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An elementary school student is excited about school again thanks to a robot that helps her attend class.

1. What color is Chloe’s room?

2. How old is Chloe?

3. Her friends at school call the robot…

4. Why is she at home?

5. How does Chloe control the robot?

6. What does she have to do if she wants to answer a question?

7. How much does a robot cost?

8. Did she buy the robot?

9. How many Double Robotics are there in American Schools?

#Listening

Write a story in the past based on this picture. Write three paragraphs. Start with these words: "One day..."

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Water, The World Water Crisis

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DC Nation - Metal Men - "Three Laws of Robotics" (full)

Isaac Asimov: The Three Laws of Robotics

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The Three Laws of Robotics

This listening exercise should be done after listening to Isaac Asimov own definition of the Three Laws of Robotics

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2 ESO Bilingüe

I Robot

#project #robot

What sank the Costa Concordia?

Download the exercise

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Zot! is an online novel by Scott McCloud.

#reading #comics

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Perfect Tenses

Present Perfect / Simple Past

Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4

Present Perfect Simple / Present Perfect Continuous

Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4 Exercise 5 Exercise 6

Past Perfect / Simple Past

Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4

Future Perfect / Future Perfect Continuous / Future

Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4

Present Perfect / Past Perfect Simple and Continuous

Exercice 1

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Sarah Marquis

A hundred years ago, when Robert Falcon Scott set out for Antarctica on his Terra Nova expedition, his two primary goals were scientific discovery and reaching the geographic South Pole. Scott was really chasing what contemporary observers call a sufferfest. He set himself up for trouble: Scott brought Manchurian and Siberian ponies that quickly fell through the snow and ice; he planned, in part, for his crew to “man-haul,” meaning that the men would pull sleds full of gear, instead of relying on dogs. Even when Scott’s men faltered, they continued collecting specimens, including rocks. The expedition ended terribly; everybody who made the push to the pole died. Miserable, starving and frostbitten, one of Scott’s last four men killed himself by walking into a blizzard without even bothering to put on his boots. The word “explorer” suggests a morally superior pioneer, a man or woman who braves the battle against nature to discover new terrain, expanding our species’ understanding of the world. “Adventurer,” by contrast, implies a self-indulgent adrenaline junkie, who scares loved ones by courting puerile risk. Sarah Marquis, who perhaps should be seen as an explorer like Scott, born in the wrong age, is 42 and Swiss, and has spent three of the past four years walking about 10,000 miles by herself, from Siberia through the Gobi Desert, China, Laos and Thailand, then taking a cargo boat to Brisbane, Australia, and walking across that continent. Along the way, like Scott, she has starved, she has frozen, she has (wo)man-hauled. She has pushed herself at great physical cost to places she wanted to love but ended up feeling, as Scott wrote of the South Pole in his journal: “Great God! This is an awful place.” http://youtu.be/AjfCIRiUAw8

#reading #Travel

London Traffic

Have a look at the text and answer these questions

1. What are the people doing?

2. Where are they?

3. How would you describe the area?

4. How do you think they feel?

Now, you can check this link and read the text

http://www.sustrans.org.uk/blog/transforming-london’s-city-centre

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Games

Wordshake

The Body. Match Pictures

#Vocabulary #Games

The Body

#vocabulary #p.e. class

Jobs

accountant baker barber

barman builder butcher

carpenter cashier chambermaid

chef cleaner dentist

doctor electrician engineer

fireman fishmonger flight attendant

hairdresser judge lawyer

nurse optician painter

photographer plumber policeman

porter post[wo]man receptionist

reporter sales assistant sales representative

scientist secretary surgeon

tailor teacher technician

vet waiter welder

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Plays and Films

1. Read the interview with famous actress Tamara Gibbons and decide if you think she prefers acting in plays or films.

Well, I earn a lot of money when I get a part in a film. Also films are watched by a lot of people and that means I get better known. I enjoy film premieres. I like putting on a posh frock, walking on the red carpet and seeing my photo in the papers. When I act in a play I don’t get much publicity and it’s harder work. I have to act every night for about six weeks, sometimes longer. I worry more too; will I forget my lines, drop a prop or even fall off the stage? In a film, if I make a mistake, it can be re-shot. When I act in a play, there is no chance to go back and do a scene again. But acting live in front of an audience is very rewarding. I like to have a direct contact with people and feel them reacting to my emotions. I enjoy having time to work on the character that I’m playing. After a few weeks I know the play inside out and I can start to get inside the playwright’s head and explore his or her creative thoughts. I get to know the other characters so intimately that they feel more like family members. I grow to love them all, even the villains! I get to know the other actors well too and we usually become very close friends. Most importantly, every night, when we go out on stage together, it feels like we’re telling a story for the very first time and that is tremendously exciting.

1. Advantages of acting in a play 2. Advantages of acting in a film

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