The Christmas the lights went out

Listen and do the tasks connected to this Christmas story.You can see the script in text.

Some Christmas activities!

A. Listen to this short conversation about Christmas and choose the right answer. You can do the vocabulary activities and then you can listen and read the quiz script.
B. Watch this video in which a woman speaks about Christmas and answer the questions (Answers in "comments"):
1. What does she like about Xmas?
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2. Why did she feel so upset when she was a child?
3. What did she tell the lady she was staying with?
4. What did the woman keep doing? What did she think of it?
5. What happened in the end?
C. How do people celebrate New Year? Watch the video and take some notes, and then play the game (comprehension activity: fill in the gaps in the script).
D. Listen and watch this podcast about New Year's Resolutions to improve your English. Take notes and then play the game

BBC NEWS FOR CHILDREN.

Click on here to have acces to the BBC WORLD NEWS FOR CHILDREN.This webpage will lead you through the latest UK and international news bulletins for 7-14 year olds on weekdays. You can LISTEN and even DOWNLOAD the podcasts as well as READ the week's scripts. Dont's miss this great opportunity to listen to REAL ENGLISH!!!!

STORIES

Listen to the story "The Golden Boys" and take notes. Then do the activity. Finally, listen and read it.
- Listen to another story "Look what the cats dug up" and take notes. There is also a comprehension activity and a glossary with some of the words that appear in the story

Striking Spain air traffic controllers return to work

Watch the news report and answer the following questions (answers in "comments").

Glossary:
Stranded /’strændɪd/left somewhere with no way of going anywhere else. Hundreds of passengers were left stranded at the airport.
Resumed /rɪ’zju:md/to be started again after being stopped temporarily. Flights were resumed.
Grind to a halt / Ground to a halt /hɔ:lt/to slowly come to a stop. Traffic on the interstate almost ground to a halt today because it was so foggy.
Reliant on /rɪ’laɪənt/depending on someone or something. A country heavily reliant on tourism.
To drag on to continue for longer than you want or think is necessary. Not allowing the chaos to drag on.

Questions:

1. When did the first flight take off from Madrid after hours of frustration and delay?
2. What does the Italian passenger in Barcelona say?
3. How long were Spain traffic control towers deserted?
4. Why did air traffic controllers go on strike?
5. How did the government react?
6. Why is this measure described as "a bitter pill to swallow"?
7. Why do just few Spaniards have sympathy for the controllers?
8. What's not quite over yet?

Do you worry about your appearance?

Listen to some people discussing how much thought they put into their appearance.

Scroll down the page and answer the questions you can see on the right side of the page. Don't look at the script!!!!

Podcast: Big boys don`t cry

This is the listening we did in class,scroll down the page. It is number 67.