Er...elephants using text messages? If you think that this can only be a joke read the transcript of the BBC article that we listened to in class (October 30) and find out whether the latest gadget might actually turn out to be handy sometimes.
Do you think banning mobile phones (cell phones or cellulars in the US) in some places, e.g. restaurants, would be a good idea? It bugs me when people start speaking loudly so you can't help noticing them, but there are more important reasons to ban mobiles in some other places or to some other people. You have the transcript for the other listening here.
I know this is not South Korea but students are quite alike everywhere. I hope I'm not giving you any ideas about cheating in my exams if you read and listen to another article. Just in case I'll cut you off...
Also, here's the first issue this year of The Guardian Weekly. We'll be doing this some time so as to improve your reading skills, especially if you've set out to get the Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE). As usual, it's authentic material, not abridged or adapted, taken from The Guardian newspaper. Just read it for practice. We won't be reading this in class, we'll just deal with problems or doubts (if any, I might be underestimating you...) Click on the link below and download the reading in pdf format (you will need Acrobat Reader, if you don't have it get it here). You have the key at the end of the document so all you have to do is simply check how well you did.
Emoticons_advanced-1.pdf
Thats's all. CU ;-)
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"ABOUT NOISE"
I love concerts and many times I went to the called "noise concerts" played by famous people -but no popular- like Damo Suzuki , Merzbow,Alan Vega or Whitehouse etc.
But in everydaylife, noise is something that make me feel distracted.
It is difficult to concentrate on work when you are hearing different background noises in many different frequencies. I get nervous, uncomfortable and irritable... when children noise about together,when in class the window is opened and is possible to hear the street low and upper floor noises and you catch anything, when the radio has noise interferences and when you can´t enjoy with your mp3 by the street because noise pollution, traffic, people and many things that avoid you to hear well and clearly. and all of that piss you off...
The chaotic mixture of sounds, noises catchy tunes and noise/sound different expressions around us compound a weird squizophrenic soundtrack.
"CHEATING"
When I was a teenager I liked to be a little bit transgressor with stablished order...
I used to be called - by friends - The photocopier" because I could do 3 or more exams at the same time -for my closer mates and myself- at Secondary School...
It was funny for me and I wasn´t be catched,... never, ever... but one day, the teacher told my best friend:
- "tell her that she was improving herself through this time and all these works".
I felt really proud of it because his clever attitude with pupils.good teacher!
A. Suárez, -L- Group, 1st. Adv
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