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:

----------

----------

----------

----------

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 !

;-)

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“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"

 

***

 

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.

 

SHADOWS

SHADOWS

                                                                                                (Picture: Leer.es)

Sometimes SHADOWS make us think.

To illustrate that idea...

Watch the following video

from a TV program called "Britain's Got Talent 2013",

performed by ATTRACTION

(a Shadow Dance Group).

Use this LINK.

***

ATTRACTION are nine shadow dancers from Hungary,

who tell stories through the movement of their bodies.

On the previous video,

They perform an emotional love story,

in which the song and the story goes along with the shadows.

It is amazing how just music and bodies can tell a story

that inspires, moves and touches our hearts.

What do you think about the video?

In my opinion,

Creativity has no limits.

The video is absolutely fantastic!

Great performance...

talented and original!

THE STORY...

The story covers different aspects of human life:

BIRTH,  DEATH,  MARRIAGE  and  LOVE / ROMANCE.

Could you put them in chronological order?

(according to the video) 

1st: _____       2nd: _____       3rd: _____       4th: _____

  

THE MUSIC...

The beautiful song "Read all about it",

by Emeli Sande,

plays the music on that wonderful performance.

Could you put lhe lines from the Chorus of the song

 into the correct order?

a.) read all about it

b.) they can read all about it

c.) I'm not afraid

d.) so put it in all of the papers

e.) I wanna scream till the words dry out

f.) I wanna sing, I wanna shout

1.- ____________________

2.- ____________________

3.- ____________________

4.- ____________________

5.- ____________________

6.- ____________________

SELF-CORRECTION

You can check the lyrics of the song here.

FURTHER INFORMATION

You can also read about the performance by Attraction on this article.

***

Just to finish, let's sing the song

"Read all about it", by Emely Sande,

reading the lyrics on the following video.

Use this LINK.

Hope you like it!

(My) Old Days

(MY) OLD DAYS

                                              Photo published at "la informacion.com"

Probably one of the songs that comes first to my mind,
thinking about the music I liked most during "My Old Days", 

 is ...

... "Voulez-Vous", by ABBA.

Do you know it?

Have you ever heard that song?

I'm sure you have!

At that time, during "My Old Days",
I ignored the meaning of the song"Voulez-Vous"(1979), by ABBA. . 

Nowadays, you can easily check the meaning of the LYRICS.

**

Today, I have read on a post published by the journalist Borja Terán
remembering that they disappeared 30 years ago.
In my opinion, they started a new era in Music.


ABBA was a Swedish pop music group very successful in the 1970s and early 1980s.
The name "ABBA" is made from the first letter of each member's first name...
Find them at Wikipedia:

• A__________
• B__________
• B__________
• A__________

ABBA became very popular after they won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974. They had many hits, including "Dancing Queen", "SOS", "Chiquitita", "Mamma Mia", and "Waterloo".
They broke up in 1982, but their music is still very popular.

You can watch a selection of some of their best 15 songs
on the mentioned publication on lainformación.com.
I hope you enjoy them!!

***

And ... What about You?
What is the song you like most from "Your Old Days"?

Write a comment and let us know...
... The music I liked most during "Your Old Days".

Cheers,

Jesús C.

;-)

Further information.-

*You can read more about ABBA here.

ADELE

 And the Oscar goes to ...

 ... ADELE !!

                                              Photo taken from "hellomagazine.com"

Adele is one of the Oscar winners this year.

She wins the Oscar for "Best Original Song"
 for "Skyfall"

at the 85th Academy Awards in L.A,

celebrated in February 2013.

The 24-year-old British singer

wins best song Oscar for "Skyfall", 

the theme for the 23rd official James Bond film, 

also called "Skyfall".

***

Just to get to know her song "Skyfall", 

you can complete the following

Fill-in-the-blanks activity:

"Skyfall"

This is the _____ (1) Hold your _____(2) and count to ____ (3) Feel the _____ (4) move and then Hear my _____ (5) burst again For this is the end I've drowned and dreamt this _____ (6) So _____ (7) I owe them Swept away, I'm _____ (8) Let the sky fall When it _____ (9) We will stand _____ (10) Face it all _____ (11) Let the sky fall When it _____ (12) We will stand _____ (13) Face it all _____ (14) At skyfall That skyfall Skyfall is where we _____ (15) A thousand miles and poles _____ (16) Where worlds collide and days are ____(17) You may have my _____ (18), you can take my _____ (19) But you'll _____ (20) have my heart Let the sky fall (let the sky fall) When it crumbles (when it crumbles) We will stand tall (we will stand tall) Face it all together

Let the sky fall (let the sky fall) When it crumbles (when it crumbles) We will stand tall (we will stand tall) Face it all together At skyfall [x2:] (Let the sky fall When it crumbles We will stand tall) Where you go I go What you see I see I know I'd never be me Without the security Of your loving arms Keeping me from harm Put your hand in my hand And we'll stand Let the sky fall (let the sky fall) When it crumbles (when it crumbles) We will stand tall (we will stand tall) Face it all together Let the sky fall (let the sky fall) When it crumbles (when it crumbles) We will stand tall (we will stand tall) Face it all together At skyfall Let the sky fall We will stand tall At skyfall Oh

If you need any help, you can fill in the gaps using the following words:

name number end ten

never dark apart start

breath earth heart blog

moment overdue stolen english

together (2) crumbles (2) tall (2) edrissis

Be careful !!

There are 3 words from the previous list that are NOT included 

in the lyrics of the song "Skyfall" by Adele.

Identify the 3 of them and complete the name of this blog:

_ _ _ _ _  " _ _ _ _ _ @ _ _ _ _ _  " 

***

Now watch the video of the official movie trailer

of James Bond 007 "Skyfall" (produced by SonyPictures)

and enjoy "Skyfall" by Adele.

I hope you like it !

***

SELF-CORRECTION

You can check the lyrics of "Skyfall" here.
... or You can watch the following video with English subtitles...
(from http://adele.tv )

***

Just to fiinish,
let me show you

SOME HISTORY ABOUT...

 "THE MUSIC IN THE OSCARS"

According to Wikipedia...

The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given annually to people working in the film industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and sciences (AMPAS). It is presented to the songwriters who have composed the best original song written specifically for a film.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 

You can check the Official Website.

Probably..., 

if you like cinema you are interested in knowing the winners of this Award 

(Best Original Song ) in the 5 last years. 

If so, try to complete the following chart:

YEAR	EDITION	SONG	FILM	MUSIC & LYRICS
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012	85th Academy Award	“Skyfall”	“Skyfall”	Adele

You can check the "List of Winners and Nominees" here.

(Source: Wikipedia)
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