The toughest job in the world

 Here you can see the video we saw in class:The toughest job in the world:

24 People Who Applied for the World’s Toughest Job Were In for Quite a Surprise

The Boston agency posted this job online for a "director of operations" position at a company called Rehtom Inc. The requirements sounded  brutal:
• Standing up almost all the time
• Constantly exerting yourself
• Working from 135 to unlimited hours per week
• Degrees in medicine, finance and culinary arts necessary
• No vacations
• The work load goes up on Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's and other holidays
• No time to sleep
• Salary = $0
The job ad got 2.7 million impressions from paid ad placements. Only 24 people inquired. They were interviewed via webcam, and their real-time reactions were captured on video.
Check out what happened below. It's worth watching to the end.

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The cinema

 In the links below you can find interesting vocabulary, phrases and quizzes about the world of the cinema and television:

Talking about movies  1

Talking about movies 2 
Describing films (higher level) 

Film & Cinema. Quizzes, games and activities

Movie survey 
Movie survey KEY 

In the following link you can watch and listen to a lot of movie trailers in original version with subtitles:

Subtitled trailers

Talking about movies

Talking about movies: Intermediate level (easy!)

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1. What movie genres do you like?
2. What's our all time favourite movie?
3. Do you prefer fiction or non-fiction movies
4. Are there any movies that you can watch over and over again?
5. Are there any type of movies that you dislike?
6. Do you like seeing movies on the big screen?
7. who's your favourite actor or actress?

The UK's most multilingual student ( File 4A )

He is English but he can speak eleven languages...We read about him in File 4 text in class. He is famous now.
Listen to some of his tips. (Don't worry if you don't understand everything...he's not speaking English most of the time!!! )

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Here you can listen to Alex Rawlings in the News! Listen to see what you can understand (The level of English is not Intermediate!)

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Newsreader: As you can see I've brought in some help for this next story

Alex: (He translates into some language...)

 Newsreader:Very good! There is a warning about the lack of English people  being able to speak a foreing language these days

Alex: (He translates into some language...) 

Newsreader:A new study claims that it will seriuously damage the UK both economically and culturally.

Alex: (He translates into some language...) 

Newsreader:Very good! So you can tell my English is very good as it's my own language, but Alex here my new copresenter speaks eleven languages including English...

 

ON THE PHONE. VOCABULARY AND VIDEO

Telephone vocabulary and useful sentences

 

Money!

Vocabulary:

Extra vocabulary related to money

Numbers: revision vocabulary 

Extra vocabulary about numbers
Interactive Money Crossword
Money wordsearch 

Listening exercises:

 Father and son talking about money 

 British currency 

Video. Listening practice : My family

Listen to some people talking about their families. There are several speakers from different places and different accents so you might find it difficult to understand  them. Don't worry too much. You can see the tapescript below and you can listen to it as many times as you wish. It's good to improve your listening skill.

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Families video tapescript and exercise 

What about your family? In which ways are you  like  your parents or brothers and sisters? What do you know about your family history?

Listening: Ordering fish and chips

In the UK, many people enjoy eating fish and chips.
Here you have a nice video about it. Practise listening and vocabulary related to food. You can read the script ad do the exercises in the link.

Going out to eat fish and chips

Family life Listening practice

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1.Dad and daughter conversation

2.Family roots

3.Big family or small family?

4.British families are changing

Food in Britain Video

Here you have a video about food in Britain. You might find it a little bit difficult at the beginning but you will soon get used to listening to these kind of documentaries and you will find them easier to understand very soon (hopefully).

Video about food in Britain

Listening practice: What's the best meal you've ever had?

Watch and listen to the video, which shows some friends celebrating together by going out for dinner. You can practise your listening skills as you complete the activities.

Eating out 

Exam speaking practice: Relationships

Here you have an example of the videos I talked to you about...
Remember that the level is higher than intermediate but as you have the subtitles, grammar error notes and some translated words  you can find them useful...you can also use them to practise listening and improve your pronunciation.

Further Listening practice

The more you practise listening the more you will improve your listening skill. Practise a little every day.
Here you have further listening  practice related to the subject "food and restaurants".

Going out for a meal

My daily diet 

Spanish paella recipe (the English way...ha,ha,ha! )