Monday, 25 February 2013

Discussion: Dating


1. Do you believe in love at first sight? Can friendship turn into love?

2. What is a perfect relationship to you? What qualities are important to you in a boyfriend / girlfriend?

3.What is most important to you?
-Having a busy love life.
-Having a good school report.
-Having lots of friends.


4. Do you know anybody who has ever been on an internet date? Would you go on a blind date? Why? Why not? Imagine your friend goes on a blind date with someone s/he has met on the internet. What advice would you give him/her?

5. Have your parents ever disapproved of any of your relationships? What reasons may parents have to disapprove of a relationship? Would you obey your parents if they disapproved of your boyfriend/girlfriend?

6. Would you go out with someone who is 10 + years older than you? And if this person was rich?

7. Would you go out with someone who doesn't want you to see your friends or doesn't agree with your clothes?

8. Would you date a friend's ex-boyfriend/girlfriend?

9. Do you think a boy and girl can remain friends after they have broken up?

10. Is it possible to have a long relation with someone who lives miles away?









Wednesday, 20 February 2013

The Great Fire of London

Quema de Londres


Learn about the Great Fire of London. Click on this link and answer the questions below.



Pink: Burning City

1. When did the Great Fire of London begin?
2. How long did it last?
3. How many people lost their houses?
4. The fire began in ....
a) a bakery      b) a grocery      c) an inn
5. What is the name of the street?
6. Mention four reasons why the fire spread quickly.
7. Who confessed to have started the fire? Was this true?
8. True or False? Most Londoners spent days fighting the fire.
9. How did they try to stop the fire?
10. What helped stop the fire?
11. How many houses and churches were destroted by the fire?
12. What were houses made of at the time?
13. What famous building was destroyed by the fire?
14. How many people died in the fire?
15. What good consequence did the fire have?

Watch the following video on what happened.
  • View of London taken from Southwark in the mid-1600s before the Great Fire. Southwark in the foreground, with the playhouses on the left-hand side and the cathedral in the centre. London Bridge spans the river and then the City of London itself is on the north bank of the Thames, shown as a huddle of crowded, narrow houses and church spires. Detalle de una pintura, que muestra una de las puertas de Londres en llamas