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What do you think?

noreply@blogger.com (Ann) — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 14:31:00 +0000

Write a comment saying what you think about the ideas contained in the video.

What's in the news?

noreply@blogger.com (Ann) — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 14:26:00 +0000

Click on Google news and write a posting reporting on a piece of news you find interesting.

What makes a good teacher? Podcasts

noreply@blogger.com (Ann) — Wed, 16 May 2007 11:09:00 +0000

Igor + Alvaro

Laura

Lara + Garazi

Listen to the recordings and make a comment here saying what you agree or disagree with the opinions expressed in them.

Favourite songs

noreply@blogger.com (Ann) — Wed, 16 May 2007 10:55:00 +0000

Check out the songs you have posted on the blog and write a comment on each saying what you think about them.

noreply@blogger.com (laurita) — Mon, 14 May 2007 16:28:00 +0000

I really haven´t got a favourite song. At the moment, there are lots of good songs and I think that it is difficult to choose only one of them.

However, I have chosen for this exercise the Shakira´s one. It is called "Pure intuition" and, nowadays, you can often listen to it in the radio because it is quite famous.

In my opinion, the song is very catchy. However, the video, which I hadn´t seen before, is a bit boring and uninteresting.

Songs

noreply@blogger.com (alvaro) — Wed, 09 May 2007 18:11:00 +0000

Nowadays I haven´t got a favourite song. Nevertheless, there are several songs that I really like. Here you have several of them:
Linkin Park : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6GR-FgiFHg
If you are a fan of them... you will think the same as me: It´s the best song of them...

Marc Anthony: " que precio tiene el cielo"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjJERg23Vv0You can find this song in his latest disc. It´s great despite being a different kind of music. I´m sure that it will like you

And finally let´s have a look at "milk inc"and their song " Tainted love".http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz562ZMxjRI
It´s electronic music. Maybe their songs dont have an interesting lyric but the rythm is really good!

noreply@blogger.com (garazi) — Wed, 09 May 2007 18:02:00 +0000

I rarely listen to English music since I´d rather listen to Spanish songs,which are easier to understand.However,there is an English group I enjoy a lot. This group is called Snow Patrol and ,despite the fact that few people know about it, in the future,it will be one of the most famous rock groups.
I reckon that their best song is Chasing Cars, which is a romantic song.Although the best thing about the song is its lyrics,the rythmn.

SNOW PATROL - You're all I have

noreply@blogger.com (nereeeeee) — Wed, 09 May 2007 18:02:00 +0000

I don't know the reason why I like this song so much. I like this band, Snow Patrol, a lot but is, with difference, the song I like the most from their repertory.

I usually pay attention to the lyrics, so I could expect to like it because of them... But, to say the truth, I did'nt undrstand it completely when I listened to it the first time. So, ¿is the secret the melody?

Like I said, I have no idea, but this is for me the best pop-rock song of the year and I definitely recommend it.

My current favourite song

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 09 May 2007 18:00:00 +0000

I don't have a favourite song as I don't really have a favourite singer or group. However I've just remenbered a song that I think it's fairly good.
Someday by Nickelback.
Although this band is a rock band this song is quite slow, because it talks about a broken relationship. Here you have the videoclip:

And if you want to understan it better here you have the lyrics:

Someday Lyrics

LOS FASTIDIOS 'Antifa hooligans'

noreply@blogger.com (harry77) — Wed, 09 May 2007 17:55:00 +0000

This group called Los Fastidois, was created in Verona (Italy) in late 1991. They sing most of their songs in Italian but this is in English. This group mixes powerful melodic strretpunk with classical 80's British Punk-Oi! sounds. I hope you like the two videos (Videoclip & live) and the song!!!

Link to the lyrics: http://www.lyricstime.com/los-fastidios-antifa-hooligans-lyrics.html

What's your current favourite song?

noreply@blogger.com (Ann) — Wed, 09 May 2007 10:13:00 +0000

Create a post about the song you like best at the mo (please choose one in English!) and add a link to the video and lyrics.

Include in your post your reasons for choosing the song.

What makes a good teacher?

noreply@blogger.com (Ann) — Tue, 01 May 2007 17:16:00 +0000

Watch this comedy sketch by Rowan Atkinson.

Post a comment here saying what you think about it.

Then, using your own experience of your teachers (at school, language centres or college), write about what you think makes a good (or bad) teacher.

Saving children

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:10:00 +0000

As most of us know UICEF is an NGO which help children to have a better life. I reckon that doing this is very important since these children are going to be the adults of the future an if we want this world to be a better place to live we must start doing that this children have a bit of hope.
Furtheremore the children are inocent people who haven't made anything wrong to have the nasty life they have.
For those two reasons and for much more i think the job UNICEF makes is really important and we all should make something to help them. However i'm not oblying anybody to give money to this NGO, but yes encuraging people to try a bit to change the situation of a big part of the children in our society.

Most of the times these children I'm talking about died because of illnesses, wars, abuses,... but have they done something to deserve that kind final? Altough , sometimes in these children life is better the death than living in the way they do. A lot of times they live as slaver or they don't have anything to eat. They suffer abuses,...

We should help them in the way we can and with the help of UNICEF that could be easier.

What's your carbon foot print?

noreply@blogger.com (Ann) — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 07:16:00 +0000

Go to the BBC news page to calculate yours. Then go to Conservation International and see what you can do to improve your negative impact on the planet.

Finally, make a comment here about your carbon foot print result and your ideas on what to do about it.

All in a good cause

noreply@blogger.com (Ann) — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:18:00 +0000

Decide what you think is a good cause, research it and write a posting about it.

Make a movie

noreply@blogger.com (Ann) — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:16:00 +0000

News from Bilbao - Podcasts

noreply@blogger.com (Ann) — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:02:00 +0000

Listen to your podcasts and write a comment about them either here or on the individual news posting.

Introduction - Lara

2 Urko

3 Alvaro and Lara

4 Garazi

5 Laura

6 Elixabet

FRANCE AND THE UFO

noreply@blogger.com (eli) — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:59:00 +0000

France has become the first country in the world in publishing secret documents about the cientific group who is working on UFO's and about all the investigations that have been done around it.
Althought these days people just can find information about 400 cases, sooner than later all the ones will be available in internet, which are about 1600 at all. Moreover, the one who is interested on it will be able to read 6000 witness accounts and about 3000 interviews. They are supposed more than 100.000 digital places to be available for surfers.
The group of cientists that is working called Grupo de Estudios y de Información de Fenómenos Aeroespaciales No Identificados explained the goal is that studies about UFO become in something normal just like any other subject who is beeing studied as they give the opportunity to people to know about different cases and stories that in some situations they had to calificate as inexplicable.
If you are interested in that kind of subjects I think that this is a good way to know something more about it by this new page: Centro Nacional de Estudios Espaciales

bilbao-venue of the velux 5 oceans

noreply@blogger.com (garazi) — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:59:00 +0000

Bilbao- venue of the VELUX 5 Oceans yacht race

The 7th Edition of the 5-Oceans yacht race started in bilbao on 22 October.Two months later, the race arrived in Fremantle,Australia, and it will finish in Florida next week.There is a group of basque people taking part in it and it is said that they will win this race.However,this seems quite strange since it is the first time that a basque yacht has taken part in this sort of competition.
I reckon that the beginning of this well-known competition in Bilbao is as a result of the prominence the city is gaining all over the world.

Sad news.

noreply@blogger.com (laurita) — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:47:00 +0000

Today, in the Philosophy lesson, our teacher told us something that I found quite astonishing and, also, sad.

A 23 years old boy has been visiting our school today who has just come from Africa, where he was doing some voluntary work. The problem is that, because of malaria, he had to go to an african hospital, where he was given a blood transfussion. That blood contained the VIH virus, so, the boy is now ill and has come home with this enormous and unexpected problem.

These kind of news make us feel really sad because, of course nobody deserves getting a terrible illness like that, but we think that it is very unfair that a young boy who has been working in a totally voluntary way trying to help other people has to have an end like this one, instead of the calm and happy life that he would have had.

NEW DISC!!!

noreply@blogger.com (harry77) — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:15:00 +0000

The well known basque band 'Des-kontrol' has just put on sale their latest disc. The title of this new disc is 'Duintasunez eutsi', what it means something like 'Resisting with proud' and it is formed by 13 songs: which 10 of them are new and the last 3 are the most significant old songs reedited for the new Cd.
Th music in this disc is clearly influenced by the punk of the 70's and the Oi! and streetpunk of the 80's. Simple and agressive lyrics and shrt and fast sdongs is what you are going to find in this disc.
The price of the disc is of 10€ and you can find in a lot of shops as Streetwarriors, elkar liburudenda, gatazka gunea, Brixton (Romo) ...
I sincerely recomend you to buy it, you won´t regret!!!

More information: http://www.des-kontrol.tk/

the placing of the first stone of the Iberdrola tower

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:22:00 +0000

One week ago was celebrated the event of placing the first stone of the Iberdrola tower which is the seventh highest tower from all Spain.

There have been designing it from more of 11 years. the construction of this building will cost a lot, between 200 and 240 millions of euros. it is supossed to be finished on 2011. This skyscraper(175 m of high) will become one of the most inportant architectures of Bilbao like the Euskalduna palace or the Guggenheim museum. Around 3000 workers are expected to work there and it is situated in Abandoibarra.

This tower symbolizes the agreement of Bilbao with the Iberdola enterprise. although there was a strong wind the event was assisted with 400 persons, the most inportant guests were Azkuna(the mayor of Bilbao)and the lehendakari Juan Jose Ibarretxe.

Bilbao Live

noreply@blogger.com (nereeeeee) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:11:00 +0000

Last year, in July, a great concert was celebrated in Bilbao. Lots of groups and singers from all over the World came to give us their art for a weekend that many people won't forget. This is last year's poster:

this year, there's just one group confirmed yet: Red Hot Chili Peppers. Even though, Bilbao and BBK are working on taking more groups. We will know the complete list soon.

The concert will take place the next 21st, 22nd and 23rd June in Kobetamendi. for more information go to http://www.lasttourinternational.com/ and http://www.bilbaobbklive.com

A bout of snow

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:05:00 +0000

This week the temperatures in Bizkay have gone down so much causing a lot of dammges specially near the mountains.

One of the biggest problems, apart from the traffic jams which are really normal in this cases, had been the rescue of some students in a school in Dima, a mountain between Igorre and Durango.

This pupils got to school without problems in the moornig but at midday the wheather was so bad that they had to be taken out from there with the help of the firemen and the red cross.
Luckily all the children got back home without any big difficulties.
We cannot say the same about some drivers who have get traped in the snow for nearly four hours.

Howeve we cannot complain about the bad wheather as we have had a very good winter.

Film shorts from the BBC

noreply@blogger.com (Ann) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:03:00 +0000

There are some experimental shorts on this BBC site. You have the option of watching them with English subtitles - which is useful since some of the regional accents used by the main characters are sometimes quite strong.

Take a look at one or two of them and make a comment or posting saying whether or not you liked them and giving your reasons why.