "Glorious"
GREECE - Koza Mostra & Agathonas Iakovidis - "Alcohol Is Free"
CROATIA - Klapa sa mora - "Mižerja"
AUSTRIA - Natalia Kelly - "Shine"
UNITED KINGDOM - Bonnie Tyler - "Believe in Me"
SWITZERLAND - Takasa - "You and Me"
MONTENEGRO - Whoo see Feat. Nina Zizic - "Igranka"
AZERBAIJAN - Farid Mammadov - "Hold Me"
BELGIUM - Roberto Bellarosa - "Love Kills"
RUSSIA - Dina Garipova - "What If"
BULGARIA - Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankoulov - "Samo shampioni" (Само шампиони)
FYR MACEDONIA - Esma Redzepova Vlatko Lozano - "Pred da se razdeni" (Пред да се раздени)
SAN MARINO - Valentina Monetta - "Crisalide"
FINLAND - Krista Siegfrids - "Marry Me"
SPAIN - ESDM - "Contigo hasta el final"
MOLDOVA - Aliona Moon - "O mie" (A thousand)
BELARUS - Alyona Lanskaya - "Solayoh"
SLOVENIA - Hannah - "Straight Into Love"
GEORGIA - Nodi Tatishvili & Sophie Gelovani - "Waterfall"
THE NETHERLANDS - Anouk - "Birds"
ARMENIA - Dorians - "Lonely Planet"
FRANCE - Amandine Bourgeois - "L'enfer et moi"
CYPRUS - Despina Olympiou - "An Me Thimase" (Αν Με Θυμάσαι)
HUNGARY - ByeAlex - "Kedvesem"
ALBANIA - Adrian Lulgjuraj & Bledar Sejko - "Identitet"
LATVIA - PeR - "Here we go"
IRELAND - Ryan Dolan - "Only Love Survives"
LITHUANIA - Andrius Pojavis - "Something"
MALTA - Gianluca Bezzina - "Tomorrow"
ICELAND - Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson -"Ég á líf"
ESTTONIA - Birgit Õigemeel - "Et uus saaks alguse"
ROMANIA - Cezar - "It's My Life"

 

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Good luck to you !

&

Good luck to all of the finalists !

 

 

FURTHER  INFORMATION.-

You can read more about

the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest

using the following links:

in English or in Spanish.