Music Day!

Hello Students!

Every week I will recommend a song for you. Today's song talks about how togetherness makes us strong and unbeatable. If you are not feeling well or think that you cannot do something. Listen to this song and think a little bit about its lyrics.

Muse - Invincible

Follow through
Make our dreams come true
Don't give up the fight
You will be alright
'Cause there's no one like you
In the universe
Don't be afraid
What you're mind conceals
You should make a stand
Stand up for what you believe
And tonight we can truly say
Together we're invincible
And during the struggle
They will pull us down
But please, please let's use this chance to
Turn things around
And tonight we can truly say
Together we're invincible
Do it on your own
Makes no difference to me
What you leave behind
What you choose to be
And whatever they say
Your soul's unbreakable
And during the struggle
They will pull us down
But please, please let's use this chance to
Turn things around
And tonight we can truly say
Together we're invincible
Together we're invincible
And during the struggle
They will pull us down
Please, please let's use this chance to
Turn things around
And tonight we can truly say
Together we're invincible
Together we're invincible

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Competitions for life

Today is Wednesday and every Wednesday I post something about the American or British culture. Today I'm going to talk about a very interesting aspect of the American culture: as most part of the American citizens grow up they are taught to win in every single thing in their lives, for example, when they join a world championship they just can't go there and just play, have fun or enjoy the most of the competition; they MUST win. That happens not only during big events, but also wen they play a game on line; 3 days ago I started playing Mario Kart DS On line at home and the American people just HATE losing, they do whatever they need to accomplish their objectives(even using cheats sometimes, depends on the quality of the player). However, don't think they just like winning, because they REALLY win a lot, hey are pretty good a several sports, at electronic games in general, robotics. Think a little bit dear student, where is the greatest concentration of giant companies? In the USA.
This way of thinking about things, as if every single time of your day you are competing with something or someone makes them improve their development in a very good way. Concluding my post I have to say: DON'T THINK THAT ALL THE AMERICANS ARE LIKE THAT.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

This book is simply awesome, it is complicated and at the same time pretty easy to understand, because as time goes by you start noticing that you don't need to understand every single event in the book and that's interesting. Confusing? So check he story.

The story starts telling the story of an ordinary English man who is trying to save his house from the construction of a new road, his name is Arthur Dent and he has a friend who is an alien who knows that the earth is about to be destroyed. In the beginning Arthur doesn't believe in his friend, however, suddenly an announcement coming from the sky says 'This planet is in the middle of our construction so as we alerted before, we are going to destroy it.' As easy as it sounds the inhabitants from earth started knowing that their beloved planet was about to be destroyed. Although, Arthur escapes in an alien ship and fly through incredible and unbelievable adventures.

Good movies English students

Several student come after me asking about movies that fit their levels, so in order to provide this information somewhere I created this post o clarify some examples.

Harry Potter.

Level: Basic

I know a lot of students DETEST this movie, I detest as well(even though the book is nice), but I must say that the movie series is easier to understand, the actors speak clearly most part of the words which makes the film much better when you think of it as a way to improve English.

Star Wars.

Level: Intermediate

This one you may like, it is a science fiction movie which carries a lot of action and suspense. Sometimes it may sound hard to understand what they are saying but some characters such as Yoda, speak clearly enough to be understood by intermediate students. But be careful Yoda's speech has many inversions, some of then are even irregular.

Final Fantasy: Advent Children

Level: Advanced

First, this movie is just great, one of the best animation ever made in my opinion. If you are advanced in English it is possible for you to understand all the film without checking not even a single time the subtitles. The dubbers speak in a usual way which students from Act 1, Act 2 or even Interplus 3 are able to understand properly.