Dear students,
Wishes of the best possible 2021!
I've just added a practice section.
If you follow the link you'll have extra information on Past simple and Past Continuous as well as some exercises with feedback.
With the video, you'll revise the use of these tenses and learn about Irish immigration to the USA.
Enjoy!
Hello everybody,
I've just created a new page whose title is "Food in UK".
Follow the link to access it.
https://gilsharing2020.blogspot.com/p/food-in-uk.html
Watch the video and do the exercises.
Learn and enjoy 😃
Blog Entry-Chișinău
It was late December 2018, and after a long and exhausting trip, I finally arrived with my parents in Chișinău, the capital of Moldova.
Our local relatives came to pick us up at the rendezvous, which was the bus station near the airport. The gray clouds stood over the old soviet buildings and everything that was under those clouds would plunge into darkness. The city seemed depressing and uneventful.
The cold weather would add to the already gray mixture.
However, all that coldness was warmed away by the family, we hadn't seen each other in years, it was a much-awaited moment. With them, I spent Christmas and New Year's Eve there. The apparently dead city lit up for the occasions, the streets were lively and the roads were busy, it reminded me of an awakening.
I liked this trip because I learned about how much we miss something we “hate” when we don't have it. I hate when Lagos is so crowded during the Summer, but when there were no people, I missed the liveliness of a city. One of the highlights was that when the clock hit 12:00 on the 31st of December, an enormity of fireworks were launched into the sky, but when all calmed down and the noise dispersed, it started to snow, like a “cliché” movie scene.
By Máximo Jitchi
25 November
My trip to London
Last summer, I got the opportunity to travel
to England with my sister and her husband. It was around the end of July and we
got there by plane.
Right after we landed, we took the train to a
region of London called Tottenham. We stayed at a ‘Bed and Breakfast’ and while
we explored a little bit of the area, the first thing we noticed about the
people was that, the women were wearing wigs and the men had big beards and
often wore clothes that looked like the ones from the Victorian era. The reason
behind it was, that the locals of Tottenham were mostly Jewish. I personally
found it very interesting, because they were different from other Jews that I
had met before.
Since Tottenham is very close to the actual
city of London, in less than 15 minutes, we got to the Westminster station by
underground. The city was incredibly crowded, but it was very beautiful and we
got to visit a lot of famous places like Picadilly Circus, the Big Ben, the
London Eye and even got a tour of the Parliament, since my brother-in-law's
aunt works there. The building is very old and historical, as well. Not many
people know, but inside the Parliament there is a small chapel and by the time
that women were protesting for better work conditions and better opportunities
in life, there was one specific woman who hid from the police in a small cabin
inside of the chapel and it was that woman who later on, was one of the few who
assured the women’s rights in London.
Travelling to London was a great experience
that I am thankful for. I got to learn a lot from the city and the people were
very friendly and lovely. It's one of the most beautiful cities in the world. I’d like to travel there sometime soon again!
By Leonor Meyer
Travelling to London from Patricia Bermudez on Vimeo.
