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Interesting activities on this website

Another one

Television is an important form of communication and has been for many years. Television brings important historical events, both positive and negative, directly into our homes. People don’t just read about current events, they experience them in real time.
Television can also be a fine teaching tool – there are many television shows on the air that are informative and educational. The right television shows can teach our children about morals and values as well as right from wrong. Educational television is not only for children however; Public television as well as cable television channels such as National Geographic and The History Channel serve as learning tools for adults. In fact many colleges and universities use local channels to provide distance learners the opportunity to attend lectures given on television.
Along with the advantages listed above there are also disadvantages to television. First the same proliferation of new channels that provides additional educational opportunities also provides opportunities for children to be exposed to more inappropriate content than ever before. It is not uncommon for children to have access to movies and programs intended to be viewed only by mature audiences. While technology has been put into place to help conscientious parents censor the channels and shows their children can access, these methods are far from fool proof and they are only as effective as the parents who choose whether or not to utilize them. This unfettered access to adult material appears to manifest itself in a variety of different ways but most people would agree today’s children are more aware of adult themes (such as sex and violence) at an earlier age than ever before.

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Can you think of more ideas to add?


good things

source of knowledge for children
a way to access to information
entertainment for relax



bad things

gain weight
waste a lot of time - instead of learn a foreign language, finishing homework for a class or studying for a course
danger for children - the programs that are shown are not always suitable for all ages (sex / violence)
Spending hours watching T.V is harmful for eyesight
control of ideas


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Radio and TV in Britain. Live Radio and Television from Britain and Ireland BBC World Service. ITV Channel 4 Channel 5 BBC: Learning & Teaching English Radio-locator: links to more than 10 000 broadcast and 2 500 broadcast websites Radio and TV all over the world Live Radio CNN MSNBC CABLE Australian Radio Corp. Canadian Broadcasting Service Israel Radio International National Public Radio Radio Netherlands VOA: Special English Voice of America WABC Radio New York City

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 “If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.” 
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The division of British newspapers - concept map, reading comprehension

Digital age and newspapers - listening and discussion



Take a look at this SITE if you want to read lots of newspapers. And MORE (British ones)

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ESL Conversation Questions: News

• What is the role of newspapers in society?
• What sells newspaper?
• Why do we buy newspapers?
• Do you think that news is censored in some countries?
• Is the news censored in your country?
• Will newspapers disappear in the future?
• How does American news differ from your country's news?
• What is your favorite section of the newspaper to read?
• How often do you watch the news?
  • Do you make a point of watching the news?
  • Do you feel bad if you miss the news?
• Which kind of news is the best for you? Why?
  • Newspaper?
  • Radio?
  • Televison?
  • Internet?
• Do you think that the news is necessary? Why or why not?
• What would the world be like without news?
• Do you think the news tells us just information without giving its opinion?
• Should the news give an opinion?
• Do you think the news influences people too much?
• Do you think the news is shocking now?
• How has it changed over the years?
• Do you think people need to know all of the news?
• What do people not need to know?
• What do you think is the most important thing the news should report?
• What was the most memorable news you ever watched?
• If the news reported your week, what would be the headline?
• Think of a news headline for the following countries: America, Britain, France, China, Australia, Indonesia, Russia, Germany.
• Do you read the newspaper everyday?
• How often do you read the newspaper?
• What newspaper do you read?
• How much does the newspaper cost?
• What kind of magazines do you like to read?
• What is your favorite newspaper?
• What is your favorite magazine?
• Are magazines expensive in your country?
• Do you enjoy reading a newspaper?
• What sections of a newspaper do you like to read?
• What are the different sections in a newspaper?
• Do you think that reading a newspaper is a good way to improve your English?
• What kinds of information can you get from the newspaper?
• Where do you get most of your news?
• Do you like to keep up with current events?
• If you are someone who usually follows the news, has there been a time when you decided to stop? Why and for how long?
• Do you think it's important to read the newspaper and know what is going on in the world? Why or why not?
• Do you trust the information you get from the news?
• you are someone who usually follows the news, has there been a time when you decided to stop? Why and for how long?
• What different types of newspapers do you read?
• Do you read newspapers in other languages?
• Is your hometown newspaper on the internet?

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LISTEN: Decline of the Papers

Matt and Rachel discuss the decline of newspapers in society and how it is affecting them

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MODULE 8. Unit 8 "Politics"

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cómo hablar de las elecciones y la política en inglés

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learn vocabulary about political parties and institutions in USA




learn vocabulary used in Parliament

practise vocabulary drill about political parties and party candidates in USA

UK Politics Have Your Say - What issues matter to you?



Gordon Brown launches the UK politics YouTube channel




20/20 - Politically Incorrect Guide To Politics - Pt. 1 of 6 (in the USA)





Working with schools to support young people's understanding of Parliament and democracy

glossary A-Z

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MODULE 8. Unit 7 "The Internet"

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Vocabulary

MODULE 8. Unit 3 "Green issues"

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Nina's Cabbages resources

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• Is the world really getting warmer?
• Are humans definitely causing the warming?

• How do trees and forests relate to climate change?

* Climategate: the final nail in the coffin of 'Anthropogenic Global Warming'?

* Las cuentas de los escépticos del clima quedan al descubierto

* Leak Offers Glimpse of Campaign Against Climate Science

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50 Ways to Save the Planet

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Speaking:

* Monologue: Speak about your habits in favour of the environment.

* Role play:

Student A:
You belong to the local town hall and you want to build lots of new houses in your city. But you have to convince citizens that your project is good for everybody.

Student B:
You are a citizen and you would like to see lots of parks and green areas in your town. Defend your views at the town hall.

*** Writing. Write an article explaining your views about the Climate change.

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Studying How Plastic Pollution Enters Ocean Food Supply




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Do you feel like watching a film about climate disasters?
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW (1984)



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A (New Year's) Resolution





Soylent Green - What is it?




Soylent Green - Find it out here







Soylent Green - Can you imagine what he is doing?








Global warming






You can prepare to talk about this week's topic with: Climate Change




Does the planet need saving? - Earth - The Power of the Planet



Is the planet able to cope with all we throw at it? Are we pumping too much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere? Dr Iain Stewart assesses the impact of man on our planet in the ground-breaking BBC series.

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AL GORE'S website

An Answer for Bill February 1, 2011 : 11:43 AM

Last week on his show Bill O’Reilly asked, “Why has southern New York turned into the tundra?” and then said he had a call into me. I appreciate the question.
As it turns out, the scientific community has been addressing this particular question for some time now and they say that increased heavy snowfalls are completely consistent with what they have been predicting as a consequence of man-made global warming:
“In fact, scientists have been warning for at least two decades that global warming could make snowstorms more severe. Snow has two simple ingredients: cold and moisture. Warmer air collects moisture like a sponge until it hits a patch of cold air. When temperatures dip below freezing, a lot of moisture creates a lot of snow.”
“A rise in global temperature can create all sorts of havoc, ranging from hotter dry spells to colder winters, along with increasingly violent storms, flooding, forest fires and loss of endangered species.”








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What is happening around here? - Slideshow showing toxic waste on the roads...

La gestión de residuos tóxicos se hizo con un reglamento de la UE derogado

08/02/2011

Vuelca un nuevo camión cargado con residuos con destino a Nerva 23/2/11

La Magistratura italiana y la UE indagan en el traslado de residuos tóxicos a Nerva   08/03/2011

Díaz Trillo niega ahora que Nerva reciba residuos peligrosos de Italia 13/04/11

Vuelca un camión cargado de residuos en la A-476 en dirección al vertedero de Nerva 18/04/11

El Seprona detecta vertidos tóxicos al río Tinto procedentes del vertedero 04/05/11

El vertedero de Nerva trata como normales residuos peligrosos procedentes de Italia 19/05/11

HUELVA | Hay una segunda causa por el tratamiento de residuos

Imputan al director del vertedero de Nerva por los vertidos contaminates al río Tinto 22/05/11

Greenpeace despliega una señal de peligro gigante en el vertedero de Nerva 14/12/11

Nuevo derrame de un camión que se dirigía al vertedero de Nerva 25/05/12

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Mediterranean Sea Level Could Rise By Over Two Feet, Global Models Predict

Science News

Mediterranean Sea Level Could Rise By Over Two Feet, Global Models Predict

ScienceDaily (Mar. 4, 2009) — A Spanish-British research project has come up with three future scenarios for the effects of climate change on the Mediterranean over the next 90 years, using global models from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The conclusions show that ocean temperatures in this area will increase, along with sea levels.

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See Also:

Earth & Climate

• Global Warming
• Climate
• Weather
• Environmental Issues
• Oceanography
• Floods

Reference

• Consensus of scientists regarding global warming
• Climate model
• Scientific opinion on climate change
• Geologic temperature record

In order to understand and correctly predict risks for the Mediterranean coast, researchers from the Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (IMEDEA, a joint centre run by the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) and the Spanish National Research Council, CSIC) and the National Oceanography Centre of Southampton in the United Kingdom have analysed simulations based on three scenarios related to climate change and the rise in greenhouse gases. Their goal was to predict the temperature, sea level and salinity of the Mediterranean in the 21st Century.

"The most positive scenario assumes that greenhouse gas concentrations remain constant at their levels in the year 2000, and even in this case climate change still has an impact. The most negative scenario is based on diverse levels of economic development all over the world, with an ongoing increase in greenhouse gas production throughout the 21st Century," Marta Marcos, the study's lead author and a researcher at the UIB, tells SINC.

The study, which has been published recently in the Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, shows what could happen in the Mediterranean. The models predict that higher concentrations of gases will lead to an increase in temperatures throughout the entire sea.

In the most positive scenario, the changes are least, with temperature increases of less than 1ºC expected to be recorded in the Mediterranean by the end of the 21st Century. The other two scenarios envision an increase in greenhouse gases over coming decades, and foresee an increase in the temperature of the sea of up to 2.5º C. In addition, the results show that the temperature increase will accelerate during the 21st Century.

In the long term, sea levels could alter due to changes in temperature (warming leads to an increase in volume) as well as additional mass. "The level of the whole Mediterranean will rise by between 3cm and 61cm* on average as a result of the effects of warming," says Marcos.

There is "greater uncertainty" in terms of the mass likely to be added as a result of melting ice at the poles and from continental glaciers, and this aspect is not incorporated in the study. The most important area in terms of understanding sea level rise is the coasts, "but it is here that we know least because of the low spatial resolution of the models" the expert adds.

In search of greater clarity

The conclusions of this study are not based on observations, but rather on global climate models that include a whole range of possible future socio-economic scenarios in order to predict what is likely to happen in the Mediterranean. According to the scientists, climatic conditions are going to change greatly, and for this reason it is impossible to make a completely precise prediction of what the future really holds.

In these circumstances, Marta Marcos and Michael Tsimplis say that, aside from temperature changes, the models show that the Mediterranean will also become saltier over the coming century. However, this prediction is also very uncertain because "the variations in salinity in the Mediterranean are controlled by the exchange of water through the Straits of Gibraltar, and this has not been incorporated as an indicator, meaning the related results are not very reliable".

This is due to the fact that IPCC models have very low spatial resolution, which means they can show global processes "reasonably well", but not always regional ones. In particular, the 14km-wide Straits of Gibraltar, which are of key importance in the processes of water exchange between the Mediterranean and Atlantic, are not well reproduced in the models.

The global models are of no use in estimating the impact of sea level rise in coastal areas, because of the high level of regional variability for this factor. The solution would be to use high-resolution, regional climate models to show the Mediterranean straits with greater clarity, as well as the oceanic processes that take place within the ocean's basin and coastal areas.

This is a strategy currently being pursued by European research groups working to predict the effects of climate change at a regional level, and it is expected that the level of uncertainty in predictions will be reduced over the short term. In Spain, IMEDEA is working to produce data on ocean levels in collaboration with the Spanish Port System. Without such resolution in the models "we cannot be sure of the scale of the changes", the researcher concludes.

*61 cm is just over 2 feet Imperial measure.

Although the slides below are written in Spanish, you are shown some data to make you think about.

This is my soul

More PowerPoint presentations from ronsel

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Spain privatizes the sun (August 04, 2013)

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Monologue and dialogue 2

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"Money" - Pink Floyd





Money, get away
Get a good job with more pay and you're O.K.
Money it's a gas
Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash
New car, caviar, four star daydream,
Think I'll buy me a football team
Money get back
I'm all right Jack keep your hands off my stack.
Money it's a hit
Don't give me that do goody good bullshit
I'm in the hi-fidelity first class traveling set
And I think I need a Lear jet
Money it's a crime
Share it fairly but don't take a slice of my pie
Money so they say
Is the root of all evil today
But if you ask for a rise it's no surprise that they're
giving none away

"HuHuh! I was in the right!"
"Yes, absolutely in the right!"
"I certainly was in the right!"
"You was definitely in the right. That geezer was cruising for a bruising!"
"Yeah!"
"Why does anyone do anything?"
"I don't know, I was really drunk at the time!"
"I was just telling him, he couldn't get into number 2. He was asking
why he wasn't coming up on freely, after I was yelling and
screaming and telling him why he wasn't coming up on freely.
It came as a heavy blow, but we sorted the matter out"




"Money" - Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey





Money makes the world go around
...the world go around
...the world go around.
Money makes the world go around
It makes the world go 'round.

A mark, a yen, a buck or a pound
...a buck or a pound
...a buck or a pound.
Is all that makes the world go around
That clinking, clanking sound...
Can make the world go 'round

Money money money money
Money money money money
Money money money...

If you happen to be rich
And you feel like a night's entertainment
You can pay for a gay escapade.
If you happen to be rich and alone
And you need a companion
You can ring (ting-a-ling) for the maid.
If you happen to be rich
And you find you are left by your lover,
And you moan and you groan quite a lot
You can take it on the chin,
Call a cab and begin to recover
On your 14-karat yacht! WHAT!?

Money makes the world go around
...the world go around
...the world go around.
Money makes the world go aroung
Of that we both are sure...
*rasberry sound* on being poor!

Money money money money
Money money money money
Money money money...

When you haven't any coal in the stove
And you freeze in the winter
And you curse to the wind at your fate.
When you haven't any shoes on your feet,
Your coat's thin as paper,
And you look 30 pounds underweight
When you go to get a word of advice
From the fat little pastor,
He will tell you to love evermore.
But when hunger comes to rap,
rat-a-tat rat-a-tat at the window
*knock knock* (at the window)
Who's there? (hunger) oh, hunger!!
See how love flies out the door...

For, money makes the world go around
...the world go around
...the world go around.
Money makes the world go 'round
The clinking, clanking sound of...
Money money money money
Money money money money...
Get a little, get a little
Money money money money...
Mark, a yen, a buck or a pound,
That clinking, clanking, clunking sound,
Is all that makes the world go 'round,
It makes the world go 'round!


"Money" - The Beatles



The best things in life are free
But you can keep them for the birds and bees
Now give me money
That's what I want
That's what I want, yeah
That's what I want

You're lovin' gives me a thrill
But you're lovin' don't pay my bills
Now give me money
That's what I want
That's what I want, yeah
That's what I want

Money don't get everything it's true
What it don't get, I can't use
Now give me money
That's what I want
That's what I want, yeah
That's what I want, wah

Money don't get everything it's true
What it don't get, I can't use
Now give me money
That's what I want
That's what I want, yeah
That's what I want

Well now give me money
A lot of money
Wow, yeah, I wanna be free
Oh I want money
That's what I want
That's what I want, well
Now give me money
A lot of money
Wow, yeah, you need money
now, give me money
That's what I want, yeah
that's what I want




ABBA - Money Money Money





I work all night, I work all day, to pay the bills I have to pay
Ain't it sad
And still there never seems to be a single penny left for me
That's too bad
In my dreams I have a plan
If I got me a wealthy man
I wouldn't have to work at all, I'd fool around and have a ball...

Money, money, money
Must be funny
In the rich man's world
Money, money, money
Always sunny
In the rich man's world
Aha-ahaaa
All the things I could do
If I had a little money
It's a rich man's world

A man like that is hard to find but I can't get him off my mind
Ain't it sad
And if he happens to be free I bet he wouldn't fancy me
That's too bad
So I must leave, I'll have to go
To Las Vegas or Monaco
And win a fortune in a game, my life will never be the same...

Money, money, money
Must be funny
In the rich man's world
Money, money, money
Always sunny
In the rich man's world
Aha-ahaaa
All the things I could do
If I had a little money
It's a rich man's world



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What would you do with a million dollars?
Listen as the mixer crew talk about how they would spend a million dollars if they had it.

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