DOCUMENTARY. BBC. Countryside 999 Episode 7 (2014)

Series following the emergency services in rural Britain. In this episode, the Royal Navy search and rescue helicopter crew rescue a badly injured lumberjack from remote woodland. Dumfries Police investigate an isolated farmhouse ripped apart by metal thieves, and Dumfries Royal Infirmary, the A&E team treat an injured sheep farmer after a nasty quadbike accident.

QUOTES

‘Study while others are sleeping;

work while others are loafing;

prepare while others are playing;

and dream while others are wishing.’

William Arthur Ward

STUDYING HARD

THE MUSIC CORNER

Roy Orbison- In dreams (1963)

Roy Orbison- In dreams (1963)

A candy-colored clown they call the sandman
Tiptoes to my room every night
Just to sprinkle stardust and to whisper
Go to sleep. Everything is all right.

I close my eyes,

Then I drift away 
Into the magic night

I softly say
A silent prayer like dreamers do
Then I fall asleep to dream

My dreams of you.

In dreams I walk with you.

In dreams I talk to you.
In dreams you're mine.

All of the time we're together 
In dreams, in dreams.

But just before the dawn,

I awake and find you gone.
I can't help it, I can't help it, if I cry.
I remember that you said goodbye.

It's too bad that all these things,

Can only happen in my dreams
Only in dreams, in beautiful dreams.

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INTERVIEW. BBC. Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird ''sequel'' to be published

The BBC's Nick Higham: "I think we can assume it will go like hot cakes"

An unpublished novel by Harper Lee is to finally see the light of day, 60 years after the US author put it aside to write To Kill a Mockingbird. 

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31118355

DOCUMENTARY. BBC. Harper Lee to publish Mocking bird 'sequel'

Lee's editor persuaded her to rework some of the story's flashback sequences as a novel in their own right - and that book became To Kill a Mockingbird.

The manuscript was discovered last autumn, attached to an original typescript of To Kill a Mockingbird.

A 5,500-year-old moccasin-like shoe

A 5,500-YEAR-OLD MOCCASIN-LIKE SHOE 

DOCUMENTARY. World's Oldest Leather Shoe

University College Cork (UCC) archaeologist, Dr Ron Pinhasi, and a team of international archaeologists discovered the world's oldest leather shoe in a cave in Armenia. The perfectly preserved shoe is 1,000 years older than the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt and 300 years older than Newgrange, Co Meath.

RECIPE. A Spanish fish dish

Ingredients:

Pieces of dried codfish, olive oil, garlic, Spanish red pepper, tarragon vinegar, tomatoes, olives.

Method:

1. Bone some nice pieces of codfish.

2. Warm it in a cupful of olive oil, 1 clove of garlic, some Spanish red pepper and a wine-glass of tarragon vinegar.

3. Lay tomatoes, cooked down to a thick purée, in a dish.

4. Also, lay the fish upon it.

5. Pour the sauce over.

                                                         6. Add sliced olives.
                                                         7. Serve it.

ARTICLE

A MAGESTIC PLANT

Garlic is a plant of the onion family, a Liliacaea. It uses to be 30 or 40 cm in height, with narrow leaves and little white flowers. Its bulb is also white, blunt and gives off an overwhelming odour. It is a common and wonderful seasoning which adds aroma, taste and nutrients to the dishes from all around the world.

It is said that garlic is native to central Asia. Nevertheless, it was also used by other civilisations like Greeks, Romans or Egyptians. In Ancient Egypt, this vegetable was took by pyramid workers in order to keep them strong. On the other hand, in Greece, and during the Olympic Games, athletes ingested it so as to be in good physical condition and increase their resistance to infection.

Nowadays it is being grown in large quantities by China, the main producer of garlic. This country produces around 6,500 thousand tons, followed by India and Republic of Korea, with 517 and 483 thousand tons respectively. Its use is not only for cookery, but is also appreciated like a preventive treatment for colds, coughs, cholesterol and cardiovascular diseases.

Even though garlic is considered a remedy for some diseases, we cannot overvalue its active principles. It should only be ingested in small doses and with special precautions mainly by children, pregnancy and breast-feeding women.

EVERY DOG HAS ITS DAY!

IDIOMS WITH DOG

Every dog has its day!                                     = even a person with ill luck will be lucky one day

His bark is worse than his bite                        = to not back up threatening comments with action
Let sleeping dogs lie                                      = some problems are best not investigated

To argue like cat and dog                              = to be in total disagreement
To bark up the wrong tree                             = to be looking the wrong place
To be as sick as a dog                                   = really sick

To be dog-eat-dog                                          = a hyper competitive environment

To be in the doghouse                                   = to be in line for trouble
To be top dog                                                  = to be the leader / decision maker
To go to the dogs                                           = to deteriorate, to get worse
To live a dog's life                                        = the worst life
To rain cats and dogs                                   = to rain extremely hard

To work like a dog                                        = work extremely hard
You can't teach an old dog new tricks        = a person used to doing things one way likely won't change

TALES. British Council. Little Red Riding Hook

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/es/short-stories/little-red-riding-hood

Little Red Riding Hood lived in a wood with her mother.

One day Little Red Riding Hood went to see her Granny. She had a nice cake in her basket.

On her way Little Red Riding Hood met a wolf. “Hello” said the wolf. “Where are you going?” I’m going to see my grandmother. She lives in a house behind those trees.”

The wolf ran to Granny’s house, and ate Granny up. He got into Granny’s bed. A little later, Little Red Riding Hood reached the house. She looked at the wolf.

“Granny, what big eyes you have!” “All the better to see you with!” said the wolf.

“Granny, what big ears you have!” “All the better to hear you with!” said the wolf.

“Granny, what a big nose you have!” “All the better to smell you with!” said the wolf.

“Granny, what a big teeth you have!” “All the better to eat you with!” shouted the wolf.

A woodcutter was in the wood. He heard a loud scream, and ran to the house.

The woodcutter hit the wolf over the head. The wolf opened his mouth wide and shouted- and Granny jumped out.

The wolf ran away, and Little Red Riding Hood never saw the wolf again.

AS and LIKE

t AS

- sb/sth is that thing, or has that function

- = the same as and it is collocated before a subject+ verb or a past participle

- = because

- after some verbs including describe and regard

- in comparisons, with adjectives and adverbs

- = for example

- with expression the same…as

- in the phrases:

            Ÿ as far as I know (I think it’s true but I don’t know all the facts)

            Ÿ as far as I’m concerned (this is my personal opinion)

            Ÿ as far as I can see/tell (this is what I’ve noticed or understood)

t LIKE

- = similar to

- = for example

Green is great. Professor Martyn Poliakoff

World-renowned scientist Professor Martyn Poliakoff, Research Professor of Chemistry at the University of Nottingham in the UK, and Foreign Secretary and Vice-president of the Royal Society, visited Hong Kong in late May 2013 and spoke to local students about the importance of green chemistry. In this video, Professor Poliakoff talked about the UK's strong reputation for science and innovation, the strong UK-Hong Kong collaboration on green chemistry and how green chemistry helps industries to become sustainable.

INFINITIVE or -ING

QUOTES

‘Time. No one has enough of it, no one can stop it, no one can make it pas one bit faster. Unless, of course, you’re an author’.

Aaron Shepard

INFINITIVE AND VERB + -ING FORMS

BRITISH COUNCIL. Infinitive and verb + -ing forms

Oliver, Daisy and Alfie are at Oliver and Daisy's home. Oliver is upset, so Daisy and Alfie decide to cheer him up.

PHRASAL VERBS. STUDY TIME

get away with                = to go unpunished; to avoid blame, criticism for doing sth bad

get over                         = overcome; feel better after sth or sb has made you unhappy

hand back                      = to give back; return sth to the person who gave it to you

live up to                        = be as good as expected

look back                       = to look behind; remember; to think about sth that happened in the past

point out                        = to identify; to show or talk about sth because they are not aware of it

put off                            = discourage; decide or arrange to delay an event or activity until a later time or date

turn out                         = appear; attend; be known or discovered finally and surprisingly