CULTURE. ESO 3. UNIT 3

The Tower of London

It is an historic monument in London and a popular tourist site today. It was founded in 1078 by William the Cponqueror and was added to over the years. It now consists of several different buildings. It was used in the past as a fortress, a palace and a prison. Many people were executed in the Tower of London such as: Anne Boleyn (Henry VIII's second wife), Lady Jane Grey (Edward VII's cousin).




 
ROYAL PALACES

Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace serves as both the office and London residence of Her Majesty The Queen. It is one of the few working royal palaces remaining in the world today.

During the summer, visitors can tour the nineteen State Rooms, which form the heart of the Palace. These magnificent rooms are decorated with some of the greatest treasures from the Royal Collection, including paintings by Rembrandt, Rubens and Canaletto.

 

St James Palace

St. James’s Palace was built by Henry VIII in the 1530s and was home to several famous sovereigns: Elizabeth I, Charles I and George I, II and III.

The area around St. James’s Park was once a medieval leper hospital.

 

STEPEHEN KING

Stephen King is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. Among his most recent are the Dark Tower novels, Cell, From a Buick 8, Everything's Eventual.

He was born in Maine, USA (1947- ) He is called the Master of Horror.

 

 

NEWS: US Election 2012

President Obama wins four more years as America delivers decisive verdict
 

• President promises America: 'the best is yet to come'

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/07/obama-four-more-years-america-verdict

LISTENING

Have you got some problems with  LISTENING? Here you have a website to practise this skill.

http://esl.about.com/od/englishlistening/English_Listening_Skills_and_ActivitiesEffective_Listening_Practice.htm

4th ESO.Past Simple or Present Perfect

UNIT 3

You will find some theory about these two verbal tenses and some exercises so as to be able to distinguish them.

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simpas-preper

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3365

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1496

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=5987

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=4769
 

4th ESO. UNIT 3: WORKING

JOB ADVERTISEMENT:      These are some job adverts

 

Are you looking for a part time job?

We require 3 part time shop assistants.

No experience required, applicants should between 18 and 26

.Download and fill in the application form on our site:

www.mothercare.com

and send it to this address:

Personnel Manager,

Mothercare Ltd,

988 Holborn Road,

        Birmingham.

SECRETARIES

Good IT skills?

Would you like more responsibility?

Are you easy to get on with?

Would you like to work in London?

We are looking for secretaries for our London office.

 Visit our site for more information

www.intersec.co.uk

 

Personnel Manager,

Intersec

269 Lombard Road,

London, SW2 3UK

 

 

 

Teachers Needed:

Jamie’s Kindergarten needs 2 teacher/trainers to help with classes from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Applicants should have appropriate licenses.

For more information visit Jamie’s Kindergarten’s site: www.jamie.com

where you can download an application form and send it to the address on the site.

 

3rd ESO. CULTURE.UNIT 2

WERE THEY REAL OR NOT?

ALEXANDER the GREAT.

Alexandros III Philippou Makedonon (Alexander the Great, Alexander III of Macedon) (356-323 B.C.), King of Macedonia, was born in late July 356 BC in Pella, Macedonia, he was one of the greatest military genius in history. He conquered much of what was then the civilized world, driven by his divine ambition of the world conquest and the creation of a universal world monarchy.

 Alexander inherited from his father King Philip the best military formation of the time, the Macedonian Phalanx, armed with sarisses - the fearful five and half meter long lances. He was the first great conqueror who reached Greece, Egypt, Asia Minor, and Asia up to western India. He is famous for having created the ethnic fusion of the Macedonians and the Persians. From victory to victory, from triumph to triumph, Alexander created an empire which brought him eternal glory. He brought Greek ideas, culture and life style to the countries which he conquered, and assured expansion and domination of Hellenistic Culture which, together with Roman Civilization and Christianity, constitutes the foundation of what is now called Western Civilization.

THE THREE MUSKETEERS

The Three Musketeers (French: Les Trois Mousquetaires) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, first serialized in March–July 1844. Set in the 17th century, it recounts the adventures of a young man named d'Artagnan after he leaves home to travel to Paris, to join the Musketeers of the Guard. D'Artagnan is not one of the musketeers of the title; those are his friends Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, inseparable friends who live by the motto "all for one, one for all"

JOAN OF ARC

Saint Joan of Arc, nicknamed "The Maid of Orléans" ( 1412- 30 May 1431), is considered a national heroine of France and a Catholic saint. A peasant girl born in eastern France who claimed divine guidance, she led the French army to several important victories during the Hundred Years' War, which paved the way for the coronation of Charles VII. She was captured by the Burgundians, sold to the English, tried by an ecclesiastical court, and burned at the stake when she was 19 years old. Twenty-five years after the execution, Pope Callixtus III examined the trial, pronounced her innocent and declared her a martyr. Joan of Arc was beatified in 1909 and canonized in 1920. She is – along with St. Denis, St. Martin of Tours, St. Louis IX, and St. Theresa of Lisieux – one of the patron saints of France.

Joan asserted that she had visions from God that instructed her to recover her homeland from English domination late in the Hundred Years' War.

ROBIN HOOD

Robin Hood was an heroic outlaw in English folklore. A highly skilled archer and swordsman, he is known for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor,^] assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his "Merry Men." Traditionally Robin Hood and his men are depicted wearing Lincoln green clothes. The origin of the legend is claimed by some to have stemmed from actual outlaws, or from ballads or tales of outlaws.Robin Hood became a popular folk figure starting in the medieval period continuing through modern literature, films, and television. In the earliest sources Robin Hood is a yeoman, but he was often later portrayed as an aristocrat wrongfully dispossessed of his lands and made into an outlaw by an unscrupulous sheriff.

WILLIAM WALLACE

Sir William Wallace( died 23 August 1305) was a Scottish knight and landowner who became one of the main leaders during the Wars of Scottish Independence.

Along with Andrew Moray, Wallace defeated an English army at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297, and was Guardian of Scotland, serving until his defeat at the Battle of Falkirk. In 1305, Wallace was captured in Robroyston near Glasgow and handed over to King Edward I of England, who had him hanged, drawn, and quartered for high treason and crimes against English civilians.

4th ESO. CULTURE UNIT 3

EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN

During the Industrial Revolution (1750 to 1850) many people went to live in the cities, where there was plenty of work in the new factories. Children were cheap labour, so factory owners hired them to work in the textile factories or mills. Children as young as four year old had to work as hard as possible: they spent nearly all their working hours working the machines, they had no schooling and were beaten if they sat down to rest.

Children were also sent to work in the coal mines. These were dangerous places  - sometimes the roof collapsed or there were floods and gas explosions.

Many orphans lived on the streets of London. They had nothing to eat and they slept in doorways. They often picked pockets in order to buy food and were severely punished if they were caught.

CHARLES DICKENS wrote about these children in "Oliver Twist".

Because of exploitation, children's employment laws were gradually enacted and enforced.



CHILD ACTORS

Many child actors have made successful careers as adult actors, including LEONARDO DICAPRIO, ELIJAH WOOD, JODIE FOSTER... One of the most famous child stars of all time was SHIRLEY TEMPLE. As an adult, she was a public figure and diplomat.

However, there are also many examples of child actors who were unable to adjust to living in the "real world". They often suffer from depression, drug addiction and financial problems. Psychologists say that child actors don't have normal childhoods. They don't go to school regularly so they don't socialise withother children. They are often very spoilt (=malcriados) and protected.

4th ESO. CULTURE UNIT 2.

ROYAL MAIL
Royal Mail is the national postal service of the UK. It can trace its history back to when HENRY VIII established a "Master of the Posts" in 1516. The Royal Mail Services were made available to the public by CHARLES I in 1635. The person receiving the letter paid the postage, but this caused many problems. In 1840, the penny post was introduced. This was a single rate for delivery anywhere in the UK. To prove that payment had been made, the sender stuck the stamp on the letter. The first stamp became known as the 'Penny Black'.

Faking It

This programme began on Channel 4 in the UK in 2000, and the idea has since been copied by other TV channels around the world. The original concept was "a modern-day Pygmalion", referring to the play by GEORGE BERNARD SHAW in which an uneducated flower seller is taught to behave like an aristocrat. The show's basic format is that a member of the public lives and trains with an expert for four weeks, and then takes part in a contest against experienced participants. a panel of professional judges tries to guess which participant is the faker.