Around the World in 80 Days

dijous, 3 de desembre del 2015

A VISIT TO THE TIN SOLDIERS MUSEUM IN VALENCIA.

Last Wednesday we went to Valencia to do a guided visit in English in a museum called the Iber museum.

When we arrived to the museum a group of students from el Drac were waiting for us, so first we met them and introduced ourselves in English.

Once inside the museum we met Bob, he was the guide and first of all he started talking about the history of the building. It was the house of a rich family whose son had collected tin soldiers since he was very young.This museum has the biggest collection of the world of tin soldiers!!!

They were placed in a way that represented historical scenes like the Almansa's battle or the conquest of Valencia.We vsited all the museum listening to Bob's explanations and looking at the little soldiers which seemed to be alive.

The second part of the visit consisted of a presentation of all the Hollywood films which had been made in Spain. We learned a lot about history and cinema and we also understood it all because the guide spoke in a very clear English. One curiosity is that we found out that the word "Cesarea" comes from Julious Caesar.

The experience was great because we met new students and at the same time we learned a lot of things!!!

Students from Practical English.

dimarts, 1 de desembre del 2015

REAR WINDOW

WHAT CAN YOU SEE THROUGH YOUR WINDOW?

Hey students, you have here a new task to do, if you do it, you will get extra mark and a of course some sweets and there will be a prize for the three best pictures and descriptions.

What do you have to do?

- 1st – take a picture of what you see from one of your home windows.

- 2nd – Describe the picture, using maximum 70 WORDS.( We are going to give you some tips).

- 3rd – Send the picture to

anna@lescarolines.com or

sandrine@lescarolines.com and that's it.

HAVE FUN AND ENJOY IT.

TIPS:

How can you do that?there are some "basics" when describing pictures,I´ll show you the most relevant steps below:

1.You shoud introduce the picture/topic using expressions such as:

The photo/ picture shows...
It was taken on a ( day, time of the day)example, on a Friday night.
It´s a black-and-white/coloured photo

2. Locate the different items in the photo using: ( as in the picture above).

In the foreground/ background you can see..../there is...
In the middle/centre there are / I can see....
At the top/At the bottom there is....
On the left/ right there is....
Behind/ In front of... you can see...
Between...there is....

3. What are they doing? now you describe the people in the picture or you say what is happening now using the present continuous (am/is/are + verb-ing).
You can also use physical descriptions and describe the clothes they are wearing.
4. Personal opinion
You should finish by expressing your personal opinion.You can use the expressions below:

It seems as if....
The lady seems to...
Maybe...
Ithink...
I wonder....
I like / don´t like the picture because....
GOOD LUCK AND ENJOY IT.

It's a sunny day. In the photo I can see all the city and above it, a lot of clouds. The sky is blue like a sea, but the clouds are grey like a stone. Below the clouds there are a lot of buildings: one of them very big an the others very small. looking at the picture, I think it was made in the morning. I think it is a very nice day in the photo.

This photo was taken from my father's office window.

It was taken on a Thursday evening.

In the foreground I can see some balconies, in the background there are some buildings. On the right there is a big tree that is on a small park, near the park there is a white van. In all the park and near the buildings there are a lot of streetlights.

There are no people in the photo that night but normally there are a lot of people mainly children, they are usually walking their dogs.

Rear window

THIS IS WHAT I CAN SEE THROUGH MY WINDOW:

There is one big factory, there are a lot of houses, there is one garage,a piece of wasted ground and there, there is a wheel tractor and some bushes.I can also see a big building and on the top of the building a clothes line.

I can also see one chimney, a lot of doors and windows.This is all I can see from my room's window.

by Ginés Bayona, 1st of ESOB.

This is a picture of the view that there is a window of my house.
In them you can see many cars : some white, some black, some gray ...
There is also a lighted lamp beside one of the cars and the sidewalk there is a man walking his dog and seems to just leave your home .
Beside the streetlight on the pavement there is a floor in no balconies above them and there are different awnings, as there is for example a red one.
On this street there are many people but that also makes this more quiet home . I also wanted to add that from this window there is a nice view but it's a very old house. But I admit that I like this street because whenever I trace me a good weather window breathe .
I like my street !!!