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Cleaning the windows of the world’s tallest building

Listen and fill in the gaps with one or more suitable words.

1.   The Burj Khalifa tower is more than ___________________ of the Empire State Building.

2.   The tower is composed of 120.000 ______________________.

3.   The ____________________ has been won by an Australian company.

4.   The machines lower people down the side of the building so that they can get to the windows and _______________________.

5.   It takes _____________________ to do a whole cycle and get the building cleaned completely.

6.   It is not possible to ___________________ the cleaning system completely since the façade systems which are used are tricky.

7.   Many of the facility managers in the big buildings ask to be told when certain areas will be cleaned so that they can ____________________.

8.   Even though the cleaners do need to keep hydrated they do not need to take _____________________.

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Guess what they're advertising

 These are some adverts that have been selected at some point in different contests in the last few years. Can you guess what they're advertising?

A new home for sustainable banking

In this video, we are shown one of the buildings that were refurbished to house an office for Triodos Bank in Bristol.

What parts of the building do they mention?

What adjectives do they use to describe them?

Extreme weather conditions

A few sentences to refer to the weather:

It hasn't rained a drop in months!

Tell me about it! It's so difficult to breath in this scorching weather! 

I've never seen such scorching weather in my life!

And the humidity! It kills me! I just hope it cools down soon.

It's been almost two months since the last rain.

Rain levels are much lower than usual. It hasn´t rained even half of the monthly average.

I'm very concerned about my crops/ orchard/ allotment.

And a few fact and figures about British Weather:

Decide if these sentences are true or false

1. The UK has 189 days of rain a year.



The Lake District in the UK

2. All our rain comes from the Atlantic Ocean.
3. Much of our rain starts 4000 miles away in the Atlantic.
4. Every drop of our fresh water comes from the oceans.
5. It's a never ending cycle.
6. Swansea is the wettest city in the UK.
7. The Lake District gets 69 inches of rain a year.
8. It rains on average 111 days a year there.
9. Rainguage Cottage is probably the wettest cottage in England.
10. Emily Pratt feels proud of living in the wettest place.
11. The floods of 2009 happened after 5 days of heavy rain.
12. It was described as a once in a thousand year weather event.
13. The power of the great British weather should never be under-estimated.

The power of nature - An ice tsunami

            Breaking news

Wall of Ice Rises Out of Lake, Destroys Homes

A tsunami-like wave of ice called an ice heave destroyed a dozen two-story homes in Minnesota.

blast............ explosion
heap............ pile
shard........... a piece of broken glass

A real time home-made video showing the breathtaking view of this vast mass of ice moving towards their homes, running over everything on its way and crawling up the walls. Absolutely amazing.

Global Warming 101

GLOBAL WARMING 101

How much have temperatures risen in the last century? Who is to blame according to scientists?

Can you explain in your own words what the green house effect consists of?

Which has been the warmest year recorded so  far? And the second?

What is happening to Arctic sea ice? How much?

How much have scientists predicted temperatures will rise by the end of the century?

What are some of the predictable consequences of global warming?

What are the measures mentioned for consumers?

methane  /ˈmiːθeɪn/

fluctuate  /ˈflʌktjʊeɪt/

ice ages & warmer periods

fossil  fuel /ˈfɒsl/ /fjʊəl/

to release... discharge/ deliver

to trap... catch/ capture

a recent string (series) of warm years

readings taken

severe drought   [sɪ'vɪəʳ] /draʊt/

advocate ['ædvəkɪt]  recommend/ plead for

                                    lawyer

Too many of us

This is a very interesting and also worrying video by National Geographic about the world's population. Have you ever stopped to think about this? It leads you to take some time to reflect on what kind of world we want to live in, and how we are contributing to create a better one for the oncoming generations. You can guess quite a lot just from the title.

7 BILLION

Some synonyms that may be useful: 

population: inhabitants/ citizenry

increase: grow/ extend/ enlarge 

to take up: occupy/ live in / reside

fill: take up

consume: use/ use up/ make use of

lack: need/ require

adequate: acceptable/ decent

Jamie cooks summer

As most of you probably know, Jamie Oliver is an extremely successful British chef with a fresh and lively attitude towards food. His TV series are world-famous and he has written 15 cookery books. He has led a revolution in the way people eat in Britain, and has successfully accompanied thousands of parents in protest in an attempt to change school meals. Now food in many schools is better quality, fresher, seasonal, and much more healthier.

In this video he simply shows us his cooking ways for the British summer. Ideas for a picnic or a day out with friends, far from ham & cheese sandwiches. I hope you enjoy it.

He'll first tell you about how to make a gourgeous chilli con carne to take away, and I actually do think that his chilli con carne and guacamole are the best ever, so why don't you give them a try?

Then he will show you how to smoke fish using a bucket, a very handy idea for a beach day after going fishing!

Somebody that I used to know - a song

This song will help you revise and add up new expressions to your vocabulary on relationships. Listen to the song while you fill in the gaps, and then find their synonyms among the words and expressions provided in the column on the right. I hope you enjoy it!

Somebody that I used to know

by Gotye

First fill in the gaps ___________ I think of when we were together Like when you said you felt so ______ you could die I told myself  that you were right for me But felt so lonely in your company But that was love and it's __________ I still remember. You can get addicted to a certain __________ of sadness Like resignation to the end, always the end So when we _______ that we could not make sense Well you said that we would still be friends But I'll admit that I was glad that it was ______ But you didn't have to __________ Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing I don't even need your love, but you treat me like a _______ And that feels so rough No, you didn't have to stoop so low Have your friends _______  your records And then change your number Guess that I don't need that, though Now you're just somebody that I used to know Now you're just somebody that I used to know Now you're just somebody that I used to know ________________ I think of all the times you screwed me over But had me believing it was always something that I'd done But I don't wanna live that way Reading into every word you say You said that you could let it go And I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know-oh-oh But you didn't have __________ Make it like it never happened and that we were nothing (oh) I don't even need your love,  but you treat me like a ________ and that feels so rough (oh) No, you didn't have to stoop so low Have your friends _______  your records And then change your number Guess that I don't need that, though Now you're just somebody that I used to know

Then match these synonyms to the words you wrote in the gaps. A pain The relationship had ended Pick up Sometimes Discovered Someone that you don’t know Pleased Stop our friendship Type of

 

The Logical Song - Supertramp

This is the story of all of us, who go from the wonder of discovering the world through our own eyes, to being told by teachers, relatives and adults in general, that actually the world 'is' this or that way, and you'll be discarded as a radical, childish, illogical and liberal, to say the least, if you take another view of the world. 

Do you relate to this song?

Listen to the Song and fill in the Gaps

The Logical Song by Supertramp

When I was young, it seemed that life was so __________,

a _________, it was beautiful, _________
And all the birds in the trees, well they'd be singing so happily,

__________, ___________, watching me
But then they send me away to teach me how to be ___________,

__________, responsible, _________
And they showed me a world where I could be so ___________,

__________, intellectual, __________

There are times when all the world's ________
The questions run too ______ for _______________ (3 words) man
Won't you please, please tell me what we've __________
I know it sounds absurd but please tell me who I am

I said now, __________ what you say,

now we're calling you a ________,

a _________, fanatical, _________

Won't you sign up your name,

we'd like to feel you're ____________,

____________, presentable, ___________

But at night, when all the world's __________
The questions run so _________ for ________________ (3 words) man
Won't you please (Won't you tell me),

(You can tell me what) please tell me what we've _______ (Can you hear me?)
I know it ________ absurd, (Won't you help me) please tell me who I am,

who I am, who I am, who I am
But I'm thinking so _________
Did you call, one two three four
It's getting ___________

And this other version if you didn't manage to understand the words. It's a bit slower, so easier to catch the gaps.