English for the Games

How often do you play sport?

Check out these fantastic, free, fact-filled Olympic readers (= books for children who are learning to read) from LearnEnglish! There are four great readers, from Elementary to Upper-Intermediate levels. They look at the facts and history of the Games, the heroes of the modern games, and the experience of working as an Olympic volunteer! You can read online, download and print, or even download them as audio books! Enjoy!

British Council, LearnEnglish Kids
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-for-the-games/readers

Michael Moore on Aurora shooting

Piers Morgan interviews Michael Moore on Aurora shooting (Piers Morgan Tonight, CNN, 24 July 2012)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQb_i4Ik5k4 Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3HivK3V98Y Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNcTVIYmKxU Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hoiwqmv3jKo Part 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67gN4_eE43c Part 5

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Michael Moore - Bowling For Columbine (2002)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jGtAcDefHg

Twitter - Hastags

#FavouriteAlbums

#IfItWereUpToMe

#TheDateWasOverWhen

#YourTextGotIgnoredBecause

#15ThingsGirlsHate

#FirstDayOfSchoolThoughts

#CheatingIsOkayIf

Advice to young scientists

E.O. Wilson, Advice to young scientists (April 2012 at Washington DC)
https://www.ted.com/talks/e_o_wilson_advice_to_young_scientists.html

The Rolling Stones - Time Is On My Side

Time Is On My Side (Lyrics)

Time is on my side, yes it is...

Now you always say
That you want to be free
But you'll come running back (said you would baby)
You'll come running back (I said so many times before)
You'll come running back to me...

Oh, time is on my side, yes it is...

You're searching for good times
But just wait and see
You'll come running back (I won't have to worry no more)
You'll come running back (spend the rest of my life with you, baby)

You'll come running back to me...

Go ahead, go ahead and light up the town
And baby, do everything your heart desires
Remember, I'll always be around
And I know, I know
Like I told you so many times before
You're gonna come back, baby
'Cause I know
You're gonna come back knocking
Yeah, knocking right on my door
Yes, yes

Well, time is on my side, yes it is...

'Cause I got the real love
The kind that you need
You'll come running back (said you would, baby)
You'll come running back (I always said you would)
You'll come running back, (won't have to worry no more) to me...

Yes, time is on my side, yes it is...

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Official (and live) video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6istBsZxABo

Studio version with lyrics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHVeyo4W18U

Lyrics
http://lyrics.wikia.com/The_Rolling_Stones%3ATime_Is_On_My_Side

The Rolling Stones celebrate... 50 years!

When the nascent Rolling Stones began playing gigs (= performances) around London in 1962, the notion that a rock & roll band would last five years, let alone fifty, was an absurdity. After all, what could possibly be more ephemeral than rock & roll, the latest teenage fad (= fashion) ? Besides, other factors made it unlikely that such a momentous occasion would ever come to pass. “I didn’t expect to last until fifty myself, let alone with the Stones,” Keith Richards says with a laugh. “It’s incredible, really. In that sense we’re still living on borrowed time.”

“You have to put yourself back into that time,” Mick Jagger says about those early days when he and Keith and guitarist Brian Jones roomed together and were hustling gigs wherever they could find one. “Popular music wasn’t talked about on any kind of intellectual level. There was no such term as ‘popular culture.’ None of those things existed.”

“But suddenly popular music became bigger than it had ever been before. It became an important, perhaps the most important, art form of the period, after not at all being regarded as an art form before.”

Mick Jagger

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The Rolling Stones celebrate 50 years (BBC Interview, 11 July 2012)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18800198

Keith Richards and Mick Jagger Interview - Rolling Stones 50 Years Golden Anniversary (Sky News, Jul 11, 2012)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at5SKVUJ5No

Slumdog Millionaire Film

In Mumbai in 2006, eighteen-year-old Jamal Malik, a former street child from the Juhu slum, is a contestant on the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, and is one question away from the grand prize. However, before the Rs. 20 million question, he is detained and interrogated by the police, who suspect him of cheating because of the impossibility of a simple "slumdog" knowing all the answers. Jamal recounts, through flashbacks, the incidents in his life which provided him with each answer. These flashbacks tell the story of Jamal, his brother Salim, and Latika...

Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British drama film directed by Danny Boyle, written by Simon Beaufoy, and co-directed in India by Loveleen Tandan. It is an adaptation of the novel Q & A (2005) by Indian author and diplomat Vikas Swarup. It was nominated for 10 Academy Awards in 2009 and won eight, the most for any film of 2008, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also won seven BAFTA Awards (including Best Film), and four Golden Globes.

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Official Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIzbwV7on6Q

Film
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qrf-RHrSUdw

For Kids!

What's your news? Dressing myself 4 (British Council)
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/kids-news/dressing-myself-4?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=wallpost&utm_campaign=fb-learnenglishkids

Incy Wincy Spider (British Council)
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/songs/incy-wincy-spider?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=wallpost&utm_campaign=fb-learnenglishkids

Cartoons!

Real Life Adventures by Gary Wise and Lance Aldrich

http://www.gocomics.com/reallifeadventures/2012/07/03
http://www.gocomics.com/reallifeadventures/2012/07/09
http://www.gocomics.com/reallifeadventures/2012/07/17
http://www.gocomics.com/reallifeadventures/2012/07/18
http://www.gocomics.com/reallifeadventures/2012/07/26
http://www.gocomics.com/reallifeadventures/2012/07/27
http://www.gocomics.com/reallifeadventures/2012/07/28

Ello excercises

Love At First Site / Long Distance Relationships
http://www.elllo.org/english/1151/T1153-Maria-FirstSite.html
http://www.elllo.org/english/1151/T1154-Maria-Distance.html

Gyms and Fitness
http://www.elllo.org/english/1151/T1157-Nathan-Gyms.html

Testing Students / Projects in Educations
http://www.elllo.org/english/1151/T1159-Jana-Tests.html
http://www.elllo.org/english/1151/T1160-Jana-Projects.html

Parent Watch / Families and Facebook
http://www.elllo.org/english/1151/T1163-Maria-Media.html
http://www.elllo.org/english/1151/T1164-Alex-Media.html

BBC Learning Excercises

Not give someone the time of day (Tuesday, 03 July 2012)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/theenglishwespeak/2012/07/120703_tews_78_not_give_someone_time.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/theenglishwespeak/2012/07/120703_tews_78_not_give_someone_time.shtml

UK's first healthy pizza (Thursday, 05 July 2012)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/sixminute/2012/07/120705_healthy_pizza.shtml
http://wsdownload.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/pdf/2012/07/120705113010_120704_6min_english_healthy_pizza_pdf.pdf

To go bananas (Tuesday, 10 July 2012)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/theenglishwespeak/2012/07/120710_tews_79_go_bananas.shtml
http://wsdownload.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/pdf/2012/07/120710110027_bbc_tews_79_to_go_bananas.pdf

Missiles over London (Thursday, 12 July 2012)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/sixminute/2012/07/120712_6min_missiles_over_london.shtml
http://wsdownload.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/pdf/2012/07/120712171300_120712_6min_english_missiles_over_london_pdf.pdf

Keep me posted (Tuesday, 17 July 2012)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/theenglishwespeak/2012/07/120716_tews_80_keep_me_posted.shtml
http://wsdownload.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/pdf/2012/07/120716151656_bbc_tews_80_keep_me_posted.pdf