Miscellaneous

Any interesting video, article or even website you came across while surfing the net? Go ahead and send us a link to it!

Images-2010

Here's a brief account of the year from the New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/12/02/opinion/global/20100212_ihtYEARENDss.html?ref=ihtyearend

Would you add any other image to that set? Which one? Why?

The importance of sport

This year, Queen Elizabeth has highlighted the importance of sport in her Christmas message:
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/12/24/queen-elizabeth-christmas-message-preview.html
http://itn.co.uk/fb36405fc8ccb964f288d57e20ef2054.html

How important do you think sport is? Can sport really help people build a community?

What’s in the News?

I read Spanish, British, and American newspapers almost every day, and I must admit I’m a little bored of what I can find in them. It seems all we readers get to know is bad news. I wonder if there is no good news to report.
I can think of different news items I’d love to read in newspapers sometime. Here’s one of them:
‘Think of others’ Day proven effective
What headline or piece of news would you like to come across in newspapers any time soon?
Here’s a link you might want to use in order to write your headline:
http://web.ku.edu/~edit/heads.html
If you feel brave enough as to write a short piece of news, here are a couple of links that might help you structure your short article:
http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/pdf/5Ws.pdf
http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/handouts/broadcast_news/news_article_formula.cfm?RenderForPrint=1

Season Smiles

Enjoy!


http://www.wheelnanddealin.com/sitebuilder/images/catching_snowflakes-314x431.jpg
http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/calvin_xmas.gif
http://www.comicsidontunderstand.com/ItalianSanta.gif
http://www.wheelnanddealin.com/sitebuilder/images/rabbit_-450x223.jpg
http://edu.jccm.es/ies/cifuentes/attachments/Donald%20Duck%20at%20Xmas.gif
http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ga/2007/ga071209.gif

River

For those of you who appreciate music, but not necessarily Christmas.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM3vKiaKe_w (song)

http://jonimitchell.com/music/song.cfm?id=8 (lyrics)

On the existence of Santa Claus

Hope you enjoy this read:
http://www.newseum.org/yesvirginia/

Special thanks to Timmy Denny, who kindly shared this link with us.
Any comments welcome.

A word I like

I like the word 'happenstance' (http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/happenstance) . I like many other words too, but I've chosen this word today because I don't think we have an exact Spanish equivalent, and trying to find it has me thinking a lot. Also, this was the word that they used to translate the name of a French film (Le battement d'ailes du papillon (2000) that you should not miss.



Tell us about a word you like, not necessarily an English word.

What's cooking?

In preparation for Christmas, here are some links to typical Christmas recipes:

http://allrecipes.com/Recipes/Desserts/Cookies/Christmas-Cookies/Main.aspx
http://recipes.kaboose.com/christmas-recipes.html
http://britishfood.about.com/od/christmas/u/christmasctdwn.htm http://www.americanprofile.com/recipes/browse/66631.html

Any chefs around? Send us your own Christmas recipe!

Music to my ears

Here are some of my favourite songs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYPCYboEpmk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7DylPxNwYQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_bvT-DGcWw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvDZOX9IdKs&feature=related

What type of music do you listen to? How does that music make you feel? Send us the link to a song you like!

The best book I've ever read in English is...