Saint Patrick's Day
Who was Saint Patrick?
Saint Patrick’s Day Vocabulary
dance: (verb) to move rhythmically to music, typically following a sequence of steps or moves.
emerald: (noun) a green precious stone. Ireland is sometimes called the Emerald Isle.
flag: (noun) a rectangular design used as a symbol or emblem of a country or institution and used as decoration during festivities.
fiddle: (noun) a violin, especially when used to play folk music.
four-leaf clover: (noun) a clover leaf with four leaves instead of the typical three. They are thought to bring good luck.
gold: (noun) a precious metal that is yellow in color.
green: (adjective) a color (grass is green).
harp: (noun) a triangular-shaped musical instrument that has many parallel strings that are plucked to make sound.
Ireland: (noun) the common name of the country called the Republic of Ireland.
Irish: (adjective) the nationality of a person from Ireland; from Ireland or relating to it. legend: (noun) a traditional story that is sometimes regarded as historical buy is unauthenticated.
leprechaun: (noun) a small, mischievous creature from Irish folklore.
limerick: (noun) a humorous verse of three long and two short lines.
luck: (noun) success or failure supposedly brought by chance rather than through your own actions.
March: (noun) the third month of the year.
music: (noun) vocal and/or instrumental sounds combined to form harmony.
parade: (noun) a public procession, especially one celebrating a special day or event. pinch: (verb) when you squeeze someone’s skin between your index finger and thumb.
pot of gold: (noun) a large but distant or imaginary reward. It is said that there is a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow.
potato: (noun) a starchy vegetable that grows in the ground. It is a common part of Irish meals.
rainbow: (noun) an arch of colors formed in the sky, typically when there are showers and sun.
saint: (noun) a person acknowledged as being holy or virtuous.
Saint Patrick: The patron saint of Ireland.
shamrock: (noun) a clover-like plant with three leaves, used as the national emblem of Ireland.
snake: (noun) a long reptile without legs; serpent.
Tradition: (noun) the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation.
Saint Patrick's Day Celebrations
Why do people pinch on Saint Patrick’s Day?
It's Xmas time!
is here! By clicking on the image below, you'll have access to lots of games related to Xmas for you to learn and have fun, too!
More information with games and videos down here:
FRIENDS - Learn English for Christmas
Xmas Carols!!! (from our students)
It's Xmas time and our students feel in the mood. That's why some of them are joining in this wonderful activity of creating their own Xmas carols. They worked on the lyrics on their own and then, using AI (SUNO), they created their final versions. And you can find them down here, I'm jotting down the links to the different versions:
TOURISM 1 students:
https://suno.com/s/vZt1TyFGgYLEV13A
https://suno.com/s/ZLp85E6llwTNpN4a
Teacher's version: https://suno.com/s/lo6InBpFP6wcfcjP
TOURISM 2 students:
https://suno.com/s/xg5iZeQ77MHZHrBi
https://suno.com/s/cfyelJwf4xjLeGu2
BACCALAUREATE 1 students:
Group 1: https://suno.com/s/H6JlmaN7N9oMJQAj
Group 2: https://suno.com/s/iWgC7g1cFsq80SwW
Group 3: https://suno.com/s/ipKq9283g3pFXorp
Group 4: https://suno.com/s/9d8VIo9SVv4jLDHC
Group 5: https://suno.com/s/9d8VIo9SVv4jLDHC
Group 6: https://suno.com/s/m8PsJpRRfy0X0BN2
Group 7: https://suno.com/s/Bo68Yg0Ga1dz5VCZ
Black Friday + Cyber Monday
Black Friday is one of the busiest shopping days in the USA. There are two popular theories as to why the day after Thanksgiving Day is called Black Friday.
- One theory is that the wheels of vehicles in heavy traffic on the day after Thanksgiving Day left many black markings on the road surface, leading to the term Black Friday.
- The other theory is that the term Black Friday comes from an old way of recording business accounts. Losses were recorded in red ink and profits in black ink. Many businesses, particularly small businesses, started making profits prior to Christmas. Many hoped to start showing a profit, marked in black ink, on the day after Thanksgiving Day.
What is Black Friday?
Is Black Friday out of control?
What’s the alternative to Black Friday?
Ethical spending
What else can you do on Buy Nothing Day?
Today is Cyber Monday. Cyber Monday is a marketing term for the Monday after Thanksgiving in the United States. The term "Cyber Monday" was created by marketing companies to persuade people to shop online. The term made its debut on November 28, 2005 in a Shop.org press release entitled "'Cyber Monday Quickly Becoming One of the Biggest Online Shopping Days of the Year". Cyber Monday has become an international marketing term used by online retailers in Canada, the United Kingdom, Portugal, Germany, Chile, Colombia, Ireland, Japan, and China.
Thanksgiving!!
Halloween is coming!
HALLOWEEN
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Back to the grind!
I know it is going to take some time before we get used to it again but this is how it goes, right? That's common place, it has to be this way so, the sooner we start, the better!
An unusual year, full of new challenges, new ways of work, new skills to develop...
Probably, many people will see this Covid era as a real problem we should be the whole day complaining about. Our health is at risk, and that's for sure, we need to make efforts to protect us and the people around us. This is our personal concern and we need to be very careful not to lower our guard.
However, we'll try to focus on the bright side of it, that is, let's see it as an opportunity to develop our versatility, the way to adapt ourselves to this new situation. Let's work on new tools, new working methods, new ways to get to both students and teachers, new communication strategies...
I'm sure that if everybody does their bit, we'll cope with the situation and will accustom to living with it.
I've already started working on it. As you can see, this post is full of interesting vocabulary (in bold) to learn and improve our English.
I'm ready then! What about you? Can I count on you?