english at ies guinovarda 0910

During our stay in London we will sleep in a small hostel near Victoria Station called The Grapevine Hotel.

It is not a luxurious hotel but it is comfortable for four nights. The rooms have no toilet inside as the bathrooms are shared. In the morning we have continental breakfast included.

Some practical advice will be given along the year, but you have to bring a towel and shower shoes, not a lot of clothes, comfortable shoes to walk and shirts or jumpers that you can wear and take off depending on the moment, as the weather can be cold, then hot, then warm and rainy and different along the day.

Electric gadgets are not a very good idea, as in Great Britain, plugs have three holes. If you really need it, you can buy an adaptor, but I do not think it is so necessary. At the hotel they have hairdryers.

If you want to have a look at the hotel webpage, this is the link

http://www.grapevinehotel.com/

We’ve already got the flight tickets!

14th May: Our departure is from Barcelona-El Prat at 10:45 am.

Flight number 5132. We have to be at the airport around 8:30.

18th May: Our flight back from London Gatwick is at 19:05.

Flight number 5139. We have to be at the airport at 17:00.

The flights last two hour approximately.

You can take one suitcase which weighs less than 20 kg. Inside the plane you can have a handbag or a small rucksack.

No liquids, sharp objects or dangerous stuff can be taken inside the plane. Umbrellas, razors, perfumes and medicines… must be inside your suitcase.

You need your documents with you all the time, in your hand luggage, to show it on passport control desk in Barcelona and London. Do not put it into the suitcase. Any student who does not have all the documents requiered will not be allowed into the plane.

Remember:

If you are 18 years old or older you can travel with your passport or your ID (DNI).

If you are 17 years old or younger you can travel with:

a. your passport

b. your ID (DNI) and the police authorisation.

Here you have a the lyrics and links to the videos of some of the Christmas carols we have read, heard and sung in class. I hope you enjoy them and have a very Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year.

Happy Christmas. War is Over (John Lennon) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUCbZhIfQbA

All I want for Christmas is you (Mariah Carey) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA8UHeoYHQM

This is some information that you can use to revise your work. If you want to write more about this chapter, leave a comment.

VOCABULARY

gentleman: cavaller

servant: criat

talk: parlar

job: feina

thief: lladre

ship: vaixell

leave: marxar

pay: pagar

train: tren

Characters: personatges

Phileas Fogg: an English gentleman

Passepartout: his French servant

Mr. Stuart: Fogg’s friend at the club

Mr Fix: an English detective

Summary

Mr Fogg and his servant Passepartout travel from England to France by ship and from there to Italy by train and to Egypt by ship.

Mr Fogg wants to show his friend in the club that he can travel around the world in 80 days and win &20,000.

Mr Fix, a police detective, also travels on the same train and ships because he is looking for a thief.

If you want to watch the video click here men in black

Write your opinion

This is where you can add your information about Chaucer’s life or any other kind of material that could be of interest for the class. Remember this month’s writing is Chaucer’s or Beckett’s biography.

click on these links for more data

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Chaucer

http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/chaucer.htm