Showing posts with label video. Show all posts
Showing posts with label video. Show all posts
ETA BLASTS HIT MAJORCA

Basque separatist group Eta issues a warning call before two bombs explode in Palma de Majorca in Spain.



SPEAKING TEST


Passport to English provides you with the opportunity to experience what it is like to sit a formal English language interview for assessment purposes. Although the exam some of you will take in September doesn´t follow exactly the same structure, watching these videos is going to be good practice for you.These are the sort of questions you might encounter and give you a fair representation of what is expected in a speaking interview.
Click here to watch.

TIPPING ETIQUETTE IN THE USA (SUBTITLED)

Tipping etiquette with etiquette expert Rebecca Black of Etiquette Now! on KOVR channel 13 with Pallas Hupe. (SUBTITLED)

INTERNET PIRACY

While software and music companies say they're losing millions of dollars, many people don't know when they're breaking the law.
Watch this video about internet piracy and do the multiple choice quiz.
If you need it you can also read the transcript.


All this material has been taken from http://australianetwork.com

SWINE FLU

In this video, Dr. Joe Bresee with the CDC Influenza Division describes swine flu - its signs and symptoms, how it's transmitted, medicines to treat it, steps people can take to protect themselves from it, and what people should do if they become ill.




Watch the video and complete the notes in the worksheet.

Check your answers.

Thank you Néstor!

THE EDEN PROJECT

Welcome to our global garden: a place of beauty and wonder which explores humankind's dependence on natural resources.



If you´ve missed the class today you can download the worsheet and do the activity.

WORKING WOMEN VIDEO


Forty years after the Equal Pay Act, surveys still show women are getting paid significantly less than men for similar work.
Have you ever experienced discrimination? Do you believe there are certain jobs a woman can't do?
Watch out for this brightly coloured video pod which will be travelling the country this week to film people who want to give their views about working women.

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE GOLDEN GLOBE TRIUMPH

There's jubilation in India over its famed music composer, AR Rehman, becoming the first Indian to win a Golden Globe for scoring the music of the film Slumdog Millionaire. Zubair Ahmed reports from Mumbai.

Click here to listen to the news.

From Danny Boyle, director of Trainspotting and 28 Days Later, comes the story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?"

This film has been nominated in the Oscars Best Motion Picture category. Watch the trailer.


I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE

The version by Marvin Gaye of 'I heard it through the grapevine' became a number-one hit in the U.S. and the UK in 1968. The following is a more recent version of the song. Enjoy it!

Paul Weller & Amy Winehouse

INAUGURAL COVERAGE

BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT
Jan. 20: Using the same Bible that Abraham Lincoln was sworn in on nearly 150 years ago, Barack Obama took the oath of presidency in front of an enormous cheering crowd, marking a historic transfer of power. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.


Swiss Spaghetti Harvest 1957

This is the spoof documentary broadcast on April Fools Day in 1957 about spaghetti crops in Switzerland.



Click
here and read about the story and some of the witnesses memories!

TODAY IS THANKSGIVING



A look at how the efforts of Sarah Hale helped establish Thanksgiving as a national holiday.

http://link.history.com/services/link/bcpid1902518783/bclid1672079702/bctid15863486

How much do you really know about Thanksgiving? Try the quiz.

THIRD CONDITIONAL SENTENCES


We use this type of conditional sentences to talk about imaginary past situations. Watch the video and listen to some examples.

http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/gr_movie/s_3_cond/index.htm

COMPLICATED (Avril Lavigne)

VICTORY FOR OBAMA


Democratic Senator Barack Obama has made his first speech as President-elect of the United States after defeating rival John McCain. He told supporters in Chicago: "Change has come to America".

To watch Obama´s victory speech click here.

Republican John McCain says he has spoken to Democrat Barack Obama and congratulated him on winning the US election.

Speaking of his disappointment he added "we must work together to get this country moving again".
To watch McCain´s speech click here.


OBAMA´S INFOMERCIAL

Although you are not voters in the next USA elections you may be interested in watching Obama´s infomercial.

Click here to watch it.
Click here to read the transcript.
Thanks Antonio!